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REED LOOMS UP
McKinley Is Liable to Lose
tbe Race at the Final
Struggle.
THE FOUR LEADERS ACTIYE
McKinley, Resd, Morton and Allison
Have Headquarters at tte Sontbern
Hotel Senaio? Quay's Portrait
Smiles Upon the Guests The
Silver H;n Quiet.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
St. Louis, Mo., June 14. A sensation
was 'created here tonight when the
Maryland delegation arrived. They
were met at the depot by the Maine and
Massachusette delegations. It was re
ported this afternoon that the Mary
landurs here telegraphed the Reed peo
ple that they had agreed to vote for the
big man from Maine. As a result great
excitement prevailed when the south
erners marched ud from the depot to
the hotel under escort of the Maine and
Massachusetts delegations. General
Angus, one of Reed's warmest support
ers and a delegate from Maryland, said
to your correspondent tonight thut six
out of sixteen delegates from Maryland
would stand by Reed until the last. He
also said that he had hopes of willing
over some of the other delegates who
were originally for Reed, but were taken
Into the McKinley camp by Senator
elect Wellington.
When Senator Quay was Informed
that there was a likelihood of a break
in the McKinley ranks, he hooted the
Idea and said that McKinley would
have over six hundred on the first bal
lot. Dave Martin Is quoted as saying
that McKinley will rot be nominated on
the first ballot. If Martin Is corr. ' In
' m opinion the chances are dec '
against McKlnley's nomination. 1. -S
friends admit he must get there on the
first ballot or never. Senator Piatt said
tonight that he was still confident Mc
Kinley cannot be nominated. As a re
sult of all the above talk Reed stock
took a big jump upward and some of his
enthusiastic friends are taking bets that
he will get the nomination.
Mark Hanna late tonight agreed to
accept the chairmanship of executive
committee. The headquarters of the
national committee will be In New York.
LAKA WANNA PKLEGATION.
This was a rather quiet day
among the president makers. All
Incoming trains brought delegates
and "rooters" from various sec
tions of the country, and by tomor
row St. Louis will hnve about all the
guests she can take enre of comfort
ably There will be no unusually large
crowd. The weather continues delight
fully cool nnd everybody is having a
good time. Senator Quay's name will
be presented to the convention by Gov
ernor Hastings. The governor's name
is being used in connection with the
vice-presidency. Senator Quay raid to
day that he would make a canvass of
the delegates tomorrow and If he found
a sufficient amount of outside senti
ment for Governor Hastings' his name
would be presented to the convention.
The governor Is not a pronounced can
didate for the vice-presidency, but he
will not refuse It If tendered him. It
Hastings Is not nominated, either Mor
ton or" Hobart will bp. Mr. Morton can
have the ndmlnatlon, but Mr. Piatt Is
still uppish and refuses to consider the
proposition. Quay is acting In the ca
pacity of peacemaker between Piatt
and Hanna and he may .be able to effect
a reconciliation.
The Lackawanna delegation, headed
by Hon. William Connell, arrived here
last evening In the special ear St.
Nicholas. In the party were Delegate
John T. Williams, Alternates James A.
Williams and Conrad Schroeder,. ex
Mayor Ripple, Major Frank Penman,
Benjamin Hughe, John H. Thomas,
ex-Mayor Connell, James L, Connijl,
Charles R. Connell, Thomas K. Connell
nnd A. J. Connell, Morgan R. Morgan.
One of the delegates from Luzerne dis
trict and Hon. Charles A. Miner, alter-nate-at-large,
of Wllkes-Barre, accom
panied the party., Instead of going to
the crowded hotels. he party are living
on the special car, which Is side-tracked
In terminal station yards. They are all
well and enjoying themselves hugely.
CONVICT LABOR PLANK.
Ex-Congressman Smedley Darling
ton, delegate from the Sixth district, is
slated for Pennsylvania's member on
the committee on resolutions. Francis
J. Torrance, of Allegheny county, the
youngest delegate-at-large in the con
vention, has prepared the following
resolution, which He will endavor to
have adopted: f
Resolved, That we are opposed to convict
labor when It Is brought Into competition
with free labor, and that If for hygentc or
humane reasons convicts must be em
ployed, they should bt employed on pub
lic, works, such a, the building of high
ways and on the Improvement of water
ways, which would of local or national
benefit.
This Is th first ofcnk bearing on this
V
subject of convict labor ever presented
to a national convention. W.' R. B.
LEADERS' HEADQUARTERS.
Mc kialer, Reec, Qaay, Allisoa aaa
Morton Are Keeping Open IIea.se.
St. I-ouls, June 14. St Louis now
looks like a convention city. It has
hung out Its bunting In tasteful pro
fusion to bid welcome to the big Repub
lican gathering. A little slow In start
ing the demontst ration It has landed It
In good form at last
AH four of the leading candidates,
Mcl?.nley, Reed, Morton and Allison,
have their headquarters at the. South
ern hotel. McKinley' headquarters
are designated by an allegorical repre
sentation of "Protection" a marvel
ous work of art It represents In the
foreground five female figures, fat and
florid, one of them standing and hold
ing aloft In one hand the stripes and
starry shield, labelled "Protection" and
holding In the other hand a naked sword
on which she leans. The other females
are squatting around in rather ungrace
ful attitudes one of. them appearing to
be seated on a Texan steer, which looks
as If It would like to get up on Its feet,
but was too heavily laden to do so.
While It appears to be conceded that
McKinley has the votes. It Is quite cer
tain that th Maine tev.de have made
the finest ulsplav in behulf of the man
of their choice The Ree 'garters are
in tne parlors or the a' ,nern, mag
nificent suite of rtion- ,At huve been
elaborately decora! .'with trl-colored
bunting festooned .om the chandeliers.
Banners bearing the seal of the state
and other flags have also been utilised.
The most Imposing effect, however. Is
made on the outside of th building.
The edge of the porch over the main
entrance bears the words "Reed head
quarters" and at each end "Reed" ap
pears In incandescent elActrlc HrMs,
which at night throw a brilliant glare
upon a banner suspended across the
street containing a fairly good Picture
of the speaker an the Inscription "For
President, Thomas B. Reed."
At the Planter's hotel. Senator Quay
Is sole monarch of candidates. His pic
tures hang on the pillars and staircases
and a row of Incandescent lamps kept
constantly alight shows at the head of
a stair-case to the parlor floor the name
of "Matthew Stanley Quay." His head
quarters there consist of a suite of
rooms .in one of which stands on an
easel a large handsome oil painting of
himself, the gift molded frame of which
Is now wreathed In evergreens. In the
same room a visiter's book is open at
which the delegates and Tisitore from
the Keystone state are requested to
record their names. All these are un
mistakable Indications, If they do not
amount to a oositlve announcement
that Mr. Quty Is to be considered as
regularly entered on the list of runners
on the presidential race course.
Mr. Piatt this afternoon received an
answer to his telegram of Inquiry which
ne yesterday sent Governor Morton
asking if It was true that he had noti
fied Mr. Depew that he would not ac
cept the vice presidency. Mr. Morton
answered that it was true.
RUSH OF DELEGATES. - .
The rush of In-coming delegates today
has been continuous, but though their
Increased numbers added largely to the
volume of sound no change was Indi
cated In the trend of sentiment It still
ran strongly for McKinley for first
place and with no very marked choice
for second place. The vice presidency In
fact seems to be a field marshal's baton
which may be hidden In the knapsack
of any one of half a dozen private sol
diers who have been named or with al
most equal probability may be con
cealed about the person of some one
who has not yet been publicly suggest
ed for the honor. The era of brass
bands and marching clubs set In today.
About two o'clock this afternoon a bat
talion of Reed men from Massachusetts,
headed by a local band, marched down
Fourth street to the north front of the
Southern hotel and saluted the Reed
flag. The first arrival was soon fol
lowed by a Republican club from Al
ton, 111., and it tarried the McKinley
banner. It was headed by Its own band
In very handsome Hungarian uniforms;
and the men cheered lustily for their
candidates as they passed the Southern
hotel.
Members of the national committee
are pluming themselves upon their suc
cess in disposing or the immense mass
of work thrust upon them without hold
ing a Sunday session, against which
the conscientious scruples of several of
the members strongly rebelled. True It
was nearly five o'clock this (Sunday)
morning before the last contest was
disposed of and the tired and worn out
committeemen crawled away to their
neglected beds. But inasmuch as the
session began at ten a. m. Saturday
and was continued without adjourn
ment and with only brief recesses un
til all the cases had been dlsr -od of,
the extra hours after midnight are re
garded as merely an extension of Sat
urday's legislative day and not as a
violation of the Sabbath. The commit
tee disposed In all of 168 cases, only re
mitting to the convention for settle
ment the delegates at large from Mis
sissippi, Delaware and Texas and the
delegates from two of the New York
districts nnd one California district.
The number of cases was so great that
as gjne of the members of the commit
tee frankly admitted, It was a physical
Impossibility to give all of them a close
judicial consideration; and many were
decided almost at hap-hazard. A very
large proportion of the cases will be
fought over again before the committee
on credentials when the convention Is
organized, and may delay the nomina
tion till late In the week.
PLATTS SLEEPLESS ARMY.
None of the several hundred Platt
Morton men went to bed last night
until the national committee dis
posed of the last of the New
York contests. Mr. Piatt was the
one exception. He retired, to his room
for the night at-11 o'clock. He was
early astir this morning and at 8 o'clock
his friends began making their way to
his rooms. It cannot be said that they
are "pleased" with the result; they had
hoped Morton men only would be seated.
To this extent they are disappointed.
On the other hand they were led to be
lieve that the anti-Platt men would
be favored without exception. That
they were not so favored Is naturally a
source of gratification to them and to
this extent they are satisfied. As one
of the number expressed It to a United
Preaa Nareaentatlve. "we shall acqui
esce in the committee's conclusion, for
we have won a practical victory; but
we would have preferred to have all our
men seated."
It may be said In this connection that
all talk of a bolt of the New York men
from the convention Is at an end. Mr.
Piatt will not press the matter any fur
ther If the convention shall approve the
national committee's action. It really
represents a loss to Governor Morton of
only three and a half votes out of a pos
sible twelve. This means that Mr. Piatt
with his friends will remain In the con
vention and participate In Us delibera
tions. What Mr. Piatt and his follow
ers will do when the presidential cam
paign actively begins Is another ques
tion, although It is asserted that they
will perform with cheerfulness any po
litical duty that may be assigned them.
FINANCIAL PLANK AGREED UPON
The impression is growing tonight
that Hobart, of New Jersey, is In the
lead for the -Ice-presldency and the
McKinley men talk of him as the nomi
nee.
"We favor the maintenance of the ex
isting gold standard and are opposed to
free coinage of silver except by Interna
tional agreemnt for bimetallism with
the leading commercial nation of the
world."
This Is the text of the financial plank
upon which Mr. Piatt and his friends
agreed at a conference which adjourn
ed late tonight and which was attended
by leading eastern men and a number
from the middle western states. It was
decided that the fight would be kept
up for this plank In the platform and
Mr. Piatt stated he believed such a
plank would be Inserted and that the
so-called "sound money" men would
abandon their position of Insisting up
on a plank that meant gold, but which
did not say so in positive terms.
TROUBLE IN THE MORTON CAMP.
Piatt Men are Dissatisfied with the
bovernor's Lack ef Tact.
There Is openly expressed dlssatlsfac
tion among the Piatt men this morning
that Governor Morton should have
chosen Chauncey M. Depew, as the
medium through whom to announce his
determination not to accept the nomina
tion for the vice presidency. They can
not understand why the governor If he
desired that his wishes In regard to the
vice presidency should be made known,
did not aqualnt the people who are
managing his campaign with that fact.
They make no secret of their displeasure
at the governor's lack of tact, as they
term It.
The Piatt men denv that nnv Minvirl.
ed octlon will be taken by them looking
i me nomination or General Benjamin
F. Tracy, or Brooklyn, for the vice nri.
dency. It would appear from the frank
expressions which fell from the Hps pf a
number of these men that General Tracy
is not popular with them. They don't
object to hiin on personal grounds, but
It Is evident that he la not the man of
their choice If they are asked to name
a candidate for second place. They say
however, that if the convention should
develop a strong sentiment for General
Tracy they would not oppose It.
Ex-Judge J. Franklin Fort, one of the
New Jersey delegates, who has been se
lected to present Mr. Hobart's name to
the convention, Is enthusiastic over the
bright outlook for New Jersey's favorite
Bon. At that state's headquarters this
afternoon Judge Fort said:
THE HOPE OF NEW JERSEY.
"Yes, New Jersey wants Mr. Hobart's
nomination. It would do wonders for
us politically. For the past three years
we have carried our state and with Mr
Hobart on the ticket we will be lifted out
or the doubtful columns."
The supporters of the vice presidential
aspirations of Mr. Henry Clay Evans, of
Tennessee, resumed their efforts In
earnest this afternoon. Every newly
arriving delegate was taken In tow Im
mediately after registering and plied
with arguments concerning the expe
diency of placing a distinct representa
tive of the south upon the ticket. Par
ticular attention was paid to those dele
gates who had been previously ap
proached In the Interests of General Ho
bart of New Jersey and to these the ar
gument was directed that New Jersey
was safe for McKinley without any
special inducements being offered to
Becure Its support; that New York was
In the same position: while thpt on th
other hand the nomination of Col. Evans
would insure the vote of Tennessee In
the electoral college for the Rpubll
canB and possibly that of Alabama also.
Friends of the Tennessee candidate
claimed this afternoon that they were
making very satisfactory progress.
General McAlpln's candidacy is not
viewed altogether with favor by some of
the New York delegation. Mr. Chnun
cey Depew speaking on the subject this
afternoon remarked that every vote
asked for McAlpin was qulvalent to one
vote taken away from Morton.
THE SILVER MEN QUIET.
Senator Teller Refuses to Ontliue the
Policy of His Followers.
Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado,
the leader of the silver forceB at the
Republican convention, spent the day
very quietly at the residence of a friend
In the suburbs of the city. He will not
come Into town until tomorrow morn
ing, by which time the Colorado dele
gation will have arrived, and the sena
tor wlil have a conference with them.
Until that is done he does not care to
talk for publication except In the most
general manner.
"It would be presumptuous on my
part." said Mr. Teller, "to make any
statement as to what I or those who
believe as I do, would do In the event of
the convention not declaring for that
which we believe to be right and abso
lutely essential for the best Interests of
the country.
"I see by the morning papers tha
the Indications point strongly to the
adoption of a idattorm In favor of the
existing standard. The general opinion
appears to be that the word 'gold' is to
be omitted. I hardly thought that the
men who are engaged In the business
of constructing financial planks would
be so foolish as to believe that they
could omit the word 'gold' And declare
for the existing standard, thereby mak
ing people believe that It will be any
thing else than a deojarat'on for the
gold standard. The stiver men In the
convention will not be misled by this
construction of a financial plank, nor
will the people at large misinterpret
THE NEWS THIS HORNING.
Weather Indications Today
Ocnerally Fair; Warmer.
1 Republican Hosts at 8t. Louis.
Financial l'lank the Prominent Topi.
Ice Water for the Democratic Conven
tion. American Correspondent Released at
Havana.
I Affairs of the Old World. '
Mrs. Cockerlll Married.
1 (Local) Children's Day in the Churches.
Closing Exercises of the Scholars.
4 Editorial.
Comments or the Press.
5 (Local) Merolo Admits His Identity.
Italian Fete on Spenser's Hill.
( (Sports) Saturday and Sunday Ball
Games.
Prices or Bicycles.
League Cast-OA's.
T Suburban News.
Market and Stock Reports.
8 News Up and Down the Valley.
Its true intent and purpose. Nothing
will satisfy the silver men but a clear
cut declaration for the Tree coinage of
silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. Until the
situation has thoroughly crystatlzed
and the silver men know what they
may expect, for one I don't say any
thing further on the subject"
A RATIO FOR REPRESENTATION.
The Pennsylvania delegation with the
approval. It is said, of Senator Quay
and Governor Hastings, adopted the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That district representation In
future Republican national conventions
shall be based upon the vote cast In each
district for the 'Republican electoral tick
et at the preceding presidential election;
provided, that each district shall Save at
least one delegate and each ''ato shall
have four delcgates-at-large. The ratio
for district representation In the conven
tion of 1900 shall be one delegate for each
7.000 Republican votes polled this year for
the party electoral ticket with an addi
tional delegate for a fraction exceeding a
half thereof. In case any state entitled
to more than one member of congress has
not been divided into congressional dis
tricts, its representation shall be ascer
tained by dividing the electoral vote for
the entire state by 7,000. Hereafter each
national convention Bhall fix the ratio of
representation for the succeeding national
convention.
If this plan should be adopted it would
affect a reduction of 79 votes as follows':
Alabama 9, Aransas 6, Florida 2, Geor
gia 11, Idaho 1, Louisiana 8, Massachu
setts 2, Mississippi 7, Nevada 1, North
Carolina 5, South Carolina 7, Tennes
see 4. Texas 9. Virginia 8 and Wyoming
1. It would add 98 votes to New YorK,
87 to Pennsylvania, 69 to Illinois, 46 to
Indiana, Si to Missouri and to other
states In like proportion, making a not
gain of 121.
TARIFF REVISION DEMANDED.
George P. Engelhard, one of the Chi
cago McKinley leaders, will offer, with
the endorsement of the Illinois dele
gation, the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we condemn the exist
ing tariff as Illogical, pernicious and de
moralizing, in that It falls to provide ade
quate revenue for the necessities of the
government, opposes the welfare of Amer
ican Industries by Ignoring the principle of
protection which, under Republican au
spices ruled with such beneficent power,
imperils tho credit of the nation by re
pletion of the gold reserve occasioned by
dellclent revenues and undermines popular
confidence in the stability and Integrity
of our currency system resulting in de
structive financial disturbances and In
widespread prostration or trade.
We demand such a revision or the tariff
as shall revive, and perpetuate the pros
perous influences of discriminating protec
tion to American manufactures and
American workingmen, as shall re-establish
the principle of trade reciprocity with
foreign nations and ns shall provide the
government with sufficient revenues for
current expenditures for tho maintenance
of Its credit at home and aboard and for
a reserve adequate at all times for the re
demption of all outstanding obligations.
Pending an International agreement for
the restoration of silver as primary money,
to which action on the part of the gov
ernment we pledge our earnest support,
we favor an a further guarantee of a
sound currency which equally and vitally
concerns all Classes 'of our population, the
maintenance of the existing gold stand
ard with such revision of our currency
laws as shall provide a sufficient volume
of money for the legitimate demands of
trade, but under such conditions and regu
lation only as shall render at all times
every dollar whether or gold, silver or
paper of equal and inter-convertlble
value. We favor a currency system which
conforms fundamentally to the civiliza
tion or the age and there thererore op
posed under existing conditions, to the
free, unlimited and Independent coinage of
sliver.
TheConnectlcut delegation arrived
this morning and nt once launched the
boom or ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulke
ley ror the second place on the ticket.
They are all for McKinley, sound money
and Bulkeley.
John B. Jeffery, the old-time printer,
of Chicago, Is pushing Governor Bulke
ley's campaign with great energy. He
declares that the strength of the entire
oast will be thrown for Connecticut's
candidate. The recent visit of Gover
nor Bulkeley to Canton, Ohio, has led
to the report that Major McKinley Is
not averse to having the Connecticut
man's name on the ticket.
LITTLE RHODY WANTS HONOR.
Charles Warren Lippitt Desires to Be
Vice-President.
Cleveland, O., June 14. Charles War
ren Lippitt, governor of Rhode Island,
was tiere yesterday and immediately
went to Canton, where he had a talk
and dinner with Major McKinley, and
In the evening returned.
"Little Rhody's" governor gave It out
that he wants the vice presidency,
SCATTEREDHIS BRAINS.
Shocking Nniclde of n Ccrmnn Cnr.
pouter nt Trenton.
Trenton, N. J June 14. John Roem
ley, a German carpenter residing at
Paul and Brunswick avenues, commit
ted suicide at 10 o'clock last night by
resting a rifle between his legs as he sat
on a chair, placing the end of the bar
rel In his mouth and pulling the trig
ger with his feet. In this way he blew
part of his head off, spattering his
brains over the floor of his room.
He was well to do, but dissipated and
had been drinking just before he killed
himself. ' He leave a wife and tljree
cnuaren. . - . .
WILL COOL THEM
WITH ICE WATER
CoL Martin Is to Surprise the Throats of
Democratic Delegates.
WARM SESSIONS ARE EXPECTED
Members of the National Democratic
SubCommittee Visit Chicago and
Inspect the ColiscamArrange
meats Made for the Convention.
Unpaid Subscriptions Guaranteed.
Chicago, June 14. Chairman Harrlty,
Secretary Sheerln, Architect Canda,
Colonel Sherley, of Kentucky; Colonel
Prather, of Missouri; Benjamin T.Cable,
of Illinois; C. Wall, of Wisconsin, and
Colonel John I. Martin, the sergeant at
arms, attended the meeting of the na
tional Democratic sub-committee in
charge of the convention arrangements,
at the Palmer house yesterday. The
meeting lasted until evening and at Its
conclusion Messrs. Canda, Harrlty,
Sherley and Sheerln visited the coliseum
to see how It looked after the two weeks'
show and to go over the details aa to
seating, exits, aisles and other minor
matters which have to be perfected
with Architects Canda and Bemaa be
fore the work of preparing the interior
can begin.
The committee received a visit from
Chairman Donnersberger, of the local
committee, who paid over $3,000 of the
$14,000 which remained unpaid toward
the convention expenses. He assured
the committee that the $11,000 would be
forthcoming when needed and when
Banker Lyman J. Gage and ex-Judge
Adams, A. Goodrich, two of the guar
antors, made similar statements, the
matter was passed as satisfactory until
the next meeting. The rest of the ses
sion was occupied In perfecting the de
tails as to where the state delegations
are to be seated and such like arrange
ments. DEMOCRACY'S NEW DRINK.
Colonel Martin announced that he had
signed a contract with a mineral
Bprlngs company to supply the hall with
two hundred ten-gallon coolers filled
with Ice water and kept constantly fur
nished with Ice so that the 15,000 people
who go to the convention at each ses
sion will get all the Ice water they want,
Col. Martin Is also preparing to appoint
sixty door keepers from among the
most competent and best endorsed per
sons he can find to serve In the country.
Among them will be several chiefs of
police who have expressed their will
ingness to act. There will be no first
and second assistant sergeant-at-arms
as In former conventions. All will have
equal rights and authority and take
their orders only from Col. Martin.
Col. Martin went to St. Louis last
night to take advantage of any mistakes
the sergeant-at-arms there may make
and get pointers. The committee ad
journed to meet at the call of the chair
probably In a week's time at the Pal
mer house, which will be the permanent
meeting place from now until the con
vention closes aa well as the headquar
ters of Col. Martin.
THOMAS D AWLEY CASE.
The Correspondent of Harper's Weekly
Has Been Released from Morro
Castle Battle at Najasa.
Havana, June 14. Thomas Dawley,
the correspondent or Harper's Weekly,
who was arrested some time ago on the
charge of being In communication with
th rebels,, has been released rrom Morro
castle, where he had been confined ever
since he was taken Into custody.
Incomplete details have been received
of an Important battle at Najasa. Un
official reports state that Gomes was In
command of the rebels, who numbered
five thousand men. He made a manoeu
ver with the Intention of leading the
Spanish commander to believe that he
Intended to surround the troops who
were encamped on the plains of Sara
toga. The inanoeuver failed of the de
sired effect which was to compel the
Spanish force to retreat. The rebels
then attacked the troops with machetes,
but the latter repulsed the charges. The
fight Is said to have lasted forty-two
hours.
General Godoy, with a strong Span
ish force, arrived on the scene and with
his assistance the troops succeeded In
forcing the rebels to retire. The rebel
loss Is said to nave been 500 while the
troops lost only four killed and two of
ficers and 32 soldiers wounded. Later
details may place the engagement In an
entirely different aspect. The battle Is
said to have been similar to that which
took place at Guasimas in the last war.
Last night dynamite explosions oc
curred under two bridges on the road
leading to Cerro and Jesus Delmonte,
suburbs of Havana. The explosions
caused a panic among the people In the
neighborhood. The damage done to tlu
bridges was slight.
THEY LOVED Till SAME GIRL.
And John l'ormlioltz Stnns John
Lemon Twice in the Side.
Hollldaysburg, Pa., June 14. John
Pormholtz and John Lemon, the latter
a son of the late ex-Auditor General
John A. Lemon, quarrelled here last
night over the affections of a girl whom
both had been courting.
Formholtss drew a knife and stabbed
Lemon twice in the side. Lemon may
die from Internal hemorrhages. Form
holtx has fled.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, June 14. Arrived: La Uns
coKiio from Havre; Bpaarndam rrom Rot
terdam and Hologne; Furnessitt from Glas
gow and Movllle.
Arrived out: City of Rome at GlnBgow;
La HourKoyne at Havre.
Sailed for New York: Vmbrla from
Queenstown.
Sighted; Edam from Amsterdam for
Now York, parsed Uoachy hoad; Ken
sington from Antwerp for Now York,
passed Isle of Wight.
Herald's Weather Forecast.
New York, June 15. In the middle At
lantic states, today, fair, slightly warmer
woathe, with varluble winds, preceded by
rain ion the coast, On Tuesday, fair,
warmer, light southerly winds, followed
by local rain in the northern districts.
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