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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-20
Tenth Ward.

The Republican Progressive club of the Tenth ward and the citizens |" movement locked horns last evening in the caucus to elect town and city dele gates and to name the ward ticket It was a contest from the beginning until the ninth man on the city delegation was reached, and then motion came from the Progressive club to call on the secretary to cast the ballot for the remaining delegates. A. c. Benedict. one of the citizens faction, was elected chairman of the caucus over c. w. Blakeslee, who was backed by the Pro- gressive club. Harry Whipper, for sec- retary, defeated W. E. Whittlesey. A motion was passed that a committee of five be appointed to select delegates. Then it was moved that all subsequent votes be by ballot There was consid- erable wrangling, and at one time the Progressive club threatened to bolt the caucus. This was met with hisses Filibustering was then tried for awhile. The caucus finally settled down to the matter of making up the city ticket. c. w. Pickett was elected for alder manic honors.
 The first two members of the coun- cilmanic ticket had been named, viz, George Burton and E. l.. Isbell, when the colored element began to give evil dence of wanting a representative in the municipal legislature, and Dr. Jack son named J. W. Stewart against James Holiday and John Champion. Stewart won.
 This is the first time that a colored man has been nominated in the Tenth ward The committee to appoint dele gates named the following, who were elected:
 City delegation-H. E. Benton, Joseph E. Hubinger, G. A. Butler, H. S. Peck, James R. Lyon, Dr. c. M. Parker, Hart D. Munson, George A. Law, w. H. Moore, Frank Brazos, J. J. Walsh. E. J. Beazy, s. J. Fox.
 Town delegation-John c. North,
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rRAMPS noLD UP 4 TRAIN.
Eight Well Dressed Hoboes Tackle
 Freight Trnin Near Putnnm.

Eight Well Dressed Hoboes Tackle a
 Freight Train Near Putnam.
 Putnam, Conn, Nov. 19.-A gang of eight tramps, all remarkably well dressed, held up freight train on the New England road this afternoon just above the yard limits, and in the scrap that ensued one Of the tramps pulled out 32.calibre revolver, which had the desired effect, although he did not once threaten to sheet
 The tramps had the affair well plan ned. Before making their demand on the brakemen to carry them on to Bos- ton they uncoupled the train, which was moving slowly, in three places. The engineer could do nothing but wait until the train had been recoupled. One tramp was rendered unconscious in the fight.
 Shortly after the hold-up switcher was sent to Putnam for police, and Captain Langdon and Officer Wilson went back to the scene, but the tranps had gone. The switcher steamed on three miles further to Mechanicsville, where two of the tramps were captur- ed. They refused to give any names, but will be brought before Judge War ner in the morning Last night George Tripp was held up near the railroad tracks, but he had no money or watch and was allowed to go.
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To Study Gold and Silver Resources.

Cleveland, Nov. 19.-Mark Hanna and General Horace Porter of New York held a long conference in MT. Hanna's S rooms this morning General Porter had come to Cleveland pursuant to a special call that Perry Heath, chief of the republican literary bureau, came to Cleveland this morning and after a conference with MT. Hanna left for California. He will make an exhaus- tive study of gold and silver resources. He will go to Mexico and study mone- tary conditions. The trip is for the ex- press purpose of obtaining more cam- paign ammunition, and it Is the first move of the permanent organization to wage war against silver.
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4 BL0W IF sPoILsMEN.
Mayor Hooper of Baltimore Wins Hi Famous Fight Against Office Grabbers.

Mayor Hooper of Baltimore Wins His
 Famous Fight Against Office Grabbers.
 Annapolis, Md.s Nov. 19.-The big po- litical fight between the straight out re- publicans and independent republican mayor of Baltimore, which has been in the courts for nearly a year, was de- cided by the court of appeals this af ternoon. The decision of the court be- low is reversed and Mayor Hooper wins. The effect of the decision Is to nullify the action of the Baltimore city council in taking from the mayor his appointing power and giving it to the city council.
 Judge Russum, the only republican judge of the court of appeals, was the only dissenter from the opinion which was handed down by Chief Judge Me- Sherry
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LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS.
Complete Returns show That the sound
 Money Men Have a Majority of 47.


 Washington, Nov 19.-The receipt of the returrs of the late election in South Dakota make it possible to complete the list of members of the house of rep resentatives of the Fifty fifth congress This shows a total of 205 republicans, 137 democrats and 15 populists. Of the republicans five are said to favor the free coinage of silver-Messrs. Hilborn of California, Broderick and Curtis of Kansas, Linney of North Carolina and Beach of Ohio-and of the democrats two-Messrs. McAleer of Pennsylvania and Elliott of South Carolina-are sound money men, so that upon the sil- yer question the house will stand:
 Sound money POP; free silver, 155. Majority for sound money, AT. In the present congress the totals are: Re- publicans, 252; democrats, 92; popu- lists Gncluding fusionists and silver ites), 10; vacancies, g.
 The states of Connecticut, Iowa, Maine and New Jersey returned their present solid delegations of republicans to the Fifty-fifth congress.
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CABINET PossIBILI7IEs.
General Horace Porter Mentioned for
 Secretary of War.

Canton, O., Nov. 19.-There were no callers of political importance at the Mckinley residence to-day. General Horace Porter of New York is talked of in connection with the position of sec- retary of war. Colonel Fred Grant and General R. A. Alger of Michigan are the other names mentioned in that con- nection. The cabinet makers are sug- gesting John Russell Young of Phila- delphia for secretary of the navy, and rumors come from Chicago that Ly- man Gage, president of the First Na- tional bank, may be secretary of the treasury.
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WATSON SCORES BUTLER.
Says the Latter Has Grossly Betrayed the
 PopuIists.

IOpulists.
 Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 19.-Tom Watson, in his paper, out yesterday, publishes his answer to Senator Butler, chairman of the populistic national committee. MT. Watson says, in part:
 You did not dare to publish it (the first letter) because you felt it's ar raignment of you to be unanswerable. The truth is that you feel yourself to be deeply guilty man, as, indeed, you are. Instead of managing this great campaign in a spirit of broad patriot ism and of courageous loyalty to your nominee and your party, you have al- lowed your personal ill-will toward me to divert you into a tortuous narrow, jealous and disloyal policy which has shipwrecked the peoples party and brought the success of MT. Bryan to a crisis of extreme peril. You now plead with me to pull you out of the hole. I shall do nothing of the kind. My posi- tion is most painful. The Bryan-Sew- all committee is against me and the Bryan Watson committee is against me.
 q have always been a middIe-of-the- road man, while you never have been You bargained with the republicans in one campaign and with the democrats in the next. In this campaign you have bargained with both republicans and democrats. God only knows which bargain you intend to keep. I do not recognize your right to put me under the seals of the democratic tricksters, and I shall continue to claim the priv ilege of speaking and writing for na- tional nominees of the peoples party My letter of acceptance must stand just as it is written
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Seventh Ward.

The republicans of the Seventh ward elected the following delegates to the city and town conventions, last even- ing: City, $. J. Veil, H. A. Stevens, Patrick Connolly, Louis Lombardie, Jacob P. Goodhart, Charles Olmstead. Town delegates, Richard w. Kirck, S. J. Elsner, Charles Platt, Joseph Fitz- patrick, Joseph Koon. The selection of the ward ticket was left to the ward committee. The delegates elected were opposed to Thomas Sullivan, but from the very start there was no likelihood of his obtaining any standing.
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PRICE OF A KINGS RANSOM
PEERLESS JOHN R. GENTRY, FRINGE
 OF HORSES, SOLD FOR SIS, 900.

Lewis G. Tewksbury of New York the Pur-
 chaser-Sensational Auction--Bidders at
 the Finish Narrowed Down to Two en
 -Tewksbury Now Owns Gentry, Robert
 J., and Mascot.
 New York, Nov, 19.-Before the larg- est crowd ever seen at a horse sale in auction John R. Gentry, the champion harness horse of the world, passed into the hands of Lewis G. Tewksbury of this city for $19,9oO at Madison Square Garden tonight. At S:30 the band struck up Hail to the Chief and Gen. try was with difficulty brought through the crowd to the front of the auction eer's stand
 The whole section of the west side of the Garden, the boxes and the reserved seatswere full while inside the ring and on the miniature track people were pushing and falling over each other in their efforts to get a glimpse of the pacing king. The $500 was a low esti- mate of the number of people.
 When the horse was fairly in front of Auctioneer Bain of Lexington, Ky, who sold him here last February, when William Simpson was the purchaser at $7,6O0, the band ceased playing. It was not however, until the assistance of the police was called that space was made barely sufficient to allow the horse to move around. A cheer went up from the crowd and the auctioneer caled for bids for the champion harness horse of the world, who had paced the fastest three heats ever accomplished-- 2:03%, 2:0314 2:O3A-had lowered the harness record to 2:011a and had cov- cred a mile against time in 2:001a.
 Bids came in with such rapidity that the auctioneer could scarcely keep track of them. Four, six, eight, ten and eleven thousand dollars were of fered from different parts of the house with scarcely breathing time.
 But the real battle came when tle struggle narrowed down to two--Louis w. Wormser and Lewis G. Tewksbury, both New Workers. MT Wormser came into the battle at $12,0O0, his bid being delivered in loud, clear voice and the crowd applauded. Promptly MT. Tewksbury went $500 better. Thus the battle waged between the two with scarcely a moments hesitation until $16,5Oo, which was Tewksburys bid, was reached.
 Then there was a pause, followed by a. round of handclapping from the audi ence The applause greeted WormseI,s jump to $1S,000 had scarcely died away when the other came back at him with his raise of $500 There was another short pause and Wormser shouted $19,- 500 being raise of a thousand dol- lars No reply followed for moment and the tension could be felt.
 What is bid?" asked MT. Tewks- bury.
 '$19, 500," was the reply.
 Then, I raise 1t $4O0,' he said.
 The auctioneer turned to MT. Worm ser expectantly. There was no reply and on the "three,'' the gavel fell and the son of Ashland Wilkes and Dane Wood became the property of the owner of Robert J., the only horse who has shown himself a dangerous rival to the king.
 With Gentry, Robert J., 2:01k. and Mascot, 2:04, MT. Tewksbury has a sta- ble of phenomenal greatness
 The rest of the horses sold to-day brought fairly good prices.
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POISONED HIS WIFE.
Rev. James c. Hull Confesses to His Awful Crime,


 St. Paul, Nov. 19.-The trial of Rev James c. Hull for poisoning his wife, came to dramatic end this after noon, MT. Hull changing his plea to guilty Prosecuting Attorney Butler placed in evidence a letter which Hull wrote last February to a pastor in Call ifornia, saying his wife was slowly dy ing of cancer, and that she could not live the year out. This letter contra dicted Hulls testimony, especially as it had been shown that Mrs. Hull did not have cancer, and that Hull was aware of the fact. Hulis attorney ad- vised Hull that the California letter in effect convicted him and advised him to plead guilty This Hull did, and Judge Egan sentenced him to six years in state prison. Hull had insured his wife's life for $2O00, and he tried to poison her with arsenic. Hull was for merly pastor of the Clinton avenue Methodist church.
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PRINCETON IN GOOD SHAPE
For the Great Struggle With Yale In Ne,
 York To-mOrrow.

For the Great Struggle With Yale In New
 York Tomorrow.
 New York, Nov 19.-At a meeting of the Princeton club here tonight James Westervelt, chairman of the committee on athletics, reported that the Prince ton football team was in good condi- ton. He said that never before had Princeton had football team in such prime condition, and that there was every prospect that the team would win Saturday. It had at least an even chance. MT Westervelt said Captain Cochrane was handicapped by playing right end and by lack of practice due to an injured shoulder.
 Tn replying to the charge that there had been bad management and unpre- cedented delay in the distribution of tickets for the game, Colonel J. J. Mo- Cook said that an investigation had shown that it had taken four days and twelve hours for letters mailed at the general postoffice in New York city to be distributed at Princeton. Some, he said were registered letters and others contained checks or money. This ex- plained much of the delay in the dis tribution of tickets. Supper was serv- ed and the remainder of the evening was spent by the members of the club in discussing Saturdays great game.
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PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
National Changers Want Senators Elected
 by Popular Vote.

by Popular Vote.
 Washington, Nov. 19-At the meeting of the National Grange Patrons of Hus- bandry to-day the report of the com mittee on resolutions, which was adopt ed, recommended a stable currency; that United States senators be elected by the people; equal protection for the farmer; pure food legislation and free rural mail delivery; referred to the val ue of the experimental stations and agricultural colleges; expressed sympa- thy with Cuba, and stated that the grange would receive with joy the set tlement of the questions between Eng land and America. It favored arbitra- tion whenever it can be resorted to without sacrifice of honor. It congrat- ulated the grange that political differ ences and heated contests had made no difference in the fraternal feeling of the order, and ended by pledging the united support ofthe order to the country and the flag.
 A long report from the committee on railroads was made by Chairman Mer- sick, recommending several amend ments to the interstate commerce law to fully carry out it's purpose. the chief one being that the commission have power to make rates.
 A resolution calling upon the incom- ing administration to give suitable pro- lection to agriculture, so that our na- tional burdens shall be more equitably distributed, after some discussion was defeated by a small majority.
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WEYLEE I BEATEN MAN.
General Towards Logical Statement of
 the situation in Cuba.

General Towards Logical Statement of
 the situation in Cuba.
 St. Louis, Nov. 19-In an interview anent the rumor that General Weyler had resigned from the command of the Spanish forces in Cuba, General o. o. Howard, recommending general of the American army said
 As I see it, General Weyler was a beaten man and it was time for him to resign. His troops were whipped, and his strategic resources were at an end when he went back to Havana. This individual rear movement of the generals showed the inability of the Spanish army to dislodge the insur- gents. If he could have whipped them he would have stayed and whipped them.
 My view of the Cuban war is sim ply this: It is a question of finances, not of fighting. Spain is big enough to crush out every can bush. as well as every insurgent in Cuba, if she can raise the money to pay and provision the troops required. But Spain has a mighty big job on hand. It has all ready been clearly proved that the Cu- bans are great fighters greater strat- egists and greater people. Whether Spain can raise enough money to pay enough men is something about which the world is guessing now"
 General Howard thinks that the Cu- ban war has developed nothing new in military tactics. He declined to ex- press an opinion asS to whether the United States should interfere on be- half of the Cuban insurgents sI
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DAUGHTERS OF I'll E CONFEDERACY
Annual Ball-Mrs. Jefferson Davis and
 Daughter Guests of Honor.

Daughter Guests Of Honor.
 St. Louis, Nov. 19.--For six successive years the annual ball of the Daughters of the Confederacy had been the soci- ety event of the season in this city, and tonight the immense hall of the Mer- chants exchange was crowded with "The Children of a Lost Cause" and their guests Mrs. Jefferson Davis, the venerable widow of the leader of the Confederacy and her daughter Winnie were guests of honor. It is Mrs. Da- wis first visit to St. Louis since her husband was a Union soldier and sta- toned at Jefferson Barracks, fifty years ago.
 A notable incident of the evening was the visit to the ball room of a number of Union generals, in attendance at the reunion of the Army of the Tennessee, and their presentation to Mrs. Davis and the wives and daughters of those who wore the grey.
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MFR. VANDEHBIITvs HEALTH.
Dr. Depew Says That 1t is Improving
 nni


 New York, Nov. 19.-Chauncey Ms Depew to-day said: Cornelius Vanderbilt is improving every day in health. He is not attend, ing to the practical details of the vast] business of the railroads with which hei Is identified and will not until he fully recovers. He is in touch with the bus-' mess, however, and has full knowledga of all important matters connectef with it as they arise. William K. Van-I derbilt has done whatever has beerF necessary in the management of the, roads since his brothers illness. His family and friends believe that with. the rest and freedom from care he is now enjoying, Cornelius Vanderbilt will in due time fully recover and resume his former position, not only in busi- ness, but also in the charitable and re- ligious work in which he has been SO active''
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Found With His Throat Cut.

Cleveland, O., Nov. 19.-Theodore Keegan, ex-sergeant of police, was found lying in a pool of blood in a va- cant lot on Reno street, a few hundred feet from his home, this morning. His throat was cut and blood oozed from g. gash six inches long. Members of his family stated that he had been robbed of $10 or s15. They could give no de- scription of his assailants.
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omeia, Vote of New Hampshire.

Concorn, N. H., Nov. 19.-The official vote of New Hampshire was given out today as follows: Total vote for gov- ernor, 7S,797; Ramsdell, rep, 4S,S1S; Kent, dem., 2S, ,333. RamsdelPs plurali- ty, 20, ,545, majority, 17,977.
 In the First congressional district. Subway, rep, has a majority over Nash, dem., of 11.7S3. In the Second congressional district. Clarke, rep, has a majority over White, dem, of 12.S22.
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NIcCInnr Will Act as Referes.

Princeton, N. J., Nov. 19.-It was an nounced by the football management tonight that McClung of Lehigh had been selected by Princeton as referee for Saturdays game on Manhattan field in New York city and had been accepted by Yale.
 The team took it's last hard practice this afternoon will leave for New York tomorrow afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock. It will put up at the Murray Hill hotel.
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steamer Mempbis Ont of sipbt,

London, Nov. 19.-The British steam CT Memphis which was wrecked Tues day night in Dunlough bay, on the south coast of Ireland, has entirely dis appeared. The coast is strewn with wreckage, which is being stolen and carried away by the wholesale
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Twelfth Ward.

c. c. Dennison presided over the de- Alterations of the Twelfth ward caucus, The following delegates were elected:
 City-Thomas N. Girden, c. M Stone, l.. H. Terrell, Frank P. Ryan, r. A. Scranton, Andrew Dwyer, Charles J. Lehr.
 Town-L F. Barnes, G. w. Rowe, John w. Dixon, c. S. Butler, s. Wesosn, c. M Lindsley, c. F. Hicks.
 For alderman, w. s. Compton; for councilman, F. B.. Shuster, L. H. Ter rell, James Johnston.
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Duel in France.

Paris, Nov 19.-Pierre Legrande, a member of the chamber of deputies. and Henri Turot, editor of the Petite Republique Francais, have fought a duel in which Turot was wounded in the arm. The combat grew out of polt- ties
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IS GEN. WEYLER WOUNDED?
ITS ALSO REPORTED THAT M.iCEO
 HAS WON I YICTORY.

Prominent Cubans Leave the Island Pend- News Difficult to Obtain-Train Bearing
 Spanish Troops Wrecked by Dynamite Bombs-No One Killed.
 Tampa, Fla, Nov. 19.-A number of prominent Cubans arrived by the steamer Olivette from Havana this evening and Will make their home in Jacksonville and Ocala until the con- flict in Cuba ends. A prominent Cuban said, relative to the enga agement re- ported between Maceo and Weyler, that important battles had been fought and that Weyler had been defeated. About the surveillance of the govern ment definite news had not been receiv- ed in this country, but that it was true all Cubans in Havana knew through their official sources. It was stated that Port au Prince, Cascore and Guayarm were all in the hands of the Cubans under Calixto Garcia and his aides. Other reports say that Weyler is wounded.
 Havana, Nov. 19.-A train conveying troops was wrecked to-day near Man gas by the explosion of dynamite bombs, which had been placed in posi- ton by rebels. Fourteen persons were wounded The train was crossing a culvert when the explosion occurred. The insurgents had placed few bombs for the purpose of blowing up the train, but one did not explode. It is said that the rebels thought that General Weyler was on the train.
 Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 19-A man who gives him name as Carroll, represent ing western manufacturer of dyna- mite, passed through here to-day on his way home from Cuba. He went over on the last trip which the tug Daunt- less made. Carroll was landed within sixty miles of Havana. He saw some of the insurgant leaders in the interior. Carroll states that the insurgents have standing offer of s1,000 for every Spanish officer killed and $5,0O0 for General Weyler, dead or alive.
 Sixty Texas Rangers armed with Sharps rifles are. in the field doing sharpshooter duty Each Ranger is accompanied by a native with field glass The natives scan the country for officers and whenever one is found the Ranger tries to drop him. The rifle will kill man five miles away. These rewards account for the high death rate among the Spanish officers. The in- surgents spare the Spanish soldiers as much as possible. Carroll says that the seat of filibustering operations will be transferred from the South Atlantic coast to the gulf
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Thirteenth Ward.

The Thirteenth ward elected A. N. Farnam, Robert T. Grant and James Mercer delegates to the town conven- tiol. The delegation is presumably for Baldwin.
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Charles w. Pickett, Harvey P. Whip pie, s, s. Halliday, F, F. Harrison, AL fred Rowe, F. l.. D. Manwaring, Asa c, Bushnell, c. w. Clark, c. F. Wessinger, Dr., G. H. Jackson, George F, Hall, Joel F. Gilbert.
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pu ataurier Was Worth e47 .sso.

London, Nov. 19.-The personal estate of the late George Du Marier the cele- brated artist and author, is ascertain ed to be S47,3S0.