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LANCASTER. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18. 1886.
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KEY. WILLIAM T. GEIUIAItD.
UKAtH Of A I.ANVABTKH VLKHUITMiN
WHUMAHBimit 1,04) VOVVLKH.
HKIMml.e HI lUrrl.lmrg, Where lie Had Hene
le Heeuperale III. llerllntug Health-Haelrh
ul lilt r:.nllnl Career In the Mltil.trjr.
A Mmi Who I'rfWilifKl 4.4HU Mermuii..
Itev. W. T. Gerhard, than whom no man
was mero widely-known In lliU city ami
count-, uietl In Harrlsburg en Tuesday at
8:15 ui.) In his 77th your. He had long
toenasullororlrom drnpiyef the heart, and
had Iwen In feoble health for some tlme. A
Itttln mero than two weeks nge, hu full well
enough te go from hli Lauuuler liotne te
Harrl.burg te visit hi two sons there, Dr.
J. Z. (lerharil, Kiiporlntendeut el the Htnte
hospital for the Insane, mid Dr. M. I'. Gor Ger
lianl, nu auinunt at that Institution. Twe
weeks age te-day, hn was taken with a Hevore
t-ongeallvo chill, which se pruwlrated him that
he was net la couUltlen te be romeed Ui his
Latic&storheuie, About n nook age thore
seemed te be a change Ter lliu totter e2d
Dr. H. T. Davis, of Lancaster, we called In
for consultation. Hut from that tlme he
steadily declluid until death Intervened as
abeve atatcd.
During bla Illness lu Harrlsburg he re
ceived the flllal and abte attontlen of 111 two
hour, and lilx cloning heura wero seethed by
the presence of theso sous, hi daughter and
Rev. D. W. Gerhard, or New Helland. The
funeral of the deceased wilt Uke place from
hla lata residence, Ne. 31 East Orange street,
IhU city, en Saturday at 10 a. in. The
sorvlce will be held In the First Reformed
church.
Sketch of tlis )k.mmI.
Kev. William Trautman Gerhard we born
el pleua rcntn In Tulpoheckon township,
Hems county. Te., en the tenth day of
Deoember.A. J)., 1SW. By descent, as well ai
by edticatlnu and choice, he wax n lifelong
member of the Reformed church, lllsgrnat
grandfather, Froderlek (lerhard, who eml
grated Irem IjiugcunelbeUl, llesse t'assel, te
America lu 137, and settled In llerka county.
Pa., wax a staunch upholder of the Relermed
faith. The same Is true el hla father and
grandfather, both or whom also bere the
ii.ine of Frederick. Ne less thoroughly
Relermed were bla anceatnra en the maternal
side. Hli maternal grandfather. Jehn Philip
Trautman, aud hla wife, Magdaletia, a Holt Helt
man by birth, wero also members or the same
brunch el the Christian church, a went thulr
farcnth en both shles, lrem the tlme of their
tnmlKrntieii te this country, between 17.10
and 1710.
l'rederlck Gerhard, the Inimed late ancestor,
was the youngest or tlve children, three sous
and two daughters. He was married te Mag Mag
dalena Trautman, whose union was blessed
with eloven children, all ofwhem, with oue
exception, in turn became hculs of families.
William Trautman Oerhard was the third
In the family, ene brother and two sisters
having been elder, lie was baptized Inearly
Infancy, by Itev. Dr. William Ilendel, aud
contlrmetl by the same in IIet church, be
lore he was llfleen years of age. In hit fifth
year he learned te read In (iermau. Under
till Grsuilfatlier Trederlck Uerhard'n direc
tion be read the ltlble through before he had
attained the age of me veil years. The ex pla pla
natiens and pratttcat remarks of this man of
(led he always regarded ai the best wtioel.
iDgbe oer rceohed. Altogether his school
days did net amount te mero than a year.
ill Immodlate forefathoni were far mers
and wheel.wrights. In the summer lie
worked en the farm, and in the winter him
son much of his tlme waHapeutlnlilafather'a
whcel-wrlght sheii. llesldea this he also
did some work at shoe-maklng and weav
ing.
ins KAlir.v ikaiin.
When about leu j ears of age his paater,
Kev. Dr. Ilendel, preached a sermon en the
subject or the prodigal sou,whlchmadeadeop
and lasting Impression upon him, and from
that time he was conscious of a call te the
gospel ministry. In his thirteenth ear he
told his lather or his oxperleuco in this mat
ter, but received no encouragement. Al
though a pious man, and ler many years an
elder In the church, hla fattier opposed his
Inclinations te enter the ranks or the min
istry. The opposition, hewever, only
strengthened the determination or the son te
beed the call which came te him from the
Master. He fully was his mind absorbed
with tills subject that In his dreams he saw
multitudes et ponple bofero him, te whom he
pointed out the way te heiiven, Bluglug and
preaching until awakoued by ethers.
When about soventeon years old, he apent
a year with his pastor, doing out-deer work
and making a beginning in the study of the
Latin language. Soen after this he siient a
year with his uncle, Michael Trautman, lu
West Virginia.
When almost or age he left home te com
mence formally his studies for the ministry ;
and for this purpose took up his abede for
ene year with Kev. Frrderlck A. Herman, nt
Womelsdert, who had meanwhile become
the pastor of Hest church. Ilevs. 1'eter and
Hlchard Fisher bad Btudled with this pastor,
aud new the subject or this notlce found a
student companion here In the person or
Jehn tjuyder, wbe, hewever, died lefore he
bad completed his studies Here the students
were instructed lu theology, church history,
and prosecuted the study el l-atm.
Ills FATlIEn'l OITOHITION.
In 1831 he went te Yerk, Pa., where he en
tered the theological seminary. Uls Journey
he made en feet, carrying his books and
clothing In a little bundle, f5 being the
umeunt of his pecuniary rortune. In Yerk
he was heartily welcomed by Itev. Dr. Lewis
Mayer, and under him as professor In the
theological seminary he prosecutod his
studies, receiving, however, also instruc
tion In the high school under Dr. Hauch,
aud Profs. Dever, Iludd and Agnew. in 18-11
he graduated from the theological seminary.
Ills father had continued firm In his opposi
tion nearly all this tlme and for the following
reasens: The work of the ministry was a
dlllicult ene. It was a work or very great
responsibility. Thopeeplewero hard te please
and very IndillercnL He belloved that bis son
gave evidonce el becoming a akilllul and use
lul mechanic. He ollered te deed his mill te
him as Boen an he had learned the trade.
Hut the son said no, and persevered in his
determination te study ter the mln
istrv. And he had the pleasure or
knowing, some tlme borero his gradua
tion, tbat his father was fully rocon recon rocen
cllod, and alterwards tbat In his father's will
thore was prevision mode te have the young
est son of the family, in case he selected the
ministry as hla profession, prosecute his
atudies under the care of his elder brether in
the ministry.
After his graduation he preached occasion
ally for Rev. Thes. II. Lelnbach, mainly,
however, In Hwamp aud Heamstewn, aud
also taught school ene wlnter near hla own
home, teaching the first Kngllsh h well as
the first subscription school, (all ethers hav
ing been parochial schools ) ever held lu that
cemmuuuy.
HIS FIKHT CALL.
In 183.r he received a call from the Hern
church, was licensed actus ministerial! by
the Troe synod In Orwigsbu'g, Schuylkill
county, Va., and In Decomber or the same
year was married te Kltzabeth Belbert, who
was also by descent, education aud choice a
devout member et the Reformed church.
Fer 40 years, until the tlme or her death In
the year 1881, this godly woman was an
invaluable helpmeet te him. Naturally or a
tlinld and shrinking disposition, mild, geutle
and tender-hearted, she nevertheless wielded
n romarkable Influence ever her children,
who knew her te be a woman erimnllclt faitli
aud,'eUectual,lerveut prayer and always leund
shelter and comlert in her warm, loving,
Christian heart.
The first charge served by Paster perbard
couBlsted et Kern church, In ilerks county,
and Hwamp and Heamstewn, in Lancaster
county. In 1830 he was ordained by the tree
synod In Hal em church, Ht. Jehn street,
'Philadelphia. The subject of rouulen with
the mother synod was the great question at
this meeting and received his hearty Buppert
m also of most of the younger men in the
ministry.
The church building at Bern was a very
old and dilapidated ene. 'During the first
J 'ear of the young pastor's ministry the mb
ect of a new church was agitated and ro re
wived considerable of an impetus from a aer.
men he preached en llaggal I., '2-t. The next
year the new church was built. After labor
ing here nearly four years he mnved te his
second charge, consisting of live congrega
tions in Northampton county, with rosldence
at Cherryvllle, wlilther he inoed In April
1H.1S. At Wolsiiert he erganlMMl a congrega
tion, but was obliged bicatechlKO and oenllrin
class of catocliumena bofero he had male
momuers enough te elect a consistory. Hoen
afterwards a large brick church was erected.
He also orgsnlr.ed lllg Creek congregation
and built a church thore. Whlle In this
charge he preached part or the tlme lu eight
churchea.
THK ANXtOUH IIKML'lt MOVKMKNT.
During his ministry bere the anxious touch
movement reached Weispert and created
great exclloinent. Te sne his peeple lrem
being carried away by fanaticism he preached
every evening for a week, having for his
theme " Religion." Twe el the nlllcers wero
led away, and when they en the last evening
oftheservlco threatened te bring In Die Una
ilen Jlanl, he took for hl subject J)er Ohii
ifcii Throne. Afler the sermon hn challenged
the congregation, asking that all who were
willing te remain steadfast In the faith el the
Kuferinixl church should riMi te their feet
1 Ivery ene arese except the two olllcers al
ready roferred te, and the congregation was
saved te the Rolermed church.
His third charge was at Durham, llueks
county, and consisted of four congregations.
He commenced te labor hore In 1911. and
served the cliurge lineen years. W hlle In
this clmrge lie organized a new congregation
in Wllllums township, supplied It with ser
vlces aud built a ue church. He slwi
built a new church at Durham. In 1SK
he moved te lncaster, and for elewm
years sen-ed his fourth charge, oensUtlug
or six country congregations. One of the
Inducements which led him te Ieaelils
charge lu llucks county was the education of
hlschlldren, aud It was his pteasurn te bee
hlstMe neus gradimte from I'raukllii and
Marshall isillege.
His linii charge was HU Jehn's, this
city. This congregation he organized lu
the First llefeniKxl church, Lancaster, Jan.
2, 1870, where the services continued te be
held, mull after the building of the (iermau
church In l"J7'i This charge he sored for a
jiorled or live years.
His sixth aud last charge was Zwlngll,
or lUrrlsburg, which, whlle he continued te
llie at Lancaster, he sorted nearly two
years.
A I'OI'UI.Alt IMIKAllll.ll.
He was during hlstlmea popular prencher,
aud, en account or his Beclal qualities and
conersatloual powers as well as tact and
geed sense, a succOHsrul pastor. He devoted
some tlme te practical fanning, and
gae evidonce of considerable tact In bus.
uess Atlalm. Whlle living in llucks
county he was olected a director lu the bank
at Frciichtewn, N'. J., and during the finan
cial crash of 18.77 did a great deal towards
maintaining Its solvency.
When the Lancaster Heme Mutual 1'lre
Insurance company was erganlzel he was
elected Its first proficient, and centinued In
that position for seventeen years. Then he
was elected first vire president, te which
iKM'tlen he hassluce been annually ro-electod.
He was the father of elght children, live sons
and three daughters. The youngest daugh
ter died at the age of 18 years, aud his son
Jacob A. died agsd 21 years, when he had
less than a year te cemplete his studies ter
the ministry.
A WOMIIKIIFUI. IlKCOIMI.
Rev. Uerbard traveled In the performance
of his ministerial duties about bl,3'Ji miles.
He eaiclated at 11,011 baptisms, and the num.
btref hlscemmunlcants was lO.RTT. Hocon Hecon Hocen
llrmed 1,201 ersen and conducted the Bor Ber Bor
vlceovor K2(l dead isxiple. In his lifetlme
he preached l,IJormeus.
Hut his meat romarkable record Is In the
number of peeple that he married, they
belutr no Ums than 1,912 couples. His
home in l'ist Orange Btrcet was the
great marriage ground fur couples lrem the
rural district, aud the buggies that be often
steed In front of deer told the story of a cer
emony that was going ou within.
Rev. Gerhard's family consists of Drs.
J. -and.M. lT. Oerliard, Rev. I). W. Oer
hard, pastor of the Reformed church, New
Helland, .Mrs. D. V. Tobias, wlfe of Rev.
Tobias, or Lit!!. ; Rev. I'. H. (lerhard, of
Reading, and MKs l.lzy.le (Jerhard, who
has long aud fallhfully kept heuse for
her ugetl parent. In the death et Rev. Ger
hard, Lincn-ster loses ene of its eldest land
marks, most popular el paxtonsmesl unbend
ing of Demecrats and meat genial of cltlzens.
DKl.AWAUK lK3tl)CItACV.
I'luughbtit" lllgcs Fur (iuirnur On
Iter.
eutie l'latfunn.
The Delaware Democratic htale eouenUon
reatsembled at Deer, ou Tuesday, aud after
an hour of Indescrlbable confusion and up
roarious lllllbUHterlug an organization was
ellected. More than an hour was spent In
getting ready for balloting; the Cochran aud
Coach men tlnally, in sh oer desperation, aud
after many Inetlectual efforts te make some
ether deal, coining ever te Herbert as a for
lern hope of beating Biggs. The first ballet
suttled the matter, resulting In the nomina
tion et ex-Ceugressman IleuJ. T. lUrK". as
fellows, lllggs, lul ; Herbert, 70, Chandler,
8; Dr. Mack, 1. Auether hour el excitement
resulted In the nomination, by u la voce
vote, or Jehn II. I'euiugten, et Dever, rer
Cengrewi. The platferui was then speedily
adopted, as fellow;', and the convention
adjourned :
The Democracy of Delaware, lu convention
assembled, declare their adherence te the
principles enunciated by the national Demo
cratic convention held lu Chicago in 18SI,and
Insist that their lalthful observance In the
management of public atlalm Is essential te
the proper government and prosperity and
happiness of the American peeple.
Federal taxation can only be rightfully Im
posed te previde for the necessary expendi
tures or the government, Including the pay
ment of pouslens te persons onlllled thereto,
maintenance of the public credit and the
gradual reduction or the public debt.
We, therefore, favor such a reduction and
modification or our tarill laws as will relleve
thepoeploof the country from unuocessary
burdens, whlle providing the necessary
revenue te meet legitimate demands upeu
the public treasury.
The Democracy of Delaware, lu commeu
with the Hiople ofthe wbole country, recog receg recog
uize in Prusident Cleveland an honest and
patriotic chief magistrate, anxious te secure u
proper administration or public allalrs, aud
entitled te the conlldence mid support of the
American ioeplo.
rim ukatu or a ukuu.
lis Lu.M III. Llla While Trrlng lu Hocus
Three Men Vreiu Drewulng.
A drowning accident occurred Monday
evening ou Lake Nabenassett, lu Wostlerd,
eight miles lrem Lewell, Mass., lu which
Ilrether Uouaveuturo, of the Order of HU
Francis Xavler. lest his life In a brave strug
gle te save the il os of ethers. Four brothers
of the erder, two laymen, aud a little biy,
were out lua small beat gunning, wheu the
beat was overturned aud the occupants were
thrown Inte the water. Twe of the party
swam ashere.
llrother Uenaventure succeeded lu rescuing
n seven-year-old boy. He then started te
swim te the beat, clinging te which wero
three ethers et the party, but he was seized
with a cramp and went dew n bafore assist
ance could be rendered. Threo clinging te
the overturned beat were rescued by three
men, who nut out te their assistance.
Ilrether llonaventure was in charge of Ht.
Peter's parochial school, and was universally
beloved. He was known In the world as Wil
liam Uuthrle, was twenty-six years or age,
aud was a native et Kentucky.
A Welulerful Cew.
The Helsteln cow Clothllde, owned by
Smiths, Powelt A Lamb, or Hyracuse, N. Y.,
closed her 0-y ear-old record Tuesday night.
She has given during tbat time a llttle mere
thau 'Jl.oeo pounds of milk, or about seventy
pounds a day. The highest previous record
was -1,775 peuuds, made three years age by
the cow " Kche," owned In Utlca, N. Y.
Democrats In Lycoming Ceuutjr,
The Lycoming county DomecnUlo conven
tion was held In Wllllamspert en Tuesday.
The lollewlng nominations were made s Leg
islature, C. W. Williamson, Jehn VanNoree
and General G. W. Tayler. V. IL Metzger
wasenuerseu ler suie senator, no nomi
nation was made for Congress. Resolutions
were adopted onderalng the state and na
tional administrations.
ROBERT J. EVANS CONVICTED
or run vhimmal vhahiih or takmku
HIM Vl.lKNt'H MUHttr.
Ills Kmbritlsinant Cat. Occupilug a l.rg.
1'art ur the gu.rUr NtMlens' Time Tb
Jury Agre Upen a Vsnllct ul Uulllr
After an Heur's II.IHisraUen.
Titenday Jfcrnoeii.-Court reassembled
nt iflO o'clock and the trial of Rebert J,
Kvana for embezzlement was resumed.
Henry Hpeldel, who was undergoing cress,
examination when the court adjeurned, was
lurther examlned. The dofenso otlered te
show that Kvans was only ompleyod as
counsel ler Henry Hpoldel in the litigation
which rollewod the admission of the will te
probate, Mrs. Hpoldel, who was net be
queathed any sharoef the ostale, wanting the
nhare which the inlosute laws gave her, and
also that Hpeldel gave inoney te Kvans, who,
with his knowledge, consent and direction
Invested the same lu grain speculation and
was te receive nne-hair or the proceods. The
matter was argued at length and the court
refused te admit the eilers ou cress-examination.
In conclusion SKldel testified that his
brether Abraham, his co executer, did net
knew anything el the money transactions he
had with Kvans. After ellerlng In evidonce
the account et the executers et the Hpoldel
estate aud the auditor's report In the name
eatate, the commonwealth rested.
The defense was that Kvans was only Ukon
Inte the estate as attorney rer Henry Hpeldel,
In the litigation referred te abeve, and knew
nothing us te the money Henry Hpeldel ro re ro
celvod as executer or his father's estate)
that Heme tlme alter he had been retalned as
attorney Hpeldel went te Kvans and asked
hlui le operate for him, In speculating en
margins. Kvans made several purchases,
the result of which was prolltable, about ISOO
being roallzed, of which Hpoldel get one-half.
Meney was advanced te Kvans for ether
purchases until he had Reme 1,300,
wheu It occurred te Hpeldel he ought te
have something te show ler this money
and he asked Kvans for his dun bill ter the
amount or meney he had advanced him and
Kvans gave It te him. lu this transaction
net oue word was said by Hpeldel about this
being money belonging te the estate et his
father. Kvans knew that Hpeldel was ontl entl
tied te ?l,800er JU.O0O legacy and commission
as executer and as he also lived in a line
house, which Kvans thought belonged te
Hpeldel, he belleved that Hpoldel was in easy
circumstances aud that the money he gave
htm te Invent en margins was his individual
money.
Subsequently Haldel gate him ethor
money te luMwt, but the purchases wero dls.
astreus and all was lest, amounting In the
aggregate te ever M.000. Henry Hpeldel was
frequently asked by his co-executers about
the estate's inoney, and he Invariably said it
was In lank, when Henry Haldel was
compelled te llla bis account and asked te
pay ever te the heirs the amount of their leg
acies, he was unable te de se. An attach
ment was Issued against hltu, he was Impris
oned, and te purge hlmself et centempt, be
then for the first tlme set up the story that
Kvans had borrowed the money from him,
knowing that It was trust meney. After of
fering in ovidenco soine papers connected
with the estate of Lerenz Hiwldel, Rebert J.
Kans was called te the stand. He testified
substantially as abeve noted.
The cress-examination of the wltness was
lencthly, but no new Tacts were develeped.
J. W.F.SwlIt, J. 11. Amwake, A.K. Spurrier,
Kugene O. Hrnltb, Thes. 11. Ilelahau, Thes.
II. Cochran, A. F. Hhenck, Jehn II. R. Wag
nor, II. II. Fulton, O. C. Kennedy, K. C.
Dlehl, Jacob II. Leng, C. A. (last, 8. M.
Heuer, Harry Carpenter, A. H. Uershey, Dr.
M. L. Herr, Jero Rife, Hamuel II. Zahm,
Win. H. Shirk, Danlel Okeson, Goe. W.
btyer, Charles li. Leng, J. K. Uarr, Jacob
A. Hellingor and K. D. North testified that
they had known Kvans for many years and
that his repuuitlen for honesty prier te this
charge belng prererred against hi in was
geed. The deteuse closed with the under
standing that additional witnesses wero te
be called ou Wednesday morning as te
character.
In rebuttal the commonwealth called 11. C.
Kready who testllied that Kvans was retained
as a counsel for the Speldel estate, a few days
after the death of Lerenz Hpoldel aud that
Kvans admitted te him that he had spent the
binds belonging te the ostale of Ixrenz
Hpeldel.
It was also shown that Kvans was present
when meney was paid tollenryHpoldel, con
tradicting Kvans who denied having seen
Hpeldel get wiy ofthe estate meney. On trial,
llraeil Jury Itrpert.
True iJifM Albert Keur, carrying con-
coaled deadly weapons; James Dallam,
Philip IJouee, larceny ; Jehn (less, rape ; Al Al
eon Ingrai'i, keeping disorderly heuse ;
Henry Ns,te, malicious mischief : Martin
lluzzard, larceny j Charles Dlckel, larceuy J
uoergo li. nincKier, carryiug ceucuniuu
deadly weapons ; Cenrad ilergmau, larceny j
C. Z. Mlley, ass,nilt and battery j Jehn
Haines, larceny ; Kllen Sulverliug, larceny ;
Nicholas Geedman, malicious mischief.
Ignored Jltlh Mattle 1'rlce and Sally
Heiberling, larceny.
)IV(iuifciy Jferin'iii. Court met at 'J
o'clock and ihe trial or :Rebert J. Kvans for
embezzlement was resumed.
The defense called Mayer Morten, Win. A.
Wilsen, O. P. Urlcker, Jehn II. Poarsel,
Jehn P. Kchuuni, Win. D. Htautler, C. F.
Sloner, Alderman McCouemy, David Me.
Mulleu, Thes. Whitseu and Geerge M. Kllne,
all or whom testltled that the character or ac
cused ler honesty, prier te this charge, was
geed, after which the testimony en the case
was declared closed.
The court allowed ene hour and a quarter
te eaeh side for argument Will T. Ilrewn
made the Urat speech ler the commonwealth.
He was rollewod by B. 4'rank Kshelmun and
Hamuel II. Reynolds ler the defense. J.
Hay Ilrewn closed the argument ter the com
monwealth. All morning was Ukon up In
the argument.
The Jury were lustructed by Judge Pattor Patter Pattor
seu aud retired te deliberate shortly before
1- o'clock.
Counsel ler defonse asked the court te re
duce" their charge te writing, as they desired
te except te that part particularly where the
court told the Jury ir they were lu the
wrong the matter could be remedied ou a re
view of ihecase.
l'l.a. ur uuili.
Jehn Wallace eutored a plea of guilty en
the indictment charging him with the larceny
or ?1 from the heuse or Catherlne Helser, en
Reaver street, a lew weeks age. He wag
sent out ler two months.
Albert Keur plead guilty te committing an
assault and battery en August Reigel, and te
the larceny or a silver watch the preperty of
GustavusWenderly, el West Karl township.
Keur la the mau who made such an brutal
an attack en Rolgel In the western eud of the
city home weeks age but the prosecutor did
net desire te press the felonious ceuuu He
also ulead guilty te carrylngconcealed deadly
weaieus. His KOnteuce ou the three charges
was an Imprisonment of eleven mouths.
The court allowed Reigel 15 for the tlme he
was kept lu prison as u wltueas.
Philip Ilonce plead guilty le the felonious
entry or tue rag wareuouseot jenn a. uo ue
ber aud stealing thorerrem about (10 in silver.
He was sentenced te underge an Imprison
ment et ten mouths.
James Dallam acknowledged the the ft of
two pictures frames from Sarah Van Ness
aud was sent te Jail for two mouths.
Geerge W. Kvans plead guilty te thrashing
his wire and the court sentenced him te pay
f 1 and costs.
G. 11. llarnes plead guilty te steallng a suit
of clothes lrem Heward G. Barnea. Ills pun
ishment was made six and a halt months.
Urniul Jury Ileturu,
True Jhlte. Louisa Dorbey, felonious as
sault and battery ; Harris Dersoy, assault
and battery j Henry Nagle, malicious mis
chief: llenrv Iluber. larceny: Kllas Snyder.
larceuy ; Harry Miller, assault and battery ;
Hamuel G. Ruth, adulteryaud bastardy.
Imwrctl Jhlla.Tjelta Dersoy, felonious as
sault and battery; Geerge Crawford, lar
ceny ; Uoergo Ilrewn, mulluleus mlschlerand
trespass.
Current Uualueu.
A demurrer was tiled te the indictment
against Nicholas Geedman, charging him
with malicious mischief. The case was con
tinued. The demurrer will te argued at the
HoPtember tone or the argument court.
J. K. Hheuk was appointed polteemaa of
the Methodist campmoetiiig, te te held In
Provldenco township from September 7 te
Hepleniber 13.
Careline Idorer, wife et Philip Ledorer,
wan granted the bone Ills of the act or assembly
of April ft, 1872, giving te married womeu
the benefit or their separate earnings.
Annie Bmedly petitioned rer and was
granted a aubprnna In dlvorce from her
husband, William Huiedly, ou the ground of
desertion.
Ilebert.l. Kvan. Cetivlcttd.
A large crowd was In the courtroom wheu
court reassombled at 2M o'clock, as It was
generally known that the Kvans Jury had
agreed, after a deliberation el less than an
hour. The Jurers were In their seats prompt
ly at 2:30 o'clock, and the clerk was directed
te Uke the verdlcL That was dena and
Kvans was pronounced! guilty In manner
and lerm as indicted. Ills ceunsel notified
the court that n motion would te made ter
a new trial.
TIIK HEADING BCHVK1 .EX IWXth
About One Thenesiid l'enen. Attend a llather
Quiet I'lrnlc at I'enryri.
On Tuesday the Hchuetzenbuud, a German
society from Reading,held a plcnle at Penryn
park. A great deal of fuss was made stout
the ovent bofero It took place, and the Read
ing peeple gave out that they would beat the
Micnnorcher all hollow In point of numbers.
It appears that the Bchuetzeubund did net
depend se much upon bringing a large
crowd from home as they did upeu drawing
!oeplo from Lancaster, Ixibanen and ethor
places. Cempared with that of the Mourner Meurner Mourner
cber the picnic was a dismal failure. Rut
flve cars came from Reading and
they contained between 300 and loe
people There were net mero than U00 en
the grounds, tne majority coming from this
county. Lancaster sent out a geed crowd,
whlle nnumber came from Kphrataand Man Man Man
holnuThe Rotbsvllle band furnished the band
music while a very geed orchestra onltvened
tbedancers. The picnic seomed te lock spirit,
however, and there was but little run during
the day. One of the most humorous In
cidents of the picnic occurred In the after aftor aftor
noen. The Hchuetzenbund brought e rofrJgor refrJgor rofrJger
ator car containing forty barrels of beer with
thorn. They had agreed with the manage manage
mentset the grounds net te sell Any checks
at the park, but te dlspose of them all
In Reading and ou the trains. After four or
flve barrels of the beer had been drunk, It
was round tbat the society had men scat
tered through the weeds selling checks te
every one they met- This was In direct
violation of the contract, be Superintendent
Jacksen, without making any further noise,
hitched an engine te the relrlgorater car,
which yet contained the greater part of the
beer, and hauled It from the place. It was
net brought back again elther,and the result
was that for soveral hours In the evening
thore were many thirsty poeplo in the weeds.
Kckert.t Copland bad made preparations for
a big crowd en tbe strength of the represen
tations made by the management of the
picnic, but they were also disappointed.
DEAD WHKS TAKIS OUT
Levi Ilerrnisn, Acil 43, Lutes Ills Life In a
Cave-In at Kphratn.
A sad accident occurred at KphraU te-day
In which Levi Hetlman, aged 13 years, lest
his life. Hellman was employed at William
Garrett's brickyard, In the vltlage. This
forenoon he was engaged at undermlnixig a
large bank of dirt when It suddenly caved
In, burying hlui beneath It. As hoeii eh the
cave-In took place n ferce of men were put te
work te remove the dirt from tbe unfortunate
mau. It was an hour and a hair bofero they
succeeded in uncovering him and he was
then dead, The body was taken te tbe home
et the deceased, w blcli is in the village.
Japsuese Kujejtng Wah!ugteii.
WAsnisfiTON,) D. 0., Aug. IS. Count
Htagn and his Japauese compuiiens are on en on
Jeying their visit te the National capital
hugely, aud evince mero than ordinary in
terest in many things they bee there. Under
the escert or Lleuteuant Schreeder, or the
navy, they have visited the public buildings.
They have also been dined at the Japanese
legation, and spent a great deal or
tlme at the navy yard, w hore they paid os es os
peclal attontlen te the w erk en steel guns In
the ordnance shops.
l-'ur rasalnga Forged Check.
Wasuinotejt, D. I',, Aug. 18.-A man
glvlntr his name as Wm. M. Law was ar-
rested here upon a charge el forgery. It Is
alleged that he has beeu operating very ex
tensively in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Law was arrested upeu the complaint et
Prof. Shortledge, of the Media, Pennsylva
nia, military college, who lollewol him
here, and caused bis arrest ter pulsing n
rorged check.
rounding Kacti Other llli Club, ajid Ham
mers. Piiinokten, Iud., Aug. Is. Jehn Reach
and Wm. Hepkins, both or this place,
fought a bloody battle with clubs aud sledge
hammers for weapons here yrwterday.
Reach beat Hepkins' head in a terrible man
ner with the hammer aud broke his arm.
Hepkins' wlfe joined In the Iracas, attempt
ing te aid her husband, but was knocked
down by Reach and badly Injured. Reach
was arrested.
Washington Telephone ItuuieT.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 18. The meot meet
ing of Bell and Pan-Electric telephone com
pany directors, which have been held hore
within the past few days, give rise te nil
sorts of rumors. Among the latest is ene
that the Pan-Klectrie cempauy is te te ab
nor bed by the Hell company. Leading rep
resentatives el both the Bell and Pan-Blectrle
new In towndeoline te talk about Ibis latest
rumor.
Arrival, el 8team.hlni.
QUEEKSTOWN, August IS, Arrived
: Arl-
zena, lrem New Yerk.
New Yeiik, August lH.Arrived : Wis
consin, from Liverpool; State or Pennsyl
vania lrem Glasgow.
Livkiu'Oel, August IS. Arrtved : Italia,
Irem New Yerk.
Heath el an Eminent Inveuber.
New Haven, Conn., Aug. IS. Ell Whit
ney Blake, the Inventor of the Blake stone
crusher aud a nephew of the late Ell
Whitney, Inventor or the cotton gin, died
this morning at his rosldence, aged 91 years.
He graduated from Yale in 18 it! aud received
the degree or LL. D. In 1S7S.
The MImIiii; l elaulter 1'euud Dead.
Bosten, Aug. IS. It Is ropertod here at
noeu that the body or Wm. Gray, jr., the
defaulting treasurer of the Atlantic and In
dian Orchard mills has been found in tue
weeds near the top or the Blue hill, at Milten,
Mass. Thore was a bullet hele In his bead.
hilled ler Europe.
Sew Yeitit, Aug. 18. 13. Hudsen, editor
et the Army and Navy Jlegtstcr, or Wash Wash
lngten, and correspoudout of the Bosten
Herald, sailed ler Kurope today ou the
Trave, IIe visits Berlin, Paris and Londen.
It Is reported that he has goueoua govern
ment mission.
The Trial el the Auarchltt.
OiliOAuti, Aug. 18. Capt. William P.
Black, chief et counsel for the defonse in the
Anarchist case, began the concluding section
of bis long and dramatic argument te the
jury at 10 o'clock this mernln::.
A (iermau Kccle.U.tle Dead,
Uehlin, Aug. IP. The bishop of MeU Is
lead.
WMATUBU rXUllAlltLJTICa,
C Washington, D. O,, Aug. 18. Fer
Eastern New Yerk, Eastern Pennsyl
vania, Dolaware, Maryland and New
Jersey, fair weather, northerly winds, no
1 decided chauge in temperature.
TlIE BUCKEYE DEMOCRATS.
AN JHfTIIVHIAHTia KMHiMKttltHT
fit mat it n ht vt.ttrr.LANu.
ur
Pronounced I'urfl as Wellington and Coura
geous as Jacksen The Platform uu
Which the Ohie HeinerraU Will
right Throughout the Campaign.
Teledo, Ohie, Aug. IS. The Obje state
Doihecratlc convention was called te erder at
11 a. m., by Chairman Cegan, of the shite
committee. (Ien. K. B. l'enley, el Bucyrus,
wassclocted as permancnt chairman. The
attondance was very large and the vontllatien
or the hall was perlect. Gen. Fiuley thanked
Teledo for the attontlen bostewod and re re ro
viewod rapidly the oxptelts of the Demo
cratic administration In the re 1 action ofthe
public debt, In the Incroase of pensions, In
the restoration or the navy, and lu the pub
lic land forfeitures. He said that President
Cloveland was as geed and pure as Presldent
Geergo Washington, as statesman-llke as
Jacksen, courageous as Old Hickory. IIe
centinued a very warm eulogy of the presi
dent. His remaining utterance was devoted
te the arralgntnent of the Republican legis
lature for the ousting or Democratic mom mem mom
ters rrem Hamilton county. The commit commit commit
tee reports caused no dilllculty. Reading
or resolutions was punctuated by repoated
rounds et appUuse ; the plank endorsing
Cleveland being greeted by great cheers.
Resolutions condoling the doathser the Dem
ocratic statesmen were adopted by a rising
vete ; that endorsing home rule ter Ireland
also received enormous applause as also did
the concluding plank endorsing Senater
Payne.
TIIK PLATIOIIM.
Tbe platform is :
The Democracy el Ohie lu convention as as
sembled congratulates theceuntry upon the
fact that tbe party et the peeple has been re ro re
stered te power and wttbitthe premises of Its
leaders and hopes or Its followers are being
fully realized.
We cordially enderse the administration of
Prosldent Cleveland, as we believe the peo pee pee
peo of all par ties are convinced tbat his ofll efll
clal conduct has been marked by great
courage and henesty. The Democrats of Ohie
express their sincere sorrow and acknowl
edge their great less by the recent death or
tbat distinguished orator and statesman, Gen.
Durbln Ward. We bear testimony te his
ceurage, Integrity and atrietl.m, and realize
that we are Indebted te him for wise coun
sel and learless advocacy or our
cause In all our campaigns for many years.
We join with the Democracy of the nation
in mourning ever the still mero recent less
or that Illustrious man, Samuel J. Tilden,
who by common consent was the leader or
the Democracy or America for many years
aud who was honestly and fairly elected
the nineteenth president of the United
States.
We also deeply lAinent the death within a
Bhert period of tlme or theso ether distln-
Sulshed Democrats, Themas A. Hon Hen
ricks, the Idel and trusted leador
rer many years or the Democrats or
Indiana aud at the tlme of his death
vice president or the United HUtes ; Alse, or
Geerge B. McClellan, Horatio Seymour and
Wlntleld S. Hancock, who have all been our
leadors In contests for the highest ofllce
within the girt or our peeple and whose
courage, wisdom and patriotism have made
them dear te every true American. The
uaines and the career of theso men remind
us that as long as we fellow their exauiples,
and lmiUte their virtues, se long shall we
have brilliant leadership and our cause and
party be preserved.
Taxes sbeuld net be collected beyond the
needs of government economically admin- I
l stored, we nereuy reaturm tue princtptes
laid down In our last state and national plat
form upon the tsrllV question and demand a
thorough and Just revision of existing tarill'
laws In accerdance with theso principle.
We heartily approve the policy or paying out
the surplus reveuues heretofore accumulated
In the treasury en the interest bearing debt.
Kvery dollar or taxation state, or national, is
robbery, and In derogation of the rights or
the poeplo ; an unnecessary surplus in the
treasury is an incentive te corruption and
congressional jobbery and an oppression en
the peeple, whose money is thore locked up
beyond their control.
wodeneunco tbe attempt te change the
measure of values In the lace or the world's
vast debts from geld and sllver te geld alone,
as an act of monstrous injustice, and demand
mat oetn gout auu silver, as osiaeusuou uy
the constitution, shall be maintained as the
ba3ls of our money system. We approve tbe
action or the Democratic Heuso el Congress
In forfeiting and restoring te the public do
main, rer homesteads ler actual settlers,
nearly a hundred million ofacres of unearned
lands heroteforo granted by Republican Con Cen
grosses te railroad corporations ; and we also
approve the act preventing alleu ownership
in large tracts ei puuuuiauua in tee uuueu
States.
We approve the prompt, llrm and vigor
ous action et the state department and the
present Democratic administration in the
protection of American citizens in foreign
countries. In common with the Demecracy
of the country we express our sympathy
with Irelaud in her great struggle for home
rule. The friends of liberty throughout the
world are deeply luterosted In the ellert
which the supporters of Gladstone and
Parnell are new making te give the
right te govern themselves te the long suf
terlng and greatly wronged Irish peeple and
we sincerely nope tue struggle ei treianu
for her just rights shall be crowned with
cemplete success.
We denounce the usurpations of the Re
publican lioutenant governor and less thau a
quorum of Republican senators or the state
Senate, as an act or revolution aud a grave
crime against the constitution or Ohie, and a
precedent tee dangereus te permit te pass
unconditional by the people of the state.
we demauu mat every sateguaru et .me uai uai
let shall te maintained, that the votes or the
peeple shall be honestly cast and houestly
counted, and that every crinie against the
purity or the ballet box shall be promptly
aud vigorously punished by whomseover
committed.
We denouuee and condemn the partisan
reorganization of the penal and benevolent
Institutions et tbe state, net made with a
view te incroase the elllciency or their man
agement but for the purpose et controlling
their revenues and inciueutat powers ler par
tisan purpeses, thus dragging down te the
basest uses the willing gilts of the poeplo for
tbe amelioration of tbe unfortunate.
We hereby express our unbounded con
fidence in the lntecrltv and democracy of the
Democratle members of the Senate of the
G7th cen end assembly of Ohie.
Believlug that the evils growing out of the
tratllo'.en intoxicating liquors can test be
provided against by a well regulated license
system, we renew our declaration lu favor or
an amendment te the constitution that will
permit judicious regulation et the tratua and
repress the abuses growing out et It, without
destroying the principles of personal
liberty or the right orprlvatejudgment. We
heartily enderse thoceurso of tbe Hen. II. 11.
Payne, as the representative of the state in
the Senate or the United States. Tbe purity
and Integrity el his character are well known
te the peeple or Ohie, and we rejolce tbat the
Kepuuucau Bonaie ei tne uniteu states ro re
rused te tocemo tbe medium through which
the batlled and malicious Republican politi
cians sought te InJure the fair fame of a man
whose lile and honesty Is Interwoven with
the history of the state for mero than hair a
century.
A trlbute te Durbln Ward was then pre
sented by Gen. Thes. PewelL Nominations
for secretary of state wero as fellows : Henry
Apthorp, of Ashtabula ; Wm. Bell, of Lick
ing ; Bosten G. Yeung, or Marlen ; Jehn
MoBrlde, or Stark.
NAM1NO A TICKET. .
The Urat ballet for secretaryef state resulted
as follews: Yeung, !,; Bell, 150),;
Apthorp, 01 ; Mcllrlde, 'J10!4. Vetos ncces
nary te notulnate, 333.
Jehn MoBrlde was nominated by acclama
tion en the second ballet.
LIVELY SllSSUVltl VK310VKATR.
The Chief Intere.t 1. lu the Nomination rer
Supreme Court Judge.
St. Leuis, Aug. 18. The Btate Demo Deme Demo
crateo convention called te nominate a judge
of the supreme court, one railroad cemmls-
sinner and a superintendent of public; Instruc
tion met In Kxposltien hall at 10 o'elock this
morning. Kx-Gev. Jehn & Phelps was made
temporary chairman and Iho convention im
mediately proceeded te the work of organi
zation. Although a partial ticket only waa
te be chosen, tbe convention premises te te
a llvolyene. The chler Intorest centres upon
Iho nomination of a Judge of the an.
prcme court, for which there are four
candidates bofero the convention. The
railroad commlsalenorship Is sought by
eighteen gentleinen, whilst thore are but
three prominent candidates for superinten
dent of publle Instruction. On taking the
chair Gov. Phelps regretted that the late Con
gress had falled te consider taritr legislation,
and rolievo the peeple of taxation as the party
was pledged te de. After announcing the
list of clerks, aorgeantsat-arnis0and door deor doer
koopors, upon request Senater Geerge G.
Vest addressed tbe convention. He eulo
gized the Democratle party as the guardian of
the constitutional guarantees te overy citizen,
and the Implacable feo of centralized
governraont. Referring te the failure el
tarill' referm in the last sosslen of Congress
he said all eflbrts In this direction was
blecked mainly by the se-called Democrats
or the East who steed firmly against all at
tempts. IIe thanked Ged that the president
had falled te approve the surplus resolution
forced upon the Domecratlo Heuse by the
majority el the Senate, because In Its amend
ed shape it was mlschloveus and perver
sive or the true Idea or referm. He believed
every dollar or the surplus revenues should
te applied upon the publle debt He de
nounced the system of building upone sec
tion or the country at the expense or another
as injustice and robbery.
VKBHaVLVAXlA DeSlUCHATS.
.ledge Herman Named as Temporary Chair Chair
manAdeournment Until 3 1'. M.
IlAiiniBuune, Pa., Aug. IS. The capital
city Is lllled with Democrats from overy nook
and corner or the Keystene state. The crowd
Is great and the streets prosent ene mass el
moving humanity. The principal leaders
hae been busy and vigilant, and have done
what they claim as great wexk ler their can
didates. The hour ler conv'enlng was fixed
at ten o'clock, but shortly after nine the seats
In the Grand opera house were gradually
tilled by the dolegates aud spectators. The
convention was called te order by Chairman
Hensol, and after the reading or a long list or
sergeants-at-arms, doorkeepers and pages,
the selection of temporary olllcers was pro
ceeded with. Chier clerk or the convention,
P. Gray Moe 1c, read the Hat or delegates. The
contested seats from the Cth district of Lu Lu Lu
zorneand Lackawana ; 10th, 17th, 18th aud
'J2d districts of Philadelphia and Wyoming,
were referred te the commltteo en creden
tials. K. Milten Speer, of Huntingdon, nomina
ted Hen. M. C. Herman, of Cumberland
county, for temperary chairman, who was
olected by acclamation.
ADJOURNED UNTIL 3 T. M.
The reports ofthe senatorial districts were
recelved. The names of the dolegates com
posing the committees en credentials and
rosolutiens were announced and the conven
tion adjeurned until 3 o'clock.
Ex-Congressman Mortimer F. Elliet, of
Tiega, was olected permanent chairman.
UEATES TO DEATH.
A 1 euug Alan Arrested Fer the Murder of
HI. tather.
Chicago, Aug. IS. James Ryan, living at
ill First street, was beaten te death yestor yester
day, and his son Themas was arrested as the
supposed murderer. In tbe afternoon a Mrs.
Burke, who llved lu the rear and lower por
tion of the house, heard blows and a Btruggle.
A Mrs. Robinson, a neighbor, also heard the
cries. Soen alter the noise ceased Themas
w ent out and told some or the neighbors tbat
his lather was dead, tbat he had fallen
down stairs and killed hlmself. The body of
the old gentleman was found en the fleer In
the front room. The arms were black and
blue lrem the blows he had atfompted te
ward oil. On the right temple was a large
contusion; ether bruises were found en the
head. An axe was found In the back room,
which bere earth marks as it it had been
driven into the ground te hide bleed stains.
The supposed parricide is 22 years old, el
medium heigUt and slender build. He is
under arrest. The dead man ewned about
$20,000 worth of property.
Killed by a Charge el 3S llucluhet.
Masen, Neb., Aug. 18. Enech Yeung
was shot aud killed by a young man named
Vinsen In Rotteu Valley. A dispute had
arisen belween Vinsen and a settler about
a piece of land. Tbe settler attempted te
serve a summons en him in the legal pro
ceeding te step hlui Irem cultivating the
land, and Vinsen ran him off with a shot
gun, and said be would kill anyone who
tried te serve the summons. Yeung, who
was ea geed terms with Vinsen, volunteered
te sorve It. When Y'eung announced te
Vinsen his errand, Vinsen tired, killing him
Instantly, 25 buckshot enterlng the tedy.
Vinsen fled te the hill's but afterward sur
rendered. Killed Her Daughter With Hat I'ol.en.
Sparta, Wis., 18. In Norwalk, Sunday
nIght,Mrs. Smith, the wlfe of a farmer, killed
her two-year-old daughter by administering
several doses of rat poison. The husband who
iepi iu uu uujuiuiuic iuuui, iw uuiumg
or the murder until he heard trem a neighbor
mat .urs. annul uau luquesiuu uuu iu duuk
a cellln te the heuse. Smith then found the
child laid out en the table ready for Interment.
Mrs. Smith yesterday claimed that she had
committed no crlme, as the child was her
own. She oxpressed great satisfaction tbat
the girl was dead, asshe could new visit her
parents. She Is evidently Insane.
Hefn.es te Tell Them Where He Get It.
LvNDEit, Wy., Aug. IS. A Hhosheno In
dian has been brought here spocimensef
natural oil that puzzlea experts. The oil is
of a lead color aud emits a smell that cannot
be distinguished from that of the purest kero kere kero
seno aud the oil Is evldently of the greatest
value. The quantity in the Indian's posses posses
Bleu and thoabselutolreodom it showed from
all mere earthly impurities indicated a pro pre
line Hew, as It must have been dipped from a
natural reservoir of considerable depth. The
Indian refused te reveal the Beurce of his
supply, but prospectors at ence started te
leek for the spot.
Stabbed seven Time.
S no A us, Ind., Aug 18. While a crowd
el men were returning from the scene of the
Huren murder aud lynching yesterday, L.
P. Stevens aud O. P. Plerce get into a quarrel
en the Ohie .k Mississippi railroad passenger
train. Stevens was stabbed seven times In
the tedy by Pierce. Ills wounds will be
lataU The light grew out el an old feud.
At Jeanna IlelEhta.
At Jeanna Heighti camptneeting en Tues
day Rev. J. W. Bradley, of Christiana,
preached the sermon In thoferonoon. He
took ler bis text Hebrew xi, 19: " But new
tbev deslre u better country, tbat Is, an
heavenly." Rev. Wm. Bamford, or Oxford,
Chester county, had charge of the prayer
meeting lu the atternoen, and O. Reed, et
Meuut Nete, el the children's meeting.
Heard en a Larceuy Charge.
Ann le Themas and Sarah Cooper, the two
colored women who were charged with steal
ing f 10 rrem Sarah McLaughlin, bad a hear
ing borero Alderman Deen this altorneon.
The Themas girl was discharged for want et
evidence and tbe ether was held for court.
IRISII NATIONAL LEAGUE.
OMTIIKO MMADT MOM TBB1M JJHSr.
ANX WUHK tit vmiA9.
ro.ipen.m.nt et the Tim for the OpmfM. of
the Big Convention The InaioaUeM
rar l'elnt le Bem RaverM rer th
Followers el l'rt.ldent Kgan.
CutoAfie, Aug. 18. It wa after midnight
this morning when tbe executive otueera et
tue Irish National convention decided te
postpeno the opening from 10 a. m. te 8 p. m.
Various reasons are Assigned for this action. '
The members et the commltteo say that It
was rendered necessary by the abaenes et
Father O'Reilly, or Dotrelt, who had beea
requosted te certify te the financial geed
standing of the branches represented
by the delegates prier te tickets et
admission being issued. On tha ether
hand the Palmer heuse commltteo or
antl.Eganltr-s which has all along de
nounced the plan In question as an attempt
te pack the convention by usurping the
functions or the local commltteo en creden
tials are loudly declaring that the postpone
inent Is due te the fact that the fences of the
administration party are In bad repair and
need soine Immediate patching tip, which
could net be dene U the proceedings were
opened at the hour originally determined
upon.
Hewever this may be, It Is certain that
things have net geno altogether the way
the Egan poeplo would have llked for
the past twelve hours. They bad placed
great hopes upon the solid support of tha
Pennsylvania delegation numbering 170, but
at a late hour the caucus of the Penusylva Penusylva Penusylva
nlansonded in the overwhelming dofeatef
tbe Eganltes, M. J, Ryan, the Philadelphia
lawyer being elected chairman as against
Wllhore, whom the administration party had
been looking upon as an avallable candidate
for tbe presidency of the league, while In
addition, Ryan was lustructed te cast the
vete of the dolegatlon as a unit rer Hugh Mc Mc
Caflrey, prosldent of the Philadelphia file
works, as prosldent of the organization.
Later en wheu It was anuounced that the
Massachusetts and New Yerk delegation had
solidly wheeled Inte line for McCaffrey, and
that he was ensured a geed support from the
Seuth and West, thore was joy at the Palmer
heuse and corresponding gloom at the Grand
Pacltlc
Se many delegates, hewever, have se far
declined te get down elT the fence tbat it
would te simply romancing te attern pt te
fight out the probable strength of the fac
tions when they meet upon the convention
fleer, but It Is none the less certain tbat the
prospects et the opposition have visibly im
proved, and tbat even If ; they are net in
majority, tbe minority will te se respectable
In point of monitors te command attention
te knew what it has te say.
A MOBNINQ SENSATION.
The sensation or the morning is the cable
letter from Themas Power O'Connor, M. P.,
printed in the morning papers, In which ha
declares among ether things that tbe state
ments made by Flnerty at Saturday's meet
ings In Ogden grove, " have shaken Glad
stone's work mero than anything the Teries
and Unionists have said and dene put to
gether." Ne totter supply of ammunition
could have come Inte tbe possession et tha
Palmer heuse commltteo at a mere opportune
moment, and they are using It for all It it
worth among the unlnstructed delegate
from the Seuth and West,
Jehn Devoy, Themas Dunne English, Hen
Wm. Pnrcell, Jeseph O'Connor and ether
lead Injr-Eastern lights were up with the lark
arranging their plans or operations, while the
Eganltes at the Grand Pacific wero net a whit
the less active. The distribution of tickets
was commenced at 7 o'clock, but as the treas
urer had of necessity torefer te his account
books as each delegation presented ltseir, the
task was a slew one, and the thousand
odd delegates who squoezed and crowded
and Jostled each ether in the corridors of
the Grand PaclBe were net particularly ami
cable in their expressions or opinion regard
ing the modus operandi. It is understood
tbat at the commencement et the proceed
ings a resolution for the enforcement of tha
unit rule will be introduced. The spirit of
the platform will be in favor of allowing the
Irish te settle the question as te hew the ne
cessary reforms shall be brought about, and
thus leaving the cause In the hands or Par
nell and bis associates. This will te accepta
ble te all parties, but it is feared its effect
may te neutralized by speeches of an op
posite tenor. The conservative element ap
preciate the harm which has been done te the
cause by the recent twisting of the lien's UU
and it is pretty certain that it the perform
ances at Ogden's grove are repeated in the con
vention te-day or te-morrow a very avalanche
of objections, pretests and denunciations
will ensue. It la net Improbable that the
bitch in te-day's arrangements will carry
the proceedings ever Inte Friday.
ZUT. CONVENTION ASSEMBHNO.
CnicAae, Aug. 18, Convention Hall, 1
p. m. One hour hence the great convention
or the Irish National League will te in ses
sion. The delegates, hewever, de net seem
in a particular hurry te get te business,
net a solitary individual having se
far put in an appearance. Ex-
I traerdluarv precaution have been
I tajjen te prevent unauthorized or obnoxious
persona from obtaining admittance, a. score
I et 8turdy, blue-coated guardians of the peace
are stationed in the inner and outer corridors.
The doers leading te the balconies are
equally well guarded, while the rear
entrances are belted and barred. A com cem com
mlteoo stands at the main deer of tha
hall te examine credentials and they will be
haudled by half a dezen inspectors before
the fortunate holder is permitted te pass
through tbe portals.
40,000 Copies of Twe AddretM Issued.
CmcAae, Aug. 18. 1030 a. in. The
Palmer heuse cemmittee has Just issued
20,000 copies et a large handbill headed " The
Twe Policies" and containing the address of
the Irish societies presented te Saturday'
meeting at Ogden's greve and the reply of
Jehn Devey te tbe same. It has also teea
decided te print a similar number of oeples of
Mr. O'Connor's cable letter el this morning
and te distribute copies of both addressee te
each dolegate as they outer the hail.
Soldier., Keep Up ireur rracue. j
Washington. D. C Aug. IS. A. HU-
ter of prlvate citizens of thU city have
nloted preliminary arrangementa for i
notional competitive drill of citizen seWlere, c
te te held In Washington during the last
week in May, 18S7, tbe oerementee of the .,
week te close with a general gathering of sol- ?
diers front nil the states at Arlington, c -
Decoration Day. Already foe.wu eh aeeavj
pledged te be spent In prizes and MVMJ,,
badges of honor, souvenirs, etc. ,t
Te-dai'i Kaeas at BarU. jS7- J3
NmiATOfiA. N. Y..i Aua-Ut IS. WeetA
clear and coeL Track and attendance fair.
First race, belling, purse 1300, for ijea.
olds, mile. Nellie B I, Al Keed 2. Bred,
burn 3. Time, 1:1 W, Mutual paid, f7.V? j
uerwt,. Purse 1250, all ages, Hi OlttteV
refoetl. Hrnum-A Ultimatum e. ,
e.rmi.' Mutual. (10.30.
lL.i?
ff,,.A rv.; nurse t300l all ages; H
wi.,.!. Tavler 1. Lucas 2. Little MnMattV i
Time. 1:10. Mutuals, 110. v -,
tvuirth race: selllntr purse 13001
and 70 yards. Falconer 1, ChleHieaiwwfc ,
nisr Pate 3. Time, 1SBK, MlftaeJfcJf,
Winner wae sold te Jere Sana ter y t:
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