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liRYAN AND SEWALL.
THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED AT
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Nebraska fYeo Oliver AdToento For
President, thfi Maine .hlpbnlldrr For
Tic President The Platform For Free
Coinage of Silver.
The Democratic tmtlnnnl convention,
which mot at the Coliseum In Chicago,
plarort In nnnilnntlnn fur president Wil
liam .1. Bryan, tho eloquent young Nehras
kfi free silver advocate, whom his admir
en delight to call ' the boy orntor of the
Platte," and for vice president Arthur
Scwnll of Maine, onoof the most extensive
and substantial shipbuilders on tho At
lantic soahoord.
The freo coinage advocates were In onn
trol from the mart to the finish of the
convention and dominated at every step
In the proceeding. They won a conspicu
ous victory In semiring the temporary or
ganization. Again they wore victorious
In the adoption of tho platform, over which
WILLIAM J. BIIVAN.
there wri one of the most spirited debates
that has over been hennl In a national
convention, the prinolpnl speeches being
made by Senator Hill of Now York for the
gold standard and W. J. Itrynn of Nebras
ka for free ootnngo. Both wore master
pieces of convention orntory. Tho hitter's
addrons took tho oonvontlun by storm and
was an Important fitotor In his nomina
tion. Tho convention lasted five days and
Anally closod with the nomination of can
didates whose views aro fully In nocord
with the duolarntlon of principles ndopted.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
Sketch of the Life of the Democratic
Candidate For President,
William Jennings Bryan, who was nom
lnated for president by the Deinocrutlo
national convention at Chicago, was born
at Salem, Ills., March li), lwlu, and la
therefore the youngest man who has ever
boon nominated for the presidency. He Is
the son of the late Rllas L. Bryan, a Vir
ginian, who settled at Salem whon 18
years old, and was successively a state sen
ator, olrmilt Judge and a member of the
Illinois constitutional convention of 1870.
Like his son, Judge Bryan was an elo
quent platform speaker.
After attending the local publlo schools,
young Bryan took his degree at the 1111
Hots state oolloge and was also graduated
from the Union Lnw oollege, Chiougo. He
completed his studies In the ofllce of the
venerable Lyman Trumbull, and In 1887
moved to Lincoln, Neb., where he began
the praotloe of his profession.
Within year after his settling at Lin
coin the nomination for lieutenant govern
or was offered to him by the Democrats.
He declined it, but took an aotive part in
the oampnlgn, making no loss than 60
peeches. Such a ready and gifted spoaker
as young Bryan had not been heard on
the local stump for many years, and he
soon won a statewide reputation.
In 1890 he was nominated by his party
for congress in the Lincoln district and
announced tbat he would make his can
vass on the issue of tariff reform. His Ho
pnblluan opponent was W. J. Connell of
Omaha. Mr. Bryan made a whirlwind
round of the district, attaoklng protection
aggressively and exolting enthusiasm
wherever he spoke.
At the eleotlon In November Mr. Bryan
turned a Republican majority of 8,400 in
to a Demooratlo majority of 8,713. His
great triumph attracted the notice of the
leaders of his party In congress, and on
the organization of the house Mr. Bryaa
was made a member of the Important
committee of ways and means. His select
tlon was Justified by his work In commit
tee and his power of statement and elo-
quenoe on the floor.
Mr. Bryan was re-elected to oongress In
ioms over Alien w. r luia oc Liinooln by
substantial majority. Two years later hs
was the candidate of his party for United
States senator, but John M. Thurston
(nop.) was elected by the legislature.
It was as a member of the Fifty-third
congress that Representative Bryan be-
HHO. W. J. BRYAIt.
earns an earnest advocate of free silver,
fits speech of three hours against the re
peal of the Sherman law was the star ef
fort of the silver debate, eclipsing Bland's
elaborate argument and holding the at
tention of a full house and crowded gal
leries. It was regarded as the most elo
qoaut address heard during that oongruse.
Mr. Bryan Is a man of great personal
magnetism and flue preaonoe. The resem
fclauoe between him and the late Samuel
J. Randall lias been remarked by many.
He Is aboi" 6 font 10 Indies In huluht.
weighs 130 H jnds and has dark hair and
dark eyes.
He Is an exceedingly pluasant talker and
Is fond of dealing lu well rounded phrases,
tils speeches abound with poetry. He la of
Irish lineage, but his people have lived Id
this oountry for more than 100 years. Io
reilgloa he Is a Presbyterian, but believes
la the entire eepnratlon of eburch and
atata. ' He steadfastly optionee bringing re
llgioa into polilU-s or politic into ruligtou,
Mr. Bryan's wife, who has been a olose
figure in all bis publio life, oanoot go uu
tuentkjnau. She was Miss MarykL Balrd
and was tlie euily daughter of a prosper
ous knerehant In Perry, Ills. She has a
pure, handsome, thoroughbred face and is
withal a wuuiau of rare mental endow
munis. A few years after their marriage Mrs.
X3ryun botan the study of law, with her
tuabujjd ad luatruuivr, takluv the course
presorlbed by the oollepo from whinh he
graduated. he was admitted to the bar
In 1HSS. Fhn never thought to prnetlco.
Her only motive was to aid her hustmnd
In his life work, and sho might he safely
credited with at least half of all there Is
good and honest and snooosnful in the Ne
braska onmltdote.
ARTHUR SEWALL,
fie Comes of an old an llln.trlnus Ship-
blinding Family.
Arthur prwoll, who was nominated for
vice president, is a resident of Bath, Mo.,
and Is one of the most extensive and sub
stantial shipbuilders on the Atlantic son
boo rd.
Steadily for nearly three-quarters of a
century 1ms the Scwall private signal, a
white "f" on a blue ground, fluttered
from the main of some of the stanohest,
finest, swiftest vessels In tho Amerioan
merchant marine, carrying the stars and
tripes into every foreign port.
rrom the days of tho first chnbby little
Diana, built In lH.'H. to tho great stool
Dlrljron, launched in 1HU4, this house has
led tho country In designs for merchant
vessel. Beginning under William I),
fiowall in lM:i. the house hns been con
tinuous, and today owns the largest sailing
merchantmen ntloat under our nag.
William 1). Hawaii was succeeded by his
sons under the namo of E. & A. Sowall,
which firm ha since become Arthur Sew
all At Co., with Hon. Arthur Sowall,
Maine member of tho national Demo
cratic committee and Democratic nominee
for vice president of the United States, at
its head, and his nephew, Samuel S. Scw
all, and his son, William D. Sowall, asso
ciated with him.
Tho Sowalls are of au old and Illustri
ous family on both sides of tho water. The
first American Sowall came hero In I0J4,
and Duninies Sowall, the grandfather of
the first shipbuilder, came to Bath from
York, which was also in the district of
Maine, in 17(13, when he purchased tho
tract of Kind on which to this day stands
the Sowall yard and the houses of tho
Sewall family. In the 71 years that tho
Sewalls have been building ships they
havo owned 115 ships.
Arthur Sowall, the present hond of the
firm, was born at Bath on Nov. 25, 1835.
He grow up among tho scenes of the ship
yard and suashore, acquiring a familiarity
with business life which has slnoe served
him well not only In that particular
branch, but In many ot.hor lines of mer
cantile life, for he Is from beginning to
end a capitalist. There Is hardly a cor
poration in Sagadahoe county In which ho
Is not a dirootor. He Is prominent in
AIITHUR SEWALL.
railroad circles as well as in politics, hav
ing been president of tho Malno Central
and other Important roads and now being
a director In many. He Is a bank from-
dont and one of t he prinolpnl men of Bath
Mr. Sewall was married In 1859 to Miss
Emma D. Crooker of Bath. Ho has two
children living, both of them sons, Harold
M. and William D. Sewall.
THE PLATFORM.
The Prolnratlnn of Prlnulplea of the I)em
onratto National Convention.
The following lf the full text of tbt
plntform adopted by the convention
Wb, the Democrats of the Un!td BtntM, in
national convention anaembled, do rualtlrra
our allHffianon to thofle (rrcat essential prin
ciples of Jutrtioe and liberty upon which our
InHtitutioni are founded and which the Demo
cratic party han maintained from JefTornon's
time to our own freedom of upwch, freedom
of the presH, fredum of conscience, the prui
ervation of personal' rightH, the equality of
all citlzem before the law and the faithful
observance of constitutional limitations.
Durine all these yeart the LHimocratlo party
han rettiHted the tendency of xelHuh lntereutit
to the centraliwation of (jovemnientul power
and Htnailfastly maintained the Integrity of
the dual scheme of Rovomment entubnubed by
the founder of this republlo of republic. Un
der its Kutuance anri teachlnirs the greut prin
ciple of lottul Bf If government has found ita
best exprt-Hdion in the nialntenanoe of the
rlKhte of the tttatet) and in Its assertion of the
neceMtdty of oonflninK the general govern men t
to ttie tJirctfe of powers KrantiKi by the con'
stttutlon of the Uuittxl tttatta.
The oonKtitutlon of the United States guar
imteos to every citUen the rlpbte of civil and
religious liberty. The Democratic party has
always been the exponent f political lrberty
ind rt'liicious freedom, and It renews Its obll-
fHtions and reaflirms its devotion to these
fundamental principles of the oonrtiltutlon.
ocoKniBinft that the money question Is par-
aiVunt to all others at this time, we Invite
attention to the fact that tne ieaerai oonstnu-
tioft names silver and frld together as the
mopey metals of the United Htates, and that
the flrtit coin aire law passed by congress un
der the constitution made ths silver dollar
the nit of value and admitted gold to free
coinage at a ratio moasured by the stiver dol
lar unit.
We declare that the ftct of 1878 demount! tin
silver without the knowledge or approval of
the Antt-ricaii people has resulted in the appre
ciation 6f gold and a eorret ponding fall in the
prices of coin moult las produced by the poople,
a heavy lucreatte in the burdn of taxation
and of all debts publio and private, the en
rich men of the money lending olass at boine
and abrftttd, paralyse of Industry and impov
emmwent ox the pHiple.
We are unalterably opposed to the single
gold standard, which has locked fast toe proa-
perity ox an industrious im,i,. in the tHralT'
sis of bard times, iiold it.unomctullisiu is
brltiuh policy, founded upon British greed for
gain and power, and it general adoption has
broil gjht uth(r nations to financial servitude
to Loudon. It la not only un-Amerioan, but
anti-AuMirioan, and it oan be fastened upon the
UniUrd btutouj only by the stming of that in
do nil tab ! spirit and love of liberty whtofc
proclaimed our political independence la ii
and won it ilt the war of h evolution.
We demand the Immediate restoration of the
free and uuhuiitvd ooinajje of gold and silver
at the present 1 -gal ratio of 16 to 1, without
waiting for the aid or eonwnt of any other
naiiou. Wu demand that the utandurd silver
dollar shall be a full legal tendur equally with
go. -I for all debt, publio and private, aud we
favor such tegirtlution as will prevent the de
monetization of any kind of legal tender muar
ey by private coiitraot.
We are opposed to the policy and practice of
surrendering to the holders of the obligations
of the United tkattt the option reserved by
law to the government of redeeming such ob
ligations lu either silver coin or gold ooln.
We are opposed to the burning of Interest
bearing bouds of the Uuitud Ktates in times uf
peace and ouudumn the trumokmg with bann
ing syndicate, which, in ''vchantfe for bonds
and at an enormous protiV themselves, sup
ply the federal treasury with gold to main
tain the policy of gold monometallism.
monoy. sod lTeldnt J. kn deUrd Uml
OjugruiaB alone has the power to coin and bum
this puwur oeuld not be dulugated to oorpon.
tluns ur to individuals.
We therefore dbiiounos to itiaaaitae of note
Intended to otruuluto as inoa.-j by nutiunal
banlu an induruKatlunuf thu ounritltution, sad
wo delnaud that all pttur wbluh Is made a lo
gal ttuutur for puMio and privsto debts, oi
whlcji Is ruueivabju fyr dutlp ty tno United
HtntfH, shall te iHfWied by tho gnvnrnmpnt ot
thn United Ptatfw and shall be rftdwnmble in
coin.
We hold that tariff duties should be levied
for purpnaon of revfnnp, snoh duties to be so
adjusted as to operate equally tltrnuffhout the
country and not discriminate between claw
section, and that taint ion stinntd
be limited by the neodn of the govern
ment honestly and economically adminis
tered. We denounce as disturbing to
nufness the Kepublloan threat to rtre the
MrKinley law, which has bpen twice con
demned bv the people in national election
and which, enacted under the false plea ot
protection to home Industry, proved a proline
breeder of trusts and monopolies, enrlchod
the few at the expense of the many, restricted
trade and deprived the producers of the great
American staples of access to their natural
markets. Until the money question 1s settled
we are oppoKod to any agUntlon for furtnei
changes In our tariff lnws except such an are
necessary to mnke up the deficit In rvenus
canned by the adverse decision of the supreme
court on the Income tax.
There would be no deficit In the federal rev-
mtin but for the annulment by the supreme
court of a )bw pnswd by a Democmtle con-
grens In strict pursuance of the uniform deci
sions of that court for nearly WO years, that
court having sustnined constitutional objeo-
ttons to Its enactment which had been oven-ruli-d
by tho ablest judges who had ever ant
on that bench. We declare that it Is the duty
of congress to use all the oonntltutional powei
which remains after that decision or which
may enmo from its reversal by the court as it
may hereafter be constituted, so that the bur
dens of taxation may be equally and impartial
ly luid, to the end that wettlth may bear Itsdni
proivcrtkm of the expenses of the govtrnnvmt.
We bo)fl that the most efficient way of pro
tecring American labor is to prevent the lm
portatlon of foreign pauper lator to oompet?
with it In the homu market and that the value
of the hums market to our American farmers
d artisans Is greatly reduced by a vicious
monetary system which depresses the prices
of their products below the cost of produc
tion and thus deprives them of the means of
purchasing the products of our home manu
factures, nnd as labor creates the wealth ot
the country we demand the paHsage of such
lnws as may be necessary to protect It in all
Its rights.
We are in favor of the arbitration of differ
ences between employers engaged In inter
state commerce and thir employees and rec
ommend such Icglnlntlon as Is necessnry to
carry out this principle.
The absorption of wealth by the few, the
consolidation of our leading railroad systems
and the formation of trusts and pools require
stricter control by the federal government
of those arteries of commerce. We demand the
enlargement of the powers of the intorntatsj
commerce commineion and such restriction
and guarantees in the control of railroads as
will protect the people from robbery and op
pression.
nu uenounce tne pronigate waste or tne
money wrung froan the people by the oppress
ive taxation and the lavish appropriations of
recent Republican congresses, which have kept
tuxes high while the labor thut pays them is
unemployed and the products of the people's
toll are depressed In price till they no longer
repay the cost of production. We Hemand a
return to that simplicity and economy which
best befit a Demourutlo government and a re
duction in the number of useless offices, the
salaries of which drain the ubtanoe of the
peoplu.
We denounce arbitrary Interference by fed
eral authorities in local affairs as a violation
of the constitution of the United States and a
crime aguln.it- free Institutions, and we espe
cially object to government by injunction as
a new and highly dangerous form of oppres
sion by which federal jndgen, In contempt of
tho laws of the states and the rlgbte of oltt
reus, bvcome at om-t legislator, Judge and ex-
cuttoner, and we approve the bill passed at
the last Reunion of the United States senate and
now pending in tho house relative to con
tempts in federnl courts and providing for
trials by Jury In certain cases of contempt.
No discrimination should be Indulged by the
government of the United fltutes in favor of
any of its debtors. We approve of the refusal
of the Fifty-third congrows to putw the Pacific
railroad funding bill nnd denounce the effort
of the present Republican congress to enact a
similar measure.
Recognizing the Just claims of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of
the present commissioner of pensions that no
name shall be arbitrarily dropped from the
pension roll, and the fact of enlistment and
service should be deemed conclusive evidence
anal tint disease ordisnbllity before enlistment.
Wo favor the admission of the territories of
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arixona into the
Union as states, and we favor the early admis
sion of all the territories having the necessary
population and resources to entitle them to
statehood, and while they remain territories
we hold that the ollicials appointed to admin
inter the government of any territory, together
with tho District nf Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona fide residents of the territory
or district in which the duties are to be per
formed. The Democratic party believes in
home rule, and that all publio lands of the
United States should be appropriated to the
establishment of free homes for Amerioan cit
izens. We recommend that the territory of Alaska
be granted a delegate in congress, and that the
general land and timber laws of the United
Strttes be extended to said territory.
Tho Monroe doctrine, as originally declared
and as Interpreted by succeeding presidents, is
a permanent part of the foreign policy of the
United States and must at all times be main
taincd.
We extend our sympathy to the people of Cu
ba in their heroio struggle for liberty and In
dependence, We are opposed to life tenure In the publio
service. We favor appointments based upon
merit, nxeo. terms of olnee and such an ad
ministration of the civil service laws as will
afford equal opportunities to all oitisens of as
certained fitness.
We declare it to be the unwritten law of this
republic, established by custom and usages of
100 years and sanctioned by the examples of
the greatest and wisest of those who founded
and have maintained our government, that ao
ajan should be eligible for a third term of tho
presidential office.
The federal government should ears for and
Improve the Mississippi river and other great
waterways of the republic, so as to secure fur
ths interior states easy and cheap transporta
tion to tidewater. When any waterway of tho
republic is of sufficient Importance to demand
aid of the government, such aid should be ex
tended upon a definite plan of continuous work
until permanent Improvement la secured.
Coutyling ih the Justice of our cause and ths
necessity or its success at me pons, ws sub
mit thy foregoing declaration of principles
and purposes to tho considerate judgment Of
the AmC'ihn people. We invite the support
oi an ciHmiu wno approve nem ana wno ue
sire to have them maue effective through leg
islation for the relief of the people and tit
restore uui or the ounntrv a M-oatmri'-w.
FWrtOUS YOUNG MEN.
Kot a Am critics pronounce Webster's
earliest oratfons to be his bust.
Bach wrote fufruos and studios in ooun
terpoiut bt foru he was V years old.
Murthtl, 1U Latlu satirist, wrote epi
grams wheft-he was only 12 years old.
Napoluin was 84 wlu?n he dlstinfrulHliod
hlniM lf at the slfge of Toulon and laid the
foundation of his future fortune.
Taylor was tho court cliuplnin at 97 and
said afturwurd that ho pruochod his best
eunnons before attaining that age.
Conirruve produced "The Old Buchelor"
at 1 and "Love for Love" at Ud. Kuch la
esteemed a masterpioce of its kind.
Klclmrdsou planned several novels early
In life, but, devutina: his attention to busi
ness, did not complete them until he had
attained numire years. ;.
Schumann wrote studies for the nlano-
forto before he wis 17, and eovrrul of 1.1s
must linishi'd plows, were published ore ha
hud reached the au of U0. 1
fojie wrote his "Ode of Solitude" when
h waa lu and his "Kssuy on Criticism."
by nuiny considered the best of all bia
works, when he was burely 1
(.-live wua .only a Uttto over 20 when ha
emburked on his career of conquest in In
dia. Asa buy he exhibitod military genius
and when only V or 10 years of avo formed
all tiie Idle lads of his native villtru loto
a military compauy and luid the merchants
Bu shipkee-era under tribut of apples
and 1 ut 11 pence.
M!a Art.
A sky blus cow aud a purple pltf.
A ota green horw and a yellow gig,
Au indigo niMid and a auJf run uul
I artuigu art to the Busier md.
k'uuiily Call.
mil ANOTHER TICKET!
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS OF ILLINOIf-
K3SUE AN ADDRESS.
Doles' ti-Mutira to Be Beeretary ot th
Itomocratle National Committee Chalr
maa Hnnna Names His Aids Candidate
Bryan at Bis Old Home.
CniCArto, July 15. The executive com
mlttoe of the gold standard Demoorats of
Illinois hns prepared an address to the
Democracy of the other states In thr
Union. It was the unanimous opinion of
the committee that a seoond Demooratlo
national convention should he called to
nominate candidates for president and
vice president. The address Is as follows:
"To Our Fellow Democrats of Other
btntos:
"A national convention convened un
der the constituted authority of our par
ty han Just closed Its session In the city of
ChlCBRO. It entered npon Its work by vio
lating all party precedents In the rejection
of distinguished Democrat as Its tempo
rary presiding ollioer.
"It deprived a sovereign state of a voice
In Its deliberations by unseating wlthont
cause or legal Justification delegates eleot
ed with all the regularity known to party
organization.
"It refused to Indorse the honesty and
fidelity of the presont Democratic national
administration.
"It adopted a platform which favors
the freo and unlimited coinage of silver by
tills conntry alone at the ratio of 16 to 1,
and therohy It repudiated a time honored
' Demooratlo principle, whioh domands the'
strictest maintenance of a sound and sta
ble currency.
"Finally, to make It still plainer that
although In name It was not In foot a
Demooratlo convention, It nominated for
president one who Is not In his polities and
has not always been even In professions a
Democrat. This has made suoh a crisis
both for the nation and the Demooratlo
. party that sound money Democrats must
at onoe decide what political action they
will take for the protection of the honor
of the nation, the prosperity of the peoplt
and the life and usefulness of the party.
The sound money Democrats of Illinois
have fully made up their minds that a new
Demooratlo national convention should be
called for the earliest feasible day to oom
Inate Domoorntlo oandldatos for president
and vloe president and to adopt a platform
of Demooratlo principles, and they desire
to state to tho Democrats of the othet
states their reasons as follows:
Reasons For tho Call.
'First. Sound money Democrats owt
tt to the country to make It certain at once
that their revolt against free silver is de
termined and will be organized. It la un
fnlr to oblige the credit of the nation and
the business and industrial Interests of
the people to merely guess what the sound
monoy Demoorats will do In November
and wait until November to find out.
'Second. The nomination ot a new
ticket Is the logical course. Without tt and
a sound money Demooratlo campaign the
whole educational force of Sound money
Democratic sentiment would be paralyzed
from the beginning. Republicans cannot
argue the sound money question to Dem
ocratic voters. Republican sincerity on
that question Is doubted by the mass of
Democrats. The tariff question will be put
to the front and Insisted upon by Repub
lican speakers and the Republican press as
it has persistently been by Mr. McKln
ley himself. Democrats will not listen to
lessons on finance when aooompanled by
abuse of the Demooratlo party. The most
effeotlve foroe at this time for a campaign
la the foroe resting in the sound money
Democrats, for they are profoundly in ear
nest and can get a hearing from Democrat
that the Republicans cannot possibly get.
"Third. A new convention would also
preserve for the future the opportunities
of the Demooratlo party. Unless a clear
cut separation Is made between the genu
ine Democrats and Democrats who are
drifting to Populism or are already In
Populism, and unless a clear cut separa
tlon Ib supported by organisation, the par
ty has no chanoe of regaining publlo oon
fldeiioe for years to come. The sound mon
ey Demoorats In the different states must
either make tt dear that they nave no
aoclation with the Bryan party or they
must acoept association and entanglement
with tt, and all state organisations will
in the publlo mlud be for It that do not
make It absolutely dear that they are
against It. The sound money Demoornts
are already sufficiently organized In this
state to be able to meet their fellow Dem
ocrats In a new convention and are anx
ious to confer with representatives of oth
er states whenever a representative confer
ence oan be brought about.
"Communications should be addressed
to Mr. ; Charles K,.' Kwlng, chairman,
Palmer House, Chicago.
, Bryan at His Old Homo.
Salem, Ilia., July 14. Never before In
Its hUtor has this quiet little town of
8,000 people been so ablaze In glory as tt
was last night. Ordinarily the oltizena re
tire for the night at 0 o'olook. At 10 It Is
as quiet as a oountry ohurohyard. At mid
night triors if nothing left with whioh to
oompare the stillness that prevails. But
last-night It wa different. W. J. Bryan,
leader1 of the Domocratlo national cam
paign, a native of the place, returned here.
The whole town, was out to meet him
-There were skyrockets and romun oandlea
and red tire burning along the route by
which Mr. Bryan ,wa conducted to the
home or his slste) JUrs. j antes Halra
Here be will remain for the next two days.
The trip from Chicago to this place wu a
continuous ovation, thousands of people
turning out to greet the Damaaratto nom
inee at the stations ' along the line. Mr.
Bryan expressed his 'gratitude In a short
speeoh at each station, 'lie also spoke brief
ly and with muoh feeling at a reception
given him by bis former neighbors and
friends at bis old honiej' ' '-
Walsh For Roeratarr.
Chicago, July 14. C. A. Walsh of
Iowa, who handled the oampalgn of Hor
ace Boles In the national convention Just
Closed, baa been selected temporary secre
tary of the national Demooratlo commit
tee, and the understanding is that bis ap
pointment will be confirmed and snade
permanent wnen tne nuimiiM meeu
aguin. Mr. Walsh's appointment was some
what of a surprise to him, as be had not
been an active oandldute for the position.
Republican Executive Committee.
Cleveland, July 14. Hon. M. A. Has
aa has announced the national exeoutlve
oommitteo to be as follows: M. A. Hauua.
ohalriuan, Cleveland; William M' Os
borne, secretary, Boston ; General Powell
Clayton, Arkansas: Charles U. Duwea, Il
linois; W. X. Durbln, Indiana; Cyrus La
land, Kaunas; Joseph M. Mauley, Maine;
Hon. M. s. Uuay. Pennsylvania; a. u
Payne, Wisconsin; N. I) Soott, West Vlf
Ifiuia; ninth mm. m vnt nnoson.
Thai TorrltU Army Worm.
Albion, N. Y., July 18. The army
srorm is doing great destruction in this
vicinity. Many fields of oom have been
totally destroyed, the stalks being eaten
to the ground. It la impossible to stay the
progress of the post.
MuaIo lm.truotu Dead.
Bi'CKriULO, Ma., July IS. Luther
Whiting Mason died hare. Mr. Mason was
famous tho wurld over- aa the author of
(be chart tystuin of teaching muslo La
publlo schools.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tfiarsdor, Jnly ft,
Charles S. Alden of New York, an art
ist, saved two women from drowning at
Cottage City, Mass.
Meettngs preliminary to the assembling
of the Christian Kndonvor convention In
Washington were held In that olty.
The resignation of Sir Charles Tupper
as prime minister of Canada has been ao
oepted by the governor general.
Lenndor won Its hoat with New college
at Henley. Dr. McDowell of Chiongo was
defeated in hie second heat for the dia
mond soulls.
Clipper ships Henry Vlllnrd and Ken 11-
worth finished a closely contented rnos
from the Sandwloh Islnnds to New York
port with an nndeod)ed result.
The headless body of Miss Jessie Sohrle-
bsr, 17 years old, a muslo teacher, was
found on the railroad track at Elizabeth,
N. J. It Is thought she was killed and
placed there to prevent deteotlon.
William Johnson, a discarded sweetheart
or a Jealous husband, shot at bis success
ful rival, William H. Sutton, at Broadway
and Twentieth street, In New York, and
also at the woman, who calls herself Mrs.
Sutton. He wounded Sutton fatally and
was chased by the police and a mob to
Sixth avenue, where, In the shadow of
church, be killed himself.
Friday, tnlT 10.
The state Investigation Into the Plttston
(Pa.) mine disaster began In that place.
It Is reported In Athens that Russia M
urging France to oooupy Crete against
Groat Britain's tenure of Cyprus and
Kgypt.
The South Dakota Republican conven
tion Indorsed MoKlnley and the St. Louis
platform and nominated candlddtoa for
oongress and a state ticket.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company of Boston entertained the British
hosts at a banquet. Among the speakers
were the Prince of Wales and Mr. Depew.
A St. Petersburg dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zeltung of Berlin reports
that a passenger train has been derailed
near Batrakl on the Samara rallwaf in
southeastern Russia. Forty persons were
killed and Injured. The accident was
caused by obstructions plaoed on the rails.
The author of the act bave not been
traoed.
Saturday, Jaly 11.
Ex-Congressman Frank H. Hurd died
at Toledo.
Many meetings were held In oonneotton
with the Christian Endeavor convention
In Washington.
The army worm has made Its appear
ance on Governor Morton farm, i-llers
lie, and dona considerable damage.
The Interstate commerce commission
ha summoned trafflo officials of many
leading western roads to give testimony
concerning alleged illegal reDates.
A dispatch from Havana say that a re
port Is again ourrent In the oapltal that
Antonio Maoeo, the Insurgent leader In
the western provinces, was killed In a re
cent action.
John Golden, a conduotor on the ele
vated road, New York, tired three shots at
Mr. Catherine Havoner at an uptown
station and then committed suicide by
Jumping In front of a moving train.
Monday, July IS.
A dispatch from Cairo report the death
of a British officer from cholera at Am
bukoL
Most of the member of the Anoient and
Honorable Artillery oompany of Boston
are visiting Paris.
Nashville has been chosen as the city in
whioh will be held the convention of 1898
by the trustees of the United Christian
Endeavor societies.
The execnttve committee of theAmerl
oan Blmetalllo league Issued an address
Indorsing the candidacy of William J.
Bryan for president.
A dispatch from Athens brings an ac
count by Kaiser Wllhelm's apeolal com
mlssloner In Crete of atrocities oommlttod
in the Island by the Tnrks.
A fire, which attraoted thousand of
slghtsoer on Riverside drive. New York,
destroyed the old Peter Cooper glue fac
tory on North river In Upper Weehawken.
Rlohard Mansfield, the aotor, was fined
110 In Yorkvllle oourt In New York for
violation of a park ordinance In riding hi
bloyole on the concourse, near the Casino.
An unknown Frenchwoman, said to be
maid to a Mme. Carettl, a guest at the
Hotel Llnooln, New York, died at Roose
velt hospital under mysterious circum
stances. Tuesday. July 14.
Many people are reported to bave been
killed by the blowing up of a railroad
train In Cuba.
The members of the new Canadian Lib
eral ministry formed by Wilfred Laurler
were sworn Into oftloe In Ottawa.
The Blmetalllo league beld a meeting
in Lionaon, at wnion Professor JTranol A.
Walker made an address, and the annual
report of the league wa read.
A fleroe battle between Irish and Italian
laborers took plane In West Thirty seventh
street, new York, and many ot the oom
batanta were severely Injured.
One man was killed and another serious
ly injured by an explosion of hundred of
barrel of oil on lighter 1 New York
Harbor.
Five young men went Ashing la boat
At Atlantlo Highlands, N, J., on Friday-
last ana nave not been Heard from slnoe.
Their boat wa found capsized. It 1
thought that they were drowned.
Wodaooday, Joly 15.
Salem, Ills., and It mayor are doing
tneir utmost to Honor William J. Bryan,
wno is visiting ois Dirtnpiaoe.
Frederick Yuengllng, the New York
mllllonnalre brewer' son, baa been ban
ished to Central America by hi father.
Henry Harbison, one of be oldest of the
Sandy Book pilots, handed In hi resigna
tion to the board of pilot commissioners
oi new york harbor.
Mallory line steamship Colorado, from
Galveston, was beaohad on the ml honk
of New York bay to prevent sinking after
collision witn a dumping aoow in tow of
toe tug Kunyon.
Vloe President and Mrs. Stevenson are
at Bowling Green, Ky. They will remain
mere a fortnight aud return to Bluomlnu-
ton, 111., wboro they will spend the re
mainder or the summer.
At St. Joseph' hosDltal. Philadelphia.
Monday, tao, Oou In money and Jewels were
st-oien from ajr. and Mr. Moure, natUnta.
tne vain Dies were taken from a trunk,
UIUu H, TtuuupaQo, a professional
sturse at tne nospituu has disappeared.
Forest fires ar raging In the Caeoad
mountains fur mile on eaoh side of the
Nurtbera PaulSa railroad. Great damage
has been done to tlmlior, and at times the
flamo threaten! train pausing ovor tba
mountains.
rrofosso Kokulo Doad.
L.ONDOK, July Id. A Berlin dispatoh to
The Time says that Professor Ktkul of
w u uiversity of Bonn 1 dead.
A runoff.
Manager of Cycling Riding School I
sorry we oannot aocurautoUute you at the
moment, sir, for we bave only 6U blcyclei
In stock, and von muka thu ert.v.Hrfc ...
plication, so you will sue thut the machines
Visitor What is the use of keeping bike
Wum won t go round.- J uuy.
MR. VANDEItBILT ILL.
THE HEAD OF THE FAMOUS FAMILY
SUDDENLY 8TRICKEN.
Token Sink at His Now Tork Home Nhortly
After Returning From Newport A Con
sultation of Physicians Held No Im
mediate Cause For Alarm.
Nkw York, July IS. Cornelia Van-
derhtlt suddenly became 111 at bis home,
i-irty-seventn street and f irth avenue, but
what the nature of bis malady Is or bow
serious It may be cannot be positively as
sorted. It Is the general belief, however,
that Mr. Venderbllt Is suffering from a
paralytic stroke. He came to New York
from Newport yesterday by train and had
not been In the house long when he wa
stricken.
It so happened that Dr. Draper was In
the house at the time Mr. Vandnrhllt be
came 111, being In attendance on Cornelius
Vandnrhllt. Jr. Dr. Janeway was hur
riedly oalled, and the Immediate relative
were apprised by telephone of the Illness
of the head of the family.
Mrs. KUlott F. Shepard. Mr. Vander-
bllt'i eldest sister, hurried to the olty
from her oountry home at Scarborough.
and H. MeK. Twombly, vnho married Mr.
V underbill's sister Florence, also hurried
to the honse. George Vandnrhllt was also
In the city on his way to Bur Harbor.
W. K. VanderMlt on Saturdav nlnht
had gone to see bl mother, at Lenox,
where she ha been on a visit to her
daughter, Mr. William Douglas Sloans.
CORNELIUS VANDEItnn.T, SR.
Dr. Soward Webb and his wife, who wa
formerly Mis Leila VanderMlt, tho
youngest sister of the sick man, are at their
oountry plaoo In Vermont, Shelburne
Farms.
Not long after Mr. Twombly arrived at
the Vanderbllt house Dr. MoLane reachod
there.
William O. Whitney oalled at the house
and after remaining only a short time
came out and crossed the street to his own
bome. When asked as to the oondltlon of
Mr. Vanderbllt, he said:
"Oh, I don't think there 1 anything
dangerous about it. "
'What la the nature of Mr. Vanderbllt'
Illness?" he was asked.
"I do not think It would be proper for
me to talk of the affairs of another man'
family," Mr. Whitney replied, and deolln-
ed to my anything further.
There were several other callers, but the
brief stay of most of them indicated that
they had not gone beyond the outer re
ception room.
There was a oonsultatlon between Dra.
Draper, Janeway, Delafleld and MoLane,
and It was agroed that Dr. MoLane should
take oharge of the case. When Drs. Draper
and Delaileid loft the house, neither would
ay anything In reference to the case.
At the Vanderbllt house the member of
the family denied themselves to oallera,
and apparently instructions had been
given to the servant to. answer no ques
tion.
Had Worked Too Hard.
The exaot nature of the Illness with
which Mr. Vanderbllt baa been seized I
not known, but the surmise Is that he ha
had a collapse, due to an unusually aotive
business life and an almost too strlot at
tention to business. In spite of an ex
tremely calm demeanor, It I said that Mr.
Vanderbllt Is a particularly nervous man.
and there has been muoh of late to fret
and worry him.
His son' lllnes baa caused him great
worry, and for the last four weeks he ha
been almost constantly with young Cor
nelius, only going to Newport to Join the
rest of hi family.
Mr. Vanderbllt I about 94) yean old,
fully IS year younger than ht father at
the time of bl death.
He comes of a sturdy (took. Cornelius
Vanderbllt, tbe founder of the great fami
ly, who Is more familiarly known as Com.
niodore Vanderbllt, lived to an age well
In advanoe of the three soore and ten, but
his departure from life was not sudden.
Commodore Vanderbllt died at tbe age of
88 years, on Jan. 4, 187T, at the old home
In Washington plaoe.
To his son, William H. Vanderbllt, da.
eended the colossal fortune amassed by
this bold railroad and ferry king, but he
did not survive hi father many ream.
Ths death of William H. Vanderbllt wa
most sudden and allocking, ooourrlng In
the midst of a great railroad deal with
Robert Garrett In his own private office
at the Grand Central station. William H.
Vanderbllt had had several warning pre
vious to the shook whioh oarrlad him oft
so suddenly, and after the first, a partial
trok of paralysis, it was many month
before be attended to active business. Mr.
Vanderbllt wa In hi sixty-fifth yew at
the time of his death.
Trlod to Kill Proetdeno Faovo.
Pahis, July 15. The third attempt to
assassinate President Fuure of Franoe oo-
curred when the president wa reviewing
the troop at Longobamp on the anni
versary of the fall of the Hostile. He bad
aoaroely entered the field when a man la
the orowd ateppod forward and fired two
shot at him. The shots did not take
effeot. The would be assassin was at onoe
arrested, He declared that be bad only
fired blank cartridge, and that he had no
Intention of killing the president.
8HORT SERMONS.
No man Batten tho woman he truly
loves. -v uckennan.
Conceit In weakest bodies strongest
works. Shakespeare.
Manners eoolly and rapidly mature Into
morula. Horace Mann.
Age wlthont cheerfulness 1 a Lapland
winter wiuiout a sun. Col ton.
One who la afraid of lying U usually
annua ox naming else. fxouae.
The amity that wisdom knlta no folly
may easily untie. enaaespeara.
Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent
ior temporary advantages. Boveo.
All men would be musten of others, and
no man Is lord oi tmnself. Uoetlio.
Which Is the beta government That
which toachea self government. Goethe.
Leave glory tu great folks. Ah, oastlus
10, the air ouutuvuutdoul to keep up. Bui
WW.
God' livery is a very plain one, but It
wearer have good mason to bo content.
LioweU.
Misery la easily excited to augur, and
Iguorauoa soon yields to purfluiuus uouu
eels. Addison.
When workmen strive to do better tlian
well, they do confound their skill Lu ouvet
oiisimss - ftjhukuspuuru.
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