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MlNNIAroLis, June p.-1hr c1r,ep,ion Faith
FRED slowly this morning Atiio,lnrk prrbnp
| ihr,e foutihs ~ The dttgntrs were in Incl
scais or IN the uists, but thr galore. seto 40
hall fun
| iihns been cold convention from the begin
mug ana is coldhcss has never D.. en- more EN-
| platte than this morning
| Chairman Mckinley caine ton. scat on IA,
platform few minutes before NJ o.ci.,k. 10 me
| clappng % perhaps hundred Irds. aud Their,
was no demonstration CT tne trttaucp Of auy
other Of the lcadcr.
Even The spectacular Ingsli. ramc down Il
his scat accompanied only by the uarnot OF nj.
famous red ncrktlc
In, band tried 10 nfusr a ilt,ic he into tho
meeting by playing tumuliuou4 gallon but
with little success
There was the usual collection ~ no,asies lust
behind the chaifman- platform, senator Ca.
rcy and senator Mcmillan eat side by side IN.
Ger the gallery
Assistant Postmaster Gtnrral Rathbonv
vas IN his accustomed place ami Chairman
Harry bingham, Of fohnsyi'ania sat 10 the
CLERKS seat
At - Chairman McKi1lcy with a number
OF sounding blows Of the nCw gavol endeasu,od
10 cali The convention 70 order bot was soine
minuivs before the bur of Convcrsaiiun eeascd
and the delegates took their reas md gave
ihcir attention 10 business
nv Hlf brunhs " " . chanrthar u ihc Uni.
terslfN 81 South Dakota. dfllttrtr ~ nfrtitHv
prayer After the conclusion q the itaycr IN,
chair said the regular order vas u, rpoft Of
the COMMITTEE on cftdsuiials
Mr.. tcgsNrli WAS RECOGNIZED an ~ a "Thc
committee GA credentials IA suli IL scf.I0n n
hss been diligently NJ work and bis schcv-d
rcasonahl" success II hope ic tea 'r 20 r..
port tonight at O'Clock, and asir further
time"
Gen scwen Of New Jersey, was Immediately
GA bis feet Since no business Oouit %, done
until the committee was ready 60 r,poft &c.
moved that the Convention take feCf.s uut.l
o'cluck
After reading The resolution va. r,icrred to
the comrittcc on resolutions
Mr. Robert 81 Illinois, presented a resolution
also rsicrredl providing that grand nrry mon
h. admitted 80 standing room, AMI nat Il any
seats w,r, vacant ih-iy minute. aftfr ihc con.
tention Was called Ca order they .hut a hr al.
lowed 70 occupy ih'm The rosol tlor vas r..
cei'ed with applause
The chairman then announced that me- Quc.
tion was on the motion 10 take recess There
we're cries ~ "Noi' from al over ihr h4u
roupivd Win cries Il "Ingai- battr itr con.
iasion Ne chairman put The motioa ald a..
dared IL csrrlcd
New ioFk d,lcrate called fora division !
u n a. rNidsnt ~ The ayes stood uI Thar thu I
motion vas carried The clerk howev.r mad, /
he count rc'iriousiy Wnen ihr nlcs .tu-r ne I
opponents 81 She rrccs- waved ihtl AIMS 90 I
an iheir friends 70 tteir fcri, tlt .hr effort /
4 - u-,lsss. The chairman announce Che votr /
Is 90 10 So and az iiii, declared tha. 'hr cnn.
'ehtipn take rccrs. untii o'Clogk rht
htNNEAroifs Iuuc y The ronrfa .au wal. I
al,i 10 order att .si by Cbslrmau Mgh.nicy.
CA noiicu ~ Mr Drrcw Col Dicl Iiomn
on, ~ Indiana, vas congratulated oH bIsar.
wal ~ The age ~ ~ Co Tnonrusnr shl vas
fescnt replied Ia "a short address.
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| ,.r.,.,., ...,........ -,
~. ,u''l.i''i',, "nu r''uihmehu IeIisiation
- W ~ s'''ts 'h't VIII protect en-
i'"s,e 'uh go W 'ulcrs'a'e commerce, Ia min'
~ ~, ,"u u''nul'e'~ 'nt'
Inc republican party has always been the
CHAMPION 81 INC oppressed and recognizes the
! "t"'lN u' mAhnoo"' irrespective OF tuith, color
/ or hainhahly II sNmpaihizes with the cause of
nome rue ia ireland and protests against the
I PERSECUTION OF me jews Ia Russia
] INC uluma'e reliance OF ffoe popular govern.
| m'ht u me lntcIlrencc OF The people and the
/ maintenance OF freedom among men. We there.
I Tore declare ane" our devotion 10 liberty Of
/ thought and conscience. Of speech and prcss
and approve all agencies and insirumcntalitlcs
/ which contribute In the education OF the chill
| drcn Of The land, but while insisting upon the
fullest measure OF religious liberty we are Oh
posed TO any union OF church and state.
We rcanirm our opposition. declared In tho
republican platform of 1855. 20 all combinations
OF capital organized In trusts and otherwise. 10
control arbitrarily the conditions of trade
among our citizens We heartily ird,rsc an,
action already taken upon this subject. and ash
Tor such further legislation as NAV be rcouir,d
TO remedy any defect i'm ,,isttng i,ys ~, -,
render their enforcement mora con,nic,,, 49,,
effective. WV
We approve the policy Of extending 10 towns
villages ana rural communities the advartnqcs
Of the free delivery service, now cnioycd by Tho
larger cities Of the country. anu rcanirm Inc
"''l'faluh contained IN the republican plat.
form OF 1855 plcdging the reduction of letter
postage TO one cent. at the earliest rossihlc ma.
mcnt consisicnr with the maintenance of the
post once department and The highest class Of
postal service.
We commend the spirit and evidence OF re.
form In the civil service and tho Wise ana con.
sisi'nt enforcement by the republican party
OF the laws rrfuh,ng the same
The construction Of the Nicaragua canal "a Of
the highest importance 10 the American people,
both as measure OF national defense and to
htih UP and maintain American commerce, and
., should be controlled by the United States
government
we faVor tho admission on the remaining ter |
ritories At the earliest possible date, having due
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NOTES AND OPINIONS.


"A republican soldier has given al
interesting account of Quay's war ex
periences, from which it appears thai
he actually served six days.
If united the republicans could
not win this year Divided as they are
there is not aghost of a show for them,
no matter whom they make their
standard bcarer.-Detroit Free Press.
The first time Maine lost a speak
err of the house she made a senator of
him. Tom Reed somehow has not been
mentioned in this connection. Had
Tom east an anchor TO the windward il
might have been different. - Kansas
City Times.
1.-The republican party has bene.
fitted the country by the Mckinley bill,@
says a republican orator. If that is
true, the moropolist manufacturers
who have been robbing the people
through the high tariff will put no
more MONEY into the republican corrup-
ton fund. When the country is bene-
fitted the monopoles are hurt.-Louis-
vile Courier-J ournai.
1t was once the habit of Senator
Sherman Ia attribute the prosperity Of
the country 10 sort Of combination
between Divine Providence and the re-
publican party. Even the Ohio fnan-
cicr saw reason 10 drop the phrase
when it became indicative of an ALI.
ance between the Creator and such
patriots a. Dudley. Quay and Wana
maker. Chicago Times.
Wisconsin is not the only old re
publican state in the west that the re-
publicans will have to work hard to
carry this wear Neither Illinois nor
Iowa may go democratic, but there is
no such assurance of republican success
in either US there has been five months
before previous presidential elections
AS for Michigan, the democrat are GER
tain to carry more than one congress.
sional district under the district system
of electors. aud there are several otherN
In which the CHANCES are about even. -
n. Y. Post
Tariffs are now levied, averaging
sixty per cent, upon the articles on
which dhtics are laid, under the pre-
tense OF maintaining higher wages,
than would otherwise be paid, while
at the same time reducing the cost To
the consumer of protected stuirs. As
wage, we're higher in this country than
in other countries when there was no
protection, and as the price of labor /,
always determined with reference tC
supply and demand and the cost Of liv.
ing in occupations where the laborcr
IS his own employer, it is manifest that
the cry of protection to labor" is a
fraud. There can be no such thing.
Protection" is what it was at the
start "a means of giving the home man.
lfacurer an advantage to be paid for
tut Of the pockets of his fellow citizens
Philadelphia Record.
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stif W Ne reading ~ he call was concluded
snd Chairman Clnrkson aro~c aud aruounsfs
that h. Vas Instructed BY the cotnmittc- :,
ffcani 20 thr conwuiiou fur - ttmfaras,
chairman Hoo. J. Sloat Fa,ssiL Of New Yari1
ih'fe Vas q nund - applause AZ ihi. an
soupccfurnt .cd by ihc Nov Workers and Mr.
tassrtt un6scurtci left be seat and started
~ thc platform 4 path was cleared for hin,
and minute later Chairman GARRISON was IRE
'suting Inn 20 The convention. lie received ihe
customary vocsl wclcofnf. "a" Srw York dele
gstiuu rising aud waving thc|rhats ia hIs honor
bf fassoit looked perfectly seif.iossesssd a.
~ Fafcd about The vast hal In his hand va
W. written manuscript. 20 which he y, fcrfrti
sccasionaily a. h. spoke
The hali sas very qnlrt as Mr FaS.eu be
gan The dclcraics woir W almost immediate.
" al hls aliusiuu o. Minneapolis aud a moment
bicr. a. h. spoke - reciprocity. there was an
srthusiasi.e rcsfnnsc.
some orr tried 80 start TN Blaine cry bus
thcre va uo dispusiti1n 20 prcclpitato the
tr.His, and there was nn response Thc CONVEX
ton sppiaudcd literally DC announcement hat
81 Interests Noui1 Be- al harmony after The con.
,rution
- Speakcr Reed wns caNcd for N'r TasSc,t
fad ih~ NJ Reed was 1iwlvs b. ori.r NJ
Rcd. sitting iu me ladies saiictt. fctlin.d o.
fcspoud hui she shout CONTINUED and d. finally
complied Win The cAm
The Hlanc sentiment in vhlch Mr. Fassctt
if.AN Aff NHiftAiN'N IN NhiH fnNNfNlinN came oMi
" the dramatic presentation of thu Maine mans
name and Tho slu1rtinaiion ~ She name OF liar
rison
n ~ named the iradcrs ~ tho rarity h.
paused after Lincoln, Grant Garh"id and the
oihrrs ~ ihc round % applause De know would
iollos, iui vhcn he came 90 Harrison and
nlaiuf, he bTou rht tho two uatncs ogi IN enc
lrcaih. 50 hat applause ~ ihc Ilsrfi-rn men
would srfm 10 ninrlo With ilc applause 81 the
hiainc mca In rccoruitlvn 81 thu ca secretary Ct
stato.
Ar fass"it completed his rTerch NJ i.os
O'Clock and iook The rascl IN his hand before
tfc convention rcalircd That ho VAS through
The temporary oflccrs Ncrc then announced
snd ihr Convention adjourned uutii Wednesday
n-gfrlng
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BENZ. HARRISON
RenOminated for President Of
the United States.
Whltelaw Reid, Of New York Nom.
mated for Vice President.
Ooiy One Ballot Iakcu Tor President rs
Follows Harrison s35. Mckinley 1871
biainc 1891 Reed o. Lincoln a.
Reid By AccIsmstion.

NissrAroits, MINI, June THE delegate,
snd spectators were slow IN assembling Thu
frst burst OF cheering AROSE when Gov Nick in
Icy, OF OHIO was recognized moving down the
main Aisle ~ h'0 Immediately Rficrward.
New Works biz four, Plat iliscock Miller and
peTrw' closely followed ~ the entire dclegs.
ZION Ia body, marched down the center aud
we're warmly applauded. They took their al.
htt'd seats Immediately In front Of the chair.
twas Just ~ ~ when Chairman Clarlxson, of
th' national cniumitice struck the table the
tsht tap Siih she gave. A moment later Mr..
.iafsson brought Tic TaVcl down again twicr
sh.Tiiy. and The oonvsntinn aud gallers.. came
" order quickly and there wac hot n delegate
standing When III, Ciafkaon announced that IN,
tcssior would h. oTrucd with prayer by Rev
~ brush 'hanc,lioT ~ the University II south
pshoh AmonHnt after The Whole cuuNc ton
el"pn a. ~ Brush began % dvliYcf the lnyooa.
uon He prayed fur harmouy, AMI that the
platform aud the Other issues might be suhot.
ulnsie 10 Thy Great WIN" when he said
anHn The convention fetilrd down arain
WIN rusilinT ~ badges that vas l.Se the
nslspcrng 81 autumn leafcA
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Isssond The nomination Of Hsrri.sa Ores

isecond the nomination OF Hsrrison. Grr.>
ehferng al over the hall. =
A., v hen Depew referred 70. Mckinley, The 4 RAJ
demonstration an over the hall continued he.
wv asked Who viii be given credit for the
s"st acis OF tbs adminisTationfr some one
'ne audience called out Blaine" Great ap-
Pause The speaker spoke Of shcrrpan. AM.
.oh' Alger and Reed, Of Maine. Chccts for all.
mi prolonged for the latter
order being restored, Warner Miller TOOK the
psiloln 10 second Blaine.
Much 10 everybody's surprise. Foraker di6
Y y come forward when Ohio vas called.
'heatham, o. North Carolina seconded tho
lonlhalion Of Harrison and Boyd, coiored. OF
1fnnessee, seconded the nomination Of Blaine.
ar SewelL of New Jersey, moved thai the
'enfeniion proceed tobaliot Carried
cheering 80 - n ~ = ~ - = -
tlarrisor was dominated on srst ballot
The vote wasas follows: Harrison, s3,f. a: Me-
tney. ir'' Blaine, lks -; Reed. =; Lincoln, 1
sqhinicy ieleriaphea his sincere congratuls-
tfss 10 President Harrison ~
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M,SEy.po,,s Junc 10 -Att,.M, tho conycu
lion VIA called 10 order by Chairnan Meiiin
| lev
| pra,ee wa. offered bv no, ur Wavian.
| How. ,f tho First nan,i.t rhurcb of Mime
| nbotl.
| reed .t..,t $40. a..,.,oa n. n.,,o,a
I committcorn,n H., p,u.sytyania, n a Evan.
: from tf.ntu,l, ana na,id 4 Iav,on. from
Delaware
| Consideration Of tho committee nm or edentials
being tc.umrd Tho chair made Inc gratifying
! Announcement en- tho copyontion mat senator
/ Qua, had Authorized him ,o saw mat no further
opposition would he made 10 tho adoption of the
nstori,v ,e,,r, tn ,hc sIa,,,,,a r..c J'hs
question was ,hen np, and me ,nato,lty report
was unapimouslv adoptcd amid cheers.
This exagnrle was believed nv those who had
intended tn antagoulgo tho man r.no,t ON The
Mormon issue Mr. Cullum. after con-
suliaton win other friends Of The admislstrs.
tloh, agreed not 10 DELAY nominations BY raising
discussion on this question
The chairman asked Mr. Cannon. of Utah. n
he desired a vote on his m rority rcpor, He
said he did The rpinorlty report was beaten
by q decided majority and the maturity rcport
was adopted An Oregon delegate moved mat
the delegation from Indian territory and Alaska
be admitted with TWO votes each
A motion 10 refer this matter TO the commip
tee was made, but Chairman Cogswc.I ~ a.
committee. sot ON che platform AID said .>Aat'
his committee was all ready to report rhcn
on motion, two delegates each from Indian ter
riiofy and Alaska were admitted.
The chair announcing IL was very necessary 20
have the list Of members OF the national com.
miiiee allied up, directed the clerk 20 call over
the roll Of states
Those which had not yet made selections were
Alabama, louisiana. Mississippi, North Caro-
tina, and Utah. In the interim Warner Miller,
OF New forh sent ~ to the desk and had read
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Countenancing "a steal.

Republicans who believe their party
10 be the embodiment of all the Chris.
tian virtues may be interested in the
following simple statement from the
Cleveland Leader: "0nly the house Of
representatives now stands between
the people of Cleveland aud the con.
summation of the biggest corporation
job that has been pushed through
either ranch of the general assembly
in many years" Ii is needless to say
that the republican organ refers 10
proposed railroad steal and that it has
rccci,cd the sanctioa of the senate, a
republican body. II Is gratifying to
note the carnestness of this republican
paper ia denouncing the fraud proposed
to be penetrated by its friends. But
it is di,couraging TO reflect that the
fraud is no greater than that involved
in the policy of robbing Peter To enricl
John, which has been the basis Of ie
publican legislation for "A quarter of
eeutury.-Cl.icago Tilnso.
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The committee on credentials Idc major
/ nv and minority report
| WHOM Hartman Cogswrll moved hat the ma
! lofity report be- adopted h. was loHN' Appiaudct
b, The Harrison Delegates. aud vH.n Chiunccy
/ / filiry, Of Missouri moved "a So tituiu there
tor the minority report the app. SO which fol
| lowed from the Blaine delegate, told the gal
| lcrifs that the long expected ugH. between the
blalne and Harrison iorccs ~. on Aficr a
! short debate vote vas taken ~ - call OF
| states
Tho vote resulted yeas ie1 nov, iGav The
90 Affirmative VOTES represent - 'Hne's s,rens h
| IN this quarter while she id.,, yaiyo votes
| show the Harrison strength
mighty yell greeted the anruInccmcnt Of
tho Harrison victory. The ugIra were called
io2's yeas and 40 pays ~. worls were
LETT unfinished, although the n,l.sl figures in
the negative isJ She prCslt,n friends left
the word three unhcard in tn' din Canes
hats and kcrchicfs, any thius Of n could Dc
grabbed. were swung wildly in umph while
the domc seemed 10 trcmblc vIt the terrific
roars Of applause An attcmni a. adjourn the
convention AZ this interesting juno urc failed
The hour proposed was 10 O'Clock "a the morn
Ing. but u VAS dCcidcd by q sutsia' lal major
tll tu proceed with the businCss 'Tcnvcn.
ton without delay
AZ midnight while The roll-call vas rone on.
the electric lights went out and a fearf.l panic
was narrowly nvcrtcd sounds oil siritinr
a,'i'. I'M ,'Vlu W. oNCr 'ho nat lmin'dl.
~, ,,,, 49,, N'n' W. sop 'ho>c matches
,',', 49,, ""H ~ Wv hhess twenty h'' mlHoics.
-, ~ w 'Npla'"n q, mt TINE 'hr Nfhl'
Ma, sIi,','', =" "S''" """ 'neeN''cmth' some
1nc nr,, ,,noor,a,, ,,,..,,
ho n'Ai nhporiant question v6s on the
49,. ~ ~ n'l,llN ieport on io Alabama
'asu iu's resulted IN another victory for the
az % ,no No'e Standing ''o ayes To
~, s y ltgNru'" oy Harrison men
e''' 49, wy pl'N'ous vote several mo
,n,r, ~ 800 "'!ou'n VITO uauo ana lost one OF
s,s - 'o't y, Yo'c OF III yeas ana
pogntiyr NV" 'o""s D" '"'
"'tou,"
,,'., -, ~ sloo'.u oN7rov ForaNcr char'
10 read nv, ron "'t u, un resolutions "' be rose
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rnlN AND NOW.
rhs nsplA)1esp Party Of Early and No,
Z A. Times Contracted.

-. = ,as1., i,a-,-.,
/ 80. ~ ~. Time. ro,,. NJ" "od
~ ~c.,1ention ,ha, -,
! Nstr,,~. = ~ on ,rnos5a' =, se," oieu AZ
~ t,.. .s,S1k IN order it,. a.. suvs 'an,iai-
~ fbc. vvoAblicnn -n,r,v aI,t 'u.'H",nR
I~,,.,,..,.<1<- tb.t np,ns1 Sisiiough the
.Y<.y,,,.<,,. - 1,alti,nor, T., co., 'e''" anu
called Z vroubl;can oaa.,i was not
80 rolitScai csmn,i,., ~. anu ID
~ t;clrS< was s,,nnor,,,a ~, "i,oWe"
National t;cletr Tins ,,inai mon
| sands ~ tx,Ges f,o,, ,ho ,.5ns '"ou
| AZ. 4 v,nIsld mot have - e."oora's
| purclv kbpssblican ticket ~ 'or y
! II 4 t1fkSps h trace ,ho ,a.,
| reru1 renvontiors f.o,n Q,
a llcd IN phiislo1r,.,n e uis'
~ 1era I11,xn rra,,cs, - =, ".n'
/ vver<, - ,a,ed do,yn q, ,l, 10y W
time. 80 teontrast th. no,, ~. -
uo~rd mi porty then ,nd -. M
ori03na 1 56pu bl;can nar,v
abo3f1fjr farty. and studious,v o..
| nlainS6 (55t IL hal ~. ;,,.,.; =.
| t1isturf. z fer Z In the .t,t.s ~. o,,,s
~ iaat ; y ns.xe>nt tt,s .intrs..lnct
~ NAvcf4 mtotf66 xSE t<Iuics. III
was formed from the frce.soil demo-
Gratis who had supported Van Buren, in
'ls4s and John T. Hale in 1863. with ac.
cessions from the anti-slaverv whigs
who had followed the lead of Seward
and Greeley.
Among the former were Chase. Hale.
Julian. William C. Bryant. jaime. n,
Doolittle. Lyman Trumbull, Hannibal
llamlin, Gideon Welles and the blair
family. Among the latter, Sumner.
Dayton, Collamor, Lincoln. Giddings.
Corwin and Charles Francis Adams.
When the convention asse mbled in Phil.
adelphia ia June, 1855, IL seemed actin
ated by the highest and noblest of I'M.
man impulses, and under the leaders
above mentioned, whose names are now
historic, it was destined to n great
fame. Badly organized and m;supder.
stood as to its purposes. IL was oyer
thrown in 1856. but lin 1850 il AGAIN
came on the battlefield under the same
leaders and won the victory.
But success once won the party lost
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hiSstaroiis, MINI, June s-Thrce min
s'cs before the hour - oIrning the proceeding,
~ no stc0nd session o. thc convention lii M
Gov Mckinley, The chairman elect walked
down the main aisle 30 IA accompaniment OF
cheers. lie hors no roll II manuscript aud IL
Va evident that be- prepared no So speech.
Tho snow white. but sim abundant locks Of
Tho venerable Fred Douglass caught the exc OF
the galleries soon afterwards. aud the great
'olofcd orator and pioneer Of emancipation was
warmly greeted
10 was ~, o. when Chairman Fassou rapped
We convention w order The RI Rcy ~ n
W Nipple, Episcopal bishop 81 Minnesota, who
has hc'n sitiiug io The lett Of the chair with
his head protected hy u uitlc purple cap. re-.
moved that covering ard opened The proceed.
ings with prayer.
Mt webster 81 Nebraska. asked that Mr.
walker, ~ Nebraska, hc given the floor 10 pre-
sent gavcl to the convention Tho chair an.
n"nnc'd that Mr. walker would have the floor
Tor that purpose "What purposcl' said some
ieltEatc In the front row
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WASHINGTON, June II. The president
has received a telegram from Gov. Nc
kinlcy, chairman of the committee APP
pointed by the republican convention
10 notify President Harrison of his re-.
nomination, asking il it would bee con-
venicnt To him 60 receive the committee
Monday ncNt The president responded
in the affirmative.
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COLUMBUS, o., June 1i-Tho dele
gates to the democratic state convention
which convcnes in this city Wednesday,
are slow in coming, less than one hun.
bred being on the ground Monday even
ing. All interei / is being centered upon
the selection OF deegates-at-largo to
Ihirnrn
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FIVE prisoners in the Louisville iail
laid plot to kill five guards and es-
cape, but were detected and placed in
| IRONS.
| j. y. WILLIAMS has been arrested at
Mt Sterling charged with a violation
| Of the United States postal laws. He
sent n dun on postal card.
a FoURlH-oLAss post office has been
established at Wcdonia, Mason county.
and Robert h. Cord appointed post
master.
The other night Charles Blank, for
many years n leading butcher Of Lex
ington, was found dead in bed at his
room at the Ashland house. He was 81
years uld, and had family of grown
children. Once he was wealthy, but he
lost all his money in speculation.
DURING quarrel near lIoplsinsyille.
Ray Salmon, late democratic candidate
for state senator was shot and fatally
wounded by Leslie Rogers
L. NJ. MATTHEWS, manager of an edu-
cational bureau at Louisville, has de-
camped. leaving creditors.
~ ifif' hia WV VI tNtil SA1tnls W lAltlll
Hayden, white, and Charles Rice, color
ed, blowing for Ben Wood, near Paris,
sought refuge under a coffee bean tree,
the colorcd man leaning against it. A
bolt of lightning struck and passed
down the tree TO the man, running
down TO his foot, killing him instantly,
and knocking Hayden inscnsible. Hay
den recovered from the shock
Ar Parksville the safe in the general
store of j. h. Lattimer & Co. was
cracked and rined Of Its contents. 1t
was evidently the work of experts.
kENrUcKY postmasters appointed: II.
n. Faulconcr, Faulconcr. Boyle county;
A. j. New, Gregory, Wayne county; W.
NJ. Powers, Parmelcysvllc, Wayne
county; j. A. Pierce, Wax, Grayson
county.
DIR. j. n. MCCORMACK, of Bowling
Green, has been elected president Of
the national conference of state boards
Of health at lansing Mich.
Mrs, LlzzlE BRoNcUGM OF Carlisle,
f,l and broke her neck.
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PIrrsBUEGH, Pa, june li.-Word has
just been received here that the town Of
Chicora, Butler county is burning
down. One hundred buildings have al
ready burned and the whole town will
be destroyed.
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GAINESVILLE, o., June A. Mrs. Ross
J. Lewman, vito OF u carpenter, gave
birth To trirlcts all girls. She is motLer
Of twins, boy, nine years vi age