Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-11

Colorado Republican,.
DESyEs, Sept. 10-The Republican
State Convention uet At CoIorad
Springs al IL o'clock This morning W
A anil, of Clear eek. vas eIe.tes
I temporary chairman. A Committee M
Credentials VS. appointed. and 20,
Convention adjourned until eigh; thi.
evening.
The Crops.
WASHINGTON. Sept. I0.-The Aoricnl
tnrai Department reports for Septembe
snow that the product OF winter whea
- above the average and is of a geuer
Ally good quality except where IL IL in
Jured BY spr uts in the shock. III,
wheat yield II not far from an averap,
OF Is bushels psr acre. The results o.
the harvest of spring wheat are not We
Complete, and the product cannot b.
precisely indicated. IL il probable frou
the reported condition Of the crop al
ready harvested and threshed that The
aggregate viii vary little from 10000.
oVO bushels. Reports of much higher
nRures are sensational and misleading
aud utterly unworthy of credence. III.
general average condition when har.
vested Is 81. against s3 las, year. This
condition rs aluo identical 9Th that
reported Ia September. 1873. The wlsa,
States IN the highest condition are Cali
fornia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, PennsyI
vania, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ore
CON. These. with some If minor pro
dootion, show figures higher than The
general average, Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas standing at -. OHIO and Michi
gan ai 80, Indiana 81. Illinois 30. III,
Eastern and Southern States range from
81 IN Mississippi TO i13 in Maine, the
condition running down to o. in Ohio
while it il ~ IN Mishigan, the Same in
Pennsylvania and 80 in New York.
There Il = fine crop west OF the Missis
zippi.
Wisesnsin Democrats.
MADISON. Wis. Sept. l0-rhe Demo
cratic State Convention met At nooa
today. After the appointment of the
usual commit "a, the Convention ad-
journed till 3 y. m. w. ID. Fratt, Of
Racine, will be nominated for Cover.
nor.
MADISON, Wis Sept. l0.-Tbe Con.
vention reassembled at O'Clock and
the following nominations were made
For Governor, L. ID. Fratt of Racine
Lieutenant Governor, A @. Parkinson OF
Columbia Secretary of State, Hugh
Gallagher of Lafayette. The Conven.
ton then took recess till 7:30 D. IN.
The platform sffirms the platform
adopted by the National Democratic
Convention III July last.
New Hampshire Democrats.
CONCORD. Sept. l0.-The Democrats
today nominated j. NJ. Hill for Gov
ernor. Presidential Electors were then
chosen and the convention adjourned.
CONCORD. N. H., sept. TO- The reso.
lutions adopted indorse the platform OF
the National Democratic Convention
which nominated Cleveland and Hen
bricks. and cordially ratify the nomina-
ton Of Cleveland and Hendricks for
President and Vice President.
Nominated In spite Of Himself.
BosTos, Sept. l0.-At the Prohibition
State Convention ! tier from Presi-
dent j. ii. Seelye of Amherst College,
declining the nomination for Governor,
was read. Notwithstanding the declina
ton, the convention nominated him for
Governor. and Henry N. Foxson of
Quincy for Lieutenant Governor. 1t ia
stated that President Seelye will ac-
cept the nomination.
BOSTON, Sept. l0.--After the recess the
State ticket was completed as follows ::
Secretary of State, George kempton
Treasurer and Receiver, General q. Is.
knight ; Attorney General, Samuel l..
Fairfield. In the declaration of pfinei-
pies the belief is expressed that in the
present campaign the paramount issue
IN fAw.
tons are in order until intemperance is
put down and stamped out. A telegram
was sent congratulatlng the Prohibit
tionists of Maine upon their victory on
tuesday. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to secure the adoption of resolu
ton favorlng women suffrage.
The Maize Election.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 10.-rhe follow
ing dispatch was forwarded from here
today:
To John 4. Logan, Chicago - Re
turns from remote sections of the
State increase the majority beyond all
expectations. In 35S towns the Repub-
lican majority over Redman exceeds
1900, and the prospects are that COM
plete returns will bring the majority up
To 1900. Ii will possibly be the largest
ever given in the history of the Repub-
lioan party of Maine. with two exoep-
tons at the close of the war. The
latest returns shown that the Repubii
cans carried every county in the State.
aud have elected every meuber of the
State Senate. The magnitude of the
Republican vote Is a surprise to both
parties, and shows that large number
Of Democrats have joined our ranks.
WALKER BLAINE.
obsaias an Attachments.
NEW YoRK. Sept. l0.-The Northern
Pacific Railway Company today OBJ
tanned an attachment against property
in this State belonging to David 4.
Swan, cashier of the company at st.
Paul. Mimi, charging Swan with wr-ng-
fully appropriation $2l 600 of the COM
pahy's money.
National Westinghouse Breed-rs' As.
seeintten.
NEW YORK, Sept. l0.-The first event
of TO day at the meeting of the National
Trottine. Horse Breeders Association
was postponed. In the race for the Ar
land stakes Lady Jajolica won the fifth
heat and the race in 2:25.
Juvenile stakes, three year olds, ORR
ole won in 2;56lS.
Wilson stakes, four-yea -olds, chest
nut tiliy Early Dawn. by Geo. welker,
bred In Kentucky. trstted around her
leader at the first quarter and opened a
long gap to the upper turn. From
there on the gap widened, and the
young mare distanced all. the last horse
being a quarter of mile in the rear,
and won The parse OF 81. 400; time PISA
Harsemen claim that the mare has a
great future. Later she trotted an ex-
hibition heat in 2II1 with the track
slow.
Frank Works team. Edward and
Dick Swiveier. trotted an exhibition
mile in 2:ls. Msrphy then brought the
running horses doe Nye and John j. on
the track hitched 30 skeleton wagon.
They were announced to run q fast
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