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MISSOUHIPOrUJiISTS.
MEETING OF THE STATE
CONVENTION
Governor stono nnil Other Dt'innrr.its Prrs
rut to Arm n nn fur 11 t'litou if Silver
l"orn rropos'.llon Mntlu ns t the
lUctliir.il 'Hi lut.
Reiiai.ia, Mo , July 31. The most
active workers this morn i nr among
the l'opullM.'i who had assembled for
their Stuto convention uuro Demo
crats. (!vcnior .Stono eimo ycslor
day and IM Orcir of ,tcfwrau City,
manager of Lou V. Stephens' cnnipriiti
for governor; I. A. Hull, tho I'iicu
comity candidate for tho Democratic
nomination for governor, tttnl Judge
D. V. Shackelford of lSoonvlllo ar
rived last night utul this morning.
Chutinccy I. HUey also did not for
get that tho Populists wert doing bus
iness hero mill Ills most trusted ngont,
Alhurt llrillin, made his nppeutanouoii
the scene.
Tho presence of thest outsiders will
cut considerable figure In this conven
tion, beouuso tiiey uro tnoro cxpor
leueed log rollers than tiny of tho
1'opullst leaders themselves "and tho
fusion l'opullsls listen In them.
Stone's avowed purpose is to got tho
Populist!) to ngrue to combine with
thu Democrats on tho electoral ticket.
Ho has been holding confabs with ;i
few of tho rural Populists tit u time,
caying to them: "1 want Ilryan; so do
you. Now why can't we arrange mat
lets 60 that wc can each help to so
euro his election by giving hituall tiio
Uiungth of both iiarties'.'"
Stone declared that ho had not been
authorized bv tiny Democratic com
mittee to tualco any promises, bit t tUat
ho cnuic hero on the iuvilatioit of two
Icnclliifr l'ojinllbls. llo nioposcd that
tho Populisms uud Democrats should
both leave the selection of electors to
their state committees and nt a joint
meeting of tho two stato commtilees
electors should bo nominated and u
genciiil plan bo devised for fusion of
tho two parties on their candidates
for Congress in all of tho lifieeti dis
tricts. Then ho would have the con
gressional convention! follow tho sug
gestions of tho statu coitunitteo nnil
have only ono silver candidate for
Congress in each district. llo holds
that this Is the only tufo way to pio
vent gold bugs from gettlnglnto Con
gress from botno of tho Missouri dis
tricts. Orcar nnd Hall nro hero on a differ
ent mission, Their errand is to got
the convention to adopt u. resolution
authorizing tho state committed to
negotiate with tho Democrats for n
fusion ticket and Mice oil' such names
of candidates named by this conven
tion us tho committee- may deem du
el raul p.
As for thn Populists themselves,
they havo filkcil a great ileal without
arriving at n definite conclusion.
Chairman A. Itor.clli of thu stato
commltteo and his friends favor u
Ej.ii.tc ticket, Independent of any other
fiarty. IJe Is willing, however, to
divide tlio electoral livCct with tho
iJoiuobrat.. .Tho proposition of li'i
frleuus in that tho Populists and iJimu-
four of tho seventeen electors.
Tho candidacy of Jiidgo John II.
Storfo of Jncltson couuty for governor
Is advocated by tho Jackson county
dolegates nnd receives ttrong support
from all of tho A. P. A. Populists. J.
L Doudon of Macon is tv eindlduto
for governor also, and John S. Cros
by's lintiu is occasionally mentioned.
Dr A. P. PouUon of Mint county is
'mother candidate for thu sumo posi
tion. MiDin.n-or-Titn-i.oAii jin.v mt:o.u.
Tlio state committee chose for tem
porary chairman J. T. Poulson of
IJnn county, and for temporary sec
ictary M. V. Carroll of Vernon coun
ty, both middle-of-the-road men, Car
roll being particularly pronouueed in
his views.
As tho country dolegates arrived on
tho trains soon afternoon, the middle-of-the-road
talk becamo mora pro
nounced. The Democratic suggestion
mat tuo two parties fuse on Congress
men, giving to tho. Democrats tho
lion's share of the candidates, sounded
well enough, but when tho Populists
began to talis ul ait it they found that
tho representatives of each district
v.-au'.cd tho Populist candidate, for
their ov. n district which would leave
tho Democrats nothing.
Chairman Koz.olluof tho S'.ato com
mittee called the convention to order
rt 1:30 o'clock ami after a few an
nouncements, filled on llov. 11. V.
Alton of the Methodist church of thin
city to pray. Mr. Alton is a Uopublt
can nnil was chosen because then
was no Populist preacher In Scdulia.
IIo prayed for the suppression of dem
agogues ana tho prevalence of patriot
ism. Temporary Chairman Paulson a&lsod
tho convention to be orderly atul said;
"Tho logic of events Is culminating so
rapidly that wo sco wo must o-oporuta
but wo aro hero to work, not to talk.
What is tho pleasuro of tho meeting?"
Tho committees selected by cau
cuses during tho forenoon wero an
nounced. b'ouutl Money Convention fur Missouri.
Kansas City, Mo., July 111 A spe
cial from St. Louis says that thu exe
cutive commltteo appointed nt tho
meeting of the sound money Demo
crats In that city recently, has de
cided to call a statu convention for
August IP. K.:-(iovornor Droudhend,
chairman of tho committee, will Issue
tho call in a fow days. Tiio conven
tion will bo held in St. J.onls upon
tho Onto named for thu purpose of
uomiualiuga full ticket.
l'rcpnrlns for Xr.mna I'nnllits.
Aiui.KNn, Kan., July 31. A largo
warehouse has been remodeled ns a
wigwam for tho Populist Statu con
vention nest week. It will cat V.uuo
people. Sleeping arrangements have
been made for l,jOu and churches will
feed tho crowds. A largo number of
delegates nro expected to cumo iu
wagons and carap out in groves near
tho town. T. M. Pattorsoa of Colo
rado will bo tho principal orator of
tho occasion, Tho Frco Sllvor party
Is arranging for r demonstration tho
night before tho convention in tho in
lerast of Ed Llttle'a candidacy iur
Congrcbsmau-at-large.
Crats should Uivvjo tho electoral ticket
on tho br.sli of tho vole cast two years
niro. which should i-Ivn tho Punultstu
WATSONV&jSEWALL,
Tlio l'iiiillit Vlcn rraaldoatlal Nomtnoo
llccluroi Illmtrtr In lilt t'upnr.
Atlanta, (In., July 31. Tho Hour
Thomas R Wation In out in ti strong
editorial In his paper stutlng his
grounds for accepting thn nomination
fjr vico president from tho Populist
national convention. Ho refers to
Mr. Sowiill as nn indlvldu.il of stand
ing uud a free uilvcr Democrat, but
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XsAA
THOMAS WATSON'.
adopts tho argument elaborated on nt
St. Louis, that tho nomination of iv
Populist for second placo was neces
sury to prescrvu tho autonomy of tho
Populist organization, especially In
tho South.
The editorial Is necepted not only
nn a letter of acceptance, but also an
olliclul ultimatum that propositions
for withdrawal will not be considered
by Mr Wat sou or tho Populists, nnil
that tho case now rests with Mr.
bewail.
It virtually demand's the withdrawal
of the Democratic eamlhlatu for Vico
President. Throughout the editorial
Insinuations aro made, and where It
seems to unalvo the situation it de
velops tho fact that Mr. Watson is
making a strong demand for his imitie
diuto recognition us llryan's running
mate.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE.
I't'dlptH of tin- l'rt-i ill I Ihi-iI Yi'iir l.nrt'fr
Miiin I in Ik of liiltii Hi.
Wariiinotoy. July 3). Tho com
missioner of Internal revenue has sub
mitted to Secretary Carlisle a prelim
inary report of tho operations of tils
bureau during tho fiscal year ended
June 30. It tdiows that tho receipt-!
aggregated SHO,8.lo,fili, an increase of
St.r.s 1,137 over those of the preceding
fiscal year. Tho expenses approx
imated SI, oil, .ttl and the percentage
af cost of collection was about S'.'. 70, a
reduction of eighteen cents ns com
pared with tho preceding llscal venr.
I'lom spirits tho rccoipts werc'sst),
070,070, an increase of 8s07,sl3. The
largest item of inercaso was from
fruit spirits, tho receipts of 81, .IS 1,870
being SlSS.fcO.i iu excess of last year's,
lletall liquor taxes wero increased
S-I.IOO, reetlllers' taxes, SI5M5S, nnd
the wholcsalo lltpior dealers' special
taxes, StG,:M3. Tho only dccicases
noted were trilling.
Tobacco brought In a revonuo of
$3VM,'",i or 51,001, Til mora '"a" in
tho 'iii-ci-cding year. Thero was n
general Inercaso In all tho items under
this head, thu largest being iu cigar
ettes under tlirco pounds per 1,00) of
which the receipts v.cro SVl.tCi.' or
357, mi more than In tho 'proceeding
year Chewing and smoking tobacco
brought iu SI5,2'.(),OJi, S.1?:i,M9 uioro
than iu the proceeding year; cigars ami
cheroots over three pounds per 1,000
Sl,.'.7l3,',,u7, an inercaso of S'-'SI.SOO,
MitiiY, SV'.'.Oli. an inercaso of 8103,07.
Prom fermented liquors thero was
derived taxes aggregating 'S3,7SI,23:.,
or S'. 1 1-1,017 more than during tho
preceding year. Ate. boors and sim
ilar liquors brought W --So, l-'is, 1 11, an
increase of S?,0!I1sl'H.
There wa3 a failing ofT of S1S0.773
In tho taxes realised from oleomarga
rine, the revenue fioin which amount
ed to 51,519,1!;.'. 'I ho decrease was
general in all tho Items under this
head, tho largest item being Sl!C,hl7
in the direct tav on oleomargarine,
while retail dealers' taes shrunk
S.'m.CI.I and wholcsalo dealers' taxes
S-'o.oio.
Tho misrollancnui receipts de
creased Slt'-.'JO'J during tho vear, tho
largest Iti-m being Sl'Jj.rHS In tho re
ceipts from placing cards, which wero
only S'J.Vi.s'li.
During tho past year 07.030.910 gal
lons of spirits distilled from other
materials than fruit wero withdrawn
for consumption, n decrease- of 7. 1 1-t,-17'.'
gallons as compared with tho pre
ceding yen-. Cigarettes to tho num
ber of l.O'.'.'.ilyl.OlO wero drawn out,,
"I 1,'i7,si;o, moro than wo consumed'
during tho preceding year. Tho mini
her of cigars and cheroots withdrawn
were I,.j7.7.Vi.u1 I, nn Increase of 73,
TSJ.O.IJ. Chewing and smoking to
bacco was taken out to tho amount of
'.a i.',7.l i7 pounds, an inercaso of
. .".'.i7, It.i pounds.
Illinois returned mor.i Internal rev
emio taxes than any other state, tho
total collections thero being S31.P7J,
Hi. New York camu net with S'JI,
ii;u. K0, Kentucky third with SI1.U03,
1 0, Ohio and Pennsylvania closu
together with 31 1,0 :.7y and SU.ll.V
Ms respectively. Indiana had S7,0y3,-l-'-l.
.Missouri ?n,0.V.i,91.V Maryland
S.-i.'.ifis.fiO.i. nnd Wisconsin S. 13.V77.
None of the remaining stales reached
the fi million mark.
FIFTEEN STORM
VICTIMS.
An Ohio Jllnln; Tnirn Lata Wiuta
1T
inure Hind nn I I'luoJ.
Atiii.ns, tialo, July 31. At Glouces
ter, ii in. mug town tweivo miles north
or hero. Inst night, nearly all of the
buildings on tho principal thorough
fare of tho town weio wrecked by a
storm, und great damage was done on
other streets. It is reported that tlf
teen people wero killed.
CallfnriiW ItnnUrrii Asalutt KlUer.
San I'i'.ancisco, July 31. Thu Cali
fornia Hankers' association has Issued
a pamphlet on tho financial question
in which thoy toko tho position that
tho plank in tho Democratic pliitform
favoring tho "frco coinage of silver at
the ratio of 10 to 1, without awaiting
bluillar action by any other govern
ment," Is a most dangerous ouo. They
set forth that if tho United States
should nlono attempt free colnugo of
sllvor nt that ratio gold would bo
hoards d to await a premium or shipped
to foreign couutrles uud 6llver ulono
rcinalu us a circulatlug medium.
THE ALADAMAELECTION.
Populists i:'.ul the IS'et Art to the Demo
crats Clmh man .tone Ciillril.
Ilimiivni'AM, Ala . Ju y 3i. (Jcncral
,lam".s II. Weaver of Iowa was In con
ferenco much of yesterday with the
Populist leaders with reference to tho
Stato election to bo held next Mon
day. It wns agreed that if a fair elec
tion is had, tho Popiilist-Ilcpiibllcati
fusion State ticket will win, and it
wus decided to give thu Democratic
manager.': to understand that unless
an absolutely fair election Is had the
1'opullstn in this Stato will notsupport
Ilryan in November, but will fusu with
tho Ilopubiicaun uud oust their
ballots for McKiuiey in order to
rebuke, as they say, "dishonest elec
tion methods. (icneral Weaver tele
graphed National ll.alrmiiti Jones of
the Democratic comm.ttcu to come hero
at onco and usu his ell'orts to see fair
play for the (ioodwin ticket, In order
to hold tho Alnb'ima Populists Iu lino
for Ilryan. Populist leaders con
fidently expect that Senator Jones
will come. They assert that while
tho f.ueoess of silver Is greatly to Do
desired, Impost elections must first bo
had. In the event that the Populists
are satislled with the result Monday,
they will then demand tho removal
from tho state Democratic: elector
ticket of the several gold standard
electors as tho further price of Popu
list support of that ticket. Mean
while lionoral Weaver says he will
also direct his ell'orts to directing tho
election of silver men, in order to in
sure tho choieo of a i.ilver senator.
Some very interesting developments
aro looked for during thu next few
day, and thu outcome is bound to
havu an important bearing upon tho
Populists in thu btato toward tho
Ilryan tickut.
COLORADO REPUBLICANS.
Statu Central Cniiiinliloo I)irlurr4
fur
tliti i:i'Hil:ii-ui Nnmlners.
Diavkii, Col., July .-.:. lty it, voto of
13 to 35 the Ucpublicun state cen
tral committee adopted thu following
resolution;
"Kesolved. That it is the sense of
this meeting that this committee shall
take such steps ns arc necessary to
place before the pooplu of too state of
Colorado for their .suffrages in No
vemher a i.trulght I'opublieun ticket,
headed by Republican electors who
will cast their votes, If opportunity
offers, for McKlnloy and Ilobart.''
The mooting of tiio cotninittco was
In many respects the most exciting
that body has ever held.
Tho committee at a night session
decided to hold the stnto convention
ut Colorado Springs on September 30.
After tho meeting of tho committee,
tho Ilryan faction circulated a peti
tion for a call for another meeting.
'1 hey claim that n majority of the ac
tual members of tho r.tato central
coinmiltoo nro with them and that tho
meeting was packed, alleging that of
the bO delegates represented 40 wero
by proxy in tho hands of Denver and
Colorado Springs politicians. Tho
Ilryan men further nllogo that It is
the plan of tho McKiuiey men to
uominato Senator Wolcott for gov
ernor. KANSAS FUSION.
Democrats and Iop'illti lUrh Ha'.tlu;
for Ailvnncm liy tlio Other.
Tcrr.KA, Kan., July 31. Whilo it is
regarded as a foregone conclusion by
the general public that there is to bo
a fusion by Democrat.! and Populists
in Kansas this year, no ttep in that
direction has been taken by tho lead
ers of either party, although tho con
ventions of both aro less than a week
off.
Tho Populists aro looking for tho
Democrat.- to niako tho advances, aud
thu Democrats, having become 111 led
with the hope that George W. Gliclc
would bo acceptablo to the Populists
us thu fusion caiuli.late forgovuinor,
are waiting for tho Populists to seek
terms. Meanwhile tho timo is slip
ping away, and both parties aro mak
ing preparations to nominate tickets.
The Democrats aro disposed to uom
inato a fragmentary ticket, thn vacant
places to bo filled in by tho Populist
convention tho day following, but tho
Populists, unlcsi terms nu mado la
advance, will uominato a comploto
straight ticket. They aro willing to
give the Democrats u reasonable sharo
of tho ticket, but they declare that
tho candidate for governor should bo
n Populist, and on that rock the fusion
scheme will split unless the Democrats
submit.
As to tho electoral ticket the signs
are growing that tho Abilene conven
tion will noiuiiiatu ti full ticket of
Populists. Later on it is not at all
unlikely that, In order to sceuro suc
cess in tho Stato, a division of tho
electoral ticket may bo agreed on, but
tho order seems to'ho at present that
ns a means of convincing tho South
that tho North will bo fair to Watson,
a straight ticket of Populists will bo
nominated at tho outset.
It is said to bo tho policy of Marlon
Iliitlcr, tho Populist national chair
man, to compel the Demociats of tho
South to voto for Uryan ami Watson
electors, llo will pull ovcry string to
that end, and ho bases his expecta
tions on tho belief that tho Democrats
North and South would rather tako
Watson with Ilryan than not get Ilry
an at all.
As to tho freo silver Republicans,
they seem to havo bceu lost hlght of
iu all Populist plans. Kvcn tho boom
of U C. Llttlo for Cougresfiniin-at'
largo has been forgotteu and Jerry
iiotuin lias resumed ins tormcr posi
tion in tho lead of that race.
rillliutiir Acilu Huriit-il.
Washington, July 31, Tho Presi
dent has issued a proclamation dated
July 57 again commanding cltizons to
observe neutrality towards Cuba.
I.:iivyer Shoot a Trc-nrlicr.
Tiixaiikana, Ark, July 31. At tho
Cotton Holt depot yesterday morning
Colonel John Hallam, a well known
Arkansas attorney, and author of
"Tho Diary of an Old Lawyer," shot
and fatally wounded Key. W. A.
Forbes, ono of tho most prominent
lluptist ministers Iu the State, end
who Is nt present pastor of a church
ut New Lowlsvllle. Mrs. Hallam re
cently obtained ti dlvorco from her
husband. Hallam charges I'orbcs vith
alienating his wifo's affections aud
bringing discord into his home.
irORHIBLK COLLISION
FIFTY PERSONS KILLED AT
ATLANTIC CITY.
A I'rontlf-il i:ii nriloii Train It mi Into Ii;
the Itiiidlni; l:in-iH ut 11 (.'rniolui;
"I In- llnpn-ki I'lnuijlii-il lli'iir TtirniiKli
thr rtriirolnti Train.
Ai'A.vrii City, N. J.. Aug l. A
rallioad accident, horrible In Its de
tails and sickening In its lesults,
occurred last evening just outside of
this city, and ns a result about loo
persons are either Killed or injured.
The Heading railroad express, which
left Philadelphia at r.:!0 o'clock for
Atlantic City, crashed Into a Pennsyl
vania railroad excursion tram ut tlio
second signal tower, about four tulles
out from here. The Pennsylvania
train was returning to llridgeton with
a party of excursionists from that
place, Millvlllo and neighboring
towns. It was loaded with passen
gers, and a rough estimate of the
killed and Injured ut a late hour places
the number at 1 0il. It is hoped that
this is an exaggeration, but the num
ber is undoubtedly more than fifty.
At tho second signal tower the
tracks of tlio two roads diagonally
cross. Thu Heading train was given
the signal, bin it either failed to
work or tlio speed of the eprcs was
too great to bo checked Iu time. It
caught the excursion tram bro.idsidu
and ploughed through, literally
cleaving it iu twain.- Thu englnu of
the Heading train was shattered to
pieces, livery ear wus jammed to its
fullest capacity.
As toon us tho news reached Atlantic
City, the utmost consternation pre
vailed, but tin; authorttk'i were equal
to the emergency. Itolief trains wero
dispatched to tin scene, loaded with
cols and bearing staffs of surgeon s.
As quicltly us thu bodies were re
covered they were carried into the
local hospitalsand undertakers' shops.
A general fire alaiui was sounded uud
tho department promptly responded
uud aided in tlio heart lending work
of digging for the victim. Pear grew
into despair and horror as the Vigor
ous work of the relief gangs revealed
tho awful extent of the disaster.
The lirst Heading rcllof train boro
into this city twunty-seveti mangled
corpses, men, women and children.
Tlio next tiain, n-jt an hour later,
carried llftecn of the maimed and
wounded, nnd two of these died soon
after rerchlng the city. As train
after train plycd to the scene of the
wreck and came back with its ghastly
load, the sanitarium which docs duty
as tho city hospital quickly found
its capacity overtaed. Meanwhile,
others of the dead and injni ed wero
being carried to the private hospital
ut Ocean and Pncitlc avenues.
The excursion train was made up of
fifteen cars, tho foremost of which
was a baggago car. Tills anil the
next two coaches caught thu full
force of the crash, and were utterly
demolished. What remained of tho
jli.r.)car was tumbled Into a ditch at
the roadside, r
Siipcrintendeiii. I. N. Swoignrd of
the Philadelphia it Heading Company
places the number dead nt thirty
seven and thu injured nt about the
same number, llo sent a telegram to
Philadelphia which said: "There
were thirtv-s.'ven persons killed, ns
follows: Twelve women, twenty-onu
men, two boys and two girls. About
tho same number injured '"
Mrs. Kd ward Parr, wifu of tho
Heading engineer who wus killed,
when informed of her husband's
tragic end, threw up her hands with
u frantic shriek and fell dead at thu
feet of her informant.
William Tliurlow. telegraph oper
ator iu the tower house, was arrested
uud held, pending an inquiry.
It is said that tho Heading signal
was displayed, and that the whistle
of the train wus sounded. 1 he Head
ing has thu right of way at tho crossing-
The excursion train boro live tribes
thu Order of Hed .Nlen, the Ilrideton.
the Niagara, tho Ahwuntouah ami
the Cohaiislck, with their wives and
children.
THE SOCIALISTS.
Thn Inliirimtlnniil (mirc-ii lloi-liirrn for
a t'liinptotii limrriinu-nt f-jtniii,
London, Aug 1. At the session to
day of thu international Socialist la
bor nnd trado union congress M.
Valiant, the French SociuLst deputy,
wus chairman and Mnttliuw Maguire,
thu leading delegate of the Socialist
Labor party of the United States,
vico chairman. Tho congress adopted
tho report of the committee on
education and physical develop
ment, favoring a government sys
tem of public education extending
from tho kindergarten to tho univer
sity nnd Including physical, scientific,
artistic and technical subjects to be
accessible to every one by freedom
from fees und public maintenance of
the scholars. Thu report prohibits
the ouiployinent of children under 1!?
years of ago in night work or in nny
worl. involving labor extending over
twenty-four hours weekly. Jameo
Kier Hurdle argued that whatever ex
pense tho maintenance of scholars
aud their university education would
be, it would be followed by coinpen-!!-lion
!u thu diminution of thu number
ot criminals,
yneen VletnrU 5l.iy Itrllre.
London, July III. Tho rumor that
Queen Victoria intends to retire in
favor of tho Prlnco of Wales is cur
rent again to-day and It is added that
court circles uro troubled about tho
queen's health. The queen has de
cided, it is said, to spend hoi timo
hereafter at llalmoral or Osborne and
to give the Prlnco and Princess of
Wales tho use of Duck Ingham palace
and Windsor castle.
Trencher Kouuni ot Ol.riiin.
Toi'KKA, Kan., Aug 1. The He v.
John Constantino, nn Armenian
preacher who Is raising funds iu this
country for his people, was hold up
by two colored men and a woman in
Smoky How, a tough quarter of this
city, at a late hour last night, and
robbed of Sl.oOO In gold. Constanllnu
hud been to a missionary meeting and
wus on his way to his boarding house
when the robbery was committed IIo
became greatly excited uud forgot his
Knglish, and tho robbers had time to
get out of tho country before he could
moke tho pollco understand Ins predicament.
CARLISLE'S OPINION.
Sny tho (lovcrtinicnt Would Not IU
Hark of Mli" tinder Tree C'oliii!;.
Lliri.i; Hock, Ark.. Aug 1. A state
ment wus widely published by the
press ii few days ago that President
G. L. Green of the Connecticut Life
Insurance I oinpatiy of Hartford, had
issued u circular letter to policy hold
ers notifying them that in tho
event that thu government adopted
the freo coinage of silver the com
piny would be compelled to pay ml
claims iu depreciated silver coin. Mr.
P. W. Alsop of this city sent a clip
ping of this .statement to Secretary of
tho Treasury Curl isle, with u request
ior an expression on the subject. He
has received a reply from Mr. Car
lisle, winch is, in part, tin follows:
"In casu free coinage of silver. should
be established In this country, I pre
sume .nsuraiico companies 'und nil
other institutions would continue to
tnuku their payments by cheeks and
drafts on banks as heretofore: but in
my opinion thu whole volume of our
currency would miiI: ut once to tin
silver bus s. and thoso checks and
drafts would be paid in silver dollars
or their equivalent, instead of gold or
its equivalent, as is now the case.
"I presume no one supno-.es for
n moment that it would be the
duty of the government to attempt
to keep the standard silver dollar,
coined freo for private in lividuals
nnd corporations equal iu value
to a gold dollar: or, in other
words, that it would be the duty
of the government to attempt, under
a system of free coinae. to main
tain the parity of the two metals Tho
dollars would be coined on privato
account and delivered to private indi
viduals and corporations as their own
property, the government having no
interest whatever iu them, nnd being,
therefore, under no obligation to sus
tain them by guaranteeing their
value.
"Under our existing system, all sil
ver dollars are eoiuoif on account of
tho government nnd are issued bv tho
government in payment of its expend
itures and other obligations, and it
would be an act of bad faith, there
fore, to nermit them to depreciate.
Very truly, John c. Cari.isi.i."
COLD STANDARD BOLTERS
Thirty stnliH i:.ii-'titl to I'lirtli Ip.itc In
the C'onfi rruie.
CmrAfio, Aug 1. 'lhere will bo an
important meeting of tho executive
committee having in charge slate or-gani.-.
itions of gold standard Demo
crats at the Palmer house headquar
ters to-morrow. General Hiugg, tho
chairman, issued the call and It is
expected reports will be received from
states enough to give tin indication as
to what extent the third ticket move
ment has gone and will go.
The work of bringing about a na
tional convention is progressing
satisfactorily. It Is now believed that
from tlil.-ty to thirty-live states will bo
represented ut the conference Au
gust 7.
CcniTiil M.itmger Trey Iloltn.
ToriiKA Kan., Aug 1. J. J. Prey,
general manager of the Atchison, To
peku it Santa Pu railroad system, a
life long Democrat, has bolted tho
Chicago ticket and will voto for tho
gold standard this fall. He said to
dap: "I huvo no hesitancy in saying
that I am not iu favor of thu free" sil
ver idea. I don't think it would be
best for the country. 1 havo been u
Democrat all my life and have always
voted the Democratic tickut anil 1 am
'orry 1 can't stay with the party this
fall. This would be impossible, how
ever, holding the ideas 1 do."
Mold Stand ml Kuim.ini to Meet.
1ui'i:ka, ICnn , Aug J. Sam Kim
ble and J. Q. Sheldon of Hlley county,
Sam Maher of Wyandotte and C. J.
Lautry and Lugi-tic lingua of Shaw
nee, sound money Democrats, will
hold a conference in this city this
evening to appoint a national com
mitteeman to represent Kunsis at In
dianapolis. August 7. Kimble prob
ably will be appointed.
CLOUDBURST IN OHIO.
Vn lliintlrcil lYnnm Kiitili-rnil IIiiiiil
li' lty ii lor rent of Vtiititr.
Sut r.i.NVii.u:, Ohio, Aug 1. A
severe storm, like a cioud burst, oc
curred west of this city yesterday
afternoon about I o'clock and Within
a period of thirty minutes a mighty
torrent of water had spread desola
tion along both Parmar's and Fisher's
runs in tho lower part ot this e.ty.
No lives wero lost, us there wero per
sons ailing the creeks who saw tlio
water coming i'owii the valley, and
ran from houso to house warning thu
people, r'vorybody lied, many wad
ing knee deep in water from their
house to llic hills which lino both
sides, Two hundred people are homo
less as ;t result of tho Hood. Tho
damage will aggregate till of S'WO.OjO.
Iliinn-i .Merely Hint u Cooil Timo.
Nkw Yoiik, Aug 1. Hepubllcan
National Chnirman Mark A. Ilauua
returned from his visit to Whiteluw
Held at White Plains early today, but
had nothing to repeat of what was
said there by himself or by either of
tin other guests. J. Pierpont Morgan
and I). Ogdcn Mills. "It was only a
social call. Wo had a pleasant ti .10,
a good night's rust and plenty to eat
That's all," ho suld.
A l.o.'.il (in III. Mind.
Ho Will you ilium- mo?
Sho-No.
llo Thank heaven, that point is
3ottlod! anything i butter than sits
pause. Lot'- go out and got sumo
ico'Cteum- I ruth.
Flrrd on 1'roui tmtiiiidi.
Litti.k Horit, Ark., July 31. Lueos
Johnson and his wife, colored, whilu
on thu public road near Augusta,
Ark , weru llred upon from nuibush,
the woman being lustantly killed anil
tho man fatally wounded. Another
negro, with whom Johnson had had
trouble, has been arrested on s.is-
oiclon. .
llve DhhIIii ut Cine Innall.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug 1. Yester
day turned out to be anothar scorcher.
Tho thermocauter registered 02 at "
(x m., and street instruments at the
same, hour showed Us und D'j in tho
shade. Twonty-nmo prostrations
wero reported, tlvo of them fatal.
WILL FUSE IN MISSOURI.
l'iimlUt Coiim iillini Tiilii- Action After n
Hot t'rli-tti'.
St.HAMA, Mo.. Aug I. When tho
Populist Stato convention assembled
last evening the commltteo on cre
dentials In Its report uiuu to each
county as many votes ns it had dele
gates present. Tho delegates began
to iiiuko amendments and spent an
hour on them and finally adopted tho
report as amended.
Tho committee on rules and order
of business reported S. A. Wright of
Springfield f0r permanent chairman,
M. II. Carroll of Lamar for permanent
seeietary nnd S. A. Pike of Kansas
City, sergeant-at-arins. It also pro
vided for two State c unuittteeuieii for
e.icli congressional district. The last
recommendation caused n squabblo
becauo sumo delegates wanted ono
committeeman only for each district.
After much talk the section was
adopted us read. After a discussion
more earnest than interesting tho
convention decided that It would elect
thu chairman iH the Statu coiiiuiittco
rather than leave it to the committee.
It was H:Vi tills morning beforo all
of the delegates weru in their seats.
After the opening prayer the dele
gates began work on the platform.
Delegate Lipscomb of tho Fifteenth
district objected to the first section
and offered u new section. Sheridan
Webster of St Louis and (i, T. Dema
ree of Kinsas i ity offered .otr.er
aineiidmeiits. Finally this substitute
by Lipscomb, for the 'first section, was
udopted:
"W. ilft-ltirpoii t lit monev illation, thnt mo
behove hi n tuition il i-in of fhircrmni'iit
tiionur dir-ct to lh' iio;ili without tin Inter
pntioiiuf batik, Millielt'iit toil tin lmini'M
of tin- country on n c.li Iiiki , mul m.idi to-
ccivjiili' 1 1 pi.Mui'lit of nil ilelito, cIiicj anil do-
amendments, substitutes, motions to
tablu and motions to strike out, ac
companied .sometimes with animated
debate, but each was finally adopted.
tiik rrsio.v l'liorosiiio.v.
The commltteo on resolutions then
presented an address which had been
ugreed upon last night, as follows:
"The IVopln'ri pirtv of .Mie.niirl don not
propo-n to -urreii.ler Its idntit; or orititiKa
Hon; it 4 niKilni ii n it nee inisiliilul. Hut for
it. In our opinion, thn (.lilrnw convention
could nnd would not liuvr made Its lit form
nor tiuiinnatvd Willi un .1. Ilryntiin ii run II
ilnti. Wo nk nnd H-ek n union of for-n in
our Mate surli that it voto inn In r lit iu tho
i-lectornl collect- for lirnti an 1 Witt sun 'I ho
noniitintlon of tin ono may not ho ncroc
ulilo to s'ctiotmlbm nisi of thu Miiis
fltjpi river, that of tlio otlmr no t'l of
Muionuml Mvjj'h line. 'I ho is.uo l being
clearly iiinde. On tho no xido nr tie- usur
ers, money rlinin;erij nn i Hold (tamhlo h of
I-.uropo uud their American n lo-i ihil-nIir
that ' thu exiitini: gold strrnlard iim-t bumiiin
tnitied." Until tlieir lairoponn innter con
nt tn Fomothintf to t-iku in pln;o that t. rvei
their piirpo-elijltiir, that purpoio lure, ns
It tins b3?ti in r.uiopM for n century, to subju
gate tho peopb toon i iiliistnnl uud fiuiucinl
debt terf Join On tlio other sida lit tt iko Is
tho indiH'.riil un 1 tlnnnciul lib'rty und imlo-pindi-'iu'i'of
our rounlr-, th mnlntinanca ot
tlu ltep llilir, tlio iilHilitiou of llrititli clomlna
tion ot Kuiop'nu ihlit srfd iu.
"lietweii vu.'h i'o:iti'.ts on such nn issno,
tliero ii h-it on i Mlu for ut Slnpj McKiuiey,
tliotitfh iiiivtilhuu'Iy, hai conutiil to stand aa
tlio expiui'ut und xt induril Icaicrof Kuropoan
puliti-K Uuaiieonu liiouiiuat ouof oiircouutry,
in this e tiniiiiKii. v.-t now offer to ml voters
nn I paiti r of our b'uto an liimiiritli'.i nlliatiro
for lhl i'nuiiai;u by n union of forcw on
nntional clei'torn on any Imi-le tint i fair, Jutt
mil leu il, to III- nnd that McKhiley iiuii Mc
K inl.-j ii-m. n uboro ilclluol, may hi buri'd
under 7 J pr teat of ilu voten .Mtliuucli wo
huvo in th" iil?;-iu'" of any iiu.lerMandiug
nominated u St.it anil full elci'toml ticket, yut
we now tuuder and olT-r I n roni'ihto union
of fore's in the liv of fill lionortiblo iiiojdh to
criiro tlioureat enil n-id inlerusts ut nt'ik.
If till p op itlii ju It uvit by tho voters in our
tale 1 1 tin nrit of ui'iiurodity laid patriotism
tu which it i muilo, w. ttaud ready with tho
I rni. hiicukors and part to c.irry its purposes
to victory. If Itis rejected. vo will stand, ns
,u havo s'oo I on tho onL platform that. In
ouropiuioi. can u.u an n luiuutiaud perma
mint relief tuour poopl.
"Wo Maud for tint Wmtorn continent, for tho
reiubllrs -Amenc. i uud lur tort of Ainoricitis
-home for tho homo.i ss-tlm frultn of thoir
toll f..r tin labnrerx, tin nbollliou of tho in
(biatrial sirfduiu. of perpatu.il piihll- nnil pi
n!c drills, ttiiii4lilililiim!it of tin Aiuuri -nn
ptit'inot moniv. Ilii-incn and (fenerul policy
und llo banlilimuiit of llri ish nnd lairoponn
Inllti mro und domination from our rouulry.
Anil to tho m.iiiitu.inr!ioMhute,whith'r aided
b, many or f , un mutual y pled,'i nndrrn-t-'v
nto nil tho u i-nua unil piweri that tin J has
put in oar liu i la."
nu: .main rir.nr r.viui.v on.
I'.oforo tlio address corilil be dis
cussed. T. T. Turley of Audrain county
proposed' this n menu men t:
"Kesolved, That if thu Democrats
refuse to take Mr. Sewall oil' their
ticket we, Populists of Missouri, will
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ii-iuni; iu suppcri .vir. iirvan.
lietwi
wah dressed in tho eostumu of the
(.oddess of Liberty, and Wore badges
of tho ht. Louis 1'opulist and silver
convention,
mien me convention reassembled
Chairman Wright told tlio delegates
that their ubuso of each other and in
sinuations which were freoly cast
this morning wero in t arguments and
would do no good. llo moved the
adoption of tho original address and
thut tho resolutions bo adopted art
suggestions for the guidance of tho
btato commltteo. A demand for a roll
call led to a great deal of noisy
lobbying. J
The Lipscomb motion to adopt tho
cotninittco address as submitted was
carried by a majority of 21.7 to j:i
The next order was a call of tho roll
for tho announcement of State com
mlttco members by districts. Tho
convention took a recess for tho dis
tricts to caucus.
rierliiston, Kan., 1'eoplo Whip Tramp.
Ukiunoton, Kan.,. Inly 31. -Tramps
becamo such a nuisance hero that tho
citizens organised. Three were taken
to tho edge of town, given horsewhip-
mugs nun loin 10 leave, tine returned,
but was mado to board a freight train.
Tho citizens propose to kcop thu town
st,
VI:
frco from
uflir.
sltors of this sort horo
Ten I'l-rsnus Poisoned.
VKitsAiuxH, Ky., Aug 1. -At noon
to-day ton persons wero poisoned at
tho residence of a market gurdencr
near Versailles. Impuro milk Is be
lloved to huvo been tho cause. Four
are in a critical state.
in.vius, luiinii' nntl lu'ivnti'. We rut th-r ilfcliirn
fur tho fri'Mind iitili-iiitcil r iin:i-tof Lo'ligold
unci m'v r nt tlin rati i of lb to 1 nml their ajt
I'licatim to the p.ijtnent of i ur intlomtlcblit."
I'.fl I'll (if till, lltlllll.'k V-fl .. ! .! .1 ,1 I.. rt
between ten ami fifteen delegates
wished to speak on thu iimendmcnt,
but the cuair introduced Miss Lettio
'lerceofSt. Louis, who recited tho
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