BRYAN AND WATSON. Populltt Nam the Hebraskan for Flrit Place. The Topnllut National Convention mot nt Pt. Louis on tho J3d. Senator Marion But ler, of North Carolina, the choice of the compromise Bryan element, wns made tem porary chnlrman without opposition. The convention appointed its committee on cre dential and adjourned until H p. m. At that hour the delegates imind themselves groping nliotit In the dnrk, the electric light having lieon turneil olT. The mhldle-of-the-road men said It was a Bryan trick. Find ing that the committee on credential would not be ready to report until morning any way, the convcnllon adjourned until 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Coxev, with his son-in-law, Carl llrnwne, and hia young son, "Legal Tender," were conspicuous llgurca at the convention. J. W. llnyea, ol the Knights of Labor, and W. D. Vincent were chosen tempornry seorc taiies of the convention. The committee, at Ha afternoon mooting took up the Various contests Illinois, being the first in order. This contest Involved the seuta of the '."2 delegates from the con gressional district comprised In Chicago. One of tho delegation was headed ty 11. H. Taylor, and the other ly William Burns, who was Imprisoned with Eugene Iba after the Chicago strike. Siiecohoa wore made by both Hums ami Taylor, ami bitter charge were made against earh other. The contest was decided by the adoption, by 49 tola, of a motion offered by Ignatius Donnelly, giv ing each meml)er of both delegations naif a vote. The hearing in tho Ohio case follow ed. This controversy applied to the Nine teenth district, Involving three district seats, nn(l Indirectly the sent of one defoliate nt large. The National Committee took middle ground and gave each member of the two delegations a half vote. There were two aessiona of the Populist convention Thursday a morning session of two hours and an afternoon session of six hours. The latter carried the convention Into the night. Senator Allen, of Nebraska, was elecied permanent chairman. The convention was called to order Friday morning by Senator Allen, permanent chair man, at 10:0S o'clock. 1'rayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Williams, of the I Dion Method ist church of St Louis. A gavel, constructed in the State of Ohio, out of 48 kinds of timber, representing every state, was presented tn tho chairman by Delegate Noe, of Ohio, as a 'middle-of-the-road'' gavel and it was accepted by the chairman. After considerable debate the Woman's Suffrage plank was defeated In the Populist resolutions committee. It was antagonized by the southern and western delegates, the members from Utah declaring that if it pre vailed the vote In that State would be turn ed over entirely to tho mormon church. An othts plank declares the election of Presi dent, vice President aod Senators by a di rect vote of the people. After some discus sion and opposition from southern delegates who deplored anything that would raise an issue, a plank was adopted declaring for a free ballot and a fair count. The Populist committee on resolutions re jected Coxey's non-interest bearing bond scheme bv a vote of 14 ayes to 25 nnva. At 11 o'clock the committee had agreed upon the preamble to the platform, and several sections of the financial plnnk. A demand Is made for such legislation as will enable every Industrious and prudent citizen to secure a home, and declares that public lands should not be monopolized for speculative purposes. The policy that bos prevailed In the Interior department enabling bona fide settlers to be despoiled of their homes. Is condemned, and remedial legisla tion demanded. The sympathy of the party with Cuba in ber struggle for political freedom and inde pendence, Is expressed, and the declaration made that the time has come when the Unit ed States, the greatest republic of the world, should recognize that Island as a free and in dependent state. The last session of the convention, which lasted until almost 6 o'clock Saturday after noon, was marked H? scenes of turbulence' and noisy excitement, which several times bordered on actual riot and what almost Sreclpltnted personal collisions. One fist ght did occur. A Rhode Inland delegate was ejected and a West Virginia delegate, Inflamed by the action of the convention, walked suddenly out of the ball. The storm center, as on the three previous days, was In the Texas delegation. William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska. who was nominated by the Democratic, conven tion at Chicago a fortnight ago, was made the standard-bearer of the Populist party by a vote of 1,047 to 831. Tho democratic candidates was nominated in the face of his own protest in the shape of a telegram directing the withdrawal of his name sent to Henntor Jones, after Sewall. his running mate, bad been ditched for the vice presidential nomination, and Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, bad been named for second place on the ticket. It was also made In the teeth of an opposition so bitter that after the convention adjourned some of the radicals held a "rump" convention. J. A. Edgerton, of Nebraska, was chosen secretary and C. Rankin, of Indiana, treas . urer of the Populist National committee. J. I A. Sovereign, of Arkansas; C. F. Tavlor, of Pennsylvania; U. W. heed, of Georgia; J. B. Dbre. of California; O. F. W ashburn, of Massachusetts, and J. B. Breldenthal, of Kansas, were elected the executive com mittee. ( TWO POOR COUNTERFEITS. Two Bogus Silver Certificates That Will Impose oa th Careless. Two new counterfeit of United States liver certificates have been discovered by the Treasury Department The first Is of the series of 1801, check letter C, signed by J. Fount Tillman, Register, and D. N. Morgan, Treasurer, and having a portrait of Stanton. The second is a (5 bill, series of 1HU1, ciieek letter B., signed by J. Fount Tillman, Regis ter, and D. N. Morgan, Treasurer, and hav ing a portrait of Grant. These counterfeits are printed from etched plates and are very poor productions. The portraits, luthe work and small lettering es pecially are bad, being much blurred and In distinct. The paper is also poor. A few pleees of silk thread have been distributed through It. The most careless handler of money. It is sold, should readily detect the counterfeit notes. DRIVEN FBOM WOKE. Th Straff 1 is th Treubled Illlaeii Dis tricts It Spreading. A mob of 300 striking miners from the mining districts of Kiverton and Spauldlng, I1L, marched to Barclay, 111., and compelled the miners to return home. They would not allow the men to go to work on account of a reduction in wage ttom lis oent a ton to 82M oent a ton. The men bad all assembled around the mine when the striking miners made their appearance. Some confusion followed, and when the first cage of men was let dowu Into the mine there was a general riot The Bar day miners went to their homes and agreed to work no more until next Tuesday. Oold Bsserv Restored. The treasury gold reserve, through the action of the New York national bank be uame intact again Thursday, standing at the close of business ut 101,til,770. This result was attalued by the banks depositing tl5, 860,000 iu gold and receiving therefore a like sum In legal tender notes, which are re deemubjeiojgojd onjireseutatlon. to t Jrtia- SILVER PARTY CONVENTION. Delegates of th Whits Metal Party Meet In St Louis. The silver party convention was cnlled to order at 13 35 p. m., Wednesday. Tempor ary Chairman Newland and Representative Towne, a bolting Republican from Minne sota, were greeted with applause when they took seat on the platform. Chairman New lands delivered an address outlining the position of the party, The call for the convention emanated from a conference of the friends of silver, held at Washington, D. ('., January 22 and 23 last, and was signed by A. J. Warner, president American lllnietnllla I.engue; H. o. Miller, chairman national silver committee) II. C. Chambers, president National Bimetallic I'nlon; J. M. Devlne, secretary American Bi metallic League. Dr. J. J. M.itt, of North Carolina, who Was elected chairman of the executive com mittee, tins been In St. Louts for several weeks, making preparations tor the con vention. The hall had been attractively drapped with Hags and bunting, but the atmosphere was so close and hot t lint It was almost suf focating when Chnlrmnn Mott came forward to call the convention to order, the delegates for the moment ceased the use of fans and roused from the torpor caused by. the awful heat, Indulged In some enthusiastic cheering. Prayer was offered, after which Miss Lillle B. Pierce, read the Declaration of Indepen dence, This caused another outburst of ap plause. The pre gram of the silver convention wni all arranged In advnnce. It Included simply the ndoptlon of a 16 to 1 platform and the nomination of Bryan and Hewall, but those In charge of It deemed it good policy to go slowly in the bellet that they might by re maining in session be able to exercise an In fluence In shaping things in the Populist convention. To this end they appointed a commltthe of seven headed by Judge Scott of California to meet with a similar commit tee! from the Populists for the purpose of reaching a common plen of action. Wm. P. St. John of New York is perma nent chairman of the silver convention and It E. DIlTendorfer of Pennsylvania Is secre larv. Mr. St. John delivered a 16 to 1 speech and preached Populist and Democratic unity The second days session was devoted to speech making. Charles A. Ton ne of Minn esota and Mrs. Helen M. Oougnrot Indiana were the principal speakers. It was 10:41 o'clock when Chairman Pt John called the sliver convention to order Friday. Rev. Dr. L. W. Covert led In prayer, after which O. W. Baker, of Cali fornia, took the floor. He said the People's party convention had appointed neonference call and moved that the convention confer action In the platform and postpone the nomination of a ticket until 3:30. A motion tlint when the convention adjourn It adjourn until 8:30 p. m., also prevailed. Senator Stewart, of Nebraska, was called to the front and was cheered as he took the stand. His mention of Bryan's name while reviewing the work of the Chicago conven tion was greeted with applause. The National silver party adjourned sine die shortly niter 0:30 o'clock Friday evening, after going on record bv nominating the nominees of the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan nud Arthur Sewall, for president and "vice president of the United States respectively. The last act before final adjournment was the selection of Lincoln, Neb., as the city at which the nominees were to lie notilled of the honor extended to them. SILVER PLATFORM. The National Silver party In conventlo11 assembled hereby adopts the following dec laration ol principles: The paramount issue at this time in the United States is iudlsputnblv the money question. It is between the gold standard, gold bonds and bank currency on the one side, and the bimetallic standard, no bonds and government currency on the other, On this same issue we declare ourselves to be In favor of a distinctively American finan cial system. We'hold that the power to control and regulate a paper currency Is inseparable from the power to coin money. We are unalterably opposed to the Issue by the United states of interest-bearing bonds in time of peace. ' We, therefore, confidently appeal to the people of the United States to leave in abey ance for the moment all other questions, nud unite In one supreme effort to free them selves and their children from the domina tion of the money power. CLOUDBURST CAU8ES DEATH. Ten Persons Drowned be th Inundation of a Kentnoky Creek. A cloudburst nt 4 o'clock Tuesday morn ing at Benson's Creek, four mile from Frankfort, Ky., resulted in the drowning of James Uradley, bis wife and five children, Mrs. Bryant, a widow, and ker two small children. Mrs. Bryant kept a toll gate near the bridge. Her house was on the creek and across from that of James Bradley. The Conway mill was just above, and was the first to go. Its timbers must have swept away the Bryant and Bradley houses, and these houses struck the railroad bridge and curried It away. All trains on the Louisville and Nashville and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads, from Frankfort, Lexington and intermediate points, were out oft from Louis ville. Ten minute after the cloudburst Benson's creek became a swollen river, oovering the valley on either bank and sweeping every thing before It A Sound Money Banner. The Captain Robert Gillespie Republican Club will display a handiome net banner, with portraits of McKlnley and Hobart also a campaign transparency from the front of their club bouse, Lehigh avenue and Marsh all street At a meeting of the organization lost Tuesday evening Cnptulu Robert Gilles pie, C. Joseph Dncey and James Clarency were elected as delegates to the convention of the Republican State League of Clubs, to be held at Erie In September. The alter nates elected were Thomas J, Klernan, Frank Boulter and John Allen. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS, Forty broad gauge Prohibitionists met In Denver and nominated Booth for Gover nor. lbs Indiana convention of bituminous miners voted to remain out against the re duction of wages from 60 to 66 cent pur ton. James T. Hurst, of Wyandotte, one of the largest lumlier operators In Michigan, has filed a trust deed for the benefit of his credit ors, who have claims aggregating (514,000. By an unanimous vote, the American Window Glass Workers' association Tuesdav withdrew from the Knight of Labor, and for the present will operate as a non-afllli-ated trades union. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, a bishop of th Episcopal diocese of Western New York, died suddenly of nervous prostration at the Clifton Springs sanitarium, where he hud been spending a few days. The Populist National committee on the case of the contest from the Nineteenth Ohio district, decided that th delegation selected at the convention oalled by the district com mltteemou was entitled to seats, i The New York Time will be sold August 18 at receiver's sale and bought In by a cum Jinny representing the stockholders and creditor with Adolph H. Ochs, of Chatta nooga, at It head. The capital stock wlli be 11,000,000 with (260,000 worth of bouds. Herman Autb, an electrician, residing at 1211 Wuislow street, East End, Pittsburg, was shot and killed by Police Officer Robert Richards at 9 o'clock Wednesday night. He was pursued on suspicion of havinif bur glariously entered th residence of i, V. Tucker, 603 LUioolu avenue. Of 1HE MID WATERS. T TWENTY-EIGHT DROWNED. Victims of th Cloudborat in a Colorado Canon. A special dispatch from Morrison, Col., says: A cloudburst In Bear creek canyon, Just above Leadvlllo, nt 8 o'clock on the night of the 24th, brought down a solid wall ol water ten foot high, which not only did r treat damage to property, but caused the oss of fifteen to twenty lives. The known dead arei Mrs. Miller and throe children: a party of campers, fifteen or eighteen in number, who were living In a small house Inst below the town. Viola Foster, a little Denver Olrl, was with the party, and was saved by the t eonle who hearcl her crle. This much has peon learned on this side of the creek but as all bridges are gone and the water Is still high and swllt, nothing can be learned from the other side. Searching par ties are out on both sides of the stream, look ing lor bodies of dead and Injured. It is fenred there has been more lose of life, as there were score of People camping along both sides ol the creek, both above and be low town. Wires are down in nil directions, except the telephone line to Leadvllle, and heavy storms between here and there threaten to break thBt. Another message sayst The victims of Friday night's Hood were three In Golden, f.il, . In II , V .,,... fit XI rlson, making the total 2H. the servant girl, anna Hansen, who was reported dead, was not nt the camp nt the time of the flood and consequently escaped. A charcoal burner named ntciiols, up at the tvergreon, IS re ported missing, making the total list still 28. Of these 16 bodies were recovered Satur day, and the body of Matt Herres, a little child, was found Sunday. P. Johnson, of Arvnda, telephoned In to Denver that he Had found four bodies In the bed of Clear creek about a mile above the town of Arvada. 1 hese bodies either floated down from Gold en or are those of campers tn Clear creek valb y between the two points and are not to be confounded with the missing dead over the ridge in Bear creek valley where Mor rison is located. The flood of Friday night lasted about half an hour and was followed by a heavy rain w hich continued until about 10 o'clock. At that hour a body of water, greater In vol ume than the first flood came down Tucker Gulch, emptying into Clear creek. It was this second flood that carried away the houses of Johnson and his wife and which drowned Mr. Edwards. Cloudburst in Switzerland. Several lives were lost In a cloudburst whlcn occurred on the upper Geneva Lake, Switzerland, Saturday. Much damage was also done to property of the overflowing rivers. The town of Neuenberg Is Inundat ed, In part, and many houses on the bunks of the swollen streams hove been swept away. OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. Honer, in Charge of th Work, Make an Exhaustive Beport. Mr. Houer, In charge of Improvements on the river In his onnunl report to the war de partment, says that the methods employed during the yenr have resulted In much valu able work being done advantageously and economically. Several dams were repaired and dikes built at BlennerhasSets Islnud and Guyandotte bar. The work at the latter place has much improved the channel at what was a verv difficult place. The effect of the dike at Eight Mile bar is said to have been excellent, Operations were also car ried on at other points further down the river and good progress generally made. The work done by dredges has also been of material benefit to navigation. Contracts have been entered into for the construction of an Ice harbor at Hartford, West Viagiuia, and steps will lie taken nt an early date to construct an additional pier at Middleport, Ohio. As a result of Inquiries as to the benefit derived from the harbors during the last winter, Ir was found that they bad with one or two exceptions, proved of great serv ice to navigation. There Is an available bal ance of (3ti3,H'J3 for continuing operations on tne river. TAILORS ON STRIKE. Twelve Thousand Ordered to Enforos au Advance. Twelve thousand New York coat tailors were ordered on strike Wednesday morning to enforce higher prices from tho wholesale manufacturers and to stop a renewal of the tiiBK and piece worn worn system, i ne large manufacturers were taken by surprise, as it had been given out that a strike had been deemed inadvisable by the leaders. A committee of 15 of the Brotherhood of Tailors, in accordance with early Inst mo tions, stole a march on the manometers by Visiting all tho contractors' shops, C30 In number In New York and 250 In Brooklyn and Brownsville and notifying the workers to quit forthwith and report to their bead quarter. Up to noon there were 4,000 tailors In New York and 4,000 more of the the total 8,000 were expected to quit work before the close of the workday. The 4.000 tailors In Brook lyn and Brownsville were expected to loin In the strike, as they bad decided several days ago. MOTHER CONVENTION CALLED. The Chicago ConferenoNSeidea in Favor of Putting a Third Tioket in th Field. Delegates from Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio and Michigan were at the conference with the honest money Democratio committee, of II llnois. In Chicago, July 23. General Bragg, of Wisconsin, was made chairman. Letters and telegrams were read from Democrats In Massachusetts, Texas. Washington City, Ne braska, Maine, New York and West Virginia, advising that a national convention be called. A resolution was adopted declar ing It the sense of the conference that there should be held a convention not later thun September 2 to enunciate a Democratio plat form and nominate a Democratio ticket The details of the call were left to a committee of ono member from each State represented. THINK SEARCH IS USELESS. Mining Expert Advis the Cenatloi of Work la th Twin Shaft A large number of mine expert held a conference Friday on the Twin Shaft disas ter, at Plttston, Pa. Th majority went Into the shaft and made a thorough examination. On coming to the urfaoe they reported that further search for the entombed men would not only be dangerous but useless! The ol flclals of the Newton Coal Mining onmpauy decided to go on wun tne searcu until com polled to stop. The relatives of the entombed miner have abandoned all hope of evir finding the men anve or ucai. un luesnay next a solemn high moss of requiem will be celebrated in St. Mary's Catholic church for the retiose of the souls of the uufortuuute victims of the disaster. Bishops O'Hara and Hobanwill attend the service. Two-thirds of the vic tims were members of the Catholic oburcb, Death of John W. Harper. John Wesley Harper, who wa for a quar ter of a century, until two years ago, a mem ber of the firm of Harper A Brothers, died Tuesday at his home on Fifth avenue, New York, very suddenly after an aoute attack of gout, which eventually affected bis heart. He wo 66 years old, and bad been a.ufJer Iron) the malady for manjr years. TRADE REVIEW. St Xiuit Meeting i Keep Trad Ooeiting Through th Week. R. O. Dun A Co'., Weekly Revlow of Trade saysi Th week began with extreme depression In stock and speculative markets, owing to the heavy outgo of gold and the fnll of the treasury reserve below the minimum. The Populist and silver conventions caused some aprehenslon and large withdrawals of gold for hoarding were rather feared than seen. There came sharp recovery with the union of banks to turn t20,00,000 gold Into the treasury and of Interniitloi al bankers tn con trol foreign exchange. The gold reserve has been quickly lifted above 1 100,000,000 mid political events have helped to clear away apprehensions. Business of all kinds has been considerably affected by the monetary conditions nnu is slower to improve. The produce markets have been seriously depressed, lard making the lowest quotation! on record, corn falling to 82 cents, wheat to 6I cents and cotton to 7,', cents. There has been a slight recovery In corn.a sixteenth In cotton, ami a cent In Wheat, but the main can e of low prices remains namely, pros pects oi large crops, wun nenvy stocks ol old on hand. Old corn Is coming forward at about double the rate a year ago. and so far another big yield is Indicated. Cotton receipts are as usual insignificant, but new cotton nlrendv begins to appear some weens earner than usual, and the pros pect for a larger yield grows clear, though owing to over rain development of the quality may be defective. The state of woolen manufacture appear In sales of wool at tl.e chief markets for the week, the smallest ever known, onlv 1.370.- 450 pounds, of which 842.0S0 pounds were uomistic,ngaitist hi,kui,2cu pounds last year, of which 6.231,760 were ilotneetin. Prices do not nominally change, but are shaded to make sales, and western markets are weak ening some, though still higher than eastern. Leather Is Inactive, and hides nt Chicago average 8 per cent lower for tho week. Fail ures for the week have been 21 In the Unit ed States, against 202 last year, and 211 In innaun, ngaiu.t ill last year. SOME POINTERS ON WAR. Millitary Information Department hai It. ned an Interesting Book. The millitary Information division of th war department bns Just issued the ninth number of the series of valuable educational publications, the present being devoted principally to a description In great details of the large military schools of Europe. Other papers In the volume treat of the dif ficulties experienced iu the European mili tary countries In securing the re-enlistment of non-commissioned ofllcers; of the various devices used in European armii's as runge llnders, with Illustrations of the most suc cessful appliances of that kind: the Influence of smokeless powder on tnctlcs and n most Interesting statement ol the changes that the use of this new military aid will cause In the old methods of lighting; a topical paper by Lord Wolesley discussing the possibility of a hostile Invnslon of the British Ish-a, and a curious publication of the regulations for the use of war dogs in the German army. From the latter It appears that there are really such things as "dogs of of wur," anil that It Is a part of the fut ctlons of the German soldier to train cnrefully certain breeds of dogs to aid him in both hostile and defensive operations. The dogs are not. us might nt first be supposed, intended to actually light, but bv training tliev are made of value in In watching camp in picket duty. In carrying dispatches and in looking for missing men. ATKINSON FOR OOVEBN0R. West Virginia Republican Convention Keynote Sou ded. The largest state convention either political party ever held In the stnte began al Parkers burg at 11 o'clock Wedmsday morning. Houl W. M. O. Dawson, chairman of tho state committee, cniicd the assemblage to ordoi and Introduced llev. Dr. ltumure, who made the opening pinyer. Hon. S. 11. Elkins wai announced as temporary chairman, and Hon. A. B. White, Senator Stuart F. Reed, T. W. B. Duckwall, C hris. Payne and J. J. Peterson, ns temporary secretaries, Senntot Elkins received a perfect ovation, lasting several minutes upon taking the chair. He spoke for about an hour, sounding the key note to West Virginia's campaign nud was repeatedly greeted with voclleroiis applause. Two nominations were mails at the llrst day's sessions of the Republican State con vention Hon. George W. Atkinson, of Wheeling, for goveruormnd L. JI. Lnfollette, of Taylor county, for auditor. Each mude a brief speech of accefdnnce. M. A. Kendall, of Wood county, was nomi nated for treasurer. J. Russell Trotter of Upshur county was nomitinted tor superin tendent of schools. He Is a graduate of the West Virginia University and of Harvard, Edgar P. llucker, of McDowell county, was nominated for nttorney-genernl. Dr. junior B. Fitab, of Monongalia county, and S. M. ltullibono, of Wirt couuty, were nominated for presldentlal-electors-nt-lurge. C0TELL SENTENCED TO DIE. . Th Tallmadge Murdertr Indifferent When Told He Must Hang. Judge Jacob A. Koehler sentcnood Romu lus Cotell, who was two weeks ,tgo convicted of the murder of the Stone family at Tall madge on March 29, to be banged on Friday November 6, 1806. The court was opened at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning to bear the test imony and arguments on the motion for new trial. About a dozen witnesses were examined, but the testiinouy of all was im material and made little or no Impression. The attempt was made to prove that the Judgment of the Juror bad been Influenced by outside parties during the trial; that the jurors had talked about and discussed th cose; that one of them had announced pre viously that he would hang Cotell. The de fense failed to uphold tliesa assertion and Judge Koehler overruled the motion. W lieu asked whai be bad to say wby sen tence should not be pronounced, Cotell aid: "All that I have to lay 1 that I am not the perpetrator of th crime and an Inno cent." The boy maintained throughout tbe re markable Indifference and flippancy which bos uharaterized hi bearing throughout the entire cose. V, ben making hi statement a smile hovered about bis lips, and when tbe judge passed the sentence he paid no atten tion to the words. The higher court will be appealed to by the defendant's uttorneyg. A Boyal Wadding. Princes Maud, third daughter of tbe Prince and Princes of Wale, was married to Prince Charles, second son of Crown Prince Frederick, of Denmark. Tbe cere- men y took place In the private chapel of jjucaingnam raiace. ho iar as tne general fiublla is concerned the wedding did not ut ract mucb attention. MINOR MENTION. A dlsVntch from Rome says that the gov ernment bo ordered tho third-class cruiser Llgurla to proceed to lane. An Athens dispatch says that a body of Turkish irregular soldiers have killed IS Christians near lleraklion, iu the Island of Crete. John Pryde was hung nt Bralnard, Minn., for the murder of Andrew Peterson. Pryde murdered bim fur 12. He confessed before death. Nicholas Smith wo Instantly killed and Elmer Stringer badly hurt by tbe falling of a portion of tits old postofflce wall at Chicago Thursday, HIS i IU AND SEA. CHILDREN BUTCHERED. Kntlneen Commit Murder On Board An American Vessel. Gorman Swain, a farmer living one mile south of Attica, Mich., killed three of his children with a butcher knife, set fire to his house and then committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the heart Swain was about 48 years old and was In comfortable circumstances. He had a vio lent temper and for years had threatened to kill his family and himself. His wile died Inst spring since whleb time Swain's out bursts of temper have been more frequent and of a more violent nature than ever. Last Sunday evening he had trouble with threeof the older children, Fred, aged ill years; Anna aged 17 years and Birdie aged 10 years. He whipped them severely and they took refuge at o neighbor's house. Monday night be tried to Induce them to return homo, but they refused, and probably saved their lives. Neighbors were aroused by the burning of Swnln's house shortly after 8 o'clock Tues day morning. When they reached the place a horrible sight confronted them. Lying on the roadway, with their throats cut from ear to ear. lay Frank Swnlu, aged 11 years; Lucy, ageil 0, and Jlmmle, aged 7 years. The"fiither lay near them with a bullet bole over his heart. By his sldo was the weapons Wltn which he had ended tne uvea of Ills children and himself. It is supposed that Swiiin was temporarily Insane. A MUTINOUS CREW. Two Men and a Woman Chopped to Death While They Slept The barkentlne Herbert Fuller, Captain Nash, from Boston, July 8, for Rosnrlo, put into Halifax, Tuesdny morning, flying the stars and stripes, nt half mast, with a black flag Immediately beneath. This Is the signal for "mutiny on board." When the Fuller was boarded It was learned that murder had been added to mutiny, and that Captain Nosh, his wife, Laura, and Sncond Officer Banbury bail been killed In tbelr bunks while asleep, The murders had been committed with an ax. The rooms In which the victims lay were covered with blood, showing that a severe struggle took place, and the bodies were horribly mutilated. The cook, Jona than Sheero, of Rosnrlo, suspected the mate, Thomas Brown, and succeeded In placing Brown in Irons, and be afterward ironed the ninn who was ut the wheel at the time the murder was committed. Upon the arrival of the vessel all on board Including Fruuk Munch, of Boston, who was a passenger, were placed under arrest. The United States consul telegraphed to Washing ton for instructions pending the receipt of which he enjo'ned all connected with the af fair to maintain the strictest silence. In view of these conditions It Is difficult to obtain further facts, but It appears Ilia the murder was committed at 2 o'clock on the night of tho 13th inst. ( apt Nash and his wife were Iu their respective sleeping appartments and 11 :iiiuerry was in lils.wnieti was sepnrated from those of Cnpt. Nash and wife bv the room occupied by Monch. It was the llrst ofllcers watch. W'hen all was quiet on board and those below were sound ly sleeping the murderers crawled nft to the cnnin, iioscenneii. aau witu nxes cnoppeu their victims to ueiun. The affair became known not long niter ward. Then the cook, a negro, who had shipped at llcsarlo, became suspicious of Mate Thomas Brown, a Nova Scotinn, but a naturalized American, and Brown wns placed In Irons. The man who was nt the wheel when the murder was committed was also placed iu irons and the ship was heuded for llnlirax. The bnAiea of the victims were all placed tn a boat and covered with canvas and were towed behind tho vessel. They nro now In charge of the coioner here who will hold an Inquest. Police ofllcers have been placed In charge of the Fuller under direction of the United States consul and nobody Is nllowed on board. The Herbert Fuller halls from Harrington, Maine. The murdered captain was 44 years of age and bis wile in. FIENDISH DOUBLE MURDER. A Woman Fatally Chop a Man and HI Daughter With an Ax. . Mrs. Etta Bobbins, a notorious character who came to Huntington, W. Va., from Washington couuty, O., a yenr ago. Is In jail accused by tbe verdict of the coroner of the murder of A. J. Call, his (laughter Nettie, aged 24, and also of mortally wounding Lottie Cull, a daughter, 80 years old, besides seriously wounding Ottie Call, aged 11, and Grace, aged 13. Tbe scene was a shanty boat moored six miles above Huntington. 01 wnicn the vie tlms and the murderess were Jolut occupants The time was about 8 o'clock Monday morn ing. 1 he facts, as related by the murderess, are that ( all came to ber npparttnent with a double-edged ax and assaulted her murder ously, whereupon she took the ax from liiin ami Kiuea nuu wun tnree mows. Grace Call's story Is that she was awak ened while sleeping with her father, and law Mrs. Bobbins cutting her father' throat wltb the ax. He was dead wh-n she got up. Just then Nettie ran iu and Mrs. Robbins chopped ber to death. Grace then ran out and gave the alarm to the nearest shanty boat, and was struck twice wltb the ax in ber flight Then the Infuriated woman struck down Ottle and pursued Lollie. striking her once before she Jumped into the river, and, throwing tbe ax and hitting her while she was in the river. Lollie clung to the willows and managed to get ashore, Mrs. Bobbins is the heroine of many atrocities, the latest being the dispersing of a baptismal party by flourishing a revolver and threatening to kill the preacher. Cull's head was nearly cut off and so was Nettle's. Lollle's right arm is nearly severed at the shoulder. The others are less seri ously hurt Grant crowds, wrought up all but to tbe lynching point, surrounded the lull. 0BE MIRES CL08INO DOWN. Many Men Being Thrown Out of Work in Upper Michigan. Tba ore shipments from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan port up to June 80, ex ceeded tbe heavy shipments of last year by over 600,000 tons. It now appears that the purpose of this heavy shipment was to get rid of the oro on hand and have nothing left when the slump in price came, as it baa now. All the mines ure getting ready to make retrenchment in the matter of mining, the largest being that of tbe Metropolitan Land and Iron Company, owning and opera ting the Norrie, East Norrle and Pnbst mines at Irouwood, which nave produced several million gross ton per annum for tbe past five years. After two reduction of the working force, heroic measure have been taken, and the mined are practically olosed, throwing nearly 8.000 men out of employment Other mines are getting ready to follow suit, and the operators hold out no hope of re-openlng. The miners are alarmed ut existing condi tions. Against Pre Silver. California bociulist-Labor convention ha 1 adopted a platform protesting against the , free coinage of silver on the ground that such action would be class legislation lua- ! much as alleged, It would beuellt tho debtor class at the expense of the capitalists. The platform declare that frea sliver would not beuellt laboring men as wage earner If they I ar not a rule debtors. FIERCE FOREST FIRES. Miner Fleeing from th Mountain to Sav Their Live. A special from Spokane, Wash., saysi The un Is bidden from view at this point by dense smoke from the fierce forest Area that are rnglng in the mountains in this vicinity. Reports from Points In the mountains say hat miner and prospectors are flocking down Into the valleys by hundreds, many of them having lost nil they possessed. W'. K. noniauuii ami rrana Liiiids, wno nave re turned from tho north fork of the Salmon river In British Columbia, says that two fires have gained great headway there. These two men were engaged at the Arnold mine, wnere me nro came down so last they barely escaped with their lives. The camp, with theshnit house, tools and supplies, was burned. The fires have not vet penetrated the thick underbrush In the valleys, being so nir connneu io me mountain sides. Similar reports hnve boon received from sll mining camps to the northward. In the vlclulty of Kaslo, Slocnn and Snndon cities British Columbia, the miners were compelled to flee for their lives. Around Rossland, B. ('., It Is still high on the mountains, but rapidly tweeplng downward. Tbe flame nave gained sucn headway that anv ottemnt to stop them Is fruitless. as tne neavy timber around Rowland and Trail creek has been out away, the towns are not suffering, but several mining plants near the former place and the big smelter nt the latter place are In danger. Large crews of men are lighting the llames night and day. The railway company Is having trouble In running its trams on account of large num bers of burned trees which constantly fall acrow the rails. The Cnllspell mountain, a short distance from Siiokaue. are on lire, and the flame are fast creeping down Into tbe valley and causing great alarm among the ranchers. On the Colvllle Indian reservation serious damage has been done and the worst Is yet to come. Prospectors Just In from that sec tion say the damage will amount to million of dollars. A great many prospectors have lost all they possessed and considered them selves lucky to get out with their live. nam Is the only hope. SONS OF VETERANS. Rational Enosmpment to b Held in Lonnvill. The enenmpment of the Grand Army of the Republic will bo reproduced In Louisville next September on a scale identical with that of last year, save that It will be smaller. J lie city will be again decked wltb the nati onal colors, and there will be camp II res, rnrades and barbecues when the Sons of Veterans gntber In the city that welcomed their fathers. The encampment will be held from September 7 to 11. It Is estimated that 20,000 members of the order will attend. W. II. Russell Is cominiiudcr-m-chlof, with head quarter nt Lacrosse. Elwood T. Carr. of Scriinton, I'n., Is senior vice commander. Preparations for the national encampment have been made on the same order as those for tho (I rand Army encampment last year. A committee of twenty wns appointed which appointed in turu vice committees on trans portation, accommodations, amusements, camp fires, etc. The order will give a par ade on the plan of the O. A. R. There will also be a barbecue and a great competitlvo drill. This will be the fifteenth annual encamp ment Every effort is being made to make It the best ever known. MEANS MUCH FOB THE STATE. West Virginia Will Benefit by th Decision in the Famcu King Cats. One of the most Important decision of tbe United States Court of West Virginia wa rendered by Judge Jackson, in the dissolu tion of the Injunction against the Tantber Lumber Company, on motion of the defend ants. This ends one of the great law suit which has greatly retarded the business In terests of a considerable portion of the state, and secures to the settlers nud owners 600, 000 acres of land claimed by li. C. King and others, of Boston, Jla-s. This suit was one of a number Involving, altogether 2,:'i(iiiioi u a. res of laud In south western West Vlrginlii, Kentucky and Vir ginia. The origin ol these suits date back to the war ol the revolution, when tbe House of Burgesses of West Virginia granted General James Snann the almost unlimited scope of land referred to. No such legal battle was ever fought in this State, and perhaps none such In tbe broad country. Out of the oontest came claims for the school lauds of Logan county, anil the Commissioner of School Lands, W. B. Buskirk, was arrested for cutting lumber on the lauds ulalined by the plaintiff. He was arrested and committed to jail and was fined t;i00 for contempt, but was released by a writ of habeas corpus. At the lost term of court the Commissioner won bis final battle by a Jury verdict. Then enme up many other of the elnlm. the Inst one before the court being the one above mentioned, in which Judge S. C. Gra ham, of Tagwell, Va., represented tbe defen dants. Several suits for Immense quantities of land still remain unsettled, but they have been tuken up to the supreme court CLEVELAND'S CENTENNIAL. Hundredth Anniversary of th Founding oi th Forest City. On July 22. 1700, Gen. Moses Cloveland, of tho Connecticut Land company, landed at tbe month of the Cuyahoga, on tbe shore of Lake Erie aod the people of Cleveland data their history from this event. Great prepar ations have been made for a fitting celebra tion of the city's centennial. The exercise began Sunday by the ringing of bell and historic sermons. The State encampment of the 0. N. O. was formerly opened Monday by Gov. Bushnell and staff. The nillitiu will be brigaded two regiments at a time, und the encampment will last during the entire period of six weeks, ending September 10. NEWS NOTES, There are 72 places culled St. Etlenne In France, It 1 said that bees can fly 20 per cent faster than pigeons. Tbe sound money Democrats of Minnesota have organized for another ticket Joseph 11. Larimer ha been nominated for CougrTS by the Democrats of the Tentb Indiana district. Senutors Dubois, Teller and Mantel parti cipated in a Bryan and Hewell ratilloatloa meeting In Denver. Tbe Philadelphia bankers at a clearing bouse meeting tendered (6,700,000 In gold to the sub-treusury. The United State League of Building and Loan associations, in session at Philadel phia, bos indorsed sound money. For the murder of Policeman Michael Cot ter on the night of July 26, 1.H04. James Mur- , ray was banged Friday in tbe Parish prison, New Orleans. A total of (2,200,000 In gold ha been sub scribed by Boston bauks and trust com panies for the relief of tbe United State treasury. In honor of the birthday of tbe queen re gent, lao political prisoners, held at Havana, 70 of the same class of offenders detained at Santa Clara, and 23 at Uuanujay, have been liberated. Kansas farmers predict a yield of 100 bushels of com to the acre this fall. There cannot be enough box car gotten at present to carry tbe old com out of the cribs to market Eighty-9v per cent of the people who are lame are effected on tbe left side, .
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