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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-18

Lincoln county vote, because gentle
men were absent"
(Cr.es of ssThey ought to have been
there" and confnsion.)
Mr.. Leonard replied to. General 81
Clair. and said If a man had Inc rlSnt
to absent himself for ten minute ana
then come back and make such a
claim. others could absent themselves
fos five hours and then come BACK anu
undo the work of the convention ne
denounced efforts to trick a man Out Oh
a nomination When he was n cno-ce
Of the majority. Il want TO go Dach
to my constituents n say the WORK Oh
the convention vas honestly done
Lincoln county's vote can not be le-
gaIly changed"
0Cries of "Announce the vote.O
The chair then ruled on the point OF
order, sustaining it,and said the
ton could take an appeal rs there an
appeal?"
General st. Clair said he did not
know and no one had told him or the
result Of the proposed change, but he
appealed from the decision OF the
chair,-(Hisses)-and on that appeal
demand a roll call of counties.
Mr.. Kinney made the point that the
demand had not been sustained by
| one-sixth of the convention.
Then General Holly, of Lincoln, said
there was no mistake, but two or three
parties were out, and there was a de-
sire t o change the vote and not correct
It. (Cheers.)
General st. Clair-Under the state
ment of the gentleman from Lincoln, !
desire to withdraw my appeal. (Cheers.)
The result was then announced as
Rowan 40S, Tucker 439. The full vote
was as follows:
THIRD BALLOT FOR TREASURER
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repeated calls for Mr.. Boggs he ap-
peared on the stage and said:
Fellow CitizensEYou have not nom
mated a speaker. l am only a farmer
and a retail merchant, and you must
not expect me to make a speech |
have only stepped up here to thank
you. 1 know 1 will be eiect@d tcheers1,
and I will promise you that l VIII MI
the office not only with honor TO myseif,
hui with honor to the Democratic party
of West Virginia. (Cheers.)
There. were cries for Forrest w.
Brown. but he did not respond.
A motion to adjourn was voted down.
and nominations for Treasurer were de-
elared in order.
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supEnrsrrsDEsr OF SCHOOLS.
Tho Nomination and tho Result of tn
Balloting.


Tho Nominations and tho Result of the
Balloting.
At a quarter of five o'clock Hon. c. e.
Hogg of Mason, placed Hon. Virgil A.
Lewis before the Convention.
He was followed by Hon. H. B. Gilke-
son. Of Hampshire. who nominated
Prof. w. L. FouIk.
B. +. Synder, of Doddridge, placed
Prof. Robert a. Armstrong, OF Monon-
gala, in nomination.
The proceedings were here inter-
rupted TO say that a meeting of the
State Executive Committee was called
to meet in the building at once, and
calling on the members TO attend.
Then Stewart H. Bowman, OF Bar
bour. seconded the nomination of Su-
p~erintendent Lewis.
John McGrath, of Mercer, nominated
John B. Sweeney.
J. Hop. Woods seconded the nomina-
ton of Robert A. Armstrong.
d. e. Wilkinson, of Lincoln. made a
red hot address, which aroused great
enthusiasm, and in the course of it sec
onded the nomination of v. A. Lewis.
He though It would be a great wrong
to tax Prof. Sweeney from Concord
School OF Prof. Armstrong from the
State University. Let us keep them
there, lest some great calamity Defali
those institutions" CApplause9
James Beavers, of Mcdowell. second
ed the nomination of Prof. Sweeney.
q. d. Talbot, Of Randolph, seconded
the nomination of Prof. Armstrong.
p. j. Crogan, of Preston, seconded the
nomination of Prof. Foulk.
A delegate from Tucker moved that
nominations close and it carried. The
roll call was ordered at Eli pm. 1t
resulted IS follows:
Lewis. 1863; Foulk, 1875; Armstrong,
205; Sweeney. II.
Before the result was announced the
name of PROF. Sweeney was withdrawn.
and Mr.. McGratn. from Mercer, asked
to change the vote of Lewis. This gave
rise to great uproar and confusion, and
ssventy-ffve men we're on their feet in
a moment. Mr.. McGrath attempted to
proceed. but his voice was drowned by
cries Of armstrong; and great disor
der. Mr.. Chiffon stated Mr.. McGrath's
proposition to the chair, the Mercer
county man not being able to make
himself heard. The chair ruled the
proposition out of order as a violation of
the Butcher rule, and the result was
announced and a second ballot ordered.
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Fractions moi counted

Mr.. Lewis nomination was made
unanimous. He appeared in answer to
the calls, and addressing the Conven-
ton returned his heartfelt thanks for
the honor conferred, and said he would
be in every county in the State during
the next two months. AS he concluded
he was greeted with cries of: Telegraph
your wife"
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totals SIS '1g5

Fractions omitted.
This was about as close as a man.
ever came to a nomination and then got
it. The total of Mr.. Hollis vote was
called in question, but 1t was correct.
as was found after a recount
This was the last Office to be filed.
and the nomination OF Mr.. Holt was
made unanimous. The nominee was
called TO the stage and returned his
thanks at $50 O'Clock.
Assistant Secretary Peyton then an
nounced that a special train would
leave on the Ohio river roa at $40 this
morning tor the use Of the delegates.
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THEY HAD SEEN HER N THE
SURF.

Coming back from Hampton the 9TH
er day the rain poured Town II tor
rents. A young girl Of some n sum
mers got very anxious about her dIess,
and proceeded to mold il up as wei as
she could. It was an open car. and me
rain insisted on sharing z sat lSel-
ever her head. SAYING. -83ys you've
seen me in the surf, and l don't propose
To Get any wetter than 1 am al pres
emf" Her conclusion vas certainly a
logical and a sensible one.-Hovard
Saxby IN Cincinnati CommGcial Trio-
unee
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tFractions not counted.

II 4NNN4OLH HOI NOUIINus
The nomination was made unani-
nous, the band played "Old Dan Tuck
er," and the Convention went wild, del
egates dancing in groups all over the
hall to the music.
Mr.Tucker was called for from all
parts OF the hall. and when he appeared
he was carried to the stage on the
shoulders OF delegates, amid the widest
scene Of enthusiasm in the whole his
tory of the Convention. He was pre-
scented to the Convention by Chairman
Johnson, and said he had no speech
prepared and only wanted to get out
and telegraph his wife and babies.
(Cheers.)
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AS the second ballot progressed Lewis
slowly forged to the front ant his
friends went wild with joy as they saw
he would be successful. The ballot was
concluded at 6:18, and was announced
as follows;
SECOND BALLOT FOR SUPERiN-
TFNFlENT OF SCHOOLS
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sFractlons omitted.

DIRECTIONS omitted.
AS soon as the result was
the Convention broke loose, and cheered
and yelled for five minutes. When he
could b heard, Mr.. Camden Sommers
was recognized, and moved to make
the nomination of Mr.. Boggs unani-
nous. This was seconded by Hon. John
o. Pendleton. of Ohio. and was adopted
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Mr.. Riley returned his thanks briefly,
but earnestly, and fttingly eulogized
Mr.. Byrne. The convention cheered
Byrne and called him to the platform.
He said he did not want to make anoth-
er speech, and gracefully withdrew.
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ruE MoRN1Na.sEssloN

The Convention Called TO order at 11:I5
a. m. to B,JIot ear Auditor.
WHEELING, August II.
Chairman Johnson called the State
Convention to order at a quarter after
eleven yesterday morning. a good
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The result was announced at nine
O'Clock, and there being no choice. a.
second ballot was at once ordered, the
name of Tomas l. Broun being with
drawn.
The second ballot resulted as fol-,
lows, The name OF Higginbotham being
withdrawn when Richie county vas
reached on the roll call:
SECOND BALLOT FOR JUDGE OF SU-
PREME COURT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
COLLISION AT THE FATAL CT R|E.
AN INEXPERIENCED GRIPMAN CAUSES A
CRASH WITH a HORSECAR, IN
HIRING IT'S DRIVER.

A collision at Dead Mans Curve. Broadway and
Fourteenth-st. between Broadway cable-car
bound uptown and crosstown green car bound
east at O'Clock last night. resulted in giving
severe shakng-up to nearly hundred passengers
in the two cars. badly bruising the driver OF the
horsecar smashing the front platform and half
dozen windows of his car. and nearly wrecking the
front part OF the cabe-car. The cable road was
blocked for an hour and half.
William J. Mendel OF No 436 West Forty-ffth-
st the gripn1an OF the cable-car No PSI, Is said
to be an inexperienced man. His car had stopped
near Fourtecnth-st. just below the corner. As
he received the signal to go ahead. he put on the
full strength Of the grip. In consequence, the car
shot ahead at remarkable speed passing the foot
crossing swiftly as the cars usually 90 on the
middle of the curve.
Mendel did not unit, it was too late green car
No 75 going east Russell Terwilliger OF No. 45 Wes;
Thrtytnird-st the driver Of the car. had the rgh'
Of way the opinion Of every one who saw the acci-
dent His car had cleared the west curb OF the street
and the front part of ii across the downtown
track Seeing tina, the gripman OF the cable-car iad
put on full speed Terw.liger put on his brake ana
unlocked the horses from his car Mendei saw MS
error and tried to pu; on his brake. Nefther prake
was effective and the crash came. The caDle-car
seemed u 20 rgh, through the forward part OF the
green car 1t shaved off the pla tfom including steps
and dashboard cleanly az If giant axe had
chopped it of. The green was thrown from its
track and deposited on the north track. on which the
go wes;wardly. The passengers. more than half
women in a jammed to the doors. were tossed
abou: Ike enp!ns. there being more Of them on the
floor than in the Terwillger flung fifteen
feet away FROM his and rolled over and over in
the slush. He RAs picked up unconscious and carried
to the sidewalk T.
There were sa sany passengers on the cable,car ca,
standing on thai Platform were thrown eff the
Those inside the ar were severely shaken up, The
gripmdn no k1.. The passengers OF both cars
lfi them in Se Pts ydn uoiD of hg
for an ambulance. Before it reached the scene Ter
wilger recovered consciousness. The ambulance
surgeon said tha, the driver had sustained number
OF bruises of which serious. He wanted
take Terwlliger the hospital but the driver
fused 20 and taken home by friends. He said
that there was no one 10 blame for the accident and
refused TO make complain; against Mendel. al
though the policeman wanted 10 arrest the gripman
The green was dragged off the track and after
ward removed the carshops All the windows In
the front and rear ends OF the broken. The
cable-car's front platform and headlight were badly
damaged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
4 PERJTRY INDTCTHENT DISMISSED.

no PROOF or THE CHARGE AGAINST THE REV.
FRANCIS DENT.
District Attorney Backus. OF Brooklyn. yesterday
moved before Judge Aspinall in the County Court.
for the dismissal OF the indictment for perjury
found on October i5 1895. against the Rev. Francis
Dent The motion was granted
Father Dent was for long time quaint figure
f., the courts and his litigation for reinstatement
In thc Friars Minor OF the Order OF ST. Francis. for
"a na damages and against Bishop Ryan. of Buff
f,Io made him prominent about II year ago. He
v,.s cxnc.led from the order September ls. 1856
and II. Immediately brought his actions. which he
prosecuted and tried himself. In the course OF the
isf ,rf,l of his suit for reinstatement ne produced
and s,,cc.rded i'm getting In evidence what pur.
nnr,.d 10 b,. a rescript from the congregation or
r,sb,ns and regulars at Rome. IL swore that ne
Snd ohta aimed il himself from the congregation after
fuII investigation had been made OF the charges
.,,.in.t him The defendants were allowed TO with
,,,nw . iuror on the ground OF surprise Then the
.,,boiic dignit ,rics went before the Grand jury
anI h.d Father Dent indicted. The principal WIZ
IS ao,nst him was the Rev. Thomas 'cssarln
~ mo conpr, cation OF bishops and regulars. DIS
,r;c,. htornrv Backus said yesterday that tnls
'iarcvman is dead now, and that Without MIN a
cnrtiction could not be obtained.
Eatb.r Dent has been at liberty on ball since his
orrcst after the finding OF the indictment. lie says
'hat ths r.script II genuine and that ne Is victim
az church r,rsecution. lie Is now living III faTk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
BIFFETED ABOTT BY THE SEAS.
SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED on INCOMING
STEAMERS-A MAN DROWNED FROM
THE EMS

Storm-delayed vessels began coming into port In
droves yesterday. bringing many tale Of terrible
bunetng from northery gales. None OF the liners.
however. had suffered any damage from the storm.
hut the passengers got a bad shaking up and some
OF them injured BY being thrown about the
cabins.
The White Star steamship Germanic tied up at
her pier yesterday. twenty-four hours late. She
encountered headwinds and heavy seas during the
entire trip. On last Wednesday, in particularly
hard blow. Mrs. L. B. Sare, OF London. ont was
writing In the womens saloon when she was thrown
backward 10y a lurch. OF the vessel. The table was
hurled upon her bu; she escaped with a Few
bruises. d. s. Tay or tried to walk across the smok-
ing room. and thrown against the wall. lie
ashore with black eye James r.. Thorpe
was pitched out OF his berth several times
The North German Lloyd steamship Ems also
arrived yesterday. While she was passing SANDY
Hook and the securing the lifeooats pe-
fore going to her pier Albert Kahn fell overboard
The stopped as soon as possible ana
boat lowered No trace of Kahn could he fouhu
He was twenty-fiv years old and belonged In Ger-
many. The passengers collected sum OF money
which Will be sent 10 his family.
Among the passengers on the Ems were arthur
Benson Arthur VI. Cobb J. G. liagemeyer. Baron
v. /edlitz und l.eipe. Ashton K. Wlllarh 'oHite
FerG,nando Zucchim and W. MacFarlane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
TELEGRAPHiC NOTES.

Tacoma, Wash. Dec. B.-The long overdue
steamer Marlborough Hi. from lEGrdmage fOi
Tacoma, for which 80 euineas premium was oheie "a
by San Francisco underwriters arrived safely yes
lerday 1t Victoria
Wausau. Wis, Dec. lS.-John Waiter who has
been city Gle k three terms. register OF deeds ioui
terms ad member of the Council committed
suicide yesterday by shooting himself through the
head.
Niagara Fails y. y. Dec ls.-The personal prop
erty OF the Cataract Milling Company was sold at
sberIns sale to-day for S.i00 10 the Riverside
Bank Of N"w-York. which had claim OF sI,so
the mortgages will operate hc mill
cenesee T. Dec. lS.-The experts who are
,rorLino cr he accounts of ex-tOun'y Treasurer
LINES II Hampton say that the shortage VIII APP
yrovma,e sll 900 There H. considerable speculation
y. - 80 whethrr Hampton's bondsmcn are good for
,he sbortag IL IL amounts 10 "A large sum roster
~ Walker the newly appointed treasurer. mas
ana lined AMI IS in charge or the once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
AZ INGENIOUS WAY TO STEAL.
,,,,. rpoprtFToR OF \ JEWELRY STORE Tells
HOW THIEVES TRIED TO FISH RINGS
FROM HIS WINDOW.

rvo thieves made/a daring attempt to rob
;.u.olrv store in Grand-st. at an early hour last
r.,i,g according 10 tho story told by the pro-
.,a,or of the establishment. The front OF the
i.u..,rv store has large pate-glass windows. pro-
ri,,ed with vcniilating holes near the top. Tn"
,ronr,etor told how the thieves notched the ends
~ a lath and broomstick so that they fitted. and
formed a right angle. Along this angle they had
trained a few yards of string, fitted with a sink"r
aud ashhook at one end. The end OF the right
.nsle containing the fshhOok and slnkrr Was
nushed through Of the holes he said. and the
,,ook and sluker lowered down insid" the window
,o . trav filed with rings The sinker tapped
AGAINST the pane several times, ana the noise
alarmed the proprietor ana MS wiie. lie si"P"'c-
all, described how they ran out Of the store Just
IN lime TO see two poorly dressed young men ru"
aw,v Their apparatus. he declared. was still
sticking through the mole.
The proprietor says there W. $sVi worth OF
,ow.Iry In the window. Detective Fimiesen. Of tho
neinncey-si station. is investigating The case.
Sergeant Nally. OF the Deiancey-st. station 10
whom the case was reported. says mat the at
,.mni al robbery, II true. l. one OF the most In
eenious that has come under his notice In his
twenty years OF police service The police nave
tho spparatus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
X-R4Y DISCOVERIES AT HARVARD.
IMPORTANT FACTS DISCLOSED BY PROFESSOR
TROWBRIDGE's INVESTIGATIONS

Cambridge. Mass. Dec IS (SpeciaD.-Some I'M
portant discoveries in the Investigation of the
ca ihodc ray have lately been made at Harvard by
Professor John Trowbridge. who "A pioneer In
the Investigation of that phenomenon IN this
try. One important thing which Professor Trow-
bridge has done is TO make two tiers Of cells 5000 In
number These cells give total OF 1000 volts and
make best battery for such purposes that exists
in the United States. 1t takes fully hour
charge this battery. but the charge lasts nearly
that long and gives immense power. The spark
which passes in the tube under this tremendous
power is fully inch in diameter. With this
power at his disposal Professor Trowbridge has
made several interesting discoveries
The first of these is that just 1900 volts are
necessary TO produce the rays. This H. regarded by
the Professor as important lie has also broken
up the theory that cathode rays can be generated
In an Edison lamp in a ,ieissler tube There are
traces OF the y ray when these are used. but
they are faint The third important finding Is the
way in which the current starts In common
light. The theory was that the carbons had 10 be
united in order 10 start the flow of light but this
theory has been proved wrong. The fact Is thar
the primary spark breaks down the resistance o
the air and the following light comes the cur.
rent OF heated air. Professor Trowbridge will add
much TO his equipment In the near future. the
important proposed addition being 300 cells.
10 be connected in series with the other 1900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
THE TRAFFIC ~ "GOLD BRIChS.
HOW A BEAUTIFUL ONE DISCLOSED ITS RED
INSIDE

Some remarks have been printed in these columns
from time 10 time about the habits OF thea arical press
agents: what they do for those who are kind to them
and how they do II. The press agents are fo- the
mos: par. delightfully."- frank about the character or
their business and they wont to designate the
most OF the wares which they 10 dispose Of TO the
uewspaper as gold bricks" Anybody familiar with
city llfe will recognize the appca Of the term
Sometime the coating of bronze paint Is SO thin that
the granu.aed surface Of the brick is clearly 10 be
detected under IT, ard II is hard to dispose Of II in
a newspaper office. SOMETIMES fine grade OF
pressed brick urcd. and it is overlaid with real
gold leaf and made so decorative that it inspires ad
miration and wins acceptance a work Of art. even
when nobody supposes for morleE, that it is solid
gold.
The other day there came to light simple tale
Of an actress who WAS the unwilling object of the
admiration OF some unknown person and the un
willing receiver of Il diamond pin from hm (or
herr She was 80 unwilling that she published an
advertisement imploring him tor herr to come to
the box office and get the jewei. That the papers
printed this story and even gave the name or the
actress with the names of the play and the
theatre i'm which she engaged was no ndica
lion that they were unsuspicious of the contents
Of the FURNISHED parallcopipedon presented to
them II was simply that II looked so pretty that
robody had the heart TO drill through the yellow
crust into the poor. baked mud beneath
But yesterday the brick was ruthlessy broken
I'm two in a police court, where no fort'earance Is
TO be expected. An unfeeng ieweller came into
court and said that he wanted TO get back the
dia mond pin that he had lent to the manager He
got summons. In the afternoon the manager
ca me TO court And what did he say. he stood
before the Judge? Did he say. This pin left
at the theatre by a sincere but dended person
who admired an actress, and nobody but him. or
his relatives II they have already put him under
restraint shall have it," Did he take that manly
stand no He said THE person who came af-
Ter the diamonds not the same one who left
them with me- and did not dare to give them to
him You can have them now. II YOU will give me
And he took the receipt and gave up the da-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
REMOVING THE SNOW RAPIDLY.
MORE THAN 20 900 YARDS CARTED AWAY NESIhk
DAY-A TRANSFER OF FUNDS BY THE
BOARD OF ESTIMATE


DAY-A TRANSFER OF FUNDS BY THE
BOARD OF ESTIMATE.
G. NJ Furman the contractor who has the Jop OF
removing the snow from the city streets this winter
was buster than yesterday. and at night re-
ported that mis- men had broken the record FOR the
amount OF snow removed from the streets In one
day on Thursday about p0D yards OF snow was
carted from the streets and thrown into the rivers
Yesterday this large quantity was exceeded
and more than JoH0 yards was disposed or the
men working night and day. The great diiicuy
is still to secure enough carts There are plenty o.
shovellers and more would be employed II there
were enough carts to keep them busy. Yesterday
the contractor gave most of his attention TO tne
streets in the uptown shopping district. ana In
lower Fifth-avc there considerable WORK done
on. more days work is expected TO put the cry
streets In good condition once more, especlaiiy IL
the warm weat her holds or If it rains.
The transfer OF go from the street. sweeping ac
count TO the and ice account or the Stree,
Cleaning Department made by the Boaru Oh
Estimate Yesterday at the request or commisslones ne
Waring THE transfer made necessary Dy the
recent storm The Boa rd also authorized an issue OF
10000 Of bonds provide for dehclencies IN me
snow and ice fund This is exclusive OF szo'Wo re-
Gently received by the Department Inc amount
appropriated on this account In this year punget
was $1,000 The cost of removing snow ana Ice 'his
year has been about S5s1p.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
SENTIMENT FOR cHoATE IN ERIE.

Ruec,lo. Dec ls-William Brookfeld. of New-York
civ arrived here early this morning from canton
Oalo where he went 10 call upon ffesideh'-e'ec'
Mckinley.
Shaking of Joseph H. Choate's candidacy for the
United States Senatorship, he said: Il am iot
Choate all the way through. As for the Choate cam
pagn in Erie County, am satshsd that poI.t,C99 9
49, and nolitical factions should keep their hahds
off n and let public sentiment work It's course. IL
not-icIaus will leave me matter alone lnlHh thd.
scro - sufficient public sentiment here TO lh1uce
a, least a majority of Eric Countys representatives
IN Albany 10 vote for Ny. Choate , -.
Mr. Rrook6eld was in Buffalo for rev houss "a.
Monity night. ana mad SNORT conference nc Mn MN
lion and A. A result it j understood represents a.
,yes Of the Choate movement in New orK tlIy VII NJ
h. here carlv next week 10 open his campaign 'oi
Senator 49, D,,hlicsn Gem
- r-n-o,,,es declines 10 discuss the situation