Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-24
IN GEN ERAL.

IN GENERAL. 1
The President has recognized Rafael ,
Casares as Spanish yice-consul at !
Philadelphia.
The Rev. William O., Young, D. D., 4
president of Centre College, died at
Danville, Ky, Wednesday.
l. N. Williams of Lexington, KY,
was Wednesday elected president of the
Laundrymen's National Association.
Complete fusion has been effected
between the Democrats and Populists
of Illinois on State and electoral
tickets.
Clevan Dinges of Williamsport was
named for Congress- by the Prohibition
lists of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania dis
trict, Thursday.
delegation of workmen from the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Brad
dock, Pa, went to Canton Thursday to
see Major Mckinley.
The Democratic National Labor
Bureau has secured quarters in Chi
cago in the Auditorium Annex, near
the Democratic committee. .a
Charles Hawkins of York was nomi-
mated for Congress Thursday by the
Jeffersonian Democrats of the Nine
tenth Pennsylvania district
The Shenandoah Valley branch of
the Norfolk &c Western railroad was
sold at Roanoke Wednesday to the reor-
ganization committee for 81, 500, 600.
Alphonso Walsh of Sullivan county
was nominated for Congress Thursday
by the Democrats of the Seventeenth
Pennsylvania Congressional district.
Complete returns from Maine give
| Powers SO, 749; Frank, "a, 288; Bate
man, 3. 157: Ladd, 2, 367; Clifford, 567.
| The Republican plurality in the whole
State is As. 461.
Bourke Cochran addressed Sound
| Money Democratic meeting In Minne-
apo!is Wednesday. Ten thousand people
were present and many more were un-
able to get into the hall.
The South Side Rapid Transit rail-
way, better known as the "Alley L. !"
was sold in Chicago Wednesday for
| 81, 600, 100. The sale was made in the
interest of the bondholders.
Fusion between the Republicans and
Populists of Texas is announced to
have been virtually effected. The
Populists utterly repudiate Senator
Aliens letter of notification to Mr..
Bryan.
| The Democratic Convention of the
First New Jersey district, Wednesday,
nominated John L. Wright, the Popu-
list candidate, for Congress. The con-
vention Endorsed the Chicago platform
and candidates.
Ex-President Harrison has asked the
Natinal Republican Committee to make
no appointments for him to speak.
His time is too much taken up with
his private affairs to permit him to
make campaign speeches.
State conventions of the two wings
of the Republican party in South Caro-
| lima met in Columbia Thursday. The
| Melton faction sent peace overtures to
| the Regular convention. but the temper
of the latter was not conciliatory.
There are intimations in Washington
of movement to secure the withdrawal
of both Sewall and Watson from the
free silver ticket and the selection OF a
candidate who will prove acceptable to
tho combined opposition to Mckinley.
1t is reported in Washington that
Senator German and at least two other
prominent Democratic Senators have
| quietly admitted that the chances for
the free coinage candidate are diminish
| ing daily. 1t is known that Senator
German has positively refused 10 openly
take part in the Bryan campaign.
A Topeka dispatch says that the
Kansas Middle Of the-Road convention
| has been abandoned and the Populists
| desiring a straight Bryan and Watson
electoral ticket will secure it by petit
| ton. The Gold Democrats will also
nominate full set of electors, which
will give Kansas voters four electoral
tickets.
The Connecticut Democratic State
! Convention was held in New Haven
Wedp esday. Joseph B. Sergeant was
nominated for Governor and the Chi
cage platform was endorsed. A com
mittee was appointed to confer with
| the Peoples party, the object being to
give the latter representation on the
electoral ticket. :
Tax Receiver W. A. Hustled Of
Camden, N. J.. resigned Wednesday, and
at special meeting OF City Council
that night ex-J Judge Frank II. Burdsall
was elected as his successor for the un-
expired term. The resignation of Mr..
Hustled was brought about by the
recent developments in the report OF
Commissioners Beldon and Black, who
were appointed to examine the munich
pal affairs Of Camden.
1t is stated that among other
measures which Gen. Welyer thinks Of
adopting as prelude to the campaign
in Cuba is revocation of the edict Of
pardon, and the obliging of families
having connections IN the ranks OF the
rebels to move into other provinces. 1
and making also the concentration in
villages obligatory, considering all per-
SONS found in the country enemies or
supporters of the enemy.