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' ELLINOI& • - • .*' ElS or NEWS. In Every Quarter of the ^ ized Globes ,tilin- w fA"» ' fbe Very Latest IntelM«enee ^P^RFTASHED OVER.UET«L%I:^ %'> *v ** graphic Wires. •••'• !• IOWA'S LABOR PARTY. Slate Ticket .Nominated at Marshalltowa-- Mr. 8treeter Present THE Union Labor State Convention dominated this ticket at Marshalltown, Iowa: For Secretary of State, J. B. Nfincent; for Auditor, E. M. Farnsworth; Jfor Treasurer, James Rice; for Attorney- General.J. M. Williamson. Presidential Electors were named, and Congressmen Weaver and Anderson were indorsed as jpandidates for re-election. There were About fifty delegates present.. Hon. A. J. Streeter, of Illinois, candidate for the presidency, addressed the conventlfrfe. ,S\ " THE BATTERS. Relative Standing of the Prominent Ball ClubS. 'IF\ THE annexed table shows the relative •landing of the clabs competing for the pbampionsliip of the associations named: League. Won. Lost.! Wcst«m. Won-Lost. Chicago.. ..85 16 Detroit ....S3 18 Boston... ...32 29 Maw York 39 S3 Philadelphia !K> '24 Washington 17 34 Pittsburgh. 16 32 Ifcdianapalis... .IS 34 St. Paul 96 Dee Moines. ....22 Omaha 18 Milwaukee 90 Kansas City. 90 Cbtoaoo. 19 Minneapolis.... .13 •. American. Woo. Lost. St. Louis 34 15 Brooklyn 38 Athletic ...31 Cincinnati...... 81 Baltimore. 25 Cleveland, 18 Xouisvulo. 16 Kansas City.....14 Interstate. Won.Lost. Davenport.... ..32. Peoria .49 Dubuque 19 Crawfoni aville. .20 iTBloommgtou... .13 3S< Danville IS SQlLaiayette -.0 W& , A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO STRIKE. "'Wj^b Iron and Steel Workers Refuse to Ae- eept Reduced Wages. ,. THE strike of iron and steel workers at i "r Pittsburg, Pa., i6 thought to be inevitable. The employes have informed the manu­ facturers that they will not consent to a reduction. The latter are equally firm not to pay present prices. The workers will present their own scale; bat it is almost certain to be rejected. In that case the fees will be banked, the mills closed, and "• , 100,(too men made idle. } r THOMAS B. LINCOLN DEAD. £*• Hhe Only Man Tried for Treason in Cornice* !>i;' •' tion with the Rebellion Passes Away. THOMAS B. LTNCOLN, grand-nephew of . (Sen. Lincoln, of revolutionaiy fame, and theonly person tried for treason during the late civil war, and for whom Jesse D. Wright was expelled from the United ; States for writing a letter of introduction to Jeff Davis, died at his farm, not far from Elkton, Md. He was born in PhiTa- 4elphia in 1813. ' . t Legislative Nominations. THE Bepttblican Senatorial Conventifei of the Boekford (111.) district nominated Gen. B. P. Sheets of Oregon for the Sen- • -"flBte, and William Cox of Ogle aad David Hunter of Winnebago for Represents- vivos. The nominees were instructed to **ote for submission to %' peopie of a Srohibitfca amendment to the 6m-titution. , Washington Notes. SENATOR PADDOCK has introduced ;k * into the Senate an amendment to the ap- ." Jjropriation bill appropriating $40,000 for •public building at Beatrice, Neb. THE President has approved the act ^authorizing the Nebraska Central Railway < to oon6trnct a bridge over the Missouri ,J|ivernear Omaha, Neb. . ^ e ' Avoided Political Qustioas. ̂ I-JI THE Presidents of the two houses of .the Prussian Diet have presented to Em- ' •=.J^eror William the addresses of those two Bodies in reply to the speech from the throne. The Emperor, in expressing his - thanks, made no reference to political Huestions. f_(". S Iowa Republican Convention. i • THE Iowa Republican State CouTtstisn Jfill be held at Des Moines, Aug. 21. - ^ Telegraph Brlelleta. GENEBAIi "WASHINGTON L. ELLIOTT, « veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, ^Ind Vice President of the Safety and ."•Jrugt Deposit Bank of San Francisco, v Cal., died in the bank of apoplexy. *, THE Duke of Marlborough, George Charles Spencer Churchill, and Mrs. Lilly Warren Hammerslev were married ^•t New York in the City Hall chambers 4>f Mayor Hewitt, that functionary officiat­ ing. The Duke and Duchess of Marl- • . , Jborough have sailed for Europe. ; THE FREE LIST COMPTJrrgn Consideration of the Army Appropriation Bill. x ' The House has completed the free list of the ;f. ^ tariff, the only additional changes made the 29th ; J>eing to Etrike out paintings in oil or water eolore ana statuary not otherwise provided for, ,and to insert primuline, a dye used • In the manufacture of cotton goods apd not produced in this country. After the dutiable portion of the bill . nad been read Mr. Reed (Me.) proceeded to criti­ cise the majority of the Wavs and Means Com- tnittee for attempting to mislead the country on vbeeflect of the bill. A prolonged discussion The House has ordered a further con- on the District of Columbia the previous conference its wntenee was imposed. woassatSt surviving soft, ntehed tollM( wit- nese stand, hbA, witik iawM^kmed words, sobbed out a request to toe Judge tp save his mother's Jits. The few peojple k tendanoe held their breach. His was so affeoted that he did not dare nil* his eyes, but simply shook feu k»*d ia the amative. .. U » ̂«|, WEST. =?•: WIXAIAM MOORE, a colored man of Mattoon, 111., criminally assaulted Maty A. Bumgardner, an innocent and ignorant German girl, who had arrived from Ef­ fingham. Moore was arrested, and bound over in $1,000. Indignant citizens took him from the jail at Charleston and Strang him up. i A TELEGRAM from Colnmbtos, Ind., re­ ports that Mrs. Jane Ennis, living a few miles from there, had a desperate en­ counter with a black snake, which dropped upon her from a cherry tree, under which she was standing. It coiled itself about her body, but she succeeded in wrenching it loose. It again sprung upon her, how­ ever, coiling itself tightly about her neck. The mother of the lady rushed to her assistance, and it required the strength of both to loosen and kill the reptile. GEORGE KARTMAN, who murdered Ira Alexander in cold blood in Lebanon, Ind., in the early spring of 1887 and escaped, has been caught at Vernon, Texas. He is in jail there now. Requisition papers have been forwarded and Hartman will be brought back for trial. NEAR Marion, Ind., James Shaw has been arrested and placed under bonds of $5,000 to answer the charge of murdering David Fisber, whom he killed with a maul two years ago, the killing being supposed to be accidental. Relatives of Fisher, who had brought suit for damages for $10,000, instigated an inquest, and the Coroner ordered the arrest. • Anothir Fruitless session of tft* Republican Convention at Chicago. fteteCOe* tTubte to Unit* Candidate After Taktaf five _ Ballots. ! WASHINGTON ̂ TH&*iifanual review and a< the salaries of Presidential postmasters has been completed at Washington. The total number of Presidential offices which will be in operation July 1, 1888, is 2,502; increase during the year, 166. Aggregate allowance dor salaries of Presidential Sostmasters for the next fiscal year, 4,202.400; increase for the year, $322,100. The total gross receipts of Presidential postoffices for the year ended March 31, 1888, was $38,498,721, an increase of $3,321,559 over last year. POLITICS. THE Vermont Republicans met in State con vention at Montpelier and nominated W. P. Dillingham for Governor, Urban Woodbury for Lieutenant Governor, W. H. Dubois for State Treasurer, Charles W. Porter few Secretary of State, and E. H. Powell for Auditor. The platform in­ dorses that of the Chicago convention. „THE New York Prohibition State Con­ vention, at Syracuse, was attended by 900 delegates. W. Martin Jones, of Roches­ ter, was nominated for Governor and a long radical platform adopted. THE Michigan Prohibitionists' State Convention organized at Detroit with 760 delegates. The platform indorsed the resolutions adopted by the National Con­ vention. A. B. Cheney was nominated for Governor, Stewart B. Williams for Lieutenant Governor, Peter M. Hagel for Secretary of State, Alfred Wise for Treas­ urer, Samuel Clute for Attorney General, andD. A. Waterman for Auditor Gen&il. THE fight against Powderly still goes merrily on. A lively scandal is" how agi­ tating the Eastern Knights of Labor, the particulars of which have drifted west­ ward, says a telegram from Chicago. Charges have been preferred against Brother Powderly by certain leading Knights of Labor, members of District Assembly No. 49 of New York City. The Grand Master Workman will be forced to undergo a trial before a jury of his peers. If there if anything that a member of a secret society dreads it is to have charges preferred against him. Mr. Powderly has always advised his enemies to refrain from rush­ ing into print with their accusations against him, but to formally charge him with the alleged misconduct. It seems that his advice has been taken. Mr. Pow­ derly is accused of conduct unbecoming a Knight of Labor; of betraying secrets of the order; of misrepresentation to true and loyal Knights, and a number of other things. An immediate trial will probably beheld. FOREIQH. TBUNKEY, of the Court of Pennsylvania, died in London recently. His wife and some of his friends were present when he died. -June 17 the Judge attended church both morn­ ing and afternoon, and that night be was attacked by a heavy chill, which wafB fol­ lowed by fever. He never arose rffter that night. His body was embalmed, aad has been shipped to America. AT a meeting of French students in Paris, it was decided to challenge ten stu­ dents of the Hassobe Russia Society to DtyBasure swords in Switzerland, in conse­ quence of an insult which Freeburg Col­ lege students offered to French tourists in Baden. The Freeburg students were ponished for the insult referred to. ftdlowed. Swencei on the District of Columbia bill, ®ie previous conference having failed " At its evening session the House Bed forty-seven pension bills. The Sen- reeum^ consideration of the army appro- snation bul, the pending question being on Mr. amendment to appropriate altogether V0,XJU,UUU lor tho manufacture of steel guns and mac various experiments with torpedoes. Th« " appointed conference committees on the • .' the diplomatic and consular, and «»e District of Columbia appropriation bills. ~ EAST. TWEHTT-FOTJB deathis 4*ere reported at the Coroner's office in Jfew York the 24th. The majority were ^ troons in the prime of life, and nine- nths of them were residents in the ' crowded tenement districts. This record >jfls unprecedented. The maximum tem- ^ (perature was anywhere from 105 degrees to 115 in the narrow, unventilated thor- | ^ughfares where the deaths occurred. " A FLYING ball of fire struck the ground, exploded, and scattered sparks and stones i | for twenty feet in every direction in East y »Twenty-fifth street, between Second and ! ! Third avenues, New York City. Work- , men engaged on a new building were par­ alyzed with fear, and would not return to ;:li some hours. There was a strong smell like that accompanying lightning ( strokes, and several persons near received ,,f severe electric shocks. Big sparks flew ' out and the gravel and bricks were scat- 'tered. MRS. SAB AH JAKE ROBINSON, th« Soeaerville poisoner, has been sentenced v»*o be lumged November 16 in the jail at cenbrtdge, Mass. The woman received •" in a calm, unmoved manner. d her eyes heavenward and said: Thee, ay God, do I trust." A start- Hng soene oeeaned in eoartjnst after Itee 4.50 & 0.75 8.00 3.50 5.25 & C.00 3.50 & 4.90 .81)6® .82 & .48 ® - .35 & M & .» e .16 & .06 51 •7t @ -565$® .re .47* .36Mt .5IMt •58* MARKET REPORTS. i. -.'"I. CHICAGO. CAnrtiMChotce to Prime Steers.# 5.50 & 6.25 Good Cows and Heifers Boos--Shipping Grades BRIEF WHEAT--NOI-2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 3 BA&LET-- NO. 2 BOTTEB--Choice Creamery.. Fine Da{j-y.. CBEIWE--FulJ Cream, flat EOGS--Fresh POTATOES--{few, per brl 3.S0 0 3.00 POBE--Mess...... 13.50 014.00 MILWAUKEE, WHKAT--Cash. CORN--No. ;, OATS--No. 2 White..............'. BTE--No. 1 BAHLKT--No. A POBK--Mess _ TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cash.,.. COB*--Cas$...V.. "... OATS--Cash CMVKB BRU> „ 8T. LOUIS. WRBATC-HO. S CORN--No. A, ........A..... OATH--NO. 2 RTE BARLKT POBK--MMS. NEW YORK. CATTLB.......K..'V 4.50 Hoos ...... 5.50 BHKEP 4.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .88 CORK--No. 2 .54 OATS--White 40 POBK--New Mess. T. 15.00 DETROIT. CATIXB Hoos SHEEP J WHEAT--No. 1 White COBS--No. 2 Yellow. OATS--No. 2 White UiDlANAPOLlS. CATTLB : Hoos Ssur 14.25 4.00 4.75 S.S0 •88 > - IS CBXCAOO, Vonday. Jnnstt. Chahman Estee called the Republican Con­ vention to order a tew minutes after 10 o'clock Saturday morning. He was suffering from the Infliction of a sore throat and hoarse voice, and called upon Senator Warner Miller, of New York, to wield the gavel. Episcopal Bishop Samuel Fallows invoked the divine blessing. Mr. Mo* Kinley, ot Ohio, then addressed the convention as follows: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the con ­ vention, I an here as one of the chosen repre­ sentatives of my State. I am here by resolu­ tion of in*- Republican State Convention of Ohio, commending ir<e to vote for John Sherman and to use every worthy endeavor to accomplish his nomination. I accepted the trust, because my he».rt and judgment approved of the letter and the Fpirit and the puri^se of that resolution. Some of the delegates in this convention have been pleased to give me their vote. I am not in­ sensible of the honor which you do me, nor cf the' coni'detice -which your action implies, but 1 ean- nor with honor longer remain silent, I can not gent?»niien of this convention, consistently with the credit of the State whose credentials f bear, and which has trusted me; I can not, gentlemen Of tl.is convention, consistently with honorable fidelity to John fchermsn, who has trusted me in bis cause ana with his confidence; sod above j. 11 J can not, witb my sense of my personal integ­ rity, permit my name to be used in this conven­ tion." | Applause.] [A voice: "Hurrah for McKin- ley,' and cheers.] lI couldn't reepect myself if I eould And it in my heart tc say, to do, or permit any one else to say or dc that which would give cur­ rency to even a suspicion that I was disloyal to the btate 1 love, or wavered in my devotion to the ci.ie? of her choice and the chief of mine. lAr-piause.J 1 do request, gentlemen of this convention--I demand--that no delegate in this convention who does not want to cast reflection upon me. shall cast a further balk>t for me.' [Ureal app'ause.] The Cnairman then requested the clerk to proceed w ith the call of the roll of States for the nomination of a candidate for President. When the name of Alabama was called every one in the audience waited excitedly f.jr the vote. It was thought that this State, being the first on the call, might start the expected stampede for Binine. Tne Maine man, how­ ever, did not receive a vote until California was reached, ond Col. Hayuiond, in his usual en­ thusiastic manner, cast sixteen votes for him. As the roll-call proceded and the gains for Harrison began to be apparent there was con­ siderable applause, but when New York was reached and the Chairman announced 59 votes for the Indiana man the cheers that went up were deafening. The expect ed break for (Harrison had come, It was not a surprise. After the applause had died away the roll of the State was demanded and the cheers quickly changed to hisses from the galleries. The Blaine men looked wise, the Sherman enthusiasts con­ fident. It WHS not on the carpet that the 4th ballot should show any very material change in the situation. Bul Illinois? Three of her men proved recreant to Gresham and cast their votes for Harrison. This was an unexpected accession to the forces of the General, ahd, coming as it did from the very center of the Gresham move­ ment, it created as much excitement as the 59 votes that were ;ilumped by New York. Old Fred Douglass, who was seated on the stage, beamed in a beatific manner when Kentucky gave him one vote. He was proud--proud of the hearty reception he had been accorded; prouder still of the fact that his race had been so for honored in a great convention; that he, as its representative, had received a vote for the nomination to the Presidency. Kentucky also east a vote for Foraker. The next break to bo made was bv Wisconsin. Ku'sk had beea dropjied from the roll and when the State of the pineries was called, Harrison received 2) out of her 'Mi votes. From the start it was evident that no choice would be reached and the gains cf Har­ rison were not great enough to cause alarm in the ranks of the other candidates. The fourth biUiot resulted as follows: I-barman 23ti Blaine ,.... 42 Harrison. :,'217 McKinley. Alger .:.. |k« fallout Bu Inti for htdfeM '1 If the BsfttMlian . tlea. litTi P. Morton for 8eoond F1ao«--Jt Ttaperance Plank Added to tfci' Platform. ^ • i ' , .. OmcASOt Jfaae'ttt 11111 The Republican National Convention of 1888 Is a thing of the past. It completed its work yesterday, after a session covering an entire weds, by placing in the field as candidates for President and Vice President Benjamin Har­ rison, at Indiana, and Levi P. Morton, of New York. The convention was called to order yesterday morning at 11 :to o'clock by Chairman Estee, ana after a brief prayer by Rev. Dr. Edwards of Chicago, proceeded to wrestle with the problem of selecting a Presldental candidate. Delegate boutelle, of Maine, obtained the floor and prbceeded to read the foliowingdispatohes: "EDINBURGH, June M, 1880.--To Boutelle and Manljsy, Maine Delegation, Chicago! Earnestly request all friends to respect my PaMs letter. "BLAINE.* "EDINBCROH, June 25,1888.--To Boutelle and Manley, Maine Delegation, Chicago: I think 1 have the right to ask my friends to ssspect my Gresham Allison .. Lincoln. Foraker.. Douglass. After all the deals and combinations ot the night and early morning, it became apparent as soon as the totals of the vote were announced from Sg&S&.?a enough away He had, of course, tlimbed up very high on the ladder in securing 217, but John Sherman still held hj[B cohorts behind him and led the race with 23G. The fifth ballot was then proceeded with. It was no very tume affair, for the moment the California men announced their solid 16 for Blaine the convention turned loose, in spite of the Chairman, and yelled a hoarse salute to the man beyond the sea. It was tedious work enough, this calling of the roll. As it went along State and State after State announced its vote, and as it appeared that every State was casting exactly the same vote that it did on the previous one, people be­ gan to lose interest and doze over their score- sheets. It was a noticeable feature of the balloting all through that Maine never cast even a strag­ gling vote for its great son. The name of Blaine was never uttered by the Maine men from first to last, but everybody knew what they were ready to do when the proper time came. The Chairman s iinn ruling and the grip that he kept upon the guiding reins of the conven­ tion kept thinga in very nice, apple-pie order, so far as the convention proper was considered, but it had a very soporific effect upon the au­ dience. When New Hampshire was called it was seen that Harrison had made a gain of three, the en­ tire delegation giving him its total of eight votes. There was a little cheer at this, and a moment after New York was reached. The same sh*st*«h which greeted the name or the Empire State when it was announced in the first rolKcnll marked it again this time. The hissing sound was follow ed by a dead silence. Then New York said: "Pass for a mo- »ne«t." This created Intense excitement. Some change or break of vital importance was expected after this announcement, and every­ body awaited it in great anxiety. But when the announcement was made it disappointed every­ body, for it was practically the same as it was endr: i first ballot.' Thus the call went on to the The result at tha fifth ballot by States was as follows: @14.00 JKH& MVt .4S*<9 .84 <4 .35 4.15 ® 4.25 & .84 & <& .33* & .63 C<9 .85 <3114.75 m 6.00 & 6.00 & 5.53 <$ .89 <9 .55 & .46 @15.50 ^ ' V \ STATU AND TERBXTOniES. • > f • E * G i 1 1 f j Alabama 8 1 a • Arkansas ...... 14 a California. Colorado ... J "i Connecticut.. 2 6 *8 Delaware..... 1 "i 1 "S Florid i " 5 .... 1 'a Georgia ... .... a 20 Illinois 41 8 Indiana.. 1 29 loWlL. ..... ., .. ........ •... "ii • r.. .... Kansas a " 4 "3 " 8 Kentucky • "a 1 a 8 "'7 Louisiana 3 "a a 8 9 Maine.., a 8 .... 1 "a 1 Maryland. 1...'. 4 • • • • 6 e Massachusetts "4 t 4 .... '"i 10 s Michigan 9S 4 .... 10 Minnesota 3 .... "*8 *"7 Mississippi .... 1 a "ii J-i3£Oi.ri.... 14 "*i a 10 "a 1 Nebraska 2 8 .... .... 3 Nevada 4 a .. >. -J; .... New Hampshire .... .... »... .... s .... New Jersey... .... s a 4 1 New York............. S 1 8 .... 58 1 North Carolina. • .... a 11 Ohio • ••• .... 40 Oregon... • • • • • ••• 1 4 "*i Pennsylvania.. • ••• .... "S8 Rhode Island. • ••• s .... South Carolina,....... 16 s ... * " S Tennessee. 10 "i "-'4 • s 1 Texas a 11 a 7 Vermont • 8 Virginia "'a "j "a F "io West Virginia.... a a a a Wisconsin .... •••j at .... Arizona ;... at .... Dakota *"A ".!!! .... I".* Idaho *• • • I 1 Montana. .... I 3 Sew Mexico .... Utah "*s Dist. Columbia 1 "V Washington Ter. ""1 1 l;Vj 8*< .at # S5.00 6.76 & 4.50 .»* .48* .87 Totals. $ BENJAMIN HABR1SON. wishes, and refrain from voting for me. Please make 4his snd former dispatches publle promptly. JAMES G. BLUSS. " There was a buzz after the reading of each tel­ egram, and when Boutelle had ended theft was a faint clapping and a stir, as almost every uir.n leaned over to whisper to his neighbor and ask what it really meant. The wording of the dispatches was turned and twisted in every di­ rection, and no one could find in it a statement that Mr. Blaine would not run if named. While the discussion was still going on the roll-call for the sixth ballot began and proceeded amid great excitement and confusion. It resulted as fol­ lows : ........ 44 Sherman.............244 Blaine.. Harrison ......iiHl McKinley 19 Alger ........137 Grant 1 Gresham. 01 Foraker 1 Allison 73 The convention immediately proceeded to bal­ lot again. The seventh ballot showed the follow­ ing result: Harrison .... Af».,V.278|McKlnley....V..M... 18 Blaine 15 Lincoln 2 Foraker 1 Haymond. 1 Sherm an.....it......2.11 Alger......... A.*;.fll20 Gresham 01 Allison 76 The convention entered upon the eighth bal­ lot with little apprehension that it was to be the last on the question of the Presidency. Gen. Henderson, of Iowa, created a. stir by withdrawing the name of Allison. A long period of confusion followed. There was a rushing about from seat to seat and delegation to delegation, and the call of the roll proceeded amid unusual disorder. A stampede to the growing favorite was at once begun, and when the call was ended it was found that the Indiana man had captured the prize by a good round majority. The result of the ballot Is appended; ' > > W O 1 9 STATES n A s £ 3 1 5 AM) =';V' • • s • a. 8 6 Alabama/ 10 .... a » e * . a 5 Arkansas 14 .... e e e e .... .... California .... 1 .... 15 Colorado .... ,,,, .... .... til Con neoticnt. • ••• .... s e e * .... ia .... Delaware. .... .... .... .... 6 .... Florida .; 4 • e e e .... a a Georgia S .... 1 10 9 Illinois r . . . 40 4 .... Indiana .... .... .... 1 30 .... I o w a . . 1 .... 3 aa .... Kansas 1 .... .... 16 .... Kentucky X .... 1 8 15 7 Louisiana. 4 .... ..., 9 3 Maine. S e e * .... • . 1 5 a Mas snchusetts........ 1 .... .... .... .35 a Maryland .... 1 .... 11 4 Michigan "ao .... .... Minnesota............. 1 •... .... "is .... Missouri 15 " 8 7 a Mississippi..;:....... .... .... 8 4 11 New York....;.......*. •... e e e * • ••* «•«. 78 Nebraska 1 .... ...» »... 4 Nevada....... 2 .... 9 New Hampshire...... 8 New Jersey .... .... 18 North Carolina. 3 !!!! .... .... S "ii Ohio .... !!!! .... s e e * 1 45 Oregon ...J. e . e .... e e e e c Pennsylvania.......... .... e e e e 09 *"i Rhode Island ' 16 .... 8 .... South Carolina.. ' 16 .... • • • e .... 4 4 Tennessee 3 .... .... e e e e SO .... Texas • ••• .... as .... Vermont • ••• .... .... .... 8 .... Virginia ... • .... .... .... 15 9 West Virginia......... s e e s f... .... .... ta .... Wisconsin .... •... aa «... Arizona .... .... a.... Dakota. »••• .... 10 ,... Idaho . ... .... c Montana. • ••• •... • • . r .... a .... Now Mexico........... » . . . .... .... S f c e e a ?... Utah •... e • » » a Dist. Columbia • •• . . •.. e t « « a .... Washington Ter. .... • e e e T e e . 6 .... My online 1112 1111 1111 a Totals IOO .... 5 99 544 118 Work of tfce t Senate and ! '•, * msentativss. APTBB a straggle bksttagaa NOW In the House the 23d over the order of b«**ne»e, the Public Buildings Committee seemed the Boor, and Mr. Biddle of South Carolina called np the Senate bill for the construction of a building at port- land. Ore. By. an amendment the . amount was reduetdto *208,000. The whole afternoon was spent in the effort to get a quorum, and failing to secure one on a proposition to repent the Port laud bill favorably, the House adjourned. TUB attention of Congress the 28th was devot­ ed to routine work. Several unimportant bills wow introduced in the House, and the considered seme minor measures. MB. PLUMB, of Kansas, gave notice in the Sen- ate, on the 2Cth, of an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill forbidding the purchase for national soldiers' homes of products of oon- vict labor in the hope of material or supplies. The Senate took up the leglalattve, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The only question that created discussion was thRt relating to renting buildings in Washington tor the use of the Government, Mr. Edmunds saying that it would be cheaper for the Government so ereet than to rent {buildings. Mr. Allison agreed with hfm, but said the House prevented such action. After further discussion the bill was passed. The House resumed con­ sideration of tbe public land bill. An amend­ ment was adopted allowingentrymen six months (instead of three) in which to erect a habitable dwelling. A long discussion ensued over an amendment reserving title in the Government to alternate strips of public land along water­ courses and the seashore. The amendment was rejected^ and the House, without action on the bill, adjourned. CoNsxDEnATiQN of the public land bill was re­ lumed In the House the 27th, the aySS and noes being ta en on Mr. Holman's amendment retain­ ing title in the Government to coal mines found an the public lands, but allowing entrymen to mine such coal dep isits until Congress acts lur- th r in ibe ma ter The amendment was adop'ed, and the bill was then passe'. When Mr. Mflls cilled up the tariff Mil Mr. Kelley of Pennsylvania suggested, on his individual responsibility, as a means of expe­ diting adjournment, that the tariff bill be laid aside until next session, its fate then to depend upon the result of the November elections, and that the surplus be kept down by on entire re­ peal of the tobacco tax. Mr. Mills rejected the sug(.e3ticn, and made a counter proposal that an early day be fixed for taking a final vote on the bill. No action was taken. In the Senate, House amendments to Senate billB authorizing the construction of bridges across the Ouachita river, Arkansas, the .Missis­ sippi river at Muscatine, la., tbe Missouri river at Nebraska City, Neb., the Columbia river be­ tween Oregon and Washington territory, the Mis­ souri river at Parkville, the Mississippi river- at Ocaquan, 111., and the Mississippi river at Clin­ ton, la., were severally concurred in. The Sen­ ate then proceeded to the consideration of the River ana Harbor Appropriation Bill. SKNATOB DAVIS submitted to the Senate, on the 28th ult., the report of the Committee on Pensions upon eight vetoed pension bills, tbe passage of which it recommends, the objections of the President notwithstanding The report says ^Usurpations move rapidly in republics from small objects to those of the greatest concern. That the jiower exists in the executive to disap­ prove any legislative measure cannot be denied. But the duty undeniably also exists that it shall not be used in such a manner, or upon any oc­ casion or pretext, as to make its exercise oper­ ate as an encroachment upon the powers of other departments of the Government. The right to so use the power of executive disap­ proval as to change the ordinary method of legislative action by a majority vote upon proper subjects of legislation, merely because the executive1 differs from Congress upon the sufficiency of proof of the expediency of relief, does not, in the opinion of your committee, exist." The House had a spirited debate of the MiUs tariff bill. The following committee amend­ ments to tbe bill were adopted: Placing on the free list German looklng-glas.s plates and strik­ ing out plums and prunes, pulp tor paper-makers' use. hatters' furs (not on the skin), lime, lin­ seed or flaxseed, and marble Of all kinds. On motion of Mr. Mills an amendment was agreed to striking from the free list plaster of parts when ground or calcined. McKinley received three votes from Maine and one from Iowa. There was loud and prolonged cheering; tbe waving of flags, fans, aud handkerchiefs, l'he nomination was at once made unanimous. The convention then proceeded to nominate a candidate for Vice President. William Walter Phelps of New Jersey, Levi P. Mortou of Now York, William O. Bradley of Willi iun H. Moore ol.tyggOfUHX, A Spark Put Out. v Here is a funny newspaper story about the venerable and popular show­ man, P. T. Baraum. As a matter of course, his old companion fire figures prominently in the story. This time, however, it was the fire of love: When Phineas was a young man he paid attentions to a young lady in Newtown. The young lady's father conceived a singular and most violent dislike to the amiable and embrjtotic showman. This necessitated extreme caution on the part of the lover. His ingress to the house was by a window of a sitting-room on the first floor, which he reached by springing from the cover of a cistern and catching hold of the window-ledge. His egress was effected by hanging full length from the ledge and then dropping to the cish tern cover, a fall of about six inches: One Sunday he took with him on the visit a young man. They reached the place, the young lady saw the signal, opened the window, and the famous Barnum sprang up into bliss. The young man was to amuse himself about the village until the hour of departure. It doesn't seem possible that anybody, could be so brutal, but that young man actually removed the cover to the cis­ tern. Phineas finished his sparking, and backed out of the window the full length his hands would permit. Then he let go, and instantly shot from sight into a yawning abyss of darkness and rain-water. It is not necessary to re­ peat what Mr. Barnum said, both when crawling out of the cistern and during the eight miles' walk home. 1431 «8l 48) «7< 21»l 224 ' \ BUFFALO. CATTUC Hoos j..,„ SHEKP WHEAT--No. 1 White CORN--No. 3 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Prime ;... Fair ..........M.tif.... Common J. Hoos 4.50 & 5.25 6.28 & 6.00 4.00 ' & 5.25 4M & 5.25 & 5.25 & 6.00 Total votes, 83-Z; total votes cast, 807: neces­ sary to choice, 417. McKinley received six votes from New Jersey, three irom West Virginia, and one each from Connecticut, Kansas, Massachusetts. Missouri, and Texas. And jsst the break for Blaine had not come. The dead-lock was as strong as ever. It was evident tbat the balloting was fruitless. As soon aa the vote bad been announced and quiet was restored ex»Gov. Foster of Ohio arose in his seat and moved tbat the convention take a recess till 4 o'clock. The motion was carried without any material opposition. The delegates reassembled, and at eight min­ utes after 4 Chairman Estee cleared his throat and anammoed ttait the convention was ready to proceed with business. Mr. King, df Maryland, sprang to his f and said: "J moye that this convention ^ joum without ballot until 11 o'clock on Monday mom- motion was carried by a vote of 486 yeaa """* ~"~^ySi and Chairman Estee deelWOd the UEVI P. MOBTOM. ww placed to nomination on behalf ot the delegations of their respective States. At num­ ber of brief spocches seconding tbe nominations were delivered. j Tbe balloting then proceeded, with the follow­ ing result: Levi P. Morton SOIIBlanche K. Bruce....11 William W. Phelps. .110 Walter F.Thomas.... 1 W. O. Brndtoy....... 1031 Great applause greeted the announcement of Mr. Morton's selection. On motion of Mr. Brodloy of Kentucky, the nomination was made unanimous. All routine matters having been disposed of. Mr. Boutelle of Maine arose and offered the fol­ lowing. accompanied by a motion that the rules be suspended and tbe resolution added to tbe Republican platfoi ill: 'The first concern of all good government is thi the virtue and sobriety of peoplo and the Surity of the home. The Republican party cor-lally sympathizes with ail wise and well- directed e fforts for the promotion of temperanoe and morality." When put on its passage the resolution was carried almost unanimously amfd great cheer­ ing, the only negative vote being from George 8. Wellington of Maryland, who wan booted back into hi* |ia*Lt. _ Senator Hiscock. of New York, then moved that the convstftWB adjourn without day. The motion woe carried, and the Koppbllcan National Convention of IMS), afur u tittsion ot one week, f . JKJM .AO ^ (•-«»«*. • m- • The Exchange Fiend* newspaper man has a fond­ ness for the fellow who drops in to look*over the exchanges and see if there is anything there that he wants. Your exchange fiend is a friendly fellow. He does not require distance to lend en­ chantment. His first step is to put his elbow on your shoulder and carefully read what yon happen to be tossing off at that moment. If he doesn't like it, he says so in a voice thick with con­ tempt and the exhalations of deoaying teeth. Having oritised the weather, the ar­ ticle yon are writing and the cut of your collar, he asks for the Kennebunkport Banner and looks hurt because you in­ vite him to "look through that pile," in­ stead of getting on your knees and sift­ ing it out for him. He gave you the name of the paper for the express pur­ pose of aiding you in your search. He is amazed at your failure to Jtake the hint. Having been "a journalist himself" he knows that exohanges are received at newspaper offices for the sole benefit of pigeon-toed loafers, and that exchange editors are paid princely salaries for waiting upon tbelw. At last he departs, despising youjnost heartily as the mealiest man he has met in all his journalistic experience as Richfield correspondent of the La Cres­ cent Mirror. But he will call again, just the same.--Minneapolis Tribune. He'll Never Try It Again. "I see," said Mr. Granger, "that the Congressman from our district ia sick. What's the matter with him.?" Postmaster (who doesn't expect to stay in very long)--^Overwork. Mr. Granger--What did he do ? Independent (but doomed) Postmas­ ter--Tried to write his own speech without a secretary. ---Bunieite, in Brooklyn Eagle. A Noble Fight* smith--I was sorry to hear, Brown, that yon failed in business. Brown--Yes, I struggled hard, but I lost everything save my honor, thank God, ana the property I was wise •wise enough to settle on my wife when 11« St lort* Ctimtttlen's Committee AnMNMMS the Conven- tlon'« Action. the Ptarfdsat Speech Aooepting the A TT» cuiiininuw appointed by the St. juoais convention to notify President Cleveland of his renomination, together with the members of the National Demoeratie Committee, called upon the President at the White w«|nM yester­ day afternoon, and formally notified htm of his nomination Mrs. Cleveland and neilf Si th! members of the Cabinet and their wives were present. Gen. Patrick A. Collins, Chairman of the Notification Committee, addressed the President as follows: "Mr. Cleveland, we come ae a committe au­ thorized and instructed by the National Demo­ cratic Convention, recently held at St. Louis, to convey foimal notice of Its action In you for the office of President at the United Mates during the next four years. It would 111 become the occasion or your presence to express at length tbe full meaning and significance of that grtat assembly. Its expression will be found and heard elsewhere and otherwise from now till that day in November when this free aad in­ telligent people will record their approval of your great services as Chief Magistrate. We beg to congratulate you upon this hearty and unani­ mous indorsement ot your course aa President by the great historic party to which In all the days of your manhood you have belonged, and to congratulate the country upon the assured ^continuance of your wise, just, and patriotic ad­ ministration." Mr. Charles D. Jacobs of Kentucky read the following letter of notification: "To the Hon. Grover Cleveland, of New York: "SIR: The delegates to the National Democratic Convention, representing every State and Terri­ tory of our Union, having assembltd in the city of i-t. Louis, on June 5, for the purpose of nomi­ nating candidates for the offices of President and Vice President cf the United States, it has be­ come t he honorable and pleasing duy of this committee to formally announce to you that, without a ballot, you were by acclamation chos­ en as the standard-bearer of the Democratic party for the chief executiveshlp of this country at th > elcciion to be held in November next. "Grjat as is such distinction uud r any cir- cuihBtanc- s, lr. is tha more flattering ana pr - found when it iB remembered that you i.ave been seltcted as your own successor to an office the duties or which, always onerous, have been rendered of an «xtra r dnarily sens:t ve, difticu't. and delicate nature because of a ch nge of polit.cal partes an 1 methods after twen'.y-'our yasra of uninteirupted dominatii n. T. is exalta.ion is, if possible, added to by tbe fact that the declaration of principles based op n your national mes- »ase to the United States relative to a tsriff reduction and a diminution of the expenses of the Government throws down the direct and defiant challenge for an exacting scrutiny of the administra ion tt the executive jiower which four years ago was committed to its trust by the election of Grover Cleveland President of the United States, and .for the most searching in­ quiry concerning its fidelity and devotion to tbe pledges which then invited tha suffrages of the people. "An engrossed'copy of that platform, adopted without a dissenting voice, is herewith tmdered to you. In conveying, sir, to you the responsi­ ble trust which has been conf.ded to them, this committee beg, individually and collectivelv, to express the great pleasure which they have" lelt at the results attending the National Convention of the Democra|ic party, and to offer to you their best wishes lor official and personal success and hajtpiness. "We have the honor, sir, to be your obedient servants" [signed by all the members of tbe com­ mittee], Mr. Thomas S. Pett.1t, Secretary of the Notifi­ cation Committee, then presented Mr. Cleve­ land with a handsomely engrossed copy of the platform adopted at the National Democratic Convention. President Cleveland, in response, said: "I cannot but be profoundly impressed when I see about me the messengers of the National Democracy bearing its summons to duty. Tbe political party to which I owe allegiance both honors and commands me. It places in my hands its proud standard and bias me bear it high at the front in a battle which it wages bravely, because conscious of rigtat; confidently, because its trust A in this people, and soberly, because it comprehends the obligations which success Imposes. "The message which you bring awakens with­ in me the liveliest Ben so of personal gratitude and satisfaction, and the honor which you ten­ der me is in itself so neat that there might well be no room for any other sentithent. And yet I cannot rid myself of grave and serious thoughts when I remember that party supremacy is not alone involved in the conflict which presses upon us, but that we struggle to secure and save the cherished institutions, the welfare, and hap­ piness of a nation of freemen. "Familiarity with tbe great office which I hold has but added to my apprehension of its sacred. character and tbe consecration demanded of him who apsumes its immense responsibilities. It is the reposisory of the people's will and power. Within itB vision should ba the protection and welfare of the humblest citizen, ai.d with quick ear it should catch from the remotest corner of the land the plea of the people for justice and for right. For the sake of the peoplo he who holds this office of theirs should resist every encroachment upon its legitimate functions, and, for tbe sake of the Integrity and usefulness of the office, It should be kept near to tbe people and be administered in full sympathy with their wants and needs. "This occasion reminds me most vividly of the sceno when, four years ago, I received a message from my party similar to that which you now deliver. With all that has passed since that day I can truly say that tbe feeling of awe with which I heard the summoni then is intensified many fold when it is repeated now. Four years ago I knew that the chief executive office, if not carefully guarded, might drift little by little away from the people to whom it belonged and become a perversion of all it ought to be; but I did not know how much its mooringB had already been loosened. I knew four years ago how well devised were the principles of true democracy for the successful operation of the government for the people, but I did not know how absolutely necessary their application then was for the restoration to the people of their safety and prosperity. I knew tnen that abuses and. extravagances had crept into the management of public affairs, but I did not know their numerous forms nor the tenacity of their grasp. I knew then something of the bitterness of partisan obstruc­ tion, but I did not know how bitter, how reck­ less, and how shameless it could be. I knew, too, that the American people were patriotic and just, but I did not know how grandly they loved tbei* country nor how noble and generous they were. "I shall not dwell upon the acts and the policy of the administration now drawing to a close. Its reoord is open to every citizen of the land. And yet I will not be denied the privilege of as­ serting at this time that, in the exercise of the functions of the high trust confided to me, I have yielded obedience only to the Constitution and the solemn obligation of my oath of office. 1 have done those things which, in the light of the understanding God has given me, seemed moBt conducive to the welfare of my country­ men ana the promotion of good government. I would not, if I could, for myself nor for you, avoid a single consequence at a fair interpreta­ tion of my course. "It but remains for me to say to you, and through you to the Democracy ot the nation, that I accept the nomination with which they have honored me, and that I will in due time signify such acceptance In the usual formal manner." The President's remarks were made In an earnest and emphatic manner, and wpre fre­ quently interrupted by applause. This closed the speech-making, and then all present pro­ ceeded to the state dining-room, ana partook of light refreshments. - What's in a Kamel v The following hearing, which oc­ curred at the Central Station, presented some novelties that are worth record­ ing: "What's your name?" asked Magis­ trate Smith, in his most explosive tones, as a yellow-skinned knight of the flat- iron stood up in the dock.. "Dam You," responded J^ohn Washee- man, in his blandest voices " Wh--what's that ? * chokingly screeched the'irate magistrate. "Dam You," repeated the oblique- eyed Oriental, with a chopstick smile spreading his mouth from ear to ear. < "How dare yon swear at this Court, sir?" almost gasped the horrified dis­ penser of ex-parte justice. "What do you mean, sir? "Dam You, allee samee," responded John, with no more expression on his face than there is in a plate of boiled rice before it is amalgamated with milk and sugar. Just at this juncture Clerk Moffett placed his white-horse mustache close to the right-angled ear of his Honor acd whispered. f "Oh! ah! I see!" exclaimed tbe mollified magistrate, as he sighed out his pent-up indignation, and the red corpuscles displaced the apoplectic pur­ ple that had taken possession of his usu­ ally ruddy cheek*. "I'll hold yam Dam TALKING AliOl'T fAX] The CffUnnnap of the Ways and Kt Ooamittee Attacks tha Bepnb- of the Chk'a^o nifTrai the House of Repress***- t tires. - of I found myself getting into trouble.-- You, for a further hearing.. Adjourn 2fas York Evening Workk :<fcs coxa%.9-*rhiladelphia Pre*p : ' •• •. t; ~" V - ' "-"V' ' ' . . •M'L'J'I••. 'VILA".* > z 1011 MPpGHWi-y The House wsts in oommitteo of the whoTt on the tariff bill on Thursday, and was dis cussing a motion to strike from the fro list all vegetables not otherwise provide* for. The motion was favored bv Messrs Brewer (Mich.), Brown (Ya.). and Farnuha (N. ¥.), who contended that the odniMBioi of vegetables duty free would enable Cana diuns to undersell American farmers on thi border. Mr. Mills (Tex.) called attentloi to the fact that potatoes were specifically provided for in another part of the bill l'he clause, he contended wua in the inter­ est of the consuming classes, and he queriet where the Republicans would be willing to reduce taxation. Mr. Brumm (Pa.) sug­ gested that they were ready to reduce to- ternal tuxes, and Mr. Kins replied: Yes, you want free Whisky. You do noi say in your platform that vou want to re­ duce the duties on sugar and rice. The con­ vention has overruled what you have con­ tended for. Your party commands you to go for free whisky. We go with yon to .the country on that question. We demand I reduction ou tho things which enter Ittik consumption as necessaries, and demanc that taxes shall remain on whisky as toev are to-day." Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, challenged th« statement thftt the Republican party was in favor of free whisky. All classes of the Re­ publican party were in favor of abolishing internal taxes because they believed it to be unwise as a system. Under the circum­ stances. a man who would coldly anil with his judgment in his hand assert that the Republican party was in favor of free whis­ ky might be developed, according to tW) Darwinian theory, four countless cycles of time, without mounting intellectually to tho position of a brevet ass. [Laughter and ap- P,l#use on the Republican side.] Mr. Mills said he was not astonished at the tenderness of the gentlemen on this ques­ tion. It was well known that the majority of the Republican party was opposed to the extreme position which tho Republicans had taken at Chicago. It was well known that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelley) represented a minority, and when the convention at Chicago was lashed and scourged to take a position for free whisky no one sooner than the gentleman from Pennsylvania sent congratulations to th© convention for coming to the heroic stand which he had occupied. For the first time­ at Chicago had the Republican party come1 boldly and taken the position before the American people in favor of keeping the taxes on the necessities of life, and de­ manding that the Treasury should be emp­ tied by taking tho tax off whisky. That was the position that party had take'n before the American people, and no amount of dis­ claiming would convince the people that that party, if in power, would not take the tax off whisky and leave it on every article of necessity. [Applause on Democratic side.] Mr. Kelley (Pa.) denied that he was in favor of free whisky. He advocated the re- Seal of the war taxes which Jefferson had enounced as an infernal system. He had demanded that the Democrats carry out their platform of 1884, which promised qn abolition' of the internalta^esf. . Thfe gentle­ man from Texas (Mills) eould notdenv thafc it was the Democratic promise in 188* to the tobacco growers, the fruit growers, and the distillers of the South that they, should be relieved from national surveilance and supervision. He had asked that this great source of revenue be remitted to the people of the States, and under State law, to the municipalities of the State; and those gov­ ernments which bore the burden of crime and vice and insanity should have whatever* revenue might be justly derived from a, source so fruitful of crime and misery as the* whisky business. Mr. Spinola (N. Y.) said a party should be judged by its acts; and it was stated in a newspaper that 31,290 extra barrels of beer had been consumed in Chicago during the sessions of the convention. [Laughter.J That was a pretty strong piece of prima facie evidence that the Republicans were in favor of free rum. Mr. Owen (Ind.) suggested that the b^er was intended for visiting Democrats, but Mr. Spinola denied that Democrats went to such places. Mr. Reed (Me.) thought that tho gentle­ man from Texsis did not mean to be be lived when he said that the Republican party was for free whisky, because the gentleman knew that there would not be enough Dem­ ocrats left to make up an electoral ticket in half the States of the Union if they htid con­ fidence in his statement. [Laughter.] The- gentleman knew that the position of the Republican party on this subject was too simple to be turned in this way; but if the Democratic party should ever commence a campaign withoftt a false statement its own friends would not know it. What the convention had said was that after having tried every other method of reducing taxes consistent with the maintenance of the system of pro­ tection. if the Republicans had to choose be­ tween internal taxes and the protective sys­ tem, they would stand by the system of pro­ tection for American industries. The Legis­ lature of Virginia, which was two-thirds Democratic, had adopted a resolution de­ claring it to be the duty of Congress to se­ cure the repeal of the internal revenue sys­ tem. Was the Democratic Legislature ofi Virginia in favor of free whisky ? No Demo­ crat had been elected in Tennessee who was not pledged to use his best efforts to secure the repeal of internal taxes. Was the Demo­ cratic party of Tennessee in favor of free whisky? Mr. Weaver (Iowa) criticised the internal- revenue plank of the Chicago platform, and declared that the issue could not be shirked and that there eould bo no shuffling. "I am a Democrat," interrupted Mr. Wise (Va.). "and If am in favor of the repeal of the tobacco tax." [Applause on the Republican side.] - Mr. Weaver--"This bill provides for a re­ duction of that tax; but I say to the gentle­ man from Virginia that his position in favor of the repeal of the internal-revenue taxes is not the position of this bill." Mr. Wise--"My position is the position of the National Democratic .party in 1884, and the platform of 1888 indorses the platform of 1884." Mr. Cannon (III.) said he was willing to stand by the Chicugo platform as a whole, but he was not willing to stand upon a sen­ tence picked out here and there und con­ strued by the enemy. The platform de­ manded appropriations for the rebuilding of the navy, for the construction of sea-coaat and other defenses, for free schools, and for the payment of pensions. It then declared for free alcohol used in the arts, and the re­ peal of duty on articles not produced in this country. When all this was done, if further reduction was still needed and a choice had to be made between the protective system and the internal system, then, and then alone, the Republican party placed itself en record as favoring the further removal of internal taxes rather than to interfere with the wages of labor and the diversity of in­ dustries of the country. Recurring again to the text of the bill Mr- Mills presented committee" amendment* plaeing on the free list German looking*- glasts plates, brown and silvered, and strik-lg out plums and prunes, which were adopted. Mr. Buchanan of New Jersey moved to strike out chicory root, acorns, and dande­ lion root. The motion was defeated, as was one made by Mr. Vandever of California to strike out cocoa, and another presented by Mr. McKenna of California to strike out figs. Mr. Bynum of Indiana from the Commit­ tee on \\ ays and Means moved to strike out "pulp for papermakers'.oise." Adopted. Mr. Farquhar of New York offered an amendment striking out books and pam­ phlets printed in other languages than En­ glish. Lost. Mr. Buchanan of New Jersey moved to add _ the words "not edible" to the' clause placing bulbs and bulbous roots not me­ dicinal on the free list. Ho contended that this clause would permit the free entry of onions and potatoes. The motion was lost. Committee amendments were agreed to striking from the free list hatters* furs not on the skin, lime, linseed or flaxseed, and marble of all kinds, in block, rough, or squared. In speaking to an informal aaaandment. Mr. Harmer. of Pennsylvania, testified to the benefits of the protective system to the workingmen of the country; and he sent to- the clerk's desk and had read a protest against the passage of the Mills bBt signed by over eight hundred ~ ' business, men of