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CURRENT COMMENT.
Ax irade announcing the ratification
by Turkey of the Sue canal conven
tion between England and Turkey is
published.
Ex-GovkrsokBeuky. of New Hamp
shire, who is now in his ninety-second
year, organized the first temperance
Mtciety in that State at Hebron sixty
two years ajjo.
REroKTS from Ouachita, Union, Co
lumbia and Calhoun Counties. Ark.,
are that cotton worms have appeared
in many localities and are destroying
the growing crop.
The London courts have decided
that the Home Secretary and chief of
police had perfect right to prevent
meetings in Trafalgar square which
interfered with the free passage of the
people
There arc about thirty Grand Dukes
in Russia, all of them being near rela
tives of the Czar. Each receives from
the State an annual pension amounting
to 180.000, and the majority of them
have large private fortunes besides.
Judge Thchman is a much wealthier
man than people generally suppose,
having a fortune of $500,000. It is
nearly all in real property, and was
acquired partly through judicious in
vestments and partly through his wife.
Mrs. Folsom, the mother of Mrs.
Cleveland, arrived at New York from
Europe in the steamer Westerland on
the 26th and was immediately driven
to the Victoria Hotel where she was
soon joined by her daughter. Both
ladies returned to Washington next
morning.
M. Daniel Wilcox, the unfortunate
yon-in-law of ex-President Grevy, of
JVance, docs not dare to enter the
Chamber of Deputies; but he holds on
m his scat for Touraine and pockets
Ihe salary attached thereto, and under
the present law there is no way of get
ting rid of him.
A malignant fever which has made
Its appearance at the Adams Street
Italian caravansan New York, is puz
zling the physicians. It is not typhus
or typhoid, but it is a malady which
causes rapid decomposition. The body
of Maricinci, a young man who died
there, was swollen to a great size and
was almost black.
One of the messengers who brought
tiews of the White Pasha and the Khar
toum captives pluckily agreed to r
turn. and he left Cairo June 5. for
Khartoum, via Berber, earning tiny
letters for the captives and a consider
able sum of money for their use over
mid above the large reward paid him
for his faithful services.
TnE thirteen-year-old son of George
Deems at Jacksonville. Fla., has con
fessed to poisoning his father ami fam
ily and is in jail. He had stolen a
pistol and other articles, and his father
had ordered him to return them, and
threatened to chastise him or turn him
over to the officers of the law. Deems
was dead and the other two children
re dying, making live victims in all.
The "bandana" man who robbed the
ftallinger and San Angelo stage was
arrested afterward in the town of Col
orado. Tex. He turned out to be a
gambler named JolM Gray, who was
around Colorado last winter. He made
no resistance on being arrested, nor
denied the crime. On searching him
$185 in cash was recovered and the si.
shooter that lie honowed at San
Angelo.
The death from hydrophobia of
David Aside, living near Prattville.
Ark., is reported. Twelve j'cars ago
he was bitten by a rabid dog. He
never recovered from the effects, hav
ing a number of times been very ill
with symptoms of hydrophobia. The
other morning he was suddenly strick
en and medical skill proved unavailing.
He died in great agony, one spasm
succeeding another.
A reunion of those who voted for
John C. Fremont for President of the
United States in 1856 was held at Dan
ville. Ind., recently, and the attend
ance despite the disagreeable weather,
was about eight thousand. It was ex
pected that General Harrison and Gen
eral Fremont would be present, but
the former was unable to attend and
General Fremont was in New York.
The day closed with a parade of horse
men dressed and armed in imitation of
the famous ''border ruffians" of "bleed
ing Kansas."
Judge Tclet, of the Superior Court
at Chicago, recently decided that the
Chicago Mutual Life Indemnity Asso
ciation was doing an insurance busi
ness illegally and mast be wound up.
Complaint against the association was
made by Attorney-General Hunt in an
information which contained forty
charges. The most serious charge was
that the association admitted infants
to membership, and other allegations
were made which placed the company
in the light of a deathbed insurance
concern. The court found the defend
ant guilty of violating the Insurance
Jaws in admitting minors to member
ship; in using "advance mortuary as
sessments," and in practicing many
ether irregularities which caused un
certainty and confusion to members.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gleaned by Telegraph and IfaiL
CONGRESSIONAL.
Rrrr mtlft business was transacted in the
Senate on the 2Mb. In executive session Judge
John F. Phillips, nl Kansas ciiy, wascounnneu
as United States Judge for the Western district
of Missouri, and ex-Senator Thomas S. Maxey
forvthe Western district or iexas mo
House did but little business, a quorum Deing
mnrf mxiiv found at the bulletin boards to hear
the news from Chicago than in the halls of leg
islation.
The Senate on the 25th proceeded with
the consideration of the Legislative, Execu
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill, but a
quorum not being present adjourned The
House resumea consiaerawon oi me ruum
Land bill, and not being able to secure a
quorum adjourned.
In the Sena' e on the 27th. after routine
business, the River and Harbor bill was taken
up and considered until adjournment... The
features of the House proceeding were the
passage of the Land bill and renewal of the
consideration of the Tariff bill. Very little pro
gress was made and at Ave o'cloct the House
adjourned.
Is the Senate on the 28th the Pension
Committee reported back eight vetoed pension
bills with the recommendation that they pass
The Army Appropriation bill was also reported,
and the Kiver and Harbor bill considered at
some length. Senators Sherman. Allison.
Manderson, Colquitt aad Berry were appointed
a committee to attend the Cincinnati Centen
nial Exposition. The Army Appropriation bill
was then considered until adjournment.... The
House took up the Tariff bill and Its considera
tion drifted into a political debate. The con
ference report on the Diplomatic bill was
agreed to and the House adjourned.
The Senate on the 29th further consid
ered the Army Appropriation bill, but failed
to reach a vote on its pas-age. A joint resolu
tion extending certain appropriations thirty
aays passea....Aiicr a romcrcuw cim -House
went into Committee of the Whole on
the Tariff bill and a long debate ensued. The
House agreed to the Senate joint resolution ex
tending certain appropriations thirty days and
at the evening session passed twenty-seven
pension bills and adjourned.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The President was formally notified on
the 2Gih of his rcnomination to the Chief
Magistracy.
The motion of censure of tbo Salisbury
Government for its action under the Crimes
.ict in Ireland was defeated in the British
House of Commons on the 120th by SGtt to
Z73.
The President has nominated Oscer E.
Rea, of Dakota, to be register of the land
office at Bismarck, D. T. ; William D. My
ers, of Missouri, to be agent for the Indians
of tho Kiowa. Comanche and Wichita
agency, in the Indian Territory.
Nine Government officials of Seoul,
Corea, have been beueaded in the streets
brthe populace. Foreigners have taken
ef use at the Consulates. The outbreak is
.ittiibuted to Chinese instigation.
The recent Presidential election in Mex
ico exhibited no opposition worth men
tioning to the present incumbent. General
Dmz.
Congressman Gboct has been unani
mously renominated by the Republicans of
the Second Vermont district.
The New York Prohibitionists' meeting
at Syracuse adopted a platform and nomi
nated a State ticket, headed by W. Martin
Jones, of Rochester, for Governor.
Tiie President has allowed the act to
allow the Paris, Choctaw & Little Rock
railroad to go through the Indian Terri
tory to become a law without his signa
ture. A Chicago dispatch saying that General
Harrison had selected Colonel Dudley as
his personal representative on the Repub
lican National Executive Committee is de
nied by the General.
Republican Senators have expressed an
o,iuion that the vetoing power so exten
sively used by the President is a danger
ous abuse of bis prerogative.
TnE contemplated removal of General
Sheridan from Washington was postponed
temporarily because of rain.
The Democrats of the Second Kansas
district have nominated John T. Burris, of
Oiathe, to run against Funston.
The Democratic committee of notifica
tion wj.ied upon Judge Thurman at Co
lumbus, O., on ihe 28th. In his reply the
Judge hghly praised the administration
of President Cleveland.
A mass meeting was held in the Acad
emy of Music, Now York, on the 28th, to
ratify the renomination of President Cleve
land. Hon. John G. Carlisle was the prin
cipal speaker.
Tue State convention of the Iowa Union
Labor party recently chose Presidential
electors and nom nated the following State
officers: Secretary or State, J. B. Vincent;
Auditor, E. M. Farnsworth; Treas
urer, James Rice; Attorney-General, J. M.
Williamson. Congressmen Weaver and An
derson were indorsed as candidates for re
election. The Republicans of the Twentieth Illi
nois district have nominated G. W. Smith
to succeed George R. Thomas.
State Skvatob D. S. Hall has been nomi
nated for Congress by the Republicans of
the Third Minnesota district.
William H. Baksum, of Connecticut,
has been re-elected chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee.
The official canvass of the vote of the
Oregon Congressional election resulted as
follows: Hermann, Republican, 82,83):
John M. Geary, Democrat, 25,413; George
M. Miller, Prohibition, 1,074. Hermann's
plurality. 7,407.
Tue Secretary of State has officially
called the attention of the British Minister
to the case of the American ship Bridge
water, unlawfully seized by the customs
officials of the Dominion of Canada a year
ago and detained for eighty-one days at
Sbeiburne.
The second meeting of the Republican
campaign was held in the Metropolitan
Opera House at New York on the 29th.
The National ticket was ratified. Roswell
G. Horr, of Michigan, and Robert G. Inger
soll were the principal speakers.
The President has accepted the resigna
tion of Lieutenant Emery H. Taunt, ot the
navy, who was convicted by court martial
in November, 13S7, of absence from duty
without leave, and of disobedience of or
ders, and sentenced to dismissal.
mSCaXLAKKOUB.
The Postmaster-General has removed
twenty post-office inspectors. This was
made necessary by tho reduced appropria
tion for this service for the fiscal year be
ginning July L Tea more will also be re
moved. The Mexican freight depot and adjoin
ing buildings in Paso del Norte were burned
the other night. About seventy freight
cars were also destroyed, a large amount
of freight being burned. Loss, about
1300.000.
The Rosedale propeller, which left En
gland some time ago, arrived safety at Chi
cago recently, having made the voyage
across the Atlantic and through the Lake.
She will for the future run between To
ronto and Port Arthur.
Johs L Rogers, secretary of the Joint
committee on base-ball rules, announces
that Ihe committee Las unanimously voted
I to tike bases on balls from the error
c&Iunn. The base on balls will retnala a
a factor in the earned runs.
The North German Lloyd steamer Wer
ra,for Bremen for New York, which re
cently went ashore at Dungeness. but was
assisted off and taken to Southampton
and placed in dry dock, after teing exam
ined and found all right, sailed for New
AT Chicago during the convention it has
transpired that ex-Mayor M. A. Smith, of
Philadelphia, while taking a bath, bad his
room entered by a sneak thief, who stole a
diamond stud valued at too and a gold
watch and chain valued at $500. The police
have the matter in hand.
A bain storm, at times approaching a
deluge, fell to the depth of ten inches and
seventy-eight hundredths in two days at
Mobile, Ala., recently.
Justices Field and Knowlton, of the
Supreme Court, at Cambridge, Mass., have
refused to entertain a motion lor a new
trial in the case of Mrs. Mary Jane Robin
son, convicted or murder in poisoning oer
sister's husband in 1885, and sentenced her
to be hanged November 16.
The total number of Presidential post-of-Hppin
nnnration fnerdeDartmcnt report for
Julyl. lbS8.) is 2,502; increase during tho
year, 166; aggregate allowance lorsaiaries
of Presideuiiii postmasters for the next:
fiscal year, ,203,4U0; increase, 1322,100;
total gross receipts of Presidential post
offices for tho year ended March 31, 133,
41W.721; increase, $3,321,539.
Prince Ferdinand has remitted the sen
tence ot imprisonment imposed upon Major
Popoff, who was convicted of complicity
in the frauds in the Bulgarian War Office.
Theodore Castor, a farmer, was at
tacked on bis way home from Kingston,
Iowa, the other night by three brothers,
named Drost, who demanded his money.
He shot one dead, fatally wounded another
and thinks he hit the third, who escapea.
The London Daily Xeies says that the
French Government has purchased Max
m's new repeating gun, which fires sixty
rounds a minute.
A beavt storm was raging at Atlantic
City, N. J., on the 2Sth. Tte wind blew in
land tbiny to forty-live miles an hour and
was gauged at sixty to seventy miles twenty
miles out at sea. It was regarded as the
most severe wind and rain storm in four
teen years.
A msPATcn from Kronstadt, Transyl
vania, says that a mob comprising 1,600 per
sons made an attack upon a legal commis
sion which was engage! in amalgamating
small agr cultural hold ngs in Fondvar,
twelve mile north of Kronstadt. A judge
and a notary were wounded. The members
of the commission made their escape with
difficulty. A bystander was killed.
A shockiso affair occurred reeently near
Marly, Tenn. Wendell Wbitcomb was at
his barn k Uing rats with a shotgun. He
tired a charge at one of the vei min, but the
missiles wont wide of tt.e marie towarus
the porch or his house, where his two young
daughters were sitting. The shot struck
both, killing one iustantly and fatally
wounding the other.
Tub New York coal companies have adj
vanced prices about twenty-five ceuts a
ton on interior and Western business.
J. W. Touslet, a real estate dealer as
signed at Minneapolis, Minn., recently.
His assets were about f50,tOJ and liabili
ties ai,ooo.
The brass workers' strike at Cincinnati
has been declared off. The men quit work
several weeks ago for a reduction in hours,
but for want of support the strike has
come to an end.
Jockey Wood in his suit for libel got
one farthing damages at London recently.
He was accused of pulling Sir George
Chetivynd's horses by the Licensed Victual
em1 Gaz'tte.
The Duke of Marlborough married Mrs.
Hamuaersley, at Now York, on the 29th.
Mayor Hewitt performed the caremooy.
The large water main between George
town and Washington broke the other
morning leaving the fashionable section of
the capital without water.
The intern il revenue collections of the
past eleven months wee over 15,000,000
larger than for ihe same time last year.
Robert H. Cowdret. Union Labor can
didate for the Presidency, has issued his
letter ot acceptance.
Hogs and cattle in and about St Tam
many, La., are dying by wholesale of a
disease rc-cmbl ng tuberculosis. No rem
edy for the disease is known.
Yale defeated Harvard by twenty -four
lengths in the four mile boat at New Lon
don, Conn., on the2Ulh.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
Da. Mackenzie, ra alettortoDr. Krause
denies that he said that a regency would
have been probable if he had admitted
that Emperor Frederick was afJicted with
cancer.
A stage running between Madeira. CaL,
and Hildreth was stopped by a masked man
who compelled the express messenger to
throw him his gun and then compelled him
an I the driver to hand over the express
box containing 110,000 in silver bullion.
The robbsr escaped.
The Senate ha confirmed the nomination
of James G. Jenkins to be United States
Judge for the Eastern district of Wiscon
sin. TnE Postmaster-General has telegraphed
Instructions to the postmaster at Plant City,
Fla., to fumigate all outgoing mails on ac
count of reported presence there of In
fectious fever.
The Senate on the 2d passed tho River
anu Harbor bill. In the House nothing of
any conscqience was accomplished, much
timo being lost in filibustering.
The United States revenue cotter Bout
well has arrived at Key West, having in
tow the British schooner Admired, which
was captured off Foney Rocks light while
her crew were turtle fishing.
The public debt statement for June
showed a decrease during the month of
114,49,603. For the fiscal year ended June
3J the decrease was 1113,844 030.
Sbligman, Mat & Co., wholesale dealers
in beys' clothing. New York, have made an
assignment. The liabilities are reported to
be from $300,000 to tdJ0,0J0 and tho assets
large.
Information having been received at the
Treasury Department of the existence of
contagious disease among neat cattle in
Grey Coumy, Ontario, Assistant Secretary
Maynard has instructed the collectors of
customs at Buffalo and Suspension Bridge
to refuse entry and importation of cattle
from that district.
Jobs Zachar, the Wisconsin farmer
who fasted forty-four days, was reported
dying from weakness.
Heventt-setes million dollars was dis
bursed as dividends, eta, at New York on
the 2d.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary has
decided to report without any recommenda
tion ua nomination ox mcivixw w. rim
to be Chief Justice.
Qcien Natalie baa refused ta give her
assent to King Milan's request for a di
vorce. Two boys were cut to pieces and two
brakemea badly hurt by an accident to flat
cars near Meadvilie, Mont, the other day.
A fheioht train struck and killed three
horses near Valparaiso, Ind., recently and
the engine aad ten cars were wrecked and
a brakeman killed.
The Attorney-General of New York has
decided to begin suits against the great
agar trust aad one of its absorbed re
lneriea. C. C. Nelson, a banker, who has been
rnnnine the North Side SaviBgs Bank at
Atlanta. Ga,, has disappeared.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.
Fred Dawhoweh, a prosperous farmer
residing near Ord, has been adjudged in
sane and the Commissioners of Insanity
have directed his confinement in the State
asylum.
Mrs. Dessisos. the wife ot a photogra
pher, fell dead on the sidewalk at Grand
Island the other day. Her death ws due
to paralysis of the heart.
Burglars entered the residence of Dr.
Hochan at Columbus the other night, aud
took a valuable watch. $20 in money and a
number of smull articles.
Orders by telegraph were recently sent
out from Nebraska City for the arrest of
Major A. S. Cole, supposed to be on his
way to Washington Territory. Hi left
after settling up the first case of embezzle
ment made against him, but subsequent
developments showed him to have de
frauded Mrs. Philip Mclchers, a widow, or
$1,100 and to have male collections for
Eastern parties on local firms, reporting
the same not i aid. Every thing be left
was attached.
The following Nebraska post offices have
been ordered discontinued: Clifton, Holt
County; Warrington, Wheeler County;
Middlnport, Wheeler County, and Sarato
ga, Holt County.
The village board of Exeter has been
served with a writ of mandamus from
Judge Morri?, of Crete, to show cause why
they should not revoke the saloon licenses.
Norfolk expects to be brought out of
darkuess within the next two months,
when electricity will be substituted for
coal oil lamps.
The assessed valnation of Dodg County
thisyear is fJ,915,0J0 against 3,400,000 for
18s".
George Lockwood, who some time ago
robbed the residence of Mrs. Garneau, at
Omaha, of t2 500 worth of diamonds, was
captured at Kansas City the other day.
Although but nineteen years of age he has
for some time been a system itic robber and
thief. He had sold this diamonds in Coun
cil Bluffs for $15, not knowing their value.
There are several new questions to come
before the State Board of Transportation in
addition to the rate question. Theyario
over complaints filed by a citizen of Lin
coln, which opens up the question of wheth
er a railroad company can run trains upon
which they can exact extra fare over th
regular rate. His comDlaint is against tho
Union Pacific, and he charges that he
bought a first-class ticket bat the company
refused to let him rile on a certain train
called the flyer, without first purchasing
in addition a three-dollar Pullman ticket.
This he refused to do and in consequence
was delayed several hours in making bis
trip.
George S. Arnold shot and instantly
killed George Barton, at Minatarc. the
other night. The difficulty arose over a
settlement or $12 50.
Ose night recently burg'ara entered
about forty residences at Covington and
carried off many valuables. The next day
the ind'gnant citizens ran ten suspicious
characters out of town.
There is a proposition to divide Sheri
dan County east and west along the Nio
brara river.
Ose or the largest and pleasantest
gatherings to be held m Nebraska this
year promises to be the District G. A. R.
reunioa for Northwestern Kansas and
Southwestern Nebraska, which will be
held at Holdregc, August 14, 15, 16 and 17.
Tub other night while Robert Foster and
Mr. Swartzman were on their way home
from Culbertson, HUchock County, dur
ing a terrific storm, they were both killed
by lightning.
About one o'clock the other night the
Metropolitan Hotel at El wood was burned.
A number of guests narrowly escaped suf
focation by attempting to descend by the
stairways and were finally rescued through
the windows. Annie Mistreke, a dining
room girl, was quite severely burned.
A convention of Democratic clubs oi
the State was recently held at Omaha. A
State organization was perfected and dele
gates elected to the National convention at
Baltimore.
Tuk Attorney-General has decided that
Chinamen are not white and can not be
come naturalized citizens.
William G. Bisskll, special agent of the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company for
Nebraska, died at Sidney the other night
of heart and brain trouble. He was there
attending to insurance business when he
was suddenly taken sick. He was thirty
six years old.
A touso lady of Ord. a few nights since,
noticed abargiar under h-r bd; instead
f following the old method of screaming
out, she quietly undressed and went to bed,
at the same time reaching for a pistol un
der the pillow, and in a stern voice ordered
the culprit t o depart. He departed.
Tue board of supervisors ai Fuller ton
have appropriated $1,500 for the purchase
ot a new prison, which tLo county is badly
in need of.
One of the leaden? enterprises of Oak
land is a creamery which turns out nearly
live hundred pounds of bu t-r daily.
The strawberry crop in A ins worth was
one ot the largest that town has known of
Invears.
The Franklin County teachers' institute
will be held at Bloomington from August
14 to 26 inclusive.
Three laborers were recently impris
oned for twelve hoars in one of the cais
sons sunk for building the new bridge at
Omaha. Tbo work is done in two-lour
shifts, it being considered an impossibility
for a human being to sustain life for a
longer pjriod than that in the cylinder in
which they work, eighty feet below the
water line of tho Missouri. The three men
went down at seven in the morning. At
nine they did not emerge, but signaled
that they could not corns up. Oaeof the
doors of the air lock through which the
men t assed bad become clogged up with
concrete, and when they attempted to re
turn the door could not be opened. An ex
tra door had to be built to cover the shaft,
and after twelve hours the three men were
taken out alive. Two of them were appar
ently no worse off for their long siege, but
the third was completely paralyzed from
head to foot.
The total assessed valuation of Custer
County, according to the return of the as
sessors or the different townships, is
$i,t 91253.
Tub five-year-old son of Mr. Alberts, of
Grand Island, was fatally kicked by a
horse the other day.
A Cedah Rtrios shoemaker has just
filled an order for two pair of shoes from
Tokio, Japan.
Blair is elated over her Chinese laundry.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Lormer, of Bird
City, Kan., started a ladies' furnishing
house at Hastings, with her husband as
silent partner. Recently he started for
Chicago and she sold out the stock foi
$3,500 aad sent a note to a painter inviting
him ta aloM with her. The invitation was
declined, but the woaua disappeared and
the "silent partner" was notified to return
and settle unpaid bills.
I The North Nebrastka annual conference
will convene at Central City, Wednesday,
t Septembers. Bishop Foss presiding.
' Flattsmooth now boasts of a cmaiag
factory which employs a large number el
hands and is running oa full time.
I The scarcity of brick at Crete has re
tarded Ihe progress of wo-k oa a majority
the new buildings ia coarse of erection-
THURMAN'S NOTIFICATION.
The CoatmlttM Formally KetlHM th "OM
Kotnau" or His Neamlaatloa for Vtc
Frosldaaf. Columbus, O., June 29. The members of
the Democratic committee appointed to no
tify ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman of his
nomination to the office of Vice-President
arrived in this city yesterday morning on a
special train and were appropriately re
ceived by committees of local Democratic
clubs and grandly entertained. It was a
ine body of men and all the regular com
mittee were present except tho representa
tives from Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi. Missouri,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, Viiginia, Ari
zona and New Mexico. Accompanying
them also were General P. Collins, of Mas
sachusetts, and Hon. S. M. White, of Cali
fornia. At oneo'clock they started for Judge
Thurman's residence, and it was an
nounced that the meeting would be in that
portion occup cd by his son. The party wa
received in the north reception room oi A.
W. Thurman's residence, which ha 1 been
decked with flowers and plants. General
Collins and Mayor Jacobs, of Louisville,
were at tbo head of the room in front of
tho window, the othr members of tho
committee and thovarious gentlemen pres
ent arranging themselves in a semi circle
and all awaited the entrance of Judge
Thurman, who speedily made his appear
ance from the drawing room on the south.
Judge Thurman was greeted with a burst
of applause as he came forward leaning on
the arm or his son. A. W. Thurman. It
was an impressive sight and one well cal
culated to accompany the scene about to
be completed.
As soon sis Judge Thurman bad taken his
scat and bowed to the gentlemen standing
ready to receive him. General Collins ad
vanced, and, after shaking him by the hand.
spoke as follows: "Judge Thurman, we bear
a message from the great council of your
party. It is but a formal notice o' your
nomination by that body for the high office
or Vice-Pres-iucnt of the Unite.l Mates.
Rich as our language is in power and ex
pression, it contains no wordsto adequately
convey the sentiment of that convention as
its heart went out to you. I present my
rriend, Hon. Charles D. Jacob, mayor or
Louisville."
Mr. Jacob stepped forward and in an
earnest voice read tha formal letter of no
tification.
Amid profound silence Judge Thurman
7UKU at iuiiuwi v
Mr. Chairman an i intl-men or the commit
tee: I pray you to accept my very sincere
thanks for the kind ani courteous manner la
-which you have communicated to se the offi
cial information of my nomination by the St.
Louts convention. You know without saying
it that 1 am profoundly KratefMl te the conven
tion and to the Democratic party Tor the honor
conferred upon me. and the more so, that it
was viliolly unsought and undesired by me.
Not that I undervalued a distinction whi.-h any
man of our party, however eminent, migut
highly prize, but simplv because I have
ceased to be ambitious of public life.
But when I am told in so earnest
and impressive a manner that 1
can still render service to the party to which I
have ever been devoted a cause to which I
am bound by the ties of affection, by the dic
tates of judgment, by the sense or obligation
for favors so often conferred upon me and by a
( lervcninope mai ine p-irtj iuy iub .uuhu .
I to be able to serve th Republic what can I.
' under such circumstances, do but yield my pn
' rate wishes to the demand of those whoso
opinions I am bound to respect? Applause.
Gentlemen, with an unfeigned diflidence in niy
' ability to fulfill the expectations that led to
I my nomination, 1 vet feel it to be my duty tu
' accept it and do all that it may be in my power
to do to merit so marked a distinction. Gen
j tlemen. the country is blessed by an able and
! honest administration of the General Govern
. menu Applause We have a President
who wisely, bravely, diligently and pa
triotically discharges the duties or His nign
office. Applausc.l I fully believe that tho
best interests or the country reiuire his re
election, and the hope that I may be able to
contribute somewhat to bring about the result
is one of my motives for acce- ting a place on
our ticket. I also feel it my duty to labor for
reduction of taxes and to put a -top to that ae-
umulation of a surplus in the treasury that in
my judgment is not only prejudical to our finan
cial welfare, but is in a high degree dangerous
to onr honest and Constitutional Government.
Applauscl I suppose, gentlemen, that 1 need
say no more to day. In due time and in ac
cordance with established usage I will transmit
to your chairman a written acceptance or my
nomination, with such observations upon pub
lic questions as may seem to me to be proper.
Applause.
Every one remarked that Judu'O Thur
man appeared vigorous and earnevt, and
old friends - they have not seen him so
vivacious and happy for months.
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THREE BRICKLAYERS KILLED.
A Faulty Bracket the Cause or the Dratli
of Three Men.
Kansas Ott. Mo.. Juno 28 The New
York Lire building was to-day the scene or
three sudden and violent deaths. Una
scaffold, nine stones in the air, three brick
layers, Dick Thorn, Gus Clifford and Billy
Trcmlyn.'were working this morniug. The
scaffold runs the whole depth of the build
ing on the Wull street side. It gave way just
berore the dinner hour and the th-ce men
fell the entire height of tho bui'dng to the
ground just at the corner of Wa 1 and
Ninth streets. On the way down a wooden
fender put in place along tiin third story
was carried down by He rorce of the fall
ing men. lu liftmen minutes after being
picked up the three men were dead. All
three were, or had been, officers of the
local branch of the International Brick
layers' Union. Thorn was ex-pics
Went, Trcinlyn secretary and Clifford one
or the trustees. Cljfford was a tine look
ing man of foi ty. Trcmlyn could not have
been more than twenty-seven, small and
wearing a small, black mustache. The
bracket, or supporting wooden shaft on
the Ninth street side, b oke right at a knot
in the wood, and the plairorm Tell on that
,de-
Democratic Ntliil Committee.
Wasihnutom. Juno 2S- The National
Democratic Committee met at the Arling
ton Hotel last night. The committee was
called to order by Senator Gorman and
proceeded at once to tfic election or a per
manent chairman. Mr. Barbour, of V r
ginia, nominated Mr. William H. Barnum,
of Connecticut, He was elected by a ris
ing vote. S. P. Shcnn, of Indian i, was
elected secretary and K. B. Dickinson, of
New York, assistant secretary. After
transaction of considerable business, the
cominiltco adjourned subject to the call ol
the chairman.
DiMSct hy Kafaa,
Hannibal, Ma, June 23. A severe rain
storm visited this section Tuesday night
doing coBsileiaole damage to the wheat
crop, which was about ready to harvest,
la many places it lies flat oa the ground
and caa not bo cut with a reaper. Severa
bridges were washed out oa the Wabash
east of here, aad trains oa that road werv
abandoned all day. On the St. Louis, Keo
kuk & Northwestern a freight train cross
ing a bridge about midaigbr, two mil-
south, went down with the structure, and
three cars loaded with ice were wrecked.
Hut nnnne inui red. Freieht trains on th.;
road have, in consequence, beea abandoned,
' but passengers are transferred. The rain
fall was the heaviest for jawa
HARRISON AT HOME.
The nepnbli. Ninnlnee Vlmtrd by Friend
aad Xelchltont Who Kxteal Conralul-
tione-ienrrat llarrhvon Talk toTnruu
ISDlASAroLi?, Ind.. June 2T. Gei.eral
Harnsou recei7ed telegrams ami lefc.-
from all quarters aad from many di-
linguUbed persons yesterday. In r.--p mse
to the one- from Hon. Levi P. Morton, ho
wired: Thanks for jour kind nics-.agt
Let me assure you that the association or
your name with mine upon the ticket gives.
me great satisfaction."
General W. T. Sherman wirel tho fol
lowing to the nominee: 4-It is proper that I
should assure you of my great confidence-.
You were true and 'faithful when w
needed men of action. I believe you will
be successful and you may command nW
Be i Butterworth and ilcKiul-y sy '
Harrison: "We have met you and we are
yours."
Taeprincipil event or tho day whs Hut
arrival or a train irotu Cluc.iga nt-traip.
m., bringing delegates and visitors. Tue
Vermont delegation came solid with s"nie
from Massachusetts and othr 2iv,
England States, and a few from Vu-gnna.
The Georgia delegation also arrived. Th.-y-were
met at the depot by a ;: ie.it.
crowd of people and fifty 'ti
carriages. They were accompa ie!
by Hon. John C. New, memu.:t uf
the Republican National Committee I rom
this State and other leading Republu-aus.
and were escorted at once to Genera! Har
rison's residence, where an informal Ksep
tion was held. No speeches were m.m..
but there were many personal ititn-diu--tions
and much handshaking. At the m
clu ion of this most of tho party dioveto
the depot and resumed their journey.
At dusk a double salute of csmuon was.
tired and there wa a general ilituutnatmu
by natural gas and electric lights- A iai
iication meeting bad been called in tue
largest hall of the city and this, was pre
ceded by a great outpouring of people.
Another instalment of Chicago pilgrms
came on a late train arriving about ei.lit
o'clock p. m. By this time the street- wore
ablaze with natural gas illumination-, and
the sidewalits were even more crowded
than Monday night and the couTuscd iim or
cheering and horn blowing was conlituuiis.
The crowds surged to and fro in a t na
tured way, shouting for Harrison and Mor
ton. The mass meeting at Tomlinson Hail w t
called to order about eight o'clut-u i m. oy
Chairman Griffin, of the btatu Ceulr.il
Committee, and he, Major Calkins, of thts
city, Hon. G. Henry Gould, of Mass.uli'i
setts, Hon. Frank Pliimley, or V criiiiiut.
Judge Wood, of Virginia. Eugene G Il.iv,
of Minnesota, and Colonel R. S Uoin-rt
son aud Hon. Jehu L. Griffiths, uf this c.tv.
spoke.
Tho delegates who arrived on this. U'e
tram included the California ilHeg-itinu
and a portion or the New York. Titer w"i
received at the depot and driven to .t liot-L
where they took supper and them c to Gn
tral Harrison's i esiiience, where tin-y hud
a brief iutei view with the candidate. In
front of tho house had been erected li.irimr
the day six stands upon which had been
mounted electric lights of great
power and brilliancy. The adj.u-enL
houses were all beautifully !ci r itiM
and the lawns lighted by Chinese l.niit-nis.
of all colors and shades. In the street ai.d
filling the spacious grounds surrounding:
the residence, were packed several thou
sand friends and neighbors. 1 hey shouted
every time the General made his app ar
ance, which ho frequently did, going down
the steps into the lawn and shaking haiitK
with all who presented themselves. A
constant stream of visitors poured into the
house und all were warmly greeted. Those
whose visit most deeply affected the Gen
eral were about fifty suivivors of In
old regiment, accompanied by some of the
129th Illinois, which formed a pan of his
brigade. They were introduced by Major
Grubbs, and in response General llarrisoc
said ;
Comrades, called as I have been by the Na
tional convention of one of the great political
parties of this country to be its candidate for
the Presidency, it will probably be my fortune
before the election to receive many delegations
representing various interests and classes of
our fellow citizens, but I am sure that out of
them all there will come none whose coming
will touch my heart so deeply as this visit from
my comrades of the Seventieth Indiana and
these scattering members of the other regi
ments that constituted the First brigade of the
Third division of the Twentieth army corps. I
recall the scenes to which M ijor Grubbs has
alluded. 1 remember that summer day when,
equipped and armed, we were called to
leave our homes and cross the Ohio
river and enter the territory that was inarms
against the Government which we had sworn to
support. I recall, with you. the tender parting,
the wringing of hearts with which we left those
we loved: I recall the high and buoyant deter
initiation, tne resolute carriage with which you
went to do your part in the work of suppressing
the great rebellion: I remember the scenes
through which we went in that hard discipline
or service and sickness, aad all of those hard
incidents which are necessary to convert citi
zens into veterans. I rember especi lly that
broad and deep crave at the foot or
the Resaca hilL where we left those gallant
comrades who fell in that desperate charga: I
remember through it all the gallantry, devotion
and steadfastness, the high set patriotism you
always exhibited: I remember how.altersweep
ibgdown with Sherman from Chattanooga to the
sea and up again tnrough the Carolinas and -4
Virginia, vou. with those gallant armies that
aad entered the gate of the South by I-ouisville
and Vicksburg. marched in the great review up
the grand avenue of our Nation's capital. I re
member that proud scene of which we were
part that day and glad rejoicing xs our face
were turned homeward, the applause which
greeted us as the banner of our regiment was
now and then recognized by some home- friends,
who had gathered to see us the whole course or
these incidents, of battle, of sickness, of death,
or victory, crowned thus by the triumphant
reassertion or National authority and by the
muster out and our return to those homes that
we loved, made again secure against all the
perils which threatened them. .
I reel that in this campaign upon which I an
entering, and which will undoubtedly cause
careful scrutiny, perhaps unkind and even
malicious assaults, all that relates to my not
conspicuous but loyal service with you m the
army. I may confidently leave my honor in tha
bands of the surviving members of the Seven
tieth Indiana whatever their political faith may
i e. Cries ot "That is true. General." "Yes."
Yea'" May I ask you now, for I am too deeply
moved by this visit to speak as I would desire.
that each one will enter this door that will
always open with a hearty welcome to you and
let me take you by the hand.
After the veterans left tne crowd patien t-
ly waited the coming of theCalirormadele
gjtion. It was beaded by a committee of
cuiceas, who presented the visitor to thw
General and Mrs. Harrison. The hour waj
late, the visit was necesearily brief.
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Negro louche.
CaABLKSTOX. HL, Juao 2a Saturday
night Mary A. Biagardiaer. a German girl.
sixteen yeara old, living near Effiogham.
came to this citr. She inquired at the de
pot for a lodging house,and William Mooie.
colored, offered to escort her to one.
Oa the way he overpowered her and
criminally assaulted her. She com
plained to the police and Moore was ar
rested, convicted and coramittel to jaii
About midnight a band of masked men
froaMaltoaa.Kaelbvvilie an J E.tiiigh mi
broke into the jail, overpowered tuegu ird
and taking Moore to the railroad water,
tank. hanged him. The crowd dipir..u.
lutetly. There is bo probability or aa
af them being arresWL
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