Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1896, Page 4

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Burns; in- jenetion discharged and motion for re- iver denied. Cammack agt. Hall: W. W. lan and ceivers. W. Douglas appointed re- Probate Court—Judge Cole. Estate of John Harry; account passed. Estaie of Frank D. Pistorio; do. Estate of Catherine Isemann; do. Estate of Geo. Samuel; final notice, naming Friday, tember for settling estate. Osceola C. Green; order of sale and order to pay claim of Eastmond P. Green. Estate of Anna Wolcott; will admitted as of date of September 20, 1805. In re Edwin M. Eng- lieh et al, minors; Fredk. English ap- | jointed guardian; bond, $500. In re Wm. - Cox et al., minors; Julia Green appointed guardian: bond, $1,200. In re Fredk. W. Meyer, minor; Charlotte M. Heitmuller ap- pointed guardian; bond, $800; bonded. In re Mary Strain, minor; Cornelia H. Far- quhar appointed guardian; bond, 31,500; bonded. Estate of Louisa M. Weedon: will admit- ted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Jno. C. and Hugh H. Weedon: bond. $600, of Mary S. Probey: will Imitted to probate and letters testa- mentary granted to Jas. K. Probey; bond, Estate of Annie E. Probey; answer . K. Probey filed and tssues framed, to be transmitted to Circuit Court for trial by jury. ate of Julia A. Burr; will ad- Mitt gPto probate and letters testamentary granted to Thos. B. Penicks; bond, $10,000. state of Louis Krause: do. to ‘Theresa <rause: bond, $5,000. Estate of Sebastian Toepfer: do. to Caroline Toepfer; bond, Soo. ate of Willard A. Luce; Maria A. Luce appointed administratrix; bond, $1,500. Estate of Chas. E. Hoover; will ad mitted to probate and letters testamentary ranted to Mary A. Hoover; bond, $5,000. Estate of Carl C. F. G. Obermeyer: estate of Mary Beyer; order of publication. Estate of Pauline Heller: will partly proved. Estate of Henry Hughes; will fuliy proved. Estate of Jno. W. Stahl; will partly proved. Estate of Catharina Well;will fully proved. — es Bicycle Firm Assigns. Thos. E. Berry and Wm. P. Pasterfield, trading as Berry & Pastorfield, in bicycles, at (3 E street, today made an assignment to A. Leftwich Sinclair for the benefit of their creditors. The assets are placed at ¥561.65 and the liabilities at $1,086.72. Se Transfers of Real Estate. Biwin F. Jones et ux. to Eligabeth T. Wood, lot 86, sa. West Eckington; $4, NEW YORK’S FIGHT What Seems Likely to Be Done at Buffalo. POSSIBLE INDORSEMENT OF BRYAN Proportions of the Gold Standard Opposition. LEADERS, SILENT — Special Correspondence of ‘fhe Eveving Star. NEW YORK, August 20, 1806. Indications are that the delegation from Tammany Hall to th state democratic convention will, for the'first time in many years, fail to be a unit.’ The state conven- tion will be held in Buffalo, September 16, and the Tammany leaders are preparing for the assembly district conventions to select delegates. The executive committee of the organization has indorsed the Bryan and Sewall ticket, but the action was not unani- mous, and in three or four of the districts the Tammany leaders, who were opposed to indorsement, will make it their busin to send delegates to Buffalo who will op- pose Indorsement of the ticket and plat- form by the state gathering. The probable action of the state conven- tion toward the Chicago ticket is disturb- ing the leaders of the local organization. Some of the men who have been prominent in determining the character of the dele- gates, notably ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant John D. Crimmi: and, a few years ag Bourke Cockran, have declared themselves so emphatically opposed to the Chicago ticket and platform that they will not be taken into the councils of those leaders who are already on record the other way. Tammany has never before found so great difficulty in selecting men whose reputa- tion is wider than the boundaries of their election distric' Possibilities at Buffalo. There is a possibility that the state con- vention will indorse the candidates of the ‘ieago convention, while it refrains from indersing the platform. ‘This has been laid down, tnformally, as the program by some of the local leaders, who are sticklers for regularity, and it is this which will prevent some who have vsually been prom- inent in conventions from attending thi year. On the other hand, there are some out-and-out sound money districts which will send delegates prepared to make vig- crous opposition to the program. This will probably be the case in the entire fif- teenth congressional district, which com- E three assembly districts, and is en- titled to nine delegates. Two or three other districts have sound money leaders and are likely to send men who will have no part in the program of indursement. It is a very unusual thing for Tam: any to find itself at a convention with its lead- ers divided on the main propositions. ‘The discipline of the organization, which has been the admiration of politicians, has always brought the minority to accept what a majority of its leaders thought to be for its best interests. The executive committee will hold a meeting in a few days epare a call for the primaries, and time it will probably be known how delegates will refuse to accept the ion of the majorit ver and T. Tammany's executive committee was the first organization of importance in the te to indcrse the werk of the Chi convention. It did t nal request from the ¢ ceratic state committ organization tion had ac zo sin spite of a for airman of the dem- that democrat it until the state conven- fter a series of confer senator Hill, ex-Govy. Flower and r delegates to Chicago had been com- manding figures. The action of the Ch: go convention in declaring for free silver was cipated by the convention in this state when it st ‘d its national delegates. Acting on the advice of ex-Secretary Will- jam C. Whitney and ator Hill, the con- vention broke i al custom and did not nominate presidential electors. These lead- ers then had an Idea that the delegates to Chicago should be instructed to report the ction at Chicago to the state convention, which would decide wheiher to indorse it or otherwise. Inasmuch as that was not done Tammany felt itself at liberty to act as it saw fit, and some of its leaders regarded airman Hinkley’s request as an un- authorized and uncalled for interference. Sliver Sentiment. Senator Hill has remained silent since his return from Chicago, and while he is not in especially high favor with Tammany, because at the last three state conventions he has favored seating delegates from anti- ‘Tammany organizations, his attitude will have great influence with the delegates from “up the state” districts. There Is in some parts of the state a sen- timent for free sil which will, combined with the feeling among gold democrats that “regularity” ia the main thing, result in sending sii r delegates to the state con- vention. In ex-Goy. Flower’s county of Jefie m, right on the heels of a sound money demonstration, at which Mr. Flower Was the most conspicuous figure, the as- nbly district conventions elected de egates to the state convention Instructed to indorse Bi and Sewall. In other parts of the particularly the ¢x- treme tern counties—Chautatiqua, C taraugus, Allegany and parts of was a sentiment for free ich was audible even before the Chicago conve tion. In ether parts of the state, notably some districts In Brooklyn and in Roche: ter, Syracuse and Utica, the democrats are mere seriously divided than they are in this city on the money question, so that the staie convention is likely to witness a battle of considerable proportions over the currency question, Tracy to Lead the Gold Men. The sound money democrats, under the leadership of Gen. Charles Tracy of Al- bany, are preparing for the Indianapolis convention. They will elect delegates at a ccavention in Syracuse, August 31, and a call is out for local conventions in each there county. This movement of the national democratic party, as ort ized at Indian- apolis, is likely to cause considerable trouble for the regular state organization if the latter sees fit to indorse Bryan and Sewall, because there Is an organization already existing in several counties through which the new party may work. This is the so-called democratic reform party, which has sometimes polled 12,000 or 15.000 votes, and has the support of the opponents of Tammany tn New York, and an element cf the old home rule democracy of Buf- falo. This orgenization has appeared at the last two or three state conventions and asked recognition. Its requests have been denied. It is this which is in charge of the campaign for the Indtanapolis convention, and it hopes, if the regular state conven- tion jndorses Bryan and Sewall, to draw to itself the sound money democrats all over the state. There is no question that {t will be able to make serious trouble for the regulars if they indorse the action at Chicago. In preparing its call for a convention at Syr- aevse It took occasion to speak of the pos- sibility that candidates for governor and other state offices might be nominated, but it explicitly stated that this would be a matter for consideration by its con- vertion. This is regarded by some silver democrats as a menace, intended to pre- yent them from indorsing the Chicago plat- form and nominating a candidate tor gov- ernor upon it. Some of the men who are prominent in the national democratic party movement were also prominent in the “anti-snapper” movement four years ago. They chose the place for their new convention, at which the “anti-snapper” delegates to Chi. cage elected. WATCHES, RAIvES” azn CTL Pires saad other aluable articles in Cae et conpons. wit! pone SiN MAIL POUCH TOBACCO. (old by all dealers.) One coupon in each 5-cent (@-ounce) package. COUPONS EXT'LAIN HOW SECURE ‘THE ABOVE. Packages (now on ‘sate cortaiping no coupons will be accepted as coupon. “2a.” empty bag x6 one coupon. Send for illus: trated catalogue giving complete list and descri; tion of all ni & tals how to get them. THE BLOCH BROS. TOBACCO CO.. Wheeling, W. Va. ‘my 25-10, Ww, £08 THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Oe ‘gue OL87t CHouly © OCeuay Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solfd Ines are tso- bars, or lines cf equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lnes are isotherms, or Hines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded are snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and PROBABLE of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly SHOWERS TOMORROW. Generally Fair Weather Will Con- tinue in This Section. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday.—For the District of Columbia and Maryland, gener- ally fair, possibly followed by light show- ers Saturday afternoon; southerly winds. For Virginia, generally fair; southwest- erly winds. v onditions and general forecast. Tie harometer ‘has fallen. slightly over the central valleys and lake regions and on the Atlantic coast south of New England; it has risen in the extreme northwest and east of New England. There is an area of low pressure covering the lower Missouri valley, and the barometer is high off the Atlantic coast and north of Montana. , It is slightly warmer in all districts east of the Rocky meuuial one slightly cooler a Rocky mountain stations. oral showers are reported this morning from the lake regions, the central Missis- sippi, the Ohio and Missouri valleys. The weather continues fair in the Atlantic and julf states. oCloudiness will increase on the Atlantic coast north of Virginia, probably with lo- cal showers on Saturday. Generally fair weather will continue in the South Atlantic and gulf states. imum, 61. are regions where rain or "Low" show location of with the wind. The following heavy precipitation Inches) was reported: During _ the twenty-four hours—Tampa, 1.18; River, “1.06. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 72; condi- tion, 86; recelving reservoir, temperature, 79; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 79; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 12:24 a.m. and 12:55 p.m.; high tide, 6:12 a.m, and 6:51 p.m. ‘Tomorrw—Low tide, 1:15 a.m. and 1:40 Pp.m.; high tide, 7:02 a.m. and 7:35 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:19; sun sets, 6:46. Moon sets, 4:32 tomorrow morning. The City Lights, Qas lamps all lighted by 7:54 p.m.; extin- gulshing begun at a.m. The lighting 1s begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:39 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:43. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 66; 2 p.m., 80; maximum, 81; min- dn past White POLICY M EN ARRESTED Warrants Served on Colored Men at Jack- son City. Cases Continued Before ‘Squire Lane —No Prosecuting Attorney Present. An effort i: being made to secure the con- viction cf scme of the men who are alleged to be engaged in breaking the laws of Vir- | awakened ginia relating to gambling and liquor sell- ing, and who follow their pursuits at Jack- | son City, at the south end of the Long} bridge, across the Potomac river. The per- | son who fs conducting the present crusade is John C. Nelson, who formerly conducted a siloon at Jackson City. Nel: began his crus swearing nts against twelve alleged law- breakers of the vic! The warrants were obtained from ‘Squire Lane, the col- e, who presides : Burke of Alexandria cov proceed- ed to Jackson City today and arrested five colored men named in the warrants. They were Washington Trippett, William Mar- shall, Samuel Jackson, Robert Turner and } James Woody. They ‘were charged with | conducting “lottery called policy.” They followed the officer to "Squire Lane's offic without resistance, and were on hand wh: he that magistrate opened court to try t cases. Court was held in a little frame house on the re ide between Alexander Island and Arlington Junction. Very few people were. present and the case excited no especial attention. For this occasion "Squire Lane strength- ened the arm of justice by inviting the co- operation of ‘Squire Charlies Pelham, a jus- tice of the peace of Alexandria county, who was recently appointed by Judge Chiches- ter. When court was opened the complain- was present, with his prin- cipal witne: ward Whalen, and Officer Burke made his return of the warrants by delivering the arrested men in person. Prosecuting Officer. “Why is there not a prosecuting attorney of Alexandria county present to prosecute these cases?” asked Mr. Nelson. ‘When I have been arrested and brought before this court there has never failed to be one of them on hand,” he added, bitterly. ‘They have always been here to prosecute me. ant in the case: Now we have twelve warrants out, and I propose to swear out sixty or seventy more, a t neither Mr. Richard Johnson or Len Marbury, the prosecuting attor- are on hand, although#I understand that one of these gentlemen was appoint- ed spectally to try gambling cases. When I have been rigorously prosecuted by the authorities heretofore, it does not seem right that I should have to prosecute these men at my own expense.” ‘The court replied that the prosecuting at- torneys would be welcomed to take part in the proceedings if they appeared. Cases Continued. The case of James Woody was called first. He said he was not ready for trial, and asked for a continuance in order to obtain counsel. This was granted, the trial fixed for August 31, at 10 a.m., and Woody was released on $100 bond, furnished by C. W. Mudd. Robert Turner was then pre- at the bar, and made ihe same re- quest for continuance. He could not rind a bon man, however, and requested the officer who arrested him, Mr. Burke, to stand good for his appearance. The latter consented and Turner was released. ©. W. Mudd also went bond for Washington Trip- pett, while John W. Potter performed that service for Samuel Jackson, and J. H. Wells fcr Willlam Marshall, and they were all required to be present August 31. Court then took a recess. Officer Burke will endeavor to serve other warrants during the day, and as fast as they are issued on Nelson's request, while "Squire Lane will keep his court sitting to dispose of the cases as they are brought in. einen als BABY DIES OF OLD AG The Phenomenon That Interests St. Louis Physicinns, St. Louis physicians have discovered a re- markable phenomenon in the person of a child eight months old, which died of senile debility. The child was Herman Robert Burch, the son of a fisherman who lives in a cabin on the bank of the Mississippi. The child, when brought to Dr. Randall of the North Side Dispensary two weeks ago for treatment, was a monstrosity, Its body had ceased to grow after birth, but the head was fully developed, the face bearing all the marks of an old man. The head was covered with coarse hair, and on the face was a straggling beard. Dr. Randall states that the babe’s head was perfectly developed in every way, even to the bones, which were hard and brittle, as with the case of people of advanced years. He did not have @ great opportunity to study the case, as his attention had not been called to it until the evolution was complete. During the time he was watch- ing it, hewever, he searched in vain for a parallel case. All of the medical works he could find gave him absolutely nothing of a similar nature and the ;hysician has mere- ly let tho matter pass as one of the many strange freaks of nature. a He Will in Time. From the Indianapolis News. Briggs—‘‘You haven't any idea how much I suffer from the infernal heat.” The Rev. Mr. Wilgus, mildly. pation?” ‘In antici- BOLD COLORED BURGLARS, Vhey Enter Three Houwes on New Jer- sey Avenue—One Suspect Held. This morning about 3 o’clock an attempt was made to enter three houses on New Jersey avenue rorthwest between Q and R street#, and the alleged burglars, three col- ored men, were seen by the street sweep- ers. One of the trio, who proved to be Joseph Boone, was captured, and is now in jail, but he refuses to give the names of his companions. His capture is due to the efforts of Mr. Monroe May, who lives at 1601 New Jersey avenue, and in whose house the alleged burglar was caught. About the hour mentioned Mr. May was by a@ noise on the lower floor. He got out of bed, and, going to the stair- case, he heard voices on the ground floor. Then he proceeded ta Investigate, and ‘ailed in Special Policeman Kirby to assist him. Two of the men left the house, and Were seen by the street sweepers,” but Boone went down in the basement, and vas found there by the special officer and . May. He was slightly under the tn- fluence of liquor, and pretended he was asleep. The officer took him in c was locked up on a charg The prisoner is about thirty-five years old and Hves on Sth street extended, in the building known as the “old flats.” He has notaing to say, except to claim that he was drinking, and thought he was in his own house. Investigation developed the fact that at- tempts had been made to enter two other ody, and he of burglary. houses in the same neighborhood. This morning Boone was taken to the Police Court and arraigned befor Judge Mills on a charge of burglary. The evidence of sev- eral witnesses was heard, and Boone was committed for the action of the grand jury. > ARTICLES 1,000 YEARS OLD. Implements ™ by Mound Builders Found Near Pittsburg. Great Interest is manifested at Pittsburg over the discovery of a nember of imple- ments in a mound at McKee’s Rocks, which is being excavated for scientific purposes. The mond is believed to have been built by the ancient mound dwellers, and the implements found place the mound on a par with those that have been explored elsewhere. The work is being done under the direction of Thomas Harper of Pitts- burg, who belleves that the specimens found : re not less than 1,000 years old, and prove that they were made by the most ancient people that inhabited tais country. Bone needles, or awls, were included in the find, and Mr. Harper says they can be partially restored. A tomahawk, which M as being aot less than 1,000 years old, was also found. The seme kind of weapons are also found on the British isles. Mr. Harper says the weapon is similar in appearance to the paleoith, which was used for strik- ing. It is made of gne He considers this an extraordinary disc 5 The bone Harper regards implement, or is re- garded by Mr. Harper a$ possessing un- usual intere This is the implement which primitive men, as well as ancient people, used in making flint instruments. Mr. Harper maintains that this last find proves that the mound was bullt by the mound dwellers. He maintains that the implements found prove this. ‘The specimens will be placed in the Car- regle Museum. . Since tais mound was opened a month ago sixteen skeletons have been found, many of them being of gigantic stature. Bare-Legged Women Cyclers. Jeannette Gilder is at present in Parls and writes to an eastern paper that she has been much shocked by the boldness with which French women go in for start- ling eccentricity in costume, especially the cyclists. “What a sight it was!’ she says. “There were hundreds of men and wemen in bicycle costumes coming and going ard sittirg at little tables drinking bock, as they call all beer; coffee, which they sipped from goblets, and ‘sirops,’ fruit juices in tepid water. Every woman rode a man’s wheel and every woman wore bloomers. Anything’! ugller than thcir costumes you cannot imagine. The popu- lar dress consisted of black bloomers and a white duck jacket. ‘Most of the women wore hats elaborately trimmed, and white veils, and every woman ‘was elther rouged and blacked as though! she was going be- fore the footlights, or else she was whiten- ed as white as the clown in a circus. This vas bad enough, but it was not the worst. ‘Bare legs were the worst. The most advanced women bicycHsts wear low shoes, socks and the legs barg from the top of the sock to just below the knee. The only reason for such an exposure is vulgarity. Fancy a woman riding'up 5th avenue with her legs bare from the knee down. How quickly she would be ‘ritn in by a police- man. On the Champs’ Elysees and in the Bois the sight 1s so comimon that no one turns to look at it. Most of the woman riders wear stockings, but none wear leg- girs. At least none of the several hun- dred that I saw. Those who do wear stockings wear the gayest stripes and plaids that they can find. Some wear san- dals on their feet, others boots of ordinary height with Louis XIV_ heels. “One woman I noticed wore boots made of izard skin. While black bloomers were the most common, I saw a great many of black and white checks, or shepherd's plaid. A few of the women wore caps like the men and walked about with their hands in their trousers—I beg your pardon —their bloomer pockets. This masculine attire and manner did not go well with their painted cheeks and blackened eyes, and their hair worn down over their ears, Anything more untidy than this way of wearing the hair you would not want to see. It looks as though it had not been dressed for a week,” TORN IN TWAIN Massachusetts. Democrats Cannot Dwell in Harmony. > RUSSELL MEN AGAINS? WILLIAMS Impending Struggle in the State Convention. — FRED'S CHANCES GEORGE Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. BOSTON, Mass., August 20, 1806. Massachusetts has but once experienced a campaign of the interest that the pres- ent one possesses. That was when General Ben Butler was running for office and breaking down party lines, so that the state was divided into Butler men and anti-Butler men, and the names “republi- can” and “democrat” had no significance whatever. It 13 political elvil war that is being car- ried on here now. The war is in the demo- cratic ranks, and a bitter one it 1s. Hard names are bandied with wonderful free- dom, and it is a fight that admits of no compromise. This year it 1s ex-Congress- man George Fred. Williams against the “machine,” the latter headed by Josiah Quincy, who appointed the consuls for the present Cleveland administration, and ex- Mayor Matthews of this city. The trouble has been growing with each year, and the Chicago convention fanned it into a bright fiame. To appreciate the force of the pres: ent circumstances it must be remembered that only four years ago a democratic governor was elected in Massachusetts by a round majority. Russell's Popularity. Ever since the day William E. Ru: was elected governor of this state he was considered the leader of the democracy of Massachusetts. His party was proud of him, was fond of him and willing to work behind him and to follow where he led. He broke all Massachusetts records by be- ing elected three times as governor on a democratic ticket. Occasionally Massa- chusetts has had a democratic governor, but before the time of Kussell there was no such thing as re-election for a mem- ber of the democracy. After Russell went out of office he was sull the leader of his party. But here he encountered opposition from George Fred. Wiliams, who had ambitions of his own. Williams is a remarkable political figure. He is intensely ambitious, very vain, a man who has an overweening confidence in himself, and certain that he is a man of destiny. He would never be content to play the second fiddle, no matter how di: iingulshed the political orchestra. Williams is a believer in the dramatic. He is never happy, never satisfied unl he is leading something. In 1Sst he was a republican, but bolted Blaine and led the movement in Massachusetts that brought so many of the young men into the Cleve- land camp. He Was elected to the lexisla- ture of the state, and at once attacked the most powerful corporation in the state the West End street railway of Bos which has a monopoly of the lines is clty. He charged them wit with buying legislators, with prostituting the service of the state. He brought charges, he demanded an investi- ion, ne kept the legislature in session all summer hearing evidence that he col- lected. George Fred Williams’ Luck. He was nominated for Congress at a lucky time. In ISW the anti-repuls le was at its height in Massachu. and he was swept in on it. No sooner were the votes counted and his election declare than he jumped into the fight for the speakership of the House. He cause of Mills and started out ssionary journey through the New land states in the interest of the Texan He went to Washington and worked tor Mills there. When Crisp was nominated Williams attracted attention to himself by refusing to vote for him in the House e Crisp was a free silver man. ‘The currency fight came on and Williams jumped to the front of the sound money le. He fought the silver men desperate! he made speeches and he worke was nothing he could say or do against silver that was left unsaid or undone. When he got back to Massachusetts he found that the legislature had made up new congressional districts and he had been placed in a republican district. He was de- feated for re-election and for a short time was quiet. But he jumped to the front again ried off the nomination for govern espoused a on and in cu the democratic convention last year. Then ame the actual ruture with Russell. The governor was then giving his time to 2w. He said that he had spent a number of years in politics and that it was time he paid some attention to his own profession. So he declined to make speeches in the campaign. Willlams was angry at onc Me considered himself insulted bec Russell would not make speeches in hi half. There was friction and there was sort s. Williams was defeated for gov ernor by over 60,000 votes in the state which Russell had carried only three years before. Rupture With Russell. From that tme the rivalry between Rus- sell and Williams was open. It grew strong- er and stronger, and the democrats took up the fight and the different cudgels. Willams was elected a delegate to the ational convention. Russell announced that he was a candidate for the presidency. Williams stated very frankly that he would never vote for him in the convention. Rus- sell saw that he could not get the solid vote of his state at Chicago, and took himself out of the race, and devoted his time to working for the defeat of a free coinage plank at Chicago. Williams had been elected a delegate-at- large at the state convention, which at the same time adopted a gold plank, and he accepted the election. Then came the sen- sation of Massachusetts politics. After the convention, and after his election, Wil- liams came out for free silver. The man who had refused to vote for Crisp for Speaker after he had been selected by the democratic caucus because he was a free silver man, was himself shouting the praises of the white metal with all the earnestness of a Stewart or a Jones. The state was dumfounded and his friends thunderstruck. They labored with him, but Williams was firm. He declared that he had been living a mistake when he was a gold man, and that he had finally seen the error of his way. The Vice Presidency Bee. Nor was he content with being for silver himself. He labored with members of the Massachusetts delegation, and went out to Chicago as another leader, this time the leader of the free silver sentiment of Mas- sachusetts. He went to the Chicago con- tion with tremendous ambitions. He ex- Dected to be nominated for Vice President. It is now an open secret that he had re- celved assurances from the silver men be- fore he started for the convention. The: thought well of the idea of taking a young man, brilliant and eloquent, right from the heart of the gold bug region, and putting him on the ticket. But when the critical time came the Mas- sachusetts delegaticn declared that under no circumstances would they support him. No silver man, no traitor to the platform upon which he was elected, they said, would get their votes. He labored with them,he showed them how impossible it was for him to get the nomination if his own state openly repudiated him on the floor of the convention. But nothing he could say,no appeal to state pride, could move the bay state delegates. Russell was at Chicago, working for the gold standard, and neither he nor his friends had forgotten how Wil- Mams had refused to support him for Presi- dent at a time when it looked as if his chances for the nomination were good. Fierce Hostilities. ‘There was open war declared between the friends of Russell and of Williams, and the latter refused to come back on the train with the other delegates. Then came the tragic death of ex-Gov. Russell up in the hunting forests of Quebec, far out of the reach of conveyance or telegraph, where he had gone for rest; a death, his friends say, which was caused by a broken heart, a death intensely dramatic, coming, as it did, only a few days after he arrived home from Chicago. By this time the knives were out between the Russell men and the followers of Wil- liams. Courtesy was thrown to the winds Williams sent for a ticket to the funeral ceremonies of the ex-governor, and was curtly refused it, with the added statement that those tickets were only for Mr. Rus- sell’s friends. The fight is now at its height. The Rus- sell men—and they compose the machine— say that Williams must not be nominated for governor again this year. Williams says that the nomination must come to him. He is up and doing already. He 1s stumping the state now, going to city and town, preaching the gospel of free coinage, and at the same time preaching George Fred Williams. He is canvassing the whole state. He declares from the stump that he must be nominated, as he is the one man who can stand squarely on the democratic platform adopted at Chicago. A Bolt Inevituble. The fight will be carried into the state convention, but will not end there. Wil- liams will run as an Independent candidate if he 1s beaten for the nomination. If he Wins the nomination, the Russell wing of the democracy will run an independent candidate at the polls. However the con- vention fight ends, there will be two dem- gcratic candidates in the fleld to be voted for in November. The democratic the interest in t than the nomina’ struggle Is absorbing all he state. 1t means more tion for the governorship: it means party supremacy for years to coine. If Willlams wins, it means that Quincy, Matthews, Assistant Secretary Hamlin and the old leaders will have to stand side and let the young man from Dedham run things in the democracy tent. The republicans are sitting back and Watching with great Satisfaction this polit- ical drama as it is being played. All that is talked about is this democratic civil war, and this campaign will be the most interesting one that Massachusetts has seen for many a year. —— GEORGIA AND WATSON. The Populist Vice Presidential Ca didate Hard at Work. Special Correspondence of The Eventaz ar, SAVANNAH, Ga., August 19, 1896. The bleakest dawn may bring the bright- est day. This applies with much pertinence te the campaign now on in Georgia. It also applies particularly to the populists, whose leaders are assiduously at work endeavor- ing to carry the state. As an evidence of their Indefatigability 1t Is but necessary to show, In a degree, the alacrity with which they go from place to place preaching the doctrine of temperance. Undoubtedly the people of Georgia are today wavering in thelr opinions mors than ever before. Pol- itics—swapping this office for that oae—un- statesmanlike attitudes on public questions ~have hindered the progress, prosperity and onward strides of the empire state of the south. It secms as if the people have taken hold of the issues of the campaign and will care for them in a thorough and positive way. Long have they hoped for reforms in the halls of legislation. Men guilty of the most heinous offenses have, ihrough the influence of some politician, been allowed to go unpunished. The dead dockets of t courts would be a revela- tion indeed to one not used to such pro- cedures. Savannah ts the headquar! P. A. at precent. s of the A. They are now preparing to p ts in the field, the men on which will endeavor to displace every h- vlic who holds an office. As foreca: i some days correspondent, there will be Geo: ja. Th be no fusion nee by your no republican statement that not absolute have all the leade and give an unqualified indo: populist ticket. Just what «have been made cannot be Mr. Wright, the prohibition nomi- . has declared so strongly against this i t is done it 1d, » or com= pprobation, Buck of been i htened, if a3 en © 5 the party The black clement is now figh him, end they are in the maj ty, prob- ably not, however, in the councils of the party, bat most’ certainly largely so in rank and file and at the ballot box. Buck, who Judge Hines defeated two years ago for governor on the populist ticket, and now ore of Wright's advisers, and well-known republicans in this and adjoining coun are in correspondence, presumably to ac- complish an open declaration of fusion with the populists. Tom Watson is making a campaign no less brilliant than Emory Speer, when he drove every opponent from the hustings. His addresses to the laboring people—prob- ably most carefully prepared—are entnu- siastically received. Many believe confi- ently that Watson will carry Georgia. eens An In Curve Hit. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The young man with the mismated le, turned to the instructor. “I don’t think—” “It is a dangerous practice,” said the in- structor. ‘I don't think,” continued the youth, that you are beginning right with that young lady.” “And I'll thank you,” sald the instructor, not to interfere!” Then the abashed youth glanced down at his closely united knees and blushingly turned awa: a Unkind to Him, From the Chicago Record, “This blackberry pie isn’t nearly so good as those mother used to make.” “No; I told your mother this morning when she made it that you would be sure to find fault with it.” eee SATURDAYS INTERESTING ISSUE. 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