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GEORGIA AXD FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF' THE TWO STATES
TOED IN PAKAGRAPHS.
Ever? Room in an Atlanta Boarding-
Hnaic Kntered and Bobbed— Neal’s
Suit A{ain>t Banker Janie* Trans
ferred.
GEORGIA.
1,. u nit parched a patch of rort. m Bar
tow oontf a day or two ago.
B-at dob* are being organ i/- at Albany,
ar.d a regatta already looms up.
Tw attempt* at outrage br negroes were
fr. -tated at Colnmhtts Monday.
Tr.e murder case* of I>"jai and Touchstone
a.>re continued at bpaMing Superior Court
Monday.
K.ght or nine people bare been adjudged
dies in Bartow county this year and sent
to iie asylum.
TANARUS: *’re an: many fields of cotton in Bartow
■ ,i that liave been completely swallowed
up in crab grass.
The Adamaville Baptists are preparing to
r ■ t new church in their town. Orer
hi- n subscribed.
The t apital City Club, of Atlanta, will
n. ve into its tew quarters, the residence
iiteiv purchased from banker James, in
about ten daj*.
j. ha 'tec!-, a South Carolina preacher.
i traveling through Georgia, creating what
he -a protective association. wliieh re
,,r,.. every member rarry a pistol. He
char*'- i..nation fee of two dollars, which
■
\ b iruiar entered in anceeaston every room
sa an A anta la-arrling-bouse. chloroformed
t... -i, , . inmate, and departed I*oo neher
... i . ;. . il.aii when he entered. andprovide<l
ion with two gold watches. Two
a. g: ..ring resiliences were treated in the
A: ' Grille has improved so much during
I i-i ten da." that he is able to talk about
h - -nt --. J. IV. Culpepper has been re
, by Grme to act as his agent in the ad
i.mieiit of his accounts with the railroads,
nr.. - that lie is prepared to pay any and
a -t i iuims that may be presented against
him.
Tra- -tar route from Auraria to Ilawson
v I- b-en so "hanged that it starts at
\, , lir :> in-teadof at Auraria. ••.•shilling”
i* tr.e name of anew post office in Pulaski
r. i.tv. with habern F. Gordie as Post mas
ter. W illiam 11. Clmen* has been comrois
-. I 1 .dmaster at i hiversville. an<l John
T i:*y ha- U'en commissioned Postmaster at
Hale's mill.
Janies Itent, the overseer of the Atlanta
chain-gang and the superintendent r.f
street-, was tried Tuesday before the
I. .rd of commissioners of streets and
sewers, from whom lie holds ills posi
i. i. for malfeasance in offiee. and was ac-
The charges against >lr. Bent were
were preferred by C. T.
Harri-on. who was for years in charge of the
ct . , .tairit -at the stockade.
- I. Betton, of Randolph county, lost
li.- ife a few day - ago, aged so years. She
w i- the daughter of a midshipman on the
Brandywine, the vessel that took Gen. l.aKav
rtte !<i Prance after his visit to the Cnited
States. Mr. Betton is still alive. He was
Po-nn i-terat Milledgeville more tlian 40 years
l he famous “Bob Betton,” tiie barlier.
the father of Kick Betton, the barber, bet e,
wa- a -lave ol Mr. Belton's.
Athens Banner-Watckmant 1839 was tile
driest year ever known in the annals of
Georgia. Not a drop of rain fell from the
planting to the harvesting of crops. Thw
streams were nearly all dry, ami parties
from Alabama hauled grain to the High
Mu,a!* mills in Walton county, to get it
ground. The mill rail day and night, Min
days not excepted, and paid the entire cost of
its construction the first year.
At Atlanta Thomas IS. Neal’s stilt against
John H. James has lieen transferred from the
Superior t ourt to the Umt<*d states Court.
Ti n bill is the one under which the assignees
were made receivers and seeks to have the"
court construe w hat it claims are ambiguous
terms and expressions in the deed, it is
claimed for one thing that there are practi
cally no preferred elainis, that all the credi
tors must stand on tiie same basis. In effect,
therefore, it seeks to annul the preferments,
and w ill of course be fought by the preferred
New York Sun : Before Theodore Mayor, of
ha*t Fiftv-fifth street, moved to I.u(,"range,
he left *195 worth of clothing and furs at Solo
mon Ileymau's storage house, at 974 Third
avenue. Afterward he sent for the goods.
When he opened the boxes he found they con
tained straw. He informed Mr. Heyman,
and Detective Caiupliell, of the Fifty-ninth
street station, arrested Herman Kessler, of
2lti KaM Fifty-sixth street, and Max Garvcns,
of 2114 Third avenue, tsne was a porter and
the other a truck driver in Mr. Heyman's em
ploy. They admitted the robbery. Justice
Ford held them yesterday for trial.
I oluintms Enquirer-Snn: About six weeks
ago little Belle Ferguson, the daughter of the
night watchman at the l omnibus and Borne
depot, had loth legs terribly lacerated in the
turn-table, ihc km Isong so far separated
that her phy- ions. Dr-. Jordan and Tieknor,
bd t the ftimi!} :t w ould be ini|M>siblc to make
the part- heal unless fresh bits of skin were
grafled oil tlic ugly wounds. As soon as this
wa- known to Belle’s brother Iteggy, a lad
12 wars old, he stepped up to the physicians
•nd promts. 1 to be on hand any time the next
da? and let them cut Ihe necessary skin from
his arm. At the appointed hour "lie met the
et v igement, hared fus arms, and, by means
of knife and scissors, four pieces of skin were
taken from Ins arm and transplanted to his
l union mrre-pondencc Mormno News,
July': W, have passed through one of the
wettest feu-ons ever known in the summer.
The cro| of corn are excellent, but the grass
and w. cds are fa-t l>cconiiiig the conquerors.
Th* cotton plants an* living rapidly on nc
. amt *•( so i:iii*-h rain. The wlieat enns are
- . i. r known, but large quantities
haw -pr.uiii iin the fields.— A great deal of
► a Win -s, for tins climate,prevails in the coin
mmuty.—arciiy of money und dullness of
Ini-mi s.- produces fearful monotony.—County
I ■ .a- is the only department that keeps
pa . w ith this progressive age. Five of our
g*s-t cuizi-is have expressed a willingness to
f* u t untv in the next Stale Lepa
lai.ue Iho balance of the offices, down to
i or. .r. haio fudy as iiiauv aspirants. It is
hud to tell how many are sought by the
Offices.
Griffin ' The funeral of Captain John
l. i-• v. one of the best meu that ever lived,
was pleat hed at Rebobeth church last Sun
u nh Oliver. The church was
cr.-wdcd with friends of the deceased vvho
wished to -how their love and respect, but
th. oil-, .lilies of this good mau were lirokeu
up by ..tic of the most disgraceful scenes ever
vvitm—i din a civilized community. It seems
that W I Purifoy and John (lowing thought
it i—ontial to fill" themselves with whisky be
fore g. iiig to church, and when they arrived
ai the church they were in the humor to do
anything, seeing two strangers, named Fos
ter and i raw ford, they commenced cursing
the® id the church door. Those gentlemen
told tiie two desperadoes that, while they
wanted no disturbance, tf nothing would do
them that they would leave the church and
fettle it. At this l’urifoy and Govving drew
their pistols and attempted to shoot them
■town, but by the combined efforts of several
y ■ ' . men they were prevented and left the
rhurch. vowing vengeance and swearing they
wuid die before being arrested, and up to
li - date they have not been arrested.
FLORIDA.
Liverpool. Manatee county, shipped 23,000
pound* of ‘gator sides during the month of
May.
The road-bed and cross-ties for the street
railroad at Green Cove are now ready for the
The Atlantic Coast Canal, from Daytona to
ct- Augustine, is expected to be finished by
The population of Key West was recentty
th "p ''A> by immigrants from Cuba and
. ' * -* nienee or S. B. Carter, to lie hung for
ki! mg J. \V. Griffin at Orlando, lias been
commuted to imprisonment for life.
" in Sc several negro boys were in bathing
n.oir Madi-iu Sunday, one of them, named
i am Baldwin, was drowned, lie was about
Ji years old.
f ! restaurant of J. T. Phillijti at Pensa-
I. S was entered Tuesday last and $75 stolen,
an i the building set on fire to destroy all
traces of the crime.
llf total shipment of lumber for June from
’' i Jidina was :>,5j6,000 feet, of which
i Pet were shipped coastwise and 1,000,000
teet to foreign ports.
ihmng a quarrel at Pensacola lat Tuesday
' "cen an Italian named Giarclini and a
i. named Milford, Giardint shot Mil ord in
i e breast, seriously, if not fatally, wounding
t'lwani lies, who has been running the
rantre t.rove Hotel for several months last
l " edne>lay sold all the furniture of the
I L' • ant * intends retiring from business in
The Underwood canal through the swamp
m the core at l'alatka, has been completed,
it > feet wide anti ha* a depth of e feet. A
targe -aw mill will soon be ereeteet at the end
‘ the canal, which is intended for light
draught vessels. 6
i ihouse occupied by Mary E. Davis and
'’Tib‘ me , Uarri * at Tampa was Friday even
rtliuriKHl to the groumt. The lire was the
i ■ lncen, ' larles * The place had become
a pui.iic nuisance, and it is supposed that the
mate*'™ urno ‘* lo rW the town of the in-
steamer Tarpon has secured the con
l*nmt > eai 77 lbt ‘ !ua ‘l between Tampa and
iJ m 'd‘ as semi-weekly. The steamer
rctltted throughout and used as a
teiwt , ' ;,t,luriß * lhe summer, running
m alve mentioned everv
-Monday an.l Thursday.
shrewd old tramp,
cw ,ng himself Capt. Almon D. Tuttle, and
to *5 an An tic explorer, was pub-
L,‘J ?poaed here in ls 7, by lion. D.C. Daw
. ' l ’ aQ i secretary of Masons, as a tramp
j. a £' !, s *® April last he turned up in
Jo£iL F £ - ew Mexico. Our friend. Frank
•ruon. now resi.Ungthere, and well knowing
t .e above state of facts, gave him a dear
1' ‘ that territory. This old tramp
ard V^H 1 sfventy-fire years old, about six
Jr 7 a “* lf f cet high, extraordinarily fluent,
*’ Dter 'aiaing. and he has
doanilMi spent the last five vears in tramp-
s t * large portion of the United
-dates at the expense of other (>eople.
***■„ An enterprising party is
Horifw U p!? 1C . t * "railroad from Gainesville to
southwe r V * ; S ,a four * nd half miles in a
be kn,Tw- ;\ direction to Alachua Lake to
PrJS on^!I bc .^ oe ** raer *•<*.” for the ex
v"? g'y—* f conveying soft-shell turtle to
Ailed iuk. T * nk * will oe constructed and
rcDl .ii 1 b ‘iff 1®“ tbr. care, to receive the
• -pules, and on thwr arrival at New York it
Sarannali Jgenk
is thought they will bring good price*. These
turtle* are of the torquoi-e family, of delicious
flavor and superior to the green turtle of the
Gulf, and can be taken in large quantities
from this point. That an idea may be formed
of the vast quantitv of them in this section, it
is related of Capt. Ambrose Abbott that while
•ailing around in his boat, “Imp,” he killed
with Ins breach-loader about forty-five of
them at a single shot.
BISBEE RENOMINATED.
The Second District Republicans of
Florida Hold their Convention.
Ferxandina, Fla., July 9.—The Re
publican Congressional Convention for
the Second District assembled in this
city at 12 o’clock to-day, at Lyceum Hall.
All the counties were represented. The
convention was called to order by Greeley.
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
A characteristic prayer was" delivered by
a negro clergyman. The convention was
composed of 83 delegates, 20 of whom are
white. The majority rule was adopted.
There was one contesting delegation from
Marion county.
Much disturbance was occasioned by a
question of Dennis as to those entitled to
participate in the temporary organization.
Petty (colored) of Nassau; Cheney
i white) of Duval, and Dennis, (white) ol
Alachua, were nominated for Chrirman.
Cheney withdrew, and Petty was elected.
Creechel was made Secretary. A com
mittee ot eleven was appointed by the
Chair on credentials.
A committee was appointed on perma
nent organization and one on resolutions.
' Upon reassembling at 3 o’clock ad
dresses were delivered by Cowglll and
Dennis, the latter denouncing Bisbee and"
swearing that he would not vote for him
if nominated.
The Committee on Credentials reported
that each delegation from Marion was en
titled to half the vote. The minority re
port recommended that Orange, Clay and
"uniter counties lie excluded for non
compliance with the orders of the com
mittee. The majority report was adopted.
The committee recommended Goodrich,
of \ olusia county, for permanent Chair
man, and Hillard and Middleton for Sec
retaries.
A motion that delegates lie pledged to
sustain the nomination was opposed by
Dennis but carried.
Walls, of Alacbua. and Bisbee, of
Duval, were nominated at this point.
Nine Alachua delegates withdrew. The
first ballot resulted in TO for Bisbee and
12 tor Walls. Bisbee addressed the con
vention. which adjourned after the adop
tion of a platform and the election of an
Executive Committee.
TIIE COLORED EDITORS.
**kn Address to the Country Adopted at
Their Convention.
Richmond, Va., July 9,-The National
Colored Press Association has been in an
nual session here to-day. An address to
the country was adopted congratulating
the colored people on their progress and
advancement, and pledging the efforts of
the members of the association as jour
nalists to support and sustain all institu
tions of learning and industry. The col
ored people of America are appealed to to
use every honorable means to maintain
and improve the present public educa
tional system. The address also urges
the colored youth ot the country
to engage in industrial pursuits,
calls attention to the great importance of
accumulating wealth in real estate as an
essential step towards the amelioration
of their condition, and encourages the
purchase and settling of homes on the
public domain. Finally a demand is
made upon the National and State Gov
ernments for protection in the exercise of
the rights and privileges of the colored
people as American citizens. Philadel
phia was selected as the place, and the
second Wednesday of July, 1885, as the
time for holding the next annual meeting.
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
>509,221,000 Invested in New Enterprises
in the Past Six Months.
Baltimore, July 9.— The Baltimore
Mitnufacturtrs’ Itecord will publish to
morrow its semi-annual statement of the
progress ot the South, showing that dur
ing the last six months nearly $70,000,000
has been invested in new industrial en
terprises and in enlarging those already
established. For the past two mouths the
amount invested was $13,744,000, a falling
oil from the earlier months of the year,
due mainly to the usual summer dullness.
The list of new enterprises established
during the first half of the year shows
a wide range of industries, including
cotton mills, woolen mills, flour mills,
saw and planing mills, iron furnaces,
agricultural implement factories, ma
chine shops, foundries, cotton seed oil
mills, fertilizer factories, tobacco fac
tories, ship building yards, paper mills
and many others. The aggregate invest
ments foot up to $69,221,000, Alabama
heading the list with $13,840,000, Ken
tucky having $13,497,000, Virginia sll,-
632,000, Texas $7,934,000, Tennessee $4,-
849,000, Georgia $3,759,000, Maryland $2,-
832,000, North Carolina $2,638,000, West
Virginia $2,423,000, Louisiana $183,000,
South Carolina $1.6*29,000, Florida $1,506,-
600 2. Arkansas $780,000 and Mississippi
S7O7,(XH).
TWELVE ACRES AFLAME.
The Lumber District or Toledo the
Scene of a Four Hour's Fire.
Toledo, J illy 9.—Fire was discovered
at noou to-day in the lumber yard of the
Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Y'ard Com
pany, in the upper part of the city. The
flames spread with almost incredible ra
pidity, and in a short time communi
cated with the lumber yard of Nelson,
Holland & Cos., and thence to that ol J. B.
Kelly.
In four hours 12 acres, containing
20,000,000 feet of lumber, had been burned
over. The losses are as follows: Mitchell
>t Rowland Lumber Company, $‘280,000;
Nelson, Holland & Cos., $50,000, fully in
sured; J. B. Kelly, $15,000, fully insured.
Over $5,000,000 worth of property was
jeopardized by the fire. It is supposed to
have originated trom sparks irom a pass
ing tugboat. Nearly every insurance
company having an agency here was rep
resented in the fire for from SI,OOO to
$7,000 each.
FAILURES IN BUSINESS.
Dc Rivera & Co.’s Paper Goes to Pro
test at New York.
New York, July 9.—Paper of J. De Ri
vera Cos., commission merchants at No.
117 I’earl street, went to protest last night.
They kept their account at the Bank of
New York, but the bank has none of the
firm’s paper. The firm is rated at from
$300,000 to $500,000. Mr. De Rivera says
that it can hardly be called a failure.
The firm were large importers of sugar
and large exporters to Cuba. It is stated
that what sugar they hold has been fully
margined and will not come on the mar
ket. Tnelr trouble is understood to arise
from the difficulties in Cuba aud the pros
tration of business there.
Racing at Brighton Beach.
New Yoke, July 9. —The first race at
the Brighton Beach course to-day was
for the non-winners for a purse of $2,70;
three-quarters of a mile. Clara B. won,
with Black Jack second and Quebec third.
The time was I:l7}*.
The other events were as follows:
Second Race —Selling allowances; seven
furlongs. Inconstant won, with Faugh-a
ballagh second and Sugarplum third. Time
1:35? 4 .
Third Race— Kings county cup; all ages;
two miles. Royal Arch won, with Uilarity
second and Levant third. Time 3:33.
Fourth Race —Purse WOO; handicap for all
ages: one and one-eighth miles. Hickorv.Tira
won. with Chickadee second and Blue Peter
third. Time I:5S'4.
Fifth Race— A handicap hurdle race; one
ami one-quarter miles; over five hurdles.
Compromise won, with Kate Cronin second
and Marcl&in third. Time 2:2o a ].
A Gun Ruined In Casting.
Boston, July 9. —This afternoon in the
South Boston Iron Foundery a 120 ton
gun had just been cast, and the mould not
being strong enough, it burst, completely
ruining the casting, from which a large
tlameshot up and ignited the roof. The
flames were soon extinguished, however.
The gun, if finished, would have been
worth $12,000, and was to be turned over
to the government to be shipped to Sandy
Hook. All it is worth at present is what
it will briug as old iron^
Letters of Blaine and Logan.
Boston, June 9.— A Washington spe
cial says: “Gen. Logan telegraphed to
day to Mr. Blaine that his letter of ac
ceptance was ready for publication, and
that he d'sired to know when Mr. Blaine
proposed to issue his, so that he might
Cblrsh his also at the same time. Gen.
gan's letter, in addition to the formal
acceptance, will treat upon the results
accomplished by the war and urge the
necessity of maintaining the same in ac
cordance with the principles involved in
that struggle.
MBS!
The Tarill* Reformers
Carry Their Point.
BAYARD FORGING AHEAD,
Cleveland's Chances In
jured hy Delay.
FIYE NOMINATIONS MADE.
Bayard, Carlisle, Cleveland, Mc-
Donald and Thnrinan.
BUTLER’S BOOM BURSTED.
Massachusetts Gives Him the
Mitten.
RANDALL TO BE PUT UP.
He and Bold Ben Butler Fight
ing for Protection.
GRADY’S TOMAHAWK OUT.
His Warwlioop, However, Only
Excites Derision.
TO-DAYS WORK IN DOUBT.
Tiie Day of Adjournment Also
Problematical.
Chicago, July 10, 2 a. m. —Said a Bay
ard leader, who has the very best means
for information: “Cleveland is beaten.
Bayard will be nominated. Delegates are
coming to us to-night so rapidly that we
cannot Keep a count of them.” The re
port that Butler would go home to-day
came from this gentleman. He says that
Butler has changed his mind and will re
main. The fact is that Butler is deceiv
ing the Bayard men. He proposes to have
Massachusetts to go for Bayard In or
der to kill Cleveland, and hold himself
back as a dark horse, and proposes to kill
Bayard after he kills’ Cleveland. Mean
while Bayard may be nominated.
BUILDERS OF THE PLATFORM.
The Committee on Resolutions appoint
ed a sub-committee at Bo’clock this morn
ing. Of this sub-committee Messrs. Mor
rison, Hewitt, Wattersou and Sterling
Morton are for the revenue retormers,
and Messrs. Converse, Burke, Ben Bulter
aud Davis, of West Va., for the protec
tionists. There was a hot fight in the
sub-committee, which met at once in But
ler’s room and ran all day. Butler led
the protectionists uutil all but himself
were converted to a compromise proposi
tion in support of the following:
It evolved. That custom duties should be lev
ied for the purpose of raising revenues for
the necessary expenses of the government
and to protect and foster American indus
tries and protect American labor; that raw
material not manufactured in this country
should come in free, as should also the neces
saries which are used on the poor man’s table,
such as tea. coffee, etc., and that tiie tariff on
luxuries should be placed at the highest limit.
UNDER MORRISON’S LEAD.
Mr. Morrison led the revenue reformers.
Finally Mr. Hewitt submitted a plat
form, which was a condensation of Man
ton Marble’s, and at the same time em
bodied some phases of Mr. Hewitt’s plat
form. This was adopted by a vote of 7to
1, Butler being the one in the negative.
This platform was reported to the full
committee at 10 o’clock to-night. The
understanding was that if it should
be adopted by the full
committees. Air. Morrison should be
authorized to report it to the convention.
It will be adopted by the full committee,
and Mr. Alorrison, who was at first re
luctant to do so, because while it was
more satisfactory to him and the ocher
revenue reformers than it was to the
protectionists on the sub-committee, it
was not just what he wanted, will report
the platform to the convention. He will
probably be elected Chairman of the Com
mittee on Resolutions for this purpose,
the election of Alaleolm Ilay, of Pennsyl
vania, to be Chairman last night being
treated for this purpose as a merely tem
porary affair.
THE PLANK CONSERVATIVE.
The tariff plank of the platform adopted
by the majority of the sub-committee, and
reported to the full committee, declares
that the reasons for a reduction of taxation
appear in the surplus of revenue; recog
nizes the fact lhat since the foundation
of the government taxes have been levied
for purposes of revenue; recognizes the
further fact that manifold industries have
grown up under this tariff system; de
clares that in any reformation of the reve
nue system due reg ard should be had to
these interests; declares that all taxation
should be for public purposes exclusively
to raise a revenue to meet the needs of the
government economically administered?
declares that the revenue can be ra sed
by taxing distilled spirits and malt
liquors, and a few classes of imported ar
ticles; declares that in regard to customs
imports the taxes should be highest, upon
luxuries and lowest upon the necessaries
of life and articles utilized in the produc
tive industries of the country.
THE PLANK SATISFACTORY.
The plank is pronounced satisfactory
by Carlisle, Morrison, Watterson and the
Other revenue reformers.
Frank Hurd likes it least of all, but be
9ees that it is the best that could be had.
The phrase, “All taxation should be for
public purposes exclusively,” takes the
place of “A tariff for revenue only.” It
is not as satisfactory to the protection
ists as it is to the revenue reformers, but
they see that they can get no declaration
less strong, and so they swallow it with
the remark that “it is something like the
Ohio plank anyway.”
Butler began the" fight on the platform
as soon as Hewitt reported it to-night in
the full committee. Butler made a vigor
ous speech against it. He was followed
by Senator McPherson, of New Jersey,
who took the same views. He urged
Butler’s plank as absolutely essential to
Democratic success. Alorrison replied in
a strong speech. The fight will last for
several hours. The majority report on
the Hewitt platform will finally be
adopted, and Alorrison will report it "to the
convention. This latter fact emphasizes
the victory of the revenue reformers.
WEARING OUT CLEVELAND.
At 12:30 o’clock this morning the Com
mittee on Resolutions is still discussing
the tariff plank. The platform reported
by the majority of the sub-committee will
be adopted, although the convention may
not reach a final vote until to-morrow.
Butler will make a minority report
to the convention, and thus effect
at once a precipitation of the tariff fight
in the convention and a goodly portion of
the delay with which John Kelly lead.
He, at a conference held at 6 o’clock this
morning, when they both happened to be
up, agreed to wear out Cleveland’s
forces. Cleveland's strength, they argue,
is slipping away daily. In three days,
possibly two day's, it will lie impossible to
nominate him.' The convention will sus
tain the rei*ort of the Committee on Reso
lutions by a large majority.
Randall has been working hard for a
high protective plank all day. Butler
has advised with Dim and says' that that
is his only purpose here.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE FIRST BALLOT,
Wednesday’s Tribune gives the follow
ing estimate of the first ballot, having
made a canvass of the delegates: Butler
29, Field 2, McDonald 72, Thurman 76,
Bayard 135, Randall 80, Hoadly 22, Car
lisle 2, Cleveland 386, Hendricks 1, uncer
tain 19, absentees 14. Alter the events of
yesterday, a canvass of the delegates
last night ot course being impossible, the
result of the ballot again becomes prob
lematical.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1884.
SESSION OF THE CONVENTION.
Details of th® Battle which Ended in
Nominations.
Chicago, July 9.— The only demonstra
tion In honor of the delegates entering
the hall this morning waa made when the
Ohio delegation, headed by ex-Senator
Thurman, made its appearance. While
it was making its way to the portion of
the hall assigned to it, other delegates
and spectators generally joined in doing
honor to Thurman, and many such ex
pressions were heard as “The noblest
Democrat of them all;” “He ought to be
nominated.”
The Hon. C. B. Washburn, ol Illinois, oc
copied a peat on the platform this morning
next to Senator Pendleton, of Obio. Repre
sentative Springer, of Illinois, was also
among the distinguished persons on the plat
form. *
The convention was opened with praver by
Rt. Rev. Bishop McLaren, of the Diocese of
Chicago.
Mr. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, sent up a com
munication from the Committee on Resolu
tions saying that the work of the committee
would not be completed until to-morrow
morning.
Mr. Cumm nga, of Massachusetts, offered a
resolution instructing the Committee on Res
olutions to give a hearing to the committee
of the Irish National League in favor of ex
cluding aliens from acquiring real estate in
America.
Resolutions were also offered and referred
without debate in favor of planks in the plat
form against the employment of convict labor,
the enforcement of the eight-hour la w. against
sumptuary laws, and dccTaringfthat the vote
yesterday on Mr. Grady’s amendment as to
the unit rule was intended to apply only to
States which had instructed their repre
sentatives to vote as a unit.
Mr. Heenan, of Michigan, offered absolu
tion for the reduction of taxation to a revenue
basis. It was referred.
ALABOR DEMAND.
Mr. Sweenie, of Texas—
To the representatives of the Democrats in
convention assembled : We, tiie undersigned,
representing the labor population of the city
of Galveston, Texas, request your honorable
body to insert in your platform a formal de
claration to the effect that the eight-hour law,
as already passed, should in future be regu
larly enforced, and should be no longer a dead
letter npon the statute books. We also ask
that it be recommended, and be announced as
the sense of this convention, that there shall
be appointed by the executive officer upon
whom the duty may devolve as Commissioner
in charge of the Bureau of Labor and Statis
tics, a man who is able to carry indorsement
and meet with the approval of the labor
classes of the United States. Upon both of
these subjects we invoke your favorable con
sideration, properly signed by the President
of the Committee.
Mr. Hampton, of South Carolina, offered a
resolution reciting the importance of letting
the National Democratic Committee select its
Chairman from the Democracy of the whole
Union, and declaring that it snail not be re
stricted in the choice of its Chairman to mem
bers of the committee. It was referred.
A resolution against polygamy was intro
duced hy Mr. Smith, of Utah, and referred.
Further resolutions were offered and re
ferred to the Committee on Platform against
the acquisition of large tracts of public lands
by corporations; for reform in the civil ser
vice by making postmasters elective; provid
ing that in case of the death of the candidates
for President or Vice-President the Chairman
shall call together the convenUon again and
till the vacancy; for the rcptaPof all legisla
tion which under Republican rule has tended
to pauperize labor; for a constitutional
amendment making the Presidential term of
oflice six years, and to limit the disposal of
public lands to actual settlers in quantities of
not more than 160 acres each.
Finally a resolution was adopted to refer all
such propositions without being rend. Under
that rule several anti-Chinese and tariff re
form resolutions were referred, being only
read by their titles.
THE CREDENTIALS REPORT.
Mr. Taylor, of Arkansas—“l desire to sub
mit the report of the Committee on Creden
tials. which is now ready.
The report was sent to the desk to be read.
It is as follows:
"Jo the Honorable Chairman and 31embers of
the national Democratic Contention'. Your
Committee on Credentials beg leave to sub
mit the following report and recommend
the adoption of the following names as the
roll of the conveutiou.”
On motion the reading of the roll was dis
pensed with and the Secretary resumed the
reading of the report.
In Massachusetts, a contest appearing in the
Twelfth Congressional District, your com
mittee, after a full investigation of the facts,
unanimously recommend that the parties,
Joseph Collun, F. McLearned, A. L. Perry
and George 11. Bloch, be admitted to this
convention, and each shall be entitled to one
haif vote. Your committee unanimous’}*
recommend that the following names of dele
gates from the several Territories, embraced
in the call of tile National Democratic Conven
tion, and District of Columbia, be admitted
to the floor of this convention, participating
In its deliberations, and that they be entitled
to vote npou all questions. [Applause.]
OPPOSING TIIE TERRITORIES.
Mr. Randolph, of New Jersey—l wish to of
fer an amendment to the report, and will send
the resolution to the desk to be read.
Itesolred, That Territorial delegates be not
allowed to vote on the floor of this conven
tion.
Mr. Randolph—l am one of the memtiers of
this committee, aud 1 submit that as delegates
from these Territores have no votes they
should have no votes here.
The Chair—The question isupon the amend
ment offered by the gentleman from New
Jersey.
Judge McArthur, of Oregou—Mr. President
and gentlemen of the convention: as
a representative of the Pacific
coast, as a friend of the people of the Territo
ries, and as a Democrat, I raise my voice
against the motion and amendment offered by
the gentleman from New Jersey. [Applause.]
It seems to me that every Democrat in this
broad land, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from the lakes to the levees, has a living, vi
tal interest in the proceedings of this conven
tion, and it would be unjust to the people who
are struggling to build up the Territories iuto
prosperous States, to adopt this amendment.,
and silence the voices of their
delegates who have been invited
to attend and who have come here
with the understanding that they should par
ticipate fully in the deliberations of this
party. [Great applause and cries of “ques
tion”].
The Chair—The questson is upon the adop
tion of the amendment offered by Mr. Ran
dolph. of New Jersey.
The amendment was put and lost.
The Chair—The question recurs upon the
adoption of the report of the Committee on
Credentials.
The question was put and the report adopted,
amid loud cheers.
THE PERMANENT OFFICERS.
The report of the Committee on Permanent
Organization was then made, the name of
W. 11. Vilas, of Wisconsin, being presented
as President, with a list of Vice Presidents of
one from each State, aud several Secretaries
and assistants, and 1 hat the Secretaries and
Clerks of the temporary organization be con
tinued under the permanent organization. The
report was unanimously adopted, and Mr.
Hendricks, of Indiana, with live other gen
tlemen, was appointed to escort Mr. Vilas to
the Chair.
The temporary Chairman, in presenting Mr.
Vilas to the convention, returned thanks for
the charity and forbearance shown toward
himself, and which, he said, the permanent
Chairman would need much less.
Mr. Vilas, m taking the Chair, returned
thanks for the honor done him. His speech
appears in full elsewhere in the News.
Gen. Butler entered the hall during the
delivery of the speech and was heartily ap
plauded.
EAGER FOR THE NOMINATIONS.
Mr Snowden, of Pennsylvania, offered a res
olution for a call of the roll of the states for
the placing in nomination of candidates for
President and Vice President.
Mr. Clunie, of California, moved its refer
ence to the Committee on Platform. Nomi
nations, he said, should not be made till after
the adoption of the platform.
The motion was rejected.
A delegate from Missouri moved an ad
journment until 11 o’clock to-morrow morn
ing, as the Committee on Platform had got
till to-morrow to make its report. The mo
tion to adjourn was lost.
HISSES FOR GRADY.
A motion wa3 made to lay on the table Mr.
Snowden’s motion to make nominations now.
A vote was taken by States and resulted in the
negative. When the State of New York was
called its vote of 72 was announced in the
negative.
Mr. Grady challenged the vote amid great
noise, uproar and hisses, and tried to present
the original tally.
The Chairman, however, refused io have
the roll call interrupted.
A Connecticut delegate called attention
to the hisses, and asked that the ushers be in
structed to enforce order.
The Chairman said that the guests of the
convention could not be permitted to inter
rupt its harmonious and orderly proceedings,
and directed the Sergeant-at-Armsto remove
any persons who should violate the order.
The roll-call was then proceeded with to the
After the roll-call, and before the an
nouncement of the result,the Chairman recog
nized Mr. Grady, of New York, who claimed
that the report was at variance with the offi
cial tally.
The Chairman called on Mr. Manning, the
Chairman of the New Fork delegation, to state
again what the vote was.
Mr. Manning gave it as 72 nays.
The Chairman ruled that he must accept the
vote of the New York delegation as a unit,
because the State Convention had instructed
the delegates to vote as a unit on all questions.
The vote was finally announced as 282 yeas to
521 nays, so the convention refused to lay the
motion on the table.
Upon the motion to table Mr. Snowden's
resolution ordering the convention to go into
nominations, Georgia cast 8 votes in the
affirmative and IS in the negative. Florida's 8
votes were cast in the negative. South Caro
lina cast 11 aflirmative and 7 negative votc6.
A BALLOT FAR OFF.
The Chair then announced the question to
be upon the motion to proceed to the naming
of candidates as amended, so as to read that
no vote shall be taken until the report of the
Committee on Resolutions is submitted. The
motion was declared carried amidst uproar
oua applause, mingled with lond protests from
various delegates. Successive motions were
made to adjourn to 7 o’clock to-night and 11
o'clock to-morrow morning, but both were
defeated.
The Chair then said: “The call of States
for the nomination of candidates for President
w JiL ■B r proceed." [Loud applause.]
The Clerk then commenced to call the roll ol
States according to their alphabetical order,
and received no response until California
was reached, when Mr. Spencer, of Califor
nia, said that the State of California will have
to ask the indulgence of the convention. “We
have a name to present for the nomination.
The gentleman who is to present that name is
temporarily absent. Wd ask that the State of
California be passed for the moment.”
The Chair—lt shall be so done.
The clerk then called the States of Colorado
and Connecticut, but received no response.
BAYARD FIRST ON THE TRACK.
When the State of Delaware was called
there was an unmediate outbr ak of cheers.
After the uproar had subsided Gen. Grey, of
Delaware, came to the platform and addressed
the convention. He said that ie had been in
structed to present the name of a man worthy
to receive the nomination. He uid so under
a realization of the sense of responsibility
resting on the convention to act so that the
great opportunity which God Himself, he rev
erently believed, had given them, should not
pass away unimproved. The Republican
nomination had flung defiance into the face of
American manhood, and had shocked the con
science of the best men in the Republican
party. Such a nomination was a sign of the
decadence of that great organization—not a
sign of increasing strength. The Democracy
called for a candidate who had been*
tried in the balance and had never been
found wanting. The Democracy demanded a
statesman whose wisdom and experience were
known. It demanded a leader whose chival
ric courage would never falter and who could
and would bring to the dust “The Plumed
Knight” of false pretensoand of personal dis
honor.
MUST BE BLAINE’S OPPOSITE.
It demanded a man with a private charac
ter which would defy the malignant tongue of
slander. It demanded a man who should tie
iu his public and private charac
ter the very antithesis and opposite
of the nominee ot the Republican
party. [Cheers.] A man who was air this
and more, and whose uame was now leaping
from their hearts to their mouths, was Thomas
Francis Bayard. [Loud cheers.] Mr. Bayard,
as a candidate, would make no mistake. His
name would still the voice of factionalism.
He would carry every doubtful State,
ami would make some Republican
States doubtful. [Applause.] Enthu
siasm would take the place of
apathy, and would grow, and still grow as the
leaves were falling, till the dreary November
was made ripe and glorious bv the pn ana of
Democratic victory. [Loud cheers.]
M’DONALD PUT FORWARD.
When the State of Indiana was called, Mr.
Hendricks came forward amidst a burst of
enthusiasm lasting several minutes. Upon a
pnrtial subsidence of the noise a wild gallery
delegate, with a voice like a rolling mill,
shouted: “Three cheers for the old ticket!”
and they were given with extra
ordinary vigor. He said that tiie people
tlemanded a change in the management of
Federal affairs, aud that if tiie convention
would give them half an opportunity they
would execute that purpose in the election of
President the coming fall. [Cheers.] lie be
lieved the nominee of the convention would
be chosen President of the United States, the
first inaugurated Democratic Pres
ident in twenty-four years. [Cheers.]
He spoke of the official corruption of the Re
publican party, and referred to Secretary
Chandler's recent testimony before the Senate
Committee, in which he said that the defalca
tions in one of his bureaus would not exceed
$63,000, and yet forty years ago an adminis
tration had gone down’ because of a defalca
tion of $60,000, and that the only one. livregard
to the civil service, he said that there were
men of ability* iu the public service, and lie
would not ask that they should bo driven out of
office. None hut such should be continued.
None but the fittest should survive.
THE FOREIGN POLICY.
Referr'ng to the foreign policy of the gov
ernment he said that it would be a beautiful
spectacle if this Republic, so strong, so secure,
should lead the nations in a movement for
permanent peace and for the relief of the peo
ple everywhere from standing armies and
wasteful war. He then came down to the
main subject of his speech and suggested for
the consideration of the convention a citizen
of the State of Indiana, Joseph E. McDonald.
[Cheers.] lie then sketched Mr. McDonald’s
career, aud declared that if he were
iu the White House uo man who
would go to see him there would find fault
with tin candid and frank manner of bis
reception. He did not speak for himself alone,
or for Mr. McDonald alone, but for the great
State of Indiana, which had instructed her
delegates to present Mr. McDonald's name to
this great convention. No matter where the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
lived, Indiana had always been found true,
but that fact should not come in judgment
against her.
INDIANA NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED.
They should not say from election to elec
tion, and from convention to convention, that
they need not trouble about Indiana, as her
vote was sure, but that they must take rare,
lie would say by way of illustration, of New
York. [Laughter and applause.] Mr. Mc-
Donald was a man of good judgment and of
high character, and his name was presented
by a great State. He, therefore, presented
that name, and all he asked was justice.
Gen. Black, of Illinois, seconded the nomi
tlon of McDonald. They would present, lie
said, a platform which would appeal
to the sober judgment of the
people. They also needed a man
whose antecedents, known of all men, consti
tuted a satisfactory answer to all reasonable
objections. They needed a man whose views
on all public questions could be found with
out a search warrant and determined without
an inquisition. McDonald was such a man.
Ho had favored the monetization of silver
aud the saving of the Pacific coast from Coolie
servile lalior. A wise legislator, a true finan
cier, a brave statesman, his record glittered
with the stars of truth and all mielit see its
glory. Every star in it was a Democratic
star, and all its glories were those of tiie peo
ple. [Cheers].
THURMAN’S PRESENTATION.
John W. Breckinridge, of California, in
troduced by the Chairman as a son of the last
Democratic Vice President, who was not un
justly deprived of his office, came to the plat
form. He said that the delegates from Cali
fornia had been instructed to present for the
consideration of tiie convention a man who
needed no eulogy, whose name was in the
hearts of the whole American people, a man
who, if nominated, would be the
next President of the United States.
That man was Allan G. Thurman, of
Ohio. [Cheers.] For more than twenty years
Thurman had been the boldest and ablest ad
vocate of Democratic doctrines aud of Demo
cratic principles. Tiie only objection urged
against him was that Ohio was an October
State. The reply to that was that this was
not a State convention, but a national con
vention.
The nomination of Thurman was indorsed
by Gen. Durban Ward, of Ohio, who declared
that Ohio would be the battle ground of the
Presidential election. The Democracy could
win without it, but if the Democracy carried
Ohio in October the battle would be already
won.
THE DEMOCRATIC AJAX.
The Democrats wanted an Ajax with a hel
met and spear to thunder along the line and
deal death-giving blows to the foe. Allan G.
Thurman was that Ajax in intellect, in cour
age, iu adherence to constitutional law in de
fense of the rights of the masses, in defiance
of the power of monopolies, and in defiance of
the corruptions of the age. Thurman had no
peer except Tilden. [Applause]. The Dem
ocracy had carried the State of Ohio in the
last two annual elections and with Thurman
as the Presidential candidate it would carry
it again next October. He was no callow
politician, but was a colossal figure in the
Democratic party. [Applause.]
It was observable that part of the Ohio dele
gation refused to participate in the applause
hat greeted the name of Thurman.
KENTUCKY’S FAVORITE SON.
James A. McKenzie, of Kentucky, next
came to the platform and in the name of the
State, which he said would give 50,000 major-
the Democratic nominee, nominated
thwiresent * distinguished Speaker of the
American House of Commons, John G. Car
lisle. In all the essential characteristics of
manliness, courage, ability and patriotism,
Carlisle was the peer of any great name
that had or would be mentioned in connec
tion with that office. No name carried with
it more of the talismanic charm or more of the
respect of the American people than his. He
was a man not born for small or selfish things.
He was a man to whom dishonor was un
known. He was one made up of greatness,
one who had a victorious birthright in his
name alone. It might be urged that he came
from the wrong side of the Ohio river, but if
the statutes of limitation was ever to run then
that plea ought to begin now. [Cheers.]
THE TATTOOED MAN SHOWN UP.
He contrasted Carlisle and Blaine, the first
as being a man on whom every god had
seemed to set his seal, the other as leprous
with accusation and covered aud tattooed all
over. [Applause.J When the forces of Oliver
Cromwell were lying on their arms awaiting
battle, they frequently engaged in angry dis
putation concerning matters of faith, but
when the order to charge came down the line
from old Ironsides and that the forces
of Prince Rupert were in front,
they forgot their differences and had
no thought but victory until success
crowned the arms of the Protector.
So, when the Chairman of the convention
would shortly give to the Democrats the com
mand all along the line they would, laying
aside all differences and dissensions, bicker
ing and strife, charge the Republican party
front and rear. If they had John G. Carlisle
at the head of the column they would win
such a victory as was won by the Puritan
forces of Cromwell at Naseby and Merston
Moor. [Cheers.]
When the State of Massachusetts was called
the response was awaited with much curi
osity. Cheers and hisses were about equally
balanced.
But it was announced by Mr. Abbett that
Massachusetts had no nomination to make.
At this time the nomination of Bayard was
eloquently seconded by Mr. Hooker, of Mis
sissippi.
THE TIDAL WAVE GOVERNOR NAMED.
When the State of New York was called
there was a good deal of cheering and waving
of hats and handkerchiefs on the
part, principally, of the spectators
in the galleries. At 3:55 o’clock
Mr. Lockwood, of New York, came up to the
platform to put in nomination Gov. Cleve
land. He said that the responsibility which
he felt was made greater when be remem
bered that the richest pages of American his
tory had been made up from the re
cords of Democratic administrations,
and he remembered that the outrage
of 1878 was still unavenged. No
man had greater respect than he for the
honored names to be presented to the conven
tion, but the world was moving, and new men
who had participated but little ia politics
were coming to the front. [Cheers.] Three
years ago be had the honor, in the city of Baf
falo, to present the name of the same gentle
man for the office of Mayor. Without hesita
tion, the name of Grover Cleveland had been
accepted as the candidate. [Applause in the
galleries and from portions ’ot the delega
tions.]
CLEVELAND’S TRIUMPH IN 1882.
The result of that election, and the holding
of that office was that in less than nine month!
the State of New York found itself ia a posi
tion to want such a candidate, and when, in
the convention of ISS2, his name was pre
sented for the office of Governor of New York
the same class of people knew that that meant
honest government, that it meant pure gov
ernment. that it meant Democratic govern
ment, and it was ratified [Applause.! Now
the Democratic State of New York came and
asked that there be given to the Independent
and Democratic voters of the country, the
young men of the country, the new blood of
the country, the name of’Grover Cleveland.
[Cheers.]
The nomination of Cleveland was seconded
by Carter Harrison, of Illinois. Six weeks
ago. lie said, the cry was “Tilden and Re
form,” now it was “Cleveland and Reform.”
[Cheers.] The Democrats of Illinois believed
that the mantle of Samuel J. Tilden had fall
en and rested gracefully on tiie shoulders ot
Grover Cleveland. He knew that there was a
factional fight waged against him. He knew
that it was said that a great church would
oppose him on religious grounds. No! That
church never allowed its ministers’ voices to
lie heard iu the pulpit preaching politics.
[Cheers and cries of “Never.”]
So it was said that the Irish would knife
him. Were the Irish ever known to knife the
Democratic psrtv. except for a good reason''
Here a prominent Irish politician of Chi
cago, John Forsythe, shouted out from ainoug
the audience an angry denial, aud the words
“yes” and “no” were several timesexchanced
between him and Mr. Harrison. Finally or
der was restored and Mr. Harrison proceeded
with his speech.
He closed with the assurance that the nomi
nation of Cleveland would help the Democ
racy to wiu next November.
'I he nomination of Cleveland was also sec
onded by Mr. Jones, of Minnesota.
GRADY THROWS A FIREBRAND.
Thomas F. Gradv, of New York, then came
to the platform.
The poiut of order was raised that unless
Mr. Grady was going to second the nomina
tion he was not in order, but the Chairman
overruled the point, aud said that as he had
recognized Mr. Grady that gentleman must
be heard. Mr. Grady then proceeded to ad
dress the convention. He said that he should
be glad to second Cleveland’s nomination, ex
cept that he knew that the gentleman could
not carry New York. A sure and unerring
test of that fact was that the last Democratic
Convention of New York was equally divided
against him, and the delegates at large were
divided between his friends and opponents.
At this point Mr; Bragg, of Wisconsin, rose
to make a point of order, but his voice was
drowned by shouts and yells from the galle
ries. When there was some degree of order,
Mr. Bragg stated his point to be that the or
der of business was the nomination and sec
onding of candidates.
The Chair said lhat a similar point of order
had been made in the St. Louis convention
aud sustained, but he had been disposed to be
exceedingly lenient in allowing the course of
the remarks, supposing that Mr. Grady would
come to the point of makiug a nomi
nation, but unless ho was about to do
so the Chair would be obliged to sustain the
point of order.
Mr. Manning, of New York, asked unani
mous consent that Mr. Grady might be al
lowed to proceed with his speech.
GRADY’S ATTACK.
Mr. Grady said that the object of the con
vention was to make a nomination for Presi
dent that would be ratilied by the people at
the polls. He did not claim that the Irish or
Catholics were against Cleveland,but the anti
monopolist elements of tiie State, and the
laboring interests of the Slate, Catholic and
I’rotestant, Irish, German and Ameri
can, were opposed to his nomination and
would be opposed to his election.
Cleveland had been elected in 1882 by a ma
jority of 152,000, but the last election in that
State showed a Republican majority of 18,597,
making a change of 211,000 in the Democratic
vote.
Here a good deal of impatience was mani
fested by all, and shouts of “sit down" re
sounded from the galleries. A threat was
made that the galleries would be cleared, and
so Mr. Grady was allowed to go on witli his
speech, but not without continued interrup
tions from the galleries, lie was told
to “make that speech for Blaine,”
but the Chair announced with an air of deter
mination that the gentleman should have a
full and fair opportunity to say every word
that he was entitled to sav.
THE FIVE CENT FARE VETO.
Mr. Grady went on to discuss the veto of the
elevated railroad bill, and to show how that
veto was injurious to the working classes. He
declared that the State of New York could
not be carried by Cleveland, not because of
any Irish question or of any Catholic question,
but because of this anti-monopoly question,
in which the people had a deep-seated
feeliDg that no man could be worse to them in
that regard than Cleveland. He knew o' but
one occasion on which Cleveland was called
upon to show his hand whether he was a
Democrat or something else, and Cleveland
proved that time to be something else. He
denied that the fight against Cleveland was
the same as had been made eight years ago
against Tilden.
[A motion for a recess was.made at this time
and negatived.]
If the candidate was to come from New
York some man should be taken who would
not be antagonized by the Democracy of New
York. The Democracy could carrvNew York
for Thurman, Bayard, McDonald or Randall,
but not for Cleveland. New York was safe
it the Democratic party was kept solid, but
not otherwise.
COCIIRAN GIVEN HIS SAY.
Mr, Cochran, of New' York, in behalf of the
minority of the New York delegation, came
to the platform to second one of the nomina
tions, but wanted to go into a statement of
New York politics, to which Mr. Bragg, of
Wisconsin, objected, and against which he
made a point of order w hich was overruled
by the Chair.
Mr. Cochran declared, amid shouts of in
credulous laughter, that no person felt more
kindly than he to Cleveland, but he was too
old a friend of his to wish to sewhim nominated
for President. He was asked to give the name
of the candidate whose nomination he sec
onded. His answer that he would name a
man who never could be called guiltyof a
single act favoring corporate institutions—a
man who had never prostituted the executive
power to veto bills that were
conceived in the interest of labor;
a man whose hair had grown white in the
service of the country. [Cries of “He means
Thurman,” but he did not name him.l Why,
lie asked, should the Demoeratic party take a
plunge in the dark, and subject the future for
tunes of party to the hazard of a lottery.
WHY GO IT BLIND?
Why should they thrust their hand into a
bag and draw out a number which might turn
out to be a regenerator for the party, a Moses,
or might turn out to be a false prophet, whom
it would be much better not to have discovered.
He warned the convention against a repetition
of that insanity, that fatuity, which had affect
ed the Democracy for the last twenty years.
He hoped that all these burning questions
would be left lo be settled by the State of New
York itself, and that the convention would
pause before it invaded an unwilling State,
and lie appealed to the convention to ratify
the nomination of that “graud old Democrat,
Allan G. Thurman, ol Ohio.”
E. K. Apgar, of New York, was next heard
in a short speech seconding tiie nomination of
Cleveland.
A delegate inquired whether this was a
State Convention at Albany or a National
Covention at Chicago.
The Chairman gave a comforting assurance
that this would be the last speech from the
New York delegation, and so Mr. Apgar went
on with his speech, contesting the views put
forward against Cleveland.
A motion to suspend the order of business
was made and carried, and then, at 6:20
o’clock, the convention took a recess until
10:30 o’clock to-morrow morning.
>m. VILAS’ SPEECH.
Ringing Words Which Fired the Con
vention with Enthusiasm.
Chicago, July -9.—Following is the
speech of Mr. Yilas in accepting the per
manent Chairmanship of the convention:
Gentlemen of the National Democracy : I
know full well that this mark of your favor is
no personal compliment, but is a recognition
of the young Democracy of the Northwestern
States [loud applause], and I claim it to be
their due [loud applause], as a tribute
eir lofty zeal and patriotism, for their
long and gallant struggle against an out
numbering foe, ana for their great
and growing numbers [applause], and
I hail it as a presage and prototype of their
coming triumph. [Applause.] But I am
proud, though honored beyond all deserving,
in being selected as their representative, and
I gratefully acknowledge my obligation, and
render you hearty thanks for the honor you
have been pleased to confer. [Applause.] No
pledge is necessary for a continuance of their
devotion. As it has hitherto been, so will it
abide in the contest now at hand—pure, un
selfish, resolute and its great
object shall be achieved in the restoration and
security of an upright and constitutional gov
ernment. [Loud applause.] Fellow delegates,
you are assembled to consider a great cause,
to pronounce a most momentous judgment.
Your hand is on the helm of a mighty nation
of freemen, fifty-five millions of freemen who
are and one hundred millions who soon will
be—our nation, earth’s greatest, noblest, free.
Society will rejoice in the well considered
work of this convention. [Applause.]
POSSIBILITIES OF THE HOUR.
Its important value lies not in mere parti
san success in touching the spoils of office. It
is a nobler opportunity. The hour is preg
nant with pos-ibdities of good to men. Lib
erty, constitutional liberty, struggling in the
surf of corruption, injustice and favoritism*
cries aloud for resuscitation, for purification,
and for reform. [Applause.] An assemblage
of politicians such as long possession of udli
rensed power creates but recently filled this
ball with clamor, and it is said to have been
too well manufactured to have been the pro
duct of infant industry. [Laughter.] They
have announced their purposes, and they
claim the submission of the country as if it
were theirs to command. How have they met
the just expectations of this intelligent peo
-81e? Like some corporations which have
ourished under their auspices, they have
issued the watered stock of promises
’laughter], and every one a confession. They
have promised to redress only disorders they
have themselves communicated to the body
politic. [Laughter and applause.] They prof
fer infection to cure the disease. [Laughter.]
They have tendered nothing adequate or
worthy to toe fervent aspirations and high
hopes of this patriotic and progressive people.
To a country which rejoices in restored nDitv
and concord they under a renewal of sectiona’l
strife. To a nat ion which feels the impulse of
a mighty growth and yearns for leadership in
noble prosperity they offer the Inspiration of
national calamity and misfortune.
THE GILDED ARTS OF DF.MAGOGISM.
, To a proud and sensitive people demanding
dcliverence from dishonoring corruption, de
manding decency in the selectiou aud clean
liness in the holding of their public stations,
they offer the gilded arts of skdful demagog
ism. .Applause.] To the generous ardor of
youth, nobly ambitious to achieve a freeman’s
manhood, they proffer the elevating senti
ments of the party machine. To men of toil
seeking only equat opportunity toeam a free
mau s livelihood they cry: “Be we your mas
ters, vdlians.and you shall have bread.” [Ap
plause.] The burden of their ram
paign is already made manifest, shout
i.P common political parlance—
•boap. . 11-aughter.j Its inspiration and
ammunition [laughter and applause] are the
boisterous cry of the drill sergeant, the black
list for".he hesitating, rewards to the willing.
That is the politicians' share who. from the
ranks ofthc whole, amass the fruits of others’
labor. The air is already filled with the va
pors of visionary schemes addressed to the va
riouA interests and factions of weak and un
deserving men, and some are induced to ex
pect advantage from the chaotic possibilities
of a foreign war. The history of tuo republic
will have been read in vain if such a prospect
does not alarm aud warn us.
LIBERTY THREATENED BY FRAUD.
Twice already has liberty sunk beneath the
waves of fraud and venality, aud site has seen
her chosen servants, her chosen high priests,
chosen by a majority of votes—exceeding all
which were cast to elect Washington, Adams.
Jefferson and Madison, and I think I might
add Monroe—displaced by chicanery and her
people temporarily enslaved by the fraiulu
lcnt usurpation of their places. [ApplaMse.]
she has seen national elections perverted
by a stream of money which flowed
from gaping wounds at Washington.
Can she rise a third time if again flubmerged
by her enemies'? Gentlemen, no patriot here
can contemplate the event without a pro
found conviction that the duties of this hour
rise far beyond partisanship. There is one
supreme question before us, how sin 11 me
most surely rescue the republic? I know you
will pardon me for saving that it is no time
for personal devotion aud a personal canvass.
NO MAN WITH A CLAIM.
No man lias the slighest claim to our
personal preference, and we have no
personal preferences, no personal objections
[cheers], and this spirit now animates the
expectant hope which is turned to this con
vention from every quarter of this Union.
Great changes have lieen wrought in recent
years in this country, not alone in numbers,
in personal and national characteristics, but
also in the minds of the people ami in the
composition ot the politiral forces. Wo have
ceased to fight. The fratricidal war of slavery
has been purged. The crime of secession has
been punished. Both are at an end, and the
chained man’s sorrows arc forever closed and
stand in memory only as safeguards for na
tional justice, peace and union forever.
[Cheers.] The horrors of tiro dreadful hour
of Internecine conflict must stimulate suit
able honor and reward to the noble men
whose lives were offered for their country’s
salvation, hut these people will not go back
ward to destroy the fruits of their labor and
sacrifices. Tiie hour of peace and concord,
the embrace of friends after tiie bitter war,
the restored joy of happy liberty and endur
ing union are their highest honor.
THE DEAD ENMITY.
Who fans a dying spark of enmity strips
the tenderest leaves from that laurel life of
glory [cheers], and doubly wicked lie who
penis tiie nation’s jieace and happiness to
servo by such ends vain ambition. [Cheers. 5
The day for such attempts has passed. A
new generation is on the scene of action—an
educated and intelligent generation. They
understand our institutions. They compre
hend the tremenduous growth and capabilities
of the country and they accept the responsi
bilities which have devolved upon them.
Their realizing sense is keen that tiie welfare
and progress of this people have long de
manded an utter and radical change in the
administration of the government. fAp
plause.] 1
[At tins stage of Mr. Vilas’ speeehßenia-
S ln . , ■ , ut *Sr appeared, escorted by one of
his old aids, Mr. Drinkwater, and was receiv
ed with uproarous applause, mingled with
some hisses from people who did Dot seem to
relish the interruption. After the confusion,
occasioned by this episode, Mr. Vilas resumed
as follows:
They have heard repcatcdpromUes of reform
withjeach reenrring'election, and with disgrace
and shame they witness each new adminis
tration discover deeper iniquities than those
it proposed to amend. [Applause.]
THE ONLY REMEDY.
There is a growing conviction that one re
form which will work all others, and is the
condition or all, is the utter defeat of the pres
ent party in power [applause], and there
is but one hope. It is vain to look to any new
party organization. [Applause.] The pros
perity and progress and hope of this republic
rests to-day upon the wisdom and patriotism
of the Democracy now here in convention.
[Loud applause.] It is adequate to the great
responsibility. It is tiie party which brings
down the traditions and represents tiie prin
ciples upon which this government was
founded as a homestead of equality and lib
erty. [Applause.] It is the party of Thomas
Jefferson. [Applause.] Of James Madison.
[Applause.] And of Andrew Jackson. [Ap
plause.] As they taught and led it it stands
to-dayilhe party of the people—for honesty,
capability and fidelity in tiie public servie’e,
for strict principles o( public econ
omy in their political affairs for
the encouragement of every art and industry,
the development of trade and manufactures
with equal justice to all. [Applause.]
THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.
It stands as the inspired party of the people
for a generous diffusion of knowledge, the
elevation of every man, for common rights
and equal opportunities for all, the resolute
enemy of monopoly, of class favoritism and
corporate oppression, the friend of labor, tiie
inspiration of youth, the nursery of freemen.
[Ajjplause.] It has shared the vicissi
tudes, frailtffis and faults of humanity.
It has profited bv the sweet
uses of adversity [laughter], and it stands for
that to-day, with diciplincd patriotism, fitted
to invoke and receive the restoration of that
power which for half a century it wielded to
the nation’s grandeur and glory. [Applause.]
More than five millions of freemen, a greater
number tlian cast ballots for Lincoln, Brcck
enridge, Douglas and all combined who com
posed the patriotic agitation, for nearly 20
years have been recruited steadily and con
stantly from the upright and fearless, who,
preferring the rewards of self respect to the
allurements of power, have shaken the dust
from their feet and departed from the .Sodurn
of so-called Republicanism.
THE PRESENT PARTY.
It has changed for this venality and time
serving men of its own former possession who
sought the spoils of office when they were to
be found. 1 1 has received and continually re
ceived new accessions of those who come m
the same character. It has enlisted and
caught the lire of the young manhood of this
nation, and the spirit of victory rules its
councils and rides in front of its battle. [Ap
plause.] The fatality of blundering has
become a Republican possession [laughter
and applause], and the doom the gods award
to folly let us pray may be theirs. Conlldent
expectation may be placed in your wise de
liberations. We mav hope from your wisdom
that the first step will be taken and that our
nation shall be again restored to its real sta
tion among the powers of the earth. Its ma
rine power and commerce again, as of yore,
will break the waves of every sea and spread
its flag in every sky. [Applause.]
WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE.
We may hope to see the squandering of
public wealth cease, and justice take her
place in our laws regulating finance and
economy. We may hope to see a Democratic
people of equality and simplicity and fru
gality where happiness mav best be found
[applause], and as the millions multiply and
the subdued earth yields her abundant in
crease, while every form of art and industry
employ their cheerful labor, the proudest
boast of American citizenship shall rise not
from the favored sons of wealth, but from the
manly freeman who returns with the evening
sun from his place of honored toil to the
house whi'h is his own [loud ap
plause], when the blossoming vine
and rose bespeak the frazrant
happiness of the loved ones at home. [Loud
applause.] Gentlemen, in the arduous duties
before me I implore your generous forbear
ance. I stand.in greater need of indulgent con
sideration on account of the comparison in
which I must suffer with the brilliant ser
vices of the distinguished gentleman who has
just filled the chair [tremendous applause]
with the well-deserved plaudits of this con
vention. [Loud applause.] I pledge you my ut
most effort* to administer my functions here
with impartially. [Loud applause.]
HOW THE STATES FEEL.
Explanations of the Vote on the Unit
Rule, and Presidential Possibilities.
Chicago, July o.—The Indiana head
quarters. both at the Palmer and Grand
Pacific Hotels, were scenes of activity last
night. Indiana was one of the few States
who cast her vote solid yesterday after
noon on the unit rule amendment. Her
30 votes were recorded in favor of abolish
ing the unit rule. In explanation of this
vote the delegates say that the motive of
Indiana was to break the unit rule so as
to weaken Cleveland in his own State and
scatter the votes.
WORK OF MANAGERS.
The Cleveland managers were industri
ously at work all night. The circular is
sued by the Young Men’s Democratic
Club of Brooklyn wag again pressed upon
the attention of outside delegates. It
urges the nomination of Cleveland on ac
count of his availability with the Inde
pendent Republicans, who will be attract
ed to him. Their support will be for the
benefit of the Democratic party. The
delegates are further advised that in or
der to insure the support of these Repub
licans it is necessary to have a
plank in the platform favoring revenue
reform. It is a fact to be carefully noted,
say these friends of Cleveland, that the
Republican revolt against Blaine is com
posed, for the most part, of individuals
and tournala that are m favor of tariff re
form. There are other Republicans rep
resented here not considered by these
fentlemen. They are not free-traders,
ut are those who do not like the sweep
ing tendency to centralization of the Re*
publicans.
The enthusiasm shown for ex-Senator
j Thurman yesterday encourages many in
I the hope that he may be finally selected
as a compromise candidate. Nothing can
be urged against him, sav they. The Cal
] ifornians are verydemonstrative in push
ing his candidacy, and if Ohio were
united for him and equally as zealous he
would be very formidable.
The Indiana delegation are confident that
McDonald is growing in strength, but evi
dences are obtainable that the delegation is
keeping in view the second place on the
ticket m case they fall for the first place.
HOW ILLINOIS FELT.
After sitting till past midnight the Illinois
canons adjourned without reaching a final
decision. The vote on Presidential prefer
ences stood—Cleveland 17, McDonald 12 ami
Bayard 2. In regard to the vote on the unit
role in the convention, Gen. Black, of Uliuois.
said that he thought that it waa made up of
fourelenents. First, nearly all of Cleveland's
strength. Second, the lingering sentiment of
States riphts as indicated in South Carolina's
vote. the power of the machine; and
fourth, a disposition to refuse any demand
made hy kellv.
KELLY ON THE WAR PATH.
Last night and this morning an immense
amount of work was done by John Kelly and
“J® men. The actual results of yesterday's
filibustering they claim to be a decrease in the
total vote of Cleveland of at least fifty votes,
and perhaps more. The opposition hold that
any method that can stave off a ballot on
the Presidential nominee is sure
to lie disastrous to Cleveland’s chances. It
gives tiie other candidates a chance to figure.
At noon yesterday, the managers of the field
against Cleveland say, Cleveland’s greatest
strength was reached.
CLEVELAND’S CLAIMS.
Cleveland onjored a strong boom after tiie
defeat of the New Y’ork delegation, but the,
vote on Grady's amendment yesterday is'
capable of several interpretations. "The
Cleveland men claim of course that it showed
oulv a |iortion of the New York Governor’s
real strength.
The friends of ltavard. Thurman and Mc-
Donald,on the other hand, say that Cleveland's
actual strength is at least 100 short of the 463
votes cast against the amendment. Many be
lieve that these 100 votes, or a very large pro
portion of them, could have to-day been con
verted to a position against the unit rule.
HOW TEXAS WILL GO.
The Texas headquarters, at the Grand Pa
cific Hotel, was largely visited last night.
Gov. Hubbard, Temporary Chairman of the
convention, stood nt one end of the room
while a hundred delegates and visitors, in
cluding many ladies, passed through and were
presented to hint. Towards 10 o’clock the
rooms were so crowded that admittance was
refused. Daniel Manning and Delegate Fel
lows, of New York, addressed the delegates
in behalf of Cleveland, macing strong appeals
for their candidate. Senator Lamar made a
short speech in reply, dwelling upon tho inter
ests of the South. No formal vote of tiie Texas
delegation has been taken, but careful inquiry
last night indicated that Bayard bad 18,
Cleveland 4, and White 4. The delegates
frankly admit that they are undecided. Jt is
not relieved that Texas will vote as a unit,
for the reason that the recent State Conven
tion at Forth Worth abolished the two-thirds
rule In the State ami county matters, aud
hence the delegation does not feel warranted
in exercising the majority rule to invoke a
solid vote in the convention. Temporary
Chairman Hubbard's vote in his delegation
was recorded iu favor of sustaining Ihe unit
rule. After Bayard, Texas is almost unani
mous for Thurman.
THE BANDANA BRIGADE.
Thurman’s Followers Booming Him for
All He Is Worth.
Chicago, July 9.—lied bandana hand
kerchiefs around high white hats were
the political rage to-night. Hundreds of
enthusiastic admirers of Thurman dis
played bandanas after the adjournment of
the convention, passing through the hotel
corridors and cheering for “the old Ro
man.” Those who have entered upon the
canvass in his behalf, claim that ho has
developed strength in unexpected
quarters outside ofOhio, but acknowledge
that his own State is still divided. It
was declared that California, Texas and
Georgia could be relied upon to cast a
solid vote for him, and that Kentucky
and Indiana would follow in the event
that Carlisle and McDonald developed
none, and that a portion of Massachusetts
and bayard’s strength in the South could
also be relied upon.
CLEVELANDITES PROFITING BY TAM
MANY’S ATTACK.
The open attack upon Cleveland by
Tammany, however, is being urged as an
argument in Cleveland's favor, and three
Illinois delegates who have been unde
cided were announced for Cleveland to
night. It is urged upon Western and
Southern delegates that Taramanv should
not be allowed to point out the road for
the National Democracy. On the other
hand two more votes in the lowa delega
tion have fallen off lrom Cleveland, and
while a strong effort will be made with
the delegate to vote solid on the first
ballot for Cleveland it is now said that he
will only have 19 votes. The air of the
Cleveland people, however, is one of great
confidence. They say that if necessarv
they can nominate him on the first ballot
and certainly on the second, aud that all
of Pennsylvania and a portion of New
Jersey will come to him whenever the
sign is given. The Bayard and Mc-
Donald people are proceeding very quietly,
and nothing new has been outwardly de
veloped in their canvass.
HITLER’S FORLORN HOPE.
The statement that Butler is out of the
race is denied by Judge Abbott, Chair
man of the Massachusetts delegation. He
would not say that Butler would be placed
in nomination to-morrow, but would
positively say that he had not been with
drawn.
To-morrow ex-Senator Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, will make the nominating
speech for Randall, and considerable in
terest has been manifested in the effort, if
no hitch occurs on the tariff. Balloting is
expected to commence very early in the
session, and if the claims of the Cleve
land managers are realized an adjourn
ment during the day is possible.
TRYING TO KILL CLEVELAND.
A Rumored Attempt to Retire Him in
Hewitt’s Favor.
Chicago, July 9.—The following cur
rent rumor created great excitement here
at noon: It has been ascertained from a
gentleman occupying confidential rela
tions with many members of the New
York delegation, that communications
are now being instituted between Cleve
land’s followers in the New York delega
tions and his friends at Albany and New
York city, with a view to uniting all fac
tions upon the name of some New York
man and the withdrawal of Cleveland.
At 1 o’clock this afternoon John Kelly re
ceived a telegram from a gentleman in New
York, occupying a high political position in
that city, inquiring whether the name of
Abram S. Hewitt would be satisfactory to
Kelly. No reply has been made. This in
quiry, coming from such a confidential source,
indicates that Cleveland’s own friends have
suggested Hewitt’s name. Kelly is repre
sented as being not unfriendly to
Hewitt. It is said that Cleveland’s
organizers held half an hour’s interview with
Gen. Butler this morning and tendered to him
the position of Secretary of the Treasury
under Cleveland if he came to Cleveland’s
support on tiie first ballot. Butler promptly
repfied that be could not consent to hold a
Cabinet office under a man so unskilled in
politics as Cleveland was. In making this
reply to the overture Butler’s language is
said to have been more vigorous than deli
cate, but it conveyed the contemptuous idea
above mentioned.
BUTLER’S BROKEN BACK.
The Widow Gives Up the Race, but Stays
on the Ground.
Chicago, July 9.—Gen. Butler has
withdrawn from the canvass. Maj. Mc-
Davitt and Ben Palmer, two of his work
ers, tacitly admitted the fact that his
withdrawal was in pursuance of a com
pact with John Kelly. The Bayard men
loudly assert that Butler’s strength will
be thrown to their man. This is an open
question, and one which is dependent on
circumstances. The Bayard men also
said this morning that Butler would re
turn home to-day, and that his place in
the convention would be taken by his al
ternate. This statement Maj. McDavitt
promptly denied. He said that Gen. But
ler would be in the convention, and that
he would not go home at noon, but he did
not say that the ex-Governor had not
formed a combination with Kelly.
Tickets for Veterans,
Chicago, July 9.— Referring to the
efforts in the convention for the issue of
extra tickets to veteran soldiers it should
be said on behalf of the National Com
mittee that its Chairman had, before the
question was broached, issued 160 tickets
to veteran soldiers.
A Druggist’s Story.
Mr. Isaac C. Chapman, druggist, New
burg, N. Y., writes us: “I have for the
ten years sold several gross of Dr.
Wm. Hall’s Balsam for tiie Lungs.
I can say of it what I cannot say of any
other medicine. I have never heard a
customer speak of it but to praise its
virtues in the highest manner. I have
recommended it in a great many cases of
\V hooping Cough, with the happiest effects.
I have used it in my own family for many
years; in laet, always have a bottle in the
medicine closet.’’
j PRICK Rio A TEAR. /
f 5 CENTS A COPY j
FRANCE’S GRIM INVADER.
the daily death rate still
heavy.
Thousand, of FugTt7ve*"sM> king to Make
Life Secure—Official Ftgnraa Which
Te„ How Many P wpU ££ JK*
Down \c* terday Work of the D„?.
Marseilles, July Nine deaths from
cholera occurred here last evening.
The number ot persons who have left
ber * on *f Col,ntof cholera has reached
15,000. Lven Magistrates are becoming
panic stricken and are deserting then
posts of duty. The cholera doctors at
tached to the principal depots between
Marseilles and Paris are compelled to be
present whenever trains arrive to search
lor cases of cholera. Gen. Thebgubin has
forbidden the use of pork in the arinv a „.i
school children have lien orS to
HGniV othin " we “ k eoffee or heavily
diluted rum when thirsty. Fourteen
deaths occurred at Marseilles betwwn
noon and midnight.
There were five deaths from cholera at
Toulon between 9 o’clock this morning
and b o clock this afternoon. ■
THE VICTIMS AT TOULON.
Toulon, July 9.—Six deaths occurred
hero from cholera last evening.
OPPOSITION TO THE FETE FAILS.
Paris, July 9.—lt was recently nro-
Bever i l J ortho Ambassadors here
ba l h i L ? U H I JO,IIIIf unite in a protest
against the holding of a fete July it t>
was feared that the cholera would be
spread by the large number of people
who would gather in Paris from various
parts of the country. The plan failed,
however, owing to the opposition of Lord
Lyons, the British Ambassador.
France anil Portugal Against China
London, July 9.-Tbe Pall Mall da
zette says: ‘‘lt is rumored that France
and lortugal have concluded a secret
treaty against China, by the terms of
which France will bo allowed to make
Macao, an island at the mouth of Cantou
r the base of a land attack upon tho
city ot Canton. Auother point of the
that action shall bo taken to
compel China to recognize Macao as Por
tuguese territory, which she has hitherto
refused to do.”
Paris, July 9.—Advices from China
say that war between France and China
is considered inevitable.
England's Parliament.
London, July 9.— \ Cabinet council
was held to-day at which the rejection of
the franchise bill by the House of Lords
was considered. The Liberal clubs are
preparing to protest against the action l.y
the House of Lords on the bill. In the
House of Commons to-day George Ander
son, Radical, gave notice that he would
ask I render Gladstone to arrange for an
early dißcussiou of tho standing resoiu-
Bon in the House to the effect that a con
tinuance of an unreformed hereditary
House ot Lords is incompatible with wise
legislation.
The Pope in n Faint,
Rome, July 9.—The Pope had one or
two fainting tits to-day owing to the ex
cessive heat. These caused the dissem
ination of rumors that His Holiness was
dangerously ill.
F.gypt’* Cotton Crop.
Cairo, July 9.—Owing to the improved
methods of irrigation an unusually abun
dant cotton crop in Egypt is expected.
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Item* of Interest and Some
Items of Little Interest.
Fall lUvkb, July 9.—King Phillip mill,
which did not join in tho shut down last week,
is dosed for the present week. The Annan
wan null will shut down Saturday indefinitely
on account or bad business. The mill pro
duced 1.000 pieces weekly.
PITTSBI ito, July 9.—Assignee Warner of
tho Pennsylvania Bunk entered a suit of con
spiracy against President Riddle, ( hhlli
Kciber, aud oil brokers M. K. MeUttllen.Y.
.1. Watson and it. M. Kennedy, charging that
the funds of the bank were overdrawn $ 1,075,•
000 by the defendants, who had entered into a
combination to control and manipulate the
oil market. Bail was fixed at $20,000 each for
Riddle aud ReUxa. and $15,000 each for the
Others.
Toledo, July 9.—W. L. Lamb, a member
of tiie firm of Cbaseicher, Wood A Cos., pro
prietors of the Buckeye Tobacco Works, was
shot bv a burglar this morning and w ill prob
ably die. Lamb had seized the burglar in a
hali and was trying to overpower him when
he fired, the bull entering the left breast, just
missing the heart. fl
Mobile, July 9.—ln a match game of bil
lards laet night. 1,000 points. French carom,
for SI,OOO, Sir Bowen Edward Lawson, of
Mobile, formerly of California, and Frank
Maggioli. of New Orleans, called the cham
pion of the South, played. The latter won by
211 points.
St. Louis, July 9. —a Colorado Spring
(Col.) special says: “Judgo Hallett, in the
United States Court, this morning appointed
\V. H. Jackson, a banker of this city, receiver
of the Denver and Rio Grandeltailroad.”
Galveston, July 9.—A dispatch from
Gatesville says: "Lonis Johnston and four or
five others went to the house of Harriet
Coates, u negress, for the purpose of lynching
a negro named Isaacs. Some of the party
went to the back door of the house while
others entered at the front and liegan shoot
ing. Isaacs returned the fire aud shot John
son, killing him. He then made bis escape.
Johnson hail a handkerchief over his face.”
Tobonto, July 9.—At a meeting of tho
Trades and Labor Council last night a reso
lution was passed indorsing the action of the
typographical union in ordering and con
ducting its strike here. The council pledged
Itself to support the strikers by every honor
able means in its power, besides asserting its
willingness to assist financially, if need be.
Bbuhhels, June 9.—At Aith, in the province
of lfainnt, yesterday a mob assaulted a pro
cession of clericals and tore their flags. Trie
rioters also attacked and wrecked a Catholic
club house.
Montreal., July 9.—The Orangemen of this
city have decided not to parade on tiie 12th
inst.
Galveston, July 9.—A special from Deni
son says: -‘At 5 o’clock this morning Joseph
Kuntz shot his divorced wife twice in front of
tiie Catholic priest’s residence, of which tho
woman was housekeeper. After shooting his
wife he killed himself.”
Pogvhkkkpsie, N. Y„ July 9.—Philip
Hamilton, youngest son of Gen. Alexander
Hamilton, who was killed in a dud with
Aaron Burr, died here to-day, aged 82 years.
HORSFORD’B ACID PHOSPHATE.
A* a Refrigerant Drink In Fever*.
Dr. C. 11. 8. Davis, Meriden, Conn.,
says: “I have used it as a pleasant and
cooling drink in fevers, and have been
very much pleased with it.”
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
ThU powder never varies. ' A marvel
purity, strength and wholesomeitess. Mori
economical than the kin is, cannot
be sold in competition with the multitude* ol
low test, short weight, alum or pbosphatie >
powders. Sold only in cans, by all grocers, fi
At wholesale in Savannah by
HENRY SOLOMON A SON.
8. GUCKKNHFIMEB * SON.
M. FRRBT M CO.
BELVEDERE HOUSE,
Cor. 4th Avenue and 18th St., New York,
JOS. WEHRLE, Proprietor.
Or the European and American Plan.
FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS for
famiUes and the traveling public, recom
mcndable on account of its healthy and con
venient situation in the centre of the city, m
close proximity to Union Square. Its pro
prietor, of old American and European repu
tation, has made it a point to make his guests