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A. 2. A.
The Convention Likely to Indorse
l1ckiHiey's Candidacy.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-All the in
terest in the A. L. a. Convention is now
centered in the probable action to be
taken regarding Major Mckinley. The
enthusiasm of his support by a great
majority of the convention leaves no
doubt tnat the boycott against the can
dldate Will be annulled as soon as a
vote on the subject can be reached, but
Tears are now expressed by some of the
adherents of Major Mckinley that the
convention will so beyond that and
formally indorse the Ohio man, as well
as reprimand the Advisory Board of the
Executive Committee, which published
the charges against him
1t IS now the effort of conservative
Republicans in the convention and out
OF 1t to prevent this Endorsement, for
fear that it might develop some back
action enectS, and they are insisting
tnat the convention take no positive
action at all in reference to political
candidates until after they are formally
nominated and before the people. The
convention is apparently transacting
little business of public interest. al
though 1t is stated that a strong att
tempt is being made to do away with
the secrecy of the organization and
make it open to all.
AT this mornings session the report
of the Committee on Agitation and Ed
ucation was adopted. 1t expressed the
committees belief that agitation With
out education was dangerous and that
bureau ought to be established for
disseminating information. 1t also re-
commended that the Junior A p A. be
placed under the control of the
Women's A p. A, and presented an
opinion that ali property in the United
States except that owned by National,
State and municipal Governments
ought to be taxed
The A. p. AS held largely attended
mass meeting tonight The speakers
described the objects of the order to be
directly the reverse of those credited by
its religious opponents.
Mr.. Waldrup in his address declared
that the Marquette statue at the United
States Capitol must go, and Cardinal
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REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Senators Meet to Consider Questions
Now Before Congress.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-The Re
publicanS of the Senate were in caucus
this morning for little more than half
an hour, but adjourned without having
taken action of a positive character on
any Of the matters that came before it.
The Steering Committee was instructed
to arrange an order of business and re-
port to a caucus to be held next week.
Mr.. Sherman precipitated a discus
sion of the bill to repeal the free alcohol
clause of theTH'llson bill, but the debate
on that measure was confined to its
parliamentary status.
Platt of Connecticut was the partic
ular exponent of antagonism to this
measure, and he stated very frankly
that if Sherman persisted in his efforts
to bring up the bill he would embroil the
Senate in a discussion of the whole tar
if question, and effectually block any
hope the people or members of Con-
gress might have in an early adjourn
ment.
Chandler concurred in this view, and
between them they warned Sherman
that under no circumstances could he
secure the final passage of the bill.
Sherman admitted nothing nor
pledged himself to any plan of action.
The impression prevailed after the
caucus adjourned that he would not
again try to take the repeal bill up for
consideration.
The bankruptcy, immigration, re-
funding of the Pacific Railroad debt
and other matters in which the Sena-
tors were interested were not men
toned, but will probably come up at
the next caucus.
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TOOK CARROLIC ACID.
Suicide of Despondent German at
San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-William
Gaubatz of 232 Nineteenth street com
mitted suicide to-day by taking carbolic
acid
The fatal draft was taken in saloon,
and the victim died IN the patrol wagon
while on the way to the Receiving Hos
pital.
Gaubatz was about 80 years of age
and a native of Germany. He recently
lost a little child by sickness, and at
present his wife is seriously i'll. For
some time past the deceased had been
on a spree, and TO dependency is at
tributed the reason Of his desire to COM
NIT suicide.
Gaubatz was employed as bookkeeper
for the San Francisco Breweries, Linn
tied. His books have not been exam
ined, but is thought that no shortage
exists
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Satolli must go; that no Italian would
be recognized as a Catholic Embassa-
dor in this country.
Thomas A. Hanson of Ohio said here
tofore the Catholics had been the Coli
ath of this country, but now they had
met their David in the A. P. A. Mr..
Hanson is colored man.
Mrs. Carrie Fosdick of Michigan, the
National President of the Women's A.
f. A. OF America, said every move of
the day had its women side. She spoke
of the women's influence for the Cath
Ole faith. She said that the backbone
CT the A. p. A. now is the Women's
A. p. A.
Henry B. Ingram of New York COM
mented upon the appointment to-day Of
the new Pension Commissioner, d. r.
Murphy, in a rather sarcastic manner
Public Printer Benedict came in for his
share of sarcasm at the hands of Mr..
Ingram, who declared him to have been
an obscure man in Ulster County N. Y,
before his elevation. Four hundred out
of 1000 employees of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing were Catholics,
he said, but in the next administration
these figures would be reversed.
Mai jor Holman of Massachusetts also
spoke.
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EVENTS ON The TURF.
RESULTS ON THE EASTERN AND
WESTERN TRACKS.
A Valuable Animal Drops Dead
While Being logged at
Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, May 15.-To-day's re-
suits at the Churchill Downs track were
as follows:
Six furlongs, Lucille H. won, Motilla
second, Irish Lady third. Time-I:15
one mile, Lady Inez won, Simon "
second, Ida Pickwick third Time
1:40a4.
-Four furlongs. Rosinante won, Lady
Rover second, Nellie Baker third. Time
-0:49
One mile, Anna Lyle won, Rasper sec
ond, Lester third. Time-1 Ala.
Six furlongs, John Havlin won, Trilby
second, Asaph third. Time-115A.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-The
weather was fine and the track fast at
the Bay District course to-day:
Six furlongs, selling, My Sweetheart
won, Chinook second, Miss Gary third
Time-1 :163s.
Four furlongs, maidens, Viking won,
Santa Paula second, Jerilderio third.
Time-0:49%.
Six furlongs, selling, Wandering Nun
OF Argyle won, Sobalr second, Oracle S.
third. Time :164.
Seven furlongs, selling, inside course.
Peru won, Miss Ruth second, Elmer f
third. Time-1 :323
Five furlongs, selling, Myrtle H. won,
Mollie r. second, Senator Mahoney
third. Time-1 :021h
Six furlongs, selling, Senator Bland
won, Rebellion second, Virgie A. third
Tim-1:14$I.
Five furlongs, selling, William Pink
erton won, La Mascota second, Morven
third. Time-1:0112.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 15.-Summaries: Six
furlongs, ArdeIle won, Aureola second
CaStalia third. Time-1 20
Six and half furlongs, Frontier Won
Jack Martin second Sycamore third
Time-1 :261l.
Five furlongs, Typhoon won, Goshen
second, Forsythe third. Time-1 :05l .
Six furlongs, Won't Dance won, Ur-
sula second, Sallie Cliquot third Time
1:1712.
Six furlongs, Tommy Rutter won
Mercury second, The Kitten third Time
-11S14.
VALUABLE ANIMAL DROPS DEAD
LOUISVILLE (Ky), May 1J.-Hamil-
tons Nightingale dropped dead on the
course Of the Louisville Fair and Driv-
ing Association while being logged this
morning. Her value was over $4,000
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WHOLE NO. 17,O3S.

of the victims have limbs broken in as
many as three places.
]. H. Heron, who lives five miles
south of town, brought in his only son
fatally injured. There was only the
father and son in the family, and they
had been baItching together for many
years. The father is distracted with
grief. He saw the storm coming and
went to the stormhouse and escaped
without scratch. The boy was away
from home at his uncle's, who was
killed, with his wife and baby.
Ten bodies were brought in from the
Wakefield farm, two miles west of the
city. A. f. Person, wife, granddaugh-
ter, married daughter and three other
children who lived on the farm were all
killed.
The atmospheric conditions have been
much disturbed for several days in
Texas. Tuesday there were hail and
Windstorms in various parts of North
ern Texas. To-day there was a series
of cyclonic storms, affecting mostly
Grayson and Denton counties AT San
ger and Justin, in the latter county,
there was cyclone that doubtless eX-
tended into Grayson County and caused
the disaster here. The storm passed
to the northeast into the Indian Terri
tory.
1t is thought the country for fourteen
o" fifteen miles around has been devas-
tated, and nearly depopulated by the
storm.
The cyclone was preceded by ter
rible clap of thunder and much light
-
dash of rain. The roar of the storm
was heard all over the city. Many fell
on their knees and prayed for life Col
ored people, terror-stricken, sank on
their knees in the mud and cried:
Jesus, have mercy on u.s." Save u.s."
A big colored woman with both legs
broken was found in the creek, crying:
ON the 10th of May the Lord done
killed me and all my children"
Five minutes after the storm the sky
was bright and clear, but desOlation,
terror and uncomfortable grief reigned
where ten minutes before were happy.
united families and pleasant homes.
Many private homes have been turned
into hospitals, and physicians and sur
geons of this and adjacent towns will
work all night. Some of the injured in
the hospitals will die before morning.
The ladies of Sherman came to the
rescue nobly, and bear up braVely in
the face of the most sickening sights.
SNOWSTORM IN COLORADO.
DENVER, May 15.-A snowstorm Wis
tied this city to-day, although the
weather is not cold. The snow melted
in the city almost as fast as it fell, but
it remained several inches deep on the
plains. The farmers welcomed it, be-
cause they needed water for irrigation
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MISSING SCHOONER LINCOLN.
Reported to Have Been Seen damned
in the Ice.

SEATTLE (Wash.), May ia resi-
dent of this city is in receipt of letter
from Alaska in which the writer says
that passengers on other boats bound
for that locality saw what appeared
to be the schooner Lincoln, which with
twenty-one passengers and a crew OF
four was reported lost, well jammed in
the ice near the head of Cooks Inlet.
While these persons feel certain that
the Lincoln was the vessel sighted, yet
a suspicious circumstance is that the
schooner upon leaving here in Decem-
Der cleared for Kodiak, but has never
touched that point.
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Fatal Shooting in Nevada County.

NEVADA CITY, May 15.-James
Corns, ditch tender, was shot and per
haps fatally wounded yesterday after
noon near Relief Hill, this county, by
Tim Fitzgerald of Moore's Fiat. 1t is
believed that the shooting was the re-
suit of a drunken row, though FftZger-
aid claims Corns disguised himself with
a mask and attempted to hold him up.
Fitzgerald surrendered himself to the
Sheriff, and the true facts in the case
will be learned at his preliminary eX-
animation
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improve the merchant marine engineer
service was presented and agreed to-
The District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill was then taken up, and the
Senate proceeded to the consideration
OF executive business, and at 5:20 p m.
adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-The House
spent the day in passing private pension
bills favorably reported from the Com
mittee of the Whole during the past
week. Before the House took the
usual Friday recess at ) o'clock 101
bills had been passed, and thirty-four
others had been laid aside to wait for
NAL engrossment before final action.
The contested election case of j.
Hampton Hoge VS.. Peter ]. Otey, from
the Sixth District of Virginia, was
ended by the adoption of the report
of the Committee ON Elections No. 3
confirming Otey's title to the seat.
AT D O'Clock the House, under the
rules, took a recess until s o'clock to-
night
The entire period devoted under the
rules to the night session was spent in
fru1tless effort to obtain a quorum.
The proceedings were characterized
by Hugh (Rep) of Kentucky as those
OF "a kindergarten in the national
schoolhouse"
reward the close of the evening
Plckler Rep) of South Dakota re-
peated motion just voted upon by the
House. The Speaker pro tenn, Dalzell
Rep) of Pennsylvania, evidently tired
OF the situation, declared the motion
out of order
Plckler-F'rom that decision, Mr..
Speaker, 1 appeal
speaker pro tenn. (sharply)-And the
Chair declines to entertain the appeal.
AT 1880 O'Clock the session expired by
limitation, and the House was declared
ID be adjourned until Monday next
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Christian EndeavOr.

SAN JOSE, May 15.-The great car
nival pavilion on the Alameda was
packed at the session of the Christian
Endeavor Convention this evening.
Rev. Alexander Patterson OF chicago
delivered an address upon Influence OF
the Holy Spirit" and Rev. William Ra-
der of San Francisco spoke upon Good
CITIZENSHIP"
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Burned TO Death.

PHOENIX CA. T), May 15.-Cather-
inc a. Lacy. 81 years of age, was burned
TO death this morning. She had arisen
at o'clock, and in lighting the fire had
ignited the curtains. From this her
clothing caught, and before help arrived
she was fairly cooked, dying in few
minutes
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Fall of a Lineman.

SAN JOSE, May 15.-Ed Setzman.
lineman, this morning while climbing a
pole touched live wire and fell twenty
FIVE feet, narrowly escaping death. He
landed on his side, fracturing his knee
cap and badly bruising his head.
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RaftIeship OREGON.

SANTA CRUZ, May 15.-The Oregon
steamed into the bay here this after
noon, and will remain in port until to-
morrow morning. Captain Goodall said
that the battleship passed through an
extraordinary heavy gale on her up
ward trip, and behaved admirably.
There was not the slightest jar in her
machinery.
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Fire at Eureka.

EUREKA, May 15.-The house of Mrs
Hall on Ninth street was destroyed by
fire last night. with Its contents. No
one was at the house at the time. The
origin Of the fire is unknown. The loss
is about 81 500, partially covered by in
Surance
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Double Tragedy at Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 15.-Robert E. Ed
wards formerly an employe of the
Pullman Palace Car Company, with
home in Pittsburg, Penn, committed
suicide in this city tonight, after first
shooting his wife in the temple Mrs
Edwards may recover. Edwards has
been out of work, and this, together
with jealousy, is supposed to be the
cause for the suicide and attempted
murder
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Suicide of a PASTORS Wife.

OTTUMWA Qa.), May 15.-Mrs. Har-
land Scott, wife of the pastor of the
Christian Church at Paris, suicided
last night She took double -barreled
shotgun and placing the butt on the
ground pulled the trigger. 1ll-health
was the cause. Mrs Scott was
daughter of D. T. Stark, a prominent
stockman of Moravia, and leaves
husband and six children.
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POwderly Wins His Suit.

PHILADELPHIA, May ia ver-
DICT was rendered to-day in the Com
mon Pleas Court against James r. Sow
ereign, Grand Master Workman, and
the General Executive Board of the
Knights of Labor, for 81, 1925 73 in favor
of Terrence Y. Powderly, exMaster
Workman, who claimed that amount
for balance due him for services as
Master Workman of the order. The
suit has been pending since Sovereign
succeeded Powderly as head Of the or
der.
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Could Not Stand the Ordeal.

TOLEDO (O), May 15.-John Vos-
burg of Bryan, O., who is widely known
all over the State as a stock-raiser, sud
denly became insane last night while
hearing "Pinafore' sung by a company
of amateurs He was brought to the
asylum here to-day.
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Guilty of rlansIaughter.

CHICO, May 15.-The second trial Of
H. F. Yokum, charged with the mur-
der Of Albert Mason in December last,
was concluded at Oroville to-day, the
prisoner being found guilty OF man
slaughter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
Naval Notes of Interest.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March H.
A change in the commanders OF the Ma
rion, now on her way from Coquimbo to
Valparaiso, was ordered to-day. Com
mander James G. Greene was directed TO
relieve Commander ID. w. Mullen, who
was ordered home and granted one
months leave.
The Essex arrived at Fort Monroe to-
day. She will convey naval apprentices
back to Newport, r. /. The Monterey
left San Francisco yesterday for Port SAN
geles, Wash to go into dry-dock. The
new government dock at Port Orchard,
near Port Angeles. is completed, and the
Monterey will be the first vessel TO enter.
A telegram received at the Navy De-
partment to-day contained the news that
Lieutenant w. c. Babcock, United States
navy, executive officer of the Michigan.
is lying dangerously Ill at the University
Club New York. The telegram said there
was still some hope OF his recovery.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
BURIAL OF ARCHBISHOP KENRICII.
Funeral Services Attended by Nearly
Ten Thousand Persons.

ST. LOUIS, MO, March lin a pic
turesque spot in Calvary Cemetery, sur
rounded by the graves of over a score
OF priests, repose the mortal remains
Of Peter Richard Kenrick, lately Arch
bishop of the Diocese of St. Louis and
for five decades a heroic figure in the
calendar of the Catholic Church in
America. The venerable Archbishop at
the time of his death was the Oldest
Catholic bishop in the world, and had
his life been spared one more day he
would have reached the sixty-fourth an
niversary of his ordination as priest
The funeral services were held this
morning in the old Cathedral, on Wal
nut street, and were attended by nearly
10000 persons, many of whom stood from
early dawn i'm a cold and penetrating
wind. awaiting the opening or the church
doors The doors of the Cathedral were
thrown open TO the public at o'clock,
and inside of ten minutes the church,
which seats but 500 held a congregation
OF nearly twice that number. The doors
were then closed, and the assembled null
titude were content to wait for over three
hours until the casket bearing the re-
mains OF the late Archbishop were con-
veyed TO the hearse, and the funeral
procession began its march TO Calvary
Cemetery.
Archbishop Kain, OF the ST. Louis Dio-
cese. was the celebrant Of mass, and
Archbishop Ryan, OF Philadelphia, preach
ed the funeral sermon. Cardinal Gibbons,
several archbishops and bishops, and
about 800 priests were present
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
CRESCENT CITY RACES.
Cool, Windy Weather. and sticky
Track-BOOkm WOrsfed.

NEW ORLEANS, March 1l.-Cool,
windy weather and a sticky track marked
the days sport here. The course, how
ever. was much better than could have
been expected. after the soaking Of yes
terday. and by the last race to-day the
track was dusty in spots. a large crowd
was on hand. and the racing was fair,
with favorites and well-backed horses
successful i'm five out of the six events.
This gave the book-makers quite a bad
turning over for the day.
Domingo, with Clayton up. won the fea-
ture event, a mile and twenty yards handi-
cap. i'm clever fashion, from Clarus, q
long shot Florence p. the heavily back
ed second choice, got away poorly.
First race--six furlongs. selling-Overelle
QO7. Thorp. 1s to 81 won, with Haroldine
second, and Hillsboro third. Time. 1:19a4.
Second race-mile and a furlong-New-
house '(9i Clay, to 81 won. with Zaldi-
var second, and Jimmy II. third. Time,
201
Third race-half a mile-Clematis COG.
Murphy, to u won. with Star Tobacco
second. and Jim Paine third. Time, 81 IA
Fourth race-mile and twenty yards,
handicap-Domingo Ql1, Clayton. even)
won. with Clarus second, and Florence
L. third. Time, 1:472i.
Fifth race-mile. selling-Nehema G07,
williams, 10 to u won. with Beatifice
second. and Areline third. Time. 1:4S 1-2.
Sixth race--six furlongs, selling-Old
Dominion Q07, Sherer to y won, with
Gomar second, and Little Tom third.
Time, 1l9.
PREPARATIONS AT BIRMINGHAM.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, March 1.-THE
inaugural-day of the spring meeting OF
the Birmingham Jockey Club will be
named Governor Shay" in honor of his
Excellency, William c. Oates, Governor
of Alabama, who has accepted an invita-
ton from the club to be present on the
occasion.
When the Birmingham special, with
eight Burton cars, now on the way, and
the Memphis and st. Louis stables, en-
route, arrive, including those already on
the grounds, there will be $50 flyers on
hand for the opening day.
The grounds are In first-class shape, the
stables completely renovated and made
virtually new, and there are a new
grandstand. new bettingring, and a
new paddock Everything is in readi-
ness for the starter. Prominent turfmen
from all parts of the country are ar
riving daily and the inaugural meeting
promises TO be grand success.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
MIR. HOAR's RESOLUTION.
How II Affects Cuban Questionable
Dupont Case.

WASHINGTON, March 11.-When Mr..
Hoar's resolution to refer the Cuban
resolutions, now before the Senate in the
shape of a conference report, went to
the calendar at 2 O'clock this afternoon,
the parliamentary status Of those resolu-
tions remained unchanged. Mr.. Hoar's
motion was simply the channel through
which he got the floor to make speech,
and that speech could have been made
as well in discussion Of the conference
report proper
The resolutions OF the two houses
having been sent to conference. the Sem
ate yielded, and agreed 10 the House
form Of the resolutions. That agreement,
which is now before the Senate. Is, TO a
certain extent, privileged IL Is not a
privileged question, but a motion TO pro-
ceed TO the consideration Of a conference
report must be taken without debate.
and cannot be side-tracked by unlimited
debate.
The question OF the right Of senator
to seat in the Senate IL one or the
highest privilege and would. it appears,
take precedence over a conference re-
port. Vice-President Wheeler held. in
the contested case OF Kellogg vs. Spof-
ford, that the question of consideration
was i'm order Immediately after the read
ing OF the Journal and when Mr.. Thur
man appealed from the decision. the
Chair was sustained. II would doubt
less, be held now that the Dupont case
was OF greater privilege than the con-
ference report on the Cuban resolutions.
should the point be raised.
An arrangement has been made. II Is
said. with Mr.. Mitchell. in charge OF
the Dupont case, so that the two mat
ters will move along without friction.
Tomorrow, the Cuban question will pro-
baby come up during the morning hour,
but at O'Clock Mr.. Mitchell will claim
the floor. and Mr. Pritchard, for tho
committee, will speak I'm reply to the.
speech Of Mr.. Turpie, which was con-
cluded this afternoon. The Cuban ques-
ton may then be taken up again.
AS there is no rule limiting debate
on a conference report, IL can be dis
cussed Just as long as senators may
desire If the report is finally agreed 10
I'm the Senate IT then goes to the House.
where the agreement would. in all pro-
liability, be adopted pro forma. the Sem
ate having yielded on every point to the
House The report Of the managers on
the part of the House to the House is
necessary to complete the record. and
show that the subject matter was finally
and definitely disposed Of.