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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
BUNKER HILL DAY OBSERVED.

VIBRATIONS IN VARIOUS NEw-ENGIAND
TOWNS AND CITIES.
Boston. June E-Bunker Hill Day not oh
"fsed in Boston proper usual to-day. but the
~ebration In the Charlestown District was carried
~ with the customary enthusiasm. In Boston. ow-
~ 10 the sitting Of the ST. Louis Convention. the
ssspefs did not suspend their evening editions as
sua on this local holiday DID the banks or the
ssxAcnanges close. although mercantile business was
s.nerally suspended.
euincy, Mass, June n.-Abigal Williams Chapter.
Daushters Of the Revolution. OF Quincy to-day erect
~ ~ on the top OF Payne's Hill cairn in memory OF
aosah Adams. mother OF President John Quincy
aTSpa'ns TO mark the spot where she. with her son.
Nm wa.y quincy Adams, then a boy OF seven years:
fs..ehed the smoke of burning char.estown ana
Tssehed TO the guns at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
a., cornerstone OF the cairn was laid by Miss Adj
iIs Az Adams. daughter Of the late John Quincy
aSahs. and great-great- -gran nddaughter OF Abigail
cNeoanon Conn, June 1.-THE members OF the
h"eccut Society OF Sons OF the American Revolu-
met here in large numbers to-day. and formally
msated bronze tablet in the old War ONCE 10 the
cofy OF the Revolutionary patriots OF this place.
ouuoury, Mass. June l7.-Ths town to-day dedi-
'' with appropriate exercises, a monument In
flor OF her soldiers and sailors In the Revolu-
BunLo ou,1oury had three companies in the Battle OF
Ixinr f and 200 OF those present at the battles or
thc cason. Concord and Bunker Hill buried In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
M'KINLEY'S SOLID PHALANX.
A TEST VOTE AT ST. LOUIS.
THE OHIO LEADER HAD 545ia VOTES TO
3J9h FOR THE OPPOSITION.

MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS OF THE RE
PUBLICAN CONVENTION - THE TRIAL OF
STRENGTH AROSE OVER THE CREDENTIALS
COMMITTEES REPORT-sILvER sENA-
TORS SAYS FAREwELIl-TuE MONEY
QUESTION EASILY ADJUSTED
MORTON AND THE SECOND
PLACE on THE TICKET.
The Republican National Convention held
two sessions at st. Louis, and adjourned to to-
day to await the report of the Resolutions
COMMITTEES: q test vote in the Convention
the figures stood j45ia CMcKinley) to 359A
(anti-NIcKinley). Senators Teller Cannon and
Dubois announced that they would leave the
Republican party because Of the gold plank
it is asserted positively that Governor Morton
Is a candidate for the VicePresidentlal nom
ination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
Cruise or THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET


TIE PROGRAMME AN%orNcED BY TIE NAVY De
PARTMENT
Washington June 1.-THE Navy Department has
informed Admiral Bunce. commanding iAe
North Atlantic Station. that 1t proposes II rFac-
,.,hlo mo-, 10 interfere I'm any manner Win the
movements anl exercses OF his squadron during t"r
pres.nt season. With this view. Secretary Herbert
has been obliged 10 decline numerous requests ne
has received FOR ships 10 visit certain places ana
take part i'm local celebrations and festivities.
The flee. VIII cruise at seq between Nantucket
ana the capcs Of the Chesapeake. IL VIII i'h'e
NeW-Yorh abou; July l.. provided lie duties WIKI
the Nava; Militia are then completed: will cruise TO
the southwark and enter Hampton Roads; mon ID
the norfhward 10 Gardin~rs Bay, Fishers Island
Nantucket Island. AMI back TO Hampton KoA"S
carly in October The manocuvres Nil consist o'
tho varloue squadron movements and formations
necessary for fleets and squadrons in time of war
anchorng ard gcttinr under way under dne'eh'
circumstances slgnalng target practice with main
and secondary batteries and sma-arms. landing IN"
Naval brigade and boat drills and ,orpedo-boat a.
secretary Herbert IL making every effort to col,
lee, A large feet OF bdttle-ships, monitors anu
all roy under Admiral Bunces command ar" the
ha,;lr-sh shlps Indiana ana Maine the monitor Amphi-
tritr the cruisers Ncw-York fagsh!p). Columnia
Newark. Cincinnati. raleigh ana SlontS1ni'ty' m
ram Kaiahdin and the dispatch boat Fern Thc
hafflc-shlp Massachusetts and the monitor lrTo,,
viii ION the fleet before it leaves New-fork' ana
the Texas viii COON follow. ,,, =,
Ths Will be the largest feet ever Assembled py
the Nayv Department for instructions IN Meet
tactics and IL is said that the experience whlch
viii be gained will be OF much benefit TO the service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
,,p LEE HAS NOT DINED WITH REBEL3.

Havana June IA dispatch sent from Havana
% Madrid under the date of June Y. having CON
,o,red the statement that General Lee the recently
annojnted United States Ccnsul-Geneia. had IN
,,oa a feeling of dstrust because of the lnterot
-, ,,,,ved In persons held In custody by the
au,hori,es and by having dined with enemies OF the
snansh Government it s proper to state mat sihce
bic arrival here. Consul-General Lee with the ex-
cer,ion Of having dlned with personal friends hae
accepted only two invitations. one OF tneSe was
- - S.,o, ,bo nsul-Ccneral was the guest ri
tba Hotel Inglaerra OF Charles Akers c9rIesponI
emf Of ''Thc London Times Iomn ~ o,e eva sore'@n
In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
4 MINISTER HELD FOR LARCENY.

Gloversvllle. y. Y. June 1.-THE examination OF
the Roy George l.. MacArlel. OF Reynolds Rens-
sclacr County which held In this city to-day re-
suited In the minister being held for the Grand Jury
on the charge Of grand larceny in obtaining $3.50
from Mrs W y. Steele, on bonds Of the Tompkns
paner Campany, amounting 10 900. which were
worthless Ex-senator James Arkell. who lost S1.-
600 i'm bonds OF the paper company. was a witness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Chicago. June 17-Chares Emmler. gasoline
dealer. shot and fatally injured his wife ana 'heh
killed himself with the same weapon at their hone'
No $50 Hamburgst., this morning. The crime as
the climax Of a family quarrel and the HUSBAND
Iowa for Iouor Mrs Emm.er was in the kitchen
prepar.ng breakfast when she shot down; ana
supposlng her dead from the wound In her forehead
her husband entered the bedroom. barred the door
and sent q bullet through his brain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
GETS THE NEWS.
A LIVELY PARTY ASSEMBLED AT HIS
HOUSE IN CANTON.
HE MAKES no COMMENT on THE BULLETINS
From ST LOUIS But Is MANIFEsTLY
PLEASED AT HIS rRELlMl-
NARY VICTORY.

NARY VICTORY
Canton. Ohio. June 17.-An animate gathering
Of newspaper people and friends OF the latter
mostly women. who came in to sit with Mrs. Nc
K,nIev. received and discussed the Convention
bulletins to-day at Major McKinlev's house. The
Major himself was calm and gracious as usual
The result Of the vote ordering the previous ques-
,ion on the report of the Committee on Creden-
tlals was received by him with manifest salts
faction. although. as has BEEN his wont. he re-
Trained from making the slightest comment on
II.
The question OF most interest was as to the
time the nomination would be made, to-day or
tomorrow and opinions pro and con were free
" given by all present. An that the man most
interested would say vas that 81. Louis ought TO
have the Convention at least three days. The
desire Of the people Of the town was for n day
light nomination.
In the course Of the afternoon. the Majors
mother came over from her home to be with her
SON As soon as he her at the gate some
yards from the front porch. Major Mckinley left
his company. with the words. "Theres my m tn
err" and. with his hat uplifted. he gave her his
arm and escorted her irto the house. He INTRO
duced her to his VISITORS individually, and the ex-
pcrience was plainly most pleasing 10 her. Al
though elghty-seven years Old Mrs Mckinley
bears herself with vigor. She takes deep inter
In all that her son. and her pride ana
enjoyment in his success are delightful to see.
The afternoon train from the West brought
several persons who rad been attending the Con-
vention and their reports Of the situation. espe-
cially OF Incidents not covered in the newspaper
reports. greatly interested Major Mckinney.
Among them was General Russell II. Hastings.
Ia ont ~ fA ~
Army as second lieutenant Of Mckinleys resi-
fnent and was mustered out brevet brigadler-
general After the war he vas United states
Marshal for the Northern Distric; Of ono. sue
ceeding Colonel Parsons. ter, for the benent
Of his health he settled In the Bermudas. The
greeting between the two comrades In arms was
most cordial Ex-Congrssnan John 5. Wise. OF
New-Y York and Murat Halstead were also of the
party. Mr. Wise went to New-York this even
ing
Earlier in the doy. when II was announced tnat
the Convention had taken recess. Major Nc
Kinley accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Myron
r Herrlck of Cleveland. went for drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

nr eold standsrd must be preserved All our silver
ana paper currency now in circulation must be be
measures designed to maintain invioably the obli-
cations Of the United states and all our m MONEY S
either coin paper. at the present standard. tne
standard of the most enlightened nations OF the
earth
In the full committee forty out Of ffty-one
votes were cast for this vigorous and straight
forward declaration Of Republican doctrine. The
States and Territories opposing its adoption
were California. Nevada Idaho. Montana, Utan,
Colorado North Carolina, Wyoming, Arizona.
New-Mexico and Oklahoma, although Oklahoma
had previously voted against a free-silver coin
age substitute offered by Senator Teller.
FAREWELL OF THE SILVER SENATOR'S
The leaders OF the free coinage faction, Senator'S
Teller. Dubois and Cannon. renewed before the
committee their public notice that the adoption
bv the Convention tomorrow Of the money plank
in the proposed PLATFORM they would leave the hall
and separate from the Republican party organiza-
tlon. Mr.. Teller and Mr.. Cannon are said TO
have delivered very affecting farewells to their
party associates, and the Senator from Utah Is
represented as having actually sheo tears at '"e
prospect Of breaking party ties.
There will be no general bolt from the Conven-
ton tomorrow Mr.. Teller explaining that Mr.
Dubo,s Mr. Cannon and himself with. perhaps,
q few additional delegates from the three states
Of Colorado Idaho and Utah. would walk quietly
out without attempting TO attract general notice.
The platform WILL Of course, be adopted to-mor-
row by an almost unanimous vote. The money
plank in it's present shape Is generally accepteu
here as the work Of II. II. Kohlsaat. OF Illinois,
and one or two other of Major McKinley's In
innate political friends.
MORTON AND THE VICE-PRES1DENCY'
Governor Morton's candidacy for the Vice.
Presidential nomination has gained great
strength in the last twenty-four hours. lie wouid
be almost certain to be the Conventions choice
for the second place on the ticket were 1t not for
the conditions in New-York State, which seem
to make his selection now impolitic. New-fork
position In the Vice-Presidental contest is fuily
discussed in another column. OF the other candl-
dates Mr. Hobart and Mr.. Evans seem to divide
the field pretty well between them, although
Governor Mortons entry into the race at this late
hour has involved the whole Vice-Presldentlal
canvass in great confusion and uncertainty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
INSOuNTA Drove MN TO Suicide.

Washington. June T.-Reverdy ]. Daingerfied.
one OF the bcst-known citizens Of Alexandria. Va
committed suicide at his home In that place this
morning by shooting himself through the mead.
The cause was acute Insomnia. His brother Henry
committed suicide about two years ago account
OF the same trouble M Dangerheld was forty
eight wears OF age and came from one OF the old
.sf and bcet-known Virginia families. 4 wdow.
three daughters and "A survive him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

THE SHORTAGE IN TIE SUGAR CROP WILL From
THIS TIME BE FELT.

THIS TIME BE FELT
The firm OF Willitts Gray. staustrlans. AZ NO
q Wall-st received dispatch yesterday Inform
ing them that heavy rains had begun 10 fall gen
erally throughout Cuba
..Th,s" said a. +. Gray the Junior member or inc
Arm TO a Tribune reporter. "nneans that the rainy
sea son has started IN Cuba ana that no more sugar
can he made there The price OF sugar VIII prob
ally advance and the shortage due to the cuban
revolution will probably be felt from now on The
reason that sugar has not advanced more in price
up TO this point was because there was a surplus
Of 500 600 tons Of European beet sugar on hand THIS
inst offset the reduction Of the cuban cop from
900 900 II 2OOOO0 tons. due 10 the revolution Bit
49,, ,,-r,,s ~ bee, sugar has now been exhausted
and ,he fact that no more sugar VIII be mahe N
cuba until the rainy season Is over WI max max IN.
us,Iai This year and the Sugar Trust Will now naNc
to get its additional supply elsewners S "a ',, no,
there IS enough sugar TO go arouhu. anu w "o'
look for any sharp advance In price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
BIG FIREMEN'S PARADE IN KINGSTON.

Kingston ~ y June 1.-THE frcmen and visitors
from Ulster. Green Columbia. Duchess and orange
counties are In attendance at the big tri-country
hremen's conference The parade formed ms morn morn
inR under Robert +. Tompkins as grand marshal
and ma rched through the principal streets. rive
thousand firemen were In line In eight dlvfsiohs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
WHEELNiN KILLED BY 4 "SCORCHER."

Providence Il. L. June l7-Frank Aldrch thirty
four years old. was knocked from bicycle by an
unknown "scorcher' In P1wtuxet last night. sus-
taining concusson Of the brain. from which he died
carly this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
4 UTRRIC4NE IN OKLAHOMA.

Guthrie. Okla. June IA hurricane yesterday
wrecked the Central High School Building ard state
Cap,tol grounds badly damaging the Episcopal
Bishops home. the Catholic Coored Academy. and
many dwelling houses, besides doing many thousand
dollars damage to other property. There were no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
TILE ERICSSON ACCEPTED.

Washington June l7.-The Navy Department has
accepted the torpedo boat Ericsson from the build
ers the Dubuque Iron Works. of Dubuque. Iowa.
The last payment OF $500 was made to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
ro1,P AMERICAN BOATS CAPTURED.

Havana June l7-General l!nareS reports ua'
while on a tour Of inspection hIo"s '"e ~ -
VT, a,d PARAGON in the Province OF Santiago
do cuba he captured four American yawl poatS'
one Of which was sufficiently large to carry ."',s
men The bolts had apparently formed part o Il
nlibustcring expedition. General Iinarcs a.so ue
stroyed a rebel camp and fortifications wh''" h@u
been erected on the coast. no . ,,o J.
1t is reported that band Of rebels Sv si,ons l,ai
an attack upon and entered the town OF a baoul "a
near Guanabacoa, in the Havana IroVihce; - anu am
burned a number OF buildings, Including 'he low"
Hall and seyeraI stores
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
THE BONDS All PAID FOR.

EFT THE TREASURY GOLD RESERVE Is powN
TO so3.2o10i
Washington. June 1.-THE Treasury gold reserve
a; the close Of busnsss to-day stood al Soa-oois'
The days Withdrawals were it3.soo A.. ihe go'l
due under The last bond issues has now been paid
into tho Treasury. II Amounted 20 sllg'5c2 o.. ~
which s'co oooc1N was principal. til1fi.2N premium
and siSq aCs interest ~ The total sum 'fsi2'f7
was paid into the SIh-Treasury az New-York, N-
0s7n 4 at other suh-treasures and SCI c3il52 - In
Na;l,nA. bank repositories
Since January .. .,hs dsis when bids for ihe laHt
bond i--ue were invited there has been WIN Ira Nn
from the Treassry t..31Da2s In gold. ~ follows. For
export 81 Gi2 ,es. not Tor export NoD'.A2 jewellers
bars S-Gl...sJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

Withdrawals % gold from The SubTreasIry yes
to-day for shipment 20 Berlin ~ the Augusta VIC
tora. o. the Hamburg-Ameslran Line. sailing to-
dav wee S2N o. hy l. tor Uonmann & Co. and
800 oy. hy lIcldclh1rh lckrheim"r q GO. There
was r. addition a wifhdrawa. OF $1,000 20 be sent
10 Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

free coinage OF silver except BY international agree
ment with the leading commercial nations OF tns
world. which pledge ourselves TO promote; anu
until such an agreement can be obtained the exist
ing gold standard must be preserved All our si'sr
maintained at parity with gold, and we favor an
measures designed to maintain inviolably the opii-
cations Of the United States and all our money
either coin paper. at the present standard; the
standard of the most enlightened nations OF the
earth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

Inc Drummond Castle was a brig g-rigged iron
'sw steamer Of 1852 register She was Sso feet
sas 49, feet beam and 31.3 feet depth OF hold; She
c.o as ou.t AT Glasgow in 1881 and was owned by ID.
Nur!ie x Co. Of I.OndOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
PLEDGED TO MKINLEY.
VERMONT REPUBLICANS HOLD A ROUS-
ING STATE CONVENTION

TION CHAMPIONS NAME-JOsIAH CIRCUIT NOMI-
MATED FOR GOVERNOR AND A STRONG
SOUND MONEY PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03

derby ladies stepped up to the end of
the counter and gave their orders, and
the girls promptly responded to them.
I'll never come here again." said the
loudest of the girls. Come on, Julie.
Come on, Mary. Well go somewhere
else, where we can be waited on" and
she flounced out of the door. Her COM
panions slowly followed her. 1t was
awfully rude. Not one of them had
given an order, but they were all
offended because the elderly ladies
were waited upon before they were
attended to.
The little girls behind the counter
merely smiled. made change and con-
tinued drawing soda for others. II
was n hot day, and the loss of a few
ill-natured and Inbred customers made
no difference to the working girls. BE.
sides, in the course of n day in any city
dozen Of such experiences would not
he uncommon. The world is full of
cranks, and the real ladies and gentle
men are not in the majority, by any
means.
Waiting for lull in the trade, or.
dered a glass of soda and had chat
with the girls. They will talk with any
body, for that is a part of their business
to be entertaining. The elder said that
she received four dollars per week ard
her little sister $3.50 per week, and
that they were very glad to be help,
full TO the family. They have been work
ing there for nearly year. Their predc-
cessors we're very pretty girls, and the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
He Raised rrunes.

The man who owned a fruit ranch
in California was stopping for several
days at the boarding house and the
landlady was excruciatinely polite to
him.
"Hugh!" shifted the lady boarder with
banged hair, II guess she must be max
ing love to him."
Nav, she amt" retorted the man
boarder with red whiskers.
"Why not? Just look at her. He
can't express a wish that she doesn't
fairly break her neck to crafty"
That's no sign of q ducks nest
insisted the red whiskers.
I'D like to know what you call a
sign, them" and the lady boarder
swished herself around in pet.
"You wouldn't know if / told you,''
grinned the red whiskers. There's a
bond of sympathy you amt on to. lie
raises prunes for the eastern market
n. Y. Recorder.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03

proprietor will not have any girls in
his employment who are not attractive
in appearance and manner
'We don't care whether it is man or
woman who orders soda" said the
elder beauty. Eve are here simply 70
wait on customers. We don't care
whether the customers are old or
young, rich or poor, if they have the
nickel to pay for their orders. We do
not have any preferences concerning
customers. II those young ladies had
given their orders they would have been
served first. because they were here
first. But the other ladies came right
in and knew what they wanted. and got
it. If that tai. girl had givcn her order
instead of going out complaining she
would have been waited on very quickly
and there would have been no delay.
Yes, some fellows come here to firt.
but they don't make much progress. I
guess we are as good as any of them,
even il we are poor. We belong to
Epiphany church and Sunday school.
and nobody Sights us because we have
been obliged to go to work"
One of the oldtime druggists says:
"When l was boy we made our own
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03

We were just entering dusky Govt
when heard a cracking sound in the
bushes. / laid my hand on the edge of
the boat and gave it a slight shake; but
Perk was already alert, and pale
beam of light was searching the reedy
shore. | listened. Some heavy animal
was certainly making his way down to
the lake, and under my tremulous but
practiced touch the canoe glided like q
seemed likely to emerge. He was not
two rods away when l steadied the
boat and Perk turned the full glare of
the light upon him; and he had not
heard q sound. What a moment was
that! He was standing up to his
launches in the shadows, and had
thrust his nose deep among the lily
pads. He never raised it. Perks we'll
aimed gun belched forth it's thunder
Gus blast of fire and shot and the whole
circle of the cove was illuminated as
by a lightning flash. The stricken
creature sunk down without strug.
gle.
woods could. not have improved upon
our procedure; but now that the deed
was done the boy broke loose in US, and
we fairly went mad with excitement.
With two frenZied strokes of the pad
dies l drove the boat upon the very
back of our prize.
Give him the other Darrell" | shouted,
as we surged forward, and Perk blazed
away over the side, with a recoil that
almost capsized us.
Give him the rifle!" shrieked, 'and
make sure"
Perk caught the weapon, but some
trace of sanity had come back to him.
md he refrained. The poor beast was
stone dead, and the second shot had not
touched him. But was still possessed
With the fear that he would suddenly
jump up and run away; and that, after
our success, would be Notifying beyond
endurance. l sprang into the water
much to the alarm of Perk who Judged
tie depth by the blackness-caught the
deer by the head, and pulled his neck
across the edge of the boat. Then Perll
crept cautiously down and cut the
throat, after which we managed to heave
the wet, heavy carcass into the canoe
1t was young buck, fat as butter; bet
ter luck never attended two young
scapegraces, trespassing on forbidden