Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1896, Page 1

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TWO CENT THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or postal card. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to Gnother should give the last address 85 well as the new one. FOR RAPID TRANSIT Eckington and Belt Line Railway Bill Again Up. GATE ADOPIS CONFERENCE REPORT Extensions Granted to Both Com- panies In and Out of Town. ee eee MUST ABANDON HORSES After wee of delay, caused by the in- trusion aneous matter relating to the M n railroad, the and Belt railway bill was today brought from the oblivion of a ing nd sent on its road to the Fer some days there has been a 1 fee owing to the persi of the and officials of th Metrepolitan rc would fail to be to yester riaiaty Last Satur published, from the 1 atement of the true feeling in infly tial men bill had on if the ngt ns of Weakening. the Capitol Monday morning of the M represen- opolitan line began to igurated uckage ar- compensate ain t rangeme' ould in par: for the loss that of th of the Hou conferees in nowi >on Mr. Me- f the re- e followed s - Senate Adopts the Report. Promptly after the mecting of the Sen- presented the conference re- ng Florida, Grant Hach to the Zoolog What the Bill Requires. | The bill as ft now stands Eckington and Belt companie months from the date of its passage, to in to equip their lines lying within y limits with compressed air motors. fter a triai of three months, the motors I, In the judgment of the Commission- satisfactory, the | Girected to issue per- es to equip their lines th such means of n six months from e companies shall power on ali their lines. not be approved months from the the companies shall t and operate on all thelr lines the ric sy No extension bill shall be operated by Ww requires the . within three vided that within thirty e of the act cars shall ng tracks, | ection of G street | ue, thence by G a: to T street, act tory to the Commi 2 read fs auth eraie a street raiiw: t to Sth at the single northwe: lorida avenue t extended. on is autho of the Bel the a from ad on W: thence sc treet by an ex- ks of the Belt Delaw ave- that re is not cient for ks on Water street thoi on tracks already purchase tion of | i shall year after the zp- any one of the ex- 4 and ope- = to the the Belt e is au- s of The Belt.) conditions a: road. Must Report to Congress. One of the most important pieces of street railroad legislation is that contained in next to the last section of the bill as agreed to in conference, which requires ev street railroad corporation in the District of Columbia, on or before the Ist bruary each year, to make a report | Pennsylvania Universt to the House and to the Senate covering a period of cne year, ending the 3lst of De- cember previous to the date of making the report The reports will be sworn to and signed by the president and treasurer of the cor- poration and shail state the amount of capital s with a list of the stock- holders and the amount held by each; the amount of capital stock paid in; the total amount now of the funded debt; the amount of floating debt; the average rate cf interest on the funded debt; the amount of dividends declared; the cost of road- bed and superstructure, including the iron cost of land, buildings and fixtures, in- cluding land damages; cost of car, horses, harness and of moters and other machin- total cost ef rcad and equipment; th of road in miles; length of doubie Kk, includ! weight of the rail rd; number of cars, horses, motors, Sengers carried; average time consumed passenger cars in passing over the ad; repairs of roadbed and railway; dings and fixtures; total cost of main- ing the road and real state; cost of general superintendence, salaries of cfii- clerks, agents and office expenses wages paid to conductors, drivers, engi- and motormen; water and other jamages to persons and property, including medical attendanz>; rents, in- cluding use of other roads; total expense of operating the road and repairs; receipis from passengers; receipts from all other scurces spevified in detail; total receipts from al! sources during the year; payments for maintenance and repairs; payments for interest; payments for dividends on stock, ith the amount and rate per centum; total y uring the year; the numbes of persons injured in life and limb; the cause of injury, and whether passengers or em- ployes or ether persons, —__+.+_ FOR HIS PARDON. Ef R 2 £ R A Petition in Behalf of Capt. Wiborg Sent to the President. The numerously signed petition for the pardon of Captain Wiborg of the Horsa, who was sentenced by the United States court in Philadelphia to one year and four months’ impriscnment and $300 fine for violation of the neutrality laws in land- ing a party of filibusters and their arms in Cuba, has been delivered to the Presi- dent by Captain Kerr of counsel for the prisoner, and has been referred to the At- torney Gencral,for report, in accordance with the usual procedure. The petitioners state that Wiborg was not one of the prin- ipals in the affair, but acted under the di rection of other persons. They also allege t there has never before been an au- thoritative construction of the neutrality law, but that up to this time there has been a notable conflict of opinion among the judicial officers of the United States, and leading legal authorities have conten ed that acts such as Wiborg was con- victed of were not in vioiation of these laws. In view of these ailegations and of the severity of the punishment imposed, the pardon is sought. —__—+ ABOUT ADJOURNMENT. A Doubtful Feeling About Away Tomorrow. At the Capitol this mornirg, and espe- cially around the Senate side, there was a doubtful feeling about edjournment to- morrow, but it was felt that something t tusn up during the afternoon which would throw more Hght on the question. ator Dubois is quoted as saying that If not finish by Thursday it jon for a month longer. On ther hand it fs not known how it will be possible to keep a quorum in the Senate. A dozen or more Senators will leave be- een tomorrow and- Saturday night for . Louis. fhe majority of them are dele- 1d are compelled to attend. 2 -- THE BOND INVESTIGATION. Getting Congress does It Will Begin After the Adjournment of Congress. The Senate subcommittee of the finance committee designated to conduct an inves- tigation of the recent bond issues today d cided to begin its work after the adjourn- ment of Congress and to admit the press to its sessions. Its first mind was to hold secret mectings, but that idea was definite- ly abandoned today. Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle has prepared a statement for the committee in compliance with its request, but it is probable that he will also appezar in person to answer questions. — Personal Mention. Lieutenants J. C. Jervey and M. L. Wal- ker of the corps of enginecrs are in the city. Captain C. P. Miller, assistant quarter- master, has been ordered from this clty to Little Rock, Ark., on temporary duty -ted with the construction of build- ing: Rev Lewis B. Moore, assistant professor iratory department, Howard Uni- , has just successfully passed his examination for the degree of Ph.D. at the y. Mr. Moore ts a sity and has al- graduate Teady ble impression at How: ___-___+e+ Acts Approved. The President has approved the act to authorize the Baitimore and Washington Transit Corapaxy of Marylend to enter the District of Colurnbia; the act for the re- lief of the North Georgia Agricultural Col- llege; the act to expedite the delivery ef Imported parcels and packages not exceed- ing $0 In value; the act to regulate mail matter of the fourth class; the joint reso- lution to authorize a scientific investiga- ticn of the fur seal fishe the act granting an honorable discharge to John and the aets granting pensions am H. Parker; J ha H. Brown, ly M. Van Derveer, George Hager and William L. Spencer. + ©+- Death of Surgeon Fisher. Acting Adjutant General Vincent re- a teleg ing announcing death of Capt. W. W. R. Fisher, as- stant surgeon, stationed at Fort Meade, D. The deceased officer is a native of He entered the medical depart- the army December 3, 188%, and his present grade of captain and Mrs. tant surgeon in December, 183%. No ‘ticulars of his death are given. —_____-. — Again on Duty. Mr. J. Walter Blandferd has resumed his duties at the State Department as private y to Secretary Olney, after an en- absence of several weeks, due to a »born attack of inflammatory rheuma- Se Militia Duty. Capt. Levi P. Hunt, 10th Cavalry, and Lieut. Wm. P. Burnham, 20th Infantry, ave been assigned to duty with the Na- onal Guard of Missouri during the en- campments of its various regiments during july and Aug ee Today's Presidential Nominations, The President has nominated Axel S, Ellis as postmaster at Sioux Falls, S. D. Some minor army promotions were also sent to the Senate. —______-.——__ A Page at the Convention. srgeant-at-arms cf the House has ted J. Hollingsworth, a page of the as one of the pages at the St. Louis ceny ion. Mr. Hollingsworth is a Wash- ington boy and feels proud of the honor bestowed on him. 2+ ____ Naval Movements. ‘The Cincinnati has arrived at Brtdgeport, Conn. The Raleigh left New York yester- day for Charleston, S. C., to exercise the naval militia, What the Anti-McKinleyites Are Hoping for at St. Louis. NAMES 10 BE PRESENTED THEN Friends of Allison, Morton, Reed and Quay Will Vote for Them. A. P. A. VOTE UNCERTAIN SS Senator Quay, who left here this morn- ing, has repeated many times that his name will be put in nomination at St. Louis and that he will be voted for. A few hours ago he again said to one of his clos- est political friends that the convention would consider his name. This, together with the assertions of the friends of Alli- son, Morton, Reed and Braaley that the names of these gentlemen will go before the convention as bona fide candidates, continues to Interest many of the poli- ticlans at the Capitol. These who are not cn the inside of the movements of the anti- McKlaleyites cannot comprehend why, knowing that McKinley has a majority of the votes in the convention, they’ persist in their opposition. How One Delegate Puts It. The opinion was expressed this morning by a close friend of Senator Quay that the pugnacious anti-McKinleyites do not yet admit that the Ohfo man is sure of nom- ination. They are hoping against hope, it is said, and have an idea that something unexpected may turn up to prevent his reaching the gcal. “It is something like the condemned criminal under the shadow of the gallows,” the gentleman sald; “he hopes until the last, and even believes, that something will be done to keep the trap from being sprung. So it is with the op- ponents of McKinley. They do not know what may turn up.” On top of making this comparison, the gentleman, who is a dele- gate to the convention, winked one eye and -seriousiy said that there are some plans on foot which may work at St. Louis. Their Pride at Stake. Another reason given is that the pride of the anti-McKinley men 1s at stake, and that the leaders will not be so unmanly as to “lay down” without a fight. Such men as Manley, Quay, Piatt and others, it 1s said, are powerful enough to make the fight, take the chances of winning and af- terward of being recognized by the winner. There is no doubt, also, it is sald, that there was an understanding from the be- ginning between Platt, Quay and the oth- ers that they would stick together to the last. No matter how much Quay would like to break away from that understand- ing, Platt holds him in line and reminds him of his promises. Again, it is urged that Reed, Morton, Quay, Allison and Bradley could not afford to come down and not give their friends the chance of voting for them. Besides it is said that Major Mc- Kinley himself would much prefer that there should be consideration of other can- didates. 1t would be more in accordance With the policy of the republican party to Geliberate on these grave matters, and not to push them through with a hurrah. The Dominating Hope. Notwithstanding the mary reasons for the presentation of the names of the op- ponents of Major McKinley, there is strong ground for believing that the dominating hope of the anti-McKinley leaders is based on the unexpected. Quay, It is true, ad- mitted the nomination of McKinley, but Platt and other leaders have never made this admission. Senator Gear a few weeks &g0 was preparing to make en active fight for Allison, and is still hopeful. There will be thousands of Allison boomers at St. Louis. They have engiged quarters at various hotels and will not tire, it {s said, in their work for the Iowa man. Most of them will be from Allison's stete, and their enthusiasm will be correspondingly great. The A. P. A. Vote. Senator Gear, it is said, is figuring on the A. P. A. vote as an unkaown quantity. It is said that there are between one and two hundred A. P. A. men in the convention. The supposition is that they will support McKinley, but this is reckoned as not a sure thing. ——— MARYLAND DEMOCRATS. All Factions Eagerly Awaiting To- * morrow's Convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, June 9.—The assembling of the democratic state convention, which will be called to order ere in Ford’s Theater tomorrow, is being eagerly awaited by democrats of all classes today, and general speculation as to the probable action of the convention cn the money question and other features to be considered is to be heard from politicians {irrespective of party. The sound money democrats are unde- niably alarmed at the strength of the silver men, and they incline to the belief that they will have a hard struggle tomorrow to control the convention. The bulk of the silver strengih appears to come from the cestern shore and southern Maryland, but the gold men fear that silver delegates may creep out from unexpected sources, and many mysterious hints are afloat as to sudden conversions to the white metal to be re led tomorrow. A number of gold men, when approached today, admitted that they have been con- sidering the advisability of a straddle, and if the silver men display the strength they declare they will have_a compromise money plank may be adopted. The convention is xpected to be very largely attended, and a number of delegates have arrived in town. Most of these admit that they are at a loss to know how to vote on the financial question, and one strong gold standard del- egate indicated their situation in the re- mark: ‘‘We don’t know what to do; but if Wwe com? out for gold, and the national convention declares for silver, we'll have to eat our own words in the local campaign following.” The three district conventions in the city met today and elected twenty-one delegates to tomorrow's convention. —— DEMOCRATS ENGAGE QUARTERS, Getting Ready for the Convention at Chicago. CHICAGO, June 9.—The various state delegations to the national democratic con- vention are already selecting their quar- ters. The New York delegation will be lodged at the Palmer House. The head- querters will be in parlor F. The national committee will also have rooms provided for them at the Palmer. Tammany will be located at the Auditorium. It will have as companions the delegations from Mississip- pi, Kentucky, Maryland and South Caro- lina. Over in the Annex West Virginia, Washington, Missouri and Rhode Island representatives will hold forth. A number of eastern newspaper corre- spondents will also be located at the Audi- torium annex. The Great Northern will house representatives of several of the New York and Philadelphia papers. Men who shout for Kansas have engaged twen- ty-five rooms at the Lelana. A stampede for rooms is expected within a few days, owing to the fact that so many of the state delegations have deiayed the Selection of their headquarters, Another Turn in the Slack Case in New Jersey. Perrine’s Freed of Contempt and the Custody of the Children Made a Matter of Doubt. TRENTON, N. J., June 9.—The chanzel- ler today filed an opinion setting aside the two orders, one of which adjudged Col. and Mrs. Perrine in contempt of court and the other awarding Mrs. Kemble Slack the custody of her two children, which the Perrines claim under a will made by Mrs. Slack’s husband. The decision is based on technical grounds. The vice chancellor of New Jer- sey is not a constitutional officer. The habeas corpus proceedings were instituted before John C. Bird, as vice chancellor under the statutes. When the case came up for final disposi- tion it was heard before the vice chancellor on an order of reference from the chancel- lor. The Perrines were not in court, and the case was heard ex parte. The chancellor now finds that the Pe rines had no legai notice cf this final hear- ing, and therefore sets aside both ordcrs. This decision wili permit the Pcrrines to return to Trenton. ‘The decision also adds doubt to the question of the custody of the Slack children. The recent decision by the Court of Ap- peals of the District ef Columbia, award- ing the chfidren to their mother did not go into the merits, but was based upon the legal contentions that the case had bec disposed of in New Jersey, and that the District of Columbia court was obliged to give full force and effect to the New Jersey —>— E PLANK NOT ENOUGH. Dante? R, Sheen of IMinoin Leaves the Prohibitionints, PEORIA, IIL, June 9.—Daniel R. Sheen, who was nominated as a candidate for United States Senator by the prohibitionists at their Springfield convention, has with- drawn from the race and the party. He says he does not fancy the one plank plat- form and the abandoning of the woman suf- frage principle, and therefore resigns his membership on the prohibition state c tral committee, and withdraws as a candi date for United States Senator. His resignation has created quite an ex- citement in the local prohibition camp. In an interview he sald: ‘Phe woman suffrage principle has been maintained by the pro- hibition party since INS, and I do not like its being abolished from the platform. The party did not declare on the money question elther, and it is too important a question to ignore. Every party speaks out on the money question, and so should the prohil tionists. It should declare itselt one way or the other on these vital questions. I am a prohibitionist, but I could not conscien- tiously run on the platform adopted. I will Join the nationalist party, which was or- wanized by a wing of the prohibitionists at Pittsburg, and whose platform deciares on these questions. It was either abandon party or principle, and I preferred the former.” se GALLANTRY OF BLUE JACKE’ The Japanese ror Appreciative of American Daring. SAN FRANCISCO, June ¥.—The Emperor of China has testified his appreciation of the gallantry shown by the blue jackets of the American warships in rescuing drowning persons in the recent terrible disaster re- sulting from a collision at Woo-Sung be- tween the steamers Onwo and New Chang, Presenting to the captain of each of Uncle Sam's cruisers in Asiatle waters an elab- crately engraved and highly complimen- tary testimonial. : The part taken by the American sailor lads in this disis:rous affair, which sent over 8) human beings to death, 1s given in detail by Harry Walsh, one of the crew of the Boston, in a letter to his mother, who resides in this city. According to Walsh, the blue jackets of the crutser Olympia did the most effective life-saving work, as she was riding at anchor within a thousand yards of the scene of the collision. ——.-___ KECK GIVEN A YEAR. He Tried to uggle Diamonds Into New York. PHILADELPHIA, June 9. — Herman Keck, a member of the Coeterman & Keck Diamord Cutting Company of Cincinnati, who was convicted in the United States court cf attempzing to smuggle diamonds into this country, was today sentenced Ly Judge Butler to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of $200, Keck’s prosecution Was Srought about by the Diamond Importers’ Union of New York, Gnd als conviction was due mainly to the evidence of Capt. Loesewitz of the steame: Rhynlanc, who testified to having received @ package containing $7,000 worth of diamonds from Keck in a restaurant in Antwerp, which was to be given to F. Von- relth, also of Cincinnati. Keck sul quently sailed for New York on the steamer Aller and was arrested by United States treasury officials on the description given by Capt. Leesewitz. —— TROUBLE ON THE BORDER. First Regiment of Oregon Ordered to Be Ready. PORTLAND, Ore., June 9.—The Ist Reg- iment, Oregon National Guard, has been directed to hold itself in readiness to be ordered at any time to go down the Colum- bia river and quell the fishery disturbances, and it is more than probable that the mil tla will be on the moye inside two or three days. The cannery and other buildings of the North Shore Packing Company, situated across from Astoria on the Washington side of the river, were fired last night and other violence is feared. —— CAPTURE OF SUARDA. Advance of the Egyptian Forces Up the Nile. AKASHEH, Egypt, June 9.—Maj. Burn Murdoch's cavalry occupied Suarda yester- day, and captured the entire dervish camp and a great quantity of supplies. Many of the enemy were killed and forty der- vishes were made prisoners. Sir Herbert Kitchener has sent a detach- ment of infantry to hold Suarda, as it is a very valuabie position. The pursuit of the dervishes has been stopped, as the entire force north of Su- arda, with the exception of about 200 -fugitives, has been killed or captured. The whole of the Nile north of Suarda is new in the hands of the Egyptians. — ee $ CONGRESSMEN. OREG The Returns Now Indicate Election z of the Republicans. PORTLAND, Ore., June 9.—In the first congressional district Tongue, republican, has a plurality of 74. Complete returns have been received from all counties In the district and from all but three official re- turns are in. In the second district, with official re- turns from five counties missing, Ellis, re- publican, has 452 plurality. THE UNEXPECTED|COURT onpeRS SET ASIOE|THE COLOR QUESTION It Continues the Leading Topic at 8t. Louis. DENIAL OF REPORTED DISCRIMINATION Hotel Proprietors Declare That All Rooms Have Been Engaged. TALK OF THE POLITICIANS eo ST. LOUIS, June 9.—No solution ,of the puzzling question has been reached as to what shall be done with the colored dele- gates to the national republican convention. The proprietors of the leading hotels deny that they have refused to entertain colored men, as has been reported, but say their rooms are all “engaged,” and that they can- not accommodate the negroes, much as they might wish. A large number of national committee- men arrived this morning, but they were reticent about giving their views regard- ing the treatment of the negroes by the St. Louis hotel and boarding house keepers. M. H. DeYoung of San Francisco, owner and editor of the Chronicle of that city, and & member of national committee, said it Was not a part of the duties of the com- muttee to secure hotel accommodations for any delegate, white or black. He would oppose any etfort to bring the matter betore the committee. National Committeeman James Hill of Mississippi, and a negro, thought he secured rooms at Hurst's Hotel, but when he re- turned there last evening from the head- quarters of the Merchantg’ Republi League Club he found the doors barred against him, as it were. He was informed that the clerk had made a mistake in as- signing him a room, every room in the hotel having been previously engaged. Mr. Hill took in the situation at once. He quietly paid his bill, and took a street car for the home of Wm. P. Dye. He is still there, and will continue to make that place his head- quarters until the cluse of the convention, in the event that the Business Men’s League does not succeed in opening a hotel for him. George Hill, national committeeman from Tennessee, said last night that If hotel ac- commodations of a respectable character were not procured for the colored delegates from his state he would telegraph them not to come to the convention. Some of the members of the local commit- tee said that the whole matter would be settled to the satisfaction of all the colored N of them, they said, would be respectably cared for and comfortably housed and fed. “Those men who are ha getting rooms for colorea d: % trouble in only themselves to Mame, id 8. M. Ken- nard, president of the Business Men's League tv “When got the con- vention we pledged ou lo take care of the colored men, and we are do it. But those who waited ping to until the last minute will hava‘to take what they can get, 60 long White as it is clean and good. not get accomm They ave ail Wied for y But we will take the colored men, as we said we men can “You may say posttively,” said Rainwater, “that we can get plac the lodging and feeding of all the delegates who apply. I know this and can show it. If Hill will come to me, which he has not done, I will refer him to places where he can put his colored delegates and good places, too. I do not care what ditliculties may stand in the way, the pledges we made the national committee when we asked for the convention, will be carried oui to the letter. Por weeks pasi 1 have bombarded the tional committeemen with letters and telegrams asking them to let me arrange for the ac! i Major Ss for colored to the diffi- g the negroes ute. Many of them did and now they cannot get the rters they might have secured et uS arrange it weeks ago. y one of them will have a good place to sleep and plenty to eat. Dozens of restaurants will feed colored delegates during copvention week. Arranging to Handle the Crowd. Go. N, visited the conveniion and decided upon a number of deta as the stationing cf inside doorkeepers und istant, v well of Milwaukee, auditorium today assistant sergeants-at-arms and di ing the force of ushers and pages. Four docrkeepers will be stationcd at every door, two outside to inspect the tickets as the crowd passes through and two inside ‘tribut- te tear off the coupons. In this ay the crowd can be handled ‘emptly. Each di- vision have four ushers, and they are to seat all comers, or, at least, inspe: their tickets. There are forty divisions the dress circle and gallery, making a force there of 160 ushers. The space for the delegates, national committeemen, newspaper work- ers and prominent guests has eleven divi- and each will be provided with four Then there will be a smail army of pages and several hundred sergeants-az- arms. Chief Harrigan has promised Col. Byrnes a couple of hund: policemen, who will be ready to lend stance it chey are to take no part in d alternates, KnGwn only to the co mployes. The work of the dec 2 auditorium is about finished. traits of Gen, Grant and Admiral Farragut were put up y erda: The great naval commander will look down on the members of the convention from the gallery railing at the east the hall. Dir ite is a port Gen. Phil. Sheridan, representing the army. rhe still greater leaders, Lincoln and Grant, are on the two sides, the first al- most directly over the speaker's stand zrant at the center of the south gallery opposite. Higher than all, just above Lin- coln, is Washington. Each is surrounded by American flags. "The absence of pictures and mottoes rep- resenting leaders of the republican party of today will be noticed. The omission was intentional, the local committee having been placed under restrictions In this mat- ter. The decorations will be all in place before Wednesday evening, the time set for the dedication of the building. A fire company is on duty the audi- torium, and will be after the convention, The fire apparatus includes a chemical engine, with a capacity of 160 gallons of water, twelve shoulder Babcocks, 700 feet of hose attached to a water plug at each of the four corners of the building, and a number of ladde 3, ters, ropes and buckets. The building has also a fire alarm box, connected with the central office of the fire-alarm depa The American Telegraph and Company will have two long-distance tel phones in service at the convention. ‘Thi teen telephone wires in all will be run into the building. Bureau of Information. General Coleman of the bureau of in- formation is*preparing a complete list of all the houses and reoms that have been registered with him forethe accommodation of strangers. This list he will submit to Chief of Police Harrigan, in order that the police may make a personal inspection of each place. General Coleman has taken this action to assure himself that no one coming to St. Pat Louis during the convention will be thrown into bad company. There are more than 200 houses register- ed at the bureau, besides hotels and halls. Daily others are registered, while requests for ‘accommodations of small parties of visitors elso continue to come in. The Globe Democrat (repubiican) prints the following this morning: “The suggestion has been made in- formally to members of the republican national committee that Archbishop Kain be invited to offer the prayer at the open- ing of the convention. It is customary to have a prayer at the opening of each day’s proceedings. Representatives of different denominations are selected, The argument that is being used with the national com- mitteemen is that the archbishop is the head of the Catholic Church for a large section of the country; that this is his home, and ‘that it wovid be a graceful thing for the representatives of the repub- lican party to do 80.” Topics Uppermost. The list of vice presidential candidates has been largely speculative. Governor Hobart of New Jersey has the active sup- port of many of the eastern delegates, as also has Senator Proctor of Vermont. H. Clay Evans of Tennessee will be named by the Tennessee delegation, while U. 8. Grant of California will have the support of some of the delegates from the f: vest. P. H. Lannen, editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, arrived today in company with National Committeeman Salisbury of Utah. Ecth of them are for free silver@will ad- vecate a plank of that character for the platform. it would be folly for any ove man to y what the fon will do on the | money question,” said Mr. Lannen representative of the Associated F “But Cam confident that it will not de for a single goid stan . Neither do I think the plattorm will declare for free ver. Iam not pretending convention will or will not do, honest opinion thet the m be of a character that the free silver men of the party can stand Mr. De Young and Mr. sbury, who | were both present while Mr. Lannuen was talking, conc id. Poweil Clayton of Arkansas is here and favors a single gold s platform, F. A. Webster, who is at the head of a contested dcicgaticn from South Carolina, 2 ¥ pposing yton, national eom- | Me td Standard. Ex-Congress Thompson, manager pro tem of the McKinley fo: » has set at rest what will be the vital plank in the platform upon which Mr. McKinley expects to stand. “What will be McKinley’s platform on | the financial question?” asked a reporter of Mr. Thornion. i “It will be for the single gold standard, pure ani simple.” he promptly reoli “And to be explitit,” continued th “T will add th i Mr. Mekini sis of what and so it will bi the memiber he tee begin to come tn for the morrow inte i lecticns for te i The per ected until aft nh will be W officer ston ot ot many of th wate he is a westerner, he will, therefor 48 a cremb of comfort to both sec serve ons, MILHOLLAND DEPLORES IT. He Telegraphed That the Colored | Delegates May Have His Train. W YORK, J E. Milholland of y York Kinky League h; graphed J. J. H sippi to the republic tion at St. tele- from Missis- Lou » and will placed at the ¢ reputable colored delegates and friend who cannot be accommodated otherwise. Departing for St. Louis. WICHITA, Kar., June 9.—Ami1 the boo: vention train, with its forty orators, start t. Louis iast evening. The day w jove feast, and more s e city. Th Y United State J. R. Burton, W. al Vardeivort, were pi hes. John J. ton and S; P spec ecretary Dowling of | 8 today for ng up of the | ng the n- | vention. which will he | at 4th and Market used 2 a general rendezvor of the league, while the officers w rtered at the So orn Hotel. Contesied The committee on contesied seats of th republican naticnal ion will hay plenty of work to Phere are contests in the following conve tes-at-large, first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth d ninth districts—twenity delegates in all. California—The third and fourth districts —four del delegates-at-large — six | Tour delegate id distric: ght Georgi: dele ninth and elevent Kent twelfth, elve istrict—two dele- South Carolina—Four deleg first, si a—Fo tes-at-large, ond, third, fourth, tfth, sixth and h districts— hieen Geleg th di our delegates. the thirteen di every ricts—thirty dele- a SEIZING THE DE MUDA, Alleged Intention Bought br an Americen PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June mer Bermuda, which was x to Have Her st rived of her British r. her filibustering expec | Spanish goyernment, and been | lying on the New ware river, wa: hment by claim that seized today three of her 3 is due them. 1 object of the seizure, it is bo- | to have the vessel sold’ an. her under the stars and stripes, a obtain clearance paper the managers have bee under an at- Sailors, who Nearly Destroyed by: SAN FRANC: ne 9.—A sp Redding, C: ke City, destroyed on Friday by | No lives were lost as far n, but the property loss is sald to be heavy. delegation | s¢ i posal of yourself and othe al i WASHINGTON HOLT He Resumes the Stand in the Big Will Case. NEVER HEARD OF LUKE DEVLIN His Uncle Frequently Spoke of His Will. -+-— OTHER WITNESSES Some idea of the amount of testimony that has already been taken in the Holt will Case may be had when it is stated that the stenographic report of the trial up to the close of yesterday fills 1 typewritt pages. To reprint it in full would require about 320 colmuns of ‘The of the report of e: "s proceedings are furnished to the lawyers during the even- ing of the same d It was supposed that Mr. Washing Holt would be put upon the siand - day to continue the recital of the Holt 1 ily history. On the contrary, Mr. Carv the famous New York expert, w witness, and the result was that the ceedin day were of a rather s Copi court adjou 1 this morning 1 ect examination continued. He was questioned by Mr. on, witness was first asked as to the that were burnesl or taken awa he house after Judge Holt’s deat that some of them were in- city and ma’ famiiy at the Mr. Holt unpleasantness betwe erow? out of 8 erate army. Once the life had been 2 desert ul he became so intimate and his family. Spoke of His Win. It said that on one spoke of his gift ¢ Hynes, saying that M woman of nt Ought to i she might ua tell us t om Judge of $10.0" to M > of that con- to go off on a and back. der th hile for u lar milestone we h. ticular matter.” Continuing, the w Holt once told his w re any number It's just as buggy ride d that Judge his will there might of m trifling to an set his heart upon t out. never heard n Th and I had ockmortons in an idea there were any people in exist- ence.” until after my > when he and colonel ref ti ith him, bei it wa latives in he would leave owing that the mor > her r of the will, Mr. Holt the first tim 2 ever saw it was e of the roof w He 1 the sligh idea there was such a paper en heard in ext S appear of lis nu i t he st nmer. t of its gen- time 1 a forge ever said it: m I used them a year contents of the the paper, rfluoy in h some words concel Devlin| ndard, standard, m: ke no need of that wor ver have that Je age of twen x out the y well whe it corre nd bounc in full.” Wilson then real t out Mr. he had a will in ¢ Jersey side of the Deia- | 2h Signatares of Witness. On re 1 Mr th Mr. Devlin said t terview that he had will had been all th say what it was sald that he and the Throckmort were on very in- timate terms, and that wheneve: the major