WORK 0F COMMITTEE: Sound Money Men Seated ironi Michigan und Nebraska. CONTESTS SPEEDILY DISPOSED OF i Senator Hill Ileoelvetl Five More Vote-t j Thau Daniel for Temporary Chair man—Only One Exciting Inci dent During the Session. Chicago, July 7.—The national com mitteo transacted its business at u sin : gle session yesterday afternoon, dis- ' posing of all the contests for seats auii voting 27 to 23 to report the name of senator David I). llill of New York for temporary chairman of the National i convention. This was the test vote of 1 committee, showing the relative gold . und silver strength of the organization. ( The silver showing was made by the ! presence of several proxies for ineni j bers of the committee who would have i voted for Hill hud they been present. There were also one or two members I of the committee who, within the pust ' few days, had announced the transfer . of their allegiance from gold to silver, notably J. L. Morris ot' the District of Columbia und Arthur So wall of Maine. After the roll call was completed. Sec retary Sheering stated that the Clark 1 contestants from Texas, known as gold men, hud withdruwn from the further j contest for seats In the convention. The withdrawal was accompanied by , a statement of the reusons which im pelled them to enter upon the contest | und now to voluntarily abandon it. j This statement was read by the secre tary and made a part of the records of the committee. {Senator Jones of Arkansas, representing the "steering" committee of the Himetallic league, was given an. opportunity to address the committee. He stated that the | silver men had no candidate to present for temporary chairman. The selec ; tion of anyone who was in accord with J the idea of the silver men would be acceptable to them, and he urged, in [ the interest of harmony, that the majority of the convention be not an- 1 tagonized in the choice, lie was heard j with respectful attention, but no an- ' bwer was givon him and he withdrew Gold Deli gates Seated. The committee decided to proceed with the consideration and settlement of the contested casei first, and that J from Nevada was settled in favor of (*cn. Keating and his associates, silver men, without a vote, in the cases over which a contest was made, fifteen minutes was given to each side for ; argument. The first ease of thut kind called was that of John P. Frenzcl, gold, ugainst Charles M. Cooper, silver. ' from the Seventh (Indianapolis) dis- I triet of Indiana. Cooper had been 1 recognized by the state convention of Indiana, and lie was placed on the temporary roll. A contest brought by the silver men for three dis- : trlcts In Michigan was argued for tin contesting gold men by Elliott C. , Stevenson, chairman of the gold dele- j gallon, and for the silver men by i Deniel J. ('ainpuu, the Michigan mem ber of the national committee. The gold men were placed on the tempor ary roll, Mr. Campau's being the only vote cast for the contestants. D.J. Maheny spoke for the contesting gold delegates from Nebraska, headed by Tobias Castor, and he warned the democratic party, through the national committee, of the danger there was before it of defeat at the polls should ' it nominate a populist ruthcr than a democrat. C. J. Sniythc replied for j the Bryan silver delegation, and by the first test vote of the afternoon— to 23—it was decided to place the Cas tor delegation on the temporary roll. ' In the Ohio contest in the eighteenth district the silver men were sustained by a vote of 24 to 17. The last contest, that from South Dakota, resulted in the seating of the gold delegates. Hill C.'lioHcn Temporary G'liniriimu. The committee then decided to recommend u temporary chairman of the convention, and Mr. Clayton, the delegate from Alabama, nominated for that position senutor John W. Daniel of Virginia. lie spoke brielly in sup port of his nomination, urging the committee to recognize the overwhelm ing majority in favor of free silver that was known to exist among the delegates to the convention, und at the close of his remarks he was loudly up plauded. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Hheehan of New York presented the name of Sena tor David H. Hill of that state, setting forth his capabilities as a presiding ollicer and his merits as a democrat. No other candidates being named, the ; committee proceeded to ballot and Mr. Hill was chosen by a vote of twenty seven to twenty-three. Mr. Hill re- I ceived the votes of the following states ! and territories: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois. Indiana, lowa, Kentucky, Maryland. Massachusetts, Minnesota, "Mississippi. Mi ouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. South Dakota. Tennessee, Texas. Vermont, Washington, West Virginia. Wisconsin and Alusuka. Tin Only Exciting Incident. After the result of the vote had been announced the only exciting incident j of the afternoon occurred. Mr. Thomas \ of Colorado rose und state! that he ' had been assigned to the unpleasant j task of notifying the committee incase j the; senator from New York was se- J lcctcd as the choice of the majority, that a minority report would he made and the name of the Hon. John W. Daniel f Virginia would lie presented to tin- convention as a substitute. Mr. 'Thomas said: "The vie ws of the. seua- j tor from New York on the currency question arc at variance, with those of a majority of the delegates to the coii- ! volition. Ho stands as the rcprcsonta; tive of the eastern gold men. We huvt been informed by the presv that these Diagram Showing Proportion of Future Anthracite Coal Tonnage Controlled by the Several Railroads. -------- 1 .- j | _UuZJLj i \ / D.L.&. W.R.R.I / ,°7 I { \ \ - -, \ / Percentage From this we see that tho corpora- Percentage Percentage of future tions named control either directly or of shipment, of allotm t supply indirectly through their sub-companies 1805. 1800. controlled. 00.20 per cent of the available tonnage Del a.. Lack a. Western It. It. Co 13.10 13.35 0.55 (,f the future, and in about the fellow- Del. ,v Hudson Canal Co 0.34 0.00 2.20 Ing manner. They own and control: Erie a Wyoming Valley K. It. Co 3.75 4.00 1.82 By purchase 00.03 per cent Erie R. K. Co 3.01 4.00 .77 By long term contracts.. 3.30 per cent N. V.. Out. A: Western Ry. Co 3.00 3.10 .28 By short term contracts. 2.00 percent N. V.. Siisquo. & Wostorn R. R. Co 3.03 3.30 .54 Del. Susque. A-. Schuylkill It. It. Co. 4.11 3.50 1.38 90.30 per cent Pennsylvania It. It. Co 10.50 11.40 0.24 In private hands 3.71 percent Central It. It. of New Jersey 11.51 11.70 17.30 Lehigh Valley R. R. Co 15.81 15.05 10.87 Total 100.00 per cent I'liila. A Reading R. It. to 21.47 20.50 42.25 | Fur these figures and the above, dia l neontrolled tonnage .... 3.71 gram the TKIHENK is Indebted to the Bond liccord , of New York, through ■J °Ri! 100.00 whoso courtesy we are enabled to pre sent the same to our readers. J men have sent delegations hero to in fl tie nee the action of the convention, and statements have been made by these inen to the press, und at public meetings which they have held in this city, that they will agree to no com promise and will spare no effort to ac complish their end. We would say to them that tho majority will accept no compromise, und will also spare no ef fort to secure their purpose, which is to name a man in accord with their views. Ex-Lieut. -Gov. Shechun fol lowed Mr. Thomas in an impassioned speech, which evoked upplause at Inter vals from the gold men on the com mittee. Will I'rupare No Speech. Mr. Sheerin, secretary of the com mittee, was named us temporary secre tary of the convention, und John I. Martin as sergeant-at-arma. This com pleted tho .busin ess before the commit tee. and it udjourned subject to the call of the chairman. The moment the vote on the temporary chairman ship was announced, Don M. Dickin son. who was in tho committee room, rushed out and, tearing down the corridor to Senator Hill's room, which was at the extreme end of the hall, announced the result. Mr. Hill received the news in his usual im passive way. A United Press repre sentative asked Mr. Hill if ho was satisfied with the result of tho vote, "oil," said the senator, with u shrug of his shoulders, "I don't care anything about it; it makes no difference to me one way or the other." "Will you pre pare a speech as temporary chairman ?" was asked. "Well, now," said Mr. Hill, "I don't think I will for divers reasons. What's the use of preparing a speech I may not have a chance to deliver ?" KILLED SIX PEOPLE. Believed the San Diego Murderer Is In Custody In Fargo, N. D. Fargo, N. D., July 7.—James Dun ham, who murdered a family of six persons in San Diego, Cal., recently, is thought to have been captured in this city, and he is at present languishing in the county jail awaiting word from tho authorities at San Francisco. The man came to this city about u week ago and while in the city stole a bicycle und rode about 100 miles away from Fargo before being captured. He was brought back to the city and pleaded guilty to the charge of petty larceny. He was fined 8100 and was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. In the meantime Detective Bel lis of this city has been in correspondence with the San Francisco authorities and tho description of this man und Dunham are identical. When by came to this city lie registered as Frank Dulton of Boston. Lady Bligh Drowned. London, July 7. —Lady Mary Itligh a daughter of tho Earl of Darnley, liu been found drowned in a pond at Col. ham Rail, near Gravesend. It is b<- liuved .by she committed suicide. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. St. Petersburg, July 3.—The Novosti announces that. Russia Ims obtained absolute freedom of trade in China. Galveston, Tex., July 3.—Twcn ;y cars belonging to the Gulf, Colorudu Santa Fe railroad and containing 200, 000 pounds of wool were destroyed bj fire lust evening. St. Puill's Island. C. B. July 7.—The United States yacht Ituna, from Bird rocks. Magdaleue islands for St. Pierre, Mlq., bus arrived here, and wishes to be reported all well. Athens, July fi. —As tin outcome of the insurrection In Crete against Turk ish rule the Christians of the island yes terday elected a provisional govern ment, and decided to proclaim the union of the Island with Greece. Berlin, July o.—The liberal and sin gle-standard newspapers express thein snlvos as satisfied with MoKinley's sound money declaration embodied in the platform adopted by the republi can national convention in St. Louis. Philadelphia, July 3.—By the explo sion of a gasoline lamp yesterday after noon at a pool room on Green street, j three people were burned, two fatally, William Feinsteiu, owner of tho place, and Jacob Rudolph, aged 15 years. Berlin, July 6. —Gen. Booth, com mander of the Salvation Army, has conducted a week's exercises of the array in Berlin with a degree of suc cess which the Salvation Army has never heretofore been able to achieve in Germany. North field, Mass., July 3.—Pledges taken yesterday towards the support and extension of work among college students during the coming year amounted to 81,400. I). L. Moody spoke last night on "Tho Holy Spirit," und will continue the subject to-day. Watorbury, Conn., July 6.—While B. L. Miller of North Adams, Mass., was riding in a hack on South Main street after dark, ho was held up by three highwaymen and robbed of u gold watch worth 850 and 825 In cash. He was badly beaten about the head, i Hartford, July 2.—Tho funeral of Mrs. Harriet Beccher Stowe, whose death occurred yesterday afternoon, as the result of a paralytic stroke and . congestion of the brain which oc i curred Sunday lust, will be held in i this city and interment will take place in Andover, Mass., where relatives of the Into authorress are buried. The services in this city will be private. > Chester, Pa., July 3. —Charles Black burn, a private in Company B, Sixth regiment, P. N. 0., has been dishon i orably discharged for tearing down i the American Hag. Col. P. M. Washa r haugh signed the discharge. The act was committed on the night of MoKin ley's nomination during a public de monstration. Blackburn was roughly bundled by the militia at the time. Saratoga, N. Y., July 6.—The na tional celebration of the 4th of July by the United Sons and Duughters of the American Revolution was con tinned here yesterday. The day was perfect and the time lip to 4 o'clock was spent mostly on excursions to historic points. At the above hour a patriotic, religious and choral service was held in Convention hall attended by fully 5,000 persons. llerlin, July 3.—The Vosstsche Zei t.ung's correspondent at Met/ tele graphs that there wore ten officers and more than 300 soldiers around the ar senal when the explosion occurred. Fifty of these were killed outright or fatally injured. There was also a crowd of civilians watching the lire at the time, and some of them were killed. The number of civilian victims, how ever, is as yet unknown. New York, July 3. —Justice Andrews in special term, part 11., yesterday af ternoon signed an order on the applica tion of Mary Alice Almont Fleming, as she signed her name, directing the city chamberlain to pay over to her the balance of the fund iu his hands which fell to Mrs. Fleming by the death of her mother, Mrs. Evelina Miss. The balance of the fund amounts to over SOO,OOO, about 855,000 in mortgages, and 84,000 in cash. Auburn, N. Y., July 7.—The two sons of Alfred llrennan, a farmer liv ing on the northern limits of the town, were on a ha}' rack last evening during a storm driving swiftly toward their home. A hundred yards from the house the' rig was struck by a light ning bolt. James, the younger son, aged 11 years, and the team of horses were killed outright, while Alfred, jr.. aged 16, was thrown out of the wagon, lie was dazed, but escaped uninjured. Albany, July 3. —The court of ap peals will not exhaust its present eal endar before December 31. The caler. dar has been under consideration In the court for a period of nearly tjy years during which time fully 1,3()< cases have been heard. A new calen dar which will be taken up after Junu ary 1, 1807, will contain in the neigh borhood of 1.500 cases and will prolm bly consume the attention of the cour. for about two vonrs. blui.tllllg of 111* tiUUi Per !>(.. W. L. ft W. 1,. < Cleve'd.. 40 10 .678 Phil'ph'a 33 32 .50 liaPm're 41 20 .672 Wash'n.. 30 20 .50 Cinc'ati.. 44 24 .017 Hrook'n. 31 33 .48 110-ton.. 37 25 .507 N. York 25 36 .41 Pittsb'g. 33 20 .532 St Louis 15 50 .23 Chicago. 36 33 .522 bv'il'e.. 12 47 .20,. When Baby was sick, wo gavo her Castoria.' When she was a Child, she cried for Costoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Custoria. When she bad Children, she gave them Castoria PLEASURE CALENDAR. July 25. —Entertainment of St. Patrick's ' cornet band at Grand opera house. Tickets, 25 cents. STRIFE AT CHICAGO Fooling Between Gold and Silver Factions Very Bitter. CONVENTION CONVENED AT NOON Prayer About the Only Matter Over Which There Will He No Contest—Tem porary Chairmanship the Opening limit. Chicago, .Tuly 7.—Delegates and other democratic politically were astir early this morning and the greatest excitement and interest was mani fested on all sides as every indication at this hour points to the most stormy scenes after the convention is called to order at noon to-day. The first fight between the silver and sound money forces will occur on the question of the temporary organization of the con vention. According to present appear ances the prayer will be about the only part of the preliminary proceed ings which is likely to pass unchal lenged. In no previous great national convention has the recommendation oi the duly chosen national committee in regard to a temporary presiding officer been antagonized by a minority re port, and a demand for a vote, but the present-gathering is an exceptional one and it is very likely to break in upon pre cedents in more respects than one. lly a vote of 27 to 23 the majority of the national committee decided to recommend senator David R Hill as temporary chairman of the conven tion. C. S. Thomas of Colorado gavi notice that a minority report would be presented recommending the selec tion of senator John \V. Daniel of Virginia, and that the convention would he asked to make a choice be tween the two nominations. It is u curious fact that at the last demo erotic convention held in this same city, during that memorable all-night session which resulted in the nomina tion of drover Cleveland, Senator Dan iel, with dauntless courage, faced for over an hour a hostile, howling audi ence, as the special champion of Sena tor Hill, the man to whom, by the irony of politics, he is now antagonized. Ilrgiimliig of tlio Fight. From indications just before the hour for calling the convention to order, the proceedings will bo us follows: When Chairman Harrity calls the con vention to order as the representative of the national committee, and recom meuds the selection of Senator Hill as temporary chairman, a minority mem ber of the national committee will offer j u substitute, naming Senator Daniel. Under all forms of parliamentary law a substitute must first be voted upon, and the only open question in this case seems to he whether or not Mr. Har rity will recognize one of his silver as sociates for the purpose of offering this substitute, the convention not hav ing been organized and no roll call of the delegates having been passed upon. The silver men cluim that the chair man's act in recommending a tempo rary chairman for the approval of the convention is uu admission that the convention is qualified to act upon it. If this be true in one ease, they assert that it must be so in the case of the substitute. Should Mr. llarrlty re fuse to put the motion for the adoption of the substitute, some silver member of the national committee on the plat form will put the question himself, and the first skirmish between the gold and silver factions \% ill be pre cipitated. llltter Feeling l'revallfl. "I know very little about the par liamentary status of this matter," said Senator Tillman this morning. "Hut I do claim to be possessed of a little common sense. I know that Senator Daniel will be the temporary chairman of this convention, and that he will make the speech. If the gold men think that their 300 votes form the majority of this convention, just let them try it. The silver men are run ning this convention, and they propose to run it after their own fashion. If the gold men don't like it, let them bolt. I hope they will." Yesterday a conservative spirit seemed to pervade the more radical silver men, and the desire was expressed to avoid, if possi ble, a clash in the convention. The conclusion of the committee to recom mend the selection of Senator Hill as temporary chairman caused a sudden drop in this conservatism, and to-day the feeling between the two factions of the party seems to be more bitter than before. llluml Shouters tlio Loudest. As to the probable choice of a presi dential candidate to represent the free coinage platform the past twelve hours have brought no marked change in the situation. Mr. Hland's friends are doing most of the claiming and shouting. Efforts to get the silver men to caucus on the nominations in advance of the meeting of the conven tion met with failure, some of th • prominent silver leaders declaring their fears that the result of such a caucus would be to create dissensions iu their ranks and aid the "gold bugs" In their efforts to disorganize them. The California delegation appears to be determined to present to the conven tion the name of Senator White of that state despite the protests of the sena tor that he is not a candidate and does not desire tiis na;ne to be considered At the meeting of the delegation last evening the matter was discussed, several delegatus stating that they believed the time would come in the contest when the convention would turn to Senator White as the only man upon whom the contending delegations could unite. For this reason thin proposed to keep him as their candi date. Senator White, who was pre 'Sen*, entered an emphatic protest, ami if his *wiaflieg*arc respected the dele gutes will go elsewhere for their orudidute. BICYCLES ARE STILL MOVING Away from us. We have sold more wheels in the last few months than any other dealer in town, and everyone who has purchased from us is satis fied with what we have given him. This is the host testimonial of oar business. It is also the best evidence that oar wheels are the kind that meet all the requirements of a first-class bike, and fulfill all that is claimed for them. Our stock contains The Vanguard! The Apollo! The Vesper! W heels of various grades at various prices. We will be pleased to show them to any person in terested, in bicycles, and will take pleasure in ex plaining their merits. We will also point them out on the street, as they spin smoothly by, bear ing happy riders, their beautiful shining frames attracting universal admiration. It is no trouble to find them. They are numerous enough to be seen an ywhere. II e also carry a full line of repairs. C. D. ROHRBACH, G-eneral Hard-ware IDealer. South Contro street, Freeland. Harness! Harness! Light Carriage Harness, $5.50, $7, $9 and $lO 50. Heavy Express Harness, $10.50, sl9, S2O and $22. Heavy Team Harness, double, $25, S2B and S3O. GEO. WiSE, Jeddo and Freeland, Pa. GEORGE FISHER, dealerin FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Call at. No. 0 Walnut street, Freeland, or wait lor the delivery wugons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. GOOD FOH THE CRUSHER. Continued from First Page, determined to saddle an unnecessary debt upon the borough, and they left nothing undone that could assist in ac complishing their purpose. The session was for the purpose of hearing the re port of the committee which waited on the agents of the crusher. They report ed that they had agreed with the agents to make payments on the 91,300 machine as follows: First payment to be made 011 October 1, 1800; second May 1, 1807; third, May 1, 1808; fourth and last, October 1, 1800; each payment to bo $325, with 5 per cent interest, and if at any time such payment falls duo and I here is no money in the borough treas ury the company will extend the time of such payment, on proper notice being ! given them that no funds are on hand and that such extension is required. On motion the report was approved and the committee discharged. A freight bill for $24.04 on sewer pipe was read and ordered paid, and a bill for $25.20 for freight on stones was laid over for correction. A bili for $2 from Mrs. Mary Maloy for damage done her house on Washington street by blustiii" i on sewer was read and ordered paid. & j On motion it was agreed that a com mittee. of live be appointed to wait on the borough solicitor and have him draw up a contract for the purchaso of the crusher. The president appointed Messrs. Shigo, Hrislin, Zemany, Moe han and Neuburger, with full power to act. The committee met at the solicitor's ollico, after the meeting, with the two agents. After they adjourned it was given out that the crusher was bought. I A special meeting of the council will 1 be held tomorrow evening to take action upon the linal report of the committee. ' TjUNANCIAL STATRMKNT of Freeland I borough school district lor the your end ing J uue 1, 18U0. ( Hugh Ma Hoy, collector. Dr. , To amount of duplicate $4,817 07 Or. By rchutcmoiits to tax pay era. $ 112 II Returned to county commls. sa ss Abatements by county com. 35 71 r.xonorutioiiß 246 12 Collector's commission pjj) fig Paid J. J. Welsh, treasurer— 4,22a 30 -1817 07 ,1. J. Welsh, treasurer, in account with Freeland borough school (list. Dr. Received fur tcavlitnij )>ur)HMC8 — Received from Tlios. Brown, ex-tax collector $ 171 72 From Frank Faircliild, ux-col. i:< 00 ;; 11. F. Uutc.ox.trensuror.. 751 9(1 pupils residing outside of borough 28 75 From count}' commissioners.. 71 fii state appropriation 1,7111 :ct Hugh Alalloy, collector... 2,114 15 1 1 •,/ 1 t 4,100 63 Received firr liuildinu purptmes— Hugh Malloy, collector 2,114 15 Markle Bank. & Trust Co., loan 3,000 oil , 5,114 15 SIO,OIIOB Tenchinu pur turns— I'liiil touchers... (5,7115 ' leaning school rooms .|H no Printing and publishing 41 55 Costs in It ud rail IPs ease 32 50 Wood, coal mid hauling Hl7 fig {looks ami stationery 040 00 freight and express S "2 . Mrs. J. Lindsay, rout ... .... sOO 1 at rick (i'Domicil, brooms... a :ui 9 C K i,b y 87 , J. P. Gorman, call bell ;,0 .las. 11. Ferry, salary as scct'y 75 uo Jre.tsurers com mission 114 07 Amount in teaching fund F7 00 Knnwlcil „n new huihUnu- 4 ''' lUJ 53 J. M. ( iiiiiiius 2 050 5:1 & " imt MI " 111. willinmson, lioutinir and closets 75Q 35 1 A. A. Muclllnun. imintliitr " im liu ."*' * ''"J li'. m-worconiifc... tit) yu ; jig Air. Dank lor. imirbloslab... s 7 P ■ M..C.| Hum,■ iw, udltiß deed 835 . ! l.ninlii iCii., iu,„i H ,r 407 , 11. MoKuuna. bluck bourds... 5 uii . ' liulUHno cr;*iisi_ 1,331 w Murkle liunkliis Trust To., : ullT? > Mrs. K h. Hayes, insurance... 78 00 fc winf 11 "" 1,1 '> ' i ii' A i '"j I'l-'imlriiik• ■ 43 115 .1. I>. M>ers, repairing p> b reeland Lumber Co., lumber 3 J. .). Welsh, treasurer's coin Ml oi Balance iu building fund.....' 47135 „ $10,014 08 Resources. Buildings and ground $ 8 550 00 School furniture 1,060 m ' {looks iind stationery 5 lim) iii Frank lairchllds.... ' 1, S bill bill! ies. Markle Itanking ,V Trust Co S 'mini on Outstanding S Resources over liabilities $"17180 05 i ouih .u'^, l ,'' 1 ' Ki , n< : 1 ' I'"lit..rs of the bo l ougii oi 1-Iceland, alter being dulv sworn :ui eordlliK to law. SIIV . tl.a" tllo fenvm.i.,L stutcinclll is trill' iiiul correct to tliu liost of our knowledge unci bolicf, so fur us S ac counts huve boon presented to us. 11. (1. Dcppc, j G. HORACK, Baker & Confectioner. Wholesale and llelail. CENTRE STEEET, FREELAND.
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