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A woMAN's STORY.
Spanish Mlsreprescnt the Number OF Niled
and Wounded.

Spanish Mlsreprescnt the Number OF kired
and Wounded.
Cincinnati. Ohio. April H.-The CONNER
cial Gazette's special from Mrs, Josephine
Howard. dated Havana. April II, says IN
part;
"The Spanards lie and the cunahs ne
You pay your money and take your 'hoice'
The deadly hatred between these TWO
people must be taken into CONSIDERATION
and used as common devisor OIL 'ne
statements given out by both, oehu'a'
weyler, according to hts story. has Maceo
and most OF the insursent forces sur
rounded by the Spanish army IN the pro,
vince of Pinar de Rio. The latest , ,',ii,
tho Insurgents " that with fresh supl.i,'A
OF ammunition they are moving s!o"H'
| but surely. on Havana. ,,a,
~ have exclusive news that last Monuay
| n battle was fought at begona plah'a'ioi'
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republicans who voted for C,s,,
II change jumped from tbe s.sea
into the fire ana that 1t was tS as MI
fire they ever saw. He said ass|
was IL tin God and an anim,, SNysCiI
cloven foot: lie said that CarlIs,. WIN !
deep In infamy that he did nv, W \
speak about him. He was es nVs SNsal 4
ter against the lawyers in COMFY VI
did not hesitate TO say that wS Si." Y
Of mem INA were ere, nala BY the people ny ~
worked for those who paid thaona "
He made. IL very bitter speech avn 's
Of winch every man In ths ~. W. u!
raised his right hand to indicate uWa Wow
was for free silver at a ratio ~ Wy
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KOsSt, NOTES

Kosse. Texas, April l6'--in' coupsa
ern Telegraph and Telephe" .osay. 81
putting in its Once mere re Stss asiES. !"
Kosse connection with Inc WV .,.,
ny telephone. , Aiessrs AZ,
Mr.. 4. VI. Brewer ana s ,heir hana']
Hearnc are moving mo w"
brick just completed. w II, Fahl
u. =. Hammond ana y brick nslsl
ale just completing .",n,i,dings W
My bl.k Wi, VIII be ,sp rrssbuiit thai was pS'1
ceinber ~ last.
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Andrew McKinstry against the Chtian
government for injuries received from
assaults of Chilian mob q, fahilaso
has finuily been thrown out OF all courts
md ADMISSIONS. Shields and Mcin-
stry were stilors on the kowecnah ihat
entered Santiago harbor week after
the Baltimoro sailors were SO roughly
handled by the mobs in that city in lssi,
They made claims against thu soNern-
ment OF chm. Shields for SlV9.Up aud Me-
* lustry for $4,000
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GREER COUNTY BILLS.
Settlers to be "a Part of oklahoma and
Have Free Lands.


Washington. April 1.-THE Lacey bill
for the organization of Greer county
was favorubly acted upon by the house
Judiciary committees today. The bin or
isaui2rs tho county a. Greer county, . II"
With Mangum as the county seat snd au-
thorlzes the governor OF Oklahoma TO APP
viCes for the transfer of public buildings
and records and establishes the status OF
cases before the courts, also providing
that arts Of the courts while the county
was considered part al Texas bc-vaiid;
Tha public lands committee today de
cdoi to report a bill to give the Greer
county settlers their lands free. There
was a bin before the committee which
provided that they should ray s. per
acre for their holdings. Delegate fiynn
which included Il provision that If the
supreme court declared Greer county to
ha n par, OF Oklahoma The settlers should
he given their lands on the saine forms
with tho other inhabitants of Oklahoma,
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TERRITORY popULIsTs.


VIC REPRESENTATIVE.
Oklahoma CITY, O. T.. April T.--For
the purpose OF selecting the four dele
gates to the National convention at st.
Louis, the populist Territorial central
committee has divided the Territory into
-FOUR districts ana called each district to
meet in convention May - and select one
u,lcsalo TO the National convention. The
places OF meeting IN the respective dis
,riets anu counties In the districts are
o. FIRST district Kay, Noble, pawnee,
Payne and Logan counties. al Perry.
Second dlsirlct-Lincoln, Pootowatomie
0 al, and Oklahoma counties, al
, Third district Canadian. Kinghshcr.
couniiea, N El Reno
Fourth district = Beaver. Woodward
Woods Grant Garfield, and Day coun.
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IVES nEAr scHAEFFEN

Boston, Mass, April iI.-tra"" ,,,,,.
the closing game and the chs' .p,,i,;
in the second series ot 'ho schass1
billiards tonight. defeating JAKE ,x., i
100 to 2s4. Both Schaeaer anu and
each two Victories to their err 'a,,o,saj
nights gene decided the e,nith 'tis 4
9 Was s great alsappointmen1, lEy nj
ii cool. careful game thre on, ,pussn!Istl Y
in the last innings did ne soo nhishss,T
nervousness. Score: Ives, sMsr VI; "
80; average, ad-,ij. scMesa.''
es, run, %; average. 2o'o0'
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POLITICS THE SENATE.

The speech IN the senate Thursday by
Senator Hlil was exactly what the Peck
shifts of ,ha, body needed. whether 1T eS'
erts any reformatory Influence or not.
The hypocrisy which is finding cause for
criticism in other departments Of the gov
eminent. while shamelessiy negleeting
public duty and rtcklessly handling public
finds in the senate. is poor mask
from Behind which to attack the pres'-
dent and his great secretary of the treas
ury
The proposed inves. CATION Of the hond
sales Is. Of course. an anu-demcorat'c
canra'sr measure for which It is proposed
to make the government pay. A COM
rni.tee would be authorized to send for
books and papers, visit New York and
elsewhere If thought necessary, Its report
wouid be made as unfavorable as possible
towards ;he administration, be printed at
rhe government printing office, be ranked
hy the senators as a public docUment ana
al aha cost fail On Uncle Sam. II would
s.s a l,ne matter Of the contribution by
the t'al;eA states treasury Of few thcn-
saua dollars to the neutrality-suspicious.
campaign resources
TIE fact IS. :he senate has this session
esensra;sa into common political eiep
win canaoti.s interests. senator I'm has
tho courage 20 speak out IN dennnela''on
o.. rs.s Questionable policy OF rushing INTO
,a,ss,ie ,.ons Il everybody and everything
h. the senate. in tie present Instance /,
-. sN T..
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THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED

Havana, April l7-Thgee prisoners OF
war. Gregoro Borges, hs'aoah i''fhnh-
dez and Jose Baealiao were eNechtea AZ
7 O'Clock this morning at Inc tahaha i'F-
tross. They belonged To the hhsutsehl
band commanded by DR. Bruno -"
and were captured by the soldiers "t mo
Araniles battalion during the attack made
NV the enemy ON Managua, this province,
and were shot FOR The burning OF property
In that Nlrinity.
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are responsible for our deficits. And none
Of the pensioners appear to drop oft-the
list shows no reduction as the years roll
on. Pensions for men who fought In the
army and were disabled from earning
living BY wounds or sickness in the war
are all righ,-further than this they are
reckless unius, and uncaled for.
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rrELlNll IN SPAIN.
Americans Lives Not safe II Amy Irrlta-
tlon Occurs.

Americans Lives Not SAFE II Any lrrita-
tlon Occurs.
New York. April i7.-rhe iIerald's Mad
RIA cable says: Qn.et reigns, 1t seems to
NE tho whole trouble win lie amieably ar
ranged. II IS only necessary for Mr.,
Cleveland to make friendly overturos In
order To get n friendly reply IN regard to
reforms to be granted to Nuba. Tho pres
ant government has said ns much. Laws
have already passed and are only await
ing cessation n hostilitles 10 he cniorcod-
Spain " III strain every n"rNn TO ;MppTPs'-
tile iuSLrrcctiou, although the government
does not expect to succeed IN this before
tho rainy season sets in. On tho con-
trary, preparations are nov uudcr waV
to send 5000 more soldiers to Cuba at the
end of the summer. That VIII make "A
total Of .u0No men sent to tile island
Aluce he war began,
While there IL deen-scatei bitterness !
toward the United states all over the
country, thero IL very litlle OMEN cNhihi-
ton of H. II a match were Applied THIS
that the lives II Americans would not
he safe anyw here from cadiZ to san Sc
hasuan. Recognition OF cuban Insurgents
as bolliseronts would be such a match.
tempt 10 hold Cuba for any length OF
time. She would withdraw her troops ana
ura them 70 defend the rcninsula fron In
| vasion. Befor. that happened an effort
| would probably be madc to attack Flor
| ida III iriv merchant steamers, some OF
Witch are now being converted into ernls-
| crs, wpnld be employed purely as privn
| tecra 10 harrass American commerce. II
| IL a honst Of the Spanish that they drove
! Nauoeon hack across the l'Nfeners by
could drive the Stars and Stripes from tht
| fens by corsalr methods.
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MARYLAND POpI r1,srs

baltimore. Md. April 17.-The No..
State convention elected deiega,es.s,,s.'
and by districts for the National co,,s
ton to be held at st. Louis in Ju Ssa'r
The platform adopted rmifirway, Ia
Omaha National platform Of ,sssa Y
delegates to the National conyen,,Ss Y
instructed ITO use all honorah,.0 ~
TO effect union of all OPPOSED =. - ~
rule of the money hugs" wy
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LINTON DECLINEs

Saginaw. Mich. April 17.-Courr,,.,.
w. S. Linton. who has been ursed by Il
tain A. p. A. leaders as a possible -. !.
date for president, SAYS his name Nh m. 4
be presented to the st. Louis oonwss.a
with his consent and that he viii mi w
an Independent a. +. A. ticket " \
seeking q denomination for congress !
this district '"e'sN
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OWNER ANp JOCKEY RULED OFF.

Memphis, Tenn. April H.-Presidlns
Judge Carter today notified the owner Of
the horse Roy Lochicl that his entries
would not be received Ia future at Mont
geometry park. on FRIDAY last the horse
twiee since then he has won easily osddr
Eoy IochIal In Fridays race, has teen
rulsd on 10, criminal riding ana a
recommendation has been made 20 we
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London, April II, dispa'sh rom
Rome TO the PAN Mall Gazette says 'he
papai nunoio AT Madrid has heeh Instruct
ca 10 propose the mediation of the pope
IN n,dar 10 bring about u settlement OF
the troubles IN cuba or, 10 ufsv upon
spain acceptance Of president cle'elands
reported offer of mediation.
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A slLNEN NIENv.
Affects to Believe Oriental Labor VIII BE
Raael TO Dignity of American.


Raised to Dignity of American.
Washington. April l6.-Representative
Newlan,ls of Nevada today made a speech
before the house committee on ways and
means on the competition OF silver stand
ard countries With the industries of the
United States. He said it was not the
desire OF silver men to bring the labor
Of tho Uuited states down to the standard
Of silver using countries, but by iucrcaS-
ing the Use ana price of silver to bring
their labor up to our standard and de-
nriVe II of its advantage lie said We
have tariff system which measurably
protects It's against the cheap labor OF
Europe, hut what tariff can protect us
aguinst Oriental labor, not one-thlrd or
one.fourth as high priced as European
labor? Agents of JAPANESE manufactnlng
institutions we're established on the Pacific
coast, selling rugs mating, Watches,
clocks and other goods far below the
American goods of the same class. There
was- Some excitement on the coast over
This, almost equal to the excitement over
the Old invasion of Chinese lahoreis. If
the price OF silver was advanced TO 81 y
the Japanese competition would De
checked. IL silver remained at lis present
price their manufacturing establishments
would bc enlarged and the competition IN
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near Mario. and that Colonel lnarcz, a
spanish officer, WAS kii"d. Tho police
have glvcn ont no dotails OF thi~ hght.
bat on Wednesday, IN wounded soldiers
were brought into Tho nosYfta! at Havana.
There nre more tnan 1000 wounded col
dicrs hi the Havana hospital today, yet
the SpaniaI.ls rulprt but 800 Killed in the
entire war. Picket firing can frequently
ls heard In Havana -
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TlLLMAN AT WICHITA

Wichita Kan. April IAN immense
audience created senator Tir,man ,his
A''V'hooh, Ex-Governor Lewelling in
uooaeea me speaker, who made the hot
teal speech ever made here, lie said the
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CUPID AT ANDERSEN,

Anderson, Texas, Apri' 80, tictaSs
and Miss Anne Peteet we''
marry today. With her vi
Henry today. Mr. lans rnturn %
Davis of Waco and WI. ,,,,rs hons
son, which viii be their i"'"
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E1.K1Ns' NAME rREsENrpc

Elk!ns. W. Va. April 1.-THE rso,..|
cans of Randolph county, the nom. n
Senator Elk!ns. today instructed de,en,.
TO the district convention to WORK N
INN as q presidential candidate NJ
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IAiLIlRE AT FRANKLIN.

Franklin. Texas. April IA, H. car
,cutcr N merchant, doing grocery bus
mess here. failed and MED today an as
sinnncn, for the benefit of creditors ma m,
ms r. V. Hodge as trustee. ASSETS ana
iinbilities can not be sscerlained.
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nruor nI,RNFD.

Sulphur Springs, VeSas' snth,rn
sherman. Shreveport, and S, Shs ~
burned here last nish' ~ ana
POSED to be OF ineendiary af'S
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SYMPATHY.

Atehison Globe. -.
a friend In his troubles Is to interrupt
hin In the recital OF his woes 70 relate
one'S own
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house today was the passage OF TOUT pen,
sion lills--one to pension tht Miuow w.,
Rear Admiral Footc at 900 a month, ny
rejection of the hill 10 retire hosii. i've
steward as a second licutonan, OF casaiiS,
and the passage OF war laiiii VI 80
imam 5000 The latter was the flrst WIS
claim brought before the house Tor cor
siicration and naturally provoked a gen
ernl debate on the policy of paying Waf
Politics of course. was injected into the
debate and there was a lively set-to ne
tween Mr.. Dockery and Mr Gr0sNenor OF
onto Mr.. pockcry eulogi1ed Spsakct
t',sp and MIR. Saycrs. chairman or the
appropriaton committee of the ias' con
gross, and paid high tribute to speaker
~ want to say here in his presence
said he. that honor the present SPEAK
er. Thomas II. Raed. (Applause) lie
has stood like a lion In the path of mem
bers on both sides of the aisle who nave
been pressing bills carrying large sums"
Mir. Grosvencr ridculed Mr.. pockcry for
attempting 10 vindicate the history OF
the democratic party"
"Nou are said he, addressing the DEM
ocratic side, "paralyzed by your own Ut
ter inefficicncy. The great feature OF the
administration of Grover Clevelnnd-the
only feature that would save him from
future contumely-is that when the bill
to repeal the great revenue-producins and
Industry propngating tariff law was pre-
sen,ed to Kim. he said My name shall
never disgrace its pages.
At o'clock the house took n recess un-
til s o'clock, the evening session to BIZ
devoted to private pension bills.
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old song are sirikingy cNcmpliuei here |
these days. The fellow Who keens the
hotel Is surely doing blamed Well
Summer cars of the latest pattern are
to he placed on the Lexington avenue !
cable line They VIII run from Twenty !
third street to Harlem. II ihey are APP
prcclnt.d the Broadway branch Viii en-
joy the same Improvement and the great
army OF klckcrs VIII lie decreased
"oh, how long TO see y ray cameras
as cheap as koduks," yawned ii clerk IN
a hig TwcnIy-third street store Why,
what DO you want one tor! was asked
at VIII be a gr,Nt day Tor tired clerks
when hey cun tell b. a woman's purse
whether size Is buyins or Shopping And
so II viii.
1.-THE plan to give popular concerts dur
ing the dog days in the cool auditorium
of the Madison Square garden, which
niiled last year, has been revived An ad-
dress stsnoi by the richest women OF the
swell 81 st has been ISSUED, asking sup
port Tor The project. ono thousand l"lron-
cSscs are wanted, who Shall guarantee
the expense to the emount OF s-",en
There is TO be daily concerts, win ud-
mission prices OF %, 30 and - cents.
An evidence Of the elasticity of our
Language is found IN the rspidty VITA
which Il new word spread over town to-
day Tho word is "Eaincs" It's scope is
hest dedncd by this nprlcouun which
wna made by a police man VIII" saw u
man ciutrhiug lamp post ana trying
10 sing the Sidewalks at New York"
WHAT u. hcau,ifui Ralnrs he has on!
murinure1 the biuccont Now the expires
sion Is applied to everybody with a
jag
The young mans fancy turned Mon
day to thoughts of the puwmNroker and
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NIGHT SESSION.

The question of granting to officers
widows larger pensions than private SOL
dters was discussed in the house tonight
for two hours in connection with bill
to pension the widow of t'rlgalier Gem
eral Ferdinand Nanderveer Of ohio at
the rate of S1S per munth. The bin was
finally favorably acted upon with an
amendment making the rate s5l per month.
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LACKING IN COMMON clyILITY.
Boston Standard.

Times must be very hard In Toliand
county, Connecticut. when man whp mas
committed murder ana gives Iinsvi, W
ten
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Summer cars of the latest pattern are
TO be placed on the Lexington avenue
cable line They VIII run from Twenty
third street to iinrlen II they are APP
prccmi,d the broadway branch VIII en-
JOY thu same improvement. and the great
nrnlv OF klckcrs VIII he AerNnsel.
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The ,hird-terrn fever In the White House
does not appear 10 bc any more alarming
than the mid form OF measles In the prrsi-
dents family. Quarantine measures seem
| TO Le wholly unmeoessary.
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GOSSIP or GOTHAM.

New York, April l5.-Thc words of the
old song are strikngly cAcmplined here
these days. "'rhc fellow Who keeps the
hotel Is surely doing blamed well.
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with new city administration, power
and prestige az a bank reserve city ana
an organized business league. Houston
ought 10 get down TO big business and
big development now.
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o.. ,a.s Questionable policy CT rushing INTO
.,i,.,-.or,s Il everybody and everything
y.,s,o in tia present instance i,
.,... ,ta s.s,t.,on OF the senate to
-. ~, ,rrosnors,hle enc.
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mes o' -,
'l' i''''' - 90 ,'''' ,,,.a,.,a,,.,
i-H more '7a''T az
a..,l.s....,, TO IN. good Yractical sense Of the
ss-,-a
--------------------
T7s Now orleans ~ ayAHe rssaTds me
4'l'---' -. ~ Mr.
-, 60 so,,,narn mon |
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=. ~ ..,,., .rs
S1-.she-a man.
MIMI. - -. ,,,,.u..,
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- -
Tne Dallas convention. speaking for
'he AASiy i~stioa asked Tor modltica-
'i1n Of Ias executive eomnitec's rule the
otne7 aey "a order that all democrat,
might pa-flcua's In the primaries.
The got 'ae modification promptly. VIII
,eey - manly ana layal and consistent
sao sh &c remain IN the regular demo-
eratie orsan!zation as they minated they
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TiflINE,
Washington, April 1.-THE net result uf
five hours work on the calendar In the
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Ola man Kruger apparently IL deter
mined I, Try The conclusion OF arms with
England. There wliI probably toe n large
stock Of Transyaal connect, on tho market
dirt eipeap after the issue has been tried.
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American tourists VIII be seen as usual
In Spain this summer. The opportunity
"a ser man Or men who wonld burn an
American rag docs no, come to the tourist
I ,t+.r,. so,,.,.,
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Hon Jonathan Lane says that the action
o. Ito pualeyi'es OF tho executive com
mt,ee was Unauthorized and therefore
furnishes mo excuse for leaving the
paris" and that Mr. Hardy can not make
"A laughing stock of him n.anel The Hon.
jonathan Lane carries level head IN Hhis
inntter.
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1.-THE plan to give popular concerts dur
ing the dog days in the cool auditorium
of the Madison Squire garden, which
nliled last year, has been revived An ad-
dress s,snoi by the richest women OF the
swell 81 sat has been issued, asking sup
port Tor The project ono thousand l"lron-
usscs arc wanied. who shall guarantee
The expense 10 The emount OF sg5cn
There is to be daily concerts, wiki ul-
mIss-oA nrIena Of 20 30 AMd - cents.
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paderewsk's earnings from the season
'us' closed in America arc placed a, sa'5.-
e39, And there arc people who VIII tel
YOU that the Americans are shre"a
traders,
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H1ii.'ss oily makes strange heifellows
GU; of political crlprles.
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= oe Pos, acknowledges the receipt OF
~ .nYt;aiion from Mr, ana Mrs, @. ID.
Au-r.y of cleouri.a. Texas, to the marri-
4g7 4 fher laughter Lucyle 10 Mr..
Nscchart Little. sunday, tho 18TH instant.
Sir Little has been .ngarel in a business
raraeity in newspaper work in North
Te&4a at Airerent tmea and is popular
a..l rrtruetic Young man
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial. Isl: Business. iss.
HOUSTON, SATURDAY, APRIL IS, lss.
EXAMPLES OF LOYALTY.

South Texas democrats of every FER
suasion ara setting the balancs Of the
party in the State worthy examples OF
broad Marty lovaity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-23

The Henry county democratic con-
vention Wednesday made the follow
ing nominations for county ofiice.:
X. W. Davis, Geneseo, for circuit
clerk; Nels A. Anderson. Galva, for
states attorney; ". ID. Holman.
Kewanee, for coroner; LLOYD H..
Jones. OF Galva, for county surveyor.
Delegations were selected as follows
to the various conventions:
State-C. X. Ladd. N. F. Ander-
son, {. M. Turner, &. O'Connell. l..
Waterman, j. X. Biish, W. NJ
Smith.
COMPASSIONATE. II. Hinman, A..
+. Bigelow. William Seible. II. +.
SimmoD, James Pollock, Jesse Tracy,
H. V. Conover.
Seuatorial-E. d. MAYHEM, A. B.
Anderson. ID. NJ. Martin. Carl Lager.
.. p. Wedge. John Lynch, Joseph
Copeland, Peter Fang, Charles Kem-
merling.
Resolutions were adopted indoors
ing the national aad state democratic
administrations and favoring the
free coinage of silver on a basis OF
IS to l.
The Stark county democratic con.
vention Wednesday declared for ell
yer.