The Republican journal., 1892-05-26


sued a circular outlining their grievances.
| If the lookout be prolonged the building
| trades may go out to aid the granite cut
| ters.. The great fire at Oswego, n y,
caused a loss of between $500, 600 and
$500, 900, and practically wiped out the
| city milling and elevator interests. 1t
| is reported that the sentence OF Edward
p, Deacon for killing NJ. Abeille in Can
mes will be reduced to four and one half
months. Deacon will have SO many
| privileges and comforts that he will be Il
prisoner in name only..... Five persons
were killed by an explosion which des
| troyed the factory of the .Etna Fire Works
| Company at Hartford, Conn. Saturday
afternoon, and four seriously I'M njured. }.
| H. ID. Libby Il prominent citizen, and a
member of the company was killed........
| Deeming, the Australian murderer, was
lung early saturday morning. He caliS-
ed no scene on the scatfold. ..... Brazilian
| battlC-ship >alimores has been wrecked
| and 12O OF the crew We're drowned. .... The
relay bicycle race ended in New y orb
early Monday morning. The message was
carried from Chicago to New York by
| a 975 mile route in days Is hours and }
| minutes, Is hours and 80 minutes more
| than the schedule. The time is consider
| ed good. considering the storm and the bad
| roads. In the Methodist Conference at
| Omaha, Saturday, in view of the many
| protests and memorials received, the
Committee on the State of the Church
| decided to take no action in the matter
of a change in the discipline OF the
NJ. T.. Church regarding dancing. card
| playing and other amusement>..
Great danger to the cities of New
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City is
believed to exist in the harges loaded
| with high explosives anchored in the har
bor near Ellis Island. General Horace
| Porter announces that only SIG, 600 is
needed to complete the Grant monument.
... \ delegation OF leaders in the granite
workers strike in New York called on
| District Attorney Nicoll and submitted
ufacturers' Association was not guilty of
criminal conspiracy in combining to con
| troll the price of stone in that city by lock-
| ing out its employees. Yale beat Prince
tom Monday to o in one of the most eN-
citing college ball games.
| Political POINTS. The Boston Herald
| published last week some very good por-.
traits of the Maine delegates to the Mime
| apolis convention. together with brief
| biographical sketch of each. Maine will
| have a good looking. as well as an able del
cgation upon the floor of the convention.
80. Another authentic (?) report that Mr.
Blaine has consented to accept the nomin-
alton creates considerable excitement i'll
| WaShington......Th The Democratic third dis
trirt convention will be held at Pittstield
June :. The apportionment, which is on Il
| basis of one delegate for every - votes and
one for every fraction of - above 80
| thrown for governor i'll lSNS, calls
| for a convention of 20 delegates. ..... The
| .,ldis Republicans have elected delegates
| to Inc state conVtntiul and passed rcso-
| lution> indorsng the gubernatorial cam
didacy of Henry Is. Clcaves. ..... Eighteen
national delegates We're elected by the
| Democratic State convention in North Car
uiina. \ majority is said to favor Cleve-
| land. ..... Ih" delegates chosen by the Wiz
| ginia Democratic convention We're divided
! equally between the Cleveland and Hill
lUrres.....A number uf anti lIalr isun men
| Lave hccn IN consultation with General Al
ger ut DeIroit....... The Rocl>land and
Augusta Republican caucuses adopted
resolutions endorsing Henry B. Cleaves
as candidate for goVornor..... Senator Hill
| at MeclllcnbIrrg, entreatiu@ hls auditors to
| ''eNccl in public virtue and private integ-
| lity, must have been an impressive spec
tacle. senator Ilill' : idea of public viz
| the is represented by violated laws, a Stol-
en Legislature, personal aggramlizment
| and every form of corrupt and demoraliZ-
ing iobbery. That was an interesting
and significant episode of the North Caro-
| lima Democratic Convention when two
| hundred delegates left the convention be
fore action was taken ON the choice of del
egat"s, reported themselves at the head
| nf bn Daon1af
ed their purpose not to support the tick
| ct to be nominated at Chicago...J 5.
Clark>on, chairman Of the Republican
| National committee, ON his return from
| the .Alger conference said that the nomin-
alton at Minneapolis would be made by ac-
| clamation and by doubtful and uninstruct-
ed States..... Representative Dunphy, of
New York declares that the friends of
| MI Cleveland are ovcreStimating the votes
| that will be given the cX-Presidcnt at the
| Chicago Conventions. Gov. Plaisted
airs Il brand new notion in last week S
Augusta Age. He wants the Maine dem
| oclacy to put into its platform plank in
favor OF having the country highways sup
ported by the State instead of by the
towns He would also have the State
support all paupelS..... The third dis
| trict Republican Congressional convention
| VIII Dt nelu dl NdleTNlllc July bull. DEL
egatcs chosen before the call is issued will
not be eligible. The district committee
met at Pittstield Monday and reached this
decision.
WA>IllNGTON WHISPEI;ING>. The Sen
ate May IS, passed the naval appropriation
bill with the amendments OF the commit
tee providing for additional ships. Tho
bill eXcmptin@ American coastwise vessels
piloted by their licensed masters OF by
United States pilots from the obligations
to pay State pilots for services not render
ed was taken up by the Senate Monday,
and Mr.. Frye, who had reported it from
the committee on commerce. addressed
the Senate in support Of the bill giving
numerous instances of eXactions to which
coastWise vessels We're now subjected by
State pilot laws The bill went over until
Thursday. after the adoption of an amend
mcnt, offered by MI. Ransom, that the
act shall take effect from and after July /,
1893. The Senate passed the bill
Thursday 80. Mcssrs. Gorham, Blackburn,
Butler, Morgan and Ransom were the five
Democratic Senators who voted with the
Republicans for the increase of the navy.
While the sundry civil bill was being
discussed in the House Mr.. kilgore raised
a technical point against an appropriation