IKE I1IM CONVENTION. PALMER AND BUCKNER CHOSEN. A Permanent Orgeniiation Effeeted F ott J Two Butei Represented. Forty-two stnte, and three territories, rep rested iiy fH delegates, iii't on the 2nd lu Tonillnson hall.Inillanapolls.as a climax of a six week's cini.i uigu to r-ulint tho action of the Chicago convention nml put forth a declaration of principles and mime a presi dential ticket, senator I'lilni'T. who calll till body t- order, termed It tho first conven tion of the National Democratic party, while other referred to It us the Democracy wlil-h b"l 1 Its Inst convention In 111'J. Adtub-Mon to the hall was u tl ri -i strictly to tl-'k-t holders. A a p'-ult, many p"0 I'? wore do. nl-d admittance. In.-ll" i vry scat In tho pi n' r"rv'i fur tli'i delegates nnd ulter iiut tu's 'ii up mi l tli'' g-illerlej, 'X,,,'l,t an upp'T I (ii "i.y In th" n iir of tho hall wher" the band w:i lo at 'd, Were comfort ably M..-I wit Ik. ut Is'ing cMW'',"'l, whilo tbo chair in 'ho'ri ir of tin- platform, r""TV i fT tli.' di-iiintni.-h.. I gmM ii"rly nil (...u; l".. i I," l ration were brilliant iih l lui-L. 1 1 1 -r - wni u profu-ioti of Hag nn 1 I iiiitiinf. trailing i.t x . S auisli tin ss nnl jotted it- w r', but the most noticeable feature w.i lb" pr t .i! t ! if tilt, i y in I -11-i nl i f tic i-pir.t i I th" .tiv. nti..i. liuld wr'atUs wt' etr tvii-r" in th" d"Cirat'ciis nn I hiuf th-. dccvi'v- wro .- rays of go I l-li rod in tho ;.i; ..I t.i'-ir cat-. 1 Ii- tin," liv I f.-r tie' tn-ciiMIng "f the convention wa- it 1 1 I. ut th" p. i-oi.g of the nn .ii lcur tvi hi . v marked I'V Hi" render ing '( I II in lr . I," Py th bund. At ha.f-pa-t tin Ite s-i.aii r 1 it 1 1 1 1 r, who Lad tu'.eu n si.it th" tu.:",.ii-t':!ip.,ra'-y chair niaii. r. and '.ii!-.l Hi" convention to orl fr. l'rav-r win oii-r-t I y lt-v. John A. Whit-. I 1 1 ul L i-h 'p of in Ilium. Mr. Oiithwait-. I Ohio, r-a l tli- " Mil f..r tli" ivjiiviitl.'ii. Ill" niliiiK wan fr-iii"litly Inti rnii t-1 l y cli- r-. All r-l'T' Lct' to fou;. I n. 'ii' V r" Ion llv hi t'laii l.'.!. i'r- rl!l" i .la i" f ill..'.v.' l nii'iillou of CI''V" lm.il k ii.iin". U li-n Vw Y'lrk wit. c;ill'"l. th" w h I" .p'l. i.'.iti iii rw ' ii iiii.ji', ii:nl.i rliiH't.. Th" "-all -Iki w l 11 -tut" r"pr"i-' iit ril Im ' ti viit . ' ii . Hi" -t.it" li"t Ij' x roj.r"- ti"iit'"l l iiu Ni'va In, I lali',, I tali aii'l Wyoinltiu'. ih" r".'..ni!ii"ii..iti n f i-x-tiovi-rn 1'l.iivr, of N"v Y'.rk. for t ui orary rhalr miin wa ur-i't" 1 with appiau-". lim n-port of th" I'oiiiii.ltt' " wiH unaiil:ii'Milv n I .1 t.. . I L.-t5 v. p.,wr, th" t"inorary c linlriimii, nn I S"tiator ( alTr-y, tli" frmuinjnt 'li;i nu n. l-.'th h'llv T'iI ii'l'Ir-v-M'-i, ini'l lr, l.M r' tt, i f Ma.a.'hiis' tt-", atrl John 1'. Irl-.li tho I'n :l:;.' ' iuit or ,t"r. vol .",! tho spirit o th" roiivi'iitn'ii iliirint; Ihti'r'.a ii: thi .ro OtM-.l 111 IT;. 1 ll t'lllpiT Of til'! W IW iUHplayl In tin; lrfiriu fihi.ni wit, will i-li tho il'.iiii. iat.iii of tho I'hii'nu'O plat form nnl it innli lat"i vr) fi'i'lvfj. rrrhnp" ihi iuot iiiitiortuiit ii'-tloii tnl;"n ly th" iiviitlon wan th-) H.loptluu of th': r.vruitni'Uiliktloii to ninl.u tho oriuilzatlon prmaii',nt nu'l to "inpowtT tho untlonul oonimltt"" appointed to call future oouvi-n-tlou. Till In lli'iitoi" a rontiut four year from now ovor tlm reuliirity of tlm two organization, nud may prove fur reucblii( In It elTe.-t. Second Cay. At 11:40 o'clock Senator Oiffrey, of Louisi ana, at chalrmuu of tho t'onvuntiou, rose uud etat" 1: "Tho ehnlr Metros to nunoune to the con ventlon that th" openlnif of l. delayed for u f"W niom"Ut to aseertaln whether or not tlm romailtteo on resolutions Is ready to roport Tbo "hair 1.4 Informed that th" committee will report tthortly. I hvg you, theri f ir", to l patient for h fuw niomenw to see whother that con-mlttey la ready." That was th" ."lirnal for n r.-'newal of tbo fboiits for lin-ekenrl l", whl-h llnnlly Lo carno overwhelming, though a few IiIbhi's wor" hoard luterunii.-led with them. Mr. Dreekenrldrf", advan. lnn to tho platform, lu reeelved with urent cheeriliK. H" de livered a c h i f irre.'it power and po'iieii'.'.', wh. 'h 'iw llht"ii"d to with pro found Mien1" and iitt-ntion, vxeept wh'.u broken In 'ipiin I v hurjt of applau.v. ' When Mr. llyni.ni retired 'ontpilh-r K'-koU -aroh"to nni.oiii:.... that the eoli.iiiltt'" on reol'iti.,in had iitfreed on a pii.tfiiVm mid w minute, l ut tho eon- n a p h, and h" ina lo Mr. lv:k I r-mark rruj.t' THS H0VI1TEES. John VoAlr Palmor. John M? A u ley 1'alraer, of Sprlntrneld, III., wan born In H"ott county. Kentucky, Hop- t em her 13, l417i romornd with hi father to Mivllnon county, Illinois, in attpndml tho common tehool In Kentucky and Illinois and entered Alton (now Hhurtleffj collexo In in.ii, whoro he remalnoJ a year, taymir nls expen, which wro vary mnull, by hit lai or; in l"3l taiiRlit icliooi nni atuiiioa lawi In IweinlK'r, lSil'.i, wai a lmltted to the bar. In 1H13 was oleetwi prohato Judga of llanoup In oountyt In 1M7 was eloct"d a member of tho convention to amend tho plat) constitu tion; iu 1HH bo was re eloetod prohato judgo, ami In November of tho samw year, 148. wua electud count jiidK, an olTloe i-reated by the now conMlttitiiiii, which ofilce he held until IC.VJ, when bo was elei'ted to thrtate senHtu to Mil n vnenney; wa elui't"d nifain In No veinter, )";4, as an Indeju-udent attl Nel.riikn candidate, nnd nt the action of the leirNlature, which convened in January, 1 !, nominated an.l voted for I.ytnau '1 rum bull for (."iintor, who wa ele'te. in lfl, haiiiiit doi'ltneil to act with tho liemoerntio partv, h" re.liied bin peat In the Henate; was a delegate to th" llcpuMli'iiu ptato eonven t .), and was mad" ltd president; was dolo ira!" to th" convention in lilirt in riilla lel plila, which iiomtiiated Johu ('. 1 r. einout. II HUNG CHANG ii THE CRPiTfiL IN HIS YELLOW JACKET. A Rait Look at tho Capitol and Othtr Publlo Bnlldingi. THE G. A. R. PARADE. IOI1" M. rtlJLU. w. "il l report 111 a f" vnlion inl-t'-d up. bi w ay to tin -t;,k'" W'T" .'.Jlltlll'lllllV ii. t t-i iiiiS'.r ihi ti.a 1- a i-p' the t int!. r:n ! e p 1 no n.ov l it a lop'.i ii., and It win a t t-id Ly a n.-ltiir v. te, '1 Ii" r,, w'l- cuiled for tli" nomination of a ( an il lat" lor pi' -l l' iit. Alabama ;aM' way to Kentucky, aud A. J. Carr.ul. ( I tho latter ht.it". etiited that ll'Oiry N att' T-oli bad eab led from Switzerland that h old le t d"lr- 1:1 Mime to bo preM-Iifd. 1.. I.. Kllh'Hiru.of Miebtk'.'in. iiominut'.-'j Senator John M. l'alw- I T .f llllliol. Senator I'aliiii'r' nomination wo. briefly lf-,,u In I I.y a del-vat') from Michigan. liurr V. J .ii", ol Wixcuiinln, . laced Oen. K. S. Urau'ii In iioii.inatiou. II" uiilok'!!!'! lien. Prn,'i? a- th" eornman Jer of the famous Tr m Iirlfa lo" the b'To of 60 battle. ilar'.rl lk'". of piorl la. und ( orrliran, of fleork'.a. k-' n t"d th" iioinluutiou .f l'ulmer Mr. M-fulel.eon ml 1 that Mlnm-nota would not pr-T'-nt the nam-of I'linlel W, I.awlor. Mr. l.ohmun ne-oii 1-d tho uomlr.atlou of O' tj. iiriikV and mud that Col. J.O. lircdhca 1 bad f irl.i l ien th" iio of bl namo. (i-n. l;r..' s motion thut tho nomination of I'alu.er he n.a'l'i ununlmoiis w put to be c, nventlou and carried, and tho chair mnu announced ollP laliy that ien. John M. l al.i.er in the noii.n.'.e of the National liein- rati- 1 arty for 'resident of tho I'nlt'id Stat' . When hmr'i.an CufTr-y InBtrii' ted tho i"" r' tary lo a,l th" .'..t'.e ,r !.o::,lnatlonit for v. - r-r' d'-nt tho latter called but one n'ite, Kei.ti'i'y. 1 tl.') land -truck up "My' Oil K'nV'' -y Home." William 1. Ilrod-r of Itu-V'lvili-, Ky., pla-ed en. liuckiier na-i.e f.jrn.a.iy iu nomiiiation, and th-n ,mination ii forthwith mado nnanl- Uiv'jo. TRAMPS A K;n-n';t LymbiuK Party b.ipciei of Two Kurdtren. At m u.iu il- r I o'clo -k Sunday moru ln i.Lt'.. , cii;ifr.rs m, I I..rn.it 2Ju (jroMi, who :iiur I'T' d .-berlff ltoi(cri IL June, w it Landed to the railroad br.dge, a n'lur ter -l h i:.i out of 'ji'-ncoe, Ml m. On1 ' '.be men viaa hariie I from tho north ildu ot Ibe I .rldifu and the o'her ff.u, tb'moa'.h bide. Tne ' d wa dol," by l'j niei. of M : lfo 1 county. ho thut erea"d tl.elr dU apj fov.-.l of tho ver il -t thut M i-rovo be f.i.r.nijd to the stalls pris .n lor life,' lnt':ud Of b"lti "t.t to the ijiidown. .'iM(ii.ari bad not ':l l.e.-n triol 'I he er li I lu M i-irrave . am v i ipjo to thu f!orlof W. W. l.rwih, who def-nded bim. 1 be mob !. ijuIeK ly upon the Jail, over poK' fi J tl.i t jn.kcv ai.d i; .arda and by .m. of u aledj.; b.im.'i.er m'j ju tul cuitody ttl U. li-' U M lll.ll,. Tcrk M uat Do BeUr Ir I'hi'.lp f uirie, the Jirlilalj Minbairador to 'i - y, n ho iatte l itU return to ( on tntu.o;,ie on Monday, l-lt J-.io!nd with lnlr ' tioii in d' uiu.i ilh ti.o sultan lo v-t Ii. I' pi. Jefciiy of other ami bmudora lo tb J'orl I! t;.e o .' uniiU should require II. Hr pbi.ip la a,o to l.ave free coii.mand of Uri'-'ii t,nvl a,d iii t-nfor'-e such d'lU.m.da a be u-v u.ka:. 'I be hullau wl.i be a Ivieod ot iUM lui.u.m lu ti.Kl'h'l oli'-y lu 'J ury bou-dni':. alter the arrival of hir 1'blilp lu C'itM.iiopie. Hetri .lll-Ji hfitffl la the M-rkll on Mlir.o fi-r.) of the l-laml of ('fete on In 1."'J lie w.'i n candidate for cimcro: lu 1110 be wa. one of the ei.tir-nMiir;e on th" KepuMh'llll ticket, and Wll elected; III li'd wa a member i. f tho police coiiferenco at Washluk'toii: r n th" '.'ih of May, Isr.l was elected colonel of tho Fourteenth rck'lmeiit of Illiiiol infantry; wa promoted to Lrik'ik-dlcr-ifeniral of voliintiM-rs iu November, 101, and wa promot 'd to major-ic'iiernl iu 1''. I, and served to the close of the war. ' M was elected (,'overnorof llliuol In IHi'.S; v..' ' f of tho liemoerntio visitor to I.oiiIh lana after th" .r!ldentlnl election lu wa" noinini.P d as a eandldnte for Flitted States senator I y the liemocrntle memln-rs of the li'k'l.ilaturo In 17, and was afterward twice nominated for theanme oflleo and do fcat"d; was deleKate-nl-lark'" to tho national In'mocratlc convention In 184; In list was nominated by the liemocratio state conven tion as n ciiii'dldatu for irovernor was defeut ed; in li.D wa nominated by tho Democrats tho convention i of the state ns a candidate for state euator; ! carrieu tne stain ny ;io,ooo piuriiiiiy; 101 Imocratle member of the leirislnttiro were I elected who voted fur him l.";i bnlbdsion the l."i4Ill bullot tho Independent united with ; the Democrats lltld bo was eleeied I'nited i states senator. His term will expire March j 3, 1T.7. i Simon Bolivar Bucknor. den. Simon liollvar Iluckner I 71 years I old and was born In Hart county, iu the I southern part of Kentuekv, and still lives in tbo bar cubin In which lie was born. '1 hi Iok cal'iu wa built by tho ffeneral s father over a hundred year i'iko, uud th" only time that be ha lived away frmu bis birthplace wa when ho was governor of hi native state. The -neral bus addeil to the original I'al in mi l h" ba now ono of the most pic ture.ii" hoiii" In tho state. At Wc-t Point h" k'i'id'iat"d in tho sumo cla.- with lien, (irant; (i-n. Iluckner l a been married twice and Ids present wife I ailire.'t dcsci'iidaiii of one f the old' -t settler in tl i country, and her family I one of th" must aristocratic f.imlli" of Virginia. After bis t-rm ai K"V ernor ba I ex Ired p." r-turiied to the hnine where Ii- was liorn. II" wa the liemncratlc k'ol 1 standard candidate for l iilted States Senator In Kentucky last winter, but uwlui; to the troublo.is times withdrew from the ra-e and no one was idi'cted, l"ii. Iluckner Is worth Homethiii( over ? l,0iM),(i!iil, nearly all of whli'h i invested lu Inriu lands and r. id e-i tt". Ho is ijiiiio a poet and Shakes pcariati scbular. lu 1-41 lien. llucKtier k'raduatcd from West Point, two year previous to the Mex ican war. Inirlui; this i,tni.-tio for Mexican independence be entered tho army as lieu tenant and came out as captain. When the civil war cumo on Iluckner resided In Ken tucky and was made inljuttitit-Kci.eral of the stuto with command of the stale k'uard, aud durtnir the sleo of Fort Donaldson Iluckner wa third In command of the fort. irant surrounded the fort on all sides, and after tho atta. k of February li and 14 the con federate force saw that further resistance would be fruitless, and the senior k'cneral s turned the command over to iluckner, and lu the evening departed by boats with 5,uo(J m"u. Iluckner inh'kly rcullzln-; that bis sltua atlou was bopeles at onco decided to sur render. Ho wrote a letter to ien, (Irant RUKk'ctlnK an armistice till noon of Febru ary 10 that terms he agreed upon bycommls sloners. To this Oen. tirnnt liumodlately re plied In a letter which has since been ehroii I' le l an t made famous iu history. At the c( so of the war lien, Iluckner devoted him self to farming and r.ul estate. I I.y np.iau c h, Miyliik' lir;'Ull."Iit. that II" lioforo the tun rose on the Capital City, I.I Hung Chang had arisen and was making ready for a day of sightseeing. The ar rangement of the program had been left by Onera! Kuger entirely In the hands of Id Uuog Chang himself, and while the points of Interest that It wng thought he might be pleased to see, were suggested, no attempt was made to urge his laney. After aouie discussion among the suite, the C hlnese de cided to go llrst lo the capital. He was ue compniilert by ex-Secretnry of htute Foster and bis suite. I.I Hung bang's party remained nt tbo capltol less than an hour. The distinguished visitor was conducted to the olllce of the s "rgottnt-nt-nriiis, where ho was presented lo Colonel 11. J. UrlKht, sorgeant-nt-arros. From this point, he was escorted In succes sion to the mari.lo room, the president's room, the senate cbiitniar, tho supreme Court quarters, the rotunda, th" congress . u il lliTiiry nnd the ball of the bouse of representatives. Very little time was given to any of these, balls and when be bud rented for a few minutes In the house, the viceroy (Ionian b'd to bo taken to hi carriage, in order not to be late at an i ngageni"iit w hl- h ho bad ma le with tne t hlnc-e mlnl-ter. Kx-Sceretary Foster, who bad a"t"d ns guide dining ihu tour of the capital, made nn effort to prevail upon 1. 1 to visit the new library bull. ling, telling bim that it wus the llno-l building in the city. "Is It llnih"d t" IA ipil.-d, mid wh'-n td l that It was not tie declined (o make the In spection. I, appeared to take more interest lu Librarian spollord than in hi books, and spent very litti" lime iu the oid library, Mr. SpolTord, wb"ii pr' ent"d to tho distinguish ed visitor, state, i that while th ' library con tained 7.'-U.iN!0 book, there Wcr- about W)J Chinese works on Its shelves. "How old am you," ho asked Mr. SpolTord, and upon being told the librarian's ng", he said, "You have many books lu your bead." "More out of It," responded Mr. SpolTord, to which the Clilnisio dignitary replied with a deprecatory gestur", which required uo in terpretation. I.iirl 1,1 gave a k'n at deal of attention to the life-size j ainiihk's of Vahliigtoii, lie expressed a ilisiro to nsceiid the Washington monument, a-kltig If the air was good aud If there was mi elesator. 1.1 wore bis lamoiis yellow jacket during the tour nnd was followed by bis personal attendants iu the ord-r of their ranks. From the capltol, the party drove to the residence of the ( llllie.se minister. Klalior.Ho preparations bad been made by Minister Xang u for the reception of the highest representative of bis exalted emper or. The mansions that form the legation wro decorated lu niiitrnlllceiit style. Immediately upon Li's arrival und lifter he bad received the greetings of the minister nnd bis household, 1.1 Hung Chang and Mr. Yang Vu retired for a private conference, which was somewhat extended. Then there wn a general reception nud fraternizing be tween the members of tho visiting embussy and those id the legation, and at noon the Viceroy nud his suite were entertained at luncheon In the bullroom. So foreigners were present, A GOOD RECORD Mad By Secretary Hoke Smith Who loaves Tho Ictcrior Department. Secretary Smith closed his administration of the affairs of the Interior department ou tbo 1st, ninl retired from tho cabinet. The last papers were disposed of in the routine business mid bis active work closed Mon day afternoon. The secretary was at the department, but biks devoted almost his en tire time to callers and taking leave of his associates and of the employes of the depart ment. The record of tbo department for volume of work p' rf'Tiued during thepik-t three and a half years Is probably ahead of any period of Its history. Secretary Smith has enforced the strictest' civil service rub s, making merit tho s.il" ground of promotion bulu In nud and outside the civil ervi"o; he has unhesl- tatlUKly discharged bis own uppoliitees If their wrk was not well done, uud the force of the I'.cpa.'tmcut nil over the country lias been broiik'tit to a hik'li stale of prolloieucy. In the general land otlleo, the work Is now practically up. This has involved not only u disposition 1. 1 current work, but a large ouantltv of a-ci.iiiiilated work which was on liand March I'., Is'J l. 'llio following state un lit of th work of sumo of the laud divis ions will Illustrate: At the beginning of tho administration tb"re were pending lu the preemption divls Ion of the general laud otllce, more than -,(100 unadju Healed llnal proots iu pre-emp tion, limber culture or desert laud claims, besides a considerable amount of other busi ness. T!:ls division bus not only disposed ot current work ns It ciuue into the oflleo, but Is now practically up to date. In the divis ion charged with the adjustment of grunts to did lu the construction of railroads, there were pending, March 4, 1'JU, f.OUO cases. In eluding applications within railroad limits. Current work hius been kept up and accumu lated business reduced to less thuu u thous and. There were pending entries Involving rail road iiiestlous, March 4. lH'.ri, J.loti. Cur rent work bos been disposed of nud tho ac cumulated work reduced to 30 eases. Apt-Mil from the liintl ottli'e are made to the I secretary's cilice. This business was about two years behind March 4, lM'JJ. Current work Is now being transacted. There were u large number ot old eases peudiug for years, iiotuhly, the Jennie Davis case the Florida ft I'eiiinsular railroad case, nnd the termini of the Northern l'aclllc. hecretury Smith has disposed ot all these old cases uud Leading Event of tho tt Paul Encamp ment. The principal event of the O. A. IX en campment Tuesday was the meeting and parade of the Union ei-l'rlsonera ot War. Charles F. Sheriff, of Pittsburg, was elected national commander. The parade was re viewed by Commander-in-Chief Walker. The Minnesota troops held a reunion In the afternoon. In the evening the women of tho citizens' committee held nn open air reception at Summit l'ark aud Summit avenue. Five reception platforms were filled with the members of all the women's committees.wbo ofllelated as a general reception committee. On the main platform at Summit park were stationed General Walker and his stall and a few of the distinguished guests. Wednesday nt 10 o'clock the grand parade of the (Irand Army of the Iicpubtlt) took place. The parade was under command of Commander-in-Chief Walker and It Is esti mated thut there were 30,000 to 40,0o0 veter ans In lino. In recent years It hns ooen thought neces sary to shorten the length of the grand pa rade of the old soldiers and this year's pa rade exceeded two mile by but a trifle, and as It was over smooth streets nnd easy walk ing no III elT"ts were anticipated from tho trump, ll-side the meeting and recounting of old experiences and renew ing old neiiialu tnncc. there is nothing that goes ahead of this event, and to it many of the old veterans look forward through tho entire year, saving their ilreiigth for this return to the days whi n ns comrades they curried muskets and touched clLowsnnd found tliem-elves not so stilT niter a short mar -h as now. As the years have pass. 'i I more have dropped out of line, tnanv have joined the "-llcnt majority" nnd the gradually diminishing line recalls the more than ifticratloh that has paed since tlu'ev were lighting n.eu without cpnils. VFHMOKT ELECTION. An Unprecedented iujorlty for tho Repub lican Ticket. Th" (ircen Mountain State has declared ror the entire liepubllcan tickit l y a major ity which ( xeei-ds the expectation of tho most enthusiastic I!ot.ut,cnn. Iletums from nil sections of the State show substan tial Ilopubllciin gain, and the majority will be the largest ever given In the Slate. The nonret approach to it in a state election was In l1. wii"n the majority was 27,iil. vvitii unit a score of remote towns to ho heard from, the vote of which will not ma terially change the result, the llepubllcans have a majority of more than 33,000. these are conservative llgures. Chairman Merrill of tlie Itepiibilci.n Stat" committee, states that the olheiul figure will show a majority of nt least 37,000, while some others estimate the llnitl result as high ns IT. '.000. II. Henry Towers, the liepubllcnn con gressioiinl candidate lu the i'lrU district, and William M. (Irout, In the Second; are both r levied by Increased majorities, and the State Senate and House are in the con trol of tho llepubllcans by practically the tho same majority ns two years ago. Many Democrats who do not endorse tho platform of tho Chicago couveution, re mained nw.iy from the polls, while the more dlssutlsiled ones voted lor the liepub llcan ticket. The Populist and Prohibition vote was practically tho same as four years ago. Th" ticket eloct" 1 follows: (iovernor, Josinli (irout, ot Derby: lieu tenant governor, Nelson W. Fish, of Isle I. a Motto; state treasurer, Henry F. Field; sec retary of stale, Chauucey W. l'rownell, of Ilurllngtoii: state auditor. Franklin D. Hale, of I.uneburg; congressman, from First dis trict, II. Henry Powers, of Morrlsvllle, con gressman from Second district, William W, urout, of liarton. ELEVEN 111 ON DIED OLIjDIY. SCENE AT BENTON HARBOR. Yora'i Opera Homo ani Other Building! Deitroyed. The mostyhorrlble holocaust, with great loss of life, that ba ever occurred In that part of the state occurred Saturday night at mid night at Denton Harbor, Mich., when Yore's opera bouse took fire, and In the fight to save tho building nnd other blocks adjoining 11 firemen, one a Volunteer, met their fate at ono fell swoop, death being Instantaneous for five of them, six living only a few hours In awful agony, while several others met with severe bruises and burns. During tho evening the play "A Factory Girl," had been given by local talent aud had closed but a half hour before the tire was discovered. The building then was lin ed from basement to the I.uirih story with a suiTocnting smok, wlilch shortly burst Into a sheet of llamc, enveloping the entire audi ence room, before tho lire ilepartment couid respond with a single stream of water. '1 here was some confusion nt the outset owing to the lack of hook nud ladder fii'lll tl"S. although the local lire companies hud that day closed a two days' tournament, ex hibiting much skill in ipiick work. St. Joseph wn called on for assistance nt once. Th" local lircmen approached tho building through an alley, unloading ladders lu the rear, nnd white hoisting them tbo tipper walls fell ovr without a second's warning. covering the men lforo tho horrillod gaze of hundreds of spectators. I he opera. lnmo building was compara tively new, hnvlii'.r been erected seven years ago, at a cost ui r Wiio, py Patrick tore, a weulty faruier, rbo Iia1 since P.uj"d It to J. A. slmon, who had charge for six y nr.. A two-story brick block, owned by Joseph Frl ik, which st.o l adjoining, was demolish ed by the opera house wnlls falling on Its top nhd crushing through to the basement without apparent resl.stnnce. 1 lies pern house iiineii whs occupied by the Kveiiing News" H. M. Austin's bakery, J. Cerustein, clothing: John Holmes's burlier shop and a truit stand iu the basement. The l rick block was used for retail boot und shoe iiislne-s und dwelling purposes. J he building and slocks destroyed, Willi losses, are ns follows: Opera house block, bss 40, 000, lusurnnce gl'.I.OOO; the Kv"ulng News plant, (4,000, insurance ('J.fiOO; J. Ilernstein 1:3,000, no Insurance: H. M. Austin 6300, no lusurnnce; John Holmes, irloO, no Insurance; J. M. Frlek, loss 7,000, Insur ance ?5,000; J, N. Herr, grocery store across the alley, damage to building and stock. l.noo, fviliy Insured: Dr. Hunt nud S. M. Austin, grocers across the alley, dumiigo to building nud stocks. ttlOO each, fully In sured. A high wind prevailed, which cntised tho walls to fall outwurd, ami adjoining build ings were saved with difllculty. A large quantity of stage scenery belonging to Harry I.mery, of the Katie I'utnam company: j. a. Simon and W. C. Hocks, was destroyed, with no Insurance. DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES. I! SERVICE TO BE IMPROVED. British Government Will Appoint Addition kl Gotninercial Attache!. Thomas Fwli.g Moore, I'nlti d State com ii. i r'lal ngi nt at slmar, ha called tbo at tention of the department of statu to tho fact lhal the llritlsh government has taken st s to supplement Its consular serice by the ap pointment of commercial attaches. Ho far two of these attache have been appointed, one at llerilu, whose Held comprises (ier muny. Netherlands uud Scandinavia, und one ut Malrld for Spain and 1'ortugal. Tlm duties of these o thelitis are to rellevi llitt con. i sujs of the work vf tn'rf.i'li':iiig)lrljjb goods ; to foreign tnnrkeia, und the beginning of Uil hrvi':o baa been noted with alarm by Fii"i''' greatest trade competitor, (Jer msiiVi where the preaa bos begun already an agilalb'i looking to the reform of the tier, man consular service to meet Fnglaud's not ion, Involving a special e.lui utlon and pre paration of young men for a consular career. It dcitittLi'le'l (but consulur olHcers be ii. "ii coiiiiiii'rea!.ly and technically trained or else that they t supplied with specially trained assistant. Mr. Mooru uttrlbuV'e this agitation In both flreal Iirlluiii uud (icrmany lor the remodel ing of in" consular ser'dce lo a peicepilou of the H'.'cllenl remit uitydlng the develop, ineiit by lh ( 'lilted Stuti ol tt ay item of special consular report upon uui'ter culeu luted to benefit Au.ericun producers and n.er. bants. Edgar Tuomion Mills Cloif. The F.dgur Thomson stool works at "''d-do'-k, I'd., closed Wednesday night ! & o'clock. 'J ba action was a Kiiral urp.M M It was not evmt suspect 1. It will be or an Indefinite period. One of the suiierluUn' ili,t sat I thut th work may run on half A City of Japan Entirely Wiped Out and Ithars Shaken. Much alarm I felt at Yokohama over a meagre report of a great eartlnUako which occurred in mo nortiiciisi provinces of the main l-lund of Japan on Monday evening. The town of Ilokugo has been entirely du st roved and several towns damaged. Mauv persons are reported to have been killed by tne eartiuiuiike ami a sun larger number lu lured, while a multitude havesutTered severe losen by damage to property. The provinces visited by tho enrthquake are the same ns those tieva.-tated by the ter rible earth. piahe nnd tidal wave of June 15 last, when tt number of towns were wiped out aim tne csiimutcil loss of life was lio.ooo. I lie provinces of lb ku.'di and i!tku"hu along the coast frmn the island of Kiukusiiu northward, were the principal sullerers then. The recollection id tin) havoc to human life wrought by Unit convulsion causes grave anxiety as to what further reports may show of the result of Monday's eaithiiuak". On the same day a typhoon caused extensive damage iu Southern Japan. BYNUM F0H CHAIRMAN. Candidate! to Bo Notified la Louisville Sep tembcr 12. Tho national committee of the Nutlonii' Democratic party held u meeting after the convention bad udjourncd. It wus decided to have mi executive committee of nine to manage the campaign, uud W. D. llynum wa selected, without opposition, for chair man of the executive committee. Mr. lly num was empowered to select the other mom hers of of the executive committee. John 1' Frcnsol, of Indianapolis, wus chosen for treasurer, but the choice of u secretary was left to the committee, Itoth tiie presidential and vice presidential candidates will be notified ot their nomina tion lu I.oul-ville, September 12. Ileudouur ters of the executive committee will probably be located lu Chicago. ISoth 1'almer und iluckner have stated that they accept the nomination. Iluckner will deliver several ripucuhus. SHOT THE ROBBER DEAD, leave no such Lu-l:.'-'! tv l1' successor. 1 no general policy f l pub of Mia the ilepartment lauds lias been ''r V .i.oiiu Mucin una ,.-'- v sustain, wherever It could Le Justly done, the rights of the settler und to fucllllato timber culture entries. Secretory Smith hns felt a deep Interest In tbo Indian work. Ho bus urged upon cou gross the desirability of changing tho olllcu of comml-sloiicr of ludiau affair into a coin uilssiou of tlir.-o men, two to bo I'lvl.lans of li!ririit political faith, und one an iirmy of lleer, the object being to thus prevent poll tics from getting into the service uud iilso to free the bead of thu bureau from changes of policy. PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED. Monthly Statement from th United States Treasury. The monthly statement of the nuhlio debt Issued from the treasury department shows that nt the close of businuss Monday the publlo debt less cash iu tlie treasury wus U7S.-l'J7,rjd, which is an Incrcnso for the month of l'J..142,(is4, wjdeh Is accounted for by ibn loss ot nearly thut amount ot cash on hand due, to the excess of expenditures over receipts, me uuut is recapitulated ns follows: Interest bearing debt, isl7.8t'4,2t)0. interest en vlil"h Interest hns ceased since maturity, il.fi'A'JUO; debt bearing no interest, &U72, KM),37ii. This amount, however, does not lu- 130, t73 iu certificates nudtieusury notes outstanding and olTset by uu ivpuul amount of cash iu the treasury. llio cash In the treasury. Is classified as follows: Hold, $13:1.1127,200: silver, 153.- U47.7O0; paper, 1177, 82:l.flUH; bonds, disburs ing ollleer's balances, etc., in,i)V2,ilii, milk ing a total ot 84:',:iss.740, ugaiust which there are demand liabilities iimotintiug to tiKHi.042,343, which leaves J13,3ir.,40ll cash In the treasury. The Interest bearlug debt of the government Is shown by the statement to have been: i l,ls2, 1 1'JfiM on March 1, lHVi; tS14.liKi.220 ou March 1, lv.b e.IsS,- dJI.'JbO ou March 1, lS'JJ. and cS47,304,2uO on August 31, lh'JO. CLARKSON THE COMHANDE; Elected to th Highest Offiee la the J Army ot th Republic. , MaJ. Thaddous B. Clarkson, of fw' was elected Commander-in-Chief 0 A. It. by acclamation Friday mornig J other candidates John C. Llnehan, 7) Ballon, Rear Admiral Richard W. Mtj,J rnmrails ltnlMnn. nil withdraw v., son made a speech of recognition honor. Adjt. Oen. Mullen, of Mir.",! was cuoseu senior ticu comrnanusr (ij W. Ibioklrr. of Alabama, lunbir ., N tnanderi A. E. Johnson, of Washing,' goon general, and llev. Mark II. 'I avlij Mnssncbussets, cbaplaln-ln-chief, ' Mnj. Clarkson was born nt Osttr. Tn,, In 1840. On April 10, ISt'.l, h , for three months lu Company A. tinF nols artillery. He went to Cairo under (ion. (irant there, ro-enii,t,i . j " " -'J nnn .illi-lll.-l l'IS-J X, if nieieiilll Ul him A nil I'-tmiiii H in.M I h!... ...! .Ilk ll.l . . p. ..v.. n.i.i inm .-fc. HI- 111 . lng In the battles with tht rnni'nan.i C march to Helena and Little Hock, Art 3 knnsas tampnign In August, 1m,; l. .1.1..1 1 . . , .. . . 1 1 si-ieu in rnisiii; me iinru ArHiili'.ji 01 1 111011 winie men, w as pronciti.,1 v. anil comiiiHruea ine regiment um inv niiwj 111 lie ini, 'iiriieipiilllig i an 01 me unities in Arkansas uiel-r o. r"i . i.t. Major Clarkson announced 1 1 ment of C. li I'.urmester. ol (Jmiihs, Hl taut general. Hie lltterillices of rresldent pj ; Harvard university, conci rnliu' t!. i". Army of the Hepuidii; were res.'!,t- . port from the Committee en . which was adopted, declaring ti ati!.i "we emphatically condemn n unworthy nnd untruthful, we w ,, I, t.lfi. tl...... I.w n fr....l -..J..I..I,.... . Ul. J 111. Ill im in... - r-, 'i, 1 1 1 -u ,, ,. j , nation.'' '1 be antl-Confedcrat" ( f r ( enciinii'tr.eiit was put to n ti-t I.y i K partment Commander lilodgctt, ', ( jt who introduced u raoluU.u ry. the erection of a soldiers her. " in t l! for Confederate iirmy veteran. ; pns the Committed singe-nnd tl,.. , ;,. of Illlnol threw it out nt it lu-i Iiient. The project of elah.,ij Li tmrks on the site of Vleksbnrg and iivi: mrg battle fields was strongly ei, ur A resolution was adopted a-U;.. - to pass a law forbiiiiiing tin. u. , national cent of arms and 11 I r ; purposes or for private gnln u lu ( uinrk or label. (in mdlon of Cumbcrlund podN ." Illinois, tlie eiicntnpmcnt s ii pp r; d ; posit Ion to rnlne Maj.-(bii. N'-l n A. L. K. A., to tlie rank of lleup nm t . The Sous of Veterans question wn. for a year in a report fiom the i ; on rules by a reference of tli" r j v. the UuiTalo encampment. Tho convention of the W. n:;.' : Corps elected the following nlli ; dent, Mrs. Agues Hltt.of Iii Huna; ;:. . vice presideut. Miss Marie a ":i 11.;. St. l'liul; treasurer, Mrs. Isal clii' lw; Zanesville, U., junior vice j . r--i I-r.t Amelia J. Colgau. nt Vlrglulu. i niendatlon In tho rreKldent's t--dersouville prison site bo i ur .-iui ! corps uud kept permanently In cc!:: a war exhibit was adopted.' '!!:' l.. tho O, A. li. Onlsbed the electi. n 'I ns follows: Treasurer, Mr. I I, rj Washington; chaplain. Mrs. p Massachusetts; national i ouu.- or Laura McNulr, New Jersey. BUSINESS BETTER. NINE SXELETONS FOUND. !:h-' U.imJJ NEWS NOTES; The Adam Express company announces that the strike of Its New lork and Jersey City employes Is ended. Anna Livingston. John L. Sullivan's com mon law wife, died In New York, ou Hun day. Tho first ull steel steamboat over built In the vicinity of I'lttsburg bus beeu launched at McKoes hocks. UoorgoL. Wlioeler.SUus Lee and Hickman Fris.'iiiuii wore hanged at 1'arls , '1'ex., I'rlduy for crimes committed iu thu ludiau Terri tory. Humuel T. Tolen, an American merchant of Curdonas, Cuba, was urrenled by Spanish police ut I'liivaua us bo wus about to sail for for New York. The Clyde and Iielfust ship builders have settled tuelr dl'.fcrences Willi their employes by conceding the advauutf lu wugoa de manded by the ii uu. The eablu In whbdi Ocn.draut was born In Clurmoul eoniity, (J., has been removed to the grounds of tbo Slots Hoard of Aglculture at ( oliimbu and Its was dedicated Ihurs- Then He Pullei th Throttle Wide Cpcn. ' An nttmpt was made .Saturday night to j lpdd up the overland express train at Web- Hter, bix Billes west of Sacramento. The en gine was in chargo of Engineer V. Ingles and Fireman l'atrlek liurns. As tho train npproached Webster, a niuu crawled over the tender, and, covering the engineer and fireman with a pistol, compelled them to stop the train. The man guarded the engineer, while an accomplice, who had been lu waiting, started back to rob the train. Engineer Ingles, see lug his captor off guard, shot him dead and ran the train into Sucrumuuto. A large force of men is scouring the oouutry in search of the escaped robber. The train was crowded with passengers, aud there wus a largo amount of money In the express car. The body of thu train robber who was shot was found lying1 ueur the truck. In hut hand wus grasped tlie loaded pistol. Tho man's name I thought to be F. J. Morgan aud he probably came from San Frauclsco. An Indian Burial Mound Being Opened In Ohio. It. C. Osborn nnd William Jones, of St. Louisville, ()., have been making nrchacolo gl 'ai Investigations ou the Calvin Nether farm, near that place, by excavating a largo mound over 70 feet through its I u-e. Nino skeletons have been removed. They are all of medium size and differ from those pic vlously found In that locality in that the heads were not found lying toward the east. The boues were found iieur the center of the mound, but the bodies were uot deposited tiuriillel with one another. The upper part of the mound coututuod ashes und burned clay. Around the skele tons was const lei able yellow clay, different from the soil of w hich the mound was built. Pieces of rock foreign to that locality were were ulso fouud with the clay. The jaw bone of an elk uud a number of burned clay bulls were discovered uoar the bone but there was no evidence of an effort to preserve the bodies as has leeu fouud in oilier similar mounds. Tho skulls Indicate that the bodies were those of adults and the frontal boues are particularly prominent. GENTRY' GRAND VICTORY. Faces th Fatten Thre Conteeutiv Miles Ever Made. Iu tho presence of H.OOO spectators nt Fleetwood Turk ou the 2d, William Simp son's stallion, John It. Gentry, lowered the colors of Hubert J., Frank Agan and Star rultiFor, winning the most remarkable har ness race on record mid pacing three heats ill 203:',, 203', nud 20.11., the fastest time ever known for three consecutive uilles. Hubert J. was a red-hot favorite in the bet ting before the start, 3 to 11) being the best odds obtainable, while John It. U entry wus 4lo 1. 0AN0 OF THIEVES. Dun Sees a Rcmarkablo lr::ivJ the Past Week. R. O. Dun k Co., In their w vki; of trade, guy : There Is a, distinct Increa-c ot t : duo largely to the continuing nirlt ports ot gold, which have put n money anxiety, and ulso to p. which nre closely watched. W not yet start more mills mi l fi: r.-l are closing for want of work, It heavy speculative purchases I wool uud some other materii'.!. ( enced men. who believe Hiatal"' business Is not far olT, and f r li. -tr in nearly two months a slight t ; n uppeurs in prices of tnanufa 't ir'!;: Tho gain in conHd'Oiee und la ir::..i' lend und invest gives r. a-, n t" the necessary replenishment ! ! ' cannot be long deferred, enough to stimulate fair a. '.in:j i try. Wheat suddenly took a re but reacted with better er.,t i" Thursday, when another ii.lt it lc, making tho net decline for t! " Western receipts continued lur.'.1. The starting of some wo.,; :i : have bet ii idle uud ueeiui!';:v.:: .' a short run 4s still luihm 1 1 y t of others, uud the volume I ri increase. No gain us yet up; ear- ::: prices; but n marked specula wool shows belief that price i and sales for the week were l. C' of which only ,133. 7o0 wen lr-l over half of the doiin-ti.' I Texas aud far western states nt lug from 7o to H'.jC. Cott. t, s'. "! lug stronger, more grades hiit".' and though sales are in,, In:-, more buyers, Indicating evliuu-t: -ers' stocks. Failures for the week bate M 1 the I'nited Slates, against 1 ii . ai iu Canudn, against lis la-t ). ,'lv ' Still Favor Annexation. II. O. Whitney, cx-postmuster general of tho lluwulluu Inlands, has Just urrlved from Honolulu, reports a strong revival ot the an nexation feeling ou thu isluuds aud says It Is greatly Inlenslllud through tho belief that should Hawaii ba annexed lo the Fulled Hlutea the threatened Japanese trouble would be entirely wiped out by the abroga Cation ot all existing treaties. Iiy what is nowu as the (lllou treaty, entered into with Japan about thirteen years ago, Japanese may pour Into the Islands In unlimited num bers. They now number 23,000 aud are coin ing, Mr. Whitney stales, at an alarmlug rat u la"wi iwir, Following' ths Bryan Party Rob a Bank in Ripley, N. Y. The gang of thieves which hud followed thu llryuu party through Now York stale took ndvaiituge of thu stop lu lllpley to do a clever streak ot work. There is a small batik In the town a branch of F. A. Skinner's First National bank ot Westlleld. The bauk clerks rushed to thu front door to see the purnde aud in the lueautime thieves slipped In ut a back window uud made away with all the cash lu sight, which amounted to about i'M), Big Grape Crop. The grape growers of northern Ohio are aflb'ted with a big crop. The vines are black wilh the fruit, which Is selling ut live cents a basket of 10 pounds lu the vlneyajd. There li uo prollt in such a price, for the busket coats two aud a bait cents aud the picking us much more. It Is said that no more grapes will be sent to market but that the remaider of the croo will bu sold to wiue makers. This years' crop Is the heaviest ever known iu this section of the country. Vermont's Majority. Returns from all the counties show the Republican sweep was nioje ouinletttJhan wa flrtt telleveX "" Anarohists Threw Bos The Turkish legation at W-'. celved t ;e following telegram !' lime norte: "The Imperial authorities l'1' government attorneys all ii cui -uectiou with the criminal a t-'! Inns nud Mussulmuns. 'Hi" r fTMiitts fired throe bomb " passing through lialata. ti- ; few soldiers were killed. sln :; ovf-r. no further criminal 'B mltted and order prevails in i' provinces of the empire. BRIEF KENIIO L. Sornelllan, nn Amorlciin ''!'-1 ed lu Cuba for sympathy witin- was on Saturday senteiiccu l'lues, for life. . Michael Mnridiv. who w.i Is'- ...u.l I. .In. Tl,i,r,ir'i 1,,111-C Ul and assaulted Theurer Uz shot him dead. n...,i ...i loi ic 1 l-1 1... .i.i ....I ..,r... at V ' a ni.iiii vmiuuiiii'i HikcrRineiito. Siitlir.luy Ulk'llti irlneer shut one ot them J I'' the station. The latest move In theinln""! threat made by the organ""" Isststi tltit tiiii.iintiin tiin ltT'r' I ment of the 70-cent rat- b) union men would make III" ' paid lu the I'lttsburg distal " Il.l.l..- XI..I.,.. uliou" ''lis'" the 14th Inst, the othe- ('''' 'J twecu this date and "V f.l are: Arkausas, he""' berfliUeorgla, (Wooer, 7. The goveruie" " . m ...miv 111 lt V acuous oi a yt p ..i . . m .11. LOlllds till MfCOU." HIOIl Ol 1" ,'. . ,. ii.l ul debt. P "' " J aocuuiulllted III ll uu..r. kiesum of t7&0,i"'1'. ii. Cliarlotte tstulth. t ' e te New York. to bc.ln f,n rldlug o Weyple lyUul alder tuo practie -nr.' ' that female rid perdition. -' ""71
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