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2 THE SAN: FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 1896. THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS, Nip and Tuck Between Op- posing Forces in State Convention. CULLOM OR MKINLEY ? Rumored Combinations That Will Make the Senater a Winner. A DAY OF DIN AND CONFUSION. Captain John R. Tanner Nominated for Governor and W. A. Northeott for Licutenant-Governor. SPRINGFIELD, IvvL., April 20.—It will be nip and tuck in the Republican State Convention between the supporters and opponents of the McKinley instructions, with tbe es, unless there is another change in situation before morning, in favor of the opposition. There was a time on the floor of the con- vention this afternoon when the machine was inclined to admit its defeat. This was before the second ballot for Lieutenant- Governor had been ordered. The closeness of the contest for this nomination, how- ever, enabled the anti-McKinleyites and Cullomites to make a number of deals - with instructed delegates to some of those whose conventions had simply indorsed instead of instructed for the Ohio candi- date, and to-night they are pursuing the same tactics with the supporters and can- didates for other offices yet to be chosen. They are strengthened in their position, moreover, by the development that the committee on delegatas to the National Convention, the members of which were selected at the meetings of the various Congressional district delegations, turned out to be overwhelmingly anti-McKinley, the ticket selected by votes ranging from 18 to 5 and 19 to 3, being composed of ex-Gov- ernor Fifer of Bioomington,William Penn Nixon and W. R. Pattison of Chicago and David Littler of Springfield. Mayor Swift of Chicago received but five votes, General McNulta, the Chicago McKinley leader, but three, while ex-Governor Oglesby was shelved by unanimous con- sent on the ground of his advanced age and physical infirmities. The friends of Governor McKinley insist, however, that the make-up of this | body has no bearing on the ultimate re- suli, inasmuch as the members of this and other committees were parceled out with the view of giving each county a fair show- ing on all committees rather than with reference to an exvression of opinion of Presidential preferences, and they point to the fact that the committee on resolu- tions, selected in the same way and at the same district meetings, contains two friends of McKinley to every opponent. At the same time they are compelled to admit that under the influence of Senator Cullom’s arguments and pleadings some of the instructed delegations are getting restive and inclined to break away. This was clearly evidenced to-day in the case of the delegation from Sangamon County, Senator Cullom’s home. It bad been given ironclad McKinley instructions, but nevertheless by a vote of 32 to 26 it sent a Cullom delegate to the committee on Na- tionul delegates. The McKinley men protested and on a partial verification of the vote reduced the majority to two, but David Littler, one of the Senator’s closest friends, was in the chair and adjourned the meeting before the verification could be completed and the remainder of the business finished. Much of the same methods marked the close of the first day’s session of the State Convention The nomination of Captain J. R. Tanuer of Clay County for Governor on the first ballot and William Northcott of Greenville for Lieutenant-Gover- nor on the second ballot was the sum total of the. work accomplished by the convention in a session of nearly six hours. This showing wasdue in part to the dilatory methods of the machine managers, who were anxious to secure whatever advantage could be gained by another night of missionary effort, and in partto the atrocious acoustics of the big globe-like structure, which renders it necessary for announcements from the chair, motions and roll-calls to be vocifer- ated in turn, parrot-like, by strong-lunged attaches stationed in the center and oppo- site ends of the hall. The introductory and nominating speeches, made for the most part by chosen representatives of the opposition, were long drawn out. Captain Tanner, upon being presented after his nomina- tion, spoke for thirty minutes, although not more than a hundred people in his im- mediate vicinity heard a word he said, and the bulk of the delegates and spectators kept up a tempest of ironical cheering. Their methods, however, had the intended effect, and when dusk came the vast audi- ence was tired out. Nevertheless it over- whelmingly voted down a resclution to ad journ until to-morrow. ‘When nominations for Secretary of State were declared i order there wasa threat- ened upsetting of the plans of the opposi- tion. There was a hurried conference with the chair, another resolution to adjourn was putin the din and declared carried, and the chair was vacated before a tenth of the delegates were aware of the situation. Ex-Senator Calhoun, the McKinley leader, mounted a bench to protest, but there was no chairman to recognize him and the throng melted away. With a solitary exception one and all the speakers to-day avoided mention of the names of the various Republican can- didates for the Presidens Congressman Hopkins made a eulogistic reference to McKinley in speaking of his defeat for Governor, but few heard what he said and no great amount 6f enthusiasm was mani- fested. The action of the Vermont con- vention, 4s announced in the dispatchbes of the United Press, was circulated over the floor and employed as an argument by the McKinleyites with the uninstructed delegates. The committee on resolutions, with ex- Sheriff James H. Gilbert of Chicago as chairman, was in session nearly five hours. Muchof this period was occupied in discussion of the money plank, a few of the members with free silver proclivities favoring a less emphatic declaration than that presented by Chairman Gilbert. This, however, was finally adopted by a nearly unanimous vote. Congressman Woodman’s resolution on Cuba was also debated at length before adjournment. The platform will be presented to the convention to-morrow morning. Its financial plank is as follows: Resolved, That we, the Republicans of Illi- nois, are unyielding and emphatic in our de- mands for honest money. We are opposed, as we ever have been, to any and every scheme that will give to this country a currency in any way depreciated or debased, or in any re- spect inferior to the money of the most ad- vanced and intelligent nations of the earth. We favor the use of silver as currency, but to the extent only and under such restrictions that parity with gold can be maintained. When at 12:20 State Chairman Jamie- son called the assemblage to order, a sea of 10,000 faces looked up or aown to the plat- form. Withoutany waste of words, he in- troduced as temporary chairman Alder- man M. D. Madden of Chicago, who made a short speech eulogistic of the Republican party. Without effecting a permanent organiza- tion the convention at 10:50 took a recess untii2 p. M. As tke crowd was filing out & delegate in the body of the hall mounted a chair and read a dispatch announcing that the Republicans of Vermont had in- structed for McKinley. This was greeted with loud cheers, and a blue silk banner with a picture of the Ohio statesman which had been smuggled into the halla few moments before was waved aloft. When the delegates reassembled at 2:15 the report of the committee on permanent organization named Senator D. S. Berry of Carrol for Chairman and he was escorted to the platform. Senator Berry spoke at length upon the questions of protection and reciprocity. Upon the financial issue he said, amid re- peated applause: “The financial issue is an issue that we must and will meet. The Republican party believes in bimetallism: they be- lieve in the use of both gold and silver money; they believe in using them as money side by side, and that every dollar, whether gold, silver or paper, shall be as good as every other dollar; they believe in the same dollar for the laboring man as they do for the bondholder; they believe in an honest dollar and in the right and opportunity of every man to earn one.” When Chairman Berry concluded the committee on credentials reported that there were no contests and that each Con- gressional district was fully represented. Nominations for Governor were in order at 3 o'clock and the name of Captain John R. Tanner of Clay County was submitted by ex-Senator H. T. Hagle of Tanner's home and seconded by M. I. Madden of Chigago. Congressman Albert J. Hopkins was nominated by S. C. Hanchett of Aurora. Dr. Joseph Robbins of Quincy was also named and a ballot was taken. The first ballot gave Tanner 1106, Hopkins 160 and Robbins 69. The selection was made unani- mous, and Captain Tanner was escorted to the platform and made a graceful speech of acceptance. For Lieutenant-Governor W. A. North- cutt of Greenville, Theodore 8. Chapman of Jersey and David Ross of La Salle were named without speeches. Northcutt had a walkaway and the convention adjourned until to-morrow. N I NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. The Anti-Silver Faction Has an Inning and Affirms and Resolves. LINCOLN, NEeBR., April 29.—Nebraska Democrats of the “sound” money school held their State convention to-day, pri- marily to elect four delegates-at-large to the Chicago National Convention, and in- cidentally, as the party leaders announced, “to declare to the Democracy of the Na- tion that Nebraska is not wholly silver mad."” There was a very full representation of delegates and an absence of bitter strife in the deliberations. There was no launch- ing of Presidential booms, the only fa- vored son mentioned being Secretary J. Sterling Morton, who in advance had in- dicated his desire that nothing be said in that connection so far as he was con- cerned. The committee on platform reported in substance as follows: The Democrats of Nebrasks, in ‘convention assembled, pledge anew our fealty to the prin- ciples of the Democracy. We repel alike the impudent assumptions of Republican piuto- cratic paternalism and the vagaries of Populist and socialistic paternalism, We denounce as dishonest the claims of the Republican party 10 be returned to power on account of financial disturbance produced by Republican legisia- tion, and s equally dangerous the clamor of Populists and their allies for a more extensive application for the same pernicious legislation. We adhere to the time-honored principles of the party as enunciated by Jefferson and ex- vounded by Jackson, Tilden and Cleveland. We believe, with Thomas Jefferson, that the market value of bullion regulates the value of the coin, and not its coin value. We accept the teachings of economic science that under free coinage the cheaper money will always drive out better meney, leaving nothing but the poorer in circulation, and that under that unvarying law the adeption of free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 would cxpel irom circulation all the gold and paper money redeemable in gold, and leave the country on a silver basis, with a paper currency and much less of it. We believe that common honesty and a just regard for the rights of our creditors, as well as the rights of the wage-earner, require us to use all honorable means to prevent the in- sertion of a free-coinage plank in the National platform. We adhere to our previous declara- tions on this subject and declare ourselves un- equivocally and unreservedly for the metallic money as the standard unit, the bullion and mint velue of Which are approximately the same, and the purchasing power of which, re- gardless of Government mintage, is the least fluctuating in all the markets of the world. We insist upon this policy as espectally neces- sary for the protection of the farmers, laborers and property-owning debtors—the most de- fenseless victims of unstable and fluctuating currency. We deny the right of Congressto levy taxes for any other purpose than the maintenance of the Government and demand a fair trial for the Wilson tariff law, under which business and industry have been recovering from the paraly ticstroke of McKinleyism. The platform commenas Cleveland’s for- eign policy, denounces the action of the so-called free-silver Democrats, classes the initiative and referendum as socialistic ex- periments and deplores the efforts of cer- tain politicians to make religious belief a test for officeholding. Just before ‘adjournment the following telegram was ordered sent to the Michigan Democratic Convention: Alired J. Murphy, chairman Democratic State Convention, Detroit: Democratic State Convention of Nebraska. sends greetings. Ne- braska Democracy stands for ioneu money and repudiates the doctrines of the Populists, W. D. McHuGH, Chairman, PRt MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS, Claim First Place in the Column of Sil- ver Stat JACKBON, Miss., April 20.—The Demo- cratic State Convention was called to order at 11:15 A. ». by C. M. Williamson, chaix- man of the State Executive Committee, and with a few brief remarks he announced ex-Congressman Muldrow of Oktibbaha County as the temporary chairman. Hay- ing seiected L. P.Smith clerk and H. Doxey assistant clerk, the temporary or- ganization was made permanent. In assuming the chair Colonel Muldro# said that Mississippi was entitled to first place in the column of silyer States, that she was a leader and should put none but true and tried friends of the white metal in the delegation at Chicago. He declared it to be his conviction that free silver woula dominate the National Convention, and suggested that Missis- sippi demand that a free coinage of silver and a tariff for revenue only shall be the slogan of the National campaign. An hour’s time was devoted to a discus- sion as to whether a new executive com- mittee should be selected, and it was finally decided in the affirmative. Each Congressional district then retired to name two delegates to the National Convention, and the convention adjourned until 3 o’clock. The resolutions prepared by Senator- elect Money favor the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, and instruct the delegatesto the National Democratic Convention, to be held in Chicago in July next, to vote for a platform embodying these principles, and further instruct said delegates to vote for no man for President or Vice-President who is not fully and unequivocally in favor of these principles. A resolution was adopted declaring it was the sense of the convention that Miss- issipp: should be represented by Con- gressmen and Senators who are in ac- cord with the platform adopted to-day. Mr. Cleveland’s foreign policy was con- demned by referring a resolution, indors- ing the same to the next State Convention. A resolution instructing the delegates to Chicago to present and urge Senator E. C. Walthall for second place on the Presi- dential ticket was adopted. PR G SENATOR WOLCOTI’S STAND, He Plainly States the Duty of Colorado Republicans. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—Sen- ator Wolcott of Colorado has sent the subjoined letter to the Hon. Irving W. Howbert, chairman of the Republiean State Committee of Colorado. At this time and in view of the recent action in the Senate of the silver Republicans from the West the stand taken by Senator Wol- cott is of widespread interest. The letter is as follows: WasHINGTON, D. C., April 28, 1896. My Dear Sir: During the past few weeks I have received many letters from Colorado friendson the subject of the coming Republi- can National Convention, many of them ask- ing if I desired to go as a delegate. To avoid any possible misconception &s to my position I write this letter to you as chairman of the Republican State Committee. 1 preter not to go to St. Louis as a delegate, and have carefully avoided the slightest indication to anybody of any sortof wish to be presentat the conven- tion in that capacity. I have, however, an opinion on the subject of our representation at the convention, which it seems proper that I should express to you. When the Republican State Convention meets on May 14 it may declice to be repre- sented at St. Louis or it may select delegates. If the latter the duty of the delegatlon, in my oninion,will be to attend the convention, make the best fight possible for bimetallism in the committee on resolutions and on the floor of the convention, if there shall be an opportun- ity for discussion before the whole convention, and aiter having insitted by every proper method upon the duty of the convention to declare in favor of the restoration of silver as & measare of velue equally with gold, to ac- cept the will of the majority of the convention and endeavor to secure the nomination of the candidate most friendly to Western interests. There is no sacrifice I would not make to se- cure the remonetization of silver, both because in my opinion prosperity will never return to us until bimetaliism at the former ratio is re- established and because the appreciating value of goid and the shrinkage of the values which necessarily follow this appreciation, must bring only disaster and poverty and suffering to a1l the people of this country who are not lenders of money. To secure the unlimited coinage of silver, I would count party ties as nothing. At this moment, however, the situation which confronts us is this: Both of the two great parties are apparently opposed to free coinage by the United States. The Populist party favors free coinage, but only as a means to secure more currency and as a stepping-stone to un- limited paper money, and it unites with its free coinage advocacy, socialistic and pater- nelistic doctrines which are dangerous in ten- dency and which wouid be, if adopted, de- structive of free institutions. IXknow of no fourth party as yet entitled to our confidence and support, although the wis- dom of leaders whose character and abilities we trust may find some common ground upon which bimetallists untainted with Populism may stand. Under these circumstances and conditions, therefore, I desire to be counted as a Republi- can, proud of the traditions of my party, glory- ing in its achievements and still hopeful that the great party which has heretofore stood for the masses egainst the classes may on this great economic question yet rank itself on the side of humanity and civilization. If either one of the two great parties shall declare in favor of unlimited coinage of silver &t our mints, existing political conditions in Colorado will undergo & sweeping change, and in this letter I speak only of the situation as it is to-day. There is, in my opinian, one event which might involve our country in worse disaster than gold monometallism, and only one, and that would be the triumph of Pop- ulism. Colorado suffered under the degrada- tion and blight of Populist rule for two vears. 1 believe itis the duty of every good citizen to stand up and fight in the open against repeti- tion of that ruinous experiment. One thing further: Our representation is small at best. To have the slightest weight it should, if any delegation is selected, be prac- tically unanimous in sentiment and expres- sion. The occasion is not one where personal ambitions or desire for patronage should in- fluence selection. I have no doubt that the Republicans of Colorado will select delegates who are united by a friendly spirit animated by & common and harmonious purpose, desir- ous of securing the greatest consideration of the interests of our commonweelth. This is no time for differences among our people. I haye faith and confidence that the way wiil be made cleer for good citizens in Colorado to cast their ballots this fall without eacrificing beir honor or their convictions. ' Yours fatthfully, Epwarp O. WoLcort. e e VERMONT REPUBLICANS. A4 McKinley Resolution Adopted and Then Tabled. MONTPELIER, V., April 20.—W. A, Lord of Montpelier presided over the Re- publican State Convention to-day to elect aelegates to the National Convention. A McKinley resolution offered by Hugh Henry of Chester was greeted with tre- mendous applause. The platform declares unvarying de- votion to the Republican doctrines of pro- tection, reciprocity and a consistent and dignified foreign policy, based upon the traditional doctrine of non-intervention in the affairs of the O/d World and the mainte- nance of the Monroedoctrine; favors a just but liberal administration of the pension laws, an adequate system of coast defense and s reasonable regulation and restric- tion of immigration. The financial plank is as follows: | The Republicans of Vermont are unalterably opposed to any scheme to give the country a depreciated or debased currency. We ere therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement, and until re-established we believe the present monetary standard should be honorably maintained. The continued agitation of the free coinage of silver retards the return of our confidence and prosperity, and stands in the way of beveficial legislation, and is in every respect harmiul to the best interests of the country. The custom of not restricting delegates to the National Bonvention by instructions is adhered to, but hearty and loyal support is pledged to tne choice of the convention. The McKinley resolution offered by Mr, Henry was ‘adopted by acclamation, and later a motion to table it was adopted, the McKinley men being satistied with this expression of the sentiment of the conven- tion. 3 SR TS MICBIGAN DEMOCRATS. After a Stormy Fight They Indorse Cleveland’s Administration. DETROIT, Micr., April 20.—The Michi- gan State Democratic Convention to-day, after a stormy fight, indorsed the adminis- tration and financial policy of Grover Cleveland, chpse four gold-standard dele- gates-at-large and sent a delegation of twenty-four district delegates to the Chi- cago convention, of whom thirteen are counted gold monometallists and eleven silver bimetallists. The convention was the stormiest ever held by the party in this State. The free silverites of Michigan, who in- clude the remnants of the old Greenback party and most of the free-trade advo- cates, had been re-enforced by a consider- able anti-administration force, which has developed in Michigan during the Presi- dent’s present term. The administration forces were led by Elliott G. Stevenson, the law partner of Don M. Dickinson, and Private Secretary Thurber, while their opponents were generaled by Thomas E. Barkworth, administration cgndidate for Congress in the Second District two years 2go; Spencer O. Fisher, candidate for Gov- ernor in 1894; Jjustin R. W hiting, ex-Con- gressman in the Seventh District; Attor- ney-General Ellis and other Democrats of equal prominence. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS Declare for “Solid Money’” and Indorse Pattison for President. ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 29.—Penn- sylvania Democrats to-day. in State con- vention assembled, indorsed ex-Governor Pattison as a Presidential candidate, de- clared for “‘solid money” and nominated Benjamir C. Potts of Delaware for Con- gressman-at-large by acclamation. The convention was always under the control of National Chairman W. F. Har- rity, who insisted upon a sound gold-basis platform, upon which ex-Governor Patti- son coulid be placed before the country as Pennsylvania's candidate, representing the soundest interests of the country, and the determination of the Democrats of Pennsylvania to stand for the Wilson tariff as well. MISS PULLMAN WEDDED Frank Orren Lowden Marries the Daughter of the Capitalist. Two Thousand Guests Sit at a Ban. quet at the Conclusion of the Ceremony. CHICAGO, ILL., April 20.—Miss Flor- ence Pullman, danghter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Pullman, was married to-night to Frank Orren Lowden, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Lowden of Hubbard, Towa, at the Prairie-avenue mansion of the bride’s parents. The function was the most brilliant society event of the year. Two hundred relatives and friends wit- nessed the ceremony. which was per- formed in the main drawing-room by Rev. James Pullman of Lynn, Mass., assisted by Rev. Royil H. Pullman of Baltimore, both uncles of the bride. Tbe bridal party passed through an improvised arch of white and gold enameled posts wound in myrtle, surmounted by wreaths of lilies of the valley and mignonettes tied with white satin from post to post, ex- tending the length of the apartment. The whole house was profusely decorated with orchids, roses and palms. A musical pro- gramme was rendered before and after the ceremony in the music-room, where a superb organ was built for the occasion. The bride, a stately brunette, beautiful ana accomplished, was attended by her sister, Mrs. Francis Carolan of San Fran- cisco; Miss Felicite Oglesby, daughter of ex-Governor Oglesby; Miss Florence Al- ger, daughter of ex-Governor Alger; Miss Bertha West of New York. Mr. Lowden’s best man waseHenry L. Dawes of Pitts- field, Mass. A reception of 2000 guests and a supper followed. The bridegroom is a lawyer of this city. CAIPPLE CREEK LIES N ASHE Continued from First Page that nine persons are reported killed, some by the blowing up of a hardware store and the others in the Palace explosion. Many serious casualties are reported. Altman reports the town all gone, and the people sleeping out on the cold hills or grouped about bonfires. ; In the casualties at Cripple Creek to-day J. W. Crigger was killed. George Leydon was so badly injured that he will die. Others seriously hurt are E. H. Smith, #hn Evans, Larry Maroney, E. Broadway and George Youngstown. e AID FROM COLORADO BSPRINGS. Contributions Will Be Made for the Homeless Hundreds. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Avril 29.—W. 8. Stratton, owner of the Inde- pendence and other rich properties in the Cripple Creek district, has chartered a special train and will leave for Cripple Creek with some friends, r. Stratton, it is understood, will make contributions to aid the sufferers. A mass-meeting will be held in the Colliseum to-morrow morning at ten o'clock to formulate plans to relieve the suffercrs, Eaily in the afternoon Mayor Bell, in response to a request from Crivple Creek, started g specifl train from the Springs with 1000 pounds of dynamite on board, to be used in blowing up buildings in the threatened district. Meline’s Cabinet Completed. PARIS, France, April 20.—M. Meline has completed his cabinet, which is con- stituted as follows: M. Meline, Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture; M. Beucher, Minister of Commerce; M. Darlan, Minister of Justice; M. Turrel, Minister of Public Works; M. Hano- taux, Minister of Foreign _Affairs; Dr. Barthon, Minister of the Interior; General Bellot. Minister of War; Admiral Besnard, Minister of Marine; M. Cochery, Minister of Finance; M. Rambaud, Minis- ter of Public Instruction and Worship, and M. Lebon, Minister of the Colonies. The Senate and Chamber of Deputies have ad- journed until to-morrow, when M. Meline will read the stalement of the Cabinet, which he is now preparing. i L Collision at Sca. LONDON, Exe., April 20.—The Russian warship Rasboynk was in collision off Margate this morning with the German bark Doradea. The warship had her mast broken and boats smashed. The fate of the Doradea has not been learned. = ' morning. RACES ON THE EASTERN TRACKS, Carnation Falls Dead in the Fourth Event at Forsyth. JOCKEY CLAY INJURED. Seamar II Lowers the Indiana Half-Mile Record a Quarter of a Second. RESULTS AT WASHINGTON. Gold Dollar Falls With His Rider in a Steeplechase—Poor Card at Lexington. CHICAGO, TLr., April 29.—The first ac- cident of the Forsyth meeting occurred in the fourth race to-day, in which Carna- tion bled and dropped dead and her jockey, Clay, was thrown and severely in- jured. The doctors that attended him, however, could not state the exact result of his injuries. Charley McDonald also pulled up bleeding in the same race. Sea- mar IT broke tue hali-mile Indiana rec- ord a quarter of a second. Four favor- ites, a second and a third choice won. Six and a half farlongs, Designer won, Mr. Duniap second, Connemara third. Time, 1:24. Half a mile, Scamar II won, Clematis second, Thomas Payne third. Time, :50}{. Six and a half furlongs, Anua Mayes won, Uncle Abe second, Otho third. Time, 1:22. Six furlongs, Hi Henry won, May Gollop sec- ond, Ashland third, Time, 1:16. One mile, Eloroy won, Fusileer second, Dick Behan third. Time, 1:43};. Six and a half furlongs, Helen Wren won, Lollie Eastin second, Woodlake third, Time, 1:2234 WASHINGTON, .D. C., April 20.—In the steeplechase to-day at Bennings Gold Dollar, with Green up, lost his footing as he went over the last hurdle and threw his rider. Beyond a bad stunning Green is not seriously hurt. The Clark starting- machine figured in the two one-mileevents and worked very well. Six furlongs, Tinge won, The Swain second, Hanwell third. Time, 1:14 4-5. Four and a half furlongs, selling, Russler won, Bragalone second, Stanislaus third. Time, :58 2-5. One mile, Roundsman won, Septour second, Intermission third. Time, 1:43 1-5. One mile, Britk won, Dutch Skater second, Lodi third. Time, 1:44. Steeplechase, selling, about two and a half miles, Hellas won, La Fayette second, May Blossom third. Time, 5:22. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 29.—With the exception of the second race the card to- day was a remarkably poor one. Two fa- vorites, a second choice and twolong shots got the money. Three-quarters of a mile, Sis Alpine won, Atheniad second, Bramble Leal third. ~Time, 1:1634. One mile, Moylan won, King William second, Sunburst third. Time, 1:41. Three-quarters of a mile, Loyalty won, Tom Miles second. Liberati thizd. Time, 1:17. Three-quarters of & mile, Stratareel won, Crusader second, 8ir Wellington third. Time, 153 Fout and a hall furlongs, La Princessa won, Grace Toffey second, Saukara third. Time, 5634, NASHVILLE, Tex~., April 29. feature of to-day’s racing was the Hotel handicap stake ata mile for $1000. Maurice. the favorite, finished second, and Ben Eder, the2 tob5 for place shot, went third, while Sauteur took the stake, run- ning easily. Five furlongs, selling, Albert Sidney w Defy second, Lady McCann tnird. Time, 1: Eix furlongs, selling, Begue won, Lorrania second, Minerva third. Time, 1:173;. One mile, Duncan Hotel handicap stake for three-year-olds and upward, Sauteur won, Maurice second, Ben Eder third. Time, 1:46. One and an eighth mile, selling, Blasco won, Lord Willowbrook second, Bing Binger third Time, 2:0115. Half a mile, Glenalbyn won, Barney Adler second, Lord Zeni third. Time, :51. g ON THE DIAMOND. Winners of Yesterday’s Professional Baseball Games. PITTSBURG, Pa., " April 29.—Cham- berlain pitched good ball for Cleveland to-day until the sixth inning, but after that weakened and Pittsburg had an easy time 1n winning. Kiilen was in splendid shape, and his pitching and Ely’s batting were the features of the game. Attend- ance 3500. Score: Pittsburg.. 010002156%*-914 0 Cleveland: 200000000-2 5 3 Batteries—Killen and Sugden; Chamberlain and O’Connor. Umpire—W eidman. BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 20.—The league season at Easton Park opened this afterncon under a clear sky. Fifteen thousand spectators were present. The Brookiyns piayed poorly on the field. Mercer was hit™ hard, but his support was of the phenomenal vented several runs. order, which pre- Score: 202110000-6 7 2 01012000-4 9 8 Butteries—Mercer and McAuley: Gumbert, Har- ver, Daub and Grim. Umpire—Lynch. = e Cadets Arrange a Target Match. CHAMPLAIN, Irn., April 20.—A chal- ienge has been received and accepted by Captain N. 8. Brush, head of the military department of the University of Illinois, from the military department of the Cali- fornia State University to try the marks- manship of the cadets of each institution. Ten men are to be chosen at each end to shoot at a distance of 200 yards. The local men will try their hand May 9 and wire the results to Berkeley. and the Western cadets will try to beat the Illinois boys May 11. gl Great Racing Event in England, LOSNDON, Exg., Aprit 29.—The 2000 guinea stake for three-year-olds to-day was won by Leopold de Rothschild’s St. Frusquin. Mr. Bass’ Love Wisely second, Duke of Westminster’s Labrador third. Sl Aepnsios COSTLY FIRE AT DENVER. Large Hardware Manufacturing Plant Consumed—Loss $150,000. DENVER, Covo., April 29.—At Lake- wood, a suburb of this city, the Denver Manufacturing Company’s buildings, with all the machinery and stock they con- tained, were totally destroyed by fire this The loss is estimated at $150,- 000. There was no insurance either on the stock, machinery pr buildings. No lives were lost. Nothing now remains of this once great plant, which covered about five acres of ground, ‘but smoldering brick walls and heaps of \zurning debris. The fire started about 9 o’clock this morning in a wooden stable, distant but a few feet from the east building, which contained most of the stock and the brass foundry. 8parks from a heavily laden freight train are believed to have started the fire. S L I Fire in a Texas Town. DENISON, Tex., April 20.—The south side of the business portion of Paris, Tex., was_destroyed by fire yesterday. The Western Union Telegraph Company and the telephone company offices Were among the buildings burned. The estimated loss 18 0 PEARL BRYAN'S MURDER. A Professor of Surgery Testifies Positively That She Was Decapitated Dur- ing Life. CINCINNATI, Omro, April 29.—When the trial of Scott Jackson was reopened this morning Mrs. Sarah Seither, who lives on the Licking pike, was called to the wit- ness-stand and said she met Jackson and Walling on her way to Newport and that they had insulted her. Dr. Edwin Free- man, professor of surgery in the Eclectic Medical College, was placed on the stand. Attorney Hayes put the question, and the condition of the body was described. The doctor answered positively and with- out hesitation thatdecapitation must have taken place during life. “‘Could the condition of the blood on the leaves haye been produced by moving the body if the head was severed after death ?" “It could not except by some person sprinkling blood on the leaves."” At the afternoon session Dr. Freeman coutinued his testimony. Chief of Police Deitch of Cincinnati was examined, and at 4:15 p. & the prosecution closed. DOM PAUL SIGNS A COMMUTATION Continued from First Page. that the company had opened an ac- count to the amount of £40,000 to the credit of Colonel Rhodes, with which to pay for stores and provisions which ‘were to be collected at Johannesburg for Jameson and his forces. It is also alleged that Cecil Rhodes had personally in- structed Jameson how best to explain the assembling of armed forces at Blitsani. The documents which it is said to'be the purpose of the Transvaal Government to publish are alleged to compromise other prominent persons. CaPTRg s OLNEYX INTERVENES., Communicating With Pretoria Through the British Foreign Office. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—Sec- retary Olney has been in telegraphic com- munication with the British Foreign Of- fice to-day with regard to securing the most favorable treatment of Hammond by the Boer authorities. This line of action is made necessary by the fact that the United States Government has no diplo- matic office near the South African Re- public, its only representative being a Consular Agent at Johannesburg and a Vice-Consul at Cape Town. Vice-Consul Knight wired that he would send fnrther particulars of the commutation of the death sentence, but did not do so for the reason, undoubtedly, as shown in the TUnited Press dispatches from London, that the clemency shown was indefinite and does not show how far the commutation went. WORK F THE VOLUNTEERS Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth Given a Great Qvation. Plenty of Laborers and Money to Be Enlisted in the New Army’s Cause. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 29. — Com- mander and Mrs. Ballington Booth were given a great- ovation when they stepped upon the platform of Carnegie Music Hall last night, where the Volunteers held their ranks. The house was well filled. The commander was dressed in a natty suit of blue. On his left breast was the new sil- ver badge of the Volunteers. On hisshoul- ders were fastened the insignia of hisoffice. As the commander stepped on the stage the strains of *‘Hail Columbia” broke iorth, and the commander offered prayer. He followgd by announcing the hymn, “I've Washed Myself in Jesus’ Blood.” The chorus was taken up by the whole house ard sang with a vim. “I am veryg)lened to have this oppor- tunity of standing once more before my countrymen,’’ began the commander. He said it was quite fitting that the Volunteer rally should occur on an anniyversary of General Grant's birthday, especially so as it was in this city that both he and his wife were received five years ago. “I am glad to be here to-night, for after all Mrs. Booth and I have gone through and suffered I feel that we owe you an ex- planation of our aims.”” The commander said that he felt that this country was quite large encugh for him, for here were living Englishmen, Irish, Swedes and rep- resentatives of other nations—all living happily together. I believe in America and its constitu- tion,” said Commander Booth, *‘and I be- lieve the country large enough for fifty or- ganizations whose work should be the re%eneration of the depraved.” he term volunteer belongs essentially to America, the commander said, and at the least this ol};anizntion of wbich he was tbe leader did not go to England for its name. As in the days of '76 and again in ’61, the volunteers marched to the front at the sound of the bugle, so to-day, he said, a new danger threatened, and he found ready thousands only too willing to march to the call. Victory, he said, was emblazoned on the sky. After a song Mrs. Booth was intro- duced. She was loudly applauded. She said in part: *‘In times of war the general never gives out in full his plans—he shows his work in the results, aud,” she said, *‘the Volunteers were much the same. She felt sure the Volunteers would have an army of 10,000 and would have a building of its own. One friend to-day, Mrs. Booth said, is worth fifty in the days of prosperity. Mrs. Booth explained that the%olunteers Pro- posed to do pruczicaxl{ the same work as tuat done by the Salvation Army. She made a strong plea for money. She said that many of the Volunteers were going on half rations, and it was necessary that money should be had immediately. Ushers were sent through the audience to take up a collection, and while doing so Commander Booth read letters of support from William Earl Dodgze, Rev. Samuel Viergin, Major and Mrs. Fielding and several others. As the slips were handed up to the platform cheers greeted the an- a:)uncemex;t&. - \;thn the Imeev.ingd ended ere were efenders enlisted and about $3500 had been collected. —e LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. What the Czar Proposes to Grant at His Coronation. LONDON, Exg., April 29.—The Rome correspondent of the Daily News tele- graphs that the Vatican officials have learned that on the occasion of the coro- nation of the Czar a proclamation will be issued granting liberty of conscience throughout the dominions of Russia. The Holy Synod, it is added, is vehemently trying to prevent the issue oi the proc- lamation, CESIL T England Launches Another HMonster. LONDON, Ex., April 20.—The warsbip Hannibal, 15,048 tons, the heaviest ton- nage afloat, was launched yesterday at Pembroke. She is similar to~ the warship Majestic, rétently Jauncbed. i Sl Duel With Sabers at Buda Pest. BUDAPEST, Huxcary, April 9.—A duel with sabers took place here yester- day between Herr Fejervary and Herr Korbuly, editor of tLe Nemzet. The latter was seriously wounded. s e Sobitetiny Death of a Veteran French Statesman. PARIS, FrANCE, April 29.—Pierre Blanc, who represented the arrondissement of Albertville, Savoy, in the Chamber of Deputies, died vesterday. He was born June 29, 1806. He was the dean of the Chamber, and in that capacity presided at its opening sessions. In politics he wasa Republican. —— PAYMENT OF MESSAGES. Ruling as to Telearaph Tolls of Army Officers Along Bond-Aided Roads. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—The Comptroller of the Treasury has rendered a decision in answer to a request of the War Department to_be informed whether disbursing officers of the army shall here- after pay telegraph companies for mes- sages which pass over the lines constructed along the bond-aided Pacific railroad, or whether the requirements of existing army regulations that such accounts be sub- mitted to the accounting officers of the treasury for adjudication and settlement shall continue to operate. The substance of this decision is that when the messages are so sent, and ac- counts so kept as to render it impossible to ascertain the extent to which the rail- road lines are used, the telegraph company receiving the message without direction as to their transmission iz entitled to pay- ment on the presumption that only the lines owned by it were used for the service. As a result of the decision the department has been obliged to revoke one of the army regulations. 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