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1 THE PLAINDEALER 3. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY, iLLiNory STUDENTS IN A RIOT. HARVARD MEN FIGHT WITH THE POLICE. Rescue Three' Comrades from the 6tation--Transvaal Reform 'Leader* Heavily Fined ,t>nt Not Banished-- Hinricknen Gets the Nomination. Lively Times at Harvard. Three thotisnnd Harvard men, encour­ aged by the phenomenal event of a Har­ vard victory, fought 100 policemen in the streets of historic old Cambridge Wed­ nesday night. It was the biggest riot that the university has ever seen. The mo­ ment it was known that Harvard had won there was a roar. Then all was pandemo­ nium. In half an hour there was on foot the biggest celebration ever known at Harvard. The whole city "was a blaze of red fire, fireworks lighted up in every direction, and the evening was made hide-, ous with the blasts of a thousand giant horns'. The police, anticipating trouble, were out in eittra force. The majority of the Harvard men Were armed with re­ volvers and delivered a running volley, firing into the air. • Clay Stone Briggs, a atudent from Galveston. Texas, was ar- Tested, and there was a mad rush of 3,000 enraged students to the rescue. Arthur T. Pilling, a student from Washington, was the first to tackle an officer. He was promptly knocked down. Goldwait H. Dorr, of Orange, X. J., a student, jumped on another policeman. He was seized and arrested. Many policemen and stu­ dents received wounds. Finally the police were victorious, and the three students were dragged into the station house. For an hour 3,000 mad students surrounded the station clamoring for the release of their comrades. The chief of police and prominent citizens addressed the students and urged them to disperse. The students paid little attention to the officers and re­ fused to retire until the three men who were arrested were released on bail. They then departed, cheering as they left the police station the three heroes mounted on the shoulders of the mob. Transvaal Leaders Fined. Pretoria dispatch: At a special meeting of the executive council it was decided to release John Hays Hammond, Gol. Rhodes, George Farrar and J. W. Leon­ ard, the leaders of the Johannesburg re­ form committee, upon the payment of a fine of $125,000 each, or in default, fifteen years' banishment. London advices say: The conditions of their release were the same as imposed upon the other reform­ ers. . United States Vice-Consul Knight at Cape Town,-South Africa, reported by cable to the State Department that the Imprisoned reform leaders had been re­ leased. The cablegram was as follows: "Reform leaders released. Fined £25,000. No banishment." This finally closes the Hammond incident. Standing; of National Leajue, Following is the standing of"the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. Cleveland ... .26 Baltimore ...27 Cincinnati . . .27 Philadelphia. 27 Boston ......24 "Washington .22 L. 14Chicago . .. 1G Brooklyn .. 19Pittsburg . 10New York. ISSt. Louis. .. 20Louisville . W. .23 .22 .21 ,.20 , .13 .. 9 Western League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western ^League: W. L. W, L. Detroit 23 13 Minneapolis. 21 19 Indianapolis. 22 15Milwaukee . .22 Kansas City.22 ISColumbus ...16 St. Paul. 20 lSG'nd Rapids. 13 NEWS NUGGETS. Secretary of State W. H. Hinrichsen was nominated for Congress by the Demo­ cratic convention of the Sixteenth district of Illinois. It was an exciting race be­ tween the five candidates, but Hinrichsen had the machine at his back. The first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress adjourned at 4 p. m. Thursday, and nothing occurred to make its last mo ments of more than usual interest. Tlnye was no hurry, no rushing of belated bills nor turning back of the clock. The First National Bank of Larned, Kan., has closed its doors after a heavy run induced by the controversy over the local water works. The directors hope to be able to resume soon. The sudden drain was unexpected, the bank being sound otherwise. W ayne Bowman, aped 73. living near Vigo, O., Wednesday night hung crape on the front door, went to his room, put o;\ his best suit of clothing, and hanged him­ self. fastening the rope to the top of the door. His body was found by his son, Leaman Bowman. The old man wag de­ spondent over the death of his wife, which occurred some time ago. and once before attempted suicide. R. F. TyleF, a son of President John Ty- Jer, was a prisoner in the Richmond, Va., police court, charged with shooting with intent to kill Jack Carr, a young negro. Tyler is a dairyman residing near the city. He went to the assistance of an­ other person who got into a difficulty with Carr and says the shooting vras in self-defense. The accused was sent oa to the Grand Jury and allowed baiL The Emperor of China has testified bis appreciation of the gallantry shown by the blue jackets of the American war 6hips in rescuing drowning persons in the recent disaster resulting from a collision at Woo Sung between the steamers Onwe and New Chwang, by presenting to the captain of each of Uncle Sam's cruisers in Asiatic waters an elaborately engraved and highly complimentary testimonial. The Lutheran Synod of Spates adjacent to Ohio spent a day at Massillon| O., in a fruitless effort to find out whether hades is a state or condition, and if a locality where said locality is. H. J. Schuh, A lie gheny, Pa., was elected president; H. J Reimann, Oil City, Pa., vice-president J. W. Mair, Sharon, Pa., secretary; W. A Trapp, Massillon, treasurer. An agreement has been made between this Government and Mexico for a daily International registered mail-pouch ex change between St. Louis, Mo., and the City of Mexico,, i to go into operation July 1. Unveiling of the splendid equestrian stat­ ues erected by the State of Pennsylvania in honor of the memory of Generals George G. Meade and Winfield S. Han­ cock. The status unveiled were erected at the expense of the State and cost over $100,000. The Hancock statue stands on East Cemetery ,hill> nearly opposite the National Cemetery gateway. It is ten feet high, resting on a pedestal o.f blocks of granite, the whole 17 feet long, 10 feet wide and 12-feet high.-- The horse and rider ^face southwest. General flancock, as if directing the movement of his troops on that line. The statue to General Meade stands on an elevation, west of -his quarters, and quite near the "bloody angle." It is almost 15 feet loug, 8 feet wide and 10 feet high. Both statues are of the best quality of bronze, of her<>ic size, and are about thirty feet from the ground at the highest point. Captain John G. Bourke, Third Cavalry U. S. A., died Monday at the Olyclinic Hospital. Philadelphia, where he had been under treatment for about three weeks. Captain Bourke was 53 years old. He was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Ver­ mont. He leaves, a widow and three daughters. His wife was with him at the time of his death, but the three daughters were at their home iu Burlington, Vt. Captain Bourke had a brilliant record as a gallant soldier. H<? enlisted as a private in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1S62 and took part in the campaign -of the Army of the Cumberland under Ilosc- cra ns ahd Thomas. He was awarded a medal of honor for gallantry at .Stotie River. At the close of the war be was ap­ pointed by President Lincoln a cadetTat- large to the West Point Military Acad- ay, from which he graduated in' 1S69.' e saw much service in Indian warfare, and, was mentioned in general orders for gallantry in engagements, with Indians. He was a member of scientific societies in France, England and the United States," and wrote much upon anthropology and folk lore. One of his most valuable mono­ graphs .upon the medicine men of the Apaches was published by the Smithso­ nian Institution. His most popular books, "On the Border With Crook," "An Apache Campaign" and "The Snake Dance of the Moquis," have had editions in New York and London. WESTERN. Four safe, robbers forced their way into the Cafeteria lunch room, 46 East Lake street, at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday night, and. after binding and gagging the two watchmen, attacked the vault in which there was several hundred dollars. They worked on the steel doors over an hour and then escaped with their booty. The scene of this latest piece of criminal daring was within 200 feet of State street, in the heart of the business district. Worn out with the trials of life, Mrs. Anna Kock threw herself into Mud lake, near the Chicago bridewell, Monday even­ ing, dragging her 10-year-old son with her and carrying her 3-months'-old baby on her arm. The baby and herself were drowned, and the boy, after a few mo­ ments' struggle in the water, was res­ cued t*r some older boys who were in the water bathing fifty yards away. The woman had quarreled with her husband over a slight punishment of the boy for running away from school. About a year ago she was confined in the detention hos­ pital for one month, as her mind almost failed. A slight improvement prevented trial for insanity, but her mind had neverbccn right since that-time.--: Joseph Windratli, murderer of Carey B. Birch, expiated his crime on the gallows at Chicago. Muttering to the last his almost incoherent jargon about the bad box and rolling his eyes in accompaniment to a peculiar facial twitching, the man who was thought to be simulating insan­ ity dropped six feet, into eternity. When Sheriff Pease read the death warrant the doomed man contented himself with glancing furtively at the sheriff and shout­ ing the louder. Spiritual Advisers Fath­ ers Dore and Finn,, of the Cathedral of Holy Name, worked assiduously for hours with the unfortunate man, but were un­ able to secure his participation in the rites of his church. Windrath refused to permit the men of cloth to accompany him on his last march. Twice when notified to prepare for the gallows the murderer attempted to batter his he;*l against the wall of the little room, but the speedy use of handcuffs and firm words by the death watch placed him in a tractable manner. Saturday evening about 9 o'clock two desperadoes entered the L. Klein depart­ ment store on Halsted street, in Chicago, v. hile it was thronged with customers, with numerous clerks behind the count­ ers, and robbed the female cashier in her case, getting away with their plunder, ..ich amounted to between $300 and ^ >00. The vast throngs of customers ere terrorized and panic-stricken, wom- i screamed and fainted, a fire alarm was raised, the robbers tired a shot or two and forced the ;r way to the door, through which they made their escape. One of them was grappled by an employe of the store, but wrenched himself away and fled through the crowd. This is the ninth raid and robbery of the kind in two months. The store selected as the scene of crime is always near a police patrol box. The movements of the police are watched, ami soon after, they leave the boi to depart on their rounds the hold-up is committed, as the thugs know that they will be without police interruption for a suflicient time to cover the crime. Chicago wheat prices oscillated Monday with the eccentricity of a short pendulum in an old-fashioned clock. The effect was that of making one of the wildest markets of the year. July wheat opened with a rush at from 62% cents to 62% cents, and in a short time was crowded down to 61 \/o cents. Bull efforts were soon redoubled, however, and an exciting boom sent the cereal to 63% cents, or a rise of 2 cents above the lowest price previously made. This, coming upon the total advance of 7 cents a bushel made last week, indicated the possibility of a further rise of a con­ siderable amount. July closed Saturday Worth from 61% cents to 62. £lne of the primary upward "boosts" given the mar­ ket was due to Thoman's crop report showing a deterioration of 11 per cent in the condition of winter wheat during the month of May in the six principal States of its growth. . The report indicated also a probability that the spring wheat crop would be 73,006.000 bushels smalled than that of the year before. To add to the situation news from the foreign markets was that they were all higher. In the killing of seven persons and the injury .of fifty. The perpetrator of the deed is unknown, and his motive is a mys­ tery. The explosion occurred just as the procession was entering the beautiful and ancient Church of Santa Maria del Mar. This is one of the most thickly populated quarters of the populous city. The sound of the explosion arid the distressed cries of the injured and the friends of the killed created an indescribable panic among the great crowd in the procession and lookers- onr The people were terror-stricken with dread qf other bombs being thrown, and it was with difficulty that they were re­ strained from crushing each other in the stampede. A terrific scen& ensued after the explosion. p Seven dead bodies and forty persons severely injured were found. The police have picked up thirty frag­ ments of bombs in the street. The town of Guanabacoa, just across the bay from Havana, Cuba, was consid­ erably excited Monday by an insurgent band burning various public buildings at a point in the suburbs known as Cucura- nao. The band exchanged shots with the government pickets. The insurgents made unsuccessful attacks upon the gov­ ernment outposts at Gabriel, Celba de Lagua and various points along the Pinar del lLo. troclia, burning adjacent houses in their retreat. . The government is bur-' riedly re-enforcing the old military trocha from Moron to Ciego de Avila in the hope of preventing Gomez from reinvading the central provinces with fresh insurgent, forces from the East.-Patriotic Spanish merchants in Havana, Gienfugos and oth­ er-Cuban ports are raising funds to buy and present to the Government a new iron­ clad. The subscription already exceeds $850,000. ' , ' * Taking as'his starting point the official announcement of the annexation by France .of Timboo, the principal place-in the Djallon country, a district larger than the State of Pennsylvania and quite as fertile, United States Consul Strickland,, at Gorep-D'akar, has made a most inter­ esting report to the State Department upon the dangers threatening the United States trade with Africa, owing to the rapid extension of the colonial possessions of the European nations. He shows how the French, by the imposition of a dis­ criminating duty of'7 per cent, against foreigu goods, have monopolized the mar­ kets of the French colonies and have thus crushed out the lucrative and growing trade which the United States already en­ joyed in that part of the world. He says that the process has now begun of forti­ fying perhaps the whole continent of Africa against us by protective tariffs; for if one nation can even now do it with effect, the remainder will in time have to in order to equalize things among thetn- selves. IN GENERAL. The second annual reunion of the Mex­ ican Veterans' National Interstate Asso­ ciation was held at Lexington, Ky. Thos. H. Clay, grandson of Henry Clay, pre­ sented a gavel to the association made from ash grown at Ashland, his grand­ father's home. He said his grandfather was opposed to the annexation of Mexi­ can territory and that opposition cost him the presidency. Maj. Samuel L. Mc- Farin, of Logansport, Ind., addressed the veterans on the history of the associa­ tion, and wh£n he said he hoped another war would come which would free suf­ fering Cuba the old soldiers cheered lust­ ily. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade say's: "It is highly suggestive that, with as little help as there is now from new business, markets are so nearly main­ tained. Summer is close at hand, and with new crops promising well and old stocks large, it is no wonder that the farm products are cheap. The factories and mills are still waiting for the rush of busi­ ness seen last year, and in spite of narrow orders at present are generally holding on with much confidence. It is so late that gold exports no longer alarm, for the date of expected returns draws near. The opinion gains ground that more active business is to be expected after the con­ ventions have been held and the safety and sufficiency of crops have been assur­ ed. Low prices at this season affect farm­ ers very little, but the speculators who have bought from them for a rise. The wheat yield is estimated at half a billion bushels." Affairs in the storm-ridden districts at St. Louis are taking on a more cheerful aspect. The first rush for relief is over, and there is evidence of general improve­ ment in the condition of tornado sufferers. There is a noticeable decrease in the num­ ber of applications for aid. Whatever re­ mains from the general fund will be left in the keeping of the Merchants' Ex­ change committee, which will continue the work wherever necessary. The relief fund has reached $183,531. In all parts of the tornado district houses are being made habitable once more and demolish­ ed buildings are being rapidly rebuilt. In East St. Louis the work of restoration goes on steadily, and there is no abate-' ment of the - relief committee's work. Many people compelled to live in tents until their demolished homes are repaired are becoming accustomed to their new environments. In some places tenants live in box cars. William Cogan. an en­ gineer on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail­ way, who was injured in the storm, has died at the home of a friend as a result of his wounds. None of the patients in the hospitals have died during the last two days, and, according to the state­ ments of attending physicians, no more fatalities will be reported. 6. 0. P. ST. LOUIS QRJEETS THE • „ LICAN HOST. REPUB. Fourteen Thousand Workers and' Shonters Will Have Seats in the Great Auditorium--Splendid Fuild- tfng for the Convention, All in Readiness. Bt. Louis Correspondence: Thirteen thousand six hundred and one persons will have seats in the great audi­ torium erected for the Republican nation­ al convention. A few more chairs may possibly be squeezed iu. The contractor and architects planned a building big enough to hold 14,000 chairs, and when the real push and crush begins, the full number may be utilized, but if there were twice 14,000 cl*iirs, it is doubtful if the number would be large enough to seat all the people in St. Louis who want to see the doings on the first day of the con­ vention. This great white auditorium will sheK ter the ghosts of many dissipated booms before the nation is- much older. The building is of-wood, covered with blocks of white staff, which give it the appear­ ance of glistening marble. The building- stands on sthe site of the new city hall, and. must be completely removed by Oct. 1. It cost $70,000, and many people PICTURE OF GRANT'S LOG CABIN. This hangs over main entrance to Auditorium. would liSe to see it remain for future use of conventions and the like, but oth­ ers who remember the fate of the Chi­ cago World's Pair buildings, regard it as a menace iu case of fire and will be happy when the last of it is torn down. There are 100 and more exits and en­ trances, and in case of panic or fire, it is estimated that the building could be emptied in five minutes. In this and many other respects, it is superior to the build- A gallery,^ forty feet wide, which runB around the four sides of the building, ex-, tending back up to the roof, has chains for 6,000 of the public. Of the 8,000 chairs dowh stairs the public will have the use of about 4,500. At least 50,000 of the good citizens of St. Louis and the nearby towns expect to sit out the convention from the beginning to th^ end', so.it is quite evident that some of them are going to be disappointed. From the outside, however, they can at least hear the band of 150 pieces play the campaign airs. This band is ,to be located on a stand in the central part of the northern gallery. Leading Lights. Aside from Maj. McKinley the two most conspicuous men at the convention will be the great-Marcus Aurelius Hanna and the Hon, Joseph Benson Foraker., Hanna expects to replac^Toin Carter, of Montana, as chairman of the national committee, and upon Foraker lias fallen' the honor of presenting the name of the Ohio statesman to the convention. The centers of interest when the con­ vention is not in session will, of course, be the headquarters of the various candi­ dates. There rumors will fly quicker than rain drops in an April shower, and extraordinary tips, "straight from the inside," will circulate with the freedom of a green goods man's circulars. Some of the Ohio boomers have theif headquar­ ters at the Planters', but a considerable portion of® the delegation sleep at the Southern. Ohio is well represented at the Southern. One large room is used as general headquaters for Ohio people. These rooms are on the ground, or office, floor. Upstairs on the parlor floor, adjoin­ ing the Reed headquarters, are the Mc-, Kinley headquarters, taking up five •rooms; The Morton.headquarters and the Allison headquarters, are „also at the Southern. Senator Quay has the ladies' ordinary at the Planters',, the ladies', par­ lor at the Lindell and two parlors at the 'Laclede for his headquarters. The personage of greatest importance at this stage is Sergeant-at-arms Byrnes, of Minnesota, who has been on the ground off and on for several weeks, attending to the details of the convention arrange­ ments. These are the days when the Ser­ geant-at-arms begins to perspire. He is the busiest man .in town--the one who receives the greatest number of letters, answers more questions, is the most sought after by the incoming politicians, and the one fcho is supposed to present the most unruffled front all the time. The man with the silver platform plank in his pocket is among the early comers. He is P. H. Lannon, publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune. Among the other celebrities early on the (field are National Committeeman M. H. large. This latter fact means many 'dreary waits before actual business be­ gins. - .. A WOMAN DELEGATE. M*s. Fales Will Represent York Conner at the PopulistConvention. Mrs. Imogen® C. Fales has been elect­ ed a delegate to the national Populist convention at St. Louis by the Populists of the city and county of New York. This is the first time that such an honor has been awarded to a woman. Mrs. Fales has studied economics for twenty years, NATIONAL SOLONS. MRS. IMOGENE C. FAI .ES. and is an ardent believer in the principles of the radical division of the Populist party, as embodied in the Omaha plat­ form. She is about 40 years old, and pos­ sesses p; brilliant mind. Mrs. Fales has traveled extensively abroad, and is thor­ oughly conversant with the social status of all the large, cities. . FIVE TONS OF BOGUS MONEY. Seizsd by the Sccret Service Depart­ ment of the Treasury. At Washington within the next few days will be destroyed five tons of coun­ terfeit money, machines and other neces­ sary articles used in the manufacture of the "queeri" This amount of "stuff" has been gathered by the sccret service divis­ ion of the treasury, and occupies so much room that its destruction has become nec­ essary. As much care is taken of the bogus money as there is of the good. Ev­ ery cent must be accounted for. Three of the most trustworthy men in the Treas­ ury Department will be selected to super­ intend the destruction of the counterfeit. Every package will be opened fn their REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION HALL. 1 a ings in which national conventions of the past have been held, although it is the largest. The Minneapolis convention hall had' but 11.000 seats, and there was small­ er gpace at each of the preceding conven­ tions. An Immense Structure. The auditorium has a frontage of 200 feet and a depth of 180, covering an area of 4G,800 square feet. The space allotted to the delegates and alternates covers an area of 18,000 square feet in the center of the auditorium. The seats in this im­ mense inclosure are on a level, and not in tiers. Immediately in front of the speak- EASTERN. X-ray photographs were excluded from court in Boston, Mass., in the famous Rexford-Rogers suit for $50,000 damages. Rexford, a boy of 3 years, fell into an elevator well of an apartment house and .fractured his skull so badly that his mind !was affected. A number of X-ray pho­ tographs of the boy's bead had been pre- jpared, but the judge refused to allow them to be presented in any form. The verdict was for the defendants. ,5 ' An immense crowd of veterans of the ' late War, and others gathered on Gettys- * burg battlefield Friday t<> witness the FOREIGN. A dispatch to the London Daily Tele­ graph from Lorenzo Marquese, Delagoa Bay. says that Mr. Pointer, an American prospector, has arrived there on the Har­ lech Castle from Tauiatave, Madagascar, whore the English and American consuls told him that if was useless to remain, because the French refused licenses to foreign prospectors. Much interest has been created in Lon­ don Jewish circles by the honors and dec- orationg51)estowed by the Czar on Rabbis in connection with the coronation, and especially the unusual consideration shown to Jewish susceptibilities. For in­ stance, in cases where a gold cross is worn as a sign of an order, and that order has been conferred on Jews, a special gold medal has been made for the Rabbis. It is believed that these various marks of consideration indicate an era of greater tolerance of liberty to the Jews in Russia. . A bomb was thrown into the crowd dur­ ing the Corpus Christi procession at Bar- eelona, Spain, and its explosion resulted MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4..">0; wheat, No. 2 red, UOc to 01c; corn, No. 2, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2, 17c to 18c; rye. No. 2, 33c to 35c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11'-; potatoes, per bushel; 15c to 25c; broom corn, 2c to 4c per lb for com­ mon growth to fine brush. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.50; ^sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to. $4.00; wheat, No. 2, GOc to 62c; corn, No. 1 white, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis--Cattle, $;5.00 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 60c to 62c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 23c to 26c; oatl?, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 36c to 38c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 64c to 66c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.o0 to $3.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn; No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white; 21c to 22c; rye, 35c to 36c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 6Sc to 69c corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats. No. 2Twhit&;' 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c; clover seed, $4.15 to $4.20. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 60c to 62c; corn, No. 3, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; barley, No. 2, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 1, 34c to 36c; pork, mess, $7.00 to $7.50. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.T5; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, >23c to 25c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25;" wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 08c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, West­ ern. 11c to 13c. A b i . l l f iE ANT-AT-ARMS UVRNKS ENTER­ TAINING APPLICANTS FOR POSITION'S. er's stand are 924 seats for the accommo­ dation of delegates. There are two ip- closures for alternates, one to the right and the other to the left of the delegates' seats. Each of these inclosures have ac­ commodations for 462 alternates. The en­ tire s»ace allotted to the delegates and alternates is open, with no pillars to ob­ struct the view. The speakers' platform occupies a central position on the north­ ern side of the hall, just iu front of the delegates, and just opposite the main en­ trance. The roof immediately above the spaces assigned to the delegates and alternates is really a canopy of glass. The glass frames can be raised or closed at will, giving the hall an abundance of both.light and air. Should one of the famous hot blasts of St. Louis hit the town at the time of the con­ vention the building will not be the bake oVen which some of the delegates fear. Dozens of ventilating fans will keep the air in the auditorium in motion, although the efforts of some of the cyclone orators Could be counted upon to perform that feature of the program. Around the square pit assigned to the delegates and alternates on three of the sides are vast tiers of seats for the public. The fourth Side will be apportioned among specially invited guests and the public. On either side of the speakers' platform are the tables for the newspaper report­ ers. Each press table has been fitted with a pneumatic tube connecting with the tel­ egraph offices located under the tiers of seats at the back ,of the speakers' plat­ form. While more than a thousand news­ paper men will attend' the convention, it is not expected that' more than 400 will do active work in the auditorium. Two hundred wires or more will run out of the building and there will be operators enough to keep them red hot with ne^Vs all the time. i De Young of California, known familiar­ ly as "Mike," who is fond of anything there is excitement in, from a political convention to a running race, and Nation­ al Committeeman Powell Clayton of Ar­ kansas, one of the stanchest of the orig­ inal McKinley men and a political fighter from the ground up. Cy Leland of Kan­ sas, who has represented that State on the national committee for twelve years, and National Committeeman Grant of Texas also got in early. Then there, are ex-Congressman A. C. Thompson of Ohio, who has been in charge of the McKinley forces in the field while waiting for the farmer hosts to arrive, and Col. Swords of Iowa, who occupies the important position of ser­ geant-at-arms of the national committee. Col. C. B. Wing, of Cincinnati, a mem­ ber of Gov. Bushnell's staff, has come in advance to prepare the people of St. Louis for the advent of the Ypung Men's Blaine Club of Cincinnati, one of the largest marching organizations in the country. Discrimination Is Denied. James Cox, secretary of the Business Men's League, denied emphatically that the negroes were being discriminated against by the hotels. He said that Com­ mitteeman Hill of Mississippi had no right to complain if ke could not find hotel ac­ commodations. A letter had been writ­ ten to him more than a month ago, telling him that unless early application was made ali the rooms at the hotels would be taken. In this letter the Business Men's League offered to engage rooms for Mr. Hill and the Mississippi delegation. He did not reply to this. "Furthermore," continued Mr. Cox, "Mr. Hill has not been to see us since he came to the city. If he will come here wo will find him good rooms and board. All this talk about the color line is non­ sense. We made the promise to take care of the colored delegates and will do it. If they refuse to come and iet us know they desire lodgings, then the fault is not ours." This convention is unique for two rea­ sons, and before it is over it will probably be unique for several more. In the first place it is the first time that the leaders of the G. O. P. have taken a Southern city for its meeting place since the war. presence, and they will watch the count­ ing of the contents, which must corre­ spond to the memoranda in t#ie record book. Finally,^all of the coin, as well as metal tools and other apparatus, will be carried down stairs and put aboard one of the big ironclad wagons which are used by the department for carrying money. By a special arrangement with the Sec­ retary of the Navy, one of the great blast furnaces in the gunshop will be placed at the disposal of th« committee. The weighty packages will be taken from the wagon and stacked up in front of the fur­ nace, which is like unto that one which was seven times heated. Into it the stuff will be unceremoniously shoveled, the coin first and ..then the counterfeiters' machines, engraved steel plates for false & BURNING COUNTERFEIT MONET. REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Detailed Proceedings of Senate and House--Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch--Questions of Mo­ ment to the Country at Large. PUESS BUREAU AT M'KINLEY QUARTERS. In the second place, exactly forty years ago the first convention ol' the Republi­ can party was held in Philadelphia on June 16, 1856. It is the opinion of shrewd politicians that the convention will be either a very short or a very long one. There will be more than 900 delegates to handle, the greatest number that has ever attended a national convention, and the number of contesting delegations will be very notes, implements of various kinds, etc. Such things as jimmies and brass knuckles go with the rest. In the lot will be a great quantity of metal tokens, rep­ resenting money, such as are used by manufacturing and mining companies, particularly in the South, for paying their employes. Together with the lot go in not a few things of odd sorts. Among them are ad­ vertising tags of tin, made in rude imita­ tion of silver quarters. These are not in­ tended to serve a criminal purpose, but the secret service gobbles them just the same. In the collection now on hand are a number of so-called coin clusters, in­ tended for paper weights. They represent clusters of gold and silver pieces. What is cast into the furnace, including the machinery, etc., is reduced to unrecogniz­ able shapes and sold to junk dealers. Thus far nothing has been said of the way in which the paper counterfeits are destroyed. They are put into a big tank with hot water and acids and are cooked and stirred about for many hours, until at length they fire reduced to the condi­ tion of pulp. The pulp is dried, pressed into thick sheets and sold for paper stock. The process is the same ns that which is applied to the damaged paper money re­ deemed by the treasury. Into the great vat a few days hence will go large quan­ tities of "flash money," which term is used to describe the printed advertise­ ments^! imitation of the national cur­ rency, with which the country is at all times flooded, notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the .Government to suppress them. They are confiscated wherever the detectives of the secret service come across them. Calendars bearing likenesses of silver certificates and hat bands with representations of gold coins come under this head. Not long ago a large number of soda water checks, reseuibling nickel pieces were seized in Chicago. The Legislative Grind. Mr. Morgan gave the Senate a spirited revival of the Cuban question Friday, after which most of the day was spent in waiting for conference agreements on ap­ propriation bills. Mr. Morgan urged the adoption of his resolution calling on the President for information of the Ameri­ cans taken on the Competitor and now un­ der sentence of death at Havana. The Senator asserted that the President's in­ action was a violation of law. Mr. Mor­ gan declared that Congress should not adjourn without authorizing the Presi­ dent to send warships to Cuba to demam* the release of the American prisoners. On the suggestion of Mr. Sherman, chair- mdn of the .Committee on Foreign Rela­ tions, the Senate went into secret session, where, after a further argument by Mr. Morgan, his resolution was placed on the calendar, a parliamentary moS-e equiva­ lent to postponing action. In the House, Mr. Grosvenor called up his resolution requesting the President and' the several cabinet officers for a detailed statement of the removals from office since March 3, 1893, and the appointments since that date, together with the number of ex- soldiers who have been appointed, pro­ moted, reduced or removed. The resolu­ tion was adopted--147 to 48. The vote on the contested.election case of Martin vs. Lockhartfrom the Seventh North Car­ olina district resulted 113 to 5. Mr. Mar­ tin came forward and took the oath. The Rinaker-Downing contest from Illinois re­ sulted in favor of Mr. Rinaker. President Cleveland Saturday vetoed the general deficiency appropriation bill. The President objectod to it because of provisions for the payment of French spoliation and Chouteau claims and other Items which he does not enumerate. When {the message was read to the House a mo­ tion to pass the bill notwithstanding the (veto was lost--10 to 149. Thereupon the iHouse promptly sent to the Senate a new bill without the features to which the president objected. This was not done without some spirited debate, during which the President was bitterly attack­ ed. The Senate had barely a quorum, and nothing of importance was done. ^Tlie new dehciency~bill, framed to meet the objections of the President's recent veto, passed in the Senate Monday, as it came from the House, amid great cheer­ ing. When the immigration bill was taken up Mr. Morgan of Alabama spoke |n support of his amendment, that the re­ strictions of the act should not apply to persons coining to this country from Cuba. He said no country had contrib­ uted a better class of people to this coun­ ty's population than Cuba. In the House, the Sherman resolution relative to Virginia bonds was adopted. A special deficiency bill providing for the pay of salaries of members seated by the House and for several other minor matters was passed under suspension of the rules; also a bill to establish a site for the erwtion of a penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,- Kan. The conference report on the In­ dian appropriation bill containing the compromise relative to the old settlers' claim was agreed to and the bill sent to further conference. Mr. Daniels again failed up the Aldrich-Underwood contest- Jed election case. This aroused the ire of the Democrats. The question of consid­ eration was raised, but this time the House decided, 130 to 68, to consider the case. During the progress of the Toll call many of the Democrats left the hall. Mr. McMillin of Tennessee attempted force a division on the conference report on the District of Columbia bill as a means of developing that no quorum was present, but Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who was temporarily in the chair, manipulated the parliamentary situation so as to pre­ vent this, and subsequently, despite the warm protests of Mr. Terry of Arkansas, declined to entertain an appeal from his decision. The District of Columbia ap­ propriation bill was sent back to further conference, and the house look a recess. The Senate Tuesday agreed to final con­ ference reports on the naval and Indian appropriation bills. The resolution for an inquiry into the circumstances of the award of the statue of Gen. W. T. Sher­ man was defeated. A supplementary de­ ficiency bill, covering mileage of new members of the House and other minor items, was passed. A House bill was passed' authorizing the Attorney General to select a site and secure plans for a Federal prison on the military reservation at Leavenworth. Kan. The House gave its final approval to conference reports on two of the four appropriation bills--the naval and the Indian bills. Most of the day in the House was devoted to the con­ sideration of the Aldrich-Underwood con­ tested election case from the Ninth Ala­ bama district. The Democrats attempt­ ed to filibuster, but were overcome, and when the vote was taken the contestant, Mr. Aldrich, who is a brother of Mr. Aldrich who was seated in the place of Mr. Robbins. was given the seat by a vote of 116 to 107. Fifty Republicans voted with the Democrats against this action. A number of bills were passed by the Senate Wednesday, including the impor­ tant bill giving trial by jury and other safeguard's iu prosecution for contempt of court. The measure has been vigorously urged by labor interests, particularly rail­ road employes. It is the outcome of the agitation resulting from the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs for contempt of an in­ junction issued at the time of the Chicago strike. The bill as passed continues the power of summary punishment when an offense is committed in the immediate presence of a judge. But in indirect con­ tempts, sucl. as violation of an injunction, the bill provides that the accused shall be given a full hearing, with opportuni­ ties to summon witnesses and offer a de­ fense. The Senate bill to increase the pay of the letter carriers was passed. An enormous amount of business was trans­ acted by the House. Fifty-three bills and joint resolutions were passed, the most important of which, probably, was the bill appropriating $200.(300 for the Transmis- sissippi exposition at Omaha. Bills were passed to extend tlie scope of the investi­ gation of the Agricultural Department into the question of road improvements, to authorize the Bntler and Pittsburg Railroad to construct a bridge across the Alleghany river, and to grant permission for the erection of a monument in Wash­ ington in honor of Samuel Hahnemann. A bill was passed to pension the widow of the late Brigadier General John H. Gib­ bon at the rate of $50 per month. A bill was passed to amend the shipping laws so as to provide still further for the com­ fort and health of sailors. Preccdence and Salary. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland gets $30,000 a year. All titles of nobility originally had a military origin. ^ A viscount ranks higher than the old­ est sou of an earl. The expenses of the Queen's house­ hold are £172,500. A clergyman usually takes dence of a barrister. PV