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THE EVENING STAR ‘ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Peansy!vania Avence, Cor. 11th Street, by " The Evening Star N er Oo: je Evening Star a pany, S. H. KAUFFM. ge es Few York Oiice. 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star fs served to subs ity by carriers, on their own ac per werk, or 4% cents month. Copies at the ecunter 3 cents cach. By mail—enswhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents Peateday Cut Star, $1 ith saturday intrple Sheet Star, © year, wit! foreign postage added. $3.00. ee CEvtered at the Post Ottice at Washington, D. C., ribers fn the nt. at 10 cents — Hhe Eve = q Star. as second-class mail matter.) TFAll mail subscriptions must he patd In advance. Rates of advertising made know application. No. 13,506 WASHINGTON, D. © TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES TWO CENTS 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: 13 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 another should give the last address as well as the new one. SPEAKER REED He Dcesu't Seem to Be Bothered by the Political Situation. -_ TRIED 10 ‘PHONE Sf. LOUIS Went to the Capito! and Talked With Architect Clark. NO NEWS TO GIVE OUT Thomas B. Reed, the plainest of plain American citizens, spent the morning hours today without any excitement or without appearing to be bothered in the least about the situation at St. Louis. Mr. Reed remained at the Shoreham until after 10 o'clock this morning, receiving very few callers up to that time. Among the callers, however, were Samuel M. Bryan, president and general manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company for District ef Columbia and Maryland, and Manager Marean of the Western Union Telegraph Company. They went to see him on business matters. Tatked to St. Louis. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Reed tried to communicate over the long-distance tele- phone from here to St. Louis. He went to the pay station in the basement of the Shoreham, got connection with St. Louis and then tried to talk with one of his friends. The effort was a fallure. Only an eceasional word could be heard distinctly enough to be understood. The Speaker will give the phone another tral ay, and hopes to de better. The route from here to St. Louis by Phii: Gelphia, Pittsburg ard Cincinnati. The Ii has just been finished, having been that connection might be had with Leuis during the convention. It is thought that there might have been a weak bat- tery at some place yesterday, or that th weather somewhere interfered with th cperation of the line. Mr. Bryan will messages over the "phone from today un- til the close of the convention, and will receive them in his general offices, where the instruments may work better, and where expert receivers will be employed, the same kind of senders doing the work ether end. Speaker Reed will not take bulletins, but will Cepend altogether on private telegrams from his friends. The Western Union is king no bulletins this year. The mes- the Speaker received last night are said to be very encouraging, and led him to think there was yet a chance for his nomination. He had received few mes- seges up to 1 o'clock this afternoon, and will not begin to get interesting ones until late this afternoon. Goes to the Capitol. Snortly after 19 o'clock Mr. Reed left the Shoreham and started for the Capitol, pre- sumably to superintend some changes which he is thinking of having made-there. He had a talk with tect Clark about these matters. The Speaker is thinking of changing the location of some of the pic- tur kers now hanging in the lob’ yet decided exactly He what changes he will have made, if but the idea now Its to put some of portraits hanging in the lobby on the wall at the rear of the hall of the House. Four or five pletures may be put in appropriate places on the walls. The Speaker had a k of some time with Mr. Clark. Two tures have already been changed, but are not permanently located. One of se is the picture of Gen. Varnum, who was Speaker of the House from 1807 to 1S11 and President of the Senate from 1813 to ISL. The other is the portrait of Rob- ert C. Winthrop, Speaker from 1847 to 1519 and later Senator from Massachusetts. Mr. Reed returned to his hotel this after- noon, and will remain there. Newspaper men who inquired if there was any news were answered in the negative. To one of his friends, who spoke to him about the | apparent change at St. Louis, he said that he was receiving some Interesting news. Last night Mr. Reed had a bundle of tele- grams lying on his desk in his room. Among those who ealied on him during the evening was J.C. Payne, with whom he intenled to stop while on a visit to New York. News He Got Yesterday. The reports received by Speaker Reed last night are said to have been encourag- ing. The exact nature of the information and the source from which it came he di: ereetly kept to himself. He was, therefore, not disposed to dis the possibility of his accepting second place on the ticket. A well-authenticated report from Boston -to the effect that a large number of Massa- chusetts republicans, including many of the most substantial business men in Bos- ten, had petitioned him to accept the vice lential nomination was brought to the attention of the Speaker at the Shoreham last night. It was signed, t ted that a petition, numerously as mailed to Mr. Reed from Bos- last Friday. You may that sub; “Have you received su “§ must decline to say y a “Has such a petition reached ton? “Really, I must de to make any state- ment on that subject,” he answered, in his mild and gentle way. “You may state,” said Mr. Reed, “that I have received a nui ber of telegrams feom St. Louls, indicating that there Is considerable trouble ahead for the MeKinley people. There 1s serious danger of a disagreement among them over the financial question, and there may be some sensational developments before the thing is ove ee SUGAR BOUNTY CLAIMS. eae Most of Those for Reet and Maple Sugar Are Paid. The Treasury Department has nearly completed the payment of Leet and maple sugar claims under the bounty appropria- tion of $28,280, and it Is expected that warrants covering the whole amount will have been issued by July 1, when work will begin on the $5,000,000 appropriation for cane sugar. The half dozen claims which have bee1 in prccess of adjustment during the last several months will be ready for transmission to the auditor for final ex- amination early in July, when the total amount of the appropriation will be pro- rated amcng the clalrrants and pald as rapidly as poss!ble. It is expected that the percentage of payments to claimants will be between 65 and 70. See THE PRESIDENT’S RETURN. He and Mr. Miller Had a Good Day's Fishing Yesterday. ‘The President and Internal Revenue Com- missioner Miller returned to the city last evening at 10 u’clock, after a day's success- ful fishing in the richly stocked preserves of Mr. Henry Harrison, about eight miles from Leesburg. The skies were overcast and lowering during the morning, but about noon the clouds rolled by, and from that time until sunset the distinguished fish- ermen had excellent sport. The water was too muddy for bass fishing, but not unfa- vorable for trout in the neighboring streams. The total catch was thirty-five, of which, of course, the President canght the majority. The President avoided the poss!- bility of a demonstration on hie return to the city by leaving the tram near the cor- ner of Maryland avenue and 14th street. LOUISIANA“DEMOCRATS Senator Blanchard Tied With Silver Bonds. A Free Silver Platform Adopted and the Whole Delegation Pledged to Stlver. PATON ROUGE, La., June 16.—The dem- ocratic state convention at a late hour last night adopted a platform declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of sil- ver at 16 to 1 “as full legal tender power and without reference to the action of the other nations.” Delegates to the national convention: At-large—John Fitzpatrick, S. D. McEnery, N. C. Blanchard, 8. M. Roberts. District delegaies so far elected—Third, Edward. McCullom of Terre Bonne, Joseph St. Amont of Ascension; fourth, W. H. Ogden of Bossier, B.*W. Masters of Red River; fifth, St. T. Baird of Morehouse, R. H. Snyder of Texas; sixth, T. S. Fortenot cf St. Landry, T. K. Kernan of Baton Rouge. All these delegations were ratified after confession of faith from each. Electors— Bel Miachael of Placquemine, R. C. Drew of Webster. ———— THE COMPETITOR’S CREW. Report That They Had Been Granted a Civil Trial Not Confirmed. No offictal confirmation can be obtained of the report that the Spanish government has decided to grant a new trial before a civil tribunal of the officers and men of the Competitur, who were recently condemned to death by a military court convened by Gen. Weyler, and that they wiil be given all thetr rights under the Cushing protocol, including counsel, etc. It was reported that Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister, informed the Secretary of State to the above effect before his departure Saturday night for Lenox, Mass., to spend the sum- mer. If this is so, it is regarded as some- what singular, to say the least, that none of the officials of the department will ad- mit it, espectally- as it would reflect so much credit upon tke efforts of the &d- ministration, and would be such gratifying news to tke entire community. It is known that the application of this government that the men of the Ccmpetitor be given the benefit of a civil trial has been laid be- fore the Spanish authorities, but it is un- derstood that the report that the applica- tion has been granted is premature, to say the least, although there is a general expec- tation of such a result in official circles. As 1s well known, the President declined to furnish the Senate with a copy of the correspondence with Spain in regard to this case, cn the ground that it would not be compatible with public interests. Al- though the negotiations may ave reached a point indicating the ultimate concession of the important legal points raised by the Secretary of State, the authorities are not yet prepared to mrke it public. A LANGUID INTEREST. Feeling of the President Republican Convention. So far as surface indications go, the President and his official family are tak- ing only a languid interest in the proceed- ings of the republican convention at Chi- cago. No arrangements have been made at the White House to secure news of the action of the convention, but as is usual in all such cases, the President will be kept promptly and thoroughly advised of all proceedings of importance through the bulietins of the Assoctated- Press. The President ts naturally more interested in the action of the democratic convention, ard it is a fair inference that the special wires running into the White House will be more ‘active during the sessions of that convention then they are at present con- cerning the deliberations of the republican hests at St. Louis. The regular semi-weekly meeting of the cabinet was held today, as usual, with all the members in attendance, and it is a rea- scnable assumption that the political sit- vation was not wholly neglected in the consideration of the general state of the ‘nion. to the o—____ EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. The President Acts on Several Par- don Canes, One a District Convict. The President has issued pardons in the following cases: Wm. B. Jackling, convict- ed in Oregen of conspiracy; Menroe Jolin- son, convicted in Arkarsas of Illicit distil- ling, and Ezekiel Holly, convicted in Ohio of violating the postal laws. In the case of William Cash, sentenced in Indian terri- tory to five years’ imprisonment for horse stealing, the President has commuted the sentence to three years. He has also sus- pended the execution of the sentence of three years in the case of John Lyons; con- victed in Arizona of burglary at a post of- fice. The President pronounces this a very strange case, the district attorney holding that the man Is innocertt, and the post of- fice inspector giving ac entirely different statement. Therefore he kas called for further information. The President has commuted to two year's and €leven months’ actual imprisonment the sentence of three years imposed in the case of Jas. Cromp- ton, convicted in the District of Columbia of petit larceny. This convict Is reported to be in an edvanced stage of consump- tion, and fs not likely to live long after his release. ee Model of the Columbia.‘ ‘The latest addition to the growing fleet of models at the Navy Department, and. one of peculiar interest -te the citizens. of the District, is that of the famous triple-screw flyer, the Columbia, which holds the record of all naval vessels for, the quickest trip across the Atlantic. This model, which has j-just been completed at the local navy yard, and is now on exhibition at the Navy De- partment, is undoubtedly the most at- tractive and perfectely equipped specimen of, marine architecture that the construc- tion bureau has yet supplied. It is the largest of the fleet of models, being nine feet In length, and, as all of the models are made to exact scale, the comparison pe- tween the big Columbia, 412 feet long, and the little Petrel of 176 feet is very striking. elas S A Medal of Honor. A medal of honor bas been awarded to A. P. Webber, late principal musician, 86th Regimen: Illinois Infantry Volunteers, for most distinguished gallaritry in the battle of Keresaw movntain, Ga., June 27, 1864. This non-commissioned officer voluntarily Joined in a charge against the enemy, which was repulsed, ard by-his rapid firin; in the face of the enemy enabled many o: the wounded to return to federat- lines. With others he held the a¢vance of enemy while temporary- works were being con- structed. He Is a resident of Camp Grove, SS Looking After Their Assignments. Lieuts. H. F. Jackson,. J. P. Wade, Jos. P. Tracy, John Morrison, jr., and F. C. Bolles, who have just been graduated at the Military Academy, were at the War Department today looking after thelr as- elgnments. . eee = Ordered to Yale: Lieut. Arthur Murray, Ist Artillery, has been detailed to duty as military professor at Yale University as the relief of Capt. Jas. S. Pettit, Ist Infantry, who is ordered to join his company. A NEW COMMANDER Colonel Samuel $. Sumner Ordered to Fort Myer at Once. HIS HONORABLE MILITARY RECORD He Was Also Actively Engaged in Indian Campaigns. A POPULAR OFFICER Col. Samuel 8. Sumner, who succeeded Col. Gordon in command of the 6th Cavalry, has been ordered to assume command of the regimental post at Fort Myer at once. ‘Up to the time of his promotion he was sta- tioned at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It is expected that he will enter upon the dis- charge of his new duties at Fort Myer to- morrow morning. Col. Sumner has had a most distinguished career, and 1s gald to be one of the most popular officers in the army. He comes of good military stock, being the son of Gen. Edwin B. Sumner, ene of the heroes of the late war, and a grand- son of Capt. Job Sumner of Massachusetts of revolutionary fame. He is a brother of Col, E. V. Sumner of the 7th Cavalry. Service During the War. Born in Pennsylvania, he was appointed from New York, second lieutenant of the 2d Cavalry, June 11, 1861, and served with that regiment at Washington for several months. He was ald-de-camp to Gen. Sum- ner from November, ’61, to March, "6%, and participated in the peninsular campaign and the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Afterward he was successively aid-de-camp to Gen. Wool of the department of the east, to Gen. Burn- side of the department of the Ohio, and to Gen. Parke, commanding the 9th Corps. During this latter period he participated in the slege of Vicksburg and the capture of Jackson, Mis: Joining his regiment. No- vember 10, 1863, he served with it for a short time, when {ll-health compelled his treat- ment in the hospital at Washington. On his recovery, in February, ‘64, he was assigned to mustering and disbursing duty at Spring- field, Ill. He rejoined his troop in May, '65, and served with it as escort to Gen. Grant at Washington, D. C., to October of that year. Afterward he served at Nashville, Tenn., to March, ‘69, when he was ordered to the field in Nebraska and Colorado. Im Indian Campaigns. He was engaged in action with the In- dians at Summit Springs, Col., in July, "69, and commanded the troops at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, until May, ‘71. He af- terward served at Fort Bowle, Arizona, for about three years, and at Fort Hayes, Kansas, for about one year. He was in the field on the Big Horn and Yellowstone expeditions in Wyoming and Dakota, and Was engaged in hostilities at Hat Creek, Wyoming; at Slim Buttes, Dakota, and at Owl Creek, Dakota. After being in com- mand of the post at Fort Sidney, Nebras- ka, for about two years, during which time he did considerable scouting in the field, he joined the 8th Cavalry, and was placed in command of Fort Mcintosh, Texas, where he remained until December, 1833. Subsequently he was on duty at San’ Anto- nio, Tex.; commanded a battalion in the field in New Mexico; commanded Jefferson barracks, Missouri, and was acting inspec- tor general of the department of the Co- lumbia. In August, 1891, he joined the 6% Cavalry, and was on duty at Fort Nio- brara, Nebraska, to March, 1892. In June of that year he was on detached duty in Washington as a member of the examining and retiring boards, and returned to his station at Fort Niobrara in September, 1898. From October, ’93, to October, "#4, he was in command of Jefferson barracks, and in October, '94, he was placed in command of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and detailed as instructor of the infantry and cavalry school at that point, and remained on duty there until yesterday, when he was or- dered to come to Washington. Promotions and Brevets. Col. Sumner entered the service as a sec- ond lieutenant in June, ‘61; became a first Heutenant in July, "62; a captain in March, "64; a major in April, '79; a lieutenant col- onel, February, ‘91, and a colonel, May, '06. He has received several brevets, one for gallant and meritorious service in the bat- tle of Fair Oaks, Va.; another for similar service in the battle of Antietam, Md., and was brevetted major for gallant services during the campaign against Vicksburg, and lieutenant colonel February, '90, for meritorious service in action against the Indians at Summit Springs, Col., in July, "69. ° A QUEER PRO TEM. MAYOR: Louisville's Executive Goes to St. Louis and Trouble Ensues. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 16.—R. E. King, president of the board of aldermen, yester- day afternoon teok possession of the office of Mayor Todd to act as mayor pro tem. in the latter’s absence as delegate to the republican national convention. King is leader of a faction bitterly opposed to Todd. Todd tried to slip off unknown to King, but the latter is now in charge, and has passed over a hundred contracts and or- dinances which Todt had been holding up. Every effort is being made by Todd's friends to get hinf to return, but they are unavailing. King holds sway, and a very peculiar state of affairs exists in the city government. BANKER WYCKOFF’S ASSAILANT. 5 Seized by an Uncontrollable Impulse to Kil NEW YORK, June 16.The man who shot President Wyckoff of the Bank of New Amsterdam and then shot himself yester- day, has been identified as George H. Semple, residing in West 82d street. Sem- ple has always berne a good reputation. It is alleged that he has intimated to the police that his deed was the result of a murderous impulse, for which there was no reasonable origin; that acting in obediénce to the impulse he bought a pistol and went out on the street, and that passing the bank of New Amsterdam he felt impelled to enter that institution and kill some one, no matter whether it was the president or an office boy. President Wyckoff passed a fairly com- fortable night. There is, however, no prob- ability that eltaer he er Semple will re- cover. He Wi See POLLUTING THE POTOMAC. Action to Stop a Pulp Mill From Put- ting Acid in the River. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June “16.—Today Judge Sloan passed an orde: for the Pied- mort Paper and Pulp Mill Company to slow cause, before June 30, why an injunc- tion should not be granted at the suit of the city of Cumberland charging them with polluting the Potomac river. For some years past this mill, which is situated at Picdmont, W. Va, has been. throwing the acid and~refuse from the pvip into the river, thus affecting the water supply of Cumberland and all points east of here. NEW MARRIAGE LAW The First Case Under It Comes up Today. Licenses Issued for Fifteen-Year-Ola@ Girl — Probabiy Marriage of a No Prosecution for Perjary. ‘The first case to arise under the new marriage law, which went Into effect Sat- urday last, was brought to the attention of District Attorney Birney this after- noon, when the aunt of Theresa Byroods, who was married in Georgetown last even- ing to Charles P. Collins, complained that the girl is but fifteen years of age, while the young man, in applying for the license yesterday afternoon,. swore that she Is eighteen years old, and he is twenty-one. ‘The girl’s family, it is sald, knew nothing of the marriage, or even of the intentions of the young people until they saw a notice of the issuance of the lcense in this morn- ing’s papers. The mother of the girl, Mrs. Elizabeth Byroads, is a widow, residing in Georgetown, and it is understood that she does not object to the marriage, now that it has been performed, provided it is a legal and binding one. ‘The young man, who accompanied his bride's aunt to the city hall today, stated that even if the mar- riage last night is not a legal one, she would consent to a second one, provided a second license therefor could be issued here. Wan Perjury. Clerk Young declined to express any opinion as to the legality of the marriage, referring the parties to District Attorney Birney. To a Star reporter Mr. Birney sald that section 5392 of the Revised Stat- utes made a false oath under the circum- stances perjury. ‘The section in question ts as follows: “Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any writ- ten testimony, declaration, deposition, certificate by him subscribed is true, will- fully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, 1s guilty of perjury,” etc. The section then goes og to provide a penalty of a fine of not more than $2,000 and imprionment for not mere than five years in the penitentiary. Mr. Birney told Mrs. Margin, the girl's aunt, that he be- eves the marriage to be # legal one. But to a Star reporter Mrs. Margin explained that girl's mother haa such doubt of the legality of the marriage thai she would probably insist upon a remarriage. ‘The young man, a driver for the Inde- pendent Ice Company, said that he swore as to the giri’s age upon information re- ceived from her, He also said that he told the afficiating minister, the Rev. Mr. ‘thompson of Georgetown that the girl said she was eighteen, and the minister, he further said, replied that it was all right if they had obtained the necessary license. Mrs. Byroads is a thalic, while the father of yourg Collins ts @ Protestant. Mrs. Byroads wishes the second marriage to be performed by & Cathelic priest, while the young man explained that his father had declared that he would not recognize him if married by<a priest. “But,” ex- claimed the young man, ‘Ym willing and arxious to do whatever Mrs. Byroads wants, even if my father won't have any- thing to do with me,” He was thea told inde the girl being under eighteen»years of age the written consent of her mother Would first be neces- sary, and, in company with Mrs. Margin, he jeft to obtain- his mother-in-law’s con- sent to the issuance of a second license. It is not likely that under the peculiar cir- cumstances of the case the young man will be prosecuted for perjury. —_—— HAMMOND PRAISES THE BURGHERS. They Were the Best Friends the Prisoners Hag. LONDON, June 16.—A special dispatch from Johagnesburg says that, at a banquet given there on Saturday to Barney Barna- to, Mr. John Hays Hammond, the American engineer, toasted the burghers, saying they were the best friends of the prisoners after the latter had been fentenced, and that they were the first to sign the petition for clemency. Mr. George Farrar, another of the re- leased reform committee leaders, said that the prisoners pleaded guilty because they were guilty, and believed that there would be a good outcome from the movement. —— TING A DUEL. PREVED Campos to Be Ordered to Military Duty. MADRID, June 16.—With the view of preyenting a duel between Marshal Mar- tinez de Campos and General Borrero, the government has decided to employ the fermer on actice seryice. The marshal, however, declares that he will not accept a command except in Cuba. ee Spinning at Poughkeepsie. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 16.—With the arrival of the Cornell oarsmen here this evening all the crews that are to contest in the big inter-collegiate races on June 24 and 26 will be in their quartérs on the bank of the Hudson. The river was not disturbed by so much as a ripple this morning, and the Poughkeepsie course presented a magnifi- cent appearance. All of the crews were late in getting out for practice. “fhe Columbias in their new Watters shell rowed along the east bank of the river, practicing starts and rowing short stretches, to get accus- tomed to the shell. Guy Richards, who is coaching the ’Varsity eight, says that the men are making great improvement. The new shell gives good satisfaction to the crew. ee Representative Abbott's Condition. The condition of Representative Abbott, who was injured at the chute at River View Sunday, was improved this morning. He was suffering considerable pain, which, however, was not as severe as yesterday. Dr. Carlisle is still in attendance, and Judge Abbott has the care of a trained nurse, besides his friends. Representatives Culberson and Cooper will remain here with their colleague un il he is able to make the journey to Texas. —_+-o.___—_. Secretary Lamont Has Returned. Secretary Lamont has returned irom a short visit to McGrawville, N. ¥., where he was summoned by the serious illness of Mrs. Lamont’s father, The latter ts still in a precarious state of health and it is probable that the Secretary will not be able to remain here more than a few days, not- withstanding he has a great deal of work on hand in connection with the execution of the provisions of the river and harbor ap- propriation bill and other legislation of the last Cc igress. ————_+-e+_____ Mr. McAdoo’s Changed Plans. Assistant Secretary McAfioo has abhn- doned his proposed trip to the southern states to inspect the nayal reserves and has postponed his departire from the city until Saturday next) when he will embark on the Dolphin at the navy yard for an official visit to the haval statiens at Phila- delphia, New York and New London. Sec- retary Herbert has not yet, completed his plans for the summer, but he will undoubt- edly make a visit to the Naval War Col- lege at Newport before the reassembling of Congress. CONVENTION IN SESSION Republicans at St. Louis Called to Order | by Chairman Carter, Address to the Delegates by Temporary Chair- man Fairbanks. MANY OF HIS EXPRESSIONS WERE LOUDLY CHEERED Uncertainty Still Prevails Regarding the Candidate for Vice President. GETTING TOGETHER ON THE PLATFORM ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 16.—The day for the formal beginning of the national republ!- can convention opened as beautifully as could be desired. A good breeze from the north was blowing early in the morning, and although the sun gave promise of being too warm for comfort before the day was done, the cool winds made things bearable. The cyclone which demolished so many buildings in the city was not an utterly unmixed evil, for it left behind a succession of cool deys such as: St. Louis has never known before at this time of the year. Even fhe most rabid rooter for the good name of Mound City 2dmits that the brand“of weather which has prevailed since the cyclone swept through the place is far superior to anything that ever came into this territory in the summer month of June. . The republican convention is remarkable in one respect—the delegates.go to bed comparatively early. There aré, of course, a number of leather-lunged fellows who owl like maniacs for the greater part of the night, and when their mouths are not open for the emission of campaign yells,they are stretched wide for the insertion of sundry drinks. These chaps never go to bed early, and they neither rise early, but at this convention the working politicians who saw the wood and do their drinking with solicitude as to its strategic value turn in earlier at night and are on their feet earlier in the morning than st any s{milar convention in many years. Last night there was not a headquarters room that was not closed and deserted by 1 o'clock, and the majority of them were shut up shortly after midnight. Early this morning the delegates at the Southern, Planters’ and Lindell hotels were up and at their business. Several small meetings were held even before breakfast, but they speedily adjourned in favor of the dining room. Among the Pennsylvania delegates, Mr. Quay was the first one stirring. He put in an appearance before 7 o'clock at the headquarters of the state,but they were oc- cupied only by one man, and he was a re- minder of last night as he lay quietly on the table sleeping away the effects of over- excltement, induced by extensive shout- ing and copious libations in honor, as his broad badge revealed the name, of Thos. B. Reed of Maine. Mr. Quay took @ look at the disabled political warrior, and then retreated, leaving him in possession of the Pennsylvania headquarters. He said that he had nothing to say regarding the vote cast by Pennsylvania at her caucus last night, and which the McKinley men claim as a small victory for the Canton candi- date. He expressed himself as entirely satisfied with the financial plank which was agreed upon yesterday and sent out by the Associated Press last night. Mark Hanna, brisk, alert and energetic, as usual, was up early and brimming over with confidence in the ultimate success of McKinley. This belief in McKinley’s nom- ination is professedly not rhared by the Massachusetts men, who are very deter- mined in their support of Reed. Such of them as were around their state headquar- ters early this morning were certain that there would be no nomina:ion at all this Charles W. Fairbanks. week, and when it is finally made Wm. McKinley, jr., will not be within shouting distance of the coveted honor. Matters at the majority of the delega- tions were very quiet in the early part of the morning. All of the caucusing over the committee appointments and the adop- tion of a financial plank was over, and the delegates were all waiting for the active Proceedings in the convention hall. The whole population was astir early ond the streets were black with peoule. Clubs, with brilliant banners, were rendez- yousing, bands, with gorgeous uniforms, were playing in front of the hotels, and the hotels and houses were disgorging their Senator J. M. Thurston. occupants into the streets. All roads led to the convention hall at Clark avenue and 12th street. From that great oblong, box- like structure, which covers a block, flut- tered a myriad of flags. The great, gilded American eagle at the main entrance flash- ed brilliantly in the suntight. A cordon of blue-coated police guarded the entrances. Within the officers and employes were per- forming the final details. The staffs of the various state delega- tions in the low, flat pit, which faced the speaker's stand, were in place, while the chairs in the double galleries mounted steeply from the edges of this pit into the cavernous depths above. ‘here was in these galleries seating capacity for twelve thousand spectators. A Mass of Color. The great pillars which uphold them were swathed in bunting, and the rough celling, seventy-five feet above the pit, was @ mass of color. Around the galleries at intervals blazed the coats-of-arms of the various states. The*speakers’ stand, from which, on either hand stretched’ the tables for the press, was ornamented with a beautiful silk flag, while from the gallery in the rear, which overhung the seats re- served for distinguished visitors, looked out the faces of many republican heroes who have gone to the last reward. In the center was the immortal Lincoln, flanked by those great warriors—Grant and Sher- man. Facing each other across the east fall were the portraits of the gallant Phil. Sheridan and Admiral Farragut, the hero of Mobile. At 10 o'clock the band of forty pieces took its place in the gallery above the speakers’ stand, and at 10:20 they struck up the rousing air, “Black America.” Soon after the spectators began to stream through the entrances which opened into the lower gallery. Hundreds of assistant sergeants-at-arms and ushers were scattered about the hall and galleries. Just before 11 o'clock the thunder of arriving clubs outside the hall was heard, and the Alabama delegation ap- Peared at the main entrance and marched to their seats in the pit. The contesting delegations from the state of Delaware, both in full force, the one headed by ex-Senator Higgins, and the other by Mr. Addicks, was among the first to arrive. They did not come to the hall In the same carriages, but they arrived al- most simultaneously. The Addicks people were somewhat in ad- vance of their competitors. With Mr. Ad- dicks in the lead, and using his elbows vigorously to get through the crowd on the streets outside the main entrance, they pressed in, and while Mr. Higgins stood in a controversy with the doorkeeper as to where he and his fellow claimants to the seats should go, the Addicks people found their way to the Delaware section. The Higginsites followed promptly, and there was some dispute as to which crowd should have the seats. They setiled the imatter temporarily by taking the first chairs at hand. Senator Higgins stood aloof, and when one of his followers asked him to have the sergeant-at-arms put the Addicks crowd cut he declined to interfere, saying it was @ case of squatters’ rights. A few of the delegates and the alter- rates straggled in, and soon the pit be- came animated; but the clubs and spect ters were restrained on the outside to - await Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes’ order to open the doors to the public. The outside of the hall resembled a beleaguered fo ress when the order was given, about 11:80, A few of the more favored of those holding tickets managed to gain admission at the main entrance before that hour, however. They made their way to the galleries qulet- ly, but beyond the cries of the sergeant-at- arms and the subdued buzz of conversation in the hall there was no demonstration un- Edward Lauterbach. til after the public doors were opened. The quiet within was in marked contrast with the cheering crowds and clashing bands without, rending the air in brazen rivalry. Fakirs and peddlers were, of course, mak- ing hay on the outskirts of the gathering. Canes of American tin and canes with Me- Kinley’s head in tin found fast sale among the colored delegates, and badges, flags and fans were going fast. McKinley emblems were more numerous than ‘all the others and there were some unique McKinley ad- vertisements on sale. One was a tall, gaunt man, unshaven, dressed in rags like a tramp and carrying 4 tattered umbrella, and wearing a banner with this motto: “Look out for hard times and cold days if McKinley gets lef Another object lesson was two sandwich en, who tramped a beat around the square, one attired in the elegance of a Berry Wall, bearing a placard: “The work- man under the McKinley bill.” The other, in disreputable rags, gaunt and starved-looking, and representing “The workman under the Wilson bill.” Early Arrivals. A full hour and a half before the gavel was to fall delegates to the convention be- gan to straggle into the square reserved for them forming the pit of che hall. They were from the southern districts, most of these first-comers, sume of them sweltering under the broad sombrero of the south- west, some wrapped in the New England linen duster, all of them resplendent with embiazoning of gilt and scarlet across their coat breasts, like the tingel of a circus Wegon. All of ‘them were provided with palm leaf fans, which they vigorously waved, scattering themselves through the aisles In search of their state banners, and théir seats having been found, gazing about, puffed with the sense of portentous- ness of their parts in the history about to be made. The street cars which come to the con- vention hall were loaded like Coney Island Warner Miller. electric cars on a summer Sunday. They were on the steps and swarming on the roof, good-natured, but, on the whole, a quiet lot, having taxed their throat powers on the night before. The police, who were thick as flies about the building, kept the men on the near sidewalks moving to prevent jams, and those who seemed to be mere onlookers were horded upon the opposite sidewalks, where fire lines were established along the curbs to keep the crowd from o owing into che streets and blocking the way of cars and carrcages. These crowds were the poorer people of the city, with a thick sprinkling of the black and many who had come in from the country, judging from their makeup. Win- ows facing the hail were filled with the faces of women and children, while men swung their legs across the window sills of the unfinished city hall building adjoining the conventicn hall. Several delegations marched down behind their bands and left the bands outside the hall, where they stood about. At 11:20 Senator Carter, chairman of the national committee, who was to call the conve:.tion to order, arrived and gave his final instructions to the secretaries and reading clerks. The 480 seats reserved for the press were filled with busy newspaper men, and the ckck of telegraph instruments already be- gan to carry the music of the convention to the world at large. As the noon hour approached the crowds were swelled until they filled a radius of two or three blocks from the hall in every direction. They were good natured crowds, and showed a willingness to cheer impartially for the delegations and all the banners of different candidates. ‘Tke chair in which the chairman eat was the one occupied by Senator Quay when he called the Minneapolis convention to order four years ago, and the gavel was made from a piece of oak in the original legislative hall of the state of M'ssouri. When the public doors were opened the galleries begun to fill rapidly. Sitting one above the other in the gallery seats, the people looked as if they were pinned to the walls. A large proportion of the er- rivals were ladies. They added both color and motion to the scene. Sergeant-at-arms Byrnes was by long odds the busiest man about the convention hall during the early hours, and up to the time of the meeting of the convention. He had 1,500 aids, including doorkeepers, but instead of their being of great assistance at this stage many of them appeared to be recch In the way, and to depend upon their chief to not only look after their wants, but to answer all questions from delegates, alternates, newspaper men end the general public. There were many little details as