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STATE CONVENTIONS
©KMOCEATi AND REPUBLICANS
SELECT THEIR DELEGATES.
Preference for President and
Platforms as Adopted.
The democratic state convention of
nesday. Mississippi was held at Jackson Wed¬
It was a harmonious gather¬
ing, due to the fact that four or five
hundred delegates present were all, or
nearly all, of one way of thinking on
the only question, the single issue that
has been discussed in Mississippi for
two or- three years—the question of fi¬
nance.
On account of this unanimity very
little interest was manifested in the
selection of delegates by the several
counties, and no enthusiasm or excite¬
ment was perceptible on the floor of
the convention. Every man knew so
well about what was going to be done
that there was no trouble about doing
what they wanted done, and they got
right down to business.
Chairman Williamson, of the state
committee, called the convention to
order at 11:30 o’clock. A recess was
taken from 1 till 3 o’clock.
The chairman appointed a commit
tee of sixteen on platform and reso¬
lutions, with Senator-elect Money as
chairman, aud when the convention
had reconvened at 3 o’clock, Colonel
Money submitted the following, which
Fas unanimously adopted:
“Resolved, By the democrats of
That Mississippi, in -convention assembled,
we favor an unlimited coinage of
silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1,
without waiting for the action or co
operation of any other nation, and we
hereby instruct onr delegates to the
national convention to be held in Chi
cago in July next, to vote fpr a
form embodying those principles. And
we further instruct said delegates to
vote for no man for president or vice
president who is not fully and un
equivocally in favor of the principles
above expressed.
A resolution instructing the dele
gates to Chicago to present aud urge
Senator F. C. Walthall for second
place on the presidential ticket, was
adopted with a liurrah and series of
yells that t&at shook the foundation
stones of the capitol. * ,
The convention did what was never
done in the state before, when it came
to. the selection of delegates to the
national convention—sending five in
stead of four from the state at large.
A motion was made to select Senator
George and Senator Walthall and Con
gressman Money and Governor Mc
Laurin, leaving out R. H. Henry, and
the first choice of a majority of the
^JpBtion, for a place on the delega
To avoid balloting and to save time,
A motion was made to send all five
with authority to cast four votes, and
'the same prevailed unanimously.
Hon. W. V. Sullivan, of Oxford,
recommended # member of the
eras as a
matiqpal democratic executive oommit-
4ee, and at 4:50 the convention ad
journed well satisfied with its day’s
labors.
MICHIGAN’S DELEGATION
Both Gold and Silver Men—Presi¬
dent’s Financial Policy Endorsed.
• The Michigan state democratic con¬
vention met at Detroit, and after a
gtormy fight, indorsed the administra¬
tion and financial policy of President
Cleveland; chose four gold standard
delegates at large and sent a delegation
of twenty-four district delegates to the
Chicago convention, of whom thirteen
are counted gold monometallists and
eleven silver bimetallists. •
The convention was the stormiest
over held by the party in the stite.
There was an exoiting fight over the
~ Agates at large, the administration
tion winning. Those named were
lott O. Stevenson, of Detroit; Tbos.
E, Weadock, of Bay City; Robert
Blacker, of Manistee, and Peter
nrjHt, of Msrqnette. majority of the
8. L. Smith, for the
committee on resolutions, reported a
pistiorm of which the following is the
“♦•On plank: question
the finance we recog
afgg that this administration stands
enxHi and has consistently carried oat
the platform of the national demo¬
cratic convention of 1892, on which it
Ama elected by the people, which de¬
clared that the parity of the metals in
o«r eurrenoy should be maintained.
TO* platform of the national conven¬
tion on this question, which has car
ySrparty; -tied the country overwhelmingly for
should be the democratic
dootr&ie until another platform is
fiiliii T ** by another mtional oonven
. «
Mr Smith was followed by Quincy
tis, who presented a minority re
k in favor of the free coinage of
__fcild IT. Mr. Smith’s minority report
on the tsble by practioally the
Same as the former votes,
After adopting the majority Tepori
tfcf convention adjourned.
v VERMONT REPUBLICANS
■M Their St. Louis De l e g a Mo a and
a McKUley Resolution.
Ih* Vermont republican state eon
in session at Montpelier, dis
tis business quickly Wed use
• delegates-at-large are: Hon.
Proctor, Dr. Henrv D. HR
_ of Brattleboro; Edward C.
Of Si Albans, and O. A.
M ty, of Newport resolution
k McKinley It
t we reoognize the wisdom of
which
fp
yet *ef feel that we would be untrue
representatives of those who seut us
here did we fail to give voice to their
oonvictious. Therefore, be it
“Resolved, That in the great apostle
of protection, William McKinley, of
Ohio, we recognize the first choice of
the republicans of Vermont for their
presidential candidate.” ^
This was sdopted by acclamation
and later a motion to table it was
adopted, the McKinley men being
satisfied with this expression of the
sentiment of the convention.
The Reed men attempted to put
through a motion expressing no pref
rence,'but the Ohio man’s friends de¬
sired Vermont to stand firm and car¬
ried the day with flying colors.
The convention adopted resolutions
looking declaring for the gold standard, but
to an international agreement.
PENNSYLVANIA DE3IOCRATS
Choose Delegates to Chicago Favoring
the Gold Standard.
The Pennsylvania state democratic
convention was called to order at Al¬
lentown by State Chairman Wright at
12 :20 o’clock.
The auditorium, which was prettily
decorated, was filled with delegates
and spectators. After the usual pre¬
liminaries had be-en gone through
State Chairman Wright introduced
William B. GiveD, of Lancaster county,
as the temporary chairman of the con¬
vention. Mr. Given was loudly ap¬
plauded.
The preliminary organization was
promptly effected. Committees were
appointed and at 1 o’clock recess was
taken until 2:30. It was 3:25, how¬
ever, when the convention was again
called to order.
Dwight M. Lowry, of Philadelphia,
was made permanent chairman.
The committee on resolutions re¬
ported the platform and it was read
and adopted without change. It con¬
tains the nnit rule aud this provoked
opposition, but it was retained in the
platform. When the chairman reach¬
ed the endorsement in the platform of
the presidential candidacy of ex-Gov
ernor Pattison, there was a loud cheer
and the band played “See the Con¬
quering Hero Comes.”
Nominations were then in order.
John M. Broden, of Washington
county, and Benjamin C. PotH of
Delaware county, were nominated can¬
didates for congressmen at large.
The following electors at large were
nominated by acclamation: William
M. Singerly, Philadelphia; George
W. Guthrie, Allegheny; James Den¬
ton Hancock, Venango; Alexander H.
Coffroth, Somerset.
The following were nominated by
acclamation as delegates at large:
William F. Harrity, Philadelphia;
Robert E. Wright, Lehigh; J. Henry
Cochran, Lycoming; Charles A.
Eagan, Allegheny; Dr. John Tods,
Montgomery; Benjamin F. Meyers,
Dauphin; John S. Rilling, Erie; John
T. Lenahan, Lnzerne.
The platform declares for a tariff
for revenue purposes, and demands a
rest from disturbing the question.
The financial plank is an indorsement
of the administration. The resolu¬
tions conclude:
“The democracy of Pennsylvania
formally present to the national con¬
vention as their nnanimons choice for
the presidency Robert E. Pattison."
GEORGIA REPUBLICANS.
Proceedings of Their State Conven¬
tion at Atlanta.
The Georgia republican state con¬
vention was held Wednesday in. the
capitol, and was the most exciting in
the history of the party in the state.
Over 600 delegates were on hand and
each came with positive determination
to play a part on the stage of action.
The convention was oalled to -order by
Stale Chairman Book.
He announced that the secretary
would call the roll of delegates as they
had been agreed upon by the state
committee. There was no appoint¬
ment of a committee on credentials,
hut the delegates hsd all been agreed
npon before the convention was oalled
to order and Secretary Deveaux oalled
them off from a typewritten sheet.
Good order prevailed during the read¬
ing of the names, but it was only the
calm preceding roll the storm. had
When the call been com¬
pleted there were Colonel several Back calls for rec¬
ognition, but recognized
Pledger. He nominated Colonel A.
E. Buck ss temporary chairman of the
convention.
A pall of silenoe fell upon the Beed
men as they saw their leader, Pledger,
go over to the enemy.
B. B. Wright, of Macon, aeeonded
the nomination and put the question.
Colonel Buck was elected by acclama¬
tion. but one vote was cast against him
by A. A. Gordon, who shouted out one
long continued "No."
As soon as the uproar began Colonel
Buck yielded the gavel to Mr. Walter
Johnson.
Chairman Johnson claims that he put
the motion to elect Book, Johnson,
Rucker and Deveaux and that it was
carried by acclamation. He says that
he then put the' motion to elect the
following as alternates: R. D. Locke,
of Maoon; L. M. Pleasants, of Savan¬
nah ; B. J. Davis, of Dawson, and R.
B. Wright, of College, Ga.
This is denied by the other faction,
who insist that no such motion was
ever made.
The Buck faction claims that Colo¬
nel Book and Secretary Deveaux were
re-elected as officers of t^q state cen¬
tral committee and were authorised to
is four members of this committee
from each congressional district and
ten from the state at large. The con¬
vention was then adjourned by Colonel
Bosk's immediate following and he
Mid others left tho hall.
KDr. Love
and a committee on platform, There
was two reports from the committee
on nominations and several indepen¬
dent nominations for delegates to St.
Louis.
The fight fina’lj ended in the elec¬
tion of A. E. Buck, R. R. Wright, H.
L. Johnson afid J. H. Hetherington
by the supplementary convention.
The platform adopted was as follows:
“We adhere to and fully believe in
all the principles advocated by the re¬
publican party. We believe that it is
the party condition and the only party adapted
to the of the American ne¬
gro, and we further believe that its
principles and doctrines are adapted
to the success and interest of all the
people, and that only through the
principles of* this grand old
party the rights and privileges of all
the people can be fully subserved, and
we recommend that this, the republi¬
can convention of the great state of
Georgia, declare itself in favor of a
free and nnmolested ballot and a fair
count, and that each and every voter,
from the hnmblest to the largest pre¬
cinct in onr great state, should be ac¬
corded the right to cast his vote un¬
molested, and that we farther declare
ourselves in favor of according the
negro full recognition before the law
aud equal accommodation on the pub
lio highways of this country.
“And be it further recommended
that we declare ourselves most vehe¬
mently opposed to the accursed lynch
law that has been and is still so prev¬
alent in nearly all of the southern
states, and that every possible means
be used to abolish this accursed evil.
“Be it further recommended that
we fully indorse our present public
school system, which has done so mnoh
to eliminate the illiteracy of our peo¬
ple? , „
“And be it further , reoommended
that we do most heartily favor the giv¬
ing of national aid to education, and
that we ask the national convention to
indorse the Blair educational bill, and
that the Bame be encouobed as a plank
or part of a plank in our national
platform; further recommended that
And be it
it is the sense of this convention
that, financially speaking, our coun¬
try is in n deplorable copdition, such
as it has never experienced during affairs its
history. This condition of can
be fully and clearly traced to the mis¬
guided aud blind legislation of the
democratic party, and that it is
the further sense of tho convention
that the only redemption of the coun¬
try from its present thraldom is the
return of the republican party into
power with ex-Governor McKinley as
its standard bearer, and the adoption
of a ‘sound money’ plank in the plat¬
form and a protective tariff on Ameri¬
can institutions aud protection to
American ship owners.
REDUCTION IN MINERS’ WAGES
The Scale of Prices in Birmingham
District Cut Lower
Commencing May 1st the wages of
miners in the employ of the Tennessee
Ooal, Iron and Railroad Oompany at
Birmingham, Ala., were reduced from
40 cents per ton to 87$ cents. The
miners in the employ of the Sloss Iron
and Steel Company, the Pioneer Min
iog and Manufacturing Company and
practioally all tho miners in the Bir
mingham disiriot, over 9,000 in num
her, will be similarly affeoted.
As is well known there is a sliding
soale contract between the miners and
the Tennessee .company, which is the
basis for the entire district. By this
soale the price of mining ooal shall be
37* cents per ton when No. 1 foundry
iron nets the company $8.50 or less f.
°iu *! the far “ a ° e and there
shall be an increase of 2* , cents t on a
ton for mining coal for every increase
of 60 cents in the price of No. 1 fonn
dryiron over and above $8.5°.
The price of iron fell on the first of
the , yew to $9, and the wage* of the
miners were, according to the sliding
scale, reduced to 40 cent, from 45
eenta. Latterly No. 1 foundry has
been selling at only $8.25, and a fur
ther reduction of the wages of the
miners to meet tins reduction in the
price of iron was in order.
Before issuing the order for reduo
tion the Tennessee oompany miners invited a
committee of the to inspect
their books. The committee disoov
ered that iron was selling as above
stated. They reported back to the
miners and the reduction in wages, al
though not agreeable, was practically
accepted by their constituents, who
propose to stand to their contract.
The contract expire, on July 1st.
It was made just after the mine strike
..a.—
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS.
McKinley Boomed la Their State
Convention.
The Illinois republican state con¬
vention was oalled to order at Spring
field Thursday. that greeted the
The demonstration
mention of McKinley was terriffe.
Two-thirds of the convention, end
thousands in the gallery, rose en
and cheered for three minutes.
er Calhoun was recognized and eulo¬
gized McKinley. ti follows:
The financial plank as
“Resolved, That we, the republi¬
cans of Illinois, are empbatio in
demand for honest money. We
opposed, as we ever have been, to
and every scheme that will give to
country a currency in any way depre¬
ciated or debased, or in respect infe¬
rior to the money of the most
vanced and intelligent nations of
earth. We favor the use of silver
currency, but to the extent only
under each restrictions (hot the
with gold be maintained.''
... favor _ of
The platform declares is
protection, reciprocity, coast
NATIONAL CAPITAL
GOSSIP OP WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of tho
Various Departments.
The statue of Marquette, placed by
the state of Wisconsin in the national
hall of statuary in the capitol, was
officially pteiented Thursday and ao
cepted by the senate.
Jndge Cole has fixed the date of
June 1st for the trial of J. Mo
Cartney, the Washington stock broker,
for his refusal to answer questions
propounded by the senate committee
investigating the sugar trust.
Mr. Sherman secured the passage of
a bill in the senate Friday appropri¬
ating $75,000 for the expenses of the
Behring sea commission, soon to meet
at San Francisco to determine the
amount of damages to be paid for
seizure of Canadian sealers in Behring
sea.
Postmaster General Wilson has de¬
nied the privileges of the mails to a
trance medium concern alleged to be
doing a fraudulent business under the
name of Professor Godfrey, alias Pro¬
fessor Winters, with several other
aliases, at Chattanooga, Avondale and
Sherman Heights, Tenn.
An error in the oaloulation that gave
the battleship Massachusetts a speed
of 16,279 knotf has been discovered at
the navy dep irtment. ^Corrected the
speed stands 16.2029, and this reduc¬
tion means that the contractors will
got $100,000 in premiums instead of
$125,000. However, the Massachu¬
setts still holds the record for her
class.
Treasury figures officially proclaim¬
ed Friday show that up to May 1 the
excess of expenditures over receipts
for the fiscal year aggregate $23,200,
000. For the month of April the ex¬
cess is $4,500,000. Id round figures
the receipts for the ten months Of the
fiscal year are $274,800,000 and ex¬
penditures $298,000,000.
The treasury official circulation
statement ^»0ed Sunday gives all the
kiuds of money in circulation
$1,540,007,082 or $30,000,000 less
May 1, 1895.,, The per capita
tion based on a population of
000 is stated at $21.65. The
in money in eircnlation daring
is placed at $11,377,619 and the
crease of money in the treasury
the month is stated at $6,572,676.
The secretary of the interior has ap¬
proved tho report of Speoial
Robert L. Berner, who spent last Bum¬
mer investigating the noted Des
Moines river land grant. The amount
of indemnity carried aggregates about
$185,000. Only claims aooompanied
by written evidenoe of title were al¬
lowed and only 130 ont of 526 claims
that were filed at the department were
thus favorably passed upon.
Since the passage by both houses of
congress, on April 6th last, of the sen
n te concurrent resolutions declaring
that a state of war existed in Cobs,
and that in the opinion of congress the
pre8 jdent should recognize the bellig
e rency of the Cubans and tender his
good offices to Spain to bring about a
recognition of the independence of the
Cuban republic, no overt action has
been taken by the United States so far
M known, unless the appointment of
eo prom inent a personage ss General
Fitzhugh Lee as consol general to Ha
Tana oan be so regarded,
0eQeraI Fitehngb Lee, the new non
sul general of the United States at Ha
^ at the state department
ti g^ morning Md hsd conference
witb r<t ary Olney and Assistant
Secretary / BookhilL The Cuban situa
ti wa diacnMad| bat further confer
eQ0 „ ^ ^ beld< The of Gen.
Lee ,, departura £ fo , his post has not
w iett di and be wiU probably ra
main in Washington 6 several days post
, « bimaelf on tbe ,utc of affairs in
th itlimd ^ aa win * ihowa by r*.
u whi b baTe ^ at the
IX) < Po P-’ *• v a ) P* esented
» bill in the ranate making the Mexi- .
°* n * 1 ^\ er i*. *^*P* n **®
jen, eaoh oontmaing 871 1-4-grail ns of
P ur ® * n .^ *^® J?° tt* full
j®** 1 tender 14^1
******
® n tler declared that if the federal
government would not make ^**«*U*
vsr solus legal Under, then the states
J* 4 th « P° w *' 40 *°
Carolina to exercise its constitutional
rights in this direction, and be hoped
other states would adopt the
oourse.
A GRAIN CONGBESA
Prominent Cities Represented at the
Meeting In Charleston.
The opening session of the grain
congress of the south and west
held ia Charleston, S. 0., Wednesday
morning. President MoGshan, of the Charles¬
ton Chamber of. Commerce, Orleans, Louisville, presided.
Augusts, Savannah,Brunswick,Tampa, New
Chicago, Minneapolis,
Mobile, Wilmington,
Kansas City and other cities were rep¬
resented. Mayo. tender¬ I
made the address of welcome,
ing the freedom of tbs city. ! Presides
Elliott, of the .Coast line, Colone.
Killebrew of Ten , Breedlove
Smith of New Orleans, Inglebart
Chicago, Knott of the Louisville
Nashville railroad, Purse of the Savan¬
nah freight and other*
A on
ganizaiion and
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
Reports of industrial and business
conditions in all parts of the south for
the past week indicate that the south¬
ern iron furnaoea are fully employed
aud the accumulation of iron in the
yards are email. Very heavy shipments
have been made daring the week in
filling orders that have been and lately well re¬
ceived. Prices are steady are
maintained. The output of ooal con¬
tinues unchanged and the proepeot*
for a good summer’s business are quite
favorable.
Textile mills are busy, bnt manufac¬
turers still oomplain that finished
goods do not sell at prices that afford
a fair profit, and that the demand is
light The mills are all in full opera¬
tion and tbeir number increases eaoh
week. While it is probable that some
of them are running just now on a
small margin of profit, it is likely that
in the year’s business the southern oot
ton mills will make a satisfactory show¬
ing. lumber business has improved
The
somewhat under modified prices and
increased demand. There is room,
however, for improvement business. in the
southwestern and western
The export lumber business is good
and increasing. south
General business in the is fair
and steady. The season has opened
favorably and prospects are for heavy
orops and a large volume of trade.
Among important new industries es¬
tablished br incorporated during the
week The Tradesman reports: The
Amioolola Marble and Power oompany,
of Marble Hill, Ga., oapital $600,000}
a $100,000 cotton oil mill at Birming¬
ham, Ala.: the Sterling Lumber com¬
pany, of- Charleston, W. Va.,
$100,000 oapital; the Interstate Cot-?'
ton Oil company, capital $60,000, of
Auguste, Ga.; the Montgomery Brew¬
ing company, of Montgomery, Ala.,
capital $50,000; the Southern Irriga¬
tion oompany, of San Antonio, Tex.,
oapital $10,000, and a $10,000 knitting
mill at Bamberg, S. 0.
The Tradesman also Gainesville, reports brick
and tile works at Fla.;
canning factories at Borne, Ga., and
Batesburg. 8. C.; a carriage factory
at Rioeville, Tenn., and cotton mill*
at Opelika, Ala., and Lenoir City,
Tenn. A cotton compress and oil
mill are to be built at Shreveport, La.;
an eleotrio lighting plant Gallatan,
Tenn., and flouring mills at Evening
Shade, Ark., and Huntsville, Ala.
Glass works are reported at Mid
dlesborongh, Ky.; an ioe faotory at
Charleston, S. C.; nut and bolt works
at Birmingham, Ala., snd mills dye works
at Lynchburg, Va. Oil are to be
built at La Fayette, Ga., and Shreve¬
port, La.; a rice mill at Houston,
Texas, and woodworking plant* at
Goodwater and Mobile, Ala.; Lexing¬
ton, Ky.; Salads, N. 0.; Bennetts
ville, S. 0., and Nashville and Mem¬
phis,Tenn.—Tradesman (Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
CONVICT GOODS
Made the Subject of .a Bill la Con¬
crete by Representative Gardner.
Representative Gardner, of New
Jersey, from the oommittee on labor,
has submitted to the house a favorable
report on the Southwiok bill to protect
free labor and the industries in whiob
it is employed from the “injurious ef¬
fects of convict labor" manufactured by oonflning by
the sale of goods
convicts to the state in wMeh they are
produced. adopted exempt¬
An amendment was
ing manufactured agricultural imposed. pro¬
ducts from ths restrictions th*
There is no disputing ths faot, re¬
port says, that ths question of the em¬
ployment of 50,000 oonvioti in the sev¬
eral prisons and penitentiaries in th*
United States ti on* of groat impor¬
tance, snd that its satisfactory solu¬
tion requires the exercise of (he sound¬
est judgment snd the wisest oounsel on
th* part of those who** duty it is to
legislate on the designated subject. by this bill,",
“It ti not
the report am: “to attempt to inter
fere in the ■lightest degree with th*
right of eaoh state to employ its oon¬ of
vioti snd to dispose of th* prod not*
their labor in any manner, by any sys¬
tem or plan that may appear wisest
and bast to its citizen*. All it socks
to accomplish is to oonfins th* remit)
of tbe operations of snob system, so
for ss possible, within the state limits
S&d to prevent resulting ettia, wuetiis*
necessary or otherwise, from extend¬
ing to and injuriously affecting which the
citizens of those other states
which eleet to make different dispo¬
sition of the time and labor of their
prisoners. “Some have in great
states a
are protected tbeir own enterprise
from the unequal sand competition traveling of their
prisoners, and agents
of their penitentiaries into other
Ttstes to dispose of convict-made goods
at prices that utterly defy competition labor.
from those who employ free It
ti evident that this ti a wrong which
should not be permitted to continue if
s remedy can be applied." nothing lees
The report easerta that
than the enactment of such national
legislation as will effectually prohibit
the interstate will transportation found efficacious. of prison
made goods be that bill
Th* oommittee believes the
reported will be found each remedv
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ASSASSIN’S
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ENDS THE EXISTENCE OF
SHAH OF PERSIA.
The Murderer Disguised aa a
Meagre Details of the Tragedy.
afternoon, Secretary Olney, at 8 o’clock Frida^
received the following oh
ble message from United States Minty
ter Alexander MoDonald, at Teheraa f
“Tihbban, Persia, May 1, J896.-*
Olney, Secretary of State, Washing¬
ton : The shah, visiting the shrine near
the city today for devotion, on enter¬
ing the inner sanctuary, waa shot by
an assassin, disguised aa a woman, the
bullet entering the region of the heart.
The shah expired in a few minute*.
The regioide is a revolutionary fanatic.
There ia great distress, but the city in
quiet.”
Shortly after the receipt of the n$w*
of the assassination, Secretary McDonald Olnsjf
sent a cablegram to Minister
saying that the president directed that
sincere oondolenoe be tendered and
that abhorrence of the crime be ex¬
pressed to the government of Persia
and the family of the shah.
Nasr-ed-Dine, the aasinated mon¬
arch, was born July 17, 1881. He waa
the son and successor of Mohammed,
and snooeeded to the throne Septem¬
ber 10, 1848. Just after the oommun*
of Paris, Nasr-ed-Dine made a tour of
Europe, and the educational resalted advantage*
derived from his travels in
the institution of a more liberal ad¬
ministration of the government on bin
return to Persia.
-The shah New is Mouzsffer-ed-Dine, Shah. ,j
The-new
who was born March 25, 1858. His
offloial title is Marza Valeahd, or heir
presumptive. He has five sons, ox
whom the eldest is Mshommed Alimir
za, and five daughters. hf Nasr-ed-Dine
The assassination
by a fanatio becomes a greater, souroe
of regret from the faot that his extend¬
ed travels had taught him a degree of
religions tolerance surpassing most
eastern records potentates. of the state department
The
contain many oommnnioations attest¬
ing the shah’s leanings toward liber¬
ality and justice. In one Christian, particular
instance where an Amerioan
under the protection of Amerioan mis
aionaries, waa shot at Oroomiah, Per¬
sia, in 1898, the shah sent his son and
heir apparent to investigate the matter
on the oomplaint of United States Min¬
ister McDonald.
The Persian prime minister subse¬
quently informed McDonald that im¬
perative orders had boon issued to hare
exemplary punishment inflicted npon
those who had committed the deed,
and to take every possible Christians measure who for
the protection of other
might be McDonald in danger. forwarded entire
Mr. the
correspondence to Secretary Gresham,
stating that it was the request of the
Amerioan missionaries that the ahah’s
assuring letter ehonld be published for
the benefit of their friends at home.
The Details Vary Brief.
The details which have reached Lon¬
don of the assassination of the shah
are of the briefest character. As the
■hah was entering the inner court of
the shrine of Shah Abdui Azim, the
assassin, who is said to be a Bayyid Bees*,
from Kerman, named Mollah
delivered the fatal shot
The shah was attended by hie chief
physician, Dr. Tholossaa, and other
physicians. The assassination caused mnch alarm.
Priuoe N lab-aa-Sal tanas, the third
son of tbs shah, of retired the government. to his palqoa
at the request
The heir to the throne, He will Mnxsper- leava
ed-Din, is at Tabris.
for the capital as soon as possible. is
A possible reason for toe crime
that there has been mush discontent
for some time owing to the dear nets of
provisions, partly caused by the «*
oessiv* issue of copper coins.
The shot was fired os the shah
entering the shrine and the wounded
ruler was at onoe conveyed to his
riage and taken with all speed to the
patio*, where he died two hours later.
The murderer was arrested. It ia be¬
haved that ha had acoonglio es.
TILLMAN AGAIN.
•onth Carolina’s Senator Talks Oat
:
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
made s speech attacking) ia the senAU Friday Hill add af¬
ternoon Senator
President Cleveland.
He declared that -Mr. Hill repre¬
sented the bondholders sad banker*
and not the people. bonds He and predicted re- if
pudii ation of inUrest
bond times were carried mnoh mrther,
to which remark Mr. Hill oooUy sug¬
gested “And if you can’t have the! I
suppose you’ll have bloodshed?"
Mr. TUlman declared the president end
“stands as tbs tool of the . 10080 ."
represents only the almighty dollar.
Grover Cleveland, John Sherman and
John Carlisle, he declared, ere "affini¬
ties."
Mr. Tillman closed his speeeh by
saying that if the democrats at Chicago
declared for gold he would walk out of
the convention. He would join 1896, s party but
which might aot snoeeed in
would be troublesome in 1900 on a
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