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THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION
Bobs Up-Blands is n Methodist and Ills
sE.sssss Wifi Ia m (.ntholir e.5ss X

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(; CHICAGO, Ills. July T.-one Of ohlo's
big four Is very indignant at the attempt
to make 1t appear that he initiated an
attack on Mr.. Bland. because OF the lat
ter's religious convictions. He says he
was misrepresented In an Interview
which was printed. IT was asked" said
he, whether thought the fact that
Mr.. BANDS wife and son were Catholics,
would In any degree weaken him as &
candidate. 1 replied emphatlca!ly that
It was an outrage. that q mans religious
connections should be talked about. j
said that for Mr.. Bland personally had
the highest regard,ssand that no one, ap-
preclated more thanI his work In be.
halt OF the silver cause.l No one has de-
nounced the a. p. A. organization more
openly on the stump than I.sSI have no
religious .prejudlces. l was sorry that
the matter was talked about, but I ad-
mitted that such prejudIces did exist
and might weaken his chance of election
IL nominated. Religious bigotry could
not be controlled. In his letter In which
he defended his wlfe's religion he laid
down my platform exactly He eX-
pressed my sentiments in a beautiful
tender way Il r TX rs
Mr.. Bland, in reply;to Inquiries affect
Ing the matter telegraphed as follows
from his home ut lebanon, Mo-, last
night: =. EsIIssii ~ 7 "a a az ss{ 3E'
Religion Is not the issue. I am n
Methodist Have always been one. AL
ways will be. If was half as. good as
my Catholic wife L would not worry
about getting into heaven: TliIs Is the
sentiment ! expressed In n previous
emergency when her religion was ,critl-1
clzed. stand by II now"
Mr.. Thurman this morning sent the
following telegram to Mr.. Bland: l5..llE
Hon. Richard P. Bland, Lebanon, Mo.
The. report that I started an attack
upon you on account of your; ;wife's re-
ligion is absolutely untrue. What I said
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Grnn,l Lodge OF fElk..

4 CINCINNATI; o., July The grand
lodge OF the Benevolent Protective Or
.deriof Elks began here to. day ,wlthsa
mn attendance. Mayor Ca aldwells sdeliv-.
cred the address OF welcome for the city
and john Calvin, exalted ruler OF the
Cincinnati lodge, for the hosts. The. re-
sponse to both of'these addresses was!
delivered by William G. Myers, the
grand exalted ruler. The appointment
OF the committees, presentation Iof re-
ports and other business followed. :. a
final settlement OF the old fact tlonal sdif-S!
.fer.nces Is being arranged In confer;
enccs for the action OF the grand lodge
The n afternoon and evening were de-
voted to social sessions and entertain
insnts at the summer resorts.. 5S. y. ~
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to oppose the candidacy OF the present
President OF the United States" but
was interrupted by shout at this In
direct mention OF the President. "Then
he said that the New York men doubt
ed whether two-thirds OF the conven-
tlon four years ago had been for Grover
! !Cleveland."Ei e, p.
+ This first direct mention OF the name
OF Cleveland brought down an out,
break that seemed really enthusiastic,
that proceeded for two or three min
.utes with many people on their feet In,
the galleries waving their hanlkerchlefs
and hats. The enthusiasm was notice..
ably confined 10 the galleries and there
was the unusual spectacle OF the audi
ence. around four Sides OF the hall carry,
Ing an enthusiastic cheer while the ac-.
tors OF the convention ranged under,
the state banners In the center of the.
hall sat nearly quiet. Three flags were
waved from the Michigan seats and
Minnesota and Massachusetts shouted
shrllly without rising from their seats,
but the New sYorkers never raised q
yell and silence 3pervaled the greater
part the delegates area.
Delegate Marsden,i OF Louisiana, who
next appeared on the platform in be-
half OF Senator Daniels candidacy, crc-
sHttu SturHl OI amusement. EVERY tlme
he essayed to speak the crowd hoWled.
and while the din and confusion were
on the Loulslanan paced up and down
the platform. After repeated efforts he
was allowed to complete his speech.
John NJ. Duncan, or Texas, was
brought forward, but met another storm
OF impatient shouts, demands for a vote
and spoke with much difficulty.
After Mr.. Duncan came CA Ladd,
OF Illinois, whose speech was as brief.
All this time while in the. name Of David
B. Hill was being lauded and praised
and toyed with.Tt the New York senator
sat with folded arms In his delegates
seat, hanked by William: c.. Whitney
and John R. Fellows, with his sphinx
like smile occasionally cropping, out
when some point was attempted for or
against him.
mo one doubts that his speech would
be q good one. said Mr.. Ladd, speak
Ing OF Hill. mo one doubts that ii
would be Democratic speech and no
one doubts that It would be any
speech" and at this sally. Senator Hill,
himself was forced to laugh outright,
while Mr.. Ladd went on to declare that
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the whole campaign. !.
81. Clair Makes MI Iniprelsion.5s
General st. Clair. of West Virginia,
made a speech an favor Of sustaining
. the maj0rity report. He lis a conspIc-
unus ana Simnressive figure. and His
words fell heavy on the silver forces,
f. .Heewas a man. he said, who believed
in free silver and the nomination OF n
!rock-ribbed free silver Democrat, but
he was of the opinion TINT 1t would te
az great mistake to overthrow tImc-i
thonored Democratic precedent and re-.
,fuse to elect tile man suggested by the
pational committee. Much as he would
2regret voting against John W. Daniel,
whom he loved and revcred, he did
not believe the convention could AFFORD
to- "turn E1own"S David s b. I'LL. What
harm could David B. Hill do he asked. !;
1t was iun-D Democratic. The, minority
had a right TO be 5henrd and the olive,
branch should be held5out to them.
Mr,3 st. Clnir's speech aroused Il the
gold men to high pitch OF entliuslasal.i 4
" National Committeeman Clayton, OF
ARKANSAS, closed the debate in favor;
of elccting AIR, IDanlel.a He paid a glow
Ing compllmcnt.to to Senator :IlIll. e. i was
here four years ago, aid he, 3t5'..w hon
the: anti ti.snappers were ,condemn!ng anu
,dtnounclrs hiT. At that time, Twas
jprtislns him. Ic was my champion. L
learned Democracy at his feet, and it'
lie had ,cluhg to, his Elmlra doctrine, In
favor. Of free coinage. he would to-day
be my candidate for President t. y y.
z Thu vote %ds then taken. Tho con-;
lventinn was very quiet when the reiiS
call began. Breaks sWers5 shown IN 5twa !
'It the isont thrrn .states,S hlsban;a 4 and
Florida. The ehairn,ah otgtheSirst an
snounced that but forthe unit ,rulo!
bama would give I'VE votes for sl1ill.5
! Continued: OH; Second Page. q;
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WELL I! WELL /! WELT

Gen. Eradley Johnson to Fight a Duel
;i4 with a Spanish Don.
Copyright. 1895, by the Associated Press3 Z
Z HAVANA, July General . Bradley.
T. johnson, the correspondent Of anew
York newspaper here, formerly Sbrlsa-i
dlcr general OF cavalry in, the service of
the Confederate states. has accepted the
challenge to, fight n duel, made to him by
Senior Manuel, Ampodia. formerly q cap
tain in the Spanish army. y ,Siss
Both men named their. seconds to-day;
and the meeting will take place in oil Z
probability tomorrow. = sSi 4; +
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And with Indignant Emotion Swelling
Ills Breast, Makes a PItial Plea for tho
New York Senator Hat Thing. "tiint
Used to Go Don't Go Nowp--"IIere we
y arc Again, what will the Lady Have
.Ne1ti Tie Hoops, Mr.. srerryn,an."
And the Circus Being Opened Daniel
Took the Center oftheI.lng and Cracked
III, whip-lIis Speech a spasm Of
Rhetoric and a conynl,lon Of Enfeebled
sophlstrIes. y
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AI.ts Denelt.@

PITTSBURGH. Pa. July7..- 1.-The city.
auditors have flnshplS tho examination
;ot tife books s,bfstSsClt kMotrland d1and!
his assistant. liousgiiand report S?pi0oo
nnncconntGd 2foraDn 4 The blokD. fEs The
ago. Tho trlnl of 81 MsssrsS iss SfSrelanl and
House for mlsabpf0bflntioni : OF city
funds has been set for:next Monday, 5S'i
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Democratic Senatorial CloiIil,v,,e,iniion. Z Il,

Special Dispatch 10 tho Intelligoneor.
3 pARItERsBuRG. w. vd.@July7. ~
j. T.. Thorn. chairman OF the Demo-
cratic executive comtnlttcc Tor this sen-,
atorial listrict.3 has issued n. call for.
the nominating convention TO meet In.
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lyhlel, the Vice rreiid initial Candidate
I.spiie, TO In a Happy yein-- -rhs Money
Qne,tion Handled lyyithont Si:aai eea.
tlon-Ths Country Must be saved From
Z Di.honor by Elteii,lg tis Rspnblleani
candidates-sIaini % tils Pgotse.
tive Policy to be tiis ilnndniAid OF Sound
Money III Bringing Prosperity 10 the
/ Country.
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was In reply to a question by others; and
many things are now put in to my
which i never thought Of much
less said. Your letter when n candidate
for Congress on the. subject expresses
precisely word for word my sentiments
and convictlons.'S e 2ts Z;
ISlpnaIl 80 f-Es5ls -, sSs-'f ~ 4 Z go 4
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to-day, but the explanation is}that Nc
Graw is consistent. He accepted tho
delegateshiD under instructions 10 get
the free silver business, and was carry
Ing out the wishes Of the majority OF his
constituents.
A new candidate, for Congress in the
Second district is being born here. He
i3 sam ". Woods, OF Phillippi, Junior
Brown, who 1t was understood had a
cinch on the place, Is here fand his
friends are watching the moves that
Will make . pretty fight. Il. y
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s1LvERIrEs fRlGHrENEp h;


~ the Compact Organization OF the Gold
az Contingent. t345S 2
Special Dlspatei 10 tho In,elllgsneer.
x CHICAGO. Ills, July 7s-whatcver
maybe the outcome Of tho lDShiocratIc
national convention. 10 far rs Tho tIck9.
rs c9ncTnld. there Is one truth which
shlnpS out5Rboys all Otiler .tlilnes In ilS
Situation, ana 2tiiht Is that tho} SOUND
money men OF the Convention are grlm.,
~ planning defeat for, the partysin No
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Weather Forecast for To-day.
For West Virginia, Western 1pcnnsyl-s
SynnIu and Ohio=lEairs Z light variable
winds; warmer Thursday.
~ Laeat Temperatures 4 sSs X
! Tho toutjcra tiiro yes steriayl rs observed I
;bys C. SrllnetI. dl pEgiSt, CORNER Four
itrcnth and MatktSt streets, WAS IS fol.s
u. 10 M. ,s.s .,......
aTul. ,.,....ts > ~. nj, ~.
81 y. ni..,s,, ther-l air.
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Judge 4 llHenncit itenon,inntttl.

Special Dispatch to The Intellischoer.
( VIVA, July T.---.At the !
eleventh judicial Democratic convention
Elield here to-day, j udge W G. Bennett 4
was nominated for rs.election by sacclas
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&NEW} YORK, July 7.-The Republican,
state convention has been: called to meet
at Saratoga Sbn August %. u There VIII b
ibenominatcd; sthat convention icandl-E
dates for governor, lieutenant governor
and Justice of the court OF appeals w ~
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ttibutc In every way possible "a ths
success OF the party which wo rcprescnt
and which ~ TO the lmpor ortant issues OF
the time stands for tho best interests oe
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ny .BY TIIE3 REPUBLIdsE PARIY.
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mittce on Notification, t
Al 3FELlGlTOvS SPEECH

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NiISEll.

We had light shower of rain
Thursday which was badly needed
as the ground has dried out rapidly
since the warm weather has set in.
One Of W. A. T'offipmire's COWS
was killed while engaged in a fight
with some other cattle Wednesday
night.
G. L. Miser of L. and j. college
visited home folks Saturday and
Sunday accompanied by Charlie
Naff and Miss Ora Hammontree in
whose honor he gave a social Sat
urday night which was greatly en-
joyed.
One day last week while engaged
in running his planning machine at
Jalapa, Tenn, w. r.. Mcconnell
happened to AN accident which de-
prived him of the two forehngers
of his left hand. He is now visit
ing his parents of this place.
Miss Jane Key who has been Wis
itiDg friends and relatives near
Greenback for the last few days re-
turned home Wednesday accom-
panied by her sister Mrs. Kerr.
Miss Katie Dyer of Knox County
is visiting her cousin Mrs. F. j.
Hutton of this place.
James L. Smith while working in
the blacksmith shop at the Knox
Marble Quarry one day last week
got one of his eyes badly burned
with hot borax.
DR.. w. 0. Brickell went to Mary
vile last Saturday on business.
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.ieif rose slowly and took down his rifle
from ITS pegs over the nlantel. Il reck-
on hits got 10 be done, boys" he said,
hlskiiy Il hate hit mighty bad. but L
caynt affo'd 10 take no chances"
End Joined him at once, but Jed hes
iiated "You don't have TO come, Jed, y
said the elder brother; ''twO of us il
enough, an know ye amt afeard."
I'm goin' long with yon-aH, only
hope yere pow'ful shore, JEFF; seem
like hits mighty tough to go am shoot
him like he's a rat in Il hole. less ye're
p'int-blank certain We got TO do hit"
They went out noiselessly. so as not
TO awaken julie, and Jeif led the way to
the trail up which the woman had pr
lotel Rngbrand two days before. The
wind had risen 10 II gale. and it was
wrnging and twisting the trees above
their heads; but the rain delayed and
the storm seemed TO be blowing over
When they reached the base of the
cliiT, they left the path and turned
shortly to the right, following the
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ALLEGHENY.

Everything very quiet in town
last week.
Farmers are about done planting
corn.
Miss Della Chapman of Friends
vile visited in town last week as
the guest of her cousin Chas. Chap
man.
Mr.. and Mrs I. G. lies we're visit
ing their brother Sam Blair of
Mouse Creek this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Kerr are very
much tlated over the arrival of a
fine boy.
Qdite wind storm passed
through this section on Tuesday
last week which somewhat dam
aged the church and school house
in town but not of a serious nature
During the storm as spoken o
above tightening killed a horse for
J. T. Saffell, and that while pillow.
ing thus knocking Arwell Blacks
little boy down, he having hold Of
/ the pillow, also the elder Mr. Black
being near, both gained conscious
ness however in few moments
were all right.
Mrs. BAN Hutton and daughter
Miss Molielwere the guests Of Rev
]. 7. Kerr and family one day las
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Chapman Wis
tied their uncle Pleas Chapman o
Friendsville on Saturday and Sun
day and were present at TIT
Friends Quarterly.
J. B. McCo!luIn .shipped a ca
load of cattle and sheep to Knox
vile Friday of last week.
Messrs. Wright Culton of Mary
Vile and Edd Mcqueen of Louder
also N. H. Greer of the later plac
were In town last week on bust
ness.
: John Davis of Morganton passe'
= through town Wednesday with
large heard of cattle which he wa
, taking to the mountains.
Mrs. ]. T. Cummins and daugh,
er of Louisville were in town las
Saturday buying millinery goods.
Quite crowd of our young pei
l pie dressed up in the garb of
e tacky party Friday night and visi
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Chapma
where they spent a very pleasar
evening chatting and playing snal
1 Miss Annie Hammontree has RI
ceived a very nice present recent
in the way of a mocking bird an
a nice large cage. Her uncle job
a Pearson of Kansas was the give
n To say that she is very much plea
a ed would be putting it very midi
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VIII.

A sUBTEREhNEAN METAMoRPHosIs.
When Ringbrand opened his eyes he
found himself lying on his back in
what appeared to be the bottom of Il
we'll; at least, that was his second i'm
preston. With the first CLEANS of re-
turning consciousness there was no
recollection of the events Immediately
preceding his fall, and for moment
he had vague idea that he had
stumbled and hurt himself in the road,
and that the clouds had covered all but
the small patch of sky directly over
bead where the stars were still visible.
Then memory came back, and he re-
called the details of the capture up to
the sudden blank following the plunge
into the hole between the powders. a
sharp twinge of pain bridged the in-
terval and reminded him that there
We're two present and pressing sources
of discomfort i'll the gnarled log across
which he was lying and in the vice-like
pressure of the rope which still bound
his arms to his sides. TO wriggle out
of the uncomfortable position was easy
but loosening the rope was another mat
ter. The knot had been drawn tight
by the jerk of his fall, and it was an
hour or more before he succeeded in
working it around where it could be
reached; even when this was done, il
was only beginning, and the first faint
streaks of dawn were tiltering through
the aperture overhead when he finally
rose stitiiy and swung his arms to start
the suspended circulation.
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line of the rocky wall until they reached
a narrow ledge atfording a precarous
passage up to the table-land. Emerg-
ing, after breathless scramble, upon
the unshetered mountain-top. where
the wind had full sweep, they pushed on
gasping until they stood in The small
ravine under the lee of the powders
marking the entrance to Ringbrand's
prison. JEFF uncoilcd the rope he had
brought, and was preparing to descend,
when Jed stopped him:
Don't We low that'll be sort O. resl<y?
If that thar feller's what We done took
him for, he's gwine fight, for shore. He
amt gwine stan still an 'lowye to shoot
him in col blood"
The caution brought back with ap-
palling distinctness the CHASTITY horror
of the deed they were about to do, and
they paused in fearful hesitation. Then
Bud proposed that they go down into
the other cavern, using the narrow
crevice for loop-hole, and a few min
utes later he and jeff were standing in
the pitchy darkness of the subterranean
chamber, while Jed watched at the
aperture above. jeff felt his way along
one of the walls until he came to niche
where they kept miners lamp, and,
Lighting this they cautiously recon
noitered the adjoining chamber as well
as they could by its inefficient help, The
light from the lamp penetrated but a
short distance beyond the narrow
opening, but it answered the purpose
and they could see the shadowy outlines
of the figure of man stretched gu,
upon the sandy floor of the cavern. JEFF
handed the lamp to his brother and tool
careful aim at the motionless form
his hand trcmbled SO that he could mo-
hold the gun steady, and he got dow
upon his knees and rested it against thu
side of the crevice. Even then he wa
so long about 1t that Buds nerve col
lapsed and the lamp fell from his shak
ing fingers; it did not go out, and as HI
held it up again he whispered: "Shoo
quick! ! can't"
A binding flash illuminated tn
cavern, and the dead air of the plac,
Jared with conclusion that pu
out the light and reverbrated lik
pent-up thunder in the arches of tn
vault. The two men fell over eacl
other in their frantic haste to reacl
the open air, fighting like cage
wild beasts for precedence up tn
difficult stairway; and when the.
emerged from the mouth of the smok,
pit, the contagion of terror communi
Gated itself TO their passive accomplish
and the three men scattered in a ma,
fight toward the cove.