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FOUGHT LIKE A MANIAC.

Nan Who Certainly Greatly Desired to
Travel Free.
Los ANGELES, Aug. 15.-An insane man
entered the Office of the Southern Pacific
to-day. and upon the refusal of the agent
to give him q pass acted strangely. The
police were notified and on an attempt to
arrest him being made the fellow fought
like maniac. His name is unknown.
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NO WESTERN BRANCH.
The Republican Campaign Committee to
Direct From New York

DIrect From New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-This afternoons
Telegram says: Chairman Carter of the
Republican National Committee has de-
clded in consultation with the executive
committee that there is to be no branch
headquarters at Chicago. This decision is
final, and the entire campaign will be di
rected from New York.
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DE CLAUDE CONFESSES.

why ne sent an UnenslVe Letter TO the
Tacoma Doctor.
TACOMA, Aug 15.-Count. de Claude ar
rived here in charge of Enited States Dep
uty Marshal Chesney this afternoon. He
was placed in the penitentiary pending
trial on a charge Of sending obscene matter
through the mails to DR.. Egholtz of Tacoma.
De Claude SAYS he sent the letter because
Eigholtz and his wife had used threatening
language to his wife in trying to collect
$3.50. which he Ode Claude) owed Elgholtz
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NEVADA COUNTY FAIR.
There VIII Be Racing on Neutral Ground at
GlenWnod Park

8
Glenwood Park
GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 15.-The eighth
annual fair for the Seventeenth Agricul-
tural District will begin on August 23 and
continue for five days. The racing will be
held at Glenwood Park. half way between
Nevada City and Grass Valley Purses and
premiums amounting TO $4,000 will be
given. The races have been filled, and
there will be some fine horses here. The
track is a mile one and is in excellent con-
dltion. 9he pavilion display will be held in
Nevada City, and the outlook is first-rate
for a good show
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THE COSTA RIGA CANARD.

Refutation of the Story That the Coloniss
Were Disappointed.
WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. 15.-The story
sent out from here as the report Of return
ing dissatisfied colonists from Costa RICE
turns ou. false in many particulars. Morrow,
one OF the colonists, says he is going back,
that there Is 10 sick ness there, and that the
climate and possibilities of Costa Rica are
the very best. A little girl who came home
when her father died denies the story pur-
porting to come from her. She says the
colonlets were well contented when she was
sent home.
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WALTERS OUT ON BAIL.

He Offers No Defense for the Shooting of
Young Ira Wsll
RIVERSIDE, Aug. 15.-The preliminary
examination Of Elmer Walters, who shot
Ira Wall in Temescal Canyon last Thurs
day, was concluded at South Riverside TO-
day. Walters offered no evidence and the
magistrate bound him over for trial. placing
bonds at $4,000, which were furnished aud
Walters released. Mrs. Wall, who was shot
at the same time her son was killed, is lying
as worse TODAY
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation OF Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

A Condensation OF Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.
Seven Chicago aldermen were acquitted
of boodlery.
Lake Erie wine growers meet at San
dusky June IL
Reuben Roseman was killed by light
ming near Upper Sandusky, o.
General Horace Porter has row less than
S75. 600 to raise to complete the Grant mon
ument.
1t takes 100000 words of telegraph to
tell the story of a national convention
to the different daily papers of the cOun-
try.
Mrs Cleveland's baby Is understood to
have been named after Miss Ruth Burnett,
the young Boston girl who has concluded
to go into a convent
The most popular of all Mr. Gladstone 5
publications was his pamphlet on "The
Vatican DEGREES" IL is said to have gone
through 10 editions.
At JellicO, Tenn. Robert Redd had his
head blown OF with gun in the hands of
Noah Bailey, a colored sleep-walker who
was meandering about town.
Judge Depeyv of the court of oyer and
terminer, at Newark, n. j.. in discharg-
ing the grand jury took occasion to score
the publishers of dime novels.
Meally e. Son, the only undertakers in
Doviestown, O., were buried in one grave
Friday, the son dying of typhoid fever, and
the father being accidentally killed.
Governor Fifer, of Illinois, is fond Of a
good cigar, but to prevent his liking from
getting the upper hand Of him he abstains
from the weed for on. week in every
four.
l. ko1 -
Indians. Deputy marshals who went out
to arrest them for recent outrages perpe-
trated upon Charles Mcbride, have been
driven off the reservation.
A mob at Albemarle, n. c., lynched
Alexander Whitley, alias Burns, who,
with his sister, killed d. Burt Tucker in
Arkansas and fed to North Carolina.
Tucker had relatives at Albemarle.
Guernsey Osborn, a trusted cashier and
bookkeeper for Edward A. Morrison &;
Son, dry goods merchants, New York, was
arrested Friday. He is charged with EN-
bezzling large amount of money from his
employers, which will probably reach 500
600
Charles T. Hart, of the firm of Reed &
Hart. who has been conducting a school of
acting in the old capitol building of At
lanta, has skipped, leaving wife and sew
eral unpaid bills in Atlanta Hart is well
known in the profession. He is a comedian
and attracted considerable attention by his
original acting in the character of Mr..
Bean in the play Held by the Enemy"
A white man named Caraway, of the
famous Brandywine district, near Port
Gibson. Miss, became involved in diff
Guilty with some negroes on the road
Thursday night and was shot in the back
and slightly wounded. Friday a mob of
probably one hundred Brandywine citizens
was securing the country They have
captured and barricaded the bridge across
Coles creek The sheriff has left for the
scene of the trouble.
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TIE NIGHT SESSION.
First Blood for the Administration by a
Nt,.,- tin-a. lE:Ir..in.

First Blood for the Administration by a
Very Close Margin.
CONVENTION /. ALL, NII,;NEAPOLIs. June
1O.-At S:52 Thursday evening the first
night session Of tle Republican national
convention was called 70 order by
Chairman Mckinley. Chauncy NJ.
Depew was on his feet instantly to an
nounce the eighty-tllird birthday of
Colonel Dick Thompson. of Indiana.
who was delegate. He did ii in a
neatly turned speech. in which he asked
the convention to extend cOngratula-
tions. which was done. Mr.. Thompson
responded with a speech during which
the electric lights went out for few
moments.
An appeal was then read from the
mayors of Oil City and Titusyille, Pa,
asking aid III behalf Of the sufferers Of
the recent food and fire.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials was then called for. Both ma
ioritv and minority reports We're sub
mitted, the split being on the Alabama
cases. a roll call was ordered to see
which report should be adopted. After
considerable squabbling the vote was
completed and announced to
423 -, and Il great cheer went up for
Harrison. II was the first great fight of
the convention, and the presidents
supporters had won. AS the vote pro-
ceeded it was noticed that the nay vote,
which favored Harrison, corresponded
very closely with the claims made by the
presidents supporters, and the admins
tration men began to cheer.
Might Have Been "A Panic.
During the vote the lights went out
for good. Twelve thousand people were
left in darkness except for few gasjets.
The striking of matches was heard
throughout the hall a loud cry was
raised: ''StOp those matches The
slightest move toward the door By any
frightened person seemingly would have
started a struggle III which hundreds
would have been killed. The loud men
ton by some excited by the danger of
fire only increased the alarm
Just in the nick Of time the band
struck up music. 1t was the familiar
air, ''We Won't Go Home Till Morn
ing" Aringing burst of laughter broke
the spell. Temporary lights were pro
cured and the work wenSDn.
The Blaine men scented danger and
moved to adjourn but it was defeated.
The Harrison men wanted to make hay
while the sun shOne. The majority re-
port was adopted by a rising vote-476
to 365 The spectators, however. were
getting tired and sleepy, and before the
| roll call was completed the galleries
were almost empty.
Mr.. Foraker. chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, was then given
unanimous consent to read the platform
which was received with great enthus-
lasm and adopted.
The convention at S:27, on motion OF
Mr.. Depew, adjourned until II o'clock
a.. IN.
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Consistent enforcement by The T;epub-
lican party of the laws relating to the
same.
Nicaragua Canal.
The construction of the Nicaragua canal
is one of the highest Importance to the
American people, both as a measure of
national defense and to build up and main
tain American commerce. and it should be
controlled by the United States govern
ment.
Territories.
We favor the admission of the remaining
territories at the earliest possible moment,
having due regard to the interests of the
people of the territories and for the
United States All the federal office holders
appointed in the territories should be
selected from the residents thereof. and the
right of self governments should be accorded
as far as practicable.
Arid Lands.
We favor the cession, subject to the
homestead laws of the arid public lands, to
the states and territories in which they lie,
under such congressional restrictions as TO
disposition. reclamation and occupancy
as settlers will secure the maximum benefits
to the people.
The Columbian Exposition.
The worlds Columbian exposition is a
great national undertaking and congress
should promptly enact such reasonable
legislation in aid thereof as will insure a
discharge OF the expenses and ObtlgatlOnS
incident thereto, and the attainment of re-
suits commensurate with the dignity and
progress of the nation.
Intemperance.
We sympathize with all wise and legiti-
mate efforts TO lessen and prevent the
evils of intemperance and promote moral
ity.
Pensions
Ever mindful of the services and sacrifices
of the men who saved the life of the nation,
we pledge anew to the veteran soldiers Of
the republic watchful care and recogni-
ton of their just claims upon a grateful
people
HarrisOn's Administration.
We commend the able. patriotic and
thoroughly American administration of
President Harrison. Under it the country
has enjoyed remarkable prosperity and the
dignity and honor of the nation, at home
and abroad, have been faithfully main
tanned, and we offer the record of pledges
kept and a guarantee of faithful perform
ance in the future
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as Administration.
HE'LL RAvlsH no MORE.
Charles Hill, n Negro RsPist. Lynched at
Paducah, Ky.

Charles Hill, Negro RsPist, Lynched at
Paducah, Ky.
PADUCAH, June 10.-Charles Hill, the
negro who ravished Miss Lydia Starr
near this city, was lynched at midnight
Thursday night. Hill was captured at
Cairo and was brought here and quiet 7
slipped to Jail. Here Miss Starr identified
him.
A mob of about 500 people assembled,
and committee waited on the jailor to
secure the keys. He refused to give
them up, but was overpowered.
He then accompanied the men to the
Jail and opened the door of Hills ceii.
The negro showed fight, but to no pur-
pose
A rope was slipped around his necl;.
and he was marched from the Jail to q
tree one hundred feet away. Here one
end of the rope was thrown over a limb
and Hill was jerked up. He never spoke
after being taken from the Jail. The
best people in the county led the mob,
and the work was done quickly and
quietly.
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HARRISON WINS.
RenOminated for President on
the First Ballot.
WhiteIaW Reid Is Nominated
for Vice President.
Pandemonium Reigns in the COnven.
ton Hall.
Ex-Governor Foraker Refuses
to Nominate Blaine.
SENATOR WoLcoTT, OF COLORADO
TAKES HIS PLACE.
RICHARD THOMPSON, OF INDIANA,
NOMINATES HARRISON,

And Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New York,
Seconds It-Eustis of Minnesota Sec
onds the PIumed KriGht-The Blaine
Boomers Attempt to Stampede the
Ensues-SeveraI Men and Women Faint
bat Still the Burst of Enthusiasm Goes
on and on, Only to Cease When the
ShOuters Were Exhausted-But Two
Names Formally Presented to the Con-
ventiOn-Those of President Harrison
and His Ex-Secretary of State-AIger's
BOOmIet MeIts Away Like "a Cloud Be-
fore the Summers sun.
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THE REAL WORK BEGINS.
The Names of Blaine and Harrison Pre-
sented to the Convention.

The Names of Blaine and Harrison Pre-
sented to the Convention.
CONVENTION HALL, MINNEAPoLIs.
June 1O.-Chairman Mckinley, a little
paler even than usual by reason of his
long nights vigil, entered the hall Fri
day and took his seat before one-tenth of
the delegates were in their places. All
Of them showed signs of WEAKNESS, and
even the hopeful administration men
showed their enthusiasm in a subdued
way. By way Of consolation to the
Blaine supporters the band opened the
musical program with Lost Chord"
Proceedings Begun.
AT 11:37 the convention was called to
order.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DIR. Way
land Hoyt. of the First Baptist church
of Minneapolis.
Senator Warner Miller, who retired
''outside the breastwOrk'' when the lights
went out at midnight, was early in his
seat Friday morning.
Mr.. HiscOck was too fatigued to rise
during the prayer, he was the only dele
gate who remained seated.
David Martin was announced as ma
tional committeeman for PENNSYLVANIA.
r. G.. Evans from Kentucky, and David
Layton from Delaware.
Consideration of the committee on
credentials being resumed, the chair
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BY tacit consent the naming of the
Vice Presidential candidate was lett
the New York delegation.
Tie Cele-atiou al its meeting was
Dol IUrZ ia striving ut the conclusion
to present the n&ue q: eX-Minister
Whii=Iaw Reid. The emily other name
discussed was that OF Vice President
Morton and in the end the agree
meut upon Mr. Reid was unanimous.
The rules " ere suspended by viva
voce rCIe aud the domination was
made unanimous.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 11.-Benjamin
Harrison's administration as Presi-
dent of the United States has been
endorsed by his party in the national
convention assembled, and he is
again the standard bearer of the Re
publicans.
The result of the contest which has
been so stubbOrnly waged for the
past week remained in doubt up to
the very last stages Of the ballot.
Every resource known to political
warfare was brought to bear by the
leaders of the opposition to defeat the
Presidents denomination, and for one
brief hour in the middle of the day
it seemed that the popular favorite
of the Buckeye State, Mckinley, was
to receive the highest honor which
can be bestowed by the Republican
party.
The various members of the ma
tionaI committee who had found such
able cooperation in eX-Gov. Fora
ker, ex-senator PIatt and Senator
Quay, Wolcott and Teller maintained
their powerful organization to the
very last, but delegates were greater
than leaders in determining the con-
test, and the votes pledged to Presi-
dent Harrison in the weeks gone by
when Secretary Blaine was not fac
tor in the presidential race, were at
last delivered with fidelity in OppOsi-
ton to all the enthusiasm which the
name of Blaine called forth.
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ORIGIN of the Slang "Rrick.n

The "brick" is a merry citizen, rarely
one of the upper ten" and usually q
grade or two below the upper crust" in
social standing, but he bears his medi-
ocrity lightly, and laughs his CHEEKY
way through the world, often enjoying
more than his stiff starched superiors.
He is jolly good fellow and never
lacks friends. w. NJ Thackeray first
used the word IN the sentence, He's
dear little 5rick. Kansas City Star.
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stamping again, Chairman Mckinley
began to pound the table with his gavei
His call brought most of the delegates
to order for n minute. but the coHfusiCl
in the galleries continued, and Mrs.
Kerens, waving paper star with a
picture of Blaine on it. the delegates
started another demonstration. Again
the chairman pounded the table, and
again kissing mingled with the cheers.
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KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Two Lady Passengers of an Electric Car
Meet Instant Denth.

BELLAIRE. o., June 13.--At a late
hour Friday night an electric car be
tween Bellaire and Wheeling was struck
at a crossing by Baltimore and Ohio
engine at Benwood, W. Va. 1t was
crowded with passengers. Miss Kate
Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Charles Miller
were killed and Joseph Emsheimer fa-
tally injured. All were of Wheeling
The car was completely demolished.
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WHITELAW REID.

Nominated for Vice President by AccIa-
nation.
MINNEAPOLIs, June 10.-The eve
ming session of the convention was lit
tie more than a ratification meeting.
The nominee for the Vice Presidency
was selected in meeting of the New
York delegation held an hour before
the convention was called to order
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Emory B. Beauchamp p Dead.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 13.-Emory 7.
Beauchamp, consul at Aix-La-C -Chapelle,
under President Grant, died Friday at
the Central Indiana Hospital for the In
Terre Haute. Ind. who was sent TO AK
by President Grant in 1874. He passed
the most brilliant consular examination
in Washington. While on leave of alb
sence he qisited England and was invit-
ed by Lord Chief Justice Cock kburn, who
presided III the Tichborne trial, to a seat
on the bench. He dug up the peerage
record also, and asserted his right to the
extinct title of Earl of Warwick, by
which title he was afterwards known.
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COL. POLK DEAD.
The President of the National
Farmers Alliance
Dies in Washington at the Car
field Hospital

Where He Had Been Taken in the Hope
That a Surgical Operation Would Save
His Life-BiographicaI Sketch Of a
Truly SeIf-NTade SIan-SIe Was a Farm
er Soldier aud Editor.
WASHINGTON, June 13.-President
Polk, Of the National Farmers Alliance,
died at 11:15 o'clock Saturday morning
of bladder trouble.
Friday Colonel Polk was removed from
his boarding house to the Garfield hospi-
tai, where it was hoped his sufferings
would be relieved by 4 surgical opera
tiOn.
Biographical.
Colonel LeOuidas l.. Polk was flfty-three
years of age, but looked several years
younger. He was born in Anson county,
\. c., and was q descendent of the Meek
lenburg family Of Pollls, of which Colonels
Thomas and William Polk, of revolution
airy fame. and President James Polk, were
ilustriOus sciunS.
Colonel Polk was in. the truost sense of
that much abused phrase, a self made man
Left at the age of fourteen an orphan. he
began the struggle of life single handed
Reared on a farm, his inclinatiOns natural
ly followed this bent, and he adopted farm
ing as a profession, which he prosecuted
with success until called to another sphere
He was married at Jwenty-one, and was
soon after nominated and elected 10 TIN
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ON THE FIRST BALLOT.

Harrison Got 535, Blaine IS2 and Nc
KinIey 1872.
MINNEAPOLIs, June 11.-At the
conclusion of the nominating
speeches, which consumed a great
deal OF time, the convention pro-
ceeded to a ballot, amid great excite
ment.
The ballot resulted:
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lower house of thu
state legislature.
receiving Il fatter-
ing vote. He seFv-
ed the regular and
two extra sessions,
III 1860 and 1861,
and then vOlun-
tecred as a private
in the Confederate
service, declining
the captainey of a
co m pany II e
erv e d j n I h e
Twenty fifth and
Forty third North
Carolin a regi
nlcntS until late in
1864, w h n his
comrades in tn e
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army nominated him as the "army candi-
date and elected him again 10 the general
assembly. The following year he was put
forward in opposition to his earnest pro
tests, and elected TO the stat Institutional
convention called 10y Pre9G iohnsOn-
In 1887 he was elected or',.,issioner OF
agriculture. and had tnp .ponsible and
important task Of organizing "a department
of agriculture the establishment of which
be had for many years strenuOusly advo-
Gated. In 1880 he resigned his position and
entered upon business pursuits.
In 1886 he began the publication Of The
Progressive Farmer and with it began the
organization of farmers clubs, and when
in 1887 he espOused the cause of the Farm
ers' Alliance. he had nearly organized 5OD
clubs in his state. Another important
move Colonel Polk's paper eNerted ieself in
behalf of was the establishment Of a state
agricultural and mechanical college, advo-
eating the restoration of the land scrip
fund to that purpose, which had up to that
time been applied to the state university.
The agitation met considerable opposi
ton from influential quarters, but his
plans were finally adopted, and the college
Is today an established reality and
knowledged ornament to the state Of North
Carolina.
In 1887 Colonel Polk was elected state
secretary of the Farmers Alliance To
which position he has been twice reelected.
In the national Alliance convention of 1887
he was unanimously chosen first vice
president of that great order, by which be
was later honored with its highest
office
The Interstate Farmers association,
composed of farmers in the cotton states,
was organized at Atlanta in 1851, and the
subject Of this sketch was chosen presi-
dent At two subsequent annual conven-
tions he was reelected to that position.
Colonel Polk's home was at Raleigh,
where he leaves a wife and threc children.
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NtctSSarN IOI CHOICt III
ThOs. B. Reed received l vote from
New Hampshire, ! from Rhode Island
and from Texas. RObt. T. Lincoln re-
ceived l from New Hampshire.
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THE PLATFORM.
Full Report of the Committee on Reso-


Full Report of the Committee on ResO-
IutiOns.
The representatives of the Republicans
of tie United States assembled in general
convention on the shores of the Mississippi
river, the everlasting bond of an indie
structable republic. whose most glorious
chapter of history is the record of the Re
publican party, congratulate their cOun-
trymen on the majestic march of the ma
tiOn under the banners inscribed with the
principles of our platform of 1883, vindi-
Gated by victory at the polls and prosper
ity in our fields. workshops and mines,
and make the following declaration OF
principles:
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Ever mindful of the services and sacrific
of the men who saved the life of the natiO
we pledge anew to the veteran soldiers
the republic watchful care and recogT
ton of their just claims upon a gratefl
people