Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 25, 1896, Page 2

The Herald. THE NEWS RESUME. BY E. C. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS. - MINNESOTA —————————— See The people of England use up 50,000 glass eyes every year. Result of the aristocratic habit of giving the glassy stare. One of Liverpool's leading citizens. a millionaire manufacturer, labors under the hallucination that he is a steam boiler just about to burst. The bicycle’s Jatest vocation is as an vertisement for third-class actors and actresses, who, by tipping the police in large cities, g t themselves arrested for “scorching,” and then get into the newspapers. The Topeka bridegroom who killed himself while his wife was cooking breakfast explained that he was too bashful to live, but it is suspected that he had caught a glimpse of the bix cuit. Over two million people in this coun- try have taken out life insurance poli- cies, aggregating over $4,200,000,000, for the benefit of their families; and the adoption of the free-coinage theory would reduce the value of these polir cies at least one-half. ‘The India state beard of health has joined its forces with the anti-spitting crusade, and has issued an appeal to railway companies to have persons vi- olating this rule of health ejected from their conveyances. This is a minor reform, but worthy of hearty support. When the Gerg.an federal council rejected the bill prohibiting the im- portation of oleon argarine, it acted in the interest ef the poor of the German empire, who cannot afford to buy but- ter at the average price of that prod- * uct. The crowned heads of Europe are osing so much red paint in showing honor to Li Hung Chang that the dis- tinguished Chinaman must have great difficulty in keeping his famous yellow jacket free from the evidence of the big time he is having. Mr. Hart, the brether of Sir Robert Hart, head of the Chinese customs, accompanies Li Hung Chang from Berlin to London, and Mr. Drew, well known in Chino-Arerican commercial circles, will be with him ‘n Washing ton. Both the Princ and the Princess of Wales have had their hands pictured by the Roentgen rays; the princess seemed to show no signs of gout in hers, while Wales will have to go to Homburg again to reduce the heredi- tary taint. An Englis tenced to four months’ imprisonment with hard labor. If be should be set on the treadmill he would still be able to exercise his muscles in the old fashion. This is one of those cases in which the punishment could be said to fit the crime. An English dress reformer appeared on the streets of London in the Greek costume of tunic apd sandals, and was arrested and lodg2d in jail. Such a costume is rational, simple and ad- nly adapted for warm weather; but its fault is that it is uneonvention- al, and unconyentiovality is something to be frowned upon. Mexico has some of the features of our electoral system, the people voting for electors and the electors for presi- dent. But the number of her electors is 16,000, the object being to protect the country against revolutionary movements by taking away the chance of corruption or intimidation tbat would exist im the case of a small elect eral college. Gen. Campos estimates that it will take 400,000 Spanish troops to put down the rebellion; but Gen. Bradley 'T. Johnson recently asserted that a cer- tain division of Confederate cavalry, if now in its old fighting form, could march from one end of the island to the other and overcome all opposition. If that is the relative fighting capacity of Spanish and American troops, how many men would Spain have to send over to whip the United States? A very strong demonstration has been made by the women of Berlin against what they consider the injust- ice of certain new laws affecting their interests. There are probably no more conservative than those of Germany; and, whether they are at home or abroad, they are justly looked upon as patterns of domesticity. It need not, therefore, be supposed that they want to vote or that they are complaining because what so many of the ad- vanced sisterhood call their “sphere,” is limited. Ali that they ask is that they shall have control of their own property and equal guardianship of their children, demands which certain- ly seem just and moderate, although to a government like that of Germany they doubtless appear as if they sa- vored of revolution. DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Wave Attracted Attention, People Talked About. George Chilcote, secretary of. the Newark (O.) Publishing company, pub- lishers of the Tribure, was found dead in his office. It is thought his death was due to apoplexy. Mrs. L. A. B. Steele, wife of Judge L. S. Steele, died at Lawrence , Kan. She has been an invalid for a number of years. Mrs. Steele was a literary women of some note, having written several books. Charles Gounod, as his memoirs show, had a great regard for his mother. Of her he said: “If I have worked any good by word or deed during my life, I owe it to my moth- er, and to her I give the praise. She nursed me, she brought me up, she formed me, not in her own image, alas! But the fault of what is lack- ing Hes with me and not with her.” John Cameron Simonds, formerly of Chicago, and a leading member of the Illinois bar, died in the Ward Island insane hospital on Tuesday. His health broke down completely about two weeks ago, due to overwork, and his mind being affected, he was re- moved to Bellevue hospital, and later, to Ward’s island. Mr. Simonds was an authority on criminal law, and wrote a great deal on that subject, and his writings on prison reform have also made him roted. Accidental Happenings. }race Durgie, ten years of age, was killed by a bolt of lightning at Luding- ton, Mich. Two sisters with her at the time were badly stunned and burned. tuner Colorado from Bruns- wick, Ga., which was beached near New York after colliding with a scow, has been floated. The American bark, John D. Brewer, Capt. Sjogren, went ashore at Panga- wani (Panganilf). The government has sent a vessel to the assistance of the Brewer. In a tenement house fire on Lehigh street, Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Driscoll were burned to death and Mrs. Margaret Hogan, a widow, aged seventy years ,received injuries from which she will die. 'The wife and two daughters of John Gellerman, a farmer of Petersburg, Ill, were thrown from their convey- ance while racing their team on 2 country road. Mrs. Gellerman was killed and the daughters badly in- jured. The steamer Mobile, Capt. Layland, of the Atlantic Transportation com- pany and bound from London for New York, collided with the British steamer Storm King bound for Baltimore, at Gravesend. Both vessels sustained damage to their bows. The Pacific Mail steamship Colum- bia, from Acapulco for San Francisco, is ashore on the rocks near Pigeon Point. Two tugs were sent from San Francisco. There are on board sixty- two passengers and a crew of ninety, but they are in no danger. Lieber’s brewery at Madison avenue, Indianapolis, sustained a severe loss by fire. The plant is valued at $300,- 000, and the loss is estimated at $135,- 000. The loss is fully covered by in- surance. The brewery is controlled by the Indianapolis Brewing company, owned by an English syndicate. Henry Daniel and wife were drown- ed in the Republican river at Franklin, Neb. They, in company with others, were wading in the river when they stepped into a hole.. Daniel was an ex- pert swimmer and labored hard to save his wife, but became exhausted and both went under. Arthur E. Chandler, track superin- tendent of the Atlantic Coast Electric railway, and James Sweeney, a la- borer, were thrown in front of a trol- ley car at Long Branch, N. J., by a spirited team of horses which they were trying to keep from running away, and were instantly killed. Miss Pearl Sheppard, living at Ever- ton, Fayette county, Ind., was almost burned to death while driving in_a buggy with her brother George. He had lighted a cigar and threw the match in the buggy. Somehow his sis- ter’s dress took fire. By tearing her clothes off and then wrapping her in his coat he extinguished the fire, but not until she was fatally burned . A passenger train on the Lehigh Val- ley between White Haven and hazel- ton, Pa., ran into a cow and the engine and three cars toppled over the ridge ‘of a high embankment. Engineer Will- iam Douder received injuries from which he died. Barney Mooney, the fireman, was seriously injured and more than a score of passengers were badly hurt. Crimes nud Criminals. Mary Snodgrass was hanged at Coe- burn, Va., for burning a child alive. Ed McKenzie, the confessed mur- derer of Nick Linhard, sawed through the cage at the county jail at Jefferson City, Mo., and effected an escape. Abner Jones, marshal of Cayuga, Ind., while trying to arrest Alfred Campbell, a drunken ruffian, was shot and killed. The murderer escaped by swimming the Wabash river. “Doc” Bennington and William Kir- by, tough characters, fought a duel on the levee at Alexandria, Mo. Kirby was fatally cut and his assailant es- caped. Benjamin Johnson, a well known ce- dar jobber of Daggert, Mich., who had been missing several days, was found in a log pond at the place. The theory ‘of murder is coupled with the discov- tery and an investigation will be made. ‘He leaves a wife and eight children. The wife of “Denver Ed” Smith quarreled with her husband at Brazil, \Ind., and swore she would kill herself. Cutting a slice of bread, she spread it with arsenic and calmly ate it while her husband watched her. He sum- moned a physician, but the woman is at the point of death. Harry Wall, secretary of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Toilet sup- ply company, Cincinnati, was arrested, charged with embezzlement of $400 from the company. On the morning his hearing was to have taken place he fired a bullet into his head and died shortly afterward. Milton L. Ely, said to be one of the most noted bandits of the West, has been captured at Moberly, Mr., by Wil- liam Pinkerton’s detectives. Ely is wanted especially because of his con- nection with the express car robbery at Ottumwa, Iowa, Jan. 12, 1895, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail- road. Noah McGill, sheriff of Tishmingo county, Ind. T., came into the capital of the Chickasaw nation and reported that three white men have been found hanging to a limb near Reagan post- office. It is generally believed that they are horse thieves and were fol- lowed and captured by a party of Tex- ans and swung upon the spot. Ed McLaughlin, one of the striking caulkers at Wheeler’s ship yard, Bay City, Mich., went into Mr. Wheeler’s private office and demanded money, threatening to blow up the place if his demands were not complied with at once. Mr. Wheeler talked with the man until officers were summoned and he was locked up. A daring attempt was made by un- known persons at an early hour in the morning to burn Hotel Main, the lead- ing hotel of Kewanee, Ill. About 2 o'clock fire was started in the bath room with a liberal supply of gasoline and other combustibles. The timely discovery by an employe prevented a terrible catastrophe, as the hotel wag filled with sleeping guests. Foreign Gossip. It is rtmored on the Paris bourse that the Rothschilds will issue in Par- is a Russian loan for 1, 000,000,000 franes ($200,000,000.) Li Hung Chang, special envoy of the emperor of China, arrived in Paris, and was welcomed with military hon- ors. London Truth this week says: The Yale visit to Henley has done ao lot of good. and the better side of the Amer- ican spirit has been shown to'ns. A hearty welcome will greet the nest Varsity ciew that ‘omes. Private advices from Cuba state that the merchants of Havana have re- fused to accept the last issue of paper money. They also threaten that if, in two months, Gen. Weyler makes no progress in the revolution, they will leave the island. As a result of the elections recently. to replace half of the me nbers of the chamber of representatives, whose terms expire, the Roman Catholics gained six seats from the Liberals, thus diminishing still further the mi- nority of the latter in the chamber. Durand, the man who undertook to hang from a gallows for thirteen days in a Paris cafe, has cosnpleted his per- formance. He was let down for thir- ty-seven hours in all the while it last- ed, but slept while hanging. He now proposes to allow himself to be buried for a long period. Greece has determined to have Olympic games at Athens every four years. The stadion is to be completed in Pentelic marble. M. Averoff of Alexandria, who gave a million drach- mae to have the race course put in order, having premised to give half a million drachmae ($100,000) a year for the purpose. Prof. Miraglia of Piacenza, a Catho- lic priest who has quarreled with the church authorities, is corducting ser- vice in opposition to the bishop of the city, and attracting crowds. He has been put under the 1 ajor excommuni- cation, but declares he will regenerate the Catholic church, and compares himself to Savorarola. When the house of commons votes it marches out into the lobbies, where the members are counted by the tell- ers like sheep. The average distance traversed by each member from his seat to the lobby is 240 feet, so that, at the all-night sitting on the agricultural pill, when thirty-three divisions were made, each member traveled exactly a mile and a half, without counting unofficial excursions to the smoking and refreshment rooms. As a division usually takes twelve minutes ,the house was six hours and a half on ity feet that night. Otherwise. At the Newmarket second July meet- ing, Enoch Wishard’s American horse, Lamsell II., was one of eight starters in the all-aged selling plate, but was not placed. The intermarried white citiens of the Choctaw nation are meeting in con- vention at Goodland, I. T., to take steps toward having their treaty rights recognized by the Dawes commission. The total production of crude petro- leu in the United States for 1895 was 52,983,526 barrels, valued at $57,691,- 270, against 49,344,516 barrels in the previous year, valued at $35,522,095. A circular letter received at Fall River, Mass., from T. H. Martin, sec- retary of the Southern Textile associa- tion, states that, of the 2.5¢€0,000 spin- dles in the South, 1,923,000 will be stopped for varying terms. American farmers -way be confront- ed with the danger of another trouble- some weed similar to the noted Rus- sian thistle in its destructive extent, ‘unless immediate steps are taken to check the further progress of ‘tum- bling mustard.” The Columbus (Ohio) city council bas passed what is kncwn as the cur- few ordinance. It provides that |clril- dren under fifteen years cf age who are found on the streets unaccompa- nied by parents or guardians after 9 o'clock p. m., shall be arrested and fined not more then $5. The billet mill and converter of the Illinois Steel company in Joliet will shut down this week for an indefinite period or pending a revival in business. This action is caused by a lack pf or- ders. The yards are filled with billets, which will keep the rod mills ruaning for some time. \ \ Cyrus Alden, a prominent capitulist, and formerly a conspicuous figute in state politics, and William T. O’Hara, an old citizen and ex-alderman, aged sixty-seven, are dead at Galena, Ill. Mr. Alden was an uncle of Judge (art- wright of the supreme court. Henry B, Alden of Chicsgo is a son of| Mr. Alden and son-in-law of Mr. O’Hata. HOLD THREE VIEWS DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMONG THE POPULIST LEADERS, Sryan’s Endorsement Is Favored by One Faction, Another Desires Fusion on the Electoral Ticket, While the “Middle-of-the-Road” Men Want an Independent Plat- form and Ticket. St. Louis, July 21.—Few of the dele gates to the Populist convention have arrived, but among the leaders who have reached the city a very bitter: war has already developed. They ap- pear to be aligning themselves for a three-cornered fight; first, those who favor a straight endorsement or nom- ination of Bryan and Sewalll which will bring to the Chicago ticket the support of the Populists; second, those who desire a fusion electoral ticket which will maintain the Populist party organization in the act and place the leaders in a position to demand recog- nition in the evert the ticket is suc- cessful; and, third, what are known as the “middle of the road” Populists, who favor an independent platform and ticket, and who oppose fusion in any form. The latter, if present indi- cations count for anything, will event- ually be overrvled. The “middle of the road” men, however, will prove strong and valuable allies of the lead- ers of the second class, who seem de- termined to preserve their party or- ganizauon at all hazards, but who pro- fess an earnest desire to combine all the silver strength if a way can be found to give them recognition. The real fight, it is believed, will come be- tween this faction and those who are in favor of putting behind for the pres- ent all pride of party for the sake of the silver cause to which they are pledged. Chairman Taaeneck, of this middle wing, gave out a statement yesterday outlining the plan of fusion electors as teh only condition on which he is will- ing to join hands with the free silver Democracy. But, even with fusion electors, he wants a set of Populist Nominees, the purpose being, if his plan is car- ried out, to elect Bryan president and a Populist vice president. Taube- neck’s interview met with a storm of protests fromthe faction which advo- cates a straight endorsement of Bryan and Sewall as the only chance of so- lidifying the silver forces and gaining victory. Among those Populists who have ar- rived from the South there is much opposition to the pian of endorsing Bryan and Sewall without conditions. Senator Butler of South Carolina, who heartily favors harmonizing all the silver. elements as the only way to win, points out the strong enmity be- tween the Poptlists and the Demo- crats in the South, and expresses the opinion that unless the Populist or- ganization is recognized in the fight, through fusion eleztors, it will be im- possible to secure the support of the rank and file of the Populists of the South for the Chicago ticket. All the indications are that the con- vention will be a very lively affair, with the certainty of much bitter wrangling, the probability of some sensational incidents, and of a bolt of larger or smaller dimensions, no matter what the ultimate decision of the convention is. The leaders of the American silver party who are here appear to be all of one mind—that Bryan nad Sewall should be endorsed. They oppose anythizg which will tend to cloud the issue of “victory for sil- ver” or divide the silver strength. They expect by their action to exercise a strong influence over the other con- vention, especially as there seems to be a disposition to arrange joint com- promises of the silver and Populist leaders. Senator Jones There. Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the national Democratic committee, arrived to-day. He said he was on his way home from Washing- ton, but admitted tnat he had stopped in St. Louis for the purpose of making a note on the drift of events in con- nection with the Populist convention. He declined to express any opinion as to whether the convention would en- dorse Bryan and Sewall, though he confessed that such a course on the part of the convention would be very gratifying. He expressed himself as very much pleased with the indica- tions of Democratic success. “I am,” he said, “receiving strong assurances of support for the ticket from unexpected sources, and feel greatly encouraged as to the outlook.” Senator Jones said he was unable to state how long he would stop in St. Louis, how long he will remain in his home in Arkansas before returning East. or where the rational committee would locate its headquarters. Hon. J. H. Tomlinson, a Democratic leader in Alabama, is also in the city for the purpose of making observa- tions upon the Populist meeting. < The Wheat Trade. Chicago, July 21.—The Times-Herald in its review of the grain trade will to-morrow say: “With everybody dis- tressed over the financial situation and with prices of securities, good and bad, declining, wheat last week ad- vanced 2 cents and held most of it. There was no room for doubt as to the reason of the wheat strength in the midst of so much surrounding weakness. There were signs that the demand had overtaken the supply, and that the position of the property was in the best sense sound. The export demand attracted more attention than auy other phase.” By Wheel From the Coast. Minneapolis, Robinson, 2 Minacapolitar, arrived to- day from one of the longest overland bicycle trips ever made in the West. He came by wheel from Los Angeles to Minneapolis, traveling a distance of 3,400 miles. Bank Suspension at Minot. Washington, July 21.—The controller of the currency has received notice of the suspension of the First National Bank of Minot, N. D. The capital of the bank is $50,000. July 21.—William F.° ~ RUSSELL'S FUNERAL, President Cleveland Atten the Services at Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass., July 22. — The funeral of ex-Gov. W. E. Russell oc- curred to-day. President Cleveland at- tended the services. Ten of the class- mates of Mr. Russell at Harvard, who had been chosen to perform the duty at the end of the service, teok up the casket by its bars of silver and bore it to the waiting hearse, and under es- cort of sixteen Cambridge patrolmen, the procession moved toward the city hall. On each side of the casket stood six sentinels wearing the white uni- form of the Boston cadets. The cas- ket was almost buried beneath the profusion of floral offerings from members of the family, and flowers were not only from every section of the state, but from many points else- where. A few irtimate friends were permitted to view the body before the general public were admitted. Then for three hours solid lines of people passed the bier without a break, the total number of them reaching into the thousands. At three o’clock the doors were closed and soon afterward the body was removed to the Shepard Memorial church, where the public funeral services were conducted by Mr. McKenzie. Interment at Mount Auburn followed. MARKET REPORTS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers, Chicago, July 22. — Wheat — July, 553-8c; August, 551-2c; September, 56 3-8c; December, 58 1-2c. Corn—July, 25 7 -8c; December, 267-8c; May, 28 7-8¢. Oats—July, 17 3-4c; Septem- ber, 17c; May, 197-8c. Pork — July, 35; September, | $6.40; October, 30; January ,$7.10. Lard — July, $3.35; September, $3.421-2; October, $3.47 1-2; December, 3.62 1-2; January, $3.80. Ribs—July, $3.35; September, $3.40; October, $3.421-2; January, $3.50. Rye — Cash, 301-2c; August, 30 1-2c; September, 31c. Barley—Noth- ing doing. Flax — Cash, N. W., 70c; September, 72 1-4c; December, 75 1-2c. Timothy—Cash, $2.85; August, $2.70; September, $2.60. Chicago, July 22.—Hcgs—Light ac- tive and steady; heavy slow and 5c lower; light, $3.30a3.60; mixed, $3.10a 3.50; heavy, $2.80a3.30; rough, $2.80a 2.95. Cattle—Desirable grades 5al0c higher, others unchanged; beeves, $3.40a4.55; cows «nd heifers, $1.40a4; Texas steers, $2.60a3.70; stockers and feeders, $2.30a3.60. Minneapolis, July 22.—Wheat—July closed at 53 3-Sc; September opened at 531-2c and closed at 533-8c; Decem- ber opened at.551-2c and closed at 551-8e. On track—No. 1 hard, 55 1-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 541-8c; No. 2 North- ern, 53 3-8e. Milwaukee, July 22.—Flour is quiet. Wheat lower; No. 2 spring, 55 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 59 1-2c; September, 56 Corn steady; No. 3, 27¢. Oats lower; No. 2 white, 19 1-4c; No. 3 white, 19a 191-4c. Barley nominal; No. 2, 30c; sample, 23 1-2a80 8-4¢. Rye lower; No. 1, 313-4c. | Provisicns lower; pork, $6.25; lard, $3.35, South St. Paul, July 22—Hogs are steady; sales at $2.70a3.25. Cattle Steady; sales at $1.60a3.60. American Railroads, Washington, July 22. — The eighth statistical report of the interstate com- merce commission prepared by its statistician for the year ended June 30, 1895, has just been submitted. Reference is made to the effect of the continued business depression and the large number of receiverships. On June 30, 1895, 169 roads, operating 37,855 miles, were reported in the hands of receivers, showing a net de- sree of 23 roads and 2,968 miles of road. It Will Be St. Paul. Chicago, July 22. — President Mal- colm McNeil, of the national real es- tate board of control, who had in- tended to-day to issue the call for the national convention in St. Paul next month, says that he has not heard from W. A. Barnes of Minneapolis, the Minnesota member of the board, and consequently must delay action for a few days. He says definitely, however, that St. Paul will be the place of meet- ing. Met Mr. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb., July 22.—The incident of the day in Lincoln was a visit from some fifty members of the Colorado delegation to the convention of the na- tional Silver party who stopped off here en route to St. Louis to assure Hon. William Jennings Bryan of the almost unanimous support of the Democrats, Populists and Republicans of that state in his race for the presi- dency. Donnelly Gives Up. St. Louis, July 22.—Ignatius Donnel- ly of Minnesota has been in close con- ference with Chairman Taubeneck a great deal of the time since he has been here. He said to-day that al- though he was in favor of maintain- ing the Populist organization and put- ting a straight ticket in the field there was every indication that they would be overridden and Bry¢n indorsed. Suffocated by Gases. Milwaukee, July 22. — A special to the Wisconsin from Janesville, Wis., states that two men were choked to death by noxious gases while cleaning out a cesspool at Gray & Co.’s pop factory this morning. ’ Bishop Coxe Dead. Rochester, N. Y., July 22. — Arthur Cleveland Coxe, bishop of the Episco- pal diocese of Western New York, died suddenly to-day of nervous prostration at the Clifton Springs sanitarium. Serious disturbarces have taken place in Candia. Several Christians were killed during the affair. All the shops are closed and the inhabitants have asked the protection of the for- eign warships. Lost Boy Found. Marshfield, Wis., July 22. — John Webers, the boy who was lost in the woods Saturday, was found to-day. He wandered about five miles away from the original berrying petch. Over 500 people were scouring the forests in search of the boy. The mills shut down to-day in order to give all a chance. Ten christians have been massa- cred at Heraklion, in the island of Crete. French and English men-of- war have arrived there. TALK OF A SPLIT A BOLT IS PROBABLE” IN-THE POPU- ” LIST NATIONAL CONVENTION. It Is in a General Way a Contest Between the Northern and South- ern Populists, the Latter Oppos- ing the Nomination or Endorse- ment of Bryan—The Fight May 9 Result in a Split. St. Louis, July 22.—The belief con- tinues to be generally prevatent that a bolt is among the strong probabili- ties of the Populist convention, what- ever the course decided upon by the majority. The delegates are constantly arriv- ing now, and the larger the crowd be- comes the more evident is the intensi- ty of the feeling over the question of issue. This question is whether to in- dorse Bryan and Sewall, or to nomi- nate an independent ticket. eral way the contest is between the In a gen- North and South. The Western and Northern delegate calls himself a Populist and the South- ern delegate also refers to himself as a Populist. Many of the delegates ex- press the opinion that they may at no distant day be separate parties. The Northern men, as a class, contend that in the indorsement of Bryan lies the only hope of making the influence of the party felt or of achieving practical results, while the Southern men, re- membering their many covtests with the Democrats of their section, main- tain that such a course is utterly sui- cidal. The feeling is the same wheth- er among leaders or among the rank and file, the only difference being that the former discuss the issue in com- mittee rooms and the latter in the hotel corridors. Both classes are equal- ly in earnest, and both declare that there is but one course open. The crowds are not large, but the men are all very evidently greatly in earnest, and any two of the opposing views who engage in a controversy have no difficulty in attracting a crowd, any number of which is only too glad to take up the thread of the discourse of his champion.’They are all debaters, and all well inforned on the issues at stake. The Bryan followers talk split more openly than their opponents. They are perfecting a thorough organization and mean to make a most strenuous effort to secure the indorsement of the Democratic nominee. They do not publicly admit that there is any possibility that they will not be able to control the convertion, but private- ly many of them say that if they are not in the majority, and if a separate ticket is nominated, they will walk out of the conventicn and appeal to the people to rally to the support of Bryan and Sewall. The other crowd is more reticent, but the feeling is none the less intense. May Get Together. Those on the inside say that to-mor- row the situation will clear and that the nomination of Bryan seems reason- ably certain. The national committee of the Amer- ican Silver organization held a meet- ing at their headquarters to-day, which developed, as expected, into a Bryan ratification. The first one of the Wiscensin dele- gation to arrive came in to-day. He is for Debs for president. “Our dele- gation is not instructed for him,” he said, “but the convention expressed its wish that we should vote for him and we intend to do so.” In case Bryan is nominated or in- dorsed Chairman Jones has agreed that the Populists shall have two rep- resentatives in the national committee and the silverites ore representative. The representatives of the National Reform Press asscciation held a live- ly meeting at the St. James to-day at which the situation and the advisa- bility of indorsing the Chicago ticket were discussed. There were about 150 present and the majority seemed to side with the “middle-of-the-road” faction. A platform has been prepared by “Cyclone” Davis of Texas, who is to present it to the convention. It has been submitted to the executive com- mittee, of which Mr. Davis is a mem- bon and is approved by the commit- ee, Street Car Barn Burned. Milwaukee, July 22. — The Third street car barn of the Milwaukee Elec- tric Railway and Lighting company, at Third and Burleigh streets, was nearly entirely destroyed by fire to- day, entailing a loss of about $25,000, and greatly inconveniencing the street car system. The loss is covered by in- surance. Capt. James O’Donnell was seriously injured by a falling wall. Republican Campaign. Chicago, July 22—The Republican campaign in the Northwest will be opened next week in Minnesota and Nebraska with speeches by Senator Burrows and Roswell G. Miller of Chicago. These matters of detail were settled at a meeting of the ad- visory committee held to-day at the Auditorium hotel. Wagner Season Open. Bayreuth, Germany, July 22. — The annual Bayreuth Wegner festival has opened at the Festspeilhaus .with a fine performance of “Das Rheingold,” under the direction of Hans Richter. The city is crowded with visitors from all parts of Europe, and there are also many Americaas present. Tried to Kill Himself. West Superior, Wis., July 22—John Gustafson, a prisoner in the city jail on a charge of drunkenness, attempted suicide by strangulation last night. He got his suspenders about his throat and was nearly dead when discovered by the other prisoners. Republican ee Lf Chicago, July 22.—Mark Hanna ar- rived in Chicago to-day and national Republican headquarters’ are to be opened as soon as the executive com- mittee makes up its mind as to the advantages of the various localities offered. Opposed to Fusion. Paducah, Ky., July 22.—The Popu- list state convention to-day, by a vote of 240 to 107 adopted a platform, strongly opposing the plan to haye the national convention of the party in- dorse the Chicago ticket and platform.