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Ohioan," said Colonel Heath. 'is a
desperate one. but it will be tried. As
is well known, the National Committee
is to meet at the Southern Hotel at
noon Wednesday to begin the work of
making up the temporary roll of the
convention, which assemblies the fol-
lowing Tuesday Ever since the op-
position to Major Mckinley has real
lied that the Ohian's boom could not
be checked by ordinary methods, 1t has
schemed to use the advantage given it
in the control of the National Commit
tee to defeat Mckinley, If possible, by
recognizing all the Mckinley con-
testing delegates who could show the
slightest claim, and giving them seats
in the convention, with the expectation
that they would force men of their own
selection on the Credentials Committee,
and thus secure a firm footing in the
permanent organization of the conven-
ton.
THE talk about Governor Mckinley
having ruthlessly invaded the States of
favorite sons, and on which allegations
the opposition to him bases its strong
est ground. is the utmost folly" Colonel
Heath said. why, from the inception
OF his campaign Governor Mckinley
has stubbornly refused to encourage
any movement for him in States that
have or were liable to have candidates
of their own
Colonel Heath will be joined Monday
by Judge A. c. Thompson of Gallipolis,
the leading member of the Ohio delega
ton, and one of the Mckinley manag-
ers. General Grosvenor will also come
on that date if Congress adjourns Sat-
urday.
THE PRESS TAKEN CARE OF.
ST. LOUIS, June 5.-Sergeant-at-
Arms Byrnes has been busy all day try
ing to get in order the deluge of mail
and telegraphic applications for door
keepers, ushers, etc, under his control
Mr. Byrnes has a provisional list made
up of the 600 to be appointed, but final
selections will be made after the COM
mittee meets here.
Each National Committeeman will
receive twenty-five tickets, the dele
gates three and the alternates two. The
Grand Army of the Republic will also
receive several hundred tickets. The
seating capacity of the hall is about
14,00O, and there will be a ticket for
every seat.
Arrangements have been made for
the seating of the press representa-
tives, the 41S seats in the press stand
being allotted among the metropolitan
newspapers of the United States The
United Press and the Chicago Associ-
ated Press have been allotted six seats
each on either side of the Chairman's S
desk. The papers of New York, Chi
cago and st. Louis will get the great
est number of seats each. The interior
cities are also taken care of on the
basis of one to two seats, according to
the size of the city and Importance of
the paper. Each ST. Louis paper will
be allowed six seats in the press stand,
but as a matter of courtesy they will
occupy the seats farthest removed
from the Chairman's table. Country
papers will not find room in the press
stand, owing to the great demand made
upon the accommodations by the metro
politan papers.
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Given Little Opportunity to Prove
Their Innocence.

WASHINGTON, June 5-The Com
mittee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate this afternoon removed the
injunction of secrecy from the testi-
mony in relation to Cuban affairs of
Frederick w. Lawrence and Rev. A j.
Diaz.
Lawrence, referring to the arrest Of
Alfred Laborde and Milton, who were
on the Competitor, said that so far as
the testimony Of the men who captured
them before the court-martial went, 1t
showed that neither of the men had
arms upon their persons. From an
American point of view, these prisoners
were not assisted by counsel, but from
a Spanish point of view they had coun-
sci. This counsel consisted of a Lieu
tenant in the navy, who asked no ques-
tons, and crosS-examined no witnesses.
Nc witnesses were produced but Cap
tain Butron and the other officers of the
Mensaerra. This Lieutenant asked for
clemency for Laborde on account of
the illustriouS place his name had
borne in the Spanish navy, and for Mil
ton because he was not there for the
purpose of fighting, but merely in his
business as a newspaper correspondent.
The men were even asked if they had
anything to say in the Spanish lam
guage. William Gildea, the last of the
five men tried, replied to the interpreter:
''All have to say is that / do not un-
derstand one word that has been said
for me or against me, and at any rate
appeal to both the British and Aneri-
can Consuls.''
The court made it's finding within fif-
teen minutes after Gildea made this
statement Before the trial Gildea
made a statement that he was a poor
sailor, and went on board the Com
petitor thinking she was bound for
Sable Keys, fishing; that he knew moth
ing of the nature of the business until
after it had started. Laborde stated
that his ship had been hired to do fish
ing. but that he was held up by re-
volver and ordered to go to Cuba. Wit
ness also saw Dygert, who was impris-
oned at GuineS with twenty-five others
in a room not larger than 16x1S feet.
The food given him was execrable, and
all the time he was confined he was
not permitted to change his clothes.
Dygert was not released until one
month after Marquis Palmerola told
Lawrence that the Government knew he
was innocent.
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JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
PRAISE FOR THIS COUNTRY BY
THE NEW MINISTER.
Our Government the First to Show
Herself Ready to Grant Treaty
on Terms of Equality.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-The fol-
lowing correspondence of the United
Press, under date of Toxic Japan,
May Goth, was received to-day per
steamship Peru:
Hoshi Toru, the newly appointed
japanese representative to the United
States, has just made a speech to his
constituents in which the following
words occur: The first country that
showed herself ready to grant us a
treaty on terms of equality in lieu of
the unequal treaty that has been in
operation since 1895 was the United
States. Thus the fact that America has
shown herself eminently friendly to
Japan is unquestionable. 1t is further
undeniable that she has always treated
us with perfect fairness. 1t will be my
duty as japanese representative in
Washington to show to Americans the
sentiments entertained by Japan to-
wards them"
The announcement that Russia and
Japan had arrived at an entente with
regard to the preservation of order in
Corea proves to have been premature.
No definite understanding has yet been
reached. The points under discussion
are three: First, the return of the
King to his own palace, his continued
residence in the Russian Legation hav-
ing become ridiculous side by side with
any pretense of independent sovereign
ty; secondly, the stationing of foreign
troops in the Corean capital, which
question involves, of course, the with
drawal or continued presence of one or
both of the forces, Russian and Japan
csc, now quartered there; and thirdly,
the disposal of the line of telegraph be-
tween Seoul and Fusan.
During the fifteen months ending with
March of the current year the number
of commercial and industrial enter
prises initiated or reorganized. wiz in
creased capital in Japan was TAI, and
the aggregate capital involved was
629, 100000 yen. Many Of these COM
panies will not reach the stage of prac-
tical working. but under any circum-
stances they indicate condition cf
great activity. More than two-thirds
of the new projects are in the field of
banking and railway construction.
Next in Importance come exchange
and insurance business and cotton
spinning. There are also tolerable ex-
tensive programmes of muslin weav-
ing, silk and wool spinning and weav-
ing, railway rolling stock and electrical
plant manufacture and shipping
The silk and tea producing districts
of Japan have been visited by heavy
frosts, most unprecedented phenome-
non in the month of May, and the re-
suit is reported to have impaired the
mulberry trees and tree plants to the
extent of some 30 or 40 per cent of their
| average yield.
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BLACK PLAGUE In THE ORIENT.
THE DISEASE SPREADING II
ALL QUARTERS.
Twenty to Twenty-Five Cases Re-
ported Daily at Hongkong-
Rate Greater at Canton.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-The pas
sengers by the steamer Peru, which ar
rived this morning from China and
Japan, report that the black plague is
gaining alarming proportions in the
Orient. The disease is spreading in all
quarters, and communication with
many places is entirely cut Off The
japanese officials are doing all in their
power to keep the disease out of that
country, and SO far seem to have met
with success. They have adopted
strong measures of quarantine, and all
incoming vessels are being thoroughly
dISinfected.
The Peru was held at Nagasaki sew
eral days in quarantine. On the voyage
from Hongkong one of the Chinese
passengers was taken sick and devel-
oped strong SYMPTOMS of cholera He
lived but a short time, dying before
Nagasaki was reached. He was buried
at sea about 200 miles from port
When the Peru sailed from Yokohama
the plague had made it's appearance in
Formosa. Up to May 10th there had
been thirty cases of the disease at
Amping, and of these twenty had been
fatal. The disease also broke out
island, but there had been but few ia
talities. The disease generally seems
to confine itself to the natives, but few
foreigners being attacked
When the Peru left Yokohama il was
reported that the Occidental and ORR
entail steamship Coptic, due here next
week, was being held at Nagasaki 1t
is reported that a passenger VINO was
landed from here there developed all
symptoms Of the plague, and died the
day after landing.
In Southern China the plague is
greatly on the increase. In Hongkong
twenty to twenty-five cases are re-
ported daily, and when the Peru sailed
GIT cases were there under treatment
In Canton the rate is said to be much
greater 1t is impossible however, to
obtain accurate figures from all parts
of China, as the reports of the disease
are suppressed by both the Government
and others
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ment to have United States Senators
elected by the people instead of by
State Legislatures was taken up in
formally and discussed by Senators
Mitchell of Oregon, Perkins of Califor-
MIA and Palmer of Illinois in favor. and
Hawley Of Connecticut and Chandler
Of New Hampshire in opposition.
A joint resolution for final adjourn
ment next Monday at 2 p. m. was offered
by Aldrich OF Rhode Island, and was
referred to the Committee on Appropri-
ations after adverse remarks by Sena-
tors Allison Of Iowa, George Of Missis-
sippi and Warren of Wyoming.
Amendments to the joint resolution
as to the reorganization Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, in refer
ence to the lands Of the company, were
offered by Senators Mitchell (Rep) of
Oregon and Nelson (Rep) of Minnesota,
and were referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
The Senate at < n m adjourned
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RAILWAY LAND GRANTS.
Selections Approved by the interior
Department.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The Secre-
tary Of the Interior has proved the lists
of land selected by the railroads: North
ern Pacific, &c, ,S26 acres, Bozeman (Mon-
tana) District; 2,039 acres, Vancouver
Washington) District; 1850 acres,
Fargo North Dakota) District; 1880
acres, ST. Cloud (Minnesota) District;
$50 acres, Miles City Montana) Dis
trict; 57S acres, Vancouver (Washing-
ton) District; 4S1, ,73S acres, Bismarck
North Dakota) District
Central Pacific, successor to the Cali
fornia and Oregon, 1901 acres in the
Redding California; District.
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STEAMSHIP ST. PAUL.
Establishes a New Record Between
Southampton and New York.

QUARANTINE Is. I.), June 5.-The
American Line steamship ST. Paul has
succeeded In establishing a new record
between Southampton and New York.
She arrived in port this evening. MAX
ing the ruin from The Needles to Sandy
Hook lightship in six days, five hours
and thirty-two minutes. The New
York of the same line has held the rec
ord of six days, seven hours and ten
minutes since September IA, 1894. This
time was made over the short course of
3,O43 knots. The trip of the ST. Paul
was over the long course Of 8, ,122 knots
Her average speed per hour was 20S2
knots
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A Murderer Beheaded.

BERLIN, June ga criminal named
Oehlmann was beheaded at Brunswick
this morning for the murder of his aunt
and cousin. On his way to the place of
execution he attempted to commit sui
eide by throwing himself over the prison
staircase, dragging with him the war
den who had him in charge The war
den was frightfully hurt, and is dying.
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Acts Approved.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The Pres
ident has approved the Act for the re-
lief of settlers on the Northern Pacific
Railroad indemnity lands, the Act re-
lating to combinations of homestead
entries and to confirm such entries
when Communication proofs were re-
ceived by local land officers prema-
furalv
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Tornado Sufferers Relief Fund.

ST. LOUIS, June 4.-The general re-
lief fund for the tornado sufferers to-
night foots up S191 900. There are
many independent relief undertakings
that will swell the amount to $500, 900.
No deaths of injured are reported in
either city to-day.
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Blanther Seen at Denver.

DENVER, June 5.-The wife of a mer-
chant who knew ]. E. Blanther, the
San Francisco murderer, three years
ago, when he was living here under the
name Of Archibald Forbes, says she has
seen him on the street here within a
week. The officers are now looking for
him.
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Bombs at Barcelona.

BARCELONA, June 5.-Two bombs
were found in dust heap near the
Cathedral at the conclusion of a Corpus
Christi procession. Several anarchists
have been arrested on suspicion of in
tending to cause an explosion.
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Tennis Tournament.

LONDON. June 5.-In the semi-finals
of the Middlesex tennis championship
to-day Mahoney beat Chapman and
Greville beat Larned. the American
champion.
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Behring Sea Convention.

LONDON, June 5.-The Behring Sea
convention, which will shortly be laid
before the House of Commons, appoints
a commission to decide upon the indi-
vidual Canadian claims.
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WASHINGTON, June 5.-The treas
ury gold reserve at the close of business
to-day stood at $106, t16.727. The days
Withdrawals were $14,5OO
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THE COMPETITOR PRISONERS

The Senate at 5 p. m. adjourned
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-03
BLAMEs 1T TO IMMORALITY,
Rev. r. n. AyisGn5s Ideas of the
Present industrial Situation

Rev. R. N. Avison preached before a
large congregation at the Clinton Ave-
nue. Methodist church last evening
UPON the subject. 1.-THE Present IN
dustrial Situation selecting his text
from Kings xviii, 1919: "And it came
to pass when Ahab saw Elijah that
Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that
troubleth Israel? And he answered,
I have not troubled Israel; but thou
and thy fathers house, in that we have
. forsaken the commandments Of the
Lore, and thou hast fallowed BaIaam'"
He said in part:
81 presume the picture is familiar
to nearly all present. where famine
had visited the land of Samaria and for
three years and six months they had
no rain. 1t was not moral difficulty
entirely, although 1t probably was a
result Of immortality, and was stated to
be punishment for immortality
imagine that all banking institutions
and commercial industries had failed,
and the question was asked, as it is to-
day: What is the reason These are
the effects; but 10 what cause must we
assign them? You will find that it is
attributable largely to moral causes.
That differs widely from what you see
in the papers. Men attribute the con-
dition of things now to one of three
causes. First is the change of admin
istration. Now, friends, if you would
stop to think you would see the alb
surdity of this. I have no doubt what
ever that the change was the occasion,
but it was not the cause. The cause
h.9 hpp,, of roTly oil
when some agency furnished the occa-
sion we had the result. Others attrib-
ute it to financial causes. Anything
that touches our bank accounts is of
vital Importance to every man, even
If his possessions amount to only 100
cents. Our wisest men differ widely as
to the condition of our present finan-
cial system.
Other attribute it to over-production.
but l find hundreds of thousands of
people in impoverished circumstances.
Il believe the supreme cause is i'm
morality. That is something you
don't often hear. 1t is the result of
self1shness. Selfishness is the very
essence Of sin and you will find il
everywhere. Every man for himself
There is one besetting sin of American
people in this country and it is to take
crosscuts to everything How many
innocent bankers and merchants have
been forced to the wall by the UPRIGHT
eous dealings Of those whom they had
trusted. One remedy is that we go
back to the principles as described in
the constitution of the United States.
What we want today is liberty to write
procfamations Of emancipation and en-
force them at the point of the bayonet.
We have institutions legalized and pro-
tected that are simply sapping the
vitals Of our citizenship, and at the
very heart of our moral and religious
institutions. The one institution that
is working for the uplifting of the
people Is the. church Of Jesus Christ"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-03
CY,s KIEFER STORY.
New York Mercury Reports the
Ryan Liars Club.

Col. A. r. Kiefer's patriotic propo-
Sition to personally seize the British
lion by the tail and fling MS feline
hngShfp full into the embraces Of the
Russian bear. has not only won for
the colonel fame that may last as
long as Venezuela has a place On the
map, but il has brought into national
prominence that distinguished coterie
OF St Paul wisdom, the Liars club"
which gathers nightly in a corner Of
the Ryan and kills time as savagely
as Col kiefec would have killed the
Britons> The New York Mercury has
been warmed by the glow OF this scin-
1iianI 2Sgreg5 ton, and the effect was
apparent in last Sundays issue to the
extent OF oyer a column. After refer
ring TO the colonel as a joYial German
American with broken English, but pa
traotiszn still intact the Mercury pro-
ce1cS to- introduce the prince
of the Liars club, the Idll Pine.
He beasts" says the Mercury, "of
having defended $50 mur5erers, and
claims that no man in the United
States has eGualed him in the number
OF clients in the penitentiary, or who
have been hanged
--When Col Kjefer's speech was read
continues the Mercury, the club lis
tened with rapt attention The Tall
Pine took off the sOnbrero which
White Beaver had given him, and hung
1t upon his knee The paliid face Of
the noted criminal lawyer became a
shade palez- Cy Wellington broke the
OMNIBUS silence That reminds me of
q story ne said, Keno Crawford, alias
Dead Eye Dick, lived at Mendoza he
was supersHtiOus about the bowling OF
a dog, and he had cur that was
mixture OF dog and wolf One night,
when the thermometer was at 30 below
and the SLOW six feet deep, the dog
howled for hours Finally Keno went
out. his night robe waving in the win
try breeze He was gone some time,
and finally his wife, becoming uneasy,
called TO bin to know what he was
doing With teeth chattering Keno
called back Eve got this critter this
time, and Pm going to stick to him
TIL he freezes TO DEATH"
Then Erwin, who was the stall for
WellingtOn's story, remarked that that
was about the way it would be il the
United States should try to staTve out
England"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-03
MRS. THEODORE HAHN DIES AT
HER HOME WITH SCARCELY
A WARNING.
HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE
ASSIGNED BY THE FAMILY PHYSI-
CLAN. WHO COULD NOT Each
HER.
MRS. HAa1M WAS es YEARS OF AGE,
And Had Been Resident of st.
Paul Ever Since 1S56-F"neral
Tomorrow.

Mrs. Louisa Hamm vile Of Theodore
Hamm, one Of st. PauPs earliest set
tiers and most highly respected citi-
zens, died very suddenly Of hear fa:!-
ure at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at
the family residence on Gable av-
enue. With the exception of the past
few months Mrs. Harrn, who was sixty
three years old, has enjoyed the best
Of health. and though she was under
the care of a physician at the present
time. her sudden death was wholly
unexpected by her family.
Arising at her usual time yesterday
morning, Mrs. Hamm before long COM
planned of not feeling well, though
neither she nor her family anticipated
anything more serious than the indis-
position to which she has been subject
within the past year. Gradually be-
coming worse, however, shortly before
10 O'Clock, Mrs. Hamm asked that a
physician be called, and etired 10 her
room. accompanied by Ter youngest
daughter. Miss Emma Hanm. DR..
Schwyzer was Immediately summoned,
but upon his arrival few moments
later, found Mrs. Hamm had passed
beyond aid, having breathed her last
sh1Ttlv after retiring 20 her room.
Mrs. Hamm, whose maiden name was
Bencholz, was married to Theodore
Hamm in Chicago in 1854. Two years
later the young couple came to Mime
sofa, where they have since resided.
The deceased leaves a husband, The
odore Hamm, one son, William Hamm,
and four daughters, Mrs. George Benz,
Jr., Mrs. Minnie Koehler, Mrs Marie Null
Ter and Miss Emma Hamm, all resi-
dents Of this city.
The funeral services will take place
from the family residence on Gable
avenue tomorrow at 9 a. m, fol-
lowing which, at $50, services will also
be conducted over the remains at the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Dawson
and Arcade streets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-03
SUICIDE SUGGESTED NOW.
iheory That Frank KOstaI Was
Tired of Life

1t was rumored yesterday that the
death OF FRANK Kostal, who was killed
by an Omaha switch engine Saturday
night, was not an accident. but a de-
liberate suicide. There seems little to
support this theory, however, except
the statements made by KostaTs two
companions. Joseph kasal, of $50 West
seventh street, and Mat Hoffner, of $50
warsaw street, both laborers employed
at the Washington foundry, Eagle and
washington streets, who were walking
with Kostal at the time of the accident
asserted yesterday what they did not
publicly mention Saturday night, name
ly, that Kostal ran ahead of them and
threw himself beneath the wheels of the
switch engines tender. KasaI and
Hoffner also said yesterday that, but
rev moments before Kostal was killed
he had jumped before the engine Of a
freight train passing on the same track,
but that they had dragged him to one
side They were not anticipating
repetition OF the attempt or they would
have retained hold on him and pre-
vented his subsequent self-destruction
The only assignable reason for KostaPs
desiring death lay in the alleged facts
that he had been out Of employment for
several months last year and had thus
accumulated a quantity of debts.
Coroner Whitcomb will investigate
the case today and decide whether an
inquest is advisable. The remains will
be buried from the undertaking rooms
Of O'Halloran & Murphy's, 122 West
Sixth street, whittier they were sent
from the city hospital yesterday. The
funeral proposed for 9 a. m. today has
been postponed awaiting the coroner's
instructions.
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the baton Of the present unparalleled
organization. Aug. I, 1892 AS COM
poser, Mr.. Souse is unusually prolific
and popular. He is known as the
March King" as widely as Strauss Is
known as the WALTZ King" and he is
one Of the very few American COM
pcsers whose works are generally
played in Europe Altogether he has
composed over 200 musical works, in
Guiding great number of marches
songs, overtures and five operas In
appearance, Director Sousa is of me-
dunn height, possessing a well-knit
frame, with features of Southern bru-
nette type, bespeaking warmth of
temDerament. great enthusiasm and
energy combined with intelligence He
possesses the magnetic personal charm
which attracts others, and at the same
time enables him to control a band
as much by force of character as by
vested authority. The remarkable sue
cess he has achieved at the head of the
magnificent band he is now leading
is something phenomenal.