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THE MORNING NIWI, I EstablUhed I*o. - - Incorporated USS. > i. H. ESTILL. President. | n hi nn Silverites More Anxious for Harmony. BOIES ON THE BATTLEGROUND. Bland Backers Use the Fact Against Him. TELLER ON MANY TONGUES. His High Tariff Views to Hurt His Chances. Vigorous Speeches Mail* at the Mass Meeting of the Sonnd Money Ele ment-Bole.' Vl.lt Connected With a Revolt In the Rnnka of the Illi nois Delegation, and the Governor Bald to Hove Captured 13 Votes from Illinois—John H. McLean Son Mentioned for First" Place. Chicago, July 4.—The climax of to-day’s ante-convention developments was the mass meeting of the gold men In the Au ditorium this evening. The speeches of ex-Gov. Russell of Massachusetts, Sena tor Gray of Delaware and District At torney Fellows of New YNork were vig orous enough In their denunciation of the line of action which the convention Is The Building In Which the National Democratic Convention Will Be Held bent on taking on the silver question, but they stopped short suggesting a rem edy or any plan by which the "sound money advocates could hope to stem the current now setting so strongly against them. Gov. Russell's remarks particularly brought out in strong relief the difficulty which is beginning to loom up before the silver managers—what to do with the tariff. Nearly all the bolting republi can delegates at St. Louis declared that their states were solid for free silver and protection. Gov. Russell seized upon this point and asserted that if republican pro tection was right in principle, then sil ver legislation was equally so, but If pro tection was wrong in principle, unjust and oppressive in practice, as the demo cratic party had ever declared and still declared, then silver legislation was equally so, and ought to receive equally emphatic condemnation. This point was obviously directed against the arguments advanced in favor of the selection of Senator Teller as the free silver stand ard-bearer, he being also an earnest ad vocate of protection, and as such its force was appreciated. The effect will un doubtedly be to augment the perplexities which the managers are finding in deal ing with the tariff plank of the platform. The gold men took some courage from the developments of the day and to-night express confidence that they will receive much more consideration in the conven tion at the hands of the silver men than they hai heretofore felt to be their portion. Controller Eckels said: “The silver men have been talking to-day of a de sire to secure harmony in the convention and several gold men with whom they have talked tell me that, in their opin ion, there will be a material modification of the programme that has been an nounced by some of the radical silver men. There will be no attempt to cut off discussion; no single day convention based upon the idea that only silver men are to take part in its proceedings. They rec ognize, X think, that there is an election to be held before the decrees of the con vention can be executed. Harmony is w hat they need.” In the constantly changing estimates as to the probabilities of the success of the various candidates, the boom of the lowa tx-governor, Boies, assumed much promi nence to-day. It transpired in the course ~f the day that the telegram which brought the ex-governor to Chicago was dosely connected with the reported re volt in the ranks of the Illinois delega tion against the alleged dictatorial policy Of Gov. Altgeld. It is asserted that un der the leadership of Delegate William Prentiss of the Seventh Illinois district, the support of thirteen Illinois delegates has been obtained for the lowa man. Some prominent Ohio men this evening were circulating the statement that John r. McLean was not to be considered for second place. • The ticket will be John R. McLean and ,” said Beriah Wilkins, with a significant emphasis, and don’t you over look it." The action of the Ind.ana delegation in refusing to send a representation to the silver conference at the Sherman house last night has aroused a feeling of an tagonism to Gov. Matthews’ candidacy and has also set afoot a movement for a ' icus of all the silver forces for Mon day next. This movement 16 being pfished tv Senator-elect Money of Mississippi ex tongressman Casey Young ofi Tennessee -'•itional Committeeman Thomas of Col fpje Jltenittg | orado and Delegate Haynes of Idaho. They desire to thus agree upon a full I slate of officers and candidates to he voted for by the silver forces. Delegate Coekran of Mississippi ex pressed the sentiment of the extreme free i silver element when he declared to-day 1 that for a silver man to be nominated by i the aid of "gold bug” votes would cast 4 "b.lght upon the ticket and disparage the nominee in the eyes of true silver men.” As the power to call a caucus is vested In Senator Jones and his sub-committee, great pressure Is being brought on the committee. The Matthews people are op posed to such a programme, and are lighting it at every stage. With all these divergent Interests clash ing it will readily be perceived that thus far the securing of the democratic free silver nomination on this glorious Fourth of July remains anybody’s tight. RALLY OF THE GOLD MEM. Ex-Gov. Flower Tells Why Farm Products Sell Cheap. Chicago, July 4.—A public meeting of the friends of the "sound money” cause was held this evening in the Auditorium—a the ater connected with the hotel of that name, and capable of seating some 6,000 or 7,000 spectators. There was not a vacant seat to be had when the serious business of the evening began—the hour between seven and eight having been filled up by select pieces of music given by the band of the First Regiment. On the platform were seated Senator Gray of Delaware. John R. Fellows of New York, Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago, and many other prominent supporters of -the sound money cause and a large number of ladies, While W. C. Whitney of NeW York occupied a seat in one of the boxes. The meeting was called to order by ex- Gov. Roswell P. Flower of New Y'ork, who said: "We are just emerging from the panic of ’93. In that year the banker, the capitalist, the manufacturer, the mer chants were all cut In the middle finan cially. It gradually paralyzed the coun try until In the year 1893 it began to knock down the last brick in the row and that was the agricultural commu nity. All through ’93 and '94 the farmer was getting good prices for everything he raised from the soil and it would seem as though he had escaped the ravages of the panic, but like all panics, It did not end till It reached him. The farmer has had a sad lot for the past twenty .years, but no sadder than other Industries, and as I will show. He Is suffering from an overstimulation by the governments the world of his particular line of indus try. In 1861 the congress of the United states gave land grants to the Union Pa cific railroad. It was found necessary to connect California with the rest of tha union in order to save California to the rest of the union. Then followed the build ing of the Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific, the Rock Island and the various other branches of commerce that reach out from this great city of Chicago. The railroad companies received alternate sec tions of land from the government free of charge. The building of those rail roads induced settlers all along their lines to purchase what the railroad did not own and open up the territory. Then the railroad companies advertised their land in Europe as homes for Ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney, Who Is Leading the Gold Standard Forces at Chicago. the poor and sold them and brought into this country another large body of people to compete w-it.i the rar mers of the east. The farming lands of the east were worth on an average *.w p-r acre. The interest on one acre °-,, t * land twenty years ago would be W-<. a farm in lowa, Illinois, Minnesota or Ne braska is worth five dollars an kcre—the interest on that land per annum would be thirty-flve cents. Now for this d-fference on an acre of land, three dollars and fif teen cents, the farmer of the west could raise double what he could on the eastern land, and send all the products of one a're to Liverpool for the difference in the cost of interest on hts lands per an num. What wonder that land values in the eastern states went dow-n until the western lands commenced to raise in value. These cheap rates of transporta tion by rail and water from the east had levelled the land In the eastern states and raised the value in the west, so that if there had been no other causes at work, the farmer in both the east anu the west would be, sure to do business on a rising value on his farm. But the British government loaned the money to Canadians to build the Cana dian Pacific, opening the vast prairies like our own, and their wheat when har vested was sent directly to Liverpool. Then English capital also bought 4.000 miles of railroad in India, opening up vast wheat fields and cotton fields in compe tition with our own. You all remem ber the Baring failure of 1890. The money that firm expended went to develop the Argentine Republic, opening those vast and prolific fields with railroad systems and waterways, so that she produces 40.00P.000 or 50.000,000 bushels of wheat an nually. Not only that, but Russia opened mi 2,000 miles of her frontier with rail road, as beautiful and productive prairies as our own wheat fields. “Do you wonder that the farmer Is un happy with all the governments of the world stimulating the farming in dustry and opening up their unused lands to the farmer? Do you wonder that the farmer has a hard lot? Do you wonder at the low price of wheat and corn, when you. In this United States, have more than doubled the acreage and the crops between 1871 and 1891? Do you wonder that cotton was low In 1895, when in 1894 the cotton planter raised 50 per cent, more cotton than he ever had raised before? Is this not the rational reason why the farmers’ products are low? Is not this the proper and only safe reason why the supply Is always greater than the de mand of the world? "There Is no manufactured article but what has met the same fate as the farmers product. All have been reduced from one-half to two-thirds—the steel rail from $l2O to $23 per ton. Iron ore of which you have such vast fields In Min nesota, greater than any country In the world, is produced to-day at one-half the cost of seven years ago. You know a.ll about this Iron business here, because In this city of Chicago you manufacture 5,000 tons per day, and the full output of your Iron industry here is equal to the whole of the output of Great Britain. Lead Is produced and sold at one-half the price It was seven year* ago. Copper, through the inventive genius of Americans, meets the same fate. Silver, through new appli ances. Is mined at one-half the cost It was twenty years ago. And gold is produced in greater quantities this year than gold and silver were together In 1873. The sil ver and gold production of that year was $178,000,000, and In 1895 of gold alone, $199,- 500.'(0U. "You, my farmer friends, you are not alone In tne depreciatlve prices of your i products, and I challenge any silver man I to give a reason so clear and cogent why ! corn and wheat and other crops of the i farmer have fallen because silver ha* fallen. “But, ladles and gentlemen, I leave these questions of the hour In other hands. It is now my pleasant duty to present to you a gentlemen high In standing in this city as a merchant and a financier—the Hon. I Franklin MacVeagh.” Mr. MacVeagh addressed the meeting. He said that this great assemblage had gathered because the nation and the dem ocratic party were brought face to face with an impending crisis. Thirty-six years ago, in 1860, a memorable democratic con ! ventlon had met. Then also the nation and the democratic party stood face to face with an Impending crisis.' Then the unity of the nation was at stake. Now its honor was at stake. That honor had to be preserved. Agonies and waste of war, north and south, would turn to wanton ness In the pages of the nation’s history if the country should have been preserved only to become a defaulter and to pay its debts with 50-cent dollars. Continuing, Mr. MacVeagh gaid: "We who appeal to the coming convention against silver monometallism, are not all gold monometallists —though even gold monometallism, as now existing, includes an Immense proportion and immense ag gregate of silver coinage. Many of us are earnest bimetallists, eager to see sil ver and gold made equal in the coinage of our country. That which for this crisis unites bimetallists and gold monometal lists. is the awful spectre of sliver mono metallism; for the free coinage of sliver at 16 to 1 by this nation alone Is silver monometallism—and by all the unchange able laws which govern the economics of nations It must be that and nothing less The fact that silver monometalllsts wili not argue for silver monometallism, but use the arguments of bimetallism, makes their propaganda dangerous; but it doesn't change Its aim, nor would it change the dreaded results. SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1806. “The only thing that blmeallists and gold monometallists and all men who have eyes to see into the r.a ional abyss of silver monometallism can do. in the face of the present crisis, ,s to stand to the defense of the existing system. The case Is simple; the issue is pU:n; the road is straight, and no one of us can look to the right nor to the left. “We cannot hope to appeal with success to nil of the sil ver delegates. The great t.udy of them would not listen to even persuasion. The wild character of the movement is shown In its fury and anger. Bit there must be many silver delegates who find them selves out of touch with fury and reckless ness and who can still be made to see where this passion and excitement is car rying them and their party, and possibly their country. To their sober reason this meeting is an appeal. They may still listen to the solemn warning of dispassionate men. dispassionate Americans. We are here without passion, without excitement, without fury, but with a perfe t vision of the crisis that is being forced upon the partv and the nation. “Unless the silver men with conserva tive tempera Intervene, unless those In tervene whose patriotism Is more precious to them and whose democracy is more precious to thsm than adneience to a single idea, this majority will sweep the convention. Where will it sweep it to? It will sweep It Into hostility with ths abid ing sentiment of ths people, that senti ment, which Is the single def- nse of tha nation. It will sweep It into hostility with the abiding conscience of the nation. That conscience whose sober rigor will abate all sophistries which work against the honor of the na tion. For what will the aim be—what will be the Imposition? To pay the na tion's debts In 50-cent dollars, and that Is national dishonor. For quibble as we may—quibble as Horses Holes has lately been quibbling, the national debt Is pay able In the equivalent of gold. That is the bare business fact, backed by the conscience of dispassionate America and the conscience of the world Hop lately has It become even conceivable to sober minded men that the majority in a na tional convention of a great historic party will headlong decide to urge a policy whose effect, even before It could be en acted into law and at the first moment when it should'become certain would be to plunge their country Into convulsions and panics whose disasters would be new to the experience of the world? How can such action be pos sible? Will not the traditional sense of the grave responsibilities of a majority defeat this frenzy? Is the majority so blind that It cannot see the precipice and the abyss? Let them ask the business men. They will tell them what sliver monometallism means —what 16 to 1 means. It means havoc. It means ruin. It means the prostration of all business, all finance, all manufacturing—by a cy clone of panic. It means years of hope less depression after that. It means the remorseless narrowing of all employments ar.-i the payment of scant wages in 60- cent dollars. It means salaries and *ll fixed incomes reduced to 16 to 1 silver; It means savings banks deposi.s and build ing associations shares and every form of credits cut to the level of silver. It means the dissolution of the whole sys tem of credit which Is as the breath of Ilfs to the nostrils of business. It means the Introduction of an unstable, fluctuat ing currency that no business man and no workingman can foretell the vxlue of from ciay to day. In brief, there Is but one clafes of men who could be bene tttted. The silver miner could not be, for he would throw away for a temporary and Irresponsible outlet In this market all his hope* of that permanent and re sponsible outlet which Is only obtainable through the consent-of the leading citi zens. The laborer would not be beneflt ted, for If he got a silver dollar for his 50 cent, wheat, his dollars would be worth only 50 cents. There Is, I say, but one class who would be benefltted, and that class was described by Altgeld In his speech at Peoria when he spoke openly of himself as a man with a great deal of property covered by a great deal of dust. So much for what this questionable ma jority, If not arrested by conservative sil ver men will attempt to do for the na tion. Now let me ask what It will do for the democratic party. It will defeat the democratic party. That is the faith of the business world—and for that faith they thank heaven. The democrats party can stand defeat in a worthy cause. If neces sary, It can stand extinction, for It has a glorious history that will live. What It cannot stand is the odium of sliver monometallism, and of the paltering with the honor of the nation and the prosperity of the peo ple. But what does defeat on tills Issue mean? Who does not know? Who can fail to know that If the democratic party shall borrow this populistic Issue from the populists and bo defeated It will not regain the respect and confidence of the people for years and years to come; nos after all those years until it has been born again? The silver movement will pass as the greenback Movement has passed, and as has passed all that eerles of historic attempts to make money out of nothing. But It will leave the demo cratic party hopelessly discredited fop many years to come. If the convention declares for free coinage at 16 to 1, by this nation alone, that action will not be democratic action; It will be populistic action. A democratic convention may turn populistic and many dem ocrats may turn populists, but a million democrats will remain democrats. No wave of populism can sweep them off their feet, and their feet are on tjie plat form of the historic principles of the party.” Mr. MacVeagh declared that Altgeld was the ideal free silver man, and asked if he was the idea* democrat. (Shouts of no.) The people of Chicago knew, he said, how the Illinois state convention would have -been against free silver had It not been for Altgeld’e corrupt and shame less action. The cheering and hissing was kept up for several minutes, and every attempt of the speaker to con tinue was interrupted by prolonged cheers. Some admirers of the governor In the rear of the theater attempted to off-set the hisses by calling for cheers for Altgeld and were answered by loud cries of “Put them out ” Mr. MacVeagh closed with Introducing to the meeting, as a man who under other circumstances, might have been the presi dential nominee, the Hon. William E. Rus sell. (Cheers.) Mr. Russell was frequently applauded as he spoke, and when he asked whether the free silver programme was in accord with the faith and practice of Jefferson and Cleveland, he was answered with loud ac clamations and plaudits In honor of Presi dent Cleveland. These were renewed when he afterward spoke of the free silver move ment as a turning of their backs upon an administration which had upheld with courage and fidelity the national credit and honor. When Mr. Russell resumed his seat, amid much cheering, Mr. MacVeagh In troduced to the audience Senator Gray of Delaware as “one of those senators whose abilities, character and opinions had help ed to preserve and continue the beat traditions of the best days of the United States Senate.” When Mr. Gray concluded there were loud calls for Senator Hill. Mr. MacVeagh, however, informed the audience that Senator Hill was not in the hall, but that he would now Introduce a man who was always welcome to Ameri can audiences—Col. John R. Fellows of New York. Col. Fellows said that the condition which confronted the democratic party to-day was so unique, extraordinary and bewildering that he was at an utter loss on what lines to address the meeting. He has not been unaccustomed for the (Continued on Sixth Rage.) CRETE EAGER FOR A CONFLICT. THE tOSCEHT OF THE POWER!! DOE* NOT IMPRESS THE REBELS • They Have Too Vivid a Recollection of the Horrors In Armenia—The Inionists In the House of Commons 1 rite a Strong Policy—Balfour's Iteslgnatlon .Not Improbable, London, July 4.—The discontent in the government ranks with Mr. Balfour's leadership has grown apace since the abandonment of the education bill. His management of the debate on the next great ministerial measure, the land rat ing bill, displayed so little tact and so little desire to be tactical, as to cause the House to think that he Is wearied of the game of politics or of the cares of the leadership. The Impression has be come general that he will soon relieve h‘s party by resigning and going to the up per house. The statement made in the House of Commons yesterday by the parliamentary secretary to the foreign office to the ef fect that the Turkish government had agreed to immediately apply the measure which the powers demanded for the pur pose of restoring tranquility In the island of Crete is not accepted inside or out side of parliament, as In any way assur ing a settlement of the trouble between the Turks and Christians there. The events In the Island have been such ns to render futile mere diplomacy. The con cert of the powers does not Impress the Christian Insurgents, who no doubt have In mind the much-heralded concert In the case of Armenia, which was laughed to acorn by the sultan. The Cretan Christians have no faith In diplomatic promises, having hud exper ience of thetr worthlessness through many years of Turkish misrule, and they mean to bring about. If possible, a decisive con flict that will overthrow the Turkish re gime. A conference of the Christian leaders, held yesterday, at Kampos, resulted In a determination to disregard the offers of Georgl I’aaha Berovltch, the new Chris tian governor, unless the reforms prom ised are solidly guaranteed by the powers. If the governor convenes the assembly only about a dozen deputies are likely to re spond. Tha debate on the Cretan situation In tha Housa of Commons last night allowed that the dominant sentiment among the unionists and the unanimous feeling of the liberals was In favor of a strong Brit ish policy even Should It go to the length of armed Intervention. Mr. Curzon, the parliamentary secretary of the foreign of fice, stated, however, that the*governmnt would not Imperil the peace of Europe by Viking Isolated aotlon, and that it would go only as far as the other powers were willing to go. The deceased wife's sister MU, though read a second time In ths lords, is by no means out of danger. Onoa before the upper house passed the bill on its sec ond reading by a "fluke,” the bishops falling to rally against It. On the third reading nearly the whole Episcopal bench appeared and threw It out. The court which Is to try Dr. Jame son and his co-raiders, will be composed of the lord chief justice, Mr. Baron Bol lock, and J. S. C. Hawkins. There are ru mors of an application to postpone the trial for the presence of witnesses from South Africa, some of whom are now In the thick of the fighting In Mashona land. The government, that Is Mr. Cham berlain, appear genuinely anxious not to delay the proceedings and further to get as soon as possible a report as to the Inquiry by the commission on the char tered company. The reply sent by Mr. Chamberlain to the demand of tha Trans vaal government for the trial of Messrs. Rhodes and Belt and Dr. Harris Is un derstood to be that the English govern ment will deal with the question under the light of what the commission may re port. RUSSIA’S RULERS. The Imperial Couple Make Formal Entry Into St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, July 4.—The emperor and empress made their entry Into St. Petersburg to-day. The buildings along Newski Prospect were gaily decorated with flags, flowers, etc., but the crowd In the streets was not large and there was very little suggestion of a holiday. Their majesties arrived at 11 o’clock and were welcomed by the grand dukes, dele gates from the Semstovos, the city corpo ration, the provincial nobility, etc., who presented them with bouquets and bread, the latter upon splendid silver salvers. The mayor also presented a resolution passed by the corporation founding a chil dren’s hospital and remitting the arrears of 14,000 rate payers In commemoration of the coronation of the emperor at Moscow. The imperial couple drove to the Kasau cathedral between two lines of troojis. From the cathedral they proceeded witti out a guard to the fortress and thence to the railway station, where they took a train for the Imperial residence at Tsar skoe Selo. The czar and czarina will re turn to St. Petersburg on July 7. The re port that the czar is suffering from Jaun dice Is untrue. Y ANKEE DOODLE IN LONDON. The American Flag Displayed In Honor of the Fourth. London, July 4.—The weather was clear to-day and the sun shone brightly. The United States embassy, the United States consulate and the West End hotels were all decorated with American flags In hon or of the anniversary of American Inde pendence, and flags were flying from the American shipping at London, Southamp ton, Liverpool, Glasgow and other ports. The vehicles in the coaching meet in Hyde Park were also decorated with the Ameri can colors. United States Ambassador Bayard held the usual Fourth of July reception at the embassy this afternoon. Sir Walter Besarvt, the novelist, spoke ■this evening at a meeting called to promote the Idea of the unity of the English-speak ing people of the world. A BICYCLE RECORD BROKEN. The Time from Chicago to New Y’ork Red need Nearly Five Hoars. New York. July 4.—Arthur E. Smith, the western cyclist, who left Chicago last Sunday for this city in the endeavor to break the bicycle record of 142 hour* and 15 minutes, between that city and this, arrived here at 3:21 o clock this afternoon smashing the record by four hours and fifty-four minutes. Guilford’s Annual Celebration. Winston, N. C., July 4.—Ten thousand people attended the annual celebration at the historic Guilford battle ground to-day. The address was delivered by United States Senator Marion Butler. GATHKHSHt KG'S LYU IIIXG. A Graphic Mnrj of the Midnight Raid of fho Moll. Gathersburg, Md., July Sidney Ran dolph. a negro charged with a brutal as sault upon the Buxton family at this place on May 25, which resulted In the death of little Sadie Buxton, was taken from the Rockville jail, where he was confineJ. awaiting the action of the November grand Jury, this morning, about 2:3U o'clock, by a mob of thirty or forty mask ed men and hanged, lie went to hta death without saying whether he was guilty of the horrible crime, his only utterances j being cries of murder as he was carried away from the Jail by the resolute body 1 of men. About 1 o’clock this morning the Jailer In charge of the Jail, an aged man who has served In that capacity for years, was awakened by rapping on the front door. | Not once thinking of its being a mob bent ! on violence, he opened the door and was confronted by two masked niun, who de manded the keys. The Jailor, taken com pletely by surprise, attempted to slam the door, but the men gained entrance, followed by as many as could crowd Into the smull structure, all being heavily masked. At the points of revolvers the thoroughly frightened Jailer was com pelled to give up the keys. The mob at once proceeded to the cell where Randolph was contlncd and un locked the door. The negro, hearing the confusion In the corridor, surmised at once what was about to happen, and seizing a stool, attempted to defend himself, out with little effect. Strong arms soon had the frightened man bound and out of the Jail, where a wagon was waiting to take his away. The drive lo the previously se lecteil place, about two miles west of Rockville, on the Frederick pike, was quickly made and the rope was quickly placed around his neck. Then he was asked If he had anything to say, but not a word could be drawn from htin. Many efforts were made to make him confess, but to no avail. The rope was thrown over a limb and the trembling negro was dragged fully twenty feet from the ground, where, at last ac counts, his body wns still hanging, and will remain until taken down by the au thorities. Knowing their, victim had breathed his last and apparently satisfied that the right man had been hanged, the lynching party, which. It Is understood, was composed of the best citizen* of the community, who were perfectly sober and orderly, then quietly dispersed, believing they had exe cuted the perpetrator of the most atro cious crime ever committed In this coun ty. The leaders of the lynchers are not known, and the afTnlr was kept so se cret that none save the participant* knew of It until after it was all over. Gaithersburg, Md., July 4.—Relative to the lynching of Kidney Randolph last night by unknown pe'rspns the following will be of Interest: In a letter from Walter Gaines, clerk of the superior eourt of Baldwin county, dated MUledgevllle, (la., to Deputy Sheriff Thompson. Mr. Gaines states that he believe* from the description of Sidney Randolph that he was a man who was wanted In Georgia for the murder of an old lufly there about throe years ago. The name of Bhiiit negro was Ben Temple. Ho murdered Mrs. I/Conard with an ax. “Please look at this negro you have and see If he has a scar on either side of his face near the eye. The description of your negro answers pretty well to the negro. Ben Temple. Certainly the negro has lived here, either In the city or the country.” Deputy Thompson examined Randolph and found'tihe scars described. Everything Is quiet. No one In Gaithersburg seems to know anything of the lynching and It comes as a complete surprise. MARYLAND’S DEMOCRATS MUM. No Enthusiasm Over the Delegation's I Departure. Baltimore, Md., July 4.— The dissatisfac tion In the ranks of the Maryland demo cracy was clearly Illustrated to-day when the state delegation to tihe national con vention assembled at the Camden station and took the 10.30 o'clock Baltimore and Ohio train for Chicago. There were Just 22 persons In the party, Including the dele gates, democratic leaders and newspaper men. Four years ago Maryland's represen tatives to the national convention and their friends occupied three special trains. To-day one Pullman and Vice President C. K. Lord's private ear “Delaware" accom modated them. There was no music this morning as in former years, no parading to the railroad station, no Jubilant demon stration on the part of the multitude and no guard of 'honor from the big demo cratic clubs of the olty. The individual members of the party went quietly to the station and as quietly took their seats In the car assigned them. The three or four silver men of the delegation tried to got up a little enthusiasm as the train pulled out, but the effort was not very successful. Date last night Charles C. Crot'ners, of Cecil county, candidate for attorney gen eral last fall, one of the delegates-at-large telegraphed his resignation to Chairman Hattersley W. Talbott of the state central committee. Mr. Talbott will fill the two va cancies made by the withdrawal of Messrs. Crothere and Marlon DeKalb Smith prior to the meeting of the convention. SAVANNAH CADETS. They Visit Washington and Leave There For Home. Washington, July 4.—The Savannah Ca dets of Savannah, Ga., sixty strong, un der command of Cant. Brooks, together with a camp of confederate veterans, ar rived In this city yesterday afternoon from Richmond, where they had been In at tendance at the re-unlon of the United Confederate Veterans. Yesterday after noon and to-day were spent in sight-see ing. The Cadets and veterans left here this afternoon at 3 o'clock for Savannah. No notice had been given the local mil itary organizations of the proposed visit of the Savannah men. so that It was im possible to entertain them. ORE MINES C'LOSED^jp. Heavy Stock and Light Demand Throw* 1,500 Men Out of Work. Ironwood, Mich., July 4.—An extensive shut-down occurred at all of the mines of the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company last evening, and fully 1,500 men were forced into Idleness. The cause of the shut down Is the light demand for Iron ore The fact that they have In the stock piles about 600,000 tons of ore and that the season Is so far advanced, with sales so far of only about 100,000 tons, prompted the shut down. EVERETT MII.LS CLoskD. Sept. 8 the Date Fixed for Reopening the Doors. Lawrence, Mass., July 4.-Owing to the present unsatisfactory condition of busi ness, the Everett mills will shut down Friday, July 10, and remain closed until Tuesday, Kept. 8, unless there should be sufficient Improvement In the business situation to. warrant an earlier start. About 1,200 hands are employed. I DAILY. 810 A YEAR. { _ S CENTS A COPT. I WEEKLY 2 TIMLS-A-WKEK O A YEAR TAMMANY'S FOURTH OF JULY. LETTERS OF REGRET READ FROM MANY PROMINENT LEADERS. President Cleveland Makes the Coinage Issue the Theme of His Letter—Tremendous ConseqnaeeeS Involved In a Mistake In the Fi nancial Policy of the Govern ment—Senator Hill Opposed to Perilous Experiments. New York. July 4.—A* usual, the Fourth of July was a great day In Tammany hall. Politics were for the once laid aside and patriotism had the call. The social side of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, made itself manifest tn speech and song glorifying the land of the free and the home of the brave, and the silver tongued orators were listened to and ap plauded by an audience that packed Tam many hall to the doors. Letters of re gret were received from President Cleve land, Vice President Stevenson, Senator David K. Hill, Secretary of State Rich ard Olney, Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, Justice Rufus F. Beckham of the United States supreme court. Senator Will iam F. Vilas of Wisconsin, Hon. Don M. Dickinson, Hon. John E. Russell of Massachusetts, Senator Edward Murphy, Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, Gov. Charles O'Ferrall of Virginia, Hon. Ohauneey F. Black, ex-Oov. Roswell P. Flower, Hon. Henry Watterson, Senators James Smith of New Jersey, and J. D. Mitchell of Wisconsin, and many others. President Cleveland, after regretting hi* Inability to he present said In his letter: "The situation that confronts the coun try and the democratic party at this time Invests with unusual Impressiveness thl* commemoration of oug beginning as a na tion. When, as appropriate to the occa sion, our stupendous advancement is re called the fact should not be overlooked that our progress has not been by chance, but Is ulie result of a wise observance of the monetary laws that control nation*! health and vigor; and while we contem plate with pride (he commanding place wo occupy among the nations of the earth. w should not forget that this has been gained only through a Jealous preservation of financial soundness and a careful main tenance of unsuspected public credit. "The high, and firm financial ground which we have thus far been able to hold should not he abandoned In 'the pursuit of a policy, never attempted without na tional Injury, and whose bright promise of Individual benefit has never been fulfilled. "If there Is anything In the present conditions that Impeaches experience and Indicates that we can safely change our present high financial standard for the free, unlimited and Independent coinage of sliver, this should be made plainly apparent before such radical departure finds a place in the party creed. "The tremendous consequence® of a mistake in dealing with the financial ques tion now pressed upon us as democrats, should constantly make us thoughtful and solicitous. I am confident, therefore, that the voice of the Tammany Society, al ways potent In party council, will, not fall to be heard in warning and protest, and at a time when tho felicitations of our people appropriate to Independence day urn mingled with apprehension." Senator Hill wrote as follows: '’Having been commissioned by the demoracy of the state to attend as one of the dele gate* of the approaching convention, I find myself unable to accept your cour teous Invitation. A few suggestions per tinent to the present crisis may be deemed appropriate. It Is the duty of the demo cratic party at the present hour to ad here more firmly than ever to Its well established usages and to vigorously maintain Its cardinal principles. Any departure for purposes of expediency at this time from either Ita usage* or Its principles Is fraught with danger. "Its usages are found In the rule* and proceedings of Its national conventions from time Immemorial, and patriotism, as well as good policy, requires that no perilous experiment should now be at tempted by their abrogation." Senator Hill then briefly summarizes the party’s creed and In conclusion adds that a substantial departure from these senti ments and policies will surely Invite dis aster In nation and state, wthlle faithful adherence to them will pave the way t® deserved success. GI.OIIIOI * DAY IV GOTHAM. The Fourth of July Celebrate* Much the Some An in Other Years. New York, July 4. —The Fourth of July was celebrated In New York and vi cinity to-day much the time an In past years. The features of the celebrations were speech-making. plcniclng and ath letic sports. Business was entirely sus pended In this city, and the down town streets had a deserted appearance. The stars and stripes floated to the breeze from all public buildings and many pri vate houses were decorated In honor of the day. Christopher R. Forbes raised the flag on the pole at the battery at sunrise. He was assisted by a number of G. A. R. posts. As the flag reached the top of the staff, the Daughters of Veterans sang "The Star Spangled Banner." An address was made, and three cheers were given for the flag. At noon the chimes of Trinity played • number of national and patriotic airs. The principal parade of the day was that of tho National Association Naval Cadeta which was viewed by thousands of persona. The weather was threatening all day. but this did not deter those who had ar ranged to spend the day out of doors. INDIANS STARVE TO DEATH. The Remains of a Family of Five Found In Canada. Toronto, July 4 —News has reached here from River Mobile, on the north shore, to the effect that a party of hunters from Moisie found the remains of seven In dians about 200 miles In the interior. The remains were those of a family consisting of father, mother and flve children. A few notes In the Maskoupie language undoubtedly written by the squaw, show ed that the family had started from Mol sle last fall for the Hudson Bay hunting grounds. After having traveled about 200 miles the provisions ran short and there being no game, one after another suc cumbed to starvation, the woman beinir the last to die. * UinSTING OF A CANNON. One Man Killed Outright and Two Others Badly injured. Woodstock. Vt„ July 4.—By the bursting of a cannon In to-day's celebration at Bridgewater Corners this morning, Charles Beldour was killed and William Coudrey ■was so badly injured that he may die. Charles Southgate had a leg broken, and was otherwise Injured. Bert Woodward also had a leg broken and was hurt in ternally. Several others were slightly In jured.