Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-09-27
TELEGRAPHIC.


Col0re6 Convention.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 75.-Ths Col
ored Convention in session hers
beginning at noon yesterday. 10
notable gathering Of representative
men of that race. When twslv'
O'Clock came the large hall Of tn
! Lisdsrkranz building contained
about 243 delegates and . larg'
number Of colorsd and white spec
tators. II. N. Holland of Washing
ten, IN original signsr Of the call
called the meeting to order, Greer
Of Lousiana was elected temporary
Chairman and was introduced to
the Convention a. = martyr. On
accepting tho nomination Green
said he felt it was an honor to pre-
side temporarily over such a meet
ing in a State hallowed by the
names Of Henry Clay and his sac
csssor, Cassina NJ. CIsy. On con-
| GLIDING his speech, which recount
cd the past history of tho colored
race and looked into its future con-
dition, be sxhorted the Convention
to stand by the principles laid
down in the call and refrain from
discussions of political questions.
J. N. Gregory Of Washington was
continued as temporary Secretary
Secretary. Twenty.sevsn States
were represented.
At the night session, after nearly
focr hours of hot wrangling, Fred
Douglas was brought into the hall
amid the widest enthusiasm Of his
friends, and got on the stand. Tho
old man was trembling with ex-
element, and if he had talked his
words would have been hot ones.
His presence resulted, At the end OF
four hours, in his election to the
permanent Presidency. The late
ness Of the hour prevented his de-
livery Of . lengthy speech. but he
took occasion to deny the report
that he had said if Ben Butler was
nominated for the Presidency he
would sweep the eelored vote Of
the Union. Adjourned.
Piletaxe Of Government Vessels
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25.-soms
naval officers say that there will be
some moro old hulks in the navy to
be sold if the order forbidding the
employment of pilots by naval YES
sells il enforced a. rigidly ~ it has
for the last twelve months. Prob
ably in the history Of the navy
there have never been 20 many ac-
eidsnts from grounding and strik-
ing rocks in making harbors a. dur
ing that period, and navigatsrs At
tribute this fact to the order which
doubtless, for reasons of economy
has been issued, forbidding naval
vessels to engage pilots to enter any
harbor in the United States. The
assumption seems to be that the
commanding officers Of tho navy
arc 90 much superior in seaman
ship to the captains in ths merchant
marine that it is not necessary for
the Government vessels to use the
same precautions which owners Of
the humblest steam and sailing
craft do at every harbor on the
coast. The holes that have b cen
knocked into the bottoms of Gov
srnment vessels during the last
Summer az . result Of tho absence
of local pilots on dangerous coasts
have probably cost the Govern
ment more than competent pilots
for . year would have done, and
now even the flagship Tennessee is
going to the dry dock with > hole
in it.
An Important Ocefsi0n.
CHICAGO, Sept. pa decision
was rendered to-day in the case OF
Frank Kerr, who absconded to
Peru with $50, 900 worth Of se:uri-
| ties belonging to Preston, kesn q
Co. . bank. Kerr made application
for release from arrest on the
| ground that he was kidnapped from
Peru, and therefore not properly or
| legally under arrest. The decision
of Judge MeAllistsr remands Kerr
| to custody. The gist OF the deer
sion il that in case vrits of arrest
were issued by . Court having ju-
risdiction of the crime, those writs
are operative, no matter how the
prisoner was brought within the
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