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THE PLAIN-DEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. WcHENKY. ILLINOIS WORKED TILL HE DIED (ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOR OF A CON- , NECTICUT MILLIONAIRE. tin His Old Ajre He Conld Earn Forty j Cents Per Day--Wild Story that An­ archists Caused the I'aris Holocaust j of May 4, i I Deniisc of John Sntliffe. ' John Siitliffe, one of the wealth kfet men In Meriden, 'Conn., is dead, aged 95 years. (He was born in Walcott, Co-nn. When lie iwas 16 ybars old his lather gave him $100 jc.hd lie started out in the world: lie [went to Meriden and began the manufac­ ture of dvory combs, He became in p, few (years a member of the firm of Foster, jMerriam & Co. In 1S85 he became p resi­ dent of the joint stock company in to which ithe firm was merged, and was its presi- (dent at £betime of his 'death.' When he ^retired from active management he went fback to Ms bench in the shop and worked py the day, although worth about ,$1> fOOO,"000. Toward the latter part of his Bife he was so( feeble he could earn only t iabout 40 cents a day, but- he retained' the Jjob as long as he^eotrtd work. . jparia Horror Charged to Anarehists. ' According to a story which 'has reached ^Chicago from Paris via Washington, the itenrible holocaust which wiped out over jOLOO; lives at the French capital May 4 was . ie work of anarchists thirsting for se- enge on the upper classes of France. The re, it will .be remembered, was the re- t of an explosion in the Palais de ['Industrie, where hundreds of the Paris- Ian fashionable and French nobility were feathered to attend a great charity bazar. |T!he flower of what remained' of the [French empire met a horrible death in. ithe burning building. It is claimed) that, (while the official inquiry into the circum- jstanoes surrounding the catastrophe (threw little light on .the cause of the tire, (the secret service department is working tan a. elew that points to an anarchistic (conspiracy of stupendous magnitude. A jphieago gentleman, who refused to allow fthe use of has name, for obvious reasons, (was told' the story in Washington recent­ ly by a friend1 who is connected with the ' French legation. The latter says that the Paris detectives have not only satisfied themselves that anarchists were at the bottom of the awful crime, but that the leaders who planned it fled to America as ®oon as they had seen with what frightful ieuccess it had been executed. Standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the club# 4n the National Baseball League: W L. W. L. •oston ... .30 13 Pittsburg ... 23 25 altimore . .34 14 Philadelphia, 24 2S Sncinnati .30 17 Washington. 20 26 ew York. .2S 18 Louisville .. .19 29 rooklyn . .25 24 Chicago .... .IS 32 Jeveland . ..24 25 St. Louis... .11 41 The showing of the members of the iWestern League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. •Columbus .. .35 15 Detroit 34 30 Indianapolis. 33 16 G'nd Rapid®.20 35 St. Paul 37 20 Minneapolis. 10 36 Milwaukee ..30 26 Kansas City. 19 39 Cows Bawl for Joy. : The Missouri Supreme Court in affirm^ fesjg the sentence of the St. Louis criminal court which fined E. S. Newell $50 for .violating an act of the Legislature of 1895 known as the butterine law, upheld the constitutionality of the law. Defendant contended that the law is unconstitutional because the fines imposed thereby were di­ rected to be paid into the State treasury instead of the school fund. After pro­ nouncing the act otherwise constitutional, the court said: "It is to be presumed that the guardians of the school fund will take the proper steps that it 6hali be deposited therein instead of in the State treasury." NEWS NUGGETS. Yvette- Guilbert was married to Dr. Max Schiller of New York at Paris. The Japanese cruiser Hiyie, now used as a training ship, has arrked at San Francisco." Dr. Ohauucey C. Robinson, who was one of the oldest physicians in Milwaukee, is dead a t the age of 78. Harry McGee of Chicago, who has been making a high dive at Cincinnati, was killed while making the teap. Serious rioting has taken place at Mieres, in the Orieda Province, Spain, which was supposed to be due to the in­ creased taxes on food. ' V Yee Wall, 32 years old, a Chinaman who is said to be wanted' in San Francisco for •the murder of a fellow countryman in that city several months ago, was arrest­ ed at Boston, charged with assault and battery on a Chinaman there. Boston ^Chinese merchants say Yee Wah is a fliighbinder and a dangerous man. Captain General Weyler's decree au­ thorizing public works with a vi<rfi\ of giving employment to the "reconeea^ra- dos" was issued at Havana. . It provides for the immediate construction of several mew high roads and' for strategic railway lines in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara. It is estimated that the various undertakings (Will involve the employment of 3,500 men. An Italian laborers' shanty near Bril­ liant station, Pa., on the Allegheny Val­ ley Railroad, was blown up by dynamite end Gaetus Antinello was instantly kill- prtl. Tig tor iua Sartorilla was fatally hurt JSnd a number of jothers received injuries of a less serious nature. The police be- Jieve the explosion was the result of a plot against Antinello, ami thirteen Ital- nans have been arrested pending an in­ vestigation, t The Kentucky Court of Appeals has declared constitutional the act of the (Legislature providing for an issue of $500,000 State bonds. A solitary bandit held up the express messenger on a Louisville and Nashville •train near Clarksville, Twin.. Tuesday might and obtained' between $2,000 and $4,000. President MeKniley may now write LL. tt>. after his name, die Western Reserve University having conferred the d<egre<? (on him. Williams College has conferred the degree of LL. D. upon President San- ford B. Pole of Hawaii. dOne for threp years. The Brice-Highbee glass works and the^Jridted States glass works, which usually shut down in July and August, will run all through the sum­ mer. The Garland chain works at Ran­ kin, the immense National tube works and the Dewees, Wood & Co.'s great plant at McKeesport has every department op­ erating in full. The Union switch and signal works are now running full and a , new department is to be added. At'the Westinghouse electric works the suspend­ ed men are rapidly being put to work again. These concerns employ over 20,- 000 men. ^ Christian K. Ross died of heart disease at Germantowa. Pa., Monday. He was the father of kidnaped Charley Ross, and up to his last illness Mr. Ross never gave up the search for his missing boy, whose abduction startled Philadelphia on July 1, 1S74, and became an unsolved mystery the world ovef. It is nearly twenty-three years ago since Charley Ross, then 5 years of age, was picked up in East Wash­ ington lane, Germantown, Fa., by two men, who, presumably, yvere to give the boy and his brother a drive. Walter, the elder lad, was sent back home, but of Charley no tidings were ever receivsd." His father gpent the best part of his-life and ,of his fortune in huntingvfor his lost child. The unknown abductors at first offered to return the boy for a ransom of $20,000, but when". Mr. Ross decided to n%cept the proposal the Philadelphia, po­ lice stepped' in and offered a reward of $20,000-:for the arrest of the kidnapers. This interference proved fatal to "the re­ covery of Charley Ross. In the winter of 1874 two :burglars named Mo-sher arid Douglass were shot while trying t,0 enter Judge Van Brant's" residence in Bay Ridge. Mosher was dead when found, but Douglass,, tWio-survived a few hours,' confessed they had kidnaped, Charley, Ross. Westegyelt, one of the robbers' accomplices, served seven years foY the crime, but nothing could be got from him touching the whereabouts of • Charley Ross save that he was dead. The police believe that the burglars, when pursued by New York police, threw the boy into North river, and that the body recovered 1 n't or was that of the missing boy. The remains, however, were never positively identified by Mr. Ross as those of his son. dren at 4323 Greenwood avenue. He (bad been in politics nearly all his life and fol­ lowed closely in the footsteps of his fath­ er. The latter was also a well-known pol­ itician in his day and forty years or more ago was Sheriff of Cook County and at one time acted, as recorder. FOREIGN. WESTERN. EASTERN. •\ The New York Herald has a story that the sugar trust is considering a plan to buy Cuba and turn it into an immense eugar plantation. Pittsburg dispatch: The big Carnegie giants--the Homestead steel works, the jSdgar Thocftson and "the Duquesne works •--started up in full Monday in. every^ de­ partment, the first time this has occurred ior several months. The Duquesne forge ^(began operations in full for the first time in two years. The Pittsburg and the {Rankin wire works wilt run all* through the summer, something that han not been Miss Clara Borg of Englewood has sued Frank A. Swansea of Chesterton, Ind., for breach of promise. She asks for $5,- 000 damages. A. S. Austin, the California lawyer who asserted that he could furnish evidence which would save Theodore Durrant from the gallows, has been adjudged insane and will be taken to the asylum. About eighty thousand pounds of tea' brought to San Francisco since May 1 has not been allowed to be landed, be­ cause it did not come up to the standard of quality established by the Secretary of the Treasury in April. The importers are protesting. Almost on the anniversary of the water­ spout of 1S92, Lincoln, 111., was visited by a terrible storm Friday, which took upon itself the aspect of a cyclone and caused the death of four pupils and the wound­ ing of others at the State institute for the feeble minded. Dispatches report serious floods and a cloudburst west of Calgary in the Rocky Mountains. The suburbs o'f Calgary are submerged, fifty families made homeless, and several bridges washed away. JThere has been no loss of life, but the damage to property will be heavy. A two-story brick building at Water- town, S. D., occupied by Berg & O'lsen as a saloon, the upper floor being filled with roomers, collapsed without warning. One person is known to be dead, and it is feared there are a .number of others under the mass of debris. Only twenty-eight indictments now pre­ vent Charles \V. Spalding of Chicago, president of the defunct Globe Savings Bank, from leaving the county jail. Twelve men freed him from the twenty- ninth in Judge Smith's court room Fri­ day, by bringing in a verdict of "not guilty" in final settlement of the charge of embezzling $7,500 bonds belonging to the University of Illinois. Another beet sugar company has been incorporated in Marinette County, Wis., with a proposed capital of $1,000,000. The incorporators are Karl' G. Korn, Chris Heinrich and F. W. Balzendahl of Mil­ waukee. The stock is divided into 100,- 000 shares. The principal office of the company will be in Marinette. In addi­ tion to manufacturing sugar from beets the company is to manufacture sugar ma­ chinery, and for that purpose will pur­ chase the plant of the Marinette iron works. Tin*statement is made that the greater part of the capital is from Eu­ rope and is invested by men who have had large experience in the manufacture of beet sugar. Lorenzo Dow McCabe, D. D„ LL. D„ aged S2. father of Attorney Robert Mc­ Cabe of Chicago, and for fifty years pro­ fessor in the Oh io \\ es ley an University, died at Delaware, Ohio, Friday morning, after an illness of several weeks. His death was very peaceful. He published Philosophy of Holiness," "For Knowl­ edge o>f God and Cognate Themes," and Divine Science of Future Contingencies a Necessity." In 1860 he was elected "S ice-President and served as such. Alle­ gheny College conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1855 and Syracuse University LL. D. in 1875. During the fifty years of his professorship 8,000 stu­ dents have gone through his classes. Although the investigation of the pay rolls of the Santa Fe has been in progress but a wegk, it has already revealed steal­ ings amounting to about $80,000. and offi­ cials who are in a position to know say that this figure will be greatly exceeded. The old game of placing fictitious names on the pay roll was worked successfully. In order to locate the fictitious names the Santa Fe sent out a pay car last week for the first time in three years. Assist­ ant General Superintendent Turner and Chief of Detectives Kinney were on the car and attended personally to the work of handing out the checks. Hundreds of the checks were not called for aid the in­ vestigation proved that the names were fictitious. . "• Agitation has been begun in Kansas- looking to the passage by the next State Legislature of a strong anti-butterine bill This comes as a result of the recent an­ nouncement by Kansas City, Kan., pack­ ers that they will immediately begirt .he manufacture on a large scale of butterine for shipment to all States where laws do not conflict with the sale of that artirli-. Already Kansas City produces a great amount of butterine, and at least three firms having Chicago headquarters will take forces there from that city to manu­ facture the stuff. Blanks soliciting aid from farmers in the anti-butterine move­ ment, sent out* by the National Dairy Union, have already been sigued by many Kansas farmers. • _ W. L. Church, a well-Known Chicago politician aod for twenty years an em­ ploye of' the County Clerk's office, was found dead in bed at a rooming house 1' riday morning. The room was full of gas, which was pouring froth an open jet, and death was caused by asphyxiation. The police think Church committed sui­ cide. The man left no note or communi­ cation of any kind giving any reason for ending his life, but his friends think a long-standing illness caused, him to be­ come despondent. Church was one of the most popular politicians in Chicago and had hundreds of friends in Che city. He was about 45 years old and married and lived with his wife and three grown chil The Rev. William H. Milburn, the chap­ lain of the United States Senate, preach ed two sermons on Sunday in the Queen's Park Church. London. Four more bodies of supposed suicides have been found in the Thames at Lon­ don, making twenty-one bodies found in the river during three'weeks. The State Council, by a vote of 26 to 17, has declared in favor of the State ac­ quiring the railroads of Switzerland. A bill providing for this transfer is in course of preparation, and will be submitted to the Bundesrath. The London Daily Chronicle publishes a synopsis of views on Mr. Laurier's free trade declaration. Mr. Gladstone writes: "Generally speaking, I view with jealousy all attempts to qualify our free trade leg­ islation, and. if Mr. Laurier's plans for­ bid us to give a foreign country 'the most favored nation clause' I fear I should not be among their friends.". . - \ f . Information has reached the Japanese' legation at Washington of the illness of Mr. . Matsui, the distinguished Japanese statesman who has;occupied the position of minister of foreign affairs, arid who alsd at one time was the minister of Japan to the United States. His illness is believ- gdr'to be serious, as orders have been re­ ceived by his son, the .secretary of the legation in this country, to go home. Queen Victoria: began the celebration of her jubilee Sunday, as. was befitting her entire career, before the altat of her faith. Throughout London, the United King- and the Empire, in every cathedfal, church oi* chapel of the established church of England, were held services similar to those at St. George's chapel, Windsor, where her Majesty paid her devotions and offered solemn thanks to God. She was deeply affected. There .was a touch of tenderness in the scene, when, follow­ ing the simple religious ceremonies, the royal mother, with tears rolling down her cheeks, kissed the Empress Frederick and others of her children. Captain Boycott is dead at Loudon. He was about 55 years of age and became famous through being the first man sub­ jected to the "boycott" in Ireland. He was a land agent in 1881 in the Conne- mara section of County Mayo, where he collected rents for a number of landlords, notably the Earl of Erne. The captain made a speech, in the course of Which he urged the people of Ireland to abstain from agrarian crimes and to adopt instead a policy of sending harsh landlords, agents and bailiffs "to Coventry," the old term for boycotting. Events so shaped them­ selves that Captain Boycott was the first man the Irish experimented on in this connection, and hence the now familiar word "boycott." IN GENERAL. Rev. C. W. Hiatt of Peoria has receiv­ ed a call from the Euclid Avenue Congre­ gational Church of Cleveland. Obituary: At Perry, Mich., Rev. Theo­ dore P. Barnum.--At Janesville, Wis., Otto George Bleedern, 36.--At Brooklyn, N. Y., George W. Brown, 72. Y\ eyler, the Spanish general, will soon be astride a saddle horse which was bought iu Kansas City and raised some­ where in Missouri. The animal was ship­ ped via New Orleans to Weyler by a Kan­ sas City firm, which has sent nearly 500 mules to Cuba during the last sixty days for the Spanish army. It is stated that the price paid was $300. Julia Marlowe, who is recognized as be­ ing the representative American trage­ dienne. and her husband, Robert Taylor, have decided to part, and each will star independently next season. Miss Mar­ lowe, the only rival in certain lines of Ada Rehan, has been very successful for sev­ eral seasons, and the parting comes in the nature of a great surprise. Just what the reasons are is not known, but it is said that the couple did not find marriage the state of connubial bliss they antici­ pated. They were married two years ago this summer, and went on a bridal tour to Europe. Taber was her lending man four years ago, but left to go with Rose Cogh- lan. After the marriage he resumed his former position, and has been acting in that capacity since. , R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The retarding influence of cold and unseasonable weather has pass­ ed. The gain in business has become clearer to all. As no genuine improve­ ment ever begins with an uplifting of prices before the producing force lias be­ come fairly employed, this does not, and the buying of 7,000 bales Australian wool by one Boston house and 100,000 tons pig iron by a Wall street operator, and ad­ vancing prices for stocks, are the only proof that the actual conditions are under­ stood by some capable men. There is evidence of gradually enlarging business in every ini]>ortant department, more es­ tablishments have been set at work, and more hands employed, and While prudence still binds speculative excesses, the pro­ gress toward better things is^unchecked. Reports from the various cities show a very general progress and a continuing large distribution thro'igh retail trade. The proof is clearer, as it should be. in the industrial than in the trading field." MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime. S3.50 to $5.50: hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice. $2.00 to $4.25: wheat. No. 2 red, i>8c to 70c; corn. No. 2, 24c to. 25c; oats, No. 2, 17c to 10c; rye, No. 2, 33c to 35c; butter, Choice creamery. 14c to 15c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 9'-; new potatoes, $2.00 to $2.50 per barrel; broom corn, common growth to choice green hurl, $25 to $70 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $ii.00 to $.>.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. Sl Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.25; hoes. $.'5.00 to $3.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, N'o. 2, 79c to 81c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 23c to 24c; oats,-No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 31c to 32c. w Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $i00; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep. $2.50 "o $4.00: wheat. No. 2, 80c to 82c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 -mixed, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5:00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 82c to 84c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 26c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 33c to 35c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 82c to 84c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c: oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 39c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 86c; clover seed, $4.25 to $4.35. 5 Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 3, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; barley, No. 2, 30c to 34c: rye, No. 1, 34c to 36c; pork, mess, $7.00 to $7.50. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 .to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; Sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red', 86c to 88c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. New York--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery,.11 • to 16c; eggs, West­ ern, 10c to 12c. HANNA FOR SENATOR. INDORSED BY THE BUCKEYE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Exciting Contest Ovei; the Selection of a Campaign Chairman--Platform Urge* the President and Coneress to Be Loyal to Ante-Glection Tenets. Bnshnell Renominated, The Ohio Republican convention met in Toledo Tuesday to nominate a full iState ticket and endorse a candidate for United States Senator. There was 110 opposition to Senator Hanna for both the Short and the long terms and none to the renomination of Gov. Bushnell and other State officers, all of whom are running for their second terms The contest from the start was for the control.of the State Central Committee. Each of the twenty- one congressional districts was closely canvassed in ad­ vance for committee­ men and both fac­ tions claimed a ma­ jority of the twenty- one members up' to the day of the con­ vention. Senator Foraker, Gov. Bush- j1' nell and others had been untiring in chas. ii. kubtz. flieir efforts to retain Chairman Charles L. Kurtz, while Sen­ ator Hanna and the old following of Pres­ ident MeKinley and Secretary Sherman supported Maj. Charles Dick for 'the place. Maj. Dick was chairman of the Ohio State executive committee in, both of McKinley's campaigns for Governor and in the presidential campaign of 1892. Dick was superseded by Kurtz as chair­ man in Gov. Bushnell's first campaign two years ago and he lias held the place ever since. In addition to the factional elements represented there lias been a strong rival- Hanna. The temporary organization, with Gen, C. H. Grosvenor in the chair, was made the permanent organization, and the reports of other committees were readily disposed of. There was more than the usual interest taken in the resolutions and the committee was in session all night trying to frame the platform so as to pre­ vent a contest in the convention on the civil service, Cuban and other planks. _ The platform adopted ind6rses the na­ tional Republican platform and pledges S^NATOIi HANNA. allegiance to the national administration. Among the principal planks are the fol­ lowing: The Republican party has always been the friend of the down-trodden and op­ pressed; ami has always deeply sympa­ thized with the struggle of. any people for independence. We; extend our sympathy to the patriots of Cuba, iii their efforts to achieve freedom from Spanish.cruelty and oppression, and hope that the day of their deliverance is near at hand. We commend the course of the President, and express our confidence in his Speedy and patriotic disposition of the Cuban question in ac­ cordance with wise statesmanship and a firm and vigorous policy. We believe that the administration in in ill! fir TOLEDO ARMORY, WHERE OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WAS HELD negotiating the treaty for the annexation of Haw,'iii has acted wisely and we ex­ press the hope that the Senate will ratify the same. We denounce the violation of the spirit of the civil service act by President Cleve­ land in those orders which extended its operation beyond its purpose and. intent, and demand such revocation of orders or modification of the law as will accomplish its manifest purpose. Faithfully wedded to the principle »f protection, we demand for the wool grow­ ers of Ohio such ample protection for wool as shall speedily increase American flocks sufficiently to supply till American t*eeds. We indorse the wise, faithful and satis­ factory administration of Gov. Bushnell and congratulate the people of this State upon the financial condition of the com­ monwealth. The thanks of the people of this State are due to Senators Foraker and Hanna for their splendid efforts during the pres­ ent session of Congress, and we congrat­ ulate the people on their representation in the United States Senate. Desiring to continue such representation and appreciating his services to the party and to the people of. the State and na-'; tion. and' his eminent and proved fitness for the position, we indorse the candidacy of the Honorable Marcus A. Hanfia for United States Senator to succeed 'himself and pledge the support of the party in the next General Assembly to his election to both the short and long terms. The mention of Senator Hanna's nam© was greeted with loud demonstrations, and after the resolutions were adopted Senator Hanna was called for. He thanked the convention for this expres­ sion of confidence and pledged himself to co-operate with the standard-bearer (Bushnell) for Republican success in Ohio. Ticket Nominated, Nominations were then made as fol­ lows: " Governor--Asa S. Bushnell. Lieutenant Governor--A.. W. .Tones. Supreme Judge--Jacob F. Burked. Attorney General--Frank Monnett. State Treasurer--Samuel Campbell. MAJ. C. F. DICK. ry for years between Dick and Kurtz and the fight between them was the distin­ guishing feature of this convention. It ipvolved all the party leaders on one side or the^ther and was the most bitter con­ test that has been waged within either party for yoars. Work in the Convention. The first day's session of the convention was taken up with the preliminary work. The hall in the Armory was opened at 3 o'clock, but the delegates were late in arriving. Senator Hanna entoved by a side door and was on the platform before his presence in the convention hall was discovered. He was given a seat, and the noise made by the Hanna delegates had scarcely subsid­ ed when Gov. Bush nell, accompanied by Attorney General Monnett, entered. The Bushnell men among the delegates tried to outdo the Hanna men in the noise and effusiveness of their greeting. Chairman Crouse called the convention to order and made a short speech, in which lie took occasion to congratulate the delegates that they had a Republi­ can President, two Republican Senators and Republican officers all the way down from these high positions to constables. After the prayer four young women dress­ ed in white sang a couple of songs, in which they predicted the election and an honorable and long senatorial career for Mr. Hanna. This caught his portion of the delegates, and they let loose a lot more of Hanna enthusiasm. Then came Congressman Grosvenor's speech. Mr. Grosvenor took occasion to mention the two United States Senators from Ohio. First, he. said some kind things about Senator Foraker, and the remarks were duly approved by the ad­ mirers of that gentleman who were in the convention hall. Immediately after this applause had died away the temporary chairman turned his attention to Mr. Hanna. He said all sorts of good things about him. and then stepped back from his table to wait for the applause to die away. The Hanna men shouted them­ selves hoarse, but the Bushnell men sat sullenly silen<t. Gpn. Grosvenor brought GOVEKN'OIt BU8HNKLI.. another shout from the delegated when lie said that the present national administra­ tion had already put back hundreds of Republicans who had been ousted from their positions, by the Democrats, and announced that President Mclvinley in­ tended to put back as many more as he could under the civil service law. At the conclusion of Gen. Grosvenor's address the district caucus reports were read, after which the convention adjourn­ ed until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Wednesday's Session. With the contest for the chairmanship settled so decisively Tuesday in favor of* Major Charles F. Dick mid the entire Hanna slate, the Republican State con­ vention proceeded promptly at 10 o'clock Wednesday with the usual business. The report on credentials was «dopted without opposition, as it,made no material differ­ ence in the control of the convention, Which was overwhelmingly with Senator FAIR WEEK FOR CROPS. Corn Makes Kapi<l Strides mid ^priiix Wheat la i;oiu*r Well. The week's crop bulletin, based on the reports of the directors of the several cli­ mate and crop sections, is as follows: Except over the central Rocky Moun­ tain region and California, where it was unseasonably cool, tin1 week has bceu gen­ erally favorable for the growth and culti­ vation of crops. Corn has made vigorous growth in the principal corn States dur­ ing the week. In the Dakotas, however, the crop continues backward with uneven stands. Cotton has-made good growth during the week. Southward of the north­ ern boundary of Tennessee the bulk of the winter wheat crop has been harvested, and some thrashing has been done in Texas. .Harvesting in Kansas is nearly completed and will begin this week'in In­ diana, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. In Washington recent rains have practi­ cally assured whiter wheat iu that State. In California harvesting continues with light yield and grain of indifferent quality. Spring wheat is doing well generally and has made rapid growth in North Dakota. Ln South Dakota, however, while the out­ look for early sown is good, the late sown is less promising. With Surprising Results. The paradoxical discovery that the speed of a sailing vessel may be in­ creased by perforating its sails is churn­ ed by a ship's captain of long exi*>- rience. He suppofyed that the fixed cush­ ion of air filling up the hollow of a.n inflated sail lei^jgwlhe effect of the wind, and he has sm*ljr* to prevent the collecting of this cusliMai by making a number .of holes in the canvas. .Several trials, made in all weathers, have given surprising res/uits. ln a light wind*a vessel made four knots with ordinuj-y sails and five knots with perforated sails; in a fresih breeze, seven and eight and three-fourths knots respectively; and in a strong wind, eight nad ten knots. IOWA FUSION TICKET. FREE COINAGE MEN OF THREE PARTIES UNITE. Democrats, Silver Republicans and Populists Hold Separate Conven- tiotiBi bnt A|»ree Upon a Ticket--Mid- .dle-of-the-Road Populists Bolt. White for Governor. The three silver parties of Iowa--Dem­ ocratic, Republican and Populist--held separate conventions in Des Moines, nom­ inated a fusion ticket, and adopted plat­ forms, different in construction, butjideii- .tical in purpose, indorsing the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, denouncing the Repub­ lican party for alleged extravagances in the management of the State Govern­ ment, and demarit&ng the enactment of a law prohibiting corporations from rReiv­ ing pledges from employes not to bring suit for indemnity for injuries--a plank upon which the three parties expect to wage, and hope to win, the campaign in Iowa this fall. The fusion ticket will go upon the official ballot as the Democratic ticket, for, by an anti-fusion law, passed by the last General Assembly, and de­ nounced' in the three platforms adopted, the name of a candidate cannot appear more than once upon the official ballot. As sooii as the three convent-ions assem­ bled each appointed a committee on con­ ference to arrange the division of. offices among the parties. This committee, \yit'h- Out difficulty, arranged that the Demo­ crats should nominate the Governor and Supreme, Judge;' that the silver Republi­ cans should' nominate the Lieutenant Gov­ ernor and Superintendent of Public In­ struction, and .that the Populists might have the Railroad, .•Commissionership. The Democratic and silver Republican conventions practically adopted the report of the conference committee. In the Pop­ ulist convention A. W. C. Weeks of Win- terset promptly charged that the conven­ tion was called illegitimately and moved that a new Populist eonvetition be called, which should refuse to give up the Popu­ list name or the right to nominate Popu­ lists for the four principal offices of the five to be filled. This motion the chair­ man declared tabled, on motion to that effect, and' Mr. Weeks at once led the bolting delegates, comprising about one- fourth of the 400 present, out of the hall. The remainder proceeded to do business in pursuance of the plan arranged' at the fusion conference. White Chosen by Acclamation. In the Democratic convention J. F. Dayton of Allamakee County, S. S. Bash- or of Rlackhawk County, James A. Bur­ gess of Wapello County, John F. Leech of Henry County, E. P. Stubbs of Jeffer­ son County, A. C. Roberts of Lee County, II. L. Williams of O'Brien County and ex-Congressman Fred E. White of Keo­ kuk County were placed iil' nomination for Governor. White received G17 votes, Williams 127. Burgess 132, Bashor 52, Dayton 120, and' the remainder scattered among candidates not nominated by speeches, nine votes going to ex-Gov. Horace Boies. White was then nomi­ nated by acclamation. Judge L. G. Ivinne. the incumbent justice, and J. W. F re eland of Corydon were nominated in the Dem­ ocratic convention for Supreme Judge. Mr. Ivinne received most of the votes and was given the nomination before the roll was finished. In the silver Republican convention B. A. Plumnier of Forest City, a banker, who campaigned the State last fall for free silver, was nominated by acclama­ tion for Lieutenant Governor. He was placed in nomination by'Judge Spurrier of Des Moines County, himself former­ ly a candidate before these conventions for the nomination of Governor. The silver Republicans considered the names of G. W. Rhinehart of Newton, .T. W. Cliff of Des Moines and B. I'. Hoist of Boone in connection with the nomination for superintendent. On the vote Iihine- hart received 120 and' Cliff 48 votes, and the former was declared nominated. One plank in the platforms of the three parties is identical. It is an arraign­ ment of the Republican party for alleged extravagance and corruption in State government. Another plank, though not identical in the three platforms, that re­ lating to silver, is as expressive in one as another. Free coinage is declared to be the salvation of the nation, and the contest in the State this fall is specifically declared to be a test of strength be­ tween the money power, and silver. None of the three platforms mentions prohi­ bition or liquor. It is the first time iu fifteen years that the Democratic plat­ form has not contained a plank devoted to this -question. v%vlanks in the.Platform. The Democratic platform, in addition to making silver the main issue, de­ nounces what it calls the school book nion- oiioly, demands that no State officer shall be connected with a building and' loan as­ sociation or insurance company (trie pres­ ent State Auditor is president of a build-' ing company); insists that there should be a reduction in printing and binding rates for State work; denounces the anti-fusion law of the last Assemhlv; asks for a State board of control for State institu­ tions; ridicules McKinley's prosperity, and indorses the anti-corporation law de­ feated by the last Legislature. The Populist platform makes silver the principal issue,.denounces the anti-fusion law, recommends retrenchment in public expenditures, denounces the Republican Legislature for defeating anti-corporation measures, favors an income tax and rec­ ommends to the people the adoption of the initiative and referendum. The silver Republicans declared that a silver man should be nominated for Gov­ ernor. denounced the school book trust, declared for free silver coinage, denounced the Republicans for extravagance and corruption and corporation legislation, favored a 2-cent passenger fare bill and demanded a reduction in freighl/rates. While putting silver to thej^ront, the fusion party expects to make die cam­ paign almost entirely upon/the corpora- turn issue and expects the^upport of some gold Democratic newsn/fpers KntliusiasnWor Hryan. The sentiment of the Democratic con­ vention was almost overwhelmingly for Bryan. Every reference to his name was greeted with lusty cheering. His picture was repeatedly displayed, and every time an orator pointed to it there was applause.' In point of numbei" jt^jfas one of the largest Democratic inventions ever held in Des Moines. Natural Kesnlt. He--This tune seems to haunt me. She--Because you have murdered it so often.--Tit-Bits. His Pad Fix. "Yes, sir, I repeat that In my opinion Jonathan Doxey is a ruined man, and that he is merely keeping up appear­ ances in order to try to lind some way of gettiu?? out of his present difficul­ ties." "You surprise me! What has led you to this conclusion V" "I asked him for his daughter's hand in marriage yesterday and lie gave his consent without a murmur. What would you do if you were in my place, run away or stay here and. try to live it down'^'--Cleveland Leader. SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW* MAKERS. A Week's Proceedings in the Halls or Coneress--Important Measures Dis­ cussed and' Acted tjpon--An Xmpar* tial Resume of the Business. The National Solons. The tariff bill came to a halt in the Senate Friday, less than one page* of the flax schedule being disposed of. The de­ bate drifted into political channels. Late in the day .Mr. Morgan proposed a sweep­ ing apiendment to place a 10 per cent ad valorem duty on all articles now on the free list, with a few stated exceptions. In supporting the amendment Mr. Morgan called attention to the singular fact that the income tax feature of the Wilson bill is not repealed and can be enforced by a change in the personnel of the Supreme Court of the United States. Bills were passed for public buildings at Cleveland, ©.. to cost $2,700,000, and at McKees- port, Pa., to cost $200,000. Owing to the interest in the Hawaiian annexation treaty Mr. Davis of Minnesota secured an agreement for the printing of 5,000 copies of the treaty and other documents. In the Senate Saturday the Finance Committee failed to secure adoption of its report fixing the tariff schedule upon mat­ ting, bagging, jute fabrics and burlaps. The effect is to restore floor mattings man­ ufactured from straw and other vegetable substances to fhe free list. These in­ clude. the."Japanese. Chinese and Indian mattings; also burlaps, jute grain bags and cotton bagging. This result was reached by Messrs. Carter- and Hans-. brough. Republicans, uniting with the opposition. The Senate made giant sfrides on the tariff bill Monday, covering fifty-six page's. The last two schedtdes of the dutiable list, covering paper and manu­ factured sundries, were completed, with tlie exception of the paragraphs on hides, gloves, coal and some lesser ar­ ticles. which went over. This advanced the Senate to fhe free list, which was completed in three hours. Early in the day the wool and silk schedules went ovor with an agreement that wool would be taken up Tuesday. After that the to­ bacco schedule, the reciprocity provisions and the internal revenue portions of the bill as well as the many isolated para­ graphs passed over remain to be consid­ ered. The progress Monday was sg^mark- ed, however, that for the first time there was a feeling that the end was not far off. The House, after the approval of fhe journal, adopted a bill appropriating $100,000 for the repair of dry dock No. 3 at New York. Mr. Dingley of Maine, from the Committee„ou Ways and Means, presented a favorable report, on a joint resolution providing that foreign exhibi­ tors at the Omaha exposition in 1S98 may bring to this country laborers to prepare and have charge of exhibits. Two amendments provide that the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the number of laborers to enter the country and that they 'shall leave the United States with­ in three months from the termination of the exposition. An exciting debate marked the consid­ eration of the wool schedule in the Senate Tuesday. It led to a warm personal ex­ change between Senators Carter of Mon­ tana and Foraker of Ohio on the one hand and Mr. Allison of Iowa, in charge of the bill, on the other. Mr. Foraker asserted that an agreement concerning rates on certain wools was being vio­ lated and that undor such circumstances every Senator would be free to act for himself. Mr. Allison declared lie could not be driven by threats. Mr. Carter, who had aroused the storm, endeavored to have the paragraphs relating to carpet wools go over, but Mr. Vest objected. Mr. Teller of Colorado also spoke against delay. Aside from this interruption fair progress was made on the wool schedule. The duty on first-class wool was agreed to at 10 cents per pound and on second- class wool 11 cents, which is between the House and Senate rates in each case. The rates on third-class wools went owr. Most of the other amendments related to the classification of wools. Mr. Jones of Arkansas spoke against the entire sched­ ule as severely oppressive on the con­ sumers of woolen goods. After a contest lasting all Wednes­ day the Senate completed the paragraphs of the wool schedule relating to raw wool and advanced into the features relating to manufactured woolen goods. The day was devoted largely to a discussion of the effect of tariff rates on the price of wool,, and the speeches were on technical lines in the main, Mr. Quay mad\j a strong effort to have the House ad valorem rates on third-class wool adopted, but he was defeated--10 to 41. The committee rates were then agreed to, viz., 4 cents per pound on third-class wool valued at 10 cents or less per pound, and 7 cents per pound «n third-class wool valued above 10 cents per pound. The schedule was completed up to paragraph 3G4, relating to cloths, knit fabrics, etc. . A stubborn contest over the duties on manufactured woolen goods occupied the attention of the Senate throughout Thurs­ day. It was a day of constant roll calls and of cross fire debate on the effect of the duties in advancing rates. Many amendments were proposed to reduce the rates, but these were reject^ by decisive majorities. Less than fivtil pages were disposed of during the day/carrying the Senate through paragraph/I 370, the first of the paragraphs reitttMrg to carpets. An air of gloom pervaded the House, 05 to the death of Mr. Cooke' blind chaplain, in his ii feelingly to Mr. Coojt public calamity. Aft journal the Speaker at tion of an invitation^ Chamber of Deputies ^ th*i House to attend the international par­ liamentary conference in jfavor of arbi­ tration, which wilH^gip Aug. 6. Mr. Foss Belgian members of of Illinois, on l>ehrfTrW,diis delegation, then announced the death -Of his colleague' Mr. Cooke.' The customary resolutions were adopted and a committee to attend' the funeral was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Foss, Prince, IWkuap of "Illi­ nois; Moody of Massachusetts, Upde- gralf of Iowa, Boyce of Indiana, Bailey of Texas, Hunter of Illinois and Dins- more of Arkansas. Then; as a further mark of respect the House ijdjourned until Monday. f "Where It Ought to Be." The late Cardinal Manijng would oc­ casionally, at the house (f an intimate friend, throw over "the dire of all the churches" for ;ui hour aid Indulge in amusing reminiscences. Que story he used to tell, though he hnhself was the butt of its humor, was >f a sculptor who had attempted the cjrdinal's bust at Rolne. During one of the sittkgs the Sculp­ tor discoursed on phreuolofy, and Man­ ning made liim point out o the head lie was modeling tlie suppose 1 seat of the various organs or "buinib. Manning asked; "Where is the organ of (fniscientious- uess?" The sculptor walked aenss the room to where Manning was ' touching a cex*tain part diual's cranium, saidc' "That's where it ought io be. At last sitting, and of the Car--