Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1896—TEN PAGES. TAR HEEL FUSION Democrats Averse to Fusion With the Populists. A PRETTY QUEER SPATE OF THINGS The Pops Don’t Want to Coalesce With Republicans. oo WANT FREE THEY SILVER naan Special Correspondence of The Evenirg Star. RALEIGN, N. C., August 10, 1896. ‘The keenness of the desire for “pointers” as to what may happen in thisstate this week is unprecedented. Perhaps only one man knows what may or will happen, and he is Senator Butler. But he will not speak. He arrived here today. ‘There are those who say he really knows less than anybody else of the present m: terles of politics In North Carolina. Here is the call which Senator Butler, as state chairman, issued for the convention: “The state convention of the people's party for North Carolina will be held in Raleign Thursday, August 13, for the pur- pose of nominating a candidate for gov- ernor and other state officers, and transact- ing such other business as may seem tit to the convention. All voters who are op- posed to the rule of monopolies and other gold trusts and who are opposed to ‘bull pens’ and ballot-box stuffing are earnestly invited and requested to co-operate with us in the coming campaign. At the convention Senator Butler will re- tire as chairman, since the new law makes @ state chairman an election officer, and the constitution prohibits the holding of two offices by the same person. Question of Fusion. The great question which harasses the populists is, “Shall we fuse electorally with the democrats, as the latter propose, or re are some grounds for belief that ator Butler favors this fusion. The of- ficial organ o fthe National Famers’ Al- liance hints as much. But if this be true, Butler's dominion over his party is, per- haps, to be put to a supreme test. it Is hard indeed to reconcile his views, as hint- ed at, with those expressed in his paper, for in his editorials the name democrat is made synonymous with rascal. The hatred of President Cleveland in this stat is great, and in the case of the popu- this is not only political, but personal. ator Butler's paper says, in reference the President's proclamation regarding trality toward Spain, that “if Cleveland ses to bend or bow to the will of the -ople, and continues to stand for oppres- sion and brutality, then his backbone will be broken. . this has already been ; and there are many pe » wish from the depth of their sou he old brute’s backbone had be long ago, ssure is being brought to bear ilver republicans keep them aty there is trou- ¢ silver idea has taken a on the party. State Chairman ton has written a letter to the chair- of that county saying that unless this er foolishness” which is sweeping ever Beaufort 1s stopped he wil! allow no campaign fund to be sent there. © Silver Republicans. Mott says it wil! assuredly be a great mistake ‘to believe r republicans in North Caro- Dr. J.J found to to stick to thetr party. He will leave it, and renews his that there are of them as there are silver democrats. . = or less openly, that several rs ef the republican state comm: tiver ticket. He says: Let th think that they will lose > the silver ticket. They will be Some years ago I adv the d aloof from the ticket then smo did not Cy the oeratie nomi- nee actively engaged in s he will not discuss cnly national ones, on wl that the people all know state of his party differ with him and say so. Not a few issues. Se breadly as to this, made the state issues paramount, and say they care not who rules the nation, so they rule the state. But the policy of the demecratic state ecmmittee be to make the whele fight on Bryan and free silver. John R. Webster, member of the state committee and dei>gite-at-large to Chicago, says in his newspaper: “By seems now the action of our committes in declaring for electoral fusion the democ party put patriotism of the populists to the “A democratic official sald on the same line, that “the committze had done @ safe thing: that !f the populists refused to divide electors, as quite possibly they the democrats could go before the r people of the state and declare they been liberal and 6! in their effort i] real friends of silver together.” ‘om Watson has made instant use of the populistic and sectional view of the nom- o* Sewall. Of course that very nomination was largely a rebuke to Ben Tilman for his sectional speech. But pop- ullsts are heard to say “We will never vote for a Maine Yankee. The national alliance 4G west.” “And, mind you, a hn Carolina populist uses the word Yarkee" pot as an honorable American appellation, but as a term of infinite con- and reproach two democrats who are sald more ny others to hav> developed the idea of elect fusion with the popu- and who have for months been its omoters, are Judges Avery and the supreme court, two of the and wariest politictans in the of them favored the {dea of two democratic state conventions, the nom- to be held very late, so as to ites for fusion with the pop- However, the convention Itself It- crushed the two-convention idea; but h hed. it was again put on its e committee. s edited by democrats are. with ¥ exceptions, fighting with all ht the action of their state com- -laring for electoral fusion and to Senator Butler. The of-the-road™ pa- ‘ores of attacks on the com- and declares that the party stands ready to reverse the sion. A democrat in high that some members of the &reatly disturbed by the iversal condemnation of its action of the democratic press. Democrats and Pops. now posttively the mmit st that the democrats and populists will not fuse on the state ticket. But no one can tell what & day may hring forth. It is asserted that the managers contemplate both electoral and state fusion. The secretary of the Baptist board of state missions Is visiting the various asso- clations of that church. The Baptists are a great power in this state. It is said three- fourths of the populists are Baptists. The secretary declares that he finds the popu- lsts and democrats soltdly united on silver, and that the people in the country are nearer together than they have been since the war. The churches, he says, have been rent and torn by political dissensions, but he declares that all are now united on sil- ver. As yet no proposition looking to congres- sional fusion af democrats and popullsts has been made. A deal would be very hard indeed to make. It has been hinted that the populists would like to have the Con- gressmen in the first, third, fourth and sixth districts. Harry Skinner, popullst, in the first has republican support. It is hint- ed that this will also be given Cy. Thomp- son in the third. The organ of the fusion democrats yesterday made vague hints at a congressional deal. There is no doubt of the nomination by acclamation by the demccrats of the sixth district of John S. Lockhart for Congress. How They Look at It. The Charlotte Observer, which is “middle of the road,” says editorially: ““The demo- cratic state executive committee meets rext Monday night and there will be await- ing it a message from the people. It has been delivered in installments all week long. It is to the effect that, without regard to their views as to gold and silver, they object to having the virtue of the demo- cratle party trafficked in, and that, though {t_be sold, cannot be delivered.” Thus, there is a plain revolt of democrats against fusion. Will there be one of popu- sts also? The republicans, who up to a few weeks ago were so wildly eager for co-operation with the popuiists, now bear themselves as if three tickets were more to their liking. And no doubt three tickets is thelr choice. At their county convention here on the §th the populists adopted a resolution thanking the republicans for their ald in giving them Senator Butler and pledging support. It became tolerably plain yesterday that those democrats and those populists who are promoting fusicn will make the play for it both state and electoral. It is the Plain assertion of the “‘middle-of-the-road” men that the democrats will, if this idea is carried out, lose more votes than they will gain. The fusionists declare that all things rest upon the populist vote. Subject to revision at a moment's notice, here is the “slate” of the populists for their State ticket: W. A. Guthrie, governer; lieu- tenant governor, a “surprise:” W. H. Worth, treasurer; W. A. Montgomery, as- sociate justice. The Pop Vote. It has been the talk that populists have 50,009 votes and that these came from the democratic party. The delegation to St. Louis was based on the Exum vote of 1892, and the delegation to the state convention here next week is on the same basis. Now, whence came the populist vote? In 1888 the democratic vote was 148,406; republican, 134,519; prohibition, 3,124. In 1892 it was democratic, 13 republican, 94,684; pop- ulist, In 1894 it was democratic, republican-populist, 148,333. The democratic loss from 1888 to 1892 was 887: republican loss, 39,342: total loss of both parties, 52,229. The populist vote of 1892 was 47,840, and the question ts, whence did it come? ‘The democratic loss from 1888 to 18M was 20,183; the republican gain, including populists. 14,308. It is broadly asserted that the republicans whom Sena- tor Butler appears to represent will go back to their old party and that he really represents only the proportionate parts of SST of the democratic loss which went to make up his 47,840. This corroborates what some democrats say and what H. L. Grant of the republican state committee declares that Senator Butler dare not have a count of noses of his ple this year. F. A. O. ELIGIBLE LIST EXHAUSTED. Civil, Service Examinations Held This Month. The United States civil service commis- sion wil hold a special examination in Washington August 18 for male applicants for the stenography and typewriting exam- mation. The list of eligibles is exhausted, and it will be necessary to secure a new list before the regular examinations occur next fall. It will not be practicable to hold this examination outside of Washington, and as the register of female eligibles is adequate to the demands, women will not be admitted to this special examination. The commission will hold a special exam- ination, commencing at 9 a.m., August 27, to secure lists of eligibles from which to All existing vacancies in the following named positions: Engineer, fireman, whcei- wright, general mechanic, carpenter, black- smith, farmer, sawyer, miller, teamster, elevator conductor, electrician, watchman, messenger and janitor. Vacancies now ex- ist in these positions for which there are either no eligibles or an insufficient number of eligibles, and the commission desires to secure lists of eligibles from which certifi- cations may be made. The salaries of the Positions range from $480 to $900 per annum. Most of the vacancies are for positions out- side of Washington, either in the Indian service or in public buildings in various large cities, where appointments are not charged to the apportionment, and hence certifications may be made without refer- ence to the legal residence of the eligibles. ‘The educational test in all of these exam- inations will consist of spelling, penman- ship, copying and arithmetic, the questons being of a fight grade, to which will be add- ed practical questions pertaming to the {rade or occupation to which *he examina- lion pertains. Applicants are required to file applications on the ordinary application blank, ard in addition thereto to furnish on a blank prepared for that purpose cer- tificates from two former employers or fellow-workmen who have a knowledge of their experience and abilities and can rec- omend tkem for the positions for which they apply. Legal residents of th District of ColumbTa or of any state will Le eligible. The commission bas received from the Secretary of the Treasury a requisition for certification to fill a vacancy in the position of superintendent of construction of the United States post office at Beaver Falls, te Be Pa., the compensation for which is at the rate of $3 per diem, Sundays excepted. An examination to secure a Ist of eligibles will be held on August 20 In connection with a similar examination to fill vacancies in positions of this character in other places. The subjects of the examination are as fellows: Letter writing, practical arith- metic, including calculations, and practical questions on materials and construction. The examination will be held tn all large cities where there are applicarts and where the commission has competent boards of examiners. 2 Fowler, the Inventor, Den Herbert E. Fowler, the well-known in- ventor, dled Saturday at Naugautack, Conn. Meningitis was the cause of death. UINE DURHAM Blackwell’s Genuine BULL DURHAM ‘You will find one coupon inside each 3 ounce bag and two coupons Inside each 4 ounce bag. Buy a bag, read the coupon and see how to get your share of $250,000 in presenta. A PRETTY FIGHT Things Are Very Much Mixed Up in Minnesota. CANT PROPHESY THE RESULT Defections from Both the Republi- can and Democratic Parties. ALLOTTING THE PLACES Correspondence of The Evening Star. MINNBAPOLIS, August 8, 1896. Free silver is the magic flux which has been used to fuse ¢he various recalcitrant elements which for many years, each in its own way, have been fighting republicanism in Minnesota. It has accomplished a task that would have been promptly declared impossible six months ago by any political Prophet who knew his business and had any pride in his reputation. Who could have supposed, for instance, that the Minnesota democracy, for years a docile and willing beast of burden for Michael Doran, would suddenly kick up its heels, throw young Mr. Dan Lawler, the political son of Doran, and make a wild dash into the free silver camp, after having obediently sent a gold delegation to the Chicago convention? Who could have sup- posed that such a sagacious and pertina- cious chaser of populistic rainbows as Ig- natius Donnelly would be received in a state democratic convention as persona gratissima and listened to through all his denunclatory periods with flattering atten- tion? Who could have imagined that events could so shape themselves that a life-long republican and an ex-Congress- man like John Lind of New Ulm would be named with unanimity and enthusiasm by a democratic state convention for governor of Minnesota? Yet these strange things have come to pass, and stranger yet may happen if free silver continues to weave its potent spell over the commonwealth of Minnesota. Hatred of Clough. The political situation here is, indeed, quite without parallel, and it will take all the ozone produced by the thunder and lightning of next November to clarify the atmosphere. The anti-republican elements are seemingly united in a hard and fast brotherhood, which will give the old party the hardest tussle it has ever had for the control of the state. The spoils, pros- pective and present responsibility have been divided very equitably among the parties to the silver treaty. First, the sil- ver republicans who have left their party under the leadership of Congressman Chas. A. Towne of Duluth held a mass conven- tion and presented Ltnd for governor. They asked nothing more on the ticket except one elector, in the person of John Day Smith of this city, a former state senator and a man of influence in the councils of his party. In the selection of Lind the sil- Yer leaders showed great political acumen. The action of the republicans in nominat- ing David M. Clough of this city for the office to which he succeeded when Gov. Knute Nelson was metamorphosed into Senator Knute Nelson afforded the silver men a golden opportunity which they did not scruple to take advantage of in spite of their dislike for the yellow metal. Clough is the product of what is known as the ‘machine, and his administration has been exceedingly distasteful to many good republicans all over the state. It is charged that he has used state patronage freely to secure for himself the nomination and to intrench the machine in power. To Head Off Merriam. It 1s also more than suspected that his nomination is only one feature of a long- cherished plan of the machine to land William R. Merriam, the St. Paul banker and former governor, in the seat in the United States Senate now warmed by Cushman K. Davis. Merriam is hated ard feared by a large section of the Party, who see In him the potentiality of a boss.’ And these dissatisfied republicans believe that the best way to wreck the machine is to fracture the cog labeled “Clough” irre- trievably. If the anti-republican forces had put up two candidates, one democratic and one populist, as usual, an effective bolt of Clough would have been impossiole, and the republican dissidents would have heen powerless. To forestall any sucn possibil- ity the silver republicans named Lind, a clean, able man, who had voluntarily re- tired from Congress because of his poverty, and who was not-an aspirant for office at this time. Moreover, Lind is a Swede, who could be counted on to corral a large gec- tion of the clannish Scandiaavian vote. Watered and warmed by these favoring elements, the Lind boom grew apace until, when the democratic state convention was held in Minneapolis August 3, the astonish- ing phenomenon before adverted to of a unanimous and acclamatory nomina:ion came to pass. Nor is the approval of the Populist state convention at all doutful. So that Clough must meet a single, strong- armed champion in the duel to the death. There are not wanting many clese obser ers who believe that while Minnesota will declare for gold she will nevertheless name a silver governor. If the general fight of gold vs. silver is at all close it may be taken for a certainty that John Lind will win out. Allotting the Places. The tripartite treaty of the silver forces in Minnesota is intended to secure com- plete fusion down through the list of coun- ty and city nominations. On the state ticket it contemplates this division of the nominations: Governor, John Lind, silver republican; Heutenant governor, populist, pcobably Maj. J. M. Bowler of Bird Islan attorney general, populist, probably John A. Keyes of Duluth; secretary of state, Julins J. Heinrichs of Minneapolis, demo- crat; treasurer, Thomas McKinnon of Crookston, democrat. The congressional nominations are to be divided tn a similarly equitable way. In the first district a dem- ocrat will pe put up to oppose James A. Tawney, the present Congressman from Winona, with the probabllities favoring Moonan of Waseca. In the second Frank A. Day of Fairmont, silver republican, state senator and brevet Meutenant gov- ernor, has already been named to meet Congressman McCleary of Mankato. In the third Congressman Heatwole of Northfield will probably have to do battle with a dem- ocrat, although there is talk of forcing the redoubtable Ignatius Donnelly into the fight, in order to assuage his grief at the unceremonious manner in which he was turned down at St. Louis. The situation in the fourth is very much unsettled. In the natural course of events a democrat should be named, but the popu- lists have already named Francis H. Clark, who, Watson-like, refuses utterly to pull out. Congressman Kiefer of St. Paul is Iikely to be defeated in his fight for a republican renomination by F. C. Stevens, also of St. Paul. Loren Fletcher's Antagonist. In this, the fifth district, it is already set- tled that 8. M. Owen, who ran for governor on the populist ticket two years ago and ran ahead of the democratic candidate, will make the fight for the united silver men against Loren Fletcher. In the sixth Con- gressman Towne, silver republican of Du- luth, is sure of being named by the fusion- ists against Judge Paige Mortis, also of Duluth. The fight here will be a pretty one, as both are young men, enthusiastic cam- aigners and fine orators. In the seventh E. Lommen, populist, has already been selected to run against Frank M. Eddy of Glenwood, the present Congressman. The hardest contests will be in the fifth, sixth and seventh districts, the other four being reasonably certain to go republican, if the trend of sentiment continues to flow in the present direction. As for the general result in the state, the conditions are too chaotic at present for intelligent prophecy. Party Itnes have been 80 completely obliterated for the nonce that even such a veteran campaign manager as Chairman Tams Bixby of the state execu- tive committee hardly knows where he is at. In the ultimate analysis the question resolves itself into this shape: Will the de- fections from the republican party be suffi- ciently neutralized by the defection of gold democrats to enable the former to carry the state? The democratic defection is very strong, especially in the cities and among the business and professional classes. The German vote, too, which cuts @ large figure in many parts of the state, is expected to come back to republicanism. So that, while the silver republican defec- tion is large and table, it is not without offsets. And thg republican man- agers have begun a vigorous “campaign of education,” which they expect to accom- plish great results. The populists will name four Bryan and Watson electors to fillibut the ticket, so that If Bryan carries the state Sewall will get only fire of the ningi(yotes. Altogether it ie a very pretty fight as it stands. JOHN SHERMAN: ON. SILVER Free Coinage Would NotAdvance the Farm- ev’s Interests. He Discusses the “Crime of °73” and Says That Jefferson First Stopped the Minting of Silver Dollars. The New York Journal yesterday morn- ing published an Interview with Senator John Sherman by Murat Halstead, in which the Senator says that the free coin- age of silver could not help the farmer one particle. “The meaning of free coinage,” the Senator continued, “ts that all holders of the metal, whether they get it out of rocks or take their sil- ver spoons, Mexican coins or any form of silver at home or abroad and deliver it to the mint, can get from the govern- ment silver dollars which, of course, are lawful money. “Formerly, when there was no restric- tion upon coinage, there was a charge of from 1 to 1% per cent to the silver pro- ducer for converting his product into coin. That has been done away with, and if the democratic Chicago platform is car- ried out the government takes charge of the product of the silver mines and turns it over in United States coin to the silver men, and the general public bear the ex- pense of the conversion of the silver bul- lion into dollars.”” ‘The venerable financler declared in em- Phatic terms that the free coinage of sil- ver would not advance the market value of the metal. “All the silver dollars that bave been coined have been hefd up by the govern- ment to parity with gold dollars, but the government would have no obligation whatever to do anything for free coinage silver dollars. Those dollars would have to take care of themselves, and be sus- tained only by their infrinsic value.” Began With Jefferson. When asked regarding the “Crime cf Senator Sherman replied: “If there was crime in stopping silver coinage it must have been that committed by the father of democracy, President Thomas Jeffer- son, and it happened at the beginning of the century. In May, 1806, Jefferson stop- ped the coinage of silver dollars lecause they were favorites abroad, esteemed for beauty as well 4s bullion, and therefore exported. Jefferson did not want to waste money in coining our money ind having it go right off to other countries; it amounted te gratuitous coinag>—the same thirg that is propcsed under the demo- cratic platform adopted at Chicago. “The crime of 1873, with which I am charged, was unlike the crime of. 1806, which Jefferson committed in this, that he ordered the coinage of silver dollars to be stopped, and in 1873 the order for coinage of legal tender silver when the mint regu- lations were revised was' not given. Now, silver was in 187s dearer than gold under the ratio by 2 small fraction, and the mat- ter did not seer> of material interest.” Silver Men Thén for G “The Nevada Senators, foremost in the foz.y for silver, fought ‘the crime of the century” bitterly in the year 1873, did they not?” i “The honorable Senators from Nevada were for the gold standard at the critical time when the colossal crime of 1873 was committed. While I was arraigned as the chief criminal, I opposed the alleged crimi- nal legislation and voted against it, while all the representatives of the silver states in the Senate and House, were in favor of that very legislation.” ., ‘What was the metallic basis when the coinage act of 1873 was passed?” “Tne metallic basis was gold,” was the reply, “but the money in use was not me- tallic. We employed greenbacks, except in the Pacific states, Neither silver nor gold was used in domestic transactions. Specie payments were resumed in 187% The Political Outlook. Senator Sherman was asked his opinion of the political condition of the country. “In my judgment,” was the answer, “there is already a reaction in the demo- cratic and populistic excitement. It has reached high-water mark, and is percepti- bly going down. Evidently there were rev- olutionary influences in the democratic and Populistic conventions, and they are being More and more understood and earnestly deprecated by the people. Of course noth- ing of that revolutionary nature could suc- ceed. The people are incapable of tolerat- ing that sort of thing. “What about Ohio?” here is a feeling of ‘safety as to Ohio. The republicans will lose votes in some quarters owing to the silver infatuation, but there are larger gains in sight. There are many democrats who cannot consent to support the Chicago platform, and as for the flagrant assaults upon the government, the aggressiveness of them is already pass- ing away.” “What of the workingmen—the organized labor of Obio?” “There fs eviderice that the workingmen have not lost their heads on silver, and are sound both on protection and money. There has been some concern about Illinois, but the anxiety has abated.” “Do you expect to enter actively into the campaign?” “I have promised to make two speeches— one at Columbus on the 15th of August and one at Cincinnati on the 19th. It is thougnt desirable that I shall pretty thoroughly discuss the money question. After that 1 desire to have some weeks of recreation.” ——_+e-. BRYAN RESTS A DAY. His Trip to New York Was Resumed at Midnight. Thousands of enthusiastic free silver democrats called at the Clifton House, Chi- cago, yesterday to see W, J. Bryan and his wife, who arrived Saturday night. They came with their wives and babies and chil- dren. But it was late in the afternoon be- fore their desires were satisfied. In the first place, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan slept until the middle of the forenoon. They were weary and worn out from the fatigues and hot weather of Saturday. They wanted to be prepared for the excitement of today. When they had breakfasted they took a carriage and alone wegt to church. They drove to the Presbyteriga Church at Engle- wood end listened to a ion by the Rev. Dr. John Clark Hill. The preacher did not know that the democratic nominee and his wife were coming, andotwo-thirds of the. congregation went home after the services in utter ignorance of thte’fact. All the while there were thousands of eager democrats calling at the Clifton House to see Bryan, #ut they were dis- appointed. After retursing to the hotel Mr. and Mrs. Bryan took dinner, and then took an afternoon nap, ‘which lasted unti) near 6 o'clock in the e¢ening. After that they went to the parlers and held an in- formal reception. ‘The throng then began to pour in. The demoératic nominee and his wife were kept biféy shaking hands, kissing bables and children until near the time for thelr departure’ They left on the 1 train over the Pennsylvania for the epot. They wil ar- rive at Pittsburg tonigh' Three Italians Lynched. ‘There was a triple tynching at Hahnville, La., just before 12 o'clock Saturday night, and yesterday morning the bodies of three Italian murderers were found swinging from the rafters of a shed rear the court house. One of the men is Lorenzo Saladi- no, who assassinated Jules Gueymard at Freetown last Tuesday night, and the oth- er two were Decino Sorcoro and Angelo Marcuso, who murdered an old Spaniard on the Ashton plantation, near Bouttes sta- tion, some time ago. ——— WITH BUT LITTLE CARH AND NO TROUB! the beard and mustache canbe tale dla brown or black color by using IN OLD KENTUCKY The Congressional Situation in the - State Summed Up by Districts, DISAFFECTION 18 WIDESPREAD Republicans Have Fighting Chances in Several Democratic Strongholds. DELEGATION MAY BE 8 TO 8 Speetal Correspondence of The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 8, 1896. There will be high old times in Kentucky during the coming three months, and there will be more politics to the square inch than was ever seen before. The attitude of the “old line” democrats, as the bolters from the Chicago ticket and platform choose to call themselves, has put nearly every district in the state In doubt, and the complexion of the next delegation in Congress may be of a saffron hue. In the firat district, the old Gibraltar of democ- racy, John W. Hendrick is opposed by Charles K. Wheeler, a rab!d free silver man, and W. T. George, another free silver man. Hendrick has the best of the situa- tion-as to the nomination, but has been a little shaky on the financial question, and Bill Reed of Marion may slip in and get the nomination. If he does the free silver faction will cut his throat with as little compunction as they would skin a coon. Hendrick, 1f nominated, will have difficulty in carrying the district from the same source, and from all appearances it is a muchly muddled situation. In the second district Dr. Clardy, the farmer statesman, who once ran for gov- ernor of Kentucky as the “Wheeler” nom- inee, but who got back into the party and Was sent to Congress from the second dis- trict, defeating Lige Sebree, has again won the democratic nomination over Lawrence P. Tanner. In the precinct meetings there was absolutely no interest taken, and in two precincts only six voters took part. Dr. Clardy will not have very smooth sail- ing, as the “gold” democrats met this week at Hopkinsville and put on foot a movement to have a candidate in the field who will split Clardy’s strength and per- mit a sound money republican, E. T. Franks. of Owensboro, to win. |Clardy, while in Washington last winter, gave out two conflicting interviews on the money question, which have “queered” him with both sides of the party in the second, and Be like Hendrick, may have a hard row to joe. The “Bloody Third.” The third, the “bloody third,” as it is called, will have a monkey and parrot time. W. Godfrey Hunter has been unanimously nominated by the republicans; John 8. Rhea, the noted free silver orator, who piaced Blackburn in nomination at the Chicago convention, will be declared the democratic nominee on the 18th, and Gen. E. W. Hobson, an anti-Hunter republican, has been put out by the Bradley faction of the republicans, in order to weaken Hunter. Hobson is a fine fellow; was the youngest general in the civil war; very popular with all factions, and !s a sound money candi- date, who may catch many republican voters, who are not absolutely positive of Dr. Hunter’s position on the money ques- tion. Indications, however, point to the election of the gum-shoe statesman, who has only gone down once in defeat in his district, when Congressman I. H. Goodnight was elected. In the fourth district Mr. John W. Lewis will have a dozen little whipper-snappers at his heels, but he will be returned with ease. Dave R. Murray, J. S. Wortham, Dave Smith, E. H. Smith and others would ke the democratic nomination, but “Bill” Sweeney, the big free silverite from Wash- ington county, will probably get it. A Lead Pipe Cinch. Walter Evans has a “lead pipe cine! the sportively inclined gentry would say, as a sure winner in the fifth. He has as yet had no opposition from the democratic party and won the republican nomination without an effort. The sound money demo- crats al! realize that Louisville will surely return Mr. Evans, and none of them have had the temerity to announce for the democratic nomination. Col. Thos. H. Sher- ley, ex-national committeeman from Ken- tucky, felt the bee buzzing in his som- brero for a few weeks, but developments hat came fast and furious clearly showed incle Tommy” that there was no chance for him, and he has publicly declared he is “not init.” The free silver men are urging ex-Gov. John Young Brown to enter the Tace, but he will not do so. A. J. Carroll, John H. Brand, Col. I. B. Nall, J. W. 3. Clemmens, Saml. Averett, Joseph O'Neal, Shackleford Miller, Capt. John H. Weller and Col. J. B. Gathright have all been urged to enter the race for the nomination, but they have all positively refused, and it really seeems that Mr. Evans will have only a straw man to shoot at. Al. Berry, the tall sycamore of the Lick- ing, having flopped over to the free silver- ites in the sixth, has lost his only hope of return to Congress. Mr. Berry is slated, and a silver man, of longer service in the silver army, is to carry the banner of the white metallists. It may be that Richard P. Ernst of Covington will win, as the sound money element in Newport and Cov- ington will fight Berry. Berry carried every county in his district in the last election znd won by 2,000 votes, but it is thought there are fully 5,000 disaffected gold men in the district who may throw their support to Ernst. Breckinridge Again to the Front. The seventh, the old Ashland, ts, as usual, In the throes of a hot political fight. Colonel William €. P. Breckinridge is again to the front in public life, and will be leader of the sound money men in his district, while in the silver wing of the party there are five others fighting for the honor of the nomination—W. C. Owens, present Congressman; John D. Carroll, E. E. Settle, Editor John O. Hodges and Charles J. Bronston. The gentlemen all want the democratic nomination, and Mr. Breckinridge is the ouly one who refuses to stand on the Chicago platform, and un- less four of the free silverites withdraw and concentrate on one man Mr. Breck- inridge will be the nominee. There is al- reedy much bitterness manifested over the organizaticn of the local committees, in which the white-haired silver-tongued ora- tor had a little the best of it. George Denny, who contested Mr. Owens’ elec- tion, will undoubtedly again be the repub- lican nominee. John B. Thompson, twin brother to ex- Corgressman Little Phil. Thompson, who now resides in Washington, has all the best of the race for the democratic nom- ination in the eighth, his only opponent for the nomination being Representative Pryor J. Force of Shelby county. Mr. Thompson ts a free silver advocate, and Force for sound money, and as the whole machinery of the district has been re- organized with free silver men Thompson will be nominated with a whoop, but know- ing ones say he cannot win. The repub- licans have put up a comparatively un- known in the person of George M. David- son of Lincoln, and ft will not be surpris- ing to see him carry the district, which only gave McCreary 1,750 majority at the last election. The ninth is yet in a state of uncertain- ty, with several candidates for the nom- ination and none having a dectded lead. Trouble to Come. In the tenth there fs trouble to come. Judge Buckner of Winchester was de- feated for the democratic nomination by Young Kendall, and Buckner’s friends are sore. Added to thts the tenth is a strong sound money district, and if Mr. Kendall wins over Langley, the republican nom- inee, it will be on account of disaffection in the republican ranks, caused by the claims of fraud in the nomination of Lang- ley over Parson Kopkins at the Beatty- ville convention. David G. Colson is having his hands full in the eleventh scrapping up and down the mountain sides with John D. White, the “Crested Jayhawker” of the Cumber- land. Colson will win the nomination, and as his district is about 11,000 republi- can he will ‘win the election. Kentucky now has five democratic Con- greasmen, five republicans and one con- tested case still undecided, but if the plans of the sound money men to vote cut free silver, even at the cost pf a few demo- rats, so called, is car out, it will not be a surprise to see the tigure: changed, and in the Fifty-fifth Congress the old rock-ribbed commouwealth represented by three democrats and eight republicans. —_——.—__ A CENTURY OLD. ov Death of a Woman Said to Have Been 110 Years of Age. From the Richmond Dispatch. Phoebe Jeffries (colored), who was said to be the oldest woman in Richmond and Probably in the state, died Saturday. It is claimed that she was one hundred and ten years of age. She was born in Not- toway county in 1784, and belonged to the estate of Solomon Baldwin, esq. She was the mother of six children, three of whom are known to be dead. Sylvia Morris, one of the surviving chil- dren, is fifty years old, and James Madison Jeffries, one of the sons, ts forty-two. He is a bricklayer, and works for Contractor Ready. Sylvia, James Madison and their ‘ged maternal parent came to Richmond atcut five years ago from Nottoway. At the time of Phoebe’s demise they were living together in a kitchen in the rear of 623 East Franklin street. When the emanctpation proclamation was issued Phoebe's three children were slaves, the property of Mr. John Phillips of Nottoway. A few days before the news arrived the younger son, Jamen Henry by name, was sold to a Massachu- setts merchant, who was stopping tem- porarily in Virginia. He took the boy with him when he left Nottoway, and James Henry’s mother, sister and brother ver saw or heard of him again. They are confident, however, that he is still in the land of the living. Sylvia is the mother of three children, one of whom ts married and has children. Phoebe, therefore, died a great grandmother. Phoebe’s old bones were laid to rest in Ham cemetery Sunday, and the funeral was largely attended by the colored popu- lation of the city. a Gracefal Introductio: From Harper's Round Table. “How shall I perform an introduction?" inqui: a girl who Nkes to do thincs Sracefully, and who is entirely right in her notion that for most things there ts a right way and also a wrong one. Intro- ducing people is neither difficult nor oc- cult, and it requires no special training. There are a very few simple rules to be observed. You present a gentleman to a lady, and a younger to an older person. You are careful to speak clearly ard dis- tinctly, for nothing is more embarrassing then to have a stranger's name mumbied so that it remains uzknown, thus defeat- ing the end of the introduction. You do not say, “Mamma, let me present my classmate,” leaving your mother to guess at the part of your speech which was real- ly the most tmportant. You say, “My classmate, Miss Leonard.” And, equally, when you are introducing Miss Leonard to your friend, you do not say, I Introduce my cousin Sophie, case neither young woman would have the least idea of more than the other’s Chris- tan name. If a person is a personage—a professor, or doctor, or clergyman, or in any way noted or famous—the tactful young girl makes the title a part of her introduction, so that the people presented to him are aware that they are honored by the new acquaintance. ss AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Teday. Dunernson Bros., Aucts., 9th and D sts, nw. 7th st. s.e., dwelling No. 433. Sale Monday, Augast 10, at 5 o'clock p.m. Orrin B. Hallam and Jobo E. Herel, trustees. Tomorrow. Duncarson Tros., Aucts., 9th and D sts. nw. lith st. ne., dwelling No. 622. Sale Tuewlay, Au- gvst 11, at 5:30 o'clock p.m. Mablon Ashford and Aldis B. Browne, trustees. S. Bensinger, Auct.. 940 Ta horses, vehicles and harness on Tuesday, August 11, at 10 o'clock a.m Magrath & Kennel Sale of horses, etc o'clock a.m. Aucts., 205 11th st. nw. AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. ave. n.w.—Sale of on Tuesday, August 11, at 10 DUNCANSON BROS, AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES‘ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, NO. 435 SEVENTH STREET SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber 2043, at follo 399 et seq., one of the iand and at the request of the party secured thereby. We. the under. in records of the District of Columbia, algned trustees, will sell, at public auctic front of the p.emises, on MONDAY, THE TENTH DaY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following described land and premises, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, name- jy: Lot 28 in Edward J. Hannan’s subdivision of part of square $76, as per plat reconled tn Liber $4, follo 163, of the records of the office of the sur- ¥eyor of sald District, together with the improre- ments thereon, consisting of a two-story and base- ment brick dwelling, subject to a deed of trust on said ty, said land PI recorded among records, in Liher 1587, at follo 416, firen, te,zecure the payment of 2 promissory note for $1,500, and interest thereon. Terms of sale: All cash. A deposit of $100 will be required of the perchaser at the time of sale, the balance of the purchase money to be paid with: in ten days thereafter. All converai and re- cording at the cost of the purchaser. aule are not complied with, the trustees reserve the right to resell the property, at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. ORRIN B. HALLAM, JOHN EB HERRELL, 3729-48ds ‘Trastecs, FUTURE Days. THOMAS DOWLING, AUCTIONEER, 612 B st. n.w. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALU AND UNIMPROVE SOUTH SIDE OF ‘J 2IST AND 22D NORTHWEST. Default having been made in payment of the in- debtedness secured by a certain deed of trust, dated July 12, 1893, and recorded July 13, 1893, In Liber 1836, folio 402 et seq.. of the land records 0 the Dixtrict of Columbia, by’ directions of the party secured, the undersigned will offer for sale, on FRI DAY, the TWENTY-FIRST DAY of AUGUST, 1896, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., tn feont of the premises, lots Uvelve (12), thirteen (13) (14) in square eighty-four «84) in the « ington, District of Col being unimproved and lot 14 b (6) frame hoas Terms of zl One-third (1-3) (1-3) In one year and one-third (1-3) in two years, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. Deferred yiments to be evidenced by notes, and secured b deat of trust upon the pretives sold, ‘and. benrtag iuterest at 6 per centum per annum, payable semi- annually. A depestt of $200 to be’ made at time of sale, If sold as an entirety, or $100 upon exch tract sold if divided. The trustees reserve the op- tion of offering said lots separately or as a whole or the houses thereon separately. "Terms be complied With within ten (10) days, or the prem: ines to be resold at the rlak and cost of defaulting nchaser. Conveyancing at purchaser's cost. a TAPCOTACKSON MH. RALSTON, MAHLON ASHFORD, cash, one-third aulodgds Truster DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS, TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK WELLIN HOUSE, NO. 809 K STREET, OR MO VERNON PLACE NORTHWEST. By virtue of a certain deed of trust, duly re- conded in Liber No. 3084, at follo 143 +t seq., of the land records of the District of Coluu-bia, and at the request ofthe party sccured, the under- sigred, trustees, will sell, with the {mprovements thereon, at public auetion. in front of the prem- ises, on WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, rt of lot numbersd two @), in square nuinbered Four buedred and: two (402), described. as, follows: Beginning for the same at a point in the south line of said square, distant 76 feet from the south- east corner of sald equere, ronning thence west 22 feet to the center of the west wall of the bouse erected on sald lot; thence north 100 fest; thence eust 22 feet; thence south 100 feet to the plice of beginnirg. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, Valance in one er bis aud two years, with interest at six per centum avmum, for which the purchrser will execute notes, ‘secured by deed of trust upon the property, or all the purchase money may be pat in cash. A deposit, of $260 will be required at the tire of ‘sul If terms of sale are not complied with within ten.days from date of sale, the trustees reserve the Fight to resell the property at th: risk and cost of the defaulting » after five days’ adver- tizement of resale In some newspaper pub- Usbed in the city of Washington, D. C. All con- Veyancing and recording at the cost ef the pur- ckaser. A. A. WILSON, JOHN B. LARNER, auT-d&ds Trustees, 1235 F strect. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONFERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE AT AUCTION CF REAL TATE ON THE EAST SIDE OF 10TH STREET BETWEEN M AND N STREET NORTH. Qn WEDNESDAY, the NINETEENTH DAY cf AUGUST, 1896, at HALP-PAST FIVE in front of the premises, the un- ‘igned, trustees under 2 certain’ deed of trust, dated November 10, 1895, and recorded in Liter No. 11 at folio 40 ct ‘seq, of the land records of the rict of Cobui ed thre> bundred and sixty-eight (308), said part having a frontage of seventesn (17) feet on the (er aod Sajolning ihe soath” Prey ews CS eek » and 2% the sout! -two (43 Hesnt out eaid street of sald lot. Terms of sale: One-half of the hase money cash, and balance in one year, with interest from of sale, or all cash, xt the option of the pur- caer MAHLON ASHFORD, CONSTANTINE H. WELLLAMBON, auT-codécde rustees, terms of AUCTION SALES. Horses. Horses. TOMORROW, TUESDAY, AUGUST ELEVENTH, 1898, AT TEN O'CLOCK, at our auction stables, 205 Lith st., Fagan & Jones will sell 20 bead of good heavy workers and fine drivers, 20 bead the Property of a comtractor who hax finished his work, These are well seasoned and in gvod condition, and will be sold regardiess of value. MAGRATH & KENNELLY. Auctioneers. REGULAR SALE OF No. A’ . TOMORKOW AUGUST vENTH, AT TEN O'CLOCK. RHOBSES NEW AND SOUND Viens, HAR. GALE PEREMPTORY) at 8. RENSINGER, Auctioneer. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. — TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, No. 622 ELEVENTH STREET NORTHEAST. Ry rirtoo of a certain dee@ of trust to ws, dated May 6, 1892, and duly recorded May 11, 1802, im Liver Ko. 1683, at folio 302 et seq., of the iaad Fecurds of the District of Colambis, end at the tequest of the party secured thereby, we, the trustees, will sell, oe -<) froat_of the premises, on I AY, ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A.D, 1886, aT HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P-M.. the eacribed and ies, sitmate tm the ef ef Washington, in the District of Columbia, ai Gcsignated as and being all of lot sombered {i Six (36), im Doris Grupe’s subdivision of lots equare numbered nine hundred and wy Bo} per plat recorded in Liber No. 19, at follo 28, of the land records of the said District, together with the of a two-story aod Improv ‘Terms of sale: Ove-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance ia two equal installinents, payable In one and two sears, with laterest at str (6) per centum per upoa property the option of the purchaser. Will be required of the purchaser at toe time of sale. All foon at the purchaser's cost, Terma of sale to be complied with within ten days from day fate otherwise the trustees reserve the right to the property at the risk and cost of the defaniting i MAHLON ASHFORD, Iy14-Adeds ALDIS B. BROWNE. Trustees. FUTURE DAXs. M. NOTES, AUCTIONEER. Positive sale of 2,000 pieces clothing of every descrip- tion—Gents’ Underwear, Boots and Shoes, Musi- cal Instruments, Silver Hats, Caps, Watches, Trunks, &c. At_ancticn, on WEDN: GUST iz, AT TEN ¢ aw., We will 5 number io the highest bidder without limit viz.: A full Ine of clothing of every in lots to sult the trade, and all the Watches, Jewelry, de. The a stock belonzing to [saa dman, who is retiring from business, and will be found ‘to be all in ex cellent fosdition, CHAS. WEEKS, Salesman. EERS, 1407 G ST. or ARLY NEW WHITE HEARSE. Ry virtue of a deed of trast, executed by Fred- ertck G. Alexander, dated the Ist day of November, Is¥5, and recorded In Liber No. 2064. follo 431 et aeq.. one humbia, SALE ext of the holder of the notes Will sell at public auction for jon rooms Sloan & Oo., of Waxhington, se. one Center and four rtaina with worsted fringe inside rails; said hearse and numbered No. 15836 by James Corner Urns, and tassel order and open to inspection at ‘s Livery Stables, in the rear of the Fredonia |, bear 13th and i Bw. HENRY E. HINDMARSH, aus-dts Surviving Trustee, RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & ©0., AUCTIONEERS (Saccessors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) TRUSTEE'S SALE OF FRAME HOUSE ON WN STREET BETWEEN LITH AND 12TH STREETS SOUTI-EAST. Bs virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded tn Liber No, 1377, folio 31 ct seq., one of the land records in the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the party secured thereby, we will sell at public auction, In front of the premises, on WED- ESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY FAL A. D. 18%, AT HALF-PAST POUK O'CLOCK M., the following described real estate, to wit: All the certsin plece or parcel of land and premises situate and being in t ity of Weshington, Pistrict of Columbia, and distinguished as and being bot num- hired fourteen (14), 1 squar> numbered one ()yrsan@ snd one (1001), tcgetber with all Improvements, etsy thereon. Terms: One-third ctsh, balance in one and two Sears, with notes bearing interest from the day of sale, ‘and secured by deed of trust on the property or all cash. A deporit of $100 reqiiired of sale, All conveyancing, etc., at purchaser’ 3. T. CAMPBELL, ‘Trustee. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEEES, Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A FINE BRICK DWELI- TG HOUSE, NO. 408 SIXTH STREET NOR CH- EST. By virtue of # certein deed of trust, dated the B0th day of July, A.D. 18%, and duly recorded in Liber No. 1983, folio 163 et’ weq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the Tequest of the parties thereby secured, we will offer for sale, in front of the premises, on SATUR- DaY, THE FIFTEESTH DAY OF A! 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. situated in Wacnington c bia, eigh + District of Co ani being the north twents-three (23) feet (8) inches froot, and back by the same width the full depth of original lot numbered twenty-six (26), In square four Ired and fifty-seven (57) the’ sald part of sald lot being improved by four-story brick dwelling bouse, containing te rooms urd running hack to a wide alley. of sale: $2.50) in cash, within 10 dayn frem the day of sale, and the remainder in two equal payments, represented by the notes of the purchaser, at one ard two years, respectively, from the ‘day of sale, with Interest at tbe rate of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and eccured by.a deed of trust-on the property sold, or Ail ‘the purchase moves may be paid in cach. A deposit of $200 will be required when the property is sold. All conveyancing at the purchaser's cost. If terms of sale are not complicd with within ten days from the day of sale, the trustecs reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five deys’ ndver- tisement in some newspaper published in) Washing- ton city, D.C. EUGENE MORGAN, WILLIAM W. BOARMAN, ‘Trustees. ~ DUNCANSON BROS, AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF STORE AND DWE! NO, 480, STREET SOUTH WEST; AL IMERGV! Lot ON I STREET FOUR-AND-A-HALF AND SOUTH WENT; K_ STREET BETWEE POUK-AND-A-HALP SIXTH STREETS SOUTHWEST, ALL IN SQUARE 499. By Virtue of a decsee of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, deted August 5, 1896, and yssed in the cause of Offutt vs. wwkiin, Equity No. 17498, docket 40, we will sll, at lie ane- oo THURSE THE TWENTIETH DAY ‘GUST, A.D. 1886, AT HALF-PAST POUR LOCK P-At, in front’of the premises, the aast if of lot numbered 18, in square 499, having a front of twenty-four (24) feet eight and one-half (Sig) inches on I street southwest by a depth of 102 feet 6 inches, improved by a two-story brick dwelling and store. And on the same date, immediately after the above sale, we will sell, in front of the preaimen, part of lot 19, in square 499, being the east 17 Reet 5 inches trout of T street by a depth of 102 feet 6 inches, unimproved. And on the sane date, immediately after the second ‘sale, we will ell, in front of the prem, isea, the west half of lot 30 and all of lot di, in Square 499, having @ front of 30 fect on K street southwest. Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in equal payments, in one and two years, secured by trust on the a7 id, with interest fom day of sale, payable seml-annually, or all cash, at option of the purchaser. A deposit of $200 required on day of sale on the parcel first described, $100 on the parcel descrited secondly and $50 on the par- cel lastly desertbed. If terms of sale are not com- plied with in ten days from day of sale, trustees will resell, at risk and cost of defaulting pur- chaser. Ail conveyancing and recording at pur- Trustee, carer's cost. z FILLMORE BRAL “si ot 319 CHAS. T. YODER, ‘Trustee, au8-d&ds 615 E st. nw. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS., 1407 G ST. TRUSTEES ULF Gr DRAME DouLting xm By virtue of a certain deed of ee ty virtue a certain of trust. duly recerd- ed im Liber 1835, foilo 201 et seq. land’ recone, D. C., 21 at the request of the party secorel, the undernamed, trustees, will sell, with improve. son, at public auction. in crak 6 ‘he reperty, On TESDAY, GH TEED i DAY of AUGUST, 1806, at FIVE O'CLOCK PAT tat eae au3-d&de . enty (70), in J. B. ‘Turton, trustee's, smb- division sf square aumbered one hundred and «igh (180), as subdivision is duly recorded ip Lit R__W., folto 3, records survevor's office. ‘Terms of ‘One-third cash, balance one nnd two years, secured by notes of purchaser, bearing interest from of sale, at six per cent per an- yearly, on rts sold, or al ‘ten cays “cllowed weyancing and reconfing at par- EDWIN C. CUTTER, JOHN B. LARNER, ‘Truntees. J.T. WALKER SONS, 304 10TH ST. N.W., CAR Koning, Sam, Fire Brick nud Clay, Asbestos cate, Lime, Cement, two and three ‘Material. eel