- V "i - THE ONLY REPUBLICAN DAILY IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. EIGHT PAGES 3G COLUMNS. SCliAXTOX, PAM FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 2!, 1891!. TWO CENTS A C01?Y. GLOB 1LJ vv A. YD 1U ALL nous WILL A . DAY SATUR DAY, DECO T7V A ON BAY. THE ST. LOUIS HORROR Further Particulars Concerning Tornado's Frightfal Work. DEAD AT MS! ST. LOUIS j From 500 to 803 Perish Ages Range j from Infancy to Old Age The j Fail List of Injured Is Unknown, i Name, of Dead and Injnred So Far' as Known. St. Louis, May 28. A pull of gkiom j mid death hangs river the Mound City tonight. Twenty-four hours have ; scarce boon sullielont t bring Its people ! to a realization of the horror with I which It has been visited, nml they are ! yet dazed und stupefied. Save for the j fitful Blare of the gas Jets in the win j diuva of the saloons and restaurants ' and the electric lights of the few hotels and other concerns that operate their own plants, the entire city Is In dark ness. In the devastated district, the search for the dead, burled In the ruins, It being carried on by the aid of torches und locomotive headlights. Details of police keep the crowds at a distance, while the air Is lilled with the shrieks and hysterical lamentations of be reaved. Kver and anon the clanging of a gong (s heard In the distance and vehicles anil street cars come to a stop while an ambulance dashes by to add one more victim to the record of the dead at one or another n the extempor ized morgues. The streets In the center of the city, usually active with pedes trians until midnight, are deserted, suve for those whose avocations keep them from their families or friends, while the summer gardens and other points of en tertainment are bare of patrons. Grief, mourning and stupelication have taken possession of the city. Careful tabula tions of the Information (fathered by the I'niled I'ress from nil official sources show that at t o'clock tonight there were 114 victims that had been identllled while (litem still await lilentillcatloli. Most of the bodies claimed have been removed to their late homes. LIST OF DKAD AND INJURED. Killed In St. Louis at morgue: Frank Kisher, 1. Massing. L. T. 81ms. T. A. Ktuns. Charles Klbuock. Harry Hess, Fred ticnwell, Kincst Kimmer, Muslav Vllliner. John 1 lessen. John Kafferty.W al. lace Hradshuv.', Hurry Weber, Fr'd .Vaiti'liudie'.niiT, Henry Gibson, Henry Kehhti, .ln-eili Martini, Thomas Kllllan, Hairy Kllllan, William Kllllan. Joseph .l:Hler. Chiil'le Xie. Helirv Alters Julius I Gall. William Winkler. Joseph Meyer, I ll. vmun Al itiiKti. Mrs. Churlutte Knders, ' Julius Gaul, M ix Wels, Fred Ininicis, i Hcplila le .Manilla, Katie Claypool, Jo- st'ih Dunn, unknown child, child of An ! (In w J. Lclncke. three unknown at ISM i Kotith Seventh street, Malaehl. McDonald, unknown baby; John Handy." Jones, I F.n.rnn (.'han'.-y and Isabella Howe, Chailc I Lately, William Ottenud. Wullaee T. C. Huiltr, Uobirt Miller, Silas Jones, l.ouin .. Il.u 1 ...ilu ....... ...... I.'.,t,..,.t. James Klllla. G. W. Knabel, William ot teniid. (ieorge Hubert, Annie DiiKttn, Mr. Matilda Hux. Tina Kax, John Lolling. Mrs. Clara Frleske, Silttu Frleke, Kdna Fileke, Mike Vilse. William I'laehek, Gib bons, Sylvester Bene, Gallagher, Mrs. Woodruff, Taylor Halioiinn, Thomas Irwin, James Droiin, t.'harles Fisliatn. bault, FranclsiH Koderigue, Lewis F. Slinms, Mrs. Ilallman. Mrs. Spillman, Mrs. Crump. Charles Schweitzman, Airs. Clay pool and child. Joseph .Miller, William Howler, Kdward Selp. William Hatched, Thomas Krvln. (ieorge W. Knoehle, Mrs. Krleserk, Frleseek, Frleseck, John Loeblln, Matilda Rux, Tim Kax, George Hurburt. Hose Duggun, Mrs. Hi-llx. Herman Munarl, Charles A. Tundv, Ed. Felb. Above are the Identified (lead In St. Louts. In addition to these dead, there are nt the morgue and unidentified the bodies of seventeen men and four wo men. This list of Identified Is being added to hourly. It Is reported that 29 employes of the Ligett & Meyers Tobacco factory are In the ruins of the building. Twenty-five employes of the St. Louis Wooden Gutter company are missing and are thouuht to have been killed when the building fell and burled. THK IDENTIFIED DEAD. The dead Identified in East St. Louis are: Charles Walt, William Surber, Mrs. Stock, J. A. Porter. L. Kiehanlson, Ame lia Surber. John Keunis. Siott lluyw.trd, Peter Wultnslev.' John Anderson, Mrs. Bruce. Eniina Sullivan. Jacob Klntze. I. J. Strlckler, Michael Klhlea. Thomas Ree fer. Bert Farrell, William Fnrrell, Frank Met.'oiniick, Joseph Franks, Thomas Grif fin and family of three, Frank House, Robert Hiatal. John Valentine, City Col lector David S. Sage anil wife. Philip Strlckler, jr., and mother, Judge Faulk, of Vandulin. HI.; Mrs. M. Mariell, Mr. and Mrs. J(.lin Hays, Will Hays. Miles Mitchell, William Mitchell. Irene (.'lenden. In. William Sullivan and wife, Mrs. John Reed, Patrick Dean and family of six, John Bueharse, Edward O'Brien, John Bivin. Ida Gladden, Mrs. Roof. Allien Yolkman. Joseph Mltehidl, John Sullivan, William Rickey, Henry Waiterman. Ja cob Curtz. May Corrlgan, Frank J. Mntr pby, Jack MeCuul, Miss Dean. Miss Maria Evans, child of Arthur O'Lcary, Winillry, Andrew Anderson, Frank Ross, Gconto' Woods, Henry Sprlckler, J. E. Heine, Climb s Carroll, John Kent, Ed ward Kavanugh, Mrs. Emma Sullivan, Mrs. Hruee, Rabert Bland, John Reames. Miss C'onlcy, Mrs. Slide, Flagman of air line name unknown: Mrs. William fair, J. A. Porter. Mike iMlligaii. Con Framh-y. Albert Volkman, Flemlntf, Willie Free. Mrs. Trump and two children. Mike Breaker. Hull Stark, Ben Weiss, William Averv, Georire Chapman, Dave Avery, J. S. Wicher. Jim Flannugan. William Hir.l gan, Mrs. Patrick Bean, Miss Bean, Miss Buckler, Emma Gliidshaw, Mrs. Smyk", Martin Spellman. W. H. Keefe, Mrs. 8. Hayward. Miss Klnnett. George Esher, W. J. Murray, Klchurd Andres. The unidentified In East St. Louis are thirty-nine men and sixteen women. Most of these were workmen about the different freight depots. FIVE HUNDRED MISSING. The number missing, the majority supposedly being In the ruins if the In dustrial establishments and residences, that were totally demolished. Is vari ously estimated at from 50 to 500. Only a complete search of the acres of ruins can tell the true story, for the people In the stricken regions are utterly un able to tell a coherent story. Men and women reported as among the missing are continually putting in an appear ance, while on the other hand, many believed to he safe, turn out to be I among the missing. In the matter of age, the dead range from a mule baby of 3 months to a great-great-grandmother of 92. The number of Injured reported to the police up to the same hour, foots up 1S9, Of these five are unconscious and un identified. The injuries range from slight cuts and contusions to one un fortunate, who Is reported as having sustained the Iobs of both eyes and the fracture or his skull, both arms and legs and ribs. Of the list of injured, and which is about one-fourth of the probable total, the overwhelming nu jortty of those caught in the tornado and having found their way to their homes and thus escaped, nearly one hundred are reported by the physicians "fntnllv Iniured." or "Inlured In ternally," which is practically the same thing. EAST ST. LOUIS LOSS. These figures relate to the city prop er. On the other side of the river. In East St. Louis, it is there that the elements gathered themselves together for a supreme effort to wards destruction of life and prop erty, the latest reports to the I'nited Press :dace the total of deaths and missing at 205 and the injured at 71. Another tabulation made this eve ning by the St. Louis Chronicle gives these figures: Identified dead in St. Louis. 121; unidentified dead, .10; In jured, 447. East St. Louis: Dead. 129; unidenti fied, 125; Injured. 15X. The total num ber of families who are without homes and whose every article of household effects was swept away by the storm. Is variously estimated at from r.i to itOO. It will be several days before u complete and reliable roster can be made. THE REIGN OF TERROR. Almost a reign of terror prevails Ir. Eust St. Louis tonight. Save for a tug and a few row boats placed at the ser vice of newspaper men others, whose duties called them to tne scene, the place has been cut off from communi cation with this city since last night, a section of the upper or railroad por tion of Eads bridge having been car ried away, while guards were sta tioned at either end to prevent pedes trians uMng the foot bridge. The thieves and toughs of the city, how ever, reinforced by scores from the sur rounding country, started in this uf ternoon to pillage the overturned tt ucks in the streets and the freight cars on the sidings, und which were filled with valuable merchandise, groceries and provisions. The smull police force hud been detailed to uld the Injured and assist in the task of searching the ruins and realizing that they were powerless to preserve order, or prevent the pillaging. Mayor Uader called upon Governor Altgeld for aid. He uulckly responded hy ordering two companies of militia to the scene. The first company arrived from Belleville ut 9 o'clock and the second Is en route from Greenville on a special train and will be on the ground at t a. ni. The governor himself arrived late tonltrht and directed the detailing of the troops about the various properties to be pro tected.. Prior to his arrival, a meeting of leading citizens was held In the First .National building in response to a call hurriedly issued by ex-Congressman W. S. Forman and others, and after a full discussion of the situation it was decided to Issue the following appeal and the United Press was requested to give It circulation: AN APPEAL FOR AID. To the People of the United States. The city or East St. Ixjuis has been vls Itej by one of the most terrible and de structive tornadoes In the hlstorv of the country. As a result of Its reMrfiil work at least 20O lives have been lost, while the niuniier or malmeil and wounded we are unable as vet to estimate, hm li will nrnli- ably run Into the thousands. r ,v The amount of damuge to property ts very streat and it Is Impossible ul thlj time 10 ascertain, out it is sate to say that at least tiuo families are rendered home, less. A great number of these must de pend upon charity for shelter. While the loss appears to fall upon the poorer classes of people, almost everv citi zen has directly or Indirectly suffered damage. While we rearet exeeedlnclv In enll unnn the country at large In this extremity, we feel utterly unable to supply the abso lute necessities or these alllieted people, although our own citizens are putting forth every effort and are contributing t.s liberally and Indeed more liberally then men iiitaus allow. We. therefore, anneal to the i?ener,iwitv of our sister cities and other communities for help in this hour of trouble. We will be pleased to receive subscriptions and as sistance in any form which may be deemed advisable. 1 he executive committee has appointed Paul W. Abt, president of the First Na tional bank of this city, treasurer to whom all contributions can be sent. (Signed) H. F. Bader, , Mayor; . S. Fortnun, H. D. Sexton, B. H. Canby, Joseph Nestor, J. J. Reader, Paul W. Abt, I. eo Scherrer, Louis Moser, Executive Committee. The roadway at the Eads bridire wna cleared of wreckage at 11 o'clock to night and a test engine and car passed over in safety. in addition to the Injured In the two school houses, there ure ninety-four maimed women, children and men In St. Mary's hospital. Women and girls fivim the lnm r,t the surrounding country poured Into the city In droves this afternoon and evening with bundles of old linen, clothing and other necessaries and pronered tiieir services us nurses. The good Samaritans were badly needed by the hospital people and city authori ties, and nearly every victim in the public or extemporized hospitals has an individual attendant tonight. TWENTY MEN LOST. Twenty men employed in the Vnn- dalla freight depot are missing and are ueneveu to nave been killed when the building fell. A thorough Investiga tion of the destruction is being made and when It Is known what the death rate has been, it will exceed 200. Many Injured on both sides of the river are beyond hope of 'recovery. The list of injured reported, numbers over 1,500 and a great many were located at home and no report made. Two school houses In East St. Louis eervo ns temporary hospitals, while on this side the armory does the same service. Every private hospital is crowded. A district In this city bounded north by Choteau avenue, west by Grand ave ruc, f,outh to the city limits, and enst to the river, is virtuully a mnys of ruins. Not an electric light has burned, nor a car run In that section, comprising 720 blocks, since 5.20 p. m. yesterday. Within this territory, scarcely a build ing has escaped Injury and thousands of them are In ruins. On surveying the desolate scene, one marvels that the deaths are not much greater. Begin ning at the western boundary of the scene, Is the handsome and exclusive residence section, known as Compton Hill, the home of the fourth genera tion of the early French s?ttlers of St. Louis. This aristocratic home place is strewn with debris, .lust east lies Lnfryetfe Park. There trees, shr.ibhcry. fountains mid stntunry that have bce'n the pride of the city, were caught by the wind and the place Is shaven bare as with u giant scythe. Farther epst and south to the city limits were the homes of thrifty Ger man Americans, who hnve given a dis tinct chorncter to the district. Tonight thousands of them are homeless; many of them lying amid the ruins, or shar ing the roofs of their hospitable nnd more fortunate neighbors. Inter spersed In this latter section and on the east to the river are mills, breweries nnd numberless manufacturing con cerns. There were fair targets for the storm and they suffered. It was this class of losses that added moat to the Vilrlna out. of whrt Is conservatively stated to be four million dollars invest ed capital. There are sixteen brewer ies within these boundaries, worth four millions, and while none are destroyed, all are damaged. The losses, fall heav lebt on those least able to bear them. Alter the storm had laid its heavy hands upon the southern half of the city, f.re came to complete the work of destruction. Five columns of flames shot up but. thanks to the deluge of rain, the Maze was mainly confined to Its starting point. In three In stances engines were unable to go nearer than a block to the fires. I'nsollclted the work of relief began here at once by the whole people. A meting of the citizens was' held at noon at the Merchants Exchange. Af ter brief addresses by Rev. Dr. W. R. Boyd and Mayor C. P. Walbrld.ee, con tributions were asked for. Within for;y minutes, or as fast as the sums given could be acknowledged $H,0OO was In the secretary's hands. Contributions continued after adjournment. It is r.ot proposed to go outside the city for aid. though no offering will be refused. President C. II. Spencer, president of the Merchants Exchange was made chairman of the committee on distribu tion and set to work at once to place the relief money. TRACK OF THE STORM. In Eust St. Louis the track of the storm Is as clearly defined, after touch ing the Illinois shore, us If platted by a surveyor. Tearing diagonally through the city from southwest to northeast ll cut a (lean swoth of destruction. liloody island, the river front of the city. Is u low, narrow strip of fund, now Joined to the mainland, that was the terminus of all the railroads centering there. Large freight sheds were strung along the river front. Nine of the largest of these are In ruins. The greatest dam age was done to the Vandullu, the Mo bile und Ohio, the P.lg Four, the Chi cago nnd Alton, the Wabash and the Louisville and Nushvllle sheds. At the Vandtilla. the loss of life was great est. There the structure seemed lift ed up und dropped again over the foundations. Fourteen of the dead enumerated were, taken from these shcrs. Across Oaynhokia creek. In the city proper, the destruction was com pl. to. The relay depot, an abomina tion which even the corroding hand of time could not destroy, went to pieces before the storm. The switch tower, upon the perfect working of which de pends the movements of hundreds of trains, was made useless. Three smull hotels In the vicinity were destroyed. North and east of the relay depot, n wide residence section, mostly small houses, occupied by mechanics, was cleaned up. It Is through this part that the majority of the fatalities occurred. The new Mitrtell house, the Mc Causeland Opera house, the city hall. Flaunagan's hall, three churches, the high school and residences that cov ered fourteen blocks of ground east of the viaduct were demolished. Fur ther on to the north and east in the stock yards vicinity, everything was swept away. The definite limits of thu storm, indicated above, may he clearly noted here. The National hotel was uninjured, while two blocks southeast, a lous ownd by H. D. Sexton was torn to kindling ;uc1. Poising on outride the city, erery tttrfiUihan ur den, orchard and field is razed of its growth. In all this desolation, death ran riot. High above the storm were heard the cries of suffering and the shrieks of people struggling helplessly against the storm's fury. The points of greatest disaster, the water front and the vicinity of the relay depot, have not yet gt'en up their dead. Scarcely a single person In the storm's highway escaped some Injury. Sifting the truth from the exaggerat ed stories of excited Individuals, it seems probable that the death list will be between 150 and 200. Of the injured any figures under 1,500 and over 6no may be named. Coroner Campbell to day held inquests on 4S bodies and bare ly kept up with his work as the dead arrived. One morning ptiper will, tomorrow, give the losses In East St. Louis and in the river as follows: River losses, $750,000; by storm, $300, 000,000; by fire, $250,000. Total, $4,000, 000. BOATS REPORTED MISSING. The following boats are reported as damnged or missing: Pittsburg, City of Vleksburg, City of Providence. Belle or Calhoun, the Madlll, the Elm G. Smith, the Louis Houck, Dolphin No. 2, Bald Eagle, and the J. J. Odlll. Over fifty people including several women, who were on these boats are missing. A great many lives were lost by the sinking of barges and small craft- In most every case there were at least ten. men on board each of them, and In many cases, several of them are still missing. The Great Republic, about which there were many rumors, is safe, ASSISTANCE OFFERED. Iliirrisbnrg the First City to Tender Aid to St. Louis Siill'crcrs. Hurrisburg, Pa., May 28. Mayor Pat terson today sent the following tele gram to the mayor of St. Louis: "The !;ctile of Harrisburg direct me to extend to you their sympathy In this hour of your great disaster, and to tender you substantial aid If desired. We await your wishes. The mayor will call a public meeting and request Gov ernor Hastings to preFlde If the reply from St. Louis warrants him In so do ing." COLUMBIA'S TORNADO. Roof of the Iron Mills Lifted In the AirFifteen Men Are Buried in the Ruins. Lancaster, Pa., May 28. A tornado that came from the York county 3hore, swept across the Susquehanna river this afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, and did a vast amount of damase In Columbia, about ten miles from here, together with several fatalities. It first struck the planing mill of John Forrey, unroofing the structure and doing a great deal of damage to houses In the vicinity of . Front street. The black cloud then ntruck the Colum bia rolling mill, lifted the roof bodily and burled fifteen men In the ruins. Following are the casualties: Percy Zcrger, burled under roof, head cut, struck by boiler and por tions of Hying roof, fatully injured; Isaac Haverstlck, puddler. leg and head crushed and body scalded, dying; Walter Brunner, cuts on the head, arm broken nnd bruised about the body; William Schleoger, left hand broken and Injured about the body; Harry Duck, puddler. struck by timbers and bndly cut on the body; Joseph Dangert. driving a cart on outside of mill, was burled by roof and had to be dug out, seriously hurt Internally, horse killed. - The rolling mill is completely de molished and the machinery ruined. Albert Hill, colored, and four other employes, names not known, who were working Inside the mill, were blown forty feet Into Shawnee creek and nearly drowned. The storm net THE NEWS TIMS KORMXG. Weather Indication! Today Ucnerally Fair. - (Telegraph) Five Hundred Dead at St. Louis. Columbia. Lancaster County, Visited by a Deadly Tornado. Prohibitionists l..ject Silver and Nomi nate a Candidate. Presbyterian Assembly. 2 (Telegraph) Day's Work of Congress. 3 (Locah I'nlque Bicycle Ordinance. Recital at St. Cecilia's Academy. 4 Editorial. Exchange Sayings. 3 (Local) Board of Trade's Jubilee. Fell Sixty Feet Into a Beer Vault. Dr. Longshore' Very Serious Trouble. Decoration Day Exercises. 8 (Sports) Scranton Again Walloped. Decoration Day Races. T Suburban Happenings. Plans of Spring Brook Water Company. Market and Slock Reports. 8 News I'p and Down the Valley. struck the electric light station and badly Injured the building. John Hughes, the engineer, was Instantly killed in trying to close the window. He was blown into the fly wheel of the engine and torn to fragments. FI'P.NACES DESTROYED. The damage to the property of the C'ulumhiu Rolling mill by this ufter noon s cyclone is estimated at $20,000. Twelve puddling furnaces were totally destroyed and that Faction of the mill entirely wrecked. Isaac Haverstlck, a puddler who was most seriously In jured, died this afternoon. ' His body was terribly sculcNd by escaping steam from the boilers. He was M) years old and Is survived by a large family. Of the dozen men Injured several nro seriously hurt. Before striking Col umbln the tornado did a law amount of damage on the tlver shore of Wrights ville. The gable end of the Lutheran church was blown in, the school hous unroofed, nivl a large amount of lumber in the lumber yard of Billmeyer Small was blown Into the river. After leaving Columbia the storm traveled enst doing considerable dam age about Mouiitville and Rohrerstown by blowing down tobacco sheds and up setting trees. WIND AND RAIN STORMS. The Inhabitants of Reading Forced to Leave Their Homes Wind Storm at Norristown Other Places. Reading. Pn May 28. This oily was visited by a tremendous ralri fall this nffernoon. Many cellar were flooded in various porta of the city and the residents of Nioolls at wet wtre com pr.lled to vacate t Ho first lloors of their h:imcs. In loss tliun ten minutes, some of the streets in the northeastern sec tion were converted into stiitims. tee water filling them .from curb to curb. The damage Is considers We. At Toptcn, 20 miles enst of Keudinn4. the streets and c. liars were Hooded, caused by a cloud burst. Bristol, Pa., May 2S. A severe wind storm .passed over Falls township, this county, about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The Pennsylvania railroad station ot the place was blown across the tracks just before an express train from New York was due but the train was stopped in time to avert an accident. Many barns were wrecked and orchards and crops suffered severely. A number of cattle were killed but no fatalities among human beings are reported. Norristown, Pa., May 28. A heavy wind storm about 3.30 o'clock this af ternoon did considerable) damage here. Hail and rain accompanied the wind. Frame buildings were overturned and trees uprooted. Reports from the sur rounding country Indicate that much damage to farm lands was done. Two men nre reported killed nt Jarrettown, nnd the tin works ut Ernest, two miles from here, were struck by lightning and two workmen rendered uncon scious for several hours. Easton. Pa., May 2S. This city was visited this afternoon by the worst wind and rain, storm ever experienced here. The sewers were unable to carry off the downfall V)f water and the streets were turned into' rivers. During the storm Miss Carrie Stoneback while sit ting ut a window sewing was struck by lightning and is In u critical condition. Tills is the second time within a year Miss Stoneback has been struck by lght nlng. Reports from the surrounding country are to the effect that much damnge was dine by the storm. Lansdale, Pa., May 2S. A cyclonic wind nnd rain storm swept over this section of Slontgomery county this af ternoon and when it had passed two men dead and much damaged prop erty was left in Its wake. The storm came from the southeast and traveled northwest. The greatest destruction was done In the little town of Jarret town. Here a stone shed was blown down and Alfred Moffett and Wlnflcld Enisley, hostlers nnd five horses in the structure were killed. The school house nnd Methodist church and several other houses In the village were wrecked. The track of the storm was marked by unroofed houses, wrecked barns, uprooted trees and ruined crops. At Ambler the handsome stone resi dence of Alexander Knight was blown almost to pieces. The money loss by the storm will be very heavy. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. William Hall, n Carpenter, Is in o Critical Condition. Anbury Park. X. J May 28. This sec tion of the Atlantic coast was visited today by evidently the tull end of the western tornado that wrought such frightful havoc in St. Louis yesterday. An incessant downpour of rain, ac companied by awful tiesls of thunder and blinding flashes of lightning raged for over five hours nil along the shore from Sandy Hook to Point Pleasant as far south as word could be gotten by railroad messenger and the meagre telegraph und telephone service. An electrical boll struck a new;, cot tage In course of erection at Allenhurst, anew nearby resort, where a carpenter named William Hall was at work on the porch, was struck, the fluid passing down his right since. He Is In a critical condition. WILL NOT BE CHANGED. The Itcpiililicnn Convention Will lie Held nt St. Louis. Washington, May 28. Senator Car ter, chairman of the National Republi can committee, up to a Into hour to night had not heard from the local com mittee In St. Louis as to the damage done convention hall. He will not move In the matter of postponing the date of the Republican convention until ho Is Informed of the desire of the local committee In the premises. In no event, he says, will the place of holding the Republican convention be changed. PROHIBITIONISTS REJECT SILVER The Proposed Plank Is Defeated by a Large Majority. GOVERNOR ST. JOHN'S SPEECH In a Voice Betraying Emotion lie Ex presses Regret That the ( ouvcntiou Dodged the Important Question. Full Text ol the Party IMutlorm. Pittsburg, Pa, May 28. At the af ternoon session the convention pro ceeded to the Immediate consideration of the free silver plank proposed by the broad guage faction, which was dis cussed with great warmth on each side. After three hours' hot debute, the free silver plunk was defeated by a vote of 3S7 ayts to 427 noes. Two of the. Iowa delegation announced that they voted for the plank under Instruction and against their conviction. Five of the Michigan delegates under the lead ership of Professor Dickie, ex-chairman of the national committee, dis obeyed instructions of the convention and voted "No." The chair declared the free silver resolution lost and af ter the cheering and excitement, which this announcement caused, had quiet ed down the convention proceeded to the consideration of other parts of the platform, against which there was no strong opposition. But before much progress had been made MY. Patton, of Illinois, upset the whole course of proceedings, and pre cipitated a lively debate by opposing this non-sectarian school resolution, as being the work of the American Protec tive union, and he appealed to the con vention not to adopt anything which would prevent their enlisting all good citizens to aid them In fighting against the rum power. He proposed a sub stitute olatfoim which omitted men tion of every subject (woman suffrage Included), except Prohibition. Governor St. Joh'.i, hi voice showing great emotion, rose and said as the single olank men had been successful and hsd Induced the convention to dodffe the greatest question of the day, the silver question, he was In favor of turning over the whole organization to them, und If they must have the single plank platform, he was Inclined to think this waa as good a one as could be had. In a scene of Intense confusion the previous questkin was ordered by a ris ing vote, and Mr. Pat ton's substitute was declared adopted, and thus became the sola platform of the party, its full text Is aa follows: THE PLATFORM. The Prohibition party, In national con vention assembled, declares Its flnn convic tions that the manufacture, exportation. Importation mi sale of alcoholic bever. avas has moiluced siioh social, commer cial, industrial, political wiouks. and is now Vm eatui.ins tho perpetuity of all our social and neliticnl Institutions that the suppression or mo same uy a national par ty, ortranlsed therefor, Is the greatest object to bs accomplished by the voters of 01:1' ::o imtry ; is or biu-a inip.ir:.a:ioe mat n, of rlRht, oi'ffht to control the politieul ac tions of uli our patriotic citizens, until such suppression Is accomplished. Tha ui'AMnry of this cause demands th? union without further delay of all citizens who desire the prohibition of the liquor traffic; therefore, be It Resolved. That we favor the leiral pro hibition by state and national legislation of the manufacture, importation, exporta tion, lnter-state. transportation and sule of alcoholic beverages. That we declare Our purpose to organize and unite all the friends of prohibition into our party and In ordeir to accomplish this end we deem It but right to leave every Prohibitionist the freedom of his convic tions upon all other political questions and trust our representatives to take such ae. tlon upon other political questions us the changes occasioned by Prohibition, and the welfare of the whole people shall de mand. In the midst of the hubbub that fol lowed, Mr. St. John came forward and changing his recently expressed opin ion that Mr. Patton's single plank plat form was the best that could be had under the circumstances, moved to re consider the vote by which it had been adopted. A recess was taken at 6.45 until 8 p. m., and the broad guage men Imme diately went into caucus to consider their further plans. BROAD GUAGE CAUCUS. About 300 delegates attended the broad gunge caucus, including sixty women. Various bolting propositions were howled down and the decision was reached to postpone all action until af ter final adjournment of the regular convention. As soon as the night session of the convention wns called to order the roll was called for nominations for presi dent and vice president of the United States. Mr. Tucker, of Maryland, nom inated Joshua Levering of that state. Ellsha. Kent Kane, of Pennsylvania, nominated ex -Governor L. C. Hughes, of Arizona, a former citizen of Penn sylvania. Ho read a telegram from Governor Hughes intimating that he would accept the nomination and would stand with the party during the cam paign, and that he was a political Pro hibitionist without qualification. Levering was nominated by acclama tion. Shortly after the nomination of Lev ering about 200 free silver woman suffragists and Populists left the hall, having secured a room elsewhere. Sub sequently the woman suffrage plank, which had been stricken out of the platform, was adopted as a declaratory declaration. Captain J. F. CInghorn, of Wiscon sin; John Hipp, of Colorado; Ed Klm bal, of Cambridge, and Hale Johnson were placed in nomination for vice president. The convention nominated Halo Johnson, of Illinois, for vice-president, und at 12.30 a. m. udjotirned sine die. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY Dr. McLccd Offers a Resolution for Con solidation of the Treasuries. Other Topics Considered. Saratoga, N. Y May 2S. At this morning's session of the general as sembly Hev. Dr. James McLeod, of Scranton, Pa., obtained the lloor at the opening of the assembly and offered a resolution for the consolidation of the treasuries of the benevolent boards of the church, which are now operated under separate treasurers at great ex pense. It was referred to committee on fillls and overtures. A resolution changing the name of the board of freedtnen to the board of colored mis sions wus Introduced, but was laid aside for further discussion. The report of the committee on sys tematic beneficence was read. This was followed by the special commit tee's report on church erection. The overture of Dr. McLeod asking for a consolidation of the board's treasuries was by a third resolution re ferred to a committee of nine already ordered to Investigate the home toli- Hlon boar" FILEY'S Ladles1 ' Shirt Waists Our stock for variety. styU and finish is unsur- passea ana tueir success is their best recommenda tion. We call special at tention to the I which for style, qualit J .. . J I f The Popular Derby Waists, Adjustable Linen Flalt Batiste Waists. Special numbers In Silk Waists at $4.38 and $5. Special prices on Per- cale Waists, 48c, 75c and 95c. Children's Kilt Suits atS reduced prices to close. Lawn and Dimity Dress ing Sacques for 95c. and upward. Elegant line o? 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