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JAPANESE THEATRlcALs.
Customs Observed In Play Houses in ths
Land Of the Mikado.

CuStoms Ooservcd In Play Houses in the
Land OF the Mikado.
Japanese plays usually last from
morning till morning. The audience
make preparations to attend the the.
ater much as if they were going on
holiday trip from Saturday to Monday.
They take baskets Of eatables with
them and have their meals with the
same regularity at the play as they,
would at homo. Food is sold in all
japanese thcaters just as coffee and
ices and beer and whisky are sold in
English theaters, and the hawlsers OF
edibles attend to business while the
actors are strutting their brief hour
upon the stage. The slap" audiences
sit in little boxes on the floor Of the
theater and cat and sleep there. They
sleep, as rule, while the principle ac.
tors are taking a rest There are nc
aisles in the body Of the theatcr, SC
that those who hive boxes in the mid
die and ccnc late are compelled te
crawl over thcsc- who are in thci.
places When tho plcy Is cbout to be.
gin 1t is announced by wrapping with
q wooden hcnncr. This method ci
announcement is also employed by the
French, but it has been in use in Japan
for hundreds cf years. To q great cx.
tent the success of Japanese play dc.
pends on the moral. If the audiences
are not quickly responsive and a trag
edy is being presented the play is with
drawn Immediately and the actors re
sppear in something comic.
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THE NIGHT SESSION.
Nominations We're the Order aud Many
Candidates Were Named.

Nomlnatlons were the Order auu Mary
Candidates Were Named.
CHICAGO, July 9.-The night session
furnished al the preliminary incidents
of the most dramatic act of the con.
vention. 1t was by long odds the
most spectacular, for as the hands OF
the clock were creeping on toward the
appointed hour of 8. when the presi.
dent-making was to begin, the great
banks of seats were filed with the
biggest crowd which has yet secured
admission, for the first time filling the
galleries, and attaining the Chicago
standard of bigness.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, gained
recoe ,tion and moved that the con-
vention proceed to the nomination Of a
candidate for president. II was car
ried with roar, the galleries adding
a round of applause in recognition OF
the actual opening of the contest.
Alabama was the first state called
and the state surrendered its rights to
name favorite son, and when Arkan-
sas was reached Senator Jones stated
that his state would yield to Senator
Vest of Missouri. Vest placed in nomi.
nation, as the, choice of Missouri,
Richard P. Bland, and the demonstrs-
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HOBART FORMALLY NOTIFIED.
Committee Performs
Perfunctory Duty.

Vice.President Committee Performs q
Perfunctory Duty.
NEW YORK, July About thirty
members of the committee appointed
at the St. Louis convention to officially
notify the vice. presidential candidate,
G. A. Hobart, of his nomination, pro.
ceeded to Patterson, N. j., today,
where they were received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobart and number OF ladies
and gentlemen. Flags and bunting
were displayed along the road to Ho-
bart's house and the greatest enthusi.
asm prevailed among those who xere
assembled. At i2 o'clock Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobart, accompanied by several
ladies and gentlemen, stepped out on
the porch. Charles W. Fairbanks,
chairman OF the committee, then de.
livered short address, notifying Mr.
Hobart Of the action Of the republican
national convention. MIR. Hobart re.
piled in 2o-minutes speech, thanking
the convention and the gentlemen who
had waited upon him. Some 5000
people were gathered in the vicinity
Of the Hobart mansion during the
sxercises
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MUST Pay POSTAGE.
Tribute Levied by Uncle Sam Upon the
Railways

Tribute Levied by Uncle Sam Upon the
Railways.
CHICAGO, July 9.-Railroad eompan-
les no longer may carry their business
letters over their own roads without
paying postage to the government.
An order has been received from Post.
master. General Wilson by Major Stew
art and Postmaster Hesing, insisting
upon the enforcement of the postal
llws against railways carrying their
own letters. : An exception is made in
fIvor of letters that have to do with
the business of the train carrying
them. But allletters to station agents
and officers are forbidden to be carried
without postage, and the inspectors
are directed to enforce the law.
The railroads. however, will not be
required to mail their letters as ordi-
nary citizens and corporations. They
will be supplied with a specially
stamped envelope, which they must
cancel on delivery to the trainmen.
The express companies have been u.s.
ing such envelopes for some years.
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BRYAN Is THE Man
The "Boy Orator." Of Ne
braska Nominated.
ALL OTHERS FALL
Before the Tidal Wave That Was
Started by Gifted Young
Georgian.
Bland, Boies, Matthews, Mclean, Blacl .
burn ard Even Pennoyer We're.
Placed In Nomination, But
Their Hopes Vanished Be.
fore the Breeze
for Bryan.

CHICAGO, July 10-The platform hav-
ing been disposed Of at yesterdays
session, there remained nothing for
the democratic national convention to
do today except to proceed with nomi-
nations. Chairman White dropped
the gavel at 1855, and Harrity, of
Pennsylvania, being the first delegate
to be recos nized by the chair, placed
In nomination Robert E. Pattison, and
Miller, of Oregon, presented the name
of Ex-Governor Sylveston Pennoyer,
amid loud cheers for the man from the
far west.
The widest excitement prevailed
when the chair announced thai nomi-
nations for president were closed, and
that the convention would proceed to
ballot.
The roll call of states was conducted
with little demonstration, and pro-
ceeded rapidly, all but ls5 of the dele
gates voting. The result was:
First ballot-Bland, 233; Roies, Sc;
Matthews, 81: Mclean, 54; Bryan, lC5;
Black burn, SO: Pattison, 95; Campbell,
2; Russell, II; Pennoyer, 10; Tillman,
II; Hill, 1: Teller, 8.
Second ballot--Bland, PSI: Roies, 35;
Matthews. 35; Mclean, "a; Bryan. 1856;
Black burn, 36: Pattison, 80; Pennoyer,
8; Teller, g., Stevenson, 6; Hill. /.
Third ballot-Bland 292, Bryan 22s;
others virtually unchanged.
Fourth ballott-Bland 241, Boies %,
Mathews 36, Mclean 46, B yam 2sO,
Blackburn %, Patterson 81, Steven
son. 8, Hill i; not voting 1872.
At this juncture Stone, of Missouri,
al ose and read letter from Bland
asking that his name be Withdrawn in
favor of Bryau. This was signal for
land slide to Bryan, and amid the
widest demonstration the favorite of
Nebraska was declared the ne minee.
The enthusiasm over Bryan's nom- '
ination was intense. Cheer after
cheer was sent up, and the blue banner
of the William J. Bryan Club was
faunted all over the hall. Further
business was impossible, and the con-
vention adjourned to SP. M.
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THIRD DAY AT CHICAGO.
Discussion Of the Platform Consumes the



Day
CHICAGO, July Sit was 10 o'clock
when the convention was called to Or
der this morning, though the conven-
tion hall was filled with spectators
long before the delegates arrived. The
committee on platform had not com.
completed their labors at the hour of
convening, however an anti A. P. A.
plank has been added. together with
resolution granting civil and religious
liberty to every citizen.
The report of the committee on plat
form was presented by Senator Jones,
OF Arkansas, and its reading was loudly
applauded. Especially the planks de-
claring for free coinage and commend.
ing the administration of President
Cleveland. Hill presented resolu-
tion. endorsed by President Cleveland,
denouncing free coinage, which met q
cool reception.
One hour and half was given to
the discussion of the platform, and the
discussion was heated. Tillman, of
South Carolina, occupied so minutes in
passionate speech devoted to vim
dicating himself and abusing President
Cleveland. Tillmdn said he had been
missrepresented by the newspapers
who had styled him as "pitchfork
man" from the south. 1.-THE ar that
is now being waged against gold" he
said, lis to lfberate white slaves from
the clutches OF the money power" He
denounced Cleveland as traitor, and
the issuance Of bonds by the admins
tratiOn he considered an iniquitous
conspiracy. It was 1890 when Tillman
finished his TRADE. He was followed
by Senator Hill, who handled the
gentleman from South Carolina with
out gloves, indulging in sarcasm that
made the Southern blood of Tillnan
boil.
Following Hill, Bryan of Nebraska
took the platform, and announced that
he would support the DECISION of the
majority. He is an ardent supporter
of an income tax, and heartily endorses
the plank in the platform referring
thereto. Bryan drew a happy COM
parison between Jefferson and Hill, /
and asserted that while he admired the
latter, he preferred to stand on the
doctrines of TIE former. On the
money question Bryan took the
position that adherence to gold means
placing our financial legislation in the
bands of foreign governments. 1
At BIZ roll call Of states on the
adoption of the platform was ordered.
The first vote was on the His amenc.
nent for gold which was voted down.
Hill moved the adoption OF a esolu-
ion indorsing President Cleveland's
in toto, which was
1oted down. Ayes, 357: Noes, 554; not
1otipg, 8. The result was announced
mid cheers and Kisses. AT 4:47 the
adjourned to P. N.
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tion for ...Silver Dick" was deafening.
b. T. Lewis, of Georgia, nominatel
William ]. Byron, and the mention Of
his name called forth another roar of
applause. When Indiana was reached
Senator Turpie made his way to the
stage and placed in nomination the
choice OF the Hoosier sta;e, Governor
Claud Matthews. His nomination was
heartily seconded by Trippett, of the
California delegation. Ex-Governor
Horace Boies was placed in nolnina-
tion by Fredrick White Of Iowa. After
the enthusiasm created by the preser
tuition of Boies, Ollie Jones, OF Ken
lucky arose and presented the name OF
Joe Blackburn as the choice Of the
bluegrass state.
There was lull for a time, but when
Massachusetts was reached the chair
man of the delegation rose and said;
by the unanimous vote Of this oon
vention, the Massachusetts delegation
were instructed to place In nomina-
tion. Governor Russell, but by his di.
rection. and because of the platform,
we decline to make a nomination,
Then when the reading clerk reached
Ohio, ]. r. McLean's name was pre-.
sented by A. W. Patrick
After numerous speeches secondins
different nominations had been made
the roll-call of states was finished a,
1890. Then Senator Jones, of Arkan-
sas, moved an adjournment to "tomor.
row morning at 10 o'clock"
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Eli Hill. Lumber City, Pa, writes. 81
have beeu suffering from Piles for twenty
five years and thought My case ::ancusable.
DE vi it's Witch Hazie Salve was rec
onnended to me as pile cure, so
bought q box and jtperfoImed per-
manent cure" This is only one Of
thousands of similar cases. Eczema
ores and skin diseases weld quickly when
st isused. Snipes f Linersly Drug Co.
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PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY P

:, The republican spellbinder will soon
begin to promise the workingmen re-
enactment Of the Mckinley bill and
the prosperity" he enjoyed under it.
The report of the commissioner of
labor on. strikes and lockouts shows
the following for the two years after
that laws enactment:
STRIKES AND LocKours.
Before Mckinley Bill. During Mckinley Bill.
Year Strikes. Strikers Year Strikes. IS Strikers
is sss ss aisss t5s lsss s5a5 ss5 s'sss9 sss
Totals. 1892 2s7.2ss Totals. .l3,e5s 5O5,sio
The loss of wages to strikers during
the two years before the bill went into
effect was sl6, 7s7, ,435; for the two years
after, s25,574, ,127.
This is the kind OF prosperity the
Mckinley bill gave the workmen.-N.
Y. World.
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"HOME MARKET" BUNCO.

In his speech of acceptance, Major
Mckinley promised the farmers that
they shall again have the prosperity
of ''home market" if they will once
again vote to protect the mills.
We have, says the New York World,
an object-lesson in this close at hand.
New Jersey had for thirty years the
full benefit OF "home market" prosper.
ity. It is but the kitchen garden for
the great manufacturing cities of New
York. Brooklyn. Jersey City, Newark,
Trenton and Philadelphia. 1t is the
agricultural heart of the manufaetur-
ing center OF the Union. Its capital
invested in manufactures within the
state has increased from $40. .521 ,048 to
$3.50, ,805, ,745. Its assessed wealth has
increased from s296, 900, 900 to 1898, ,O0o.-
900. Ard here is what "protection's
home market" has done for the New
Jersey farmer:
Farm value. siso. o.250.aas slooss5,ess 16e2es.s4o
Farms cult.
waited by
oWners.,. 25,Soo 22,442
No. farmers 4e,764 SOFA 64,052
orep value. 5o,s70700 29,e60,75d 29.9N,94o
Earnings of
each farmer 6a6~. 800 l53
The farming industry of New Jersey
has been ruined to build up its pro-
tected mills.
II Mr.. Mckinley wishes to fight it
out on this line he can be accommo-
dated. The campaign of education
did not stop In 1892. And the census
has since been published.
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PERMANENT oRaRN1zAr1oN.

white Permanent chairman and cogan
Permanent Secretary.
CHICAGO, July Silt was at q late
hour when the report Of the committee
on permanent organisation was sub
mjtted, and Delegate Filley. its chair
man, made his way to the stage and
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Bland il q Methodist.

CHICAGO, July 7.-Bland, in reply to
inquiries, telegraphed: Religion is
not the issue. I am Methodist.
Have always been one. Always will
be. If was half as good a Catholic
as my wife, ! would not worry about
getting to heaven. This is the senti-
ment | expressed in a previous emer-
gency when her religion was criticised.
I stand by it now."
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OUR MILITARY RESOURCES.

No Other Nation Can Muster So Large IN
Army as Uncle Sam.
The United States has been said to
be warlillc nation without being q
military nation. Its war potentialities
are vast indeed, says the Boston Jour
nal. 1t showed that thirty years ago,
when with only little more than half
Its present population it mustered more
than 100000 men under arms in the
union and confederate forces. There
ls now in America the enormous total
Of o.ooo, 900 men of military age eligi-
BILE for military service. No civilized
country in the world could place such
gigantic host of men in the field in an
emergency.
Of course, the actual number Of or
ganized, drilled and uniformed citizen
soldiers is only small fraction of this,
but tho real available military strength
OF the United Statcsis only inadequate.
ly appreciated by the average Ameri
can. The military spirit which the
civil war engendered has not died oct
among the American youth. On the
contrary, it has amply held its own, II
1t has not increased. Never before
was the national guard Of the several
states so strong in numbers, so well
armed, so cxccllently disciplined.
There are 112.l0O Of these volunteers
in nll, representing infuntry, cavalry
and artillery. Their efficiency widely
varies, being high Us q rule, in the old,
rich, and populous states. and less sat
isfactory in the newer ami sparsely.
settled communities.
New York heads the list in numbers
with q well-cquipped force Of 1880
officers and mcn-as large as fighting
army corps Of the rebellion. Pcnnsyl.
vania has force of s,o14, whose mettle
was tried two years ago at Homestead;
Ohio has o,1a5 and Massachusetts 5000.
As it happens, the states in which the
present strilse centers are well pre-
pared for such an emergency. Illinois
militia body nusters Att men; Indi.
ana's, 1903; Iowa's, 1851; Missouri's,
2,415, and Michigan's, 2,s0l. Illinois Is
particularly fortunate in the character
of its finc city regiments.
Tho entire organized militia Of the
United States is subject to the orders
OF the president and can be moved md
concentrated wherever occasion for its
presence arices. When to this great
army of 100000 men are added the 25,.
900 regulars and The 1000 or 1900 blue
iacl:cts end M rines of the warships ON
the home station it is obvious that
there is something more than the po
liceman's club between the American
people and anarchy.
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LIGHTNING STROKES
Ollie Force In the Cures of Diseases
of All Kinds.

Causes the Blind %
see' the Deaf to Hear. and the lame
to waik-Hunan Ills Conquered
and Disease Destroyed-A
Mysterious Power That An.
initiates Every AiIment
Heath, Joy aud
Feace for the !.
Afaloied-
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A Good Thing,

The undersigned desire representa-
tive to sell their line In your locality
and can make proposition that will
be more than satisfactory 70 anyone
addressing them.
Address, with stamps,
TIE MIDLAND PorTxRY Co.,
Roseyills, Ohio.
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Bissen Withdraws.

CHICAGO, July 9.--Ex-postmaster-
general Bissell. OF Buffalo, went home
late yesterday, leaving his alternate
to vote for him. He said he could not
stay after the violation of state rig hts
in unseatiug the Michigan gold men
to seat the men who had no credentials.
Franklin Bartlett and Delaney Nicoll,
of New York, and several of the dele.
gates from other states have deter
mined upon similar course in quiet
way, all giving their alernates vote.
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Contests Decided.

CHICAGO, July 8.-The committee on
credentials having at last agreed on q
partial report the chairman, Mr.. At
wood, of Kansas, was introduced and
presented report. 1t found the
temporary roll correct, save as to
Michigan and Nebraska. In Nebraska
the report stated that the silver dele
gates, headed by Bryan. were entitled
to seats. The statement was greeted
with storm of applause. The COM
mittee asked for further time to decide
the Michigan contest. T. J. Mahoney,
one of the gold delegates from Me-
braska, made brief speech OF protest.
He and his colleagues, he said, were
not to be thrown out, and they marched
out.
The report of the committee was
adopted by viva voce vote. Cover
nor Russell, OF Massachusetts, at once
demanded a roll-call, but subsequently,
withdrew the demand.
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NEWS FROM HAVANA.
Zayas With Strong Force IL Marching
West

West.
HAVANA, July Sit is semi-offically
reported the rebel chief zayas, with a
Strong force. crossed the railway line
near Quivican, in Hayana province,
marching west.
1t is rumorad that -Mayia Rodriguez,
the insurgentchief, who has just ar
rived from Camaguaya took part in
the two recent severe engagements
near Bolondron, in Matanzas province.
The rebel group Of 150 men attacked
the town OF Avalos, in Matanzas pro-
vince. The garrison reputsed the at
tack without loss. The rebels also at
tackled the town of Cidra, in Matanzas
province, and poured 60 volleys into
the place. They retreated as soon as
the garrison returned the fire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-18

of the city and county morgue Friday
night he started to bring his wife back
to this city and on Saturday arrive
In Sault Ste Marie. Sunday noon the
party started back for st. Paul. A
search for the money and tickets which
Mrs. Mathes had thrown from the car
window was made, and the tickets re-
covered, but not the cash. On the
way back to st. Paul, and when near
the point where she had thrown the
property from the window, Mrs
Mathes called the attention of her hus-
band to the place. Mr.. Mathes left
the train suddenly at the next station,
and when his wife called to him, said
he would take the next train for ST.
Paul. This action of her husband wor-
ried Mrs. Mathes greatly but she con-
tinued on her way and arrived in the
city yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
she called at the central police sta
ton and after stating her case was
sent to the office of the city physician
where she was examined by DIR. Meade
on the supposition that she was slight
~ deranged. She was thoroughly ex
am1ned by the doctor, who said that
she was not insane but simply excited
by the unusual Vexperience she had
gone through. Mr.. Mathes is expected
home this morning and the only ex-
cuSe his wife could give for his action
was that he left the train for the pur-
pose of making a search for the miss
ing money.
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MRS. MATHEs WAS EXCITED.
Experience on a Train I'm
neFVed Her.

Mrs. Clement Mathes, who, accom-
panied by her little daughter, started
for Paris, France last Tuesday night
returned to St. Paul yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Mathes did not reach Paris
but she had trouble enough for the dis
lance she went to make up for several
journeys to La Belle France and back
1t was Mrs. Mathes' intention to visit
Paris and bring back with her fifteen
year old daughter, who had been left
there when the family came to ST.
Paul about year ago. She does not
speak English very fuently but her
seven-year-old daughter, who was to
go with her. is very bright and, al
though only year in this country, I'M
derstands and speaks the language
we'll Tickets were secured here for
the round trip and last Tuesday night
Mrs. Mathes and her daughter left
over the 500 line. At a point about
twelve miles from Sault Ste Marie. it
became necessary for Mrs. Mathes to
show her ticket and in so doing she
exposed to the gaze of those in the
car her money, about SIS. There were
two men in the car who, Mrs. Mathes
says, were desperate looking characters
and each carried revolvers Mrs
Mathes paid but little attention to
them but her little daughter suddenly
commenced to cry and became hysteri-
cal. In reply to her mothers inquiries
little Marie said the men had said
that they would shoot and hang any
body who had money and she was fear
full that they intended to do as they
said. At this Mrs. Mathes, who is a
very excitable person. took her money
and tickets and threw them out of the
car window and then realizing that
she had done a very foolish thing,
promptly had a fit of Mysteries She
became so violent that at Sault Ste
Marie she was turned over to an officer
and taken to the Jail at that place as
an insane person. She told her story,
but it hardly seemed possible and was
only taken as another insane delusion
and not much attention was paid to It.
Finally through priest, Rev Father
Connolly, she made known her posi-
ton and telegram was sent to her
husband in this city, who has charge