Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 13, 1896, Page 2

— Che Herald. BY E. C. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS. - MINNESOTA SSS The latest official crop bulletins from the Dakotas and Iowa have a more hopeful tone, and there is every reason to believe that the prolonged rainy have done their worst. The prospects of the G. A. R. en campment in St. Paul have been ma- terially brightened by the concession ef a cent-a-mile rate by the railroads east of Chicago. A grand international tournament of prevarication is now in progress. The contestants are Spain and Turkey, and the suppression of insurrections the subject in hand. If Herman, the alleged clerical im1- tator of Holmes, has actually done as much traveling about as the press re- ports give him credit for, we don’t see how he could have stopped in any one place long enough to murder. There was one mangled corpse taken out of the St. Louis ruins over which few tears will be shed. It was that of a thief, who was caught in the act of robbing the dead, and who was beaten to death by his iafuriated captors. The loss of life at St. Louis wilh probably turn out to be considerably less than at first reported; but it will be bad enough at best, and sufficient to mark the catastrophe as the most dire- ful of its kind in the history of the country. ‘The German emperor was accosted, the other day, by an escaped lunatic, who claimed that he was the rightfut keir to the throne and that William was a usurper. Perhaps there is not much difference between these two men, after all. The peculiar density of the British skull is beautifully illustrated by the first accounts of the St. Louis disaster in some of the London papers, who gravely announced that the steamship St. Louis had gone down with 1,000 people o. board. Emile Zola cannot consistently re- pine at being again refused admission to the French academy. A man who is so rigidly certain that he is right should not demand recognition from those whom he is equally certain are wrong. Usually it is the winner who “knocks the persimmons,” but in the English derby it was Persimmons who was the winner, although there is an intimation that because he was owned by the prince of Wales the judges gave him the best of a very close heat. A great storm is like a great battle, in the respect that it cannot be accu- rately described as a whole, so little of it, comparatively, is seen by any one person. The story has to be told in fragments, and the full force of it misses expression, because the details do not convey an adequate idea of the general facts and conditions, No German warship has touched at an English port since the flying squad- ron made its appearance. Even the German training ships have dropped their annual visit to English waters, and there is a coolness, if not a strained feeling, between the navies of the two countries. Russia paid dearly in human lives for the coronation of her new czar. A feast to which the peasantry were in- vited was given in honor of the occa- sion. At a given signal there was a rush for the tables, which was so great that a panic ensued which re- sulted in the death of more than 2,500 people. St. Louis’ nobly independent attitude in refusing aid from other cities is justified by the promptness with which her citizens have raised splendid subscriptions for the purpose, and it is as admirable as the spontaniety and genuireness of the offers of help which immediately came from cities all over the country. According to one New York newspa- per, various members of the 400 have been driven to the organization of morgue parties for entertainment. So hard-pressed are they for amusement that parties of varying size go, night after night, to look upon the pale and often disfigured faces of the unknown dead. It is not a high form of amuse- ment, but it is entirely in keeping with New York tastes. The recent death of Kate Field and “Brick” Pomeroy removes from the sphere of journalism two celebrated characters. Pomeroy gained notoriety by publishing, during the war, a North- ern paper with pronounced Southern sympathies. Kate Field was a genu- imely clever woman, who won success as a lecturer and writer. Her death wiil be heard with real regret by thou- sands who have enjoyed her original ity and brightness. THE NEWS RESUME. dIGEST OF THE 1B NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE — A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- esraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. The Na/ion’s Capital. ‘There are ouly two presidential post- masters in the country whose terms of office expire in June. They are York, Pa., and Fayetteville, N. Y. uipamaie Ross cf Cripple Creek, has forwarded his resignation to 1 ‘postoffice department at Washing- ton. Charges against the administra- ortion of his office were filed by Post- oflice Inspector McMeichlen. People Talked About. W. C. Arnold, president of the Mer- chants’ National Bank of Poughkeep- sie, N. ¥., is dead, aged seventy-four years. Vice President Stevenson and daugh- ter will go to Chapel Hill, N. ©. where the vice president is to address the university students. Prof. L. L. Diche ,of Peary expedi- tion fame ,the Kansas university nat- uralist, has left for an extended trip to Alaska. It is said he will make pre- parations for another trip to the North pole. Grace Filkins, of the “Shore Acres” company last season, has become the wife of Lieut. Com. Adolph Marix, of the battleship Maine. The marriage was performed by Mayor Wanser at Jersey City, N. J. Charles T. Cooper, a prominent resi- dent of Sewickley, Pa., died of a com- plication of diseases. He was the man who was instrumental in defeating the Pittsburg politicians’ attempt to work the election in Alabama during the last presidential campaign. “Our finest English historian in paint, as he has been in black and white’—that is what a London critic calls the American artist, Edwin Ab- bey. Mr. Abbey’s picture of Richard Crookback and the Princess Anne has captured London. ‘As warden of a woman’s prison, and as prison commissioner, Mrs. Ellen CU. Johnson has served in Massachusetts for nearly twenty years. She is said to exert a certain influence over the women prisoners, and in many cases has reformed them. Mrs. H. M. Young of Ironton, Ohio, has taken out a license as mate of the steamer Lee H. Brooks. Capt. Mrs. Callie L. French of New Orleans has also renewed her license as a master and pilot for steamships navigating the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. She is captain of the steamer Ruth. Accidental Happenin. e The property loss by the St. Louis tornado is now placed at $9,000,000. The known dead number 424. At Pittsburg fire partly destreyed D. Lutz & Son’s brewery. Loss $50,000; fully insured. ‘Traffic on the Oregon Railway and Navigation line between Wallace and Burke, Idaho, is suspended on account of the damage done by high water. James W. Hadley, aged 17, was fa- tally hurt and several other persons badly injured during a storm at Avon- dale, Ala., which blew down a build- ing in which they had taken refuge. A cyclone, the first ever known in that section, caused considerable dam- age and injured a number of people at Lansing, in eastern Arapahoe county, Colo. Miss Celina kinch, who was burned during the panic at Belmond, Iowa, caused by fire on the stage at a school entertainment, has died from her in- juries. She was a teacher in the city schools. Samuel Harris of Waltz township, Ind., was shot and very seriously wounded near Vernon, by an unknown man. Harris had been attentive to Mrs. Charles Kesler, a widow, and the jealousy of rivals was awakened. A car on the Second avenue traction line at Pittsburg jumped the track and the seventeen passengers aboard were all more or less hurt, two of them se- riously. The day of miracles has not passed or all would have been killed. S. H. Roper, aged 76, of Roxbury, a mechanical engineer, while pacing “Tom” Butler, the professional bicycle rider, with a steam bicycle which Roper had invented, was killed at the Charles River park track at Boston. Roper’s machine became unmanagea- ple and he was thrown, striking upon his head. Charles McCarthy, acting manager of McCarthy’s American company play-. ing “One of the Bravest” in the Eng- lish provinces, met with a serous acci- dent at Wakefield. In the fire scene he rescues a woman from the upper story of a burning house. While de- scending with the woman in his arms the rope broke and beth fell to the stage. George Mack, a farmer living five miles south of Maryville, Kan., killed his wife by crushing her skull with a spading fork. They had been livin apart. Mack went to his wife’s house and failing to make peace he killed her. He then cut his own throat and jump- ed into the Blue river, but crawled out again and was found on the bank in an unconscious condition. He will proba- bly die. Crimes and Criminals. John Hudson, a young farmer, is un- der arrest charged with poisoning a public well at Shelbyville, Ill. Henry Mitchell Smith, colored, was hanged at Lexington, Ky., for assault- ing a white woman. Frank H. Smith, the wealthy Three Rivers (Mich. real estate man and speculator, was sentenced to seven and one-half years in the Jackson prison, for uy, in the Harrison land case trial. Mrs. Eleanor McClellan was found dead on the iake shore at Conneaut, Ohio, and it is now believed she was murdered. She told several persons with whom she came in contact that she had run away from Cleveland to escape her divorced husband. killed three scouts before he gave up the ghost. He was one of Geronimo’s braves, and succeeded to that old chief’s authority among the renegades, Judge Brown, in the United States circuit court at New York, has sen- tenced Emanuel Ninger to six years in the Erie county penitentiary. Ninger is the artist who so skillfully counter- feited United States treasury notes with pen and ink that for years he re- mained undetected. John B. Blair and his son, Alvah Blair, attacked the former’s son-in- law, Henry Anthony, on the street, at Nevada, Mo., with revolvers and knives. Over twenty-five shots were fired at him and seven of them struck the victim. Anthony ran down the business part of the town and the Blairs overtook him and cut his throat in the presence of 200 people. Wallace Riley, for many years a highly-respected citizen of Lebanon, Ind., lies dead in the morgue, with a bullet in his brain, as the result of a shooting which took place between him and Thomas Allen, a prominent stock dealer, in the lobby of the Leba- non postoffice. The killing was partly due to the marriage of Miss Jessie Riley, the twenty-year-old daughter of the victim, to Harry Allen, son of the slayer, aged seventeen. Foreign Gossip. A state of siege has not yet been de- clared in the Island of Crete. The reports of a cabinet crisis in Madrid seem to be devoid of founda- tion. Herr Rohlfs, the African explorer, died at his residence at Ruengsdorf- on-Rhine. Barney Barnato has guaranteed the payment of the fines of the reform prisoners released at Pretoria. The municipal authorities at Barce- lona have decided to purchase the Ital- ian ironclad Genoa and present it to the government. Ex-Empress Eugenie has summoned a great meeting ‘of French monarch- ists. to take place in Brussels in Au- gust. The municipal authorities of Barce- Jona, Spain, have decided to purchase the Italian ironclad Genoa and present it to the government. Mrs. Edwin Henry King, formerly of Montreal, Canada, who died at Monte Carlo in “april, bequeathed $100,000 to the Montreal genezal hospital. The German centrists have decided to revive the bill to repeal the anti- Jesuit laws. It is believed they will obtain majority enough to induce the government to take action. « The only impertant step at the meet- ing of the British Woman’s ‘'emper- ance association recently was the re- election of Lady Henry Somerset as president. The gravity which the Turkish gov- ernment attaches to the Cretan situa- tion is shown by the fact that thirty- five battalions of troops have been or- dered to the island of Crete. The insurgents of Cuba recently placed a dynamite bomb on the Saba- nilla railway, the explosion of which wrecked a train, killed the conductor and injured several people. The London Times has a dispatch from Lima, Peru, which says that the commander of the forces at Iquitos, in the province of Loreto, has revolted in favor of a federation with Brazil. A Vancouver syndicate has just com- pleted negotiations for the purchase of ten rich claims accidentally discovered in Cayuse creek in the Lillooet district by a half-breed while hunting moun- tain sheep a few days ago. The British cruiser Comus, Capt. Dyke, has arrived at San Francisco from Corinto. She left Esquimalt some months ago, under sealed orders, which took her to Corinto to protect British subjects during the revolution. J. B. Robinson of London, the South African millionaire, has received a ca- ble message frcm Pretoria saying the leaders of the Johannesburg reform committee will, be released in a few days. ‘The entire mail service between Al- aska and British Columbia will be greatly expedited by the establishment by the postoffice department of an ex- change between the British Columbia postoffice and the Seattle & Sitka steamship postoffice. Otherwise. Charles L. Bartlett has been renom- inated for congress from the Fourth Georgia district. The National Federation of Afro- American women, organized last July in Boston, will hold a national conven- tion in Boston, July 21, 22 ard 23. The exports to the United States from Brad(tord during the month of May amounted to $1'731,575, a de- crease of $1,750.230 compared with the same month of last year. The Schoolfield-Hanaeur Grocery company, one of the oldest wholesale firms in Memphis, Tenn., assigned. Liabilities will reach $100,000. Gener- al business depression is given as the cause of the failure. The fourteenth annual sonvention of the National Plumbers’ Association of America was called to order in Cleve- land by President Meathe of Detroit. Complimentary speeches were indulged in for an hour. In the supreme court at New York a jury was empaneled for the trial of on) suit of David Belasco against N. K. Fairbank of Chicago. Belasco claims that. the Western millionaire owes him $65,0000 for his services and ex- penses ia training Mrs. Leslie Carter for the stage. The American branch of the Wo- man’s International Pesce league has selected Mrs. Mary F. Ormsby of Washington as president of the Ameri- can branch, and Mrs. Lucy Green- leach, a relative of Vice President Ste- venson, as delegates to the internation- al congress fur women’s work, at Ber- lin, Germany. The Pullman Palace Car company filed with State Auditor Gilbert of Ohio its anual report for taxation, un- der the special law. The whole mile. Bd is put down at 132,895, of which 2,737 is-in Ohio. The tax is about $8,000. The report is filed under pro- test, but the company has made two annual payments under the law with Gen. Wheaton of Denver has been | ont taking it to the court "IP NEWS RESUME ares Reese | THOSE BOND SALES| Soom mer SQM BLACK EYES. BOND SALES. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY CaR- LISLE WRITES A LETTER. He Explains to the Subcommittee of the Senate Committce Appotated to Make an Investigation, the Cireumstances Surrounding the Recent Sale of United States Bonds, Washington, June 9.—Secretary Carlisle's financial committee charged with the in- vestigation of the sale of United States reply to ‘the subcommittee of the senate bonds during the years 1894, ‘95 and '96 was made public today. The statement is dated June 1. Reviewing the conditions which lead to the bond issues. the secre- tary says: “Largely on account of ap- prehension in this country and abroad as to the ability of the government to continue the current redemption of its notes in gold coin and maintain the parity of the two metals, the exports of gold during the fis- eal year 1893 reached the unprecedented amount of $108,680,844. nearly all of which was, withdrawn from the public treasury by the presentation of notes for redemption. Notwithstanding the most stvenuous ef- forts by the, department to maintain the $100,000,000 reserve intact on the 22d day of April, 1893, it became necessary to use a part of it for redemption purpo: Very little gold was being reserved on account of dues to the government, and it was there- fore next to impossible to increase the re- serve Without resorting to issue and sale of bonds under the authority conferred by the resumption act. ‘The secretary then refers to the bond call 1894, which netted the govern- 660,917. From that date to Nov. 14, 1894, when the free gold in the treasury was $61,878,374, the amount varied but lit- tle. The secretary continues: “In the mean- time the frequent presentation of notes for redemption in gold by individuals and insti- tutions not desiring it for export, clearly in- dicated the existence of uneasiness in the public mind, while foreign exchange was almost constantly at or near a rate which made it necessary to export gold to pay bills at their maturity, and constquently withdrawals for shipment were daily threat- ened, As the season was approaching when large exportations nearly always occur it was considered absolutely necessary for the maintainance of the public credit and the continued execution of the monetary policy declared by congress in the act of July 14, 1893, to resort again to an issue of bonds.” The terms and result of the second bond issue is then stated. Secretary Carlisle says: “It soon became evident that the tran- saction had not been effectual to stop with- drawals of gold. These large withdrawals were due almost entirely, so far as could be ascertained, to a feeling of apprehension in the public mind, especially among the holders of our securities abroad, which in- creased in intensity from day to day until it reached the proportions of a panic in the financial -enters, and it was evident that unless effectual steps were promptly taken to check the growing distrust the government would be compelled within a few days to suspend gold payments and to drop to a silver and paper standard. The situation was so grave that the attention of congre: was called to the subject Janu- ary 28, 1 The ‘secretary says that congress having failed to pass any measure for the relief of the treasury or to také any action to al- lay the serfous apprehensions in the public mind, a contract was entered into on Feby 8, 1895, with August Belmont and Co., of New York, H. M. Rothschild and Sons of London and J. P. Morgan and Co.,for the purchase of 3,500,000 onces of standard gold at the price of $17.80441 per ounce, to be paid for in United States thirty year 4 per cent bonds. “I have the honor to say that in my opi- nino the sales were necessary for the pre- servation of the credit of the government and the security of the business interests ofthe people and that they in fact. accom- plished those results. In general, the effect of each sale was to restore confidence for the time being at least in the power and purpose of the government to maintain its own credit, to preserve the parity of our coins and the value of our currency, and to check the return of our securities in large amounts from other countries for sale in the market here.” FREE SILVER DEMS CONTROL THE DULUTH CONVENTION Duluth, Special. June 9.— The St. Louis county Democratic convention this after- noon was controlled by the free silver men, On the only test vote the gold men must- ered twelve votes out of a total of seventy- five. Roger S.Polfellwas chairman and H. B.Fryberger was secretary. Resolutions were adopted declaring adherence to the historic Democratic principles as illustrat- ed by the services and utterences of Jef- ferson and Jackson opposing the sending of Federal troops into any state to do police duty, unless at the request of the state leg- islature or the govertor, and denouncing the use of Federal troops for such purpose as an infraction of fundamental Democrat- ie principles; declaring in favor of the im- mediate restoration of free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 re- gardless of the action of other countries, gold and silver coin to be full legal tend- er for all debts, public or private; instruct- ing the delegates to the state convention to vote as a unit for these principles and for the selection of delegates to the national convention known to be sincerely aad stead- fastly in favor there of. Carlisle Merciful to Healey. Washington, June 9.—Secretary Carlisle has taken action on the findings of the board appointed in January last to inves- tigate the change of drunkenness and conduct unbecoming an officer and gentie- man preferred against Capt. M. A. Healey of the revenue cutter Bear. The board found him guilty of nearly all the charges preffered against him, and found that he should be dismissed form the service, but in view of Capt. Healey’s long and ef- ficient services, recommended him to the favorable consideration of Secretary Car- isle. The secretary adopted this recom- mendation of mercy and mitigated the sentence by ordering that Capt. Healey be placed at the foot of the list of cap- tains, and be suspended from rank and duty on waiting orders pay for four years and be publicly reprimanded. Instructed for Grigsby. Sioux Falls, S. D. Speclai, June 9.—The Populists held their county convention to- day and instucted the delegates to Huron to work for Melvin Grigsby of Sioux for governor. The usual platform was adopt- ed. —_—_——- Of Northwestern Interest. Wasington, Special. June 9, W. A.Curo has been appointed postmaster at Jenkins Crow Wing county, Minn, vice W. J. Han- kins, resigned. Minnesota pensions,- or- iginal, John H. Wing Albert Lea; increase Henry C. Osterhout, Duluth. Wasington, June 9. The president has nominated Alex S. Ellis as postmaster at Sioux Falls, S. D. S. .D., Special, June 9,—Another fine rain visited this section Friday night and Saturday. While. the crops were not suffering for want of it, yet it will much improve | the prospects which were never better. AMERICANS IN A DUNGEON. Consul General Lee Visits the Cu- ban Fortre: Havana, June 9- United States Consul General Lee ‘visited the Cabanas fortress and saw the prisoners taken on board the schooner Competitor. He found them shut mp in a dungeon with negro prisoners. Alfredo Laborde, who is said to have been the leader of the Competitor expidition and who is an American citizen, was found to be very sick. He said that he was suffering from grip and that the doc- tor had said that he would get better care while confined in the fortress than in the hospital. Laborde did not complain of bad treatment though the air of the dun- geon where he was confined was damp and the walls were moist. Consul General Lee, jhaving learned that the officer of the guard was reprimanded by the governor of the fortress for allow- ing the visit, visited Capt. Gen. Weyler to offer his excuses. Capt. Gen. Weyler, however, apparently did not think badly of Gen. Lee’s visit to the prisoners, ai- though it violated the rules and laws of the fortress. Gen. Lee informed Weyler of the sickness of the prisoners and of the bad condition of their dungeon. Gen. Weyler promised that they should be placed in a better situation and should be changed Immediately to a room separated from other prisoners. GOLD EN JT JUBILEE. Fiftieth anuivexankes of Archbishop Elder's Ordination. Cincinnati, June 9.—The golden jubilee commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of Archbishop Elder as a priest, began to-day. Over 12,000 children carried the American flag in parade. While the grand organ in the hal was used in connection with the choirs in rendering national airs, all these children, standing in the streets surrounding the hal, joined in the same, and the effect of the voices in the open air, in connection with the music in the hall, was most impressive. Ad- dresses were made in both English and German, with responses to each by the Most Rey. Archbishop Elder. The bene- diction was followed by a congregational rendering of the “Star Spangled Banner,” in which thousands of children who re- mained in line om the surrounding streets, joined, making the largest and most im- pve vocal chorus ever heard in this city. OVER THE NORTHWEST. StJames, Minn., Special, June 9.—At the democratic convention in this city today the following delegates were elected to the state convention: °J. J. Thornton, J. '. Fisher, Frank Gove, Thos. McDonough and M. J. Grogan. They go uninstructed, but the majority are free silver men. La Crosse, Wis., June 9.—The morning session of the Norwegian Lutheran synod discussed the question of permanent loca- tion of the theological seminary. The offer from Albert Lea academy corporation was rejected by a large majority. The senti- ment seemed to be in favor of locating the in or near some large city. In the after- noon the Luther college corporation met and elected the following board of trustees: Prof. L. Larsen, Decorah, Ia., president Prof. Chr. A. Naeseth, Decorah, Ia., secre- tary; G. O. Rustad, Decorah, Ia., treasurer, Caledonia, Minn., Special, June 9.—The Democratic county convention sends the following delegation to state convention: Walter Georgen,P. Schultz,Henry Forschler Joseph Vossen,’ C.Me Cauley James Ken- nedy, W. R. Duxbury, Peter Halvorsen aud Peter Ferret. No instructions on the fi- nancial question. Cougregstionalists Meet. Sleepy Eye,Minn., Special,June,9- The Southwestern Minnesota Congregational convention opened a twe-day session here thie afternoon. A large number of minis- terlal and lay delegates are present. Rev. Morrison of Marshall preached a sermon this evening. Danish Lutheran Consolidation, Albert Lea, Minn., Special, June, 9- The Danish Lutheran Conference is still at work here. The greater part of the sessions this week have been devoted to arranging the details of the proposed consolidation of the two factions. The other synod will meet at Racine, Wis. in August. On Sunday 600 were fed at dinner. A large attendance has prevailed at all sessions. The question of the orphans’ home is left to await the consolidation. The conference will close tomorrow night. PLAGUE OF TKAMPS. Shore Residents at Minne- tonka Are Beseiged. The game warden and the police have a chance to co-operate in cleaning out a gang of tramps that infested the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. These fellows have been commiting all sorts of depreda- tions during the last few weeks, and it is no new thing, as north shore residents have been boahered in the same maner for years past. Chas. H. Babcock writes that the particular mob of rodies now inhabit- ing the woods on Big Island and camped along shore in the uper lake, is netting fish and hauling it away at a rate that promises to decomate the finy population. Incideentally Mr. Babcock offers $10 reward for the recovery of his boat, which was stolen from Wayzata, The boat was taken by tramps and it is now believed to be concealed somewhere in the timber on Big Island. On May 20 F. B. Dodge of Minnetonka Beach had his boat stolen by the some gang, and there a dozen other reports of a similar character. There are from one hundred to two hundred tramps in the mob now surounding the lake and cot- tages are considering the plan of organ- izing a patrol to watch the shores at night Matters at present are in such a condition that some measurees will have to be taken for the protection of lakeside property. North Schemivg Against Dollivar. Jefferson, Iowa, Special, June,9- There is a scheme on foot in this the Tenth con- gressional district, to call a non-partisan convention of the advocates of free silver and place in nomination a man who will represent these views in congress. Although Mr. Dolliver was elected two years ago by a majority of nearly five thousand the opposition say that there are not now sound men enovgh in the district to re-elect him, The Republican convention meets in this city July, 29, and will without doubt renominate Mr. Dolliver. Lochren Opens Court at Fargo. Fargo, Special, June 9.—Judge Lochren of Minneapolis opened United States court this mohning in the absence of Judge Thom- as. Several old cases were dismissed and the grand jury was organized, with Major Black of Valley City as foreman. The cal- endar is a heayy one and will probably last a month. There are a large number of In- dians here who will be witnesses in the case against Louis Sitting Bull charged with assault. The defendant is the son of the famous chief Sitting Bull. One Trouble Ends, Another Begins, Grand Rapids Minn., Special, June 9. The second case for murder against Peter MeKenna, alias One Eyed Pete, is inef- fectual. Attorney McCarthy argued that the jeopardy of defendent in the first case connecting him with the death of John Ba- con, which was dismissed by the court last January, was a bar to further trial thereon. Judge Holland ruled for MeKen- na, who, ou leaving the court room, was rearrested, charged with arson in setting fire to Russell’s ranch, where John Bacon disappeared August 27. He was arraign- ed before Judge $tillson and held in de- fault of bail. SOME BLACK EYES. WARM TIMES IN A PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL CONVENTION. Memebrs of Two Republican Fac- tions Engage in a Fight,During Which Revolvers and Eyes Are Blackened—A Squad Are Drawn, ef Policemen Finally Restore Order, Pittsburg, June 9.—The rep blican county conventions were held today and resulted in a decided victory for the regulars. The reformers secured the nomination of W.A.Stone for congress in the twenty-thifd district and the four assemblymen in the first and second legislative districts in Al- legheny City. The other faction carried everything else. A riot occured in the eighth legislative convention ,and the &uay people with Tnomas A.Tilbrook as their candidate ,bolted and held a conventi of their own. Some of the Quay say the independent ticket in the eig will not be the only one, as it is the inten- tion to nominate an entirely new Quay county ticket. During the struggle in the convention the se: of the common council chamber were torn up and thrown about, desks overturned, ete.,pistols were brandished and quite a number of heads were bumped and eyes blackened. It re- quired a squad of twenty police to restore order. Tornado in Tennesee. Chattanooga,Tenn., June 9.—A tornado of unusual severity today struck the town of Wythe City, about thirty miles from Gadsden, in northern Alabama. Thirteen houses were literally blown from the face of the earth,but only two deaths, Ed. Long and a negro woman, have been re- ported. A hvndred or more persons were injured. STATEHOOD FOR NEW MEXICO. Delegate Catron’s Reason'’s Why the Territory Should Be Admitted. Washington, June 9.—Delegate Catron of New Mexico has reported to the house the territories committee the bill for the admission of that territory to the sisterhood of states. Accompanying the bill is a report submitting reasons wwhy New Mexico should be admitted into the union. This report reviews the financial condition of the territory, speaks of its resources, based on fig- ures of the last census, assumes that the population is not less than 200,000, and recalls that as far back as the Forty-third congress a bill for admis- sion passed both houses. The senate, however, made amendments to the bill at the time and it reached the house too late in the session to secure action on the amendment. The report declares that the people desire statehood, and the territory has persistently demanded it, says the pas- sage of the bill is demanded by both po- litical parties; then argues that there appears no reason why congress should longer delay admission. Under the most adverse circumstances, subjected to the incursions of hostile Indians, until a comparatively recent date, and with for- eign capital forbidden to invest in real property in the territory, continues the report, has shown the world a capacity to progress, and she has advanced much faster than the average ratio of prog- ress in the United States in every ma- terial particular, since annexation. It is confidently submitted that New Mex- ico has resources sufficient to guarantee a stable and substantial state. Five members of the committee have united in a minority report opposed to the passage of the bill. Apart from the general objection to the admission of territory as a state is, the minority says, the specific objection to the pending bill, that it provides for the election of a member of congress,state officers, and legislature, which shall two United States senators before the adoption of a constitution, the organization ofa state government and the determination of the rights o1 citizenship and suffrage under the organic law. The growth of the population of New Mexico in num- bers has not been. in the minority opin- ion, such as togive promise of any great increase in the future. The report also asserts that if the power of the general government were removed it is almost certain the territory would invite the lawless and depraved, and it would be impossible to execute the law. And when it is further considered that the people themselves are not ho- mogenous, but are made up of Mexi- cans, Indians, half-breeds, and the bal- ance Americans in abowt equal propor- tions, it would not even be certain that would make wise laws, or would or enforce them if they were made. The minority also say that undoubt- edly the events of the past few years have called the attention of the Ameri- can people to the senate and to the rep- resentation in that body of the states irrespective of their populations. Any step which adds to the membership of that body, so influential in legislation, it declares, should be taken with the greatest care and deliberation. ENDEAVOR CONVENTION. That for Central Minnesota Meets at Royalton Today. Royaltony Min., JuneS—Grand prepara- tions have been made for the Y, P. 8. C. E, central Minnsota convention which will be held at Royalton, June 9 to 11. It is expected that at least 400 visitors will be present. The following program has been arranged by President Soper. ‘Tuesday evening, 7:30—Convention cali- ed to order by President Geo. Edmund Soper, Devotional services. 8:00—Wel- come to visitors from Citizens, Dr. Putney; trom churches, Re Ten le; from ¥. P. S. C, Rev. George E, Miata, Heenarandire Hay Wnit Mors of Little Falls. 8:20—Evening address, “The True Life of Growth,” Rey. J. H. Dewart, D. D., of St. Cloud. Wednesday morning—6—Praye: meeting led by Rev. Frank A. Sumner. %—Praise service, le¢ by Mrs. J. C. Business. Reports of district offic secretary, treasurer, Junior supt., and lookout committee by counties; appoint- ment of committees. 10: 30—Papers ané addresses and discussions on C. E. work “Good Literature.’’ | Artemas Sutton, “Good Citizenship, ” Mr. J. L. Snyder. “Temperance,” alter A. Harsh. “S. S. Committee,” members of Baptist C. E, of St. Cloud, ‘“Misionary Committee,’” Mrs. W. D. Glann. “Flower Committee” Miss Raymond. “Social Committee Mr. K. Burns. Sprayers Meeting Co | Varsity Freshmen Win. Madison, Wis., Special June 9.-The fresh- man crew of the Wisconsin university eas- § ily defeated the Milwaukee rewizg club o- yer a two mile course on Lake Monona this. evening by four boat lengths. It was an eight-oared shell race. The rough water prevented fast racing, the time being 10 minutes and 58 seconfs. The freshmen led from the start with a speed of forty strokes per minute, while the Milwankee- ans rowed with but thirty six. the end of the course, the freshn a slower stroke and the Cream ¢ increased“the rapidity of their stroke it was too late. Abont 5090 people wit- nessed the race both fvom the shore and from steamers and row boats on the lake. a