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WRIGHT NOMINATED
Unioiffl' u.ly Chosen to Lead
Georgia Populists.
THE. FROHI3 WON THEIR FIGHT
And After a Long
Conference
THEY GOT THEIR LONG FELT WANT
Succeeded In Securing the Insertion of an
Anti. Barroom Plank In the Platform.
Other Planks Demand the Abolition of
the Convict Lease System, Condemns
Lynching and Favors Pensioning Vets.
Atlanta, Aug. 7. —The Prohibition
ists of the state, who so strongly ad
vocated Dr. Gambrell for governor, cap
tured the convention, and the campaign
will be a Prohibition fight. There was
a hard contest in the committee room
on the prohibition plank, the committee
at one time standing li to 10 for the
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SEABORN WRIGHT.
plank. But the fighting was done In
the committee room and everything
was harmony in the convention. Sea
born Wright made it plain that he
would not have accepted the nomina
tion except with the prohibition plank,
and leaders referred to it in all their
speeches.
The Proceedings In Detail.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—The Populist con
vention was called to order at 9 a. m.,
Judge Hines in the chair. The hall was
filled to overflowing, members being
unable to find seats. The galleries were
packed, the red badges showing some
delegates with the crowd of spectators
looking down upon the convention.
The collapse of the Gambrell boom,
caused by the discovery that he is ineli
gible, had left the field open for gov
ernor with Seaborn Wr ght apparently
in the lead.
B. M. Blackburn, editor of the
Atlanta Commercial, was mentioned
for governor. His speech at the taber
naple made a powerful impression, and
it is said that Dr. Gambrell stated tliat
he would stump the state for him if
nominated.
At 9:30 the committee on platform and
resolutions uot being ready to report,
the convention took a recess.
While waiting for the report, C. J.
Thornton of Columbus was called for
and made a speech which was well re
ceived. He said that the Populists have
but one guiding star, love of country,
and prophesied victory if the party
stands together.
Platform Read and Adopted.
It being announced that the platform
committee was ready to report, the
chairman called the convention to order.
The following platform was read and
unanimously adopted:
1. We indorse the St. Louis platform.
2. Civilization, to say nothing of re
ligion, has entered up judgment of con
demnation against barrooms. The public
conscience revolts at the license system,
which testers the saloon and generates its
manifold evils, in consideration of revenue,
that pays less than a tithe of the public
burdens it entails. It is un-American,
monopolistic and essentially immoral.
We, therefore, declare for an anti-barroom
law which shall (1) make secure the pro
hibition already obtained, (2) abolish the
beverage sale of .ntoxicatiug liquors and
(3) provide for the sale for other purposes
under public control.
3. We demand the abolition of the pres
ent convict lease system, which prostitutes
to the greed of private avarice the state’s
sovereign right to punish citizens for viola
tion of law. We believe the state herseif
should keep possession of her prisoners
and should employ them upon the public
roads and not allow them brought in com
petition with free labor, and reformatories
be establish, d for juvenile criminals.
4. We declare in favor of improving and
extending the public school system, to the
end that all our people can receive a good
common school education. We favor the
furnishing of primary school books by
the state to avoid the burdens put upon
our people by the frequent changes in
text books. We also favor the payment
of teachers monthly.
5. We emphatically condemn the prac
tice, of late becoming so prevalent, of
public officers accepting free passes from
railroad corporations and franks from
telegraph and express companies. We in
tend this condemnation to apply to the
executive, legislative and judicial branches
<of our national and state governments.
6. We condemn lynching and demand of
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of ourTaws agauist ua. Parous prac
tice.
7. We demand that all public officials
be elected by the people. We denounce
the present system of electing judges and
solicitors by the legislature. It fosters
cliques and rings and enables corrupt poli
ticians not only to trade and barter politi
cal offices, but drags the sacred ermine of
the judiciary in the mud and filth ot par
tisan polities. The price cf office in Geor
gia under Democratic rule is obedience to
masters.
8. We denounce the present fee system
and demand that all public officials, where
practicable, be placed upon salaries. We
declare for a free ballot and a fair count
and pledge ourselves to the enactment of
laws securing this to every legal voter.
9. We favor the continuance of pensions
to needy and deserving confederate sol
diers, aud to widows of confederate Sol
diers.
Wright Nominated For Governor.
After adopting the platform the chair
man announced that the nomination of
a state ticket was in order. Judge Hines
called Mel Branch to the chair and took
the floor, nominating Seaborn Wright
of Rome for governor. His speech was
received with loud cheers. No other
names were put in nomination. A
number of eloquent speeches were made
seconding the nomination of Wright,
and the vote, taken by acclamation, was
unanimous in his favor. The remainder
of the ticket was unanimo sly nomi
nated, which is as follows:
S. J. Bell of Burke for comptroller
general.
William E. Smith of Decatur county
for commissioner of agriculture.
William C. Sibrny of Richmond county
for treasurer.
Donald H. Clarke of Chatham for at
torney general.
Dr. J. A. Parsons of Milton for secre
tary of state.
The committee appointed to notify
Seaborn Wright of his nomination an
nounced ready to report. Mr. Wright
took the stand amid great applause.
He called upon the convention to wit
ness that he had not sought the nomi
nation and stated that he had asked no
man to vote for him. When he re
turned home after his first term of ser
vice in the legislature and his friends
crowded around him to renominate him
he had declined determining that he
would never again be a candidate for
office until he could stand on a plat
form that declared- against barrooms.
[Cheers].
Referring to the national convention,
the speaker said that the only differ
ence between the Chicago and St. Louis
platforms was the railroad plank, and
that the Democrats would just as surely
come to that as they • ad to the others.
He referred to the nomination of Se
wall as pusillanimity, and contrasted it
with the manhood of the Populists, who
had stood up for the political recogni
tion of the south and had nominated
Watson for vice president.
In conclusion, he said: "There is one
plank in your platform that is as dear
to me as the apple of my eye,” refer
ring to the prohibition plank. He spoke
feelingly of his four boys at home, who
were subjected to the dangers of the
barrofim in common with other boys of
thx state.
Something of Hi* Life.
Mr. Wright was born in this county
November 29, 1856. His father, Hon.
Augustus R. Wright was a brilliant and
impressive orator and served with dis
tinction in both the Confederate and
United States congresses, and as a judge
of the superior court. He was one of
the most noted and popular men in
the state. After receiving a primary
education here, Seaborn Wright
attended Mercer University from where
he was graduated in 1878. In 1879,
after reading law under his father, he
was admitted to the bar. As soon as
possible, in his twenty-first year, he
was elected to the legislature as an
indenpendent, a high testimonial to
his popularity and brilliant oratory.
Since that time he has been a candi
date for no office. When Dr. W. H.
Felton ran for congress in 1874, Mr.
Wright stumped the district for him
and made him many votes by his im
passioned eloquence. He did this for
three successive campaigns. He has
always been independent in politics,
and has never been backward in de
nouncing those men and things he
thought wrong. He has often stated
that he believed partisanship to be
the great evil of American politics,
aud has always contended for greater
independence and a higher degree
of political responsibility. He
has always been a constant and
ardent prohibitionist, and, indeed,
has placed that question foremost.
He has been repeatedly urged to
run as an independent candidate for
congress from this district, but has
always refused. He has of late years
devoted himself to the practice of his
profession, taking part in many trials.
He married Miss Annie E., daughter
of Mr. William A. Moore, of Atlanta.
He is a member of the Presbyterian
church. Mr. Wright’s pleasing per
sonality has made him many friends
beyond politics.
Walter Hill Makes a Speech.
A call for Walter B. Hill of Macon for
a speech revealed that gentleman in the
gallery. He responded happily from his
exalted seat and brought down the house
by stating that.he was ‘‘born a Demo-
THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA., SATURDAY, AUGUBL' 8,
crat and a siuher." He referred to m_
admission to the Methodist church, and
said that he left the party because he
did not see how he could be a prohibi
tion Methodist 364 days in the year and
an anti-prohibition Democrat on elec
tion day. He referred to the manner in
which the Democratic and Republican
parties deal with the liquor question,
and said that before the formation of
the Populist party he had affiliated with
the little party of national Prohibition
ists, who stood up every four years to
be counted. He thanked God now that
he was not a man without a party.
[Great applause.] Mr. Hill made a
strong temperance speech, pledging him
self to take the stump for the ticket.
After some other speeches the conven
tion adjourned at 12:35.
THE POPULIST RALLY.
Watson, Wright* Howard, Blackburn and
Others Make Speeches.
A gre-.it Bryan-Watson ratification
meeting was held in the Moody taber
nacle Thursday night. Several prom
inent man of the state made speeches,
among them being Hon. Seaborn
Wright of Rome, and Editor B. M.
Blackburn of this city. Congressman
Howard of Alabama, who wrote “If
Christ Came to Congress,” was also
present and made a short talk which
was liberally applauded.
The orator of the occasion was, of
course, Thomas E. Watsou. The
weather was very warm and the crowd
became rather impatient before their
idol finally appeared, wearing the yellow
hat which the boys have put out as his
mascot. Mr. Watson was looking well.
He ascended the platform from the saw
dust floor with an agile step and bounded
on the rostrum, already crowded with
his friends, with a light leap.
For five minutes the yelling was con
tinuous, punctauted at intervals with
peculiar laudatory expressions from dif
ferent parts of the huge hall.
Watson’s speech was divided into
four separate parts —the explanation of
the St. Louis platform, the arraignment
of the Democratic party for past errors,
the plea for the support of Bryau and
the demand for the withdrawal of
Sewall.
He began with a prayer for reconcilia
tion. He wanted to speak to no parti
san. The welfare of the south was para
mount to party. The cause of the peo
ple was greater than all political creeds.
Mr. Watsou took up the planks in the
St. Louis platform aud discussed them
i with fervid eloquence. He waived his
machete above the head of monopolies
and shook his finger in the face of rail
road kings. He defined Grover Oleve
landism as the twin brother to J< hn
Shermauism. He gave a rhetorical flay
ing to controlling political conditions.
He hissed at the classes and kissed the
masses. He spattered venom in the
faces of Wall street plutocrats. He held
out a right hand of fellowship to the
west. He jeered at the present effort of
the Democrats to fuse.
“They have taken our doctrine,” he
sqid, “but they don’t like our doctor.
They want our physic, but they don’t
like our physician. They like to ride
on O'T train, but they don’t like our
conductor. They say that they want
fusion. It is the fusion that the earth
quake has to the city that it swallows.”
Anxious to Shake Tom’s Hand.
At the end of every sentence there
was a storm of yells, a hurricane of huz
zas from his shirt-sleeved supporters.
He spoke an hour and a half. The peo
ple cried for more. They crowded about
the platform. They scrambled over
each other in their feverish eagerness to
get hold of Watson’s hand—to say a
word to him.
Wearied with exertion, fagged with
the reaction and intense heat, he sank
into a chair and smiled wearily.
Other speakers appeared, but the au
dience had an eye single for Tom Wat
son, and it was only the burning words
from Seaborn Wright that fanned up
enthusiasm again.
While the people were waiting for
Mr. Watson in the early part of the
evening, Mr. Henry Clay Fairman said
that he wished a few words.
“You all know that man ‘Coin’ Har
vey,” he said. “He is a great man.”
Here the people thought that he
wished to get off an “ad” and they be
gan to howl.
“Coin is a great man,” continued the
speaker.
“Watson give us Watson!” they
cried.
Colonel Fairman smiled good na
turedly at the crowd. He realized the
futility of appearing before Watson and
retired.
Hon. B. M. Blackburn made a five
minutes’ speech and concluded with a
dramatic embrace of Tom Watson, who
had just entered.
After the excitement of Watson’s en
trance had subsided, after the ferment
of enthusiasm was stilled, after the
hoarse yelling was checked by the con
tinued efforts of Judge J. K. Hines, who
waved his hands to pacify, a tall form
issued from the crowd and scanned the
audience. He had been introduced by
Judge Hines as Howard of Alabama,
the man who placed Watson in nomi
nation at St. Louis.
While the shouts of the people echoed
everywhere, Howard stood on the plat
form swinging his muscular frame
about in a careless way, wiping the per
spiration from his long locks. His voice
was powerful and had a clerical innota
tion.
Congressman Howard’s Speech.
“I would be recreant to my trust,” he
said, “if I failed to raise my voice in be
half of this great movement, if I failed
to voice the sentiment of the people of
this great country. We have reached a
crisis. We are facing new conditions.
We are upon the verge a political revo
lution. We said at St. Louis that we
were willing to sacrifice everything for
the toiling millions. We will give up
everything but we m.ust not let our
party go. We are ready to present
a united front to the people. We are
willing to stand side by side for the
fray. I ask you, my Democratic
friends, to get in line with us. All we
ask is that the People’s party flag be
carried by Thomas Watson. The time
is upon Us now, and unless we get the
reins in our hands God knows when we
will make another stand. I congratu
late the Democrats for naming a gallant
man—a man who represents the princi
ples of the People’s party—Watson and
Bryan, the two great leaders of the peo
ple—the Moses and the Aaron who shall
lead us across the red sea of McKinley
ism into the promised land. #y friends,
let us take courage for the conflict. We
are going to be victorious. We are in
the thidst of the most stupendous strug
gle tne world has ever seen. We are
marching on to a great triumph.”
Howard was given a wild ovation.
When Watson finished Seab Wright,
who had been sent for by a number of
those who were urging his cause for
governor, appeared and made the most
dramatic play of the evening.
As he concluded, a bearded Pop from
one end of the house called out, “Hur
rah for the next governor of Georgia.”
It seemed .to' catch the crowd. The
people yelled with delight.
“For 30years,” said Mr. Wright, “the
people have been in sackcloth and ashes;
for 30 years we have been at the feet of
the east. .It is time for us to declare our
political independence.”
Mr. Wright spoke in favor of Bryau
and Watson. He was roundly cheered.
After his address Judge Hines declared
the meeting adjourned.
BROWN PAID THE FREIGHT.
Mrs. Tunnell Tells the Story of Her Rein
• tious With the Factor.
San Francisco, Aug. 7.—After many
months of waiting and of evasion, of
harried flight from town to town in
California and across the southern bor
der, Mrs. M. F. Tunnell has consented
to tell the story of her relations with
the Rev. Dr. C. O. Brown and Mattie
Overman and to explain why she fled at
the very moment when her presence
was needed to dispel the shadows of
scandal or to condemn the pastor, who
was seriously accused. Mrs. Tunnell is
the last witness to speak, and, as far as
facts are concerned, the testimony she
gives closes the great case.
She explains important points upon
which the clerical judges of Dr. Brown
were in detabt. She removes the ele
ments of uncertainty that made the ec
clesiastical Court hesitate before pro
nouncing a final judgment of condem
; nation. ; She fled, from San Francisco,
, r she said, to shield Dr. Brown from’ the
con.-equei.ces of his own guik. She
says she knew of the love between Mat
tie Overman and the pastor, and would
have revealed her knowledge if she had
been summoned to the witness stand.
She says that Dr. Brown paid her ex
penses while she was away, and when
she returned, tried to induce her to go
to Central America. She tells when
and where she secured the famous let
ters from Mattie OvSrYnan, and for the
first time explains how they passed from
her possession into the keeping of a man
who allowed them to be published. She
traces in detail the career of Mattie
Overman as shecame to know it through
the confidence of her young friend. The
recital lifts the veil from the home of
the pastor and shows how he struggled
to save his pulpit and his good name.
RATE WAR RENEWED.
York River Line Makes a Reduction of
Ten Cents For Firstclass Freights.
Baltimore, Aug. 7.—The conflict be
tween the Seaboard Air Line and the
Southern Railway company, which has
lain dormant for the past few days, in
consequence of the temporary injunction
granted by Judge Simonton of the
United States circuit court, was renewed
when the York River line reduced
freight rates from Baltimore to Norfolk,
Old Point Comfort, Portsmouth and
Richmond to within a range of 10 cents
for firstclass and 4 < ents for sixthclass
freights. This reduction in rates is
made to meet those now prevailing on
the Bay line’s new James river route,
which, it is said, has been cutting seri
ously into the York river line’s freight
business.
This cut is the second to be made by
this company since the beginning of the
rate war between the Southern railway,
of which York river line is a connec
tion, and the Seaboard Air Line, to
which the Bay line is allied. The first
reduction was on July 21 to meet the
per cent cut of the Bay line, which,
however, responded with a greater cut.
Thursday’s cut is to meet the last reduc
tion.
The hearing on the temporary injunc
tion granted by Judge Simonton will
take place at Greeneville, S. 0., Aug. 15.
ANDERSON IS AMBITIOUS.
Will Try to Ride a Mile In One Minute,
Paced by a Locomotive.
St. Louis, Aug. 7.—-There seems to
be no doubt now that Cyclist E. E. An
derson will make his attempt next Sun
day to ride a mile in 1 minute, paced by
a locomotive. Accompanied by his
trainer, E. A. Buckner and E. O. Wil
liams, assistant general passenger agent
of the Bluff line, over which the trial
will be made, Anderson went to Oden
burg, Ills., on two trials beside a loco
motive. He covered two quarters, one
at the rate of 27 miles and the other at
35 miles an hour. In neither beat had
he any trouble in keeping up with the
engine.
The track is only partly completed,
and Anderson, therefore, was not able
to go the whole distance. It was An
derson’s object to see if he could over
come the suction from the coach travel
ing at a high rate of speed. After the
trials, Anderson seemed satisfied and
expressed himself as confident that he
could attain a speed of a mile a minute.
ALABAMA LAWYERS.
Richard H. Clark of Mobile Elected Ureal
dent ot the Association.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 7.—The sec
ond day’s session of the Alabama State
Bar association was hwi at Lakeview.
Hon. H. C. Tompkins of Montgomery ’
read a concise paper on “Judah P. Ben
jamin.” It was an interesting biogra
phy of the great attorney. The paper
•was able and interesting.
The address of Hon. Alex. C. King of
Atlanta followed. He was introduced
by General Richard O. Jones.
The speaker’s subj'Ot was “The De
velopment of the Constitution of the
United States.” It was a most able
document. Commencing at the time of
the training of the constitution, the
speaker touched on the various amend
ments that have occurred, the cases that
have sprung up and the decisions ren
dered on the constitution of a great gov
ernment. The applause was hearty.
A motion prevailed that the thanks of
the association be extended to Mr. King,
for his able address, and he was elected
an honorary member of the association.
The- following officers were elected by
the association:
President, Richard H. Clark of Mo
bile; first vice president, George P. Jones
of Florence; second vice president,
George Peach of Clayton; third vice
piesident, William A. Walker of Bir
mingham; fourth vice president, W. L.
Martin of Gadsden; fifth vice president,
J. J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa; secretary
and treasurer, Alex Troy of Montgom
ery. H. C. Tompkins read a sketch on
the late D. 8. Troy of Montgomery.
At night a banquet was tendered the
visiting legal lights.
TWO CAROLINA MURDERS.
A Man Killed Near Fayetteville; a Woman
Killed In Wayne County.
Raleigh, Aug. 7.—Near Fayetteville
a white man named Wishart murdered
another named Hamilton and made his
escape. Wishart told Hamilton that
he, Hamilton, had said something about
his sister, and then shot him in the
head. •
In Wayne county, Nat Moore, white,
cut his wife’s throat with a pocket
knife in a jealous rage and escaped.
Two white men who saw him murder
her were arrested.
The loss to the state penitentiary by
the freshets on the Roanoke is fouud to
be $65,000, at the'present prices of cot
ton an'd'corn.
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• Campbell Was Determined to Die.
Kansas City, Aug. 7.—E. Argyle
Campbell of Springfield, Mo., employed
as a traveling salesman by a Cincinnati
cigar house, committed suicide here in
a room in the Wisconsin building, cut
ting his throat in two places, severing
the arteries of both wrists and gashing ,
himself all over both legs and his body 1
with a penknife. Tne suicide also fired
two bullets at his head, but owing to his !
enfeebled condition, from loss of blood,
his aim was so poor that the bullets in- |
flicted only flesh wounds. The suicide
had been in Kansas City over a week,
had been drinking heavily and was out
of money.
Brings Sult For Twenty-six Thousand.
F Kansas City, Aug. 7.— The American ■
Freehold Land Mortgage company of
London, England, has brought suit in
the circuit court to recover $26,200 in
lawful gold money of the United States
from the Southern Agency and Invest
ment company, of which Edwin Austin
is president and 0. A. Easton, secretary. j
Austin & Co., acting as agents for the
company, made some unsatisfactory
transactions for the latter. They agreed
to make good the money, it is alleged,
but have not done so, and the suit is the
result.
Promises to Codify Commercial Laws.
London, Aug. 7. —In receiving the
deputation appointed by the recent con
gress of the chamber of commerce of
the empire in London, to urge the gov
ernment to take active steps toward the
codification of the commercial laws by ■
means of identical statutes for the vari
ous colonies, Colonial Secretary Cham- I
berlain gave the deputation a promise
that he would endeavor to meet their
views.
Object to Paying the Tax.
Albany, Aug. 7. —The Quincy Mining
company of Michigan has filed a claim
for $7,260 for excessive tax levy, which
they claim was levied upon them by the
state as a tax upon a foreign corpora
tion. They claim they do not do busi
ness in this state.
To ifring Kate Field’s Remains Home.
San Francisco, Aug. 7. —A move- '
merit is on foot in this .city to raise
funds with which to remove the re
mains of Miss Kate Field from- Hono
lulu, where she died a few months ago, I
to the family plot at Mount Auburn.
Miss Field’s last request was that her |
remains should be interred in her native
land, but thus far none of her friends
have interested themselves in her case.
As Miss Field left no estate, The Amer
ica has offered to receive subscriptions
from the press clubs as well as from as
sociations and individuals interested in
the movement, the funds secured to be
used to bring the remains to the United
States.
A Famous Contractor Dead.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Aug. 7.—Peter
Fritcher is dead, aged 78 years. He was
a well known contractor and builder,
having constructed the St. Clair ship
canal in Michigan aud built the arch
bridges in Central park. New York. He
is survived by a widow and two chil
dren, a sou and daughter.
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CAMPBELL CAUGHT
Thfi Millionaire Sugar Planter Was
Roughly Treated
IMPRISONED FOR TWELVE HOURS
He Dropped out of Sight
Mysteriously
AND WAS HELD FOR TWO DAYS
Two Men Tried to Secure the Capitalist**
Signature to a Twenty Thousand Dollar
Check as the Price of His Liberty, but
Became Frightened and Released Him.
Kidnapers Make Their Escape.
San Francisco, Aug. 7.—Mr. James
Campbell, the millionaire sugar planter
of Honolulu, who mysterflisly dropped
out of sight for two days this week,
says he was imprisoned and robbed by
Oliver W. Winthrop, who attempted to
obtain the capitalist’s signature to a
$20,000 check, the price of his liberty.
Winthrop, who was tried and acquitted
last year or the charge of poisoning a
woman in Laurel Hill cemetery, of
which he was assistant superintendent,
has disappeared. No trace can be found
of his confederate. Campbell says Win
throp decoyed him to his house on a
slight pretext. . Suddenly, he says, a
masked man rushed into the-room,'and
pointing a revolver at Campbell’s head,
ordered him to throw up his hands.
Campbell says he leaped at his assailant
and felled him to the floor. The man
was dazed, almost stunned, but leveling
his revolver against Campbell, fired.
The millionaire says the bullet grazed
his temple, passed through his hat aud
into the wall. Campbel, sprang at the
man again, but before he could reach
him he was knocked down by Winthrop
who now struck him over the head with
a heavy instrument. The two men then
pounced on Campbell and bound and
gagged him. They lifted him from the
floor to a bed and strapped him to it.
His feet and hands were tied to the floor
and four corners of the bed and a chain
passed over his body and fastened to
staples driven into the floor.
Captain of Detectives Lee, in his in
vestigation of tlie affair, afterward
foiind evidence of this. Cords were
passed around Campbell’s body aud
drawn so tight that he could not move.
For 12 hours Campbell was kept in this
‘ position, the gag being in his mouth all
the time. Tuesday morning the gag
was remove'd with the caution that he
would be killed if he made any noise.
He was told that he would have to sign
a check or order for $20,000 before he
could be released. He was shown a
document which they asked him to sign,
I aud he was also ordered to write a note
I to his wife asking her to cash the check
and to give the money to the bearer
without asking any questions.
I Campbell says he refused to even read
the paper, telling his captors he did not
care what they did to him. When the
newspapers published the fact that
Campbell had disappeared, the million
aire says hjs captors became frightened,
and, after dark, released him.
I The police have a description of Win
throp’s confederate, but no clue to his
whereabouts.
Senator Foraker’s Trip to Europe,
Cincinnati, Aug. 7.—ln regard to his
trip to about which much has
been said, Senator J. B. Foraker said:
“Yes, lam going to Europe. I leave
on Aug. 19 and will bring my daugh
ters home. That’s all there is to it. It
is a trip to Europe such as I have made
three or four tiifies before. I will bo
' back in time for the campaign. I will
: participate in the opening of it at Co
lumbus, before leaving. The party
managers desired me to postpone my
trip until then, which I have done. I
will be back on Sept. 2 and I will go
into the campaign just where I find oth
ers.”
Secretary Hoke Smith's Decisions,
Washington, Aug. 7.—Secretary of
the Interior Hoke Smith has decided in
favor of the town site settlers of Man
chester, O. T., in their case against Gil
bert M. Morrison as to lands in the Enid
land district, and sustains the general
land office is rejecting the claim of
Jefferson county, Ills., for swampland
indemnity under the acts of March 2,
1855, and March 3, 1857.
Four Tramps Killed In a Wreck.
Marengo, la., Aug. 7.—A freight
train ran off the track near here on the
Des Moines railroad and a number of
cars badly 'wrecked, besides some other
damage. Four tramps, who were steal
ing a ride, were killed. There was no
other loss of life.
Consul Coughey's Advice to Fruit Buyers.
Washington, Aug. 7.- Consul
Coughey, iu a communication to the
department of state from Sicily, advises
that buyers of fruit from this country
send a corps of inspectors to the ports
of Messina, Palerme and Catania and
provide them with letters of credit
which state on their face that the docu
ments are not negotiable unless the
bills of lading bears the inspectors’ cer
tificate of grade. This has become nec
essary because over 2,500,000 boxes of
fruit were exported last year with an
average loss of $1 per box. This, the
consul says, was because of au indis
criminate distribution of the letters f
credit, resulting in the shipment of fruit
of the commonest quality in large quan
tities. The loss was borne by the im
porters and bankers of the United.
States.