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The Irwin County News.
Official Organ of Irwin Obunty.
M. I, TJNLEY, Publisher.
«'AS14.\i»lO.\ NEWS.
GOSSlV ft*
OK the .Capital in
.. Bimv .paragraphs.
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Doings of the Chiefs and Hoads of tlm
Various Departments.
The comptroller of the currency has
ta leclared of.the.&roditQrs. a. dividend ■of 10 j^£r cent in
xor of the Farmers’
National..bank Of Portbsmonth, O.
, The comptroller of' the currency has
..issued a call on National banks fora
; statement o’f their copdltiou at, the
close pt business, Tuesday, July 14.
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle, accom-
panied l»y Mrs. William K. Carlisle
Master their children, Jane, Laura and
John G.'Carlisle, left Wash¬
ington Friday afternoon for an outing.
!'embarked tender upon tho lighthouse
, Violet for a sail down tho Ches-
m ap.eako bay.
Tests of the Colt automatic gun have
k _eJl progressing at the navy yard in
YVafthingt.pn regarded for several days. They
indications me as satisfactory and tho
are that the contracts with
the'dbpartment The will be carried out.
arm is of o.single barrel construc¬
tion and will firO four hundred Shots
per minute.-
, Lieuienant B. E. PeaTy, Thursday,
telegraphed the nayy department from
v Sydney, Capo 'Bjreton' Island, as fol¬
lows: “My steamer, Hope, sails at
noon today. Expect to remain nnti^
the last of September.” The officer is
understood to be in search of a vast
meteorite, Polsp* discovered by him on his
last expedition, but which he
was not then able to bring away.
Another convention of colored'wom¬
en whose aim is the elevation, of their
race began in Washington Monday.
This body is the National Confedera¬
te in of Colored Women, and the jivife
of President Booker T. Washington,
of Tuskegee, Ala., is tho president.
She says the convention was called at
this time chiefly to meet the officers
and members of the National League,
which was in Ression last week, and to
endeavor to effect a union of the two
organizations.
Petroleum Statistics.
The total production of crude pe-
troleum in lhe United States in 1895
was’52,983,526 barrels, valued at $57,-
090,279, against 49,244,516 barrels
in the previous year, valued
at $35,522,095. These statistics were
compiled for the zoological survey
by Expert Joseph F. Weeks. All im¬
portant producing districts shared iu
the increase except West Virginia and
Now York, which showed slight de¬
creases. Since the beginning of opera¬
tions in Titusviile, Pa., in 1859, the
enormous total of 909,713,403 barrels
of crude petroleum have been produced
in the country of which 516,657,260
barrels represent the products of the
Pennsylvania and New York oil fields.
■Government Fays Once Too Often.
A proposed double payment of over
, 1,000 and an actual double payment
of nearly $9,000 havo just been dis-
< : osed in the navy department, most
< ‘ it going to Alabama.
The facts the seem old to sidewheel lie at jlie_outbroak
he war steamers,
bo eSoto and Bienville, belonging to
e New Y’ork and Now Orleifjs Steam-
ip Company, were purchased by the
la: xnent anil an appropriation
n ido for* the payment of their stipu-
? l «d price.
yery Jr a time’ the proportionate amount
M a the stockholders in the company
'*Mdeut in the Confederate States was
rivec’iheld by the treasury, but in the
and hs intervening between 1870 and
. all these dropped southern claims
nome J ft g eri U p an d paid. Through
and F tf blundering proper vouchers were
busit filed with the papers in the treas-
rent idepartinent.
anratA That Bond Inquiry.
Th i’Bfttor Harris, chhirupin of the
’>t s committee to investigate the
V . lor >ent bond issues, whether says tho he has committeo not yet
our termi. until fall before going
iy, 1.1 wa i, 1 - Yestigafjjpn, or will complete on
^.iio ith its iu and make
work, f,T»n>Q *iie report
tt public this ttljmmer.
Tho last mei adjourned , subject .. .
to the calf of 1 he chairman, and the
present,purpose is to wait until fall
before continuing * ** ba inquiry, but
Senator Harris sa„, 7 « that conditions
may arise, incident t> 1 * b 9 campaign,
that will make and it desh^h* 6 * *° be P public rese nt
all the facts report
at once. political
In doing this he added,. flo
motives will be involved, a *>d the only
pitrposo.will be to olear itp i.hiubts and
unfounded charges, growing oMt of the
excitement arising from a .national
contest. The chairman says 1 bat if
publio misapprehension should arise
on tho bond question it would be
proper to give the public the amplest
information without reference Jo whom
it would benefit or injure.
To Coin Silver Dollars.
Owing tp the fact that the amount
of silver dollars in the treasury avail¬
able for the redemption of treasury
notes has become reduced to $10,659,-
•5S2, and will be further reduced by
during thp current month,
raLooinago of silver dollars by tho
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY: GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 24,1896.
mints to’lp.OOO.OtfO. will be increased fiom $1,500,-
1)00 per month from the
1st id Aligns!, and will probably bo
«iiu tiulied at that rate in order tlint. tlie
treasury may have Miih'cjont. stock to
sury notes presented in ex-
On the 1st of March, 1893, the treas¬
ury held 29,390,461 silver dollars for
the reibmption of treasury notes is¬
sued under the act of July, 1890. To¬
day the nmnbtr of silver dollars held
by the treasury for the redemption of
treasury notes is $10,659,582. Since
the 1st of March, 1893, the coinage of
silver dollars has aggregated $11,983,
056. Of this sum, however, $2,311,-
667 was profits, or seigniorage, which
leaves $9,671,379 for the redemption
of treasury notes, The amount of
treasury notes redeemed in silver dol¬
lars and cancelled from November 1,
lS93,to July 14,1896,was $28,402,258.
Reserve to be Maintained.
The gold reserve Monday stood at
$89,7.61,336. with withdrawals of $3-
766,300, of which $3,030,000 was for
export. The large amount, over $676,-
000, taken presumably for “hoarding”
purposes, was regarded by treasury
officials as tho unfavorable feature of
the day’s transactions.
For the past two weeks small
amounts of gold for the purpose have
been withdrawn, but Monday’s with¬
drawals for that purpose were larger
than for any other day this year. A
reassnring rumor reached the city to
the effect that the New York national
hanks have formed a pool and will
turn into the treasury $20,000,000 in
gold for legal tenders was well received
by treasury officials.
It was pointed out that they were
amply able to do so. Mint Director
Preston on July 1st estimated that
tbeto was in the United States $598,-
000,000 in gold and by the last report
tho national banks of the United States
had $179,000,000 and the national
banks of New York alone had of this
rum $46,000,000. This total has been
increased since then and is doubtless
now nearly $50,000,000.
The administration’s policy to keep
the gold reserve up to a point of confi¬
dence has never wavered. This policy,
it is stated, will be maintained even if
a new bond issue is therefore made
necessary.
FOUND DEAD IN CAMP.
Ex-Govornor Russell, of Massachu¬
setts, Expires Suddenly.
A special from Quebec, Quo., says:
Ex-Governor William E. Bussell, of
Massachusetts, was found dead Thurs¬
day morning in his fishing camp at
Aidelaide, near Grand Pabos, Que.
He passed through Montreal in the
best of health and was thon on his way
to the salmon grounds.
Governor Bussoll was as well as usgnl
when he retired Wednesday night and
when he was found dead Thursday
morning in his bed rumors of every
kind were quickly spread. Ilia camp
was immediately surrounded by in¬
quiring friends and only a reassuring
word from those who were permitted
to gaze upon the dead body of the fa¬
mous young statesman would satisfy
the people that the report was really
true. The cause of his death is thought
to have been heart disease.’
Colonel H. E. Bussell and Colonel
Francis Peabody, Jr., who were mem¬
bers of the party, left at noon for Mas¬
sachusetts with the body.
Governor Bussell’s death removes
one of the most brilliant figures before
the American people today. JJe was,
in ability, the peer of any man in the
country, and public life in all phases
will sustain a great loss. '
He was a prominent figure in the
recent Chicago convention, and his
magnificent defense of the minority
report of the platform committee was
in line with his other brilliant achieve¬
ments.
Ho was an orator of splendid power,
and his olear logical thought abd for¬
cible methods of expression have made
him a power in tho discussion of pub¬
lic questions.
He was only 39 years of ago, having
been born a't Cambridge, Muss., iu
1857, ana was one of tho youngest
governors in the United States.
SLASHING RATES.
War Between the Railroads Grows
Apace.
Seventy-nine cents from New York
to Atlanta, Ga., and everything else in
line.
This is the response of Commissioner
H. Baltimore S. Haines into to southern the Seaboard territory. cjiit from
It is evidently the purpose of the
Southern States Freight Association to
crush the Seaboard Air-Line’s life out,
or make it cry “Enough.” No quarter
is to be shown, and Mr. St. John says
he will ask none. Millions of '.dollars
of revenue are to be wasted, dividends
sacrificed, perhaps interest on bonds
defaulted and possibly receiverships
invited. , ,
This war means not only demoraliza¬
tion of rates, freight and passenger,
all over the south and west, but it is in¬
ferred from some things that have
been said that it means an attack
on the great corporations and on the
freight association in every legislature
from Virginia to Alabama.
American game last year wag ex¬
ported to the value of $17,8983
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
A BIG DEAL
US THE railroad world re¬
ported FROM KNOXVILLE. .
i
It Is Stated That tlieNorfolk and Wes¬
tern Buys Two Roads. I
railroad deal ",
A gigantic wftsrfiia-U'
■mown at Knoxville, Lonn., Satuiduy
night. It is by fur tho most impor 'iiy
and sensational of recent Norfolk years./-;#
waa given out that the a )«.
” esteru road has secured the Mariet.fi
and North Georgia property and tl#
N. A O. at Bristol,-nml will build thy
distance to Knoxville and run trains
straight through to Atlanta. ~ ,-,..5
Lhe story is thought to be straight,
since the agents of the company have
bought upward of 200,000 acres of
land in Cocke and Sevier counties and-
paid cash for it. Newman Erb is said
to be the agent of the new. company.
Further and later adyipes state that,
tho deni has created considerable ex-
citement and much speculation. ’
seems that since the reorganization of*
the Norfolk and Western road
planned the deal has been 'on
L'he Norfolk and Western road
au option on tho South .^Atlantic
Ohio road end the Brisfigl anil Eliza-
beth road, both conneetMvjif with
Norfolk and Western at Bristol.
From tho terminus of the Bristol
and Elizabeth will he built an
siou south alqug tho I naka range of
mountains, rounding it near Newport,
crossing the French Broud near Old-
tow'n, thence going direct to the
Smokies, through Cocke and Sevier
counties, until it strikes the old
doned surveys of the Tennessee and
North Carolina railroad. It will come
down that original survey into Knox¬
ville, connecting with the Marietta and
North Georgia road, and thence to At¬
lanta.
The roadbed of the Tennessee and
Carolina read is jiartially completed,
being graded from Knoxville to a point
above Sevierville. One qf the piers
for a bridge to cross the river is also
completed.
The Norfolk and western people own
extensive coal lands in West Virginia,
which are reached by their various
branch roads, these coal fields being
already developed by immense coke
ovens in operation. The South
Atlantic and Ohio also’ reaches 'degrees coal
and iron fields iu various of
development, and the Bristol and
Elizabethtou road runs through 50,-
000 acres of exhausted lands, from
which tho three furnaces at Cranberry,
Bristol and Big Stone Gap have drawn
their supply of ores. The Norfolk and
Western is compelled to find a south¬
ern outlet for the output of their
ovens, furnaces and mines, and a road
to Atlanta via Knoxville is the solution
of the enigma.
MONKEYS INDICTED.
Strange Proceeding in a Calcutta
Law Court.
Everybody has heard of the sacred
monkeys of Benares and their queer an-
tics. There arc three monkeys iu Cal¬
cutta just now enjoying the unique dis¬
tinction (for monkeys) of being under in¬
dictment for larceny.
Seven men walked into the Jorabagan
thana, a court of General Sessions of Cal¬
cutta, and gravely demanded a warrant
for the arrest of three monkeys, names
unknown, on tho charge of “theft and
causing mischief.” The complainants set
forth,that tho offending monkeys were
the greatest thieves aud robbers in the
whole City of Palaces. They had broken
into bouses, purloined food, clothing and
bric-a-brac, and done even more damage
by destroying what they could not eat.
An English magistrate in India enjoys
considerable latitude, but the magistrate
was forced to refusp advised the warrant to arrest
monkeys. He the complainants
to destroy the troublesome animals. But
this suggestion they could not, by reason
of religious scruples, adopt. All animal
life is sacred to tlie Hindoos, and monkeys
enjoy a special exemption from barm.
Indeed, they are sacred, as the famous
Monkey Temple at Benares and other
similar buildings in India testify.
The English magistrate compromised
by suggesting • ft modified indictment
against tlie monkeys for burglary of the
worst type, and the local courts at present
have this proceeding under consideration.
The offending Calcutta monkeys must
be degenerate the offspring prehistoric of tlie famous
Hounaman, monkey of
India, aud head of the Entillus - family of
Simians.
Hounaman was a great monkey. He
had an infant son, who, inheriting some
of the paternal ambition, mistook the
rising sun for an orange and grabbed at
it. He burned his lingers, and in revenge
his papa seized tlie chariot of the Son of
Day. India, who beheld this outrage,
launched a thunderbolt at the old man.
aud laid him fiat.
Thereupon arose ft feud between tlie
monkey family and the Hindoos, which
is not wholly appeased to this dav. Every
year the inhabitants of certain villages lay
out iu tlie principal street a store of grain,
aud the KatUlos family march in and feui| help
themselves. This postpones tlie
If the villages neglect the offering tlB
monkeys invade the fields aud dcstroyjB JB
wowiua crain.
It is estimated that 1
New South Wales has c4
of 9,500,000 sheep. J
KX.GOV. RUSSELL BURIED.
Thousands Take a Bast Look at the
Remains of the Dead Statesman.
Thousands of mourning visitors
thronged Cambridge, Mass., Monday
to pay their last tribute of respect to
Massachusetts’ dead statesman, tf-
Governor William Biistis Bussell.
On every Hide sombre draperies were
seen on buildings aud in windows,
while on hundreds of coat lapels the
picture of the dead es-govornor, framed
blnok, wfl s worn as an evidence of
the general desire to join an expression
() f honor t 0 the dead ex-chief executive
of the commonwealth..
The private funeral services at tho
josidence on Brattle street were held
at 11 o’clock, aud 'were conducted by
j; ev JXdfouzie, of whoso church Mr.
Bussell was a member. Some of tho
classmates of Mr. Bussell at Harvard,
w j 10 had been chosen to perform the
duty, at tho end of the services, took
U p the casket by its bars of silver and
boro it to tbo waiting hearso.
a large number of floral emblems
W ere placed in carriages, and then un-
der an escort processi^cjtmoved of DLCambridge patrol-
men, the toward tho
hall. On eaqh side of the casket
^ jgfood sentinels weujing the white uni-
orpls 0 f the Boston Crfdets. The
#8 k e t was almost buried beneath the
(profusion $^ of floral offerings from mem-
ra 0 f the family and from others,not
iffir.m Ajfpy in every points section elsewhere. of tho.state, but
many
$ N, t fcw friends were permitted to view
| jEere wie body before the general public
&id admitted. Then for three hours,
lines of people passed the bier
Wthout a break, the total number of
j^em/reaching pf At 3 o’clock to the the doors thousands, closed
■ were
and soon afterwards the body was re¬
moved to the Shepard Memorial
JPrerabgervices «§roh, where at 4 o’clock the public
were conducted by
H&v, Mr, McKenzie. beautiful The body Mount was
then interred in the
Auburn cemetery.
WOMAN WITH AN AX
Instantly Kills Three People and In-
' . \ jures Two Others.
Six miles above Huntington,W. Va.,
at' the mouth of Three Milo Creek, oc-
oured one of the most horrible mur¬
ders ever know in the upper Ohio
barters.
The scene was on a shanty boat and
the killed are A. J. Call, forty-five
years of age; Nettie Call, his daughter,
twenty-four years of age, and Lottie
Call, another daughter.
Those iD a critical condition are
Grace Call, eleven years of age, and
Otis Call, thirteen years of age.
Late Sunday night Call and his fam¬
ily retired. Etta Bobbins, twenty-
fonr years of age, was at their house
and retired with one of the daughters.
A little boy who was sleeping with the
father, makes the following statement,
he being the only one outside the Bob¬
bins woman able to talk.
“At 3 o’clock this morning I was
awakened by Etta Bobbins cutting my
father with an axe. My sisters, Lottie
and Nettie, ran into our room and Miss
Bobbins turued on them. She killed
Nettie and cut Lottie’s throat, when
Lottie leaped from the boat into the
river. She then cut several of us
children and threw the axe at Lottie,
who was swimming to the shore.”
Tho woman acknowledges the kill¬
ing of A. J. Call, bnt denies killing
the others. Cali’s head was almost cut
off, and his heart was visible from a
wound in his breast.
The head "f the girl killed was also
almost cut i ff and her heart cut out.
The children were cut iu a dozen
places. A corcuer’s jury was impan¬
eled.
The verdict was (bat Etta Bobbins
■committed the inurdirs. The boat
was cut loose and n un veil to Hunt¬
ington, n *' 1 v I ..1 ■'"••d in j til.
BRYAN, AND NOT O’BRYAN.
Culpepper County, Virginia, Records
Show the Name.
A Culpepper, Va., special to tho
Bichmond Dispatch says that the
statement from J. Harvey O’Bryan, of
Portland, Ore., to the effect that the
name of the democratic presidential
nominee is really O’Bryan and was
changed by him at the time be begau
to practice law in Lincoln, Neb., is
wholly without foundation.
William Bryan, the great-grand¬
father of the nominee, came to the
oounty in 1752 from the lower part of
the state, acquiring large tracts of
land there and becoming prominently
identified with the county. His name
in the deeds for these lands is Bryan
and his last will and testament, which
was admitted to record July 21, 1806,
is signed William Bryou.
An old church built by him upon
his land and known as the Bryan meet¬
ing house, is still standing.
John T. Bryan, the grandfather of
the candidate, moved from tho county
to Illinois about 1830 or 1835, when
Silas Bryan, the candidate’s father,
was a boy about twelve years old.
William Jennings Bryan, bis father,
his grandfather aud his great-grand¬
father spelled their names Bryan. The
Bryans intermarried with some of the
prominent families of Culpepper coun-
i ty and have a number of blood rela-
| tives living there. This is authentic,
j having been taken from the records ol
[the oounty.
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Operates Pullman Buffet Sleepers the year round between Nashville,
Tenn., and Jacksonville, Fla., via Macon aud Tifton.
Operates Pullman Sleepers between Atlanta and Brunswick, via Macon
and Tifton, making direct connection with boats to and from Cumberland
and St. Simons.
Operates its own sleepers between Macon and Palatka via G.S.&F. direct.
Direct line to Fitzgerald Soldier Colony via Tilton.
Shoo-Fly train runs daily except Sunday and will make every local stop.
D. G. HALL, T. P. A., W. H. LUCAS, F. P. A.,
12 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. 7 Hogan street, Jacksonville, Fla.
C. B. KHODES, Soliciting Passenger Agent, Macon, Ga.
J. LANE, General Superintendent. G. A. MACDONALD, Geu. Pass. Agt.
TWENTY DROWNED.
A FERRYBOAT AT CLEVELAND,
OHIO, CAPSIZES
And Maiiy of Those Upon It Found
tVatery Graves.
The most appalling disaster which
has occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, ex¬
cept the viaduct horror of last winter,
when a loaded street car plunged 100
feet into the river, occurred Thursday
at 8 o’clock.
While the flat-bottomed ferry boat,
loaded with between forty and fifty
laborers, was crossing the old" river
channel, it was, capsized and all the
men thrown into the channel, and be¬
tween fifteen and twenty were drown¬
ed, fourteen bodies having been taken
from the water within three hours
afterward.
The accident was due to a panic
among the men on board. The boat
was so loaded that the gnnwhale was
only throe inches above the water, and
passing a tug made waves which came
into thp boat. At once there was a
ruBh to the other side and the boat
went under and spilled the men. They
were all members of a gang of ore
handlers and were going to their
homes. Tho scene in the river as de-
scribed by the men on the tug and the
steamer was a wild struggle for life.
Lines and life preservers were
thrown from both vessels and many
were pulled aboard. Others of the
unfortunates were rescued by small
boats and some swam ashore. The
life-saving crew was summoned and the
work of searching for bodies at once
be g an
Those who escaped scattered in
every direction, and it is uncertain
just how many lives were lost, The
crowding of tho boat was due to the
fact that the ore gang pay so much P er
trip on the ferry, and the more that
get on the less the cost to the passen-
gers. The majority of the men mostly
lived on Gauge street and Selden ave-
nue, whioh led down to the docks and
shipyards, and the scenes there were
indescribable.
Tho men were all Germans or Poles
and their families connot speak Eng-
MISTOOK THE SIGNAL
And the Streets Were Filled With
Dead aud Dying.
A special cable dispatch to the New
York Herald from Athens,Greece, says:
“Dispatches received from Canea
state that a panic occurred there at 10
o’clock Sunday morning in the Plantza
quarter, owing to a fire, which was mis¬
taken as a signal for carnage.
“The houses were forthwith barri¬
caded. The British Captain Drum?
landed boats carrying armed sailow.
Tho Austrian and Bussian ships also
lauded men in Canea and Haleppa
Shooting began at once and in a few 1
minutes several hundred persons were
dead or wounded.
“The Austrian consul showed great
courage, and ran to Abdullah Pacha,
who rated him severely. Abdullah
Pacha finally dispersed tho Turks, but
the shops were closed and. nobody
dare stay in the street.
“The correspondent soys that as be
passed through the town the dead and
wounded were lying about and the
panic still continued.”
Large Lumber Mill Burned.
The lumber mill plant of the JameB
Lumber Company, at Wadley, Ga.,
has been burned. It was one of the
largest country plants of its kind in
the state. The loss amounted to $20,-
000; no iusnrauoe.
1.00 A Tear.
MUSIC HOUSE FAILS-
Ballet & Davis, of Chicago, Make an
Assignment.
The Hallet & Davis Company, deal¬
ers in pianos and organs, at Chicago,
have made an assignment to George
Aldrich. Tho assets are $283,000 and
the liabilities $'.40,000. The failure
was caused by stringency in the money
market and the general depression in
business.
The concern was organized a year
ago and is distinct from the old Hallett
& Davis Piano Company. The Chicago
company sold the instruments of the
old company.
When Mr. Bryan was introduced it
was a mighty shout that went up and
it was related over and over. A tem-
porary had been erected ut
the eontor of the building and from
this Mr. Bryan spoke as follows:
“Fellow Citizens—I am proud to¬
night to be ab e to say to those who
are assembled here, these are our
neighbors. I beg to expross to repub-
lican8 > democrats, populists and all
parties the gratitude which we feel lor
,llis magnificent demonstration. I say
we,because my wife who has shared my
struggles,deserves her full share of all
the honors that may come to me. (Ap-
plause.) I desire to express tonight,
u0 *' 0D iy onr grateful appreciation of
kindness, socially and political-
that y° u Btovm to to
fiOtr'e t° y° u the assurance that if by
suffrages of our countrymen, I for
a sh° r l time, occupy the honorable
P lftce in the e ift oi the P^P 1 ® that 1
shall return to the people who first
to< ?, me ™ arms. (Applause.)
“This shall bq my home. And when
earthly honors have passed away I
mingle my ashes with the dust of
t * us beloved state. (Applause.) I
thank those of all parties who have
been willing for a moment to forget
differences that exists between us and
J oln ln celebrating the fact that at
last th , « nomination for president has
c f oaBed the Mmsoun river. (Great
Peering and , loud and long applause.)
And now > 1 ca “ 8ee eacl > one
0 , yon personally, and express mj <■
‘ banks b - vtbe Pressure of the hand,
b Y m !" Permit me to bid ycB
g°°f all >. ™ n, bebal ^ bt f, of ( Lon “Y S wlfe and and continuj “y 8e! J
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ap After ?,“ use ':, the eecb , Mr and ^ „-■§ MB
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Bryan, _ standing t A . in tho rotunda
of
state people. house, They received assisted a eoncourse^H in rec^f
were
ing by a number of prominent cB B
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IOWA REPUBLICANS *
Reaffirm the St. Louis Platform 1
Name State Officers.
The Iowa republican state cons
lion, in session-fat Des Moines W
nesday, adopted resolutions reaffirn 1
the St. Louis platform of the po
delegation with a paragraph in pledging to faithful the 'J ij
congress
in behalf of international bimetal*
and giving a hearty indorsemefl
McKinley and Hobbrt and the pB
Mve tariff system, and named
plfcto state ticket, including
tiai ticket: electors. The follov^fB ‘
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i- tcretary ofStgi^H
son
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