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THE PLA1XPEALER J.WAH SLYKE, Editor and Pub. Mchenry, ILLINOIS BIG JAPANESE TRADE •* • i" ' , , r •«», • CONSUL GENERAL M IVOR GIVES FIGURES. Oie-Third of Exports Comes to the United States--Bloody Trajjedy at Cincinnati -- Busli Fires in the North-west--Cattle Tariff War. Japanese Foreign Interests. Consul General Mclvor at Kanagawa Sim forwarded to the'State Department tables showing the foreign trade of Jap- *a for 1895. The total value of . exports was J(J8.QOi{,(j(5^jaad of imports $(35,922,- B05. Of tlii^ amount the UuitetJ States <• credited with $27,554,764 for exports and $4,730,943 for imports. The customs duties collected were for exports, $1.- 3258,381; imports, $2,101,809; miscelhi- aeons, $88,1)45, making a total of $3,409.- 135. During the year 1.803 steamers and • 3^005"sailing vessels entered the ports of .Japan from foreign, countries. Of these ninety-six wore ;,A»}»erican. -987 British «,ad 37^; German.v Forty-nine American ^earners and' sailing vessels, were engag- in the • coastjvise trade of Japan, against 7(J1 British, 104 French and LSI €etihan, Japan ekperted $1.423,S95 gold 4Md $12,499,970 §i!Ver bullion. She irn- jKjrted bhlliott to the value of $525,255 in .gold and ̂ 2,470,508 in silver. was found to have-a broken arm, a dislo- ,£ated kne^ and internal injuries. „,The doctors said he could not recover. The bankers of New York g'ot together Monday when they saw the ticker reeling off lower prices for stocks and arranged to protect the gold reserve. President Tappen of the Gallatin Bahk was; the deader in the movement. The pogf£$i#&r: of another bond issue was mentiphe^Jhut the general opinion was there wa§ enouj^it gold on hand or in sight provided the way could be clearly seen to a rehabilitation of the country's income tb meet its ont- lay7 Although no Ibrmal papers' were drawn it was generally agreed by the heads of ten hanks that they would fur­ nish coin up to $2,000.000 each and>in the aggregate about $ 15,000.000. Sub-Treas­ urer Jordan is to be consulted,'and upon his intimation' the coin is needed it will be furnished.' probably from the stock which Manager Sherer has in the storage vaults under the tloorsv of the clearing house. The effect of this compact was at once felt in the ;stOck exchange, and prices stiffened all along the line. , •Tailor Wounded and Wife Killed. Early Thursday morning six shots "h ere ifeeard at the' residence of William T. Wiley, ladies" tailor "and furrier, at Cin­ cinnati. When Wiley's room was enter­ ed Mrs. \Y i ley was found bleeding^from fire bullet wounds and her husband un­ conscious. with a bullet hole in the right temple. The woman died on the way to *4he hospital. Wiley's wound was super­ ficial, the ball glancing off the skull. They kave had frequent quarrels and were sep­ arated, but began to live together again aboat three mouths ago. Wiley says his wife shot him and he then seized the re­ volver and tired at her. He came from Ijonisville about fifteen years ago. Standine of National Leasne. Following ;s the standing of the clu'us •f the National Baseball League: . ' . W. L. Cincinnati Cleveland Baltimore Chicago . . l'attsburg Boston . .. .• .56 . .53 . .50 . . .48 . .43 . .42 XV 20 Philadelphia". 35 . H5 32 :u 25 Brooklyn 25 Washington. 3(5 New York. . 35St. Louis. . . 35Louisville . . ID 50 Western Lecsrne Stnndinji . Following is the standing of the clubs In the Western League: v W. L. ... W. L. Indianapolis. 48 2i Detroit 3S. :;8 St. Paul 47 29Milwnukee . . .38 43 Minneapolis. 47 33G'nd Rapids. 29 49 Kansas City.43 34Co!uuibus . . .23 <30 Lives Lost in British Columbia. Along the Northern Railway, between Whatcom and Goshen, bush tires have turned many barns, fences and railroad "ties. At y«ncouver Wcdnwidnr--aight- tiiere Were two fires, and a house and eteamer were burned. In less rain comes aoOrilarge tracts of t imber along tTie Fra- •ertHver will 'bedestroyed. Dense smoke 4ms settled down over vfle seaport towns, and it is with the greatest idiflictvlty navi­ gation can be carried on. I t is believed that several miners have perished in the •icinity of Spokane. BREVITIES. Cornelius Vandcrbilt 's physicians l>e- Uere that he has passed the crisis and is Stow out of danger. Catherine Booth Clibborn, commonlv known as "La Mareehale," head of the -Salvation army organization in France, was knocked down by a bicyclist in Paris and was considerably hurt. _The Southern States Freight Associa­ tion has ordered a horizontal reduction ©f 80 per cent in freight rates to Atlanta from all Eastern points. This more than *»etp the cut of the Seaboard Air Line, aod io^guratcs what promises to be the •evefost rn?e war that section has ever *" r" ^ I*;iigrow. of Oklahoma, has granl- eJS'pardon to William D. Haltnl. a well- known attorney of Newkirk, formerly of W^infield, Kan., who was sent to the f)en- ltentiary for five years for issuing a check on a bank in which he had no account. He issued the check to give money to a lit t le *irl who was friendless on the street, en­ abling her to go home, and was bitterly prosecuted. He l ias served nearly two years of his sentence and has become al- •tnost entirely blind. ^, A tariff war between.Colombia and Ja­ maica has already crippled the commercial and agricultural interests of the island, the Kingston Gleamer reports, and threatens to ruin the heretofore .flourishing cattle raining industry. The penkeepers have «pended $72,000,000 in cattle rearing and now cannot tind a market in Kings­ ton, where Colombian cattle sell cheaper than native stock. The Jamaica penkeep­ ers want th#ir government to protect them by raising the import dutv on cuttle from $1 to £8 a head. Thomas B. Watts, aged 21. who has "been working at a hay camp at Arcadia. hits fallen heir through the death •f an uncle to an estate near the heart of the city of New York valued at $18,000,- •000. Has uncle, Thomas B. Watts, u bachelor, left his entire fortune without reservation to his namesake. The estate consists of money and real estate. Young Watte has a mother and brother who are deaf and dumb, and teach school in the deaf and dumb asylum of Virginia. He also has two sisters living in Virginia and a brother in the Indian territory. Eugene Spuller, French politician, jour­ nalist and author, is dead, aged 61. Miss Frances Perkins of Cleo, Okla­ homa, drank the water of an egg stone *od as she quaffed it she fell dead. With­ in eight hours her liody was petrified. The egg stone is a species of rock shaped like a cocoanut, with clear water in the hol­ low of it . Ellic-ott Evans, recently of Chicago, and Iffctt Katherine llamlin. of Buffalo, elop- > from the latter city on bicycles. A doctor reports a case of cholera in Walworth road ; South London. 'The ofli- rials are examining the facts of th# case. H - EASTERN. Speaker Reed has decided to run for Qongress again. The announcement'WaV formally made iri;the Portland, Me., Ad- | f l |pfower. v L ' At Washington Park, N. .7., Sunday •there were about 40,000 excursionists •ixom 'Woodbuty and surrounding towns. Aa pajrt of their amusement Charles Ray- anondfrknown as the "Boy Aeronaut," as­ cended in his baUoon. Raymond cut loose the parachute and in his descent amused the- crowd with acrobatic ' feats. ""When he was' about 200" feet from the ground ho lost his hold on the bar and ttU to the ground. When picked up ii« . s WESTERN. . The tug L. B. Johnson was sent to the bottoin of the lake without a minute's warning by a. collision with the steamer Mary Mills some 000 feet beyond the lighthouse on the Government break­ water at Chicago Friday morning. The crew were thrown into the -water, but suc­ ceeded in reaching the liferaft, which floated off the top of- t^he boat when she went down. . Notwithstanding threatening • weather and occasional showers, many thousand persons gathered early .Monday around the great arch, upon which the finishing touches are' now being placed, in the cen­ ter of Monumental Square, in commchi- oratiou of the one hundredth ann!ycr.sary of the foundation of the city or Cleve­ land, Ohio. The centennial, celebration proper began Monday, and -every incom­ ing train brought "big crowds of visitors to witness the. festivities; which.will be continued for a month. The city is in holiday garb and the decorations of busi­ ness houses and residences are on a scale never before attempted. The President has commuted to im­ prisonment for life the death sentences imposed upon three Tcxans--John C. Ball, Thomas Davis, and Taylor Hick­ man. They were-to be hanged Sept. 4. In the case of Ball the President says that while he has been twice convicted of murder, the judge and district attor­ ney both urge the commutation on the ground of the youth of the convict and for other reasons. Davis and Hickman are full-blooded "Indian boys of 14 and lif years, respectively, without any ap­ preciation of the enormity of the brutal and cold-blooded homicide committed by them, and in their cases also the judge and district attorney strongly urged the commutation. ,1 ' ' Chicago tea jobbers have combined for war on extensive quantities of poor and adulterated tens which have passed through Port Huron and other central lake ports, where the Government inspec­ tion is not sufficiently expert to prevent Imposition on the customs laws. The merchants claim they have conclusive evi­ dence that tea which failed of entry at New York and Boston has been taken into Canada, repacked, and entered through the ports named. A petition has been forwarded^o ' the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, asking that the only ports of entry for tea be Constituted at Chicago. Snn.Fnini 'Nmjuid New York, where proper custom house regulations may be observed and enforced by experts. Three men were killed and it is feared that two more perished in a tire Saturday evening which destroyed the Cottage Grove avenue barn of the Chicago City Railway Company. The dead are; Firank, Crosby, towboy; William L. EJwell. grip- man; Patrick Martin, conductor. Halt a million dollars ' worth of cars and build­ ings and horses were destroyed. Wh<5n the flames had given way to smoke ther^ was only the ruins of the great structure and its contents, shut in by a ragged piece of wall that remained standing hew.1 ,au4: there. The barns were among the largest owned by the road, covering several acres of ground. The main structure had a 150-foot front on Cottage Grove avenue, extending back 400 feet. Running south from the ceuter of this building and mak­ ing a "T" of the whole was an addition Covering 1100 by 100 feet. This wing was three stories high, and, in the extreme southwest corner, on' the second floor, was stored thirty tons of hay. I t was in this hay the blaze started. Whether the fire was caused by a spark from an em­ ploye s pipe, or on account of the cross- ni£ of electric wires, has not been ascer­ tained. -kL r^r. SOUTHERN. S mortality and morbidity an<J tin* volun­ tary servicps.vOf. a large corps of co-op­ erating physicians and health officials. During the fiscal- year just begun the bureau will prosecute a number of special climatoldgical"studies, the results of the researches to be published' -ifiiujp<fci^l bul­ letins. ' ' p. Brig. Gen. Batcheldor, Qunrtcrma General of the arniy, will retire fi ion July 27, and gossip is lively con ing the personality of nis successor. If seniority is followed the next Quarter­ master General v/i i l be either Col. Saw- Itelle, on duty at Now York, or jCol. Lad- jington, who is in Chicago. Col. Saw telle iis the seiyor of the two officers* and on tliat account/i&jeg^rded as having a,slight advantage bvefc C-ol; Ludington. Col. Saw telle is a graduate of West Point, wbile Col.,Ludingtoij \Vfts appointed to the army from Civil life.; The tirst„hamcd( has but two years inore of active service^ while Col. Ludington will not h«; retired Until 1003. j '*<• ' : •# f Jtr-. .- . •• • •• ;---• ' .-«*• <"W' FOREIGN.*", v ' - -v". The cho.6ra in Egypt shows great abate ment. There were 110 new cases and 110 deaths Monday: There were, however, no deaths at Cairo or in Alexandria. One death is rei>orted in the army on the frontier. The London Chronicle publishes a dis­ patch from Constantinople which asserts that a massacre has occurred at Egin, in the Diarbekit ' district of Armenia, in hich'400 persosis were killed and'the city was pillaged., A few' weeks ago Miguel Luna Gomez, a prominCnbbusiness man of Leon, Mex­ ico, mysteriously disappeared, after he had embezzled over SfSOO.oOQ. made up of amounts which, he .held, in, trust. The fugitive was traced to New Orleans, aiid t j icncc to Cuba,where lie is in hiding in the interior of that country. The Spanish Patr iot ic League of the Argentine Republic offers to present the Spanish Government with a cruiser of 4.5<HJ tons displacement, costing approxi­ mately 8,000.000 pesetas . The league representative, Senor Gonzalo Saenz, in- tervie\ved the government a.t Madrid on the subject. The cruiser will probably be built at Glasgow. Madrid advices say: The Spanish Government does not intend to adopt the suggestions or the opposition nor yield to the popular clamor for an alliance with France and Russia. Spanish diplomacy has found out again that both these pow­ ers would accept Spain willingly on Euro­ pean and African questions, but neither Russia nor France would like to go be­ yond the mildest and most platonic media­ tion between Spain and the United States in regard to the Cuban question. The Madrid Government will take no step to solicit European support as long as.it can keep up appearances of friendly relations with the United States. But at the same time it will try to arrange concerted ac­ tion by all the European powers to put pressure upon the United States some day. if i t should be necessary, to let Spain settle her differences with Cuba on the understanding that she shall give to the European, powers and the United States explicit official assurance of her intention to grant autonomy to Cuba immediately, pacification, and to Porto Rico as a sine qua nun condition of moral support of the European powers. 1 ,.Sjenator Butler Is Chosen Temporary l^lChpirman--Gov. Stone Delivers Wel­ coming Address--Deleirutes Manifest Knthnstosm In Spite of the Beat. THIED PARTY MEETS PROCEEDINGS OF THE POPULIST NATIONAL CONVENTION.. Opening Session. The national convention of the Peo pie's party was called to order in SL Louis shortly after noon Wednesday by 'Chairman Taubeueck of the national Com mittee. The hall in which the Populists met was the: same in which the national Reptiblj can convention was held last month Thejfce were the same arrangements as to seatsfe. The State delegations were locat­ ed in the pit, each marked by a guidon The galleries reared themselves iibov'c the pit on all sides. The platform in front was flanked by the press benches. } Th decorations were not elaborate and were practically the same as those of the Re­ publican convention. The delegates be gun to come in before 10 o'c!ock, but the spectators were slow in. arriving. Among the first. to arrive were the Kan­ sas delegation, with long, yellpw ribbon* IN GENERAL. The headless b*wiC-» of Joseph Topper and wife were found on the Southern Railroad truck, ten miles from Lawrence- berg, Ivy,, Saturday morning. The man's head was severed from the mouth up, and the woman's diagonally across the head. Tickets were found on the man which show that they had been traveling on the Queen and Crescent route. . The severest rainstorm known at Frankfort, Ky., in years was that of Monday night.The Galney bridge. 200 feet long, on the Louisville and Nash­ ville Railway, was washed away, stop­ ping traffic on that branch of the road. Conway's mills and houses, etc. , on Ben- sou Creek, were swept away. People coming into town from every direction brought news of disaster from the heavy rain. A. J . Call and Nettie Call, his daughter, Were killed in a shanty-boat six miles east of Huntington, W. Ya. Lollie Call will also die and several small children are at the point or death. Etta Robins is in jail accused of the murders. Call and his daughter had their heads severed with an axe and all the children'are slashed in a horrible manner. (Jtie woman leap­ ed into the river and saved her life. The greatest excitement prevails. No eaipse is assigned for the deed. Charles Edge, of the Lexington, Ky., firm of Appleton & Edge, dry goods mer­ chants. had a difficulty with Henry Apple­ ton, son of his partner, J , \Y. Appleton. and-shot the young man twice, kill ing him instantly. Young Appleton was re­ l ieved from a .clerkship in the store and abused Edge for having released him. 11- knocked Edge jlown, aud the latter, upon regaining his feet, shot Appleton twice through the breast. Edge immediately surrendered to the officers. WASHINGTON. ' lhe treasury Friday loRt $2,333,100 in gold coin aiid bars, of which $2,030,^00 was for export. This left the' true amount of the reserve $93,871,210. Judge Advocate General Lemly, of the navy has received the report of t}ie court- martial in the ease of Past. Assistant Pay­ master R. B, Webster, stationed at Mare Island. Cal. The charge was that the paymaster took cash instead of a bond from a clerk as a means of indemnity.and did not return the money when the clerk left the service. The court finds Webster guilty and sentences him to dismissal. Climate and Health, which has been a regular monthly publication, of the weath­ er. bureau at Washington, has been dis­ continued because of doubt as to author­ i ty 'for the expenditures incident thereto n'l ider the last- ' .appropriation, act. -With its discontinuance also have b^ep ended the weekly collections of the statistics,of Obituary--At Dead wood, S. D., Gen­ eral Ahdrew R. Z. Dawson, 01; at Potts- vijle, : j*a. t General Joshua K. Siegfried, 04; at Tumaroa, 111., J . S. Winthrop. A statement prepared by the Com­ missioner of Immigration shows the num­ ber of immigrants who "arrived in this country during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1800, to have been 343.207, as com­ pared with 258,536 during the fiscal year 1805. Of the whole number 212,400. were males and 130,801 females. The coun­ tries from which the immigrants came, are given as follows: Austria-Hungary. (35,103; Italy, (iS.OtiO; Russia; ' '52,130; Germany. 31.885; United Kingdom, 04,- 037; all other countries, 01.440. The whole number dcbr;r:Q^. and returned d'^ 'ng the "year was 3,0. '!i , as follows? Paifpe: '?, 2,010; contract laborers, 770; idiot, 3; insane, 10; diseased, 2; returned within one year becauso of their having become public charges, 238. The number de­ barred and returned in 1895 was 2,596. The barkenfine Herbert Fuller. Capt. Nash, from Boston July 3 for Rosario, put into Halifax Tuesday morning, flying the stars and stripes at half-mast with a black flag immediately beneath. This is the signal for "mutiny on board!" V\ hen the Fuller was boarded it was learned that murder had been added to iputiny, ne.; that Oipt. Nash, his wife Laurtf, aud Second uuiccr Banberry bad been killed in their bunks while asleep. The murders had been committed with an ax. The rooms in which the victims lay were covered with blood, showing that a severe struggle had taken place, and the bodies were horribly mutilated. The cook. Jonathan Sheere of Rosario. sus­ pected the mate, Thomas Brown, and suc­ ceeded in placing the latter in irons, and he afterward ironed the man who was at the wheel at the time the murder w.is committed. Upon arriving all on board the vessel, including Frank Monch, of Boston, who was a passenger, wore placed under arrest. The United States consul telegraphed to Washington for instruc­ tions, pending the receipt of which he has enjoined all connected with the affair to maintain the strictest si le i^Cv, MARKET REPORTS. HEKMAN E. TAVBKNECK. prime, grades. on their breasts and many of them with sunflowers in their lapels. Ignatius Don­ nelly of Minnesota, short and round, with his small blue ej 'es a-twink!e and his good- natured face beaming, came in early and talked awhile with Sergeant-at-Arms Mc­ Dowell, who stood on the platform, sil­ ver baton in hand, surveying the final ar­ rangements. Congressman Howard of Alabama, who wrote "If Christ Came to Congress," was a striking figure in his delegation, l ie is talL powerfully built , with a swarthy complexion and long, straight black hair that gives him almost the appearance of an Indian. "Buffalo" Jones of Oklahoma sat with his delega­ tion stolidly reading a newspaper. Here and there was a dark face. There was one colored delegate each from Colorado and Georgia. Geli. Coxey of the famous commonweal army and his son-itf-law, Carl Browne, came in together. As the air ill the hall grew oppressive the delegates did not hesitate to shed their coats. There were several woman dele­ gates on the floor, among them Mrs. J. O. A. Bush of Prescott, Ariz.T Mrs. Jennie B. Atherhold and Mrs. l ies of Colorado. Senator Alien received the first person­ al ovation. The Texas delegation grew demonstrative. A woman posed with a middle-of-the-road" streamer pinned to her gown and they cheered wildly. She waved her handkerchief frantically in re­ sponse and the enthusiastic Tcxans crowded'ipbont to shrike hei s hand. She proved to«bo a Mrs. Jones of Chicago. The day for the opening of the two na­ tional conventions broke clear and bright in striking contrast to the dark and drip­ ping skies which stretched a shadow over > r-olknjnary <' :of t '-c^couvfutions. The Vopuiisf crowds wc:o abroad early. The crowds in the corridors of the hotels where the delegates' headquarters were located wore dense and noisy, but there was a striking absence of the brass bands which at the conventions of the old par­ ties jarred the air with thtftr clash and clamor. W Before 10 o'clock the crovtfls and dele­ gates began moving in steady streams toward the convention hull. Bryan and TEMPOIIAUV CJTAIUMAN BUTLER. Chicago--Cattle, common to ?3..)0 to $4.75; hogs, shipping *•"' .00 -to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 55c to 50c; corn. No. 2, 20c to 27c; oats. No. 2, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 31c; butter, choice Creamery. 14c to 15c; eggs, fresh. 9c to 11c; new potatoes, per bushel, 25c to 40c;. broom corn, common to choice, $25 to $50 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, choice light, $.3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.<>0 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 53c to 54c; corn. No. 1 white. 2tic to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white, l!Sc to 20c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3-00 to $.".7."">; wheat, No. 2, 55c to 51 c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, Ibic to 20c; rye, No. 2, 27c t o 29 e. Cincinnati--Cattle. $3.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.tJ0 to $. '{.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25': . wheat. No. 2. 58c to OOc; eormtif&JA. mixed. 28c to 30c; to 22c; rye. No. 2y •UWe -tiy' • 'j ," £ Detroit--Catt le, ' $2.50 -to $4.75; hogs. *3.00 to $.3.75; sheep; $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 59c to 01c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 2Se to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c te 22c: rye. ; i le to 33c. ' • Toledo--Wheat, No. $«d. 51)c to 01c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 20c"W\2Sc; oats. No# 2 w;hitc. 17c to ISc; rye. No, 2, 31c to 32c; clover seed. -0 $4.45»' ' ' Milwauk(M>^;V\rii<»jit , ^No. 2 spring. 53c to (>0c; co«^^i«?^-'20c '28c; oat*. No: 2 white, lfky to 20c; 'barler. No. 2, 29c to die; rye. No. ' 1, 31c to 33c; pork, mess,, ?c;.yo to $0.50, v'Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 JLX"'» hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. ' $$2S?T<J ,$4.50; wheat. No. 2 ivd| 05c ,to 00c; corn. No. 2 yellow, ">Oc to 32c; oats, ' No. 2 white, New York-^atfes&OO ̂ ^l;Tofhogs. $3.00 to $4.25; >jheopv $2j30 Cy $4.50; wheat. No. (>'><• to 05^; colWl. No. 2, 32c;to 33c; oats. No. 2rwhite. ' 2f?"to 23c. butter, creamery, 11c to 10c; eggs, West- .ern, Tic to 1-lc. appeal to the convention to eiv no matter what might be its deliberations. , otitine business transacted by on was the formation of the ttee1, after which an adjourn- ken until 8 o'clock. A sort of nesting was held after'the proper- had adjourned, at men prominent in the party views. The meeting lasted three hours. „ No Nicht Session. • The attempt of the convention to hold fi night session" was a failure. Through somebody's omission no provision was made for lighting the hall, and when the delegates and spectators assembled there the interior of the big auditorium was dark. The telegraph companies sent for a supply.of tallow candles, with .which they lighted the tables of their operators. They also furnished candles to the news­ paper correspondents, and the flickering lights burning in the two press sections were the only illuminations in the hall. <-They served to throw fantastic shadows across the floor where the delegates were assembled, but were not strong enough to enable the convention to proceed with business. Chairman Butler arrived loud" after 8 o'clock, and announced that as pjj arrangement could at that late hour be made for light, the convention would ad­ journ until 10 o'clock Thursday morning. THURSDAY. At 10:1.2'the convention was called to order and at. 12:42 took a recess t i l l 3 o'clock. Shortly before 10 o'clock Sen­ ators Stewart of Nevada and K".vlt» ; if . North Dakota joined Senator Allen and (Jen. Field of Virginia on the platform. The tall form of "Cyclone" Davis of. Texas Could lie seen oil" the floor, tower­ ing above the delegate*. "Stump" Ash- y of the South State, held forth from a rostrum composed of a chair. At 10:05 Senator Butler, the handsome temporary hnirman, appeared on the platform. Sim­ ultaneously the band struck up "Dixie." and the delegates uncorked some of their pent-up enthusiasm. Five minutes later Chairman Butler called the convention to order and the Rev. Mr. Smith offered the invocation. Th'e report of the committee on creden­ tials was called for. but no one responded, md the States were called lor members of the committees on permanent organ­ ization and resolutions. There were at times long delays and the delegates grew perceptibly impatient. The middle-of-the-roaders were extremely sus­ picious. They intimated that it was part of the plot to defeat them. " A Dramatic Outbura*. After the announcement of the commit­ tee on permanent organization the mem­ bers retired. While other announcements were being made a middle-of-the-road man attempted a demonstration. I t was dramatically arranged. A squad of initl- Ue-of-t he-roaders suddenly plunged into the hall through the main entrance and •ame whooping down rhe center aisle. Delegate Branch bore aloft a big white banner with the inscription: "Middle-of- tho road--a straight ticket." The Texas. orgia, Maine, Missouri and Mississippi delegations mounted their chairs and yo!l- 1. At. the same time a middle-of-the- road delegate stationed in the gallery over the platform hurled out through the air tbout a peck of small green tickets, which broke and fell l ike a cloud of stage snow- over the pit . The green tickets contained the following financial plank: We^demand a national treasury note issued by the general government receiv­ able for all public dues and a full legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and loaned direct to the people through postal and other governmental banks at cost, for the benefit of the peo­ ple, and the purchase and coinage of such amount of gold and silver bullion, at the ratio of 10 to 1, as may be necessary to pay the debts of the Government which are made payable in coin. We demand that the volume of money shall speedily increase to an amount necessary to trans­ act the business of the country on a cash basis." ' Ttci 'O was a ripple of applause and. a few shouts when the name of Jacob S. Coxey was announced as a member of the committee on platform from Ohio. There were also demonstrations for Gov. Holconib of Nebraska, Gen. Weaver of Iowa and ex-Gov. Lewelling of Kansas when their names were shouted out. Firm, but not headstrong; confident/but not solfraufficicntr-netir to the people, but not demagogic; determined for reform, yet without a single incendiary speech or passionate utterance to mar his record; possessing a happy combination of the oratorical and Ibgical qualities; young, courageous, and enthusiastic, yet delib­ erate and wise, he stands as the ideal can­ didate for a movement wbiefepthough termed a movement for reform, really means a return to the wise conservatism of our fathers." Wm. P. St. John, of New York, was chosen for permanent chairman, and when escorted to the platform addressed the convention.14 What he said was quite in accord with the sentiments of the as* rF,TJMANEXT CIIA TRMAX W. I*. ST. .TQIIX. THE SILVER PARTY. the "middle-of-the-roild" factions were both girded for the fray, aud both claim­ ed the victory. The first test o. strength was eagerly looked forward to. Welcomed by Governor Stone. i t was just 12:37 when Chairman Tau­ beueck called the delegates to order. Rev. It . Hill Smith invoked the divine blessing, after which Gov. Stone was introduced, who, as the chief executive of Missouri, and not as a member of the Democratic national committee, made, an address wel­ coming the People's party to St. Louis. Gov. Stone only hinted at. the past differ­ ences of opinion between the Democrats and •••Populists, and hoped that in the future they would unite for the welfare of the country. This aUiHsion to a Bryan indorsement set the Nefrraskan's friends on tlie floor to cheering. Ignatius Donnelly replied to the Gov­ ernor's address in behalf of the conven­ tion. Mr, Donnelly made a "middle-of- the-road" speech, in which he mentioned ""fh^ntiino* of Lincoln, Jackson, Wasliing- to& ,a«d iefforson, thereby .arousing en- paid an earnest tribute to the party, and, in brief, detailed Jtsjf^llj lfios, which' , he claimed, seek to ^rrrfy.The people against those who would se*k to depriVe them of their rights. Mary Ellen Lease came into the hall as Mr. Donnelly finished his address and wkst greeted with cheers. She was in­ vited to a seat on the platform,T> Chairtnan Taubeueck announced that the liatiohal committee. had named Sena­ tor-Marion Butler of North Carolina-by acclamation for temporary chairman. The tight which was exi.ected on Butler 's se­ lection did not materialize. Somebody on the platform proposed three cheers for the new chairman, and they were given with a will . Senator Butler 's speech", was long and his voice was not capable Of penetrating the vastness of the auditorium. T11*> del­ egates wanted to hear What he said, how­ ever, and regardless of- the protests of the sergeani-at-arms and his assistants, ran into the aisles and crowded around the platform. The Senator closed with White Metal Men Hold a Convention of Their Own in St. Louis. The delegates to the national silver convention in St. Louis were slow in as­ sembling at the Grand Music Hall Wed­ nesday, and there were not enough visit­ ors to fill the galleries when J. J. Mott. chairman of the national committee, call­ ed the convention to order. He, too. was tardy, and it was long after 12 o'clock when he stepped to the platform and rap­ ped for order. ' i t was not surprising that t . .e delegates, the visitors, and the chair­ man should have been slow in coining to­ gether. The weather was intensely hot. . I t was of that variety of heat that one finds in the steam.room at a Turkish bath. The hall had been attractively draped with flags and bunting, but the atmos­ phere was so close and hot that it was al­ most suffocating. When (Tiairm^ni Mott came forward to call the convention to or­ der the delegates for the moment ceased the use of f.ans and roused from the torpor caused, by the awful heat and indulged in enthusiastic cheering. Prayer was offer­ ed, after which Miss Lillie B. Pierce, of St. Louis, read the declaration of inde­ pendence. I ' l l is caused another outburst of applause. When the call for tne convention had l>een read. Congressman Francis G. New- lands, of Nevada, was introduced by. Chairman Mott as temporary chairman of the convention, and the delegates gave him a vigorous reception. In his speech he urged the silvcrites to support the nom­ inee of the Democratic party. "The Democratic party." Mr. Newlands said, "has declared for the free and un­ limited coinage of silver at a ratio of 10 S EBG E A XT - A T-ABMS M IIOWI-.T.T.. to 1 without waiting for internafional action. Whilst i t l i t is made other declara­ tions in i ts plat for*-.: , i t has announced that the silver question is the paramount issue of the day. and that to it all other questions ar<f to be subordinated. It hits nominated a candidate of unimiieach- abTy^-eharaeter, of exalted ability, of in- flex'ible integrity-, of high purpose, who has never faltered for ft 'moment in his devotion to the cause of bimetallism. semblage and he got several siil-vos of ap­ plause. ' J • . , ; The platform declares in favor of a dis­ tinctly American 'financial system, op­ poses the single gold standard and de­ mands the.immediate return to the consti­ tutional standard of gold and silver by the restoration by this Government, inde­ pendently of any foreign'poWer, of the unrestricted coinage of both'gold and sil­ ver into standard money, ' at the ratio of lb fol, and upon terms of exact equality, as they existed prior to 1873; the silver coin to bo a full legal tender equally with gold for all debts and dues, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the demone­ tization of auy kind of legal tender money by private contract. I t holds that the power to control and regulate a paper currency is inseparable from the power to coin money, and hence that all ,cur­ rency intended to circulate as money should be issued and its volume controlled by the general government only, and should be a legal tender. The declaration unalterably opposes the issue by the Unit­ ed States of interest-bearing bo»ds in t ime of peace, and appeals to the people of the I nited States to leave in abeyance for the moment all other questions, and unite in one supreme effort to free themselves and their children from the domination of the money power. .THURSDAY. The delegates began to assemble at 9:30 o'clock, but it was long after 10 o'clock when the convention was called to order. Chairman St. John said he was sorry to be compelled to announce that the Rev. Dr. Niecolls, who was to open the conven­ tion with p-ayer, had been called from the city. „ Congressman Newlands movc^l that a committee on ways and means be ap­ pointed to raise funds with which to de­ fray the expenses of the eonventvin. Charles A. lowne, vice-chairman., was then introduced, l ie said that the press of the country had apparently forgotten its sacred duty and had become the pliant MISS. 1,1 LI.IE B. PIERCE. tool of monopoly. Money was the god it worshiped. The single gold standard, lie said, would ruiu the masses of the people. Refers lo Heroism of Teller. The shaker referred to the bolt of Sen­ ator Teller from the Republican conven­ tion and spoke of the "heroism :«nd pat­ riotism" of the Colorado Senator, to the delight of the delegates. Next he referred to the nomination of Mr; Bryan, who. he said, was born the year of the'Election of Lincoln. He then eulogized the Demo­ cratic candidate in glowing terms. This evoked the biggest demonstration which has thus far characterized the conven­ tion. The speaker next explained the free silver question nnd declared hard times would vanish when free silver ap­ peared. There was loud and uproarious cheer­ ing by the delegates when Mr. Towne ended. Ex-Gov. St. John Speaks. Ex-Gov. John P. St. John was greeted with cheers. He told how corn was worth 10 cents a 'bushel, oats 8 cents (in Kan­ sas) and potatoes (5 cents a bushel in Min­ nesota. This was one of the reasons so nulny farmers believed in free silver. A few months ago, nearly every one believ- nothing on earth could defeat William McKinley for President. But the sur­ render of American interests to Groat Britain at the Republican convention had fallen upon McKinley like a bolt of l ight­ ning. I t changed the sentiment of the whole country. Free silver, at 10 to 1. would sweep the nation. The people had arisen, and would defeat, "the corrupt gold power." But to do this a vast deal of missionary work must Ih? done. The cry was that if fr<n? silver were adopted it would'make this 'country the dumpiug' ' 'grouhd for the silver of the World. The speaker hoped it would. If all the silver*in the world'"were dumped in this country .and coined it would make $00 'per capita,"and that was not too much. Should this be done, i t would make this the most prosperous country of the world. Giants in„ South America. Tnrnei ' , the naturalist , declares that be once saw, upon the coast of Brazil . a race of giant savages, several of whom were over twelve feet in height, the average appearing to be about nine-f inches wide. aud one-half feet. M. Tlieyet, in his description of South America (publish-, ed"in 1575) says that "there are fev, among the full grown men of Pata­ gonia that are less than eight feet ii; height." . THE MASHER AND .THE LADY. lie Came, SaW, and Carried fioote for a Lady Two Flower Pots. 1 Like all big cities, Paris has its mash­ ers. They annoy the ladies often enotlgh, but, as a rule, they are harm­ less fools, after all: Here * the latest little story of a masher and a beautiful lady, which the Paris papers are print­ ing and which the Sun translates: --At the Quai aux Fleurs oa market day, a beauty arrived oh foot. So did a masher. He fixed his loving eyes upon. She paid no attention to hTin. He persisted, and vainly endeavored to engage her in conversation. Finally, she purchased two big geraniums. "Do you live far"from here, madam?" asked the dude. 1 he lady made no answer at first; but alter an instant's reflection, prompt­ ed by the size of the geranium pots and plants, and the necessity of employing a coramissalrev she replied, sweetly: "Rue du Louvre, 99." " . "Oh," exclaimed the masher, "you can 't carry such a burden so far! Al­ low me to help you." She smiled, but, in the language of the duelists, , instead of "abandoning to him t he choice" o,f pots, she pointed to both, aud smiled again. The masher put a pot under each arm, and, equioped in that way, wept off. with the lady. When they came to the Rue du Louvre,, 99. she stopped, thanked the dv.de, .antl stretched out her beautiful ' l i t t le ' hands' for the flower-pots.- v C - ' " \ But the masher politely insisted upon carrying them up to' her ' . apytrmrcin. "The trouble is," said tire lady,f'T live on the. top floor and there is no ele­ vator." ' v;' "I would not be surprised if you told me that you lived way up in heaven. Angels live there," said the enthusiastic masher. l'W ell , come, then," said the lady, ini ' the golden tones in which the Divine Sarah in "Cleopatra" addresses her Tony. So up they went until they came to the abode of the sorceress. She rang the bell . Heavy footsteps were heard Inside. The door was opened^ and a flne-looking man appeared. "Allow me to introduce you to my husband, sir." said the lady. "My dear," she added, addressing her infe­ rior portion, ' this gentleman has been kind enough to carry these plants for me all -the way from the flovver-iuarket and up the stairs, too, as you see." "Good enough," said the big follow*. "Here, my man, here is a twenty-cent piece. Go and get a.drink!" The dude started down the stairs at a lively rate, without waiting ' .for bis pourboire, and, as-lie-was"going down, he could hear the ringing laugh of the lady and the hoarse "ha! ha!" of the happy husband. "Well-Paid Writers. In an article on "Prices Paid to Au­ thors," published a short t ime ago in the Sun, the writer says of Mrs. Hum­ phry Ward's serial. "Sir George ' l ' res- sady," now running in the Century Magazine, for the serial right of wlJTcTT $.18,000 ife said to have been paid, that "large as the sum may seem at first thought, i t is relatively small; it is much smaller than the other sums paid for the product of other li terary work­ ers. Thus Scott got $40,000 for 'Wood­ stock, ' and Moore got 3,000 guineas for 'Lalla Rookli; ' Anthony Trol ' .ope re­ ceived in all $350,000 for his various works," etc. Forty thousand dollars is more than $18,000. TO be sure, but $18,000 is not all that Mrs. Ward will receive for her serial. Take "Marcel- la." for instance. She was paid $20,- 000 for the American book rights, aud more for the English rights, I believe, which would make her receipts for that one book over $40,000. For "Sir George Tressady," serial and book rights, she will probably bo paid near­ er ' $00,000 than $40,000. I t has been estimated' that for the three novels--"Robert Elsmere," "Da­ vid Grieve," and "Marcelia"--slier has been paid over $200,000. Anthony Trol- lope. according to this writer, received $350,000 for his various, works. There are few more prolific writers than An-^ tliony Trollope. I have just looked through the Harper catalogue, and Jiml that seventeen books bear his name as author. To have been paid $350,000 for seventeen books is not so great an achievement as to have been paid over $200,000 for three books, the truth of which Statement. I think, will be ac­ knowledged by the writer of the Sun's interesting article.--Critic. American Grit. In writing to a friend about the re­ cent tornado. Bishop Tuttlo, o,f St. Louis, said: "The three American char­ acteristics stand splendidly out. "First. There is n-o whimpering, even among the poor people who have lost their all . They are pluckily turn­ ing to do the next best thing, in a won­ derful spirit of cheery self-reliance. "Second. All are opening heart iuid hand and purses and sympathy to af­ ford relief. "Third. All fall in with the police and authorities to preserve.perfect or­ der and obedience to law. .1 am deep­ ly proud of The American people."-- Philadelphia Ledger. A Novel Idea. To keep babies from crying an in­ genious device has been resorted to in India. The moment a child begins to cry its mother places her hand over its mouth and nips its nose, so That i t cannot breathe. Then ir. :s allowed to breathe freely again, but should it make use of the opportunity to again set up a liowl. jt is at otico suppressed in.the same way.. This is repeated til l the baby imagines that the painful" stoppage of the breath is caused by its own effort to scream, aud so is careful to keep uuiet. • . Skiill'ul Ants. The finast engineers in the world, considering their size, are certain South American ants. Tunnels cpastrticted by them have been traced a fitstanee of Two miles, one of them passing under a stream fifty yards wide. Souttli African ants have also considerable mechanical skill, as in some of their subterranean homes have been found -suspended bridges passing front Que gallery "to an­ other and spanning gull's eight to ten Man is very ungrateful: lil> will for­ get the good time lie had ajnonth ago, anil saj r he never had one tu his life. • • : i I t is worth becoming the uttdcr dog to, Vet the sympathy.