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contained In the platform as II came
from the committee on resolutions,
the silver men again suffered defeat
by vote of Gal to 420.
Following is the ticket nominated:
Judge w. L Babb, governor; S L Bestow.
Neutrality-suspicious.: Col George Jenkins,
railroad superintendent: LIB. Parshall. state
superintendent; b. Harper, supreme judge.
The minority report Of the resolu-
lions committee was, rejected and the
platform as arranged by the majority
was adopted. A synopsis follows:
After reaffrming the national platform
adopted in Chicago in 1892 1t points with salts
faction to the evidences OF the wisdom of
those principles in returning prosperity res
toratton Of wages and the reestablishment Of
industry. 1t declares as works worthy the
prestige OF the democratic party and OF q
courageous democratic administration the
rescue OF the country finances from the
baleful effects OF the Sherman law the repeal
OF the un-American federal election law ard
the uprooting OF Mckinleyism It reaf11rms
that portion Of the seventh plank OF the last
national democratic convention in regard to
the use Of gold and silver as money.
The platform condemns as cowardce and
trickery the failure OF the republican party in
Iowa to meet In its last state platform, any OF
the issues Important and vital to the state;
denounces the mulct law. as unfair, imposing
hardship upon property owners and as COM
promising the honor OF the state in declaring
the sale Of liquor crime and condoning the
offense for monetary consideration: demands
y local option high license law, and favors a
law permitting the manufacture OF
liquors. thus affordin8 market for
the products Of the farms and labor
OF the state and saving to the people
the enormous sums now expended in other
states: favors election OF United States sem
ntors by direct vote Of the people, and just
and liberal pensions to deserving veterans;
opposes monopolies and trusts and calls for
laws for the abolition OF all combines: de-
mand single non-partisan board OF control
for all state institutions, and favors speedy
completion OF the Hennepln canal and the
deepening of waterways from the great lakes
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THROUGH. A BRIDGE.

A Coal Train Plunses Into y River In
Ohio.
SPRINGFIELD, O., Aug 10. The
Ohio Southern railroad had one of the
worst wrecks in its history Sunday
afternoon about 2:30 o'clock at Paint
river, 40 miles south of here. At this
point there is two-span bridge
over the river. I A west bound
coal train Of thirty-ive cars struck the
bridge, which had been considered per-
fectly safe. The structure gave way
in both spans and the engine dropped
20 feet below into the water,
which at that point is about 80
feet deep. The coal cars followed
the engine until twenty had piled up
in the river. The. remainder of the
train had by this time become checked
andremained on the track,
Engineer Clint Radcliffe, Fireman
Martin Houser and Brakeman William
Hincox, who were all in the cab at the
time the bridge collapsed, went down
without moments warning with the
iron monster and were drowned. They
are at present buried in the river
under about 400 tons of coal
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MINERS QUIT.

Fifteen Hundred Coal Diggers Strike In
i s-West Nireinla. -
Z CHAH1EsfowNs ": Va. Aug. s12 The
1900 coalaminers employed in the mines
along the Loup Creek railroad went
out on q strike Saturday, demanding
an advance in wages and check
weighman. Heretofore the coal has
been paid for by the CARAT the rate Of
City cents for two ton measured car,
which the miners claim holds nearly
three tons. The demand is that each
car Of coal be weighed, as is provided
for under the state law, and that
thirty cents a ton be paid.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In midocean the British ship Prince
Oscar, from Liverpool, collided with
an unknown sailing vessel and both
sank in less than ten minutes. SIX meme
bers of the crew of the Prince Oscar
and all on board the unknown vessel,
some thirty in number, were lost.
The steamer Catterthun, which
sailed from Hong Kong May q for
australian ports, was wrecked near
Sidney, y. S. W., and sixty lives were
lost.
The American mission chapel at
Inghok, China, was looted by mob.
PRESIDENT DIAz says there will be no
prize fighting allowed in auy part of
Mexico.
DISPATCHES from !Tarsus, Asia Minor,
say that mob attacked the American
school at that place, maltreated sew
eral Of the students and threatened
the missionaries.
For the last six months the increase
of British exports to America amounts
to g5. s26,673 over 1894. while the inn
ports decreased e2, 900, 179 for the same
period. ~ ga,
TUE eleventh victim of the massacre
d missionaries BY the, Chinese. at
Hwasang, Baby Stewart has died.
The legislature of Hawaii adopted a
resolution that ''the republic of Ha-
wall hereby declare anew their fealty
to the policy of the annexation of this
country to the United States of Amer
ica."
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Highland Park, ILL.,, and M. T. Green,
president Of the Chicago Lumber CONS
pany, and Sorn Sorenson were drowned.
The doors Of the Bank ofsPalouse, at
PalousesC City, Wash, were closed with
liabilities of sos, 900.
HELEN G. STEWART, Of Springfield.
Mo-, was appointed sheriff of Green
county, to succeed her deceased hus-
band. Mrs. Stewart, as far as known,
is the first woman sheriff in the United
States.
In San Quentin prison, California,
fremont Smith was hanged for the
murder Of two fishing companions.
The death Of Mrs. Mary Wins oc-
CURED at Cincinnati, aged 10S years.
FLAMES in the lum Der piles OF the
Skillings, Whitney s. Barnes Co. at
Ogdensburg, n. Y, destroyed property
valued at $50, 600.
NEAR Decatur, Ind, a horse became
frightened and plunged off of 3o-foot
embankment, and three prominent So
ciety women, Mrs, Mangold, Mrs. J. G..
Paterson and her mother, Mrs. Erwin;
were fatally injured.
AT the Alpha home in indianapolis
Mrs. Kedzie Pierce, who had formerly
been slave in Virginia, died at the
age of 123syears.
LIGHTNING killed Arthur ard c. j.
Johnson (brothers) and A. G. Anderson
near Odebblt, Ia. They had taken
refuge under tree during q storm.
THEfassessed valuation of the state
Of Iowa is S55s, 9s5, 1892.
/ FIRE destroyed the fertilizer factory
Of Joshua Horner 1r. & Co. at Balti-
more, Nd. Loss, 500, 900.
WIND, hail and rain struck Rens-
selaer, Ind, and at least fifty dwell
ings were wholly Or partially ruined.
MANY houses were unroofed, trees
uprooted, windows smashed and other
damage done during windstorm in
Baltimore, Md.
AT Carrollton, Mo-, William P.
Taylor and his brother George We're
sentenced to hang October 4 for the
murder of the Meeks family.
AT the prison in Jeffersonville, Ind !,
a convict to avoid doing his task IN
one of the departments of the institu-
ton cut off four fingers of his right
hand. rs
FOREST fires were raging IN the state
of Washington and scores of farmers
had lost all they possessed.
WHILE laboring under temporary
alteration of mind DIR. J. H.Whiteford,
prominent physician at Wilmot, S. D.,
shot and killed his wife and then
fatally shot himself.
FLAMES wiped out M. P. Moller's or
gan works at Hagerstown, Md, and
100 reed organs were burned.
cided that women in Utah had right
to vote for; the ratification or rejec-
ton of the new constitution, and also
for the officers of the proposed state.
FEARING prosecution at Wheelock,
Tex, for forging an order for mar
riage license, Lew Smith and his child
wife took morphine, and both were
found dead in bed s&f2
NEAR cambridge, O., a freight train
went through bridge and Conductor
George Henry, Engineer Clint Radcliffe.
Fireman Hauser and Brakeman Thomas
Byers were killed.
FIRE swept away large part Of the
business section and several houses at
Loekport, III, the loss being 5000, 200.
A SINGLE flash Of lightning killed
twenty-five head Of cattle in Finney
county, Kan.
In sawmill at Monticello. Fla. a
boiler exploded, killing Allen Brooks,
Prince Hall and Amos Cross.
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u Mrs. waller to Go to Paris.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The state de-
pertinent Friday morning received q
cablegram from Mr.. Campbell, United.
States consul at Port Louis, Mauritius,
stating that the wife of exc Consul Wall
Ter, now in prison in France, and her
four children, who arrived there last
June, will be sent to Paris by him on
the steamer that sails on the Doth
inst. This action of Mr.. Campbell was
taken in compliance with 8instruct ions
from the depar tment, Ica bled on August
s, which were sent in view Of the great
Interest manifested here nthe case by
the friends OF the family. "
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age, honest Industry, THRIFT and s0lvency.
Mr.. Harvey In reply, declared he made no
statement as to the condition Of the pc ople Of
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. reading
only q statement from the report of the none
tary commission Of 1875 to show what the
preface in the School" was quoted from Mr..
Horr Is exceedingly mixed to the order In
which presented tho crime OF 1879 Ibid not
claim that any one was bribed.
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low DEMl)CR A !. rs.
Free silverites Defeated IN the
State Convention.
j. n. Shields, "sound Money /" Cham
pi0n. Chosen as Permanent Chair
Mantle Ticket-Synopsis
Of the Platform.

MARsHALLTowN, Ia. Aug. 8. The
sense Of the delegates in the demo-
cratic state convention held here on
Wednesday was twice taken on the
silver question. and the party in
this state is squareiy on record as
opposed to free coinage at the ratio Of
16 to I. The first test was indi-
rect, both the free coinage men
and the opposition having candidates
for permanent chairman. ]. Fl.
Shields, OF Dubuque, a champion Of
sound money, was chosen by vote Of
651 to All. Later, when adirect propo-
sition was made to substitute free
silver plank for the reaffirmation Of
tho national financial plank OF 1852
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GEORGE T. ROOT.

working as a 10y on his fathers
farm he learned tunaded to ply several
musical instruments. and in his 18th year he
went to Boston and soon found employment
there as q teacher Of music From that day
to the present time time he had never ceased
to exercise avery marked influence on the mu-
steal history Of the United States. Among the
most popular OF Dr.. Roots many compositions
aye; the following: Battle Cry OF Freedom
Resale. the Prairie Flower" Just Before
the Battle. Mother. :, Tramp, Tramp. Tramp,
the Boys Are Marching, .'rhe Old Folks Are
Cone" "A Hundred Years Ago." "Old
aotomac Shore" and the well-known quar-
tette, There's Music in the Air."l
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association:
An Ouiet at spring valley.

PRINCETON, H., Aug. l3.-The ten
extra colored policemen are still on
duty at Spring Valley and the mines
were in operation Saturday, about 900
men, or about one-half the force going
to work. A petition was circulated
Friday among the business men asking
the governor to station troops in
Spring ValleyauntilS the present signs
Of disturbances disappear but this ac-
ton by the conservative people Of the
city is not deemed necessary at this
time. Barney Rolly, the Italian who
was currently reported dead Friday
night, is still alive. He is in q semi.
conscious condition. ga
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THERE cannot in the nature of things
be mich other than guerrilla warfare
in Cuba.sz Guerrilla warfare may be
made TO be very wearing. Spain has
l,sa her own experiences Of this at
Rome. 1T was said that in the darkest
days of Jour own revolution Washing
tor, at one time IN contemplating the
possibility OF defeat formed the reso-
luton in sueh an event to retire into
theslnountainsa of West Virginia and
prelong the contest from that stand
point
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MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
State Convention Declares for Free Silver
Victory for Bland.

State Convention Declares for Free Silver
Victory for Bland.
PERTLE SPRINGS, Mo, Aug. Sin
the presence Of 1880 people, 514 OF
whom were delegates, the democratic
party Of the state Of Missouri in con-
vention assembled Tuesday, committed
itself to the principle Of the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio of
l6 to !, and reorganized the state CEN
trail committee SO as to place the party
machinery entirely out Of the control
Of the gold men. Silver Dick Bland
dominated the gathering com
pletely. He was made tempo
rary and permanent chairman, and in
opening the convention stated de-
liberately that the time had come for
the silver men to assume control of
the party machinery and run it with a
view of accomplishing their ends.
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TIE. estimates for the German army
for this year inclnde an appropria-
ton of 100000 marks to supply the
army with bicycles Two wheels are
to be attached to each ba ttalion, and
wheelmen are to take'th place Of cav
alrymen Tor intelligence duty and
mounted orderlies. 1t has been dem
enstrated that bicycle rider can cover
doublesthe distance covered by a cav
alryman in day, and Russia, Belgium
and Portugal have introduced the
wheel into their armies for similar
duties. ~ n n ~.
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The Cuban Republic.

3 New York, Aug. l3.--Gen. Quesada.
The Cuban leader, has received letters
stating that a republic had been formed
at Camaquey. The delegates to the ma
tional convention at Camaquey, which.
has been proclaimed the temporary
capital, were DR.. J.. CASTILLO, r. Por-
bundo, N. Sanchez, A. Aquilero and I
Mandonley. Gen. G.. Masso was elected
president $50 go ~ Z
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The News at Middleburg, N. Y, Is
entitled to the credit Of having given
to the public the champion story Of
the season, though modestly crediting
it to IAN exchange" 1t says man in
the western part of the state recently
undertook TO mix upsa nice mash for
hisycow, doing it in the dark. He mis-
took a lot of .sawdust for bran. The
COW meeklySaccepted the substitute,
possibly thinking that hard times were
the cause of the economy. The next
informing the man nan MIXED the COW, OBJ
tanning from her half gallon of
turpentine, a quart Of shoe pegs and a
bundle of lath
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PEoF. Chr CKLEY, of Cincinnati, be-
ieves>that the health of humanity is
subjected to deleterious influences by
theg bad habit OF : bathing. Does this
accouht for the rugged health OF
tramps and anarchists? Personal un-
cleanliness as a hyg.ienic precaution is
rather startling even in this era of
scientific SURPRISES .---. 3
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STATISTICS show that the negro race
has made marvellous progress since the
abolition of slavery. 1t now has in
the sunfted States 37s colleges and
schools for hi CHER education, GAG of the
1,175 teachers being colored. In the
common schools there are 23,s66 col
ored teachers and 1,460, Az colored pu-
pills Tie negroes also have ,O6 news
papers and forty-seven magazines and
25Oof their number are lawyers and as
many more are physicians. Fhe
wealth of the race is placed at $3.50, ooo,-
600. Practically all of this has been
accomplished within a period OF thirty
years. .st,eg N
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JUSTICE JACKSON DEAD.
The Omitted statss Supreme Court Loses

. AA0 OAAAsuss e0tAsS0 Supreme COURT k0SeD
~ ccgYant.
NxsHyIILE. Tenn Aug. ID, AT =.
O'clock Thuraday afternoon Judge
sHoWell Edm,iIds Mcks6n, assbciate
justice Of the supreme court Of the
United States, died at his residence at.
past few years, but it has been only in
Westmead, about miles from the.
city, at the ripe age Of 6s. Judge jack
son had been in failing health for the
past few years.
s4 llpdge4 Howell =. ekson wass the son ola
late eminent physician of jackson, Tenn. He
was born Ia Paris. Tenn. :. April 8. 1892 He
graduated from the law school with the.
highest honors. and was q - classmate Of ex-.
Judge. now Rev. DR. Lowe, late Of Avondales
Presby terian church His home is WestmAad.
farm. near Nashville His. son WillianaSH
Jackson, y engaged m Aeaprs Etis s OF law In
this city ma isga candidxfe TOT the appoint
ment'to the United States dissflct sttorney-
ship
Elected senator In 1881, his term did not ex-,
ptre until March 4, 1887, but he was appointed
to the Emitted States district court bench by,
PreSidont Cleveland April ~ 1854 It.is said
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In Boston.

Friend-I was surprised that II
took the jury ten hours to reach YER
dict. The evidence seemed to me quite
clear.
Ex-Juryman-We agreed on the ver-
dict at once, but some one commenced
a discussion rs to the literary merit Of
the judges charge Brooklyn Life.
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Two MALE bieyclists dressed in lSnick-
erbockersf arriving in the course Of
astour at a summer hotel in Iowa the
other day were not allowed to enter
the dining, room, on the ground that
their attire was improper. It is not
stated whether the table legs in the
room were decosouS1Y draped.
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A MANand his wife in Kansas spent
fortune in suing each other for DIVORCE
After they had gotten rid Of all their
money they concluded to live happily
together in poverty. This is a new
demonstration of the theory that the
way to get any satisfaction out Off
wealth is to spend it.
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Mr. FLINDERS PETRlE has. come across
curious, cemetery.a at Uagadah, in Up
per Egypt The. people buried there
are not Egg ptians, for the bodies are
systematically 1nntilated; the heads
are taken off and buried after the bod
les, and Che larger bones are broken off
at the marrow end and gnawed. The
articles found belong to the latest
stone age; there are stone and alabas-
ter>vases, beads, ivory and bone combs,
ain great variety OF pots, but no iron
or bronze. Some papyri were also
found, in one ofewhich we have for the
first time the complete list OF the first
ten Ptolemies i'll Greek
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Women Is vote bal Kentucky.

LEXINGTON, Ky.,Aug. TO-. The ladies
OF Lexington met in mass meeting and
nominated four candidates, one from
each ward Of the city, for the board OF
education, to be elected at the Novem-
Der election. This is the first time
women have been given . right to vote
In kentucky. ss
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New Censua for Milwaukee.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 10 Secretary Of
state Casson directed . recount of the
census 81 Milwaukee,, in an order to
City Clerk Anderson. stating that be
had received satisfactory evidence that
the enumeration Of the city had been
improperly or insuf aciently taken.
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Now : Full-Fledged sheriff.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Aug. l2.--Mrs
Helen G. Stewart Saturday afternoon
took the oath of office and became
sheriff Of Green county. She gave q
bond Of $25, 900, which was approved.
She reappointed all the old deputies,
and said that she would rely largely
e, her son, who is minor, in con-
Quoting the Office.
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Work Of the Flames,

NEoDosHA, Kan, Aug. 9.The Occi-
dental hotel, Oil City cafe, Oil City bill
lard hall, Wetmore building, sche-
haler's tailor shop and Theodore S.
Johnson's livery stable were entirely
destroyed by IN incendiary fire Thurs
day morning. Loss, $50, coo; fully in-
sured..
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The year 1881 was the banner one
for railroad building in the United
States, the total being $4,000 miles.
Since that.time there has heen'a steady
falling Of, the aggregate in 1884 being
less than s,OQO miles Thus far this
year only GAL miles haye been CON
structed. and this total is divided
among sixty-six lines. Plans now I'M
der way indicate total for this year
OF about 2, 500 miles The decline is ac-
counted for by the fact that nearly
every section OF the aoantry has been
opened to RAILROAD communication, and
only short fines are necessary to CON
meet sections in process OF settlement.
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Outrage In Asia Minor.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. 10. Advices
received here from Tarsns, Asia Minor,
say that a mob has attacked the
American school at that. place, mall
treating several Of the students and
threatened the missionaries. No de-
tails of the aRair have reached here.
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Tho essence Of aallantrv.

Office Boy-There was lady here
about an hour ago that said she had
come to horse-whip you. s.
Editor-What did she look like?
''she was purifier than a brick steam
boat"
''Ah! II she calls again, please tell
her to wait. "-Detroit Free Press
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PHILADELpHIA, Aug. IL. Several
prominent citizens Saturday fled 9
bill in equity to have an INDUCTION is
sued restraining the city officials from
taking the liberty ball to the Atlanta
exposition.
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Lord Dunraven Coming to America.
LONDON, Aug. y. Lord Dunraven,
owner Of the Americas cup challenger
Valkyrie Ill, will sail for New Y ork
on August 81 on the White Star line
steamer Teutonic.
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Killed BY the Cars.

ONEIDA, NY Aug. IL. supervisor
"A. w. Hesutie, 81 Crown Point, and
Miss Helen E. Randall, Of Oneida, were
killed on the New York Central tracks
near here Saturday night by q vest
bound train. Hesutie was about 35
wears Of aga and Miss Randall "a. They
we're soonst6 be in6rried.
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sormnn Schooner Sunk.

LONDON, Aug. 10.A dispatch from.
Hamburg states that the German
schooner Johanne, from Charleston
for Cnxhaven, while lying atanchor,
was run into by !. Bremen lighter. The
Johanne began to take water and
sank while trying to put into port
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To Annex Superior, to Duluth.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 10. Gov.
Clough has appointed g. g. Hartley
and Alex. McD ougal Of Duluth, and j.
II. Sutherland members Of the COM
mission from Minnesota to confer with
q similar commission from Wisconsin
with view Of annexing Superior to
Duluth. 81
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DfvoRcE, has been legal in France

DIVORCE, has been legal in France
nov for eight years. The first year
the number OF divorces granted was
1.7OO; the second, 1000; in 1894 it was
5000; the total for the eight years is
10000 The working classes Of the
cities supply the largest proportion, ~
per cent; the peasants the smallest, z
per cent. .....,. ... .-