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NINE KILLED Br 4 TORNADO.
A Strip OF oklahoma Swept Clean by the
Wind and Rain.

Wind and Rain.
GUTHRIE, OF. Oct. 80. A terrific rain storm
passed over Oklahoma on Wednesday night and
did great damage. Twenty miles east of here
a tornado devastated q strip of territory 100
yards wide nnd several miles long. The dead
as far as known, are: John Mclaughlin. Mrs.
John Mclaughlin. NJ. 7. Mullin. Mrs. NJ. I.
Mullin. Henry Trotter, r. S. Towers, John Sea-
bright, Harrison Jones. and William Toby.
The first house struck was that of William
Toby. Toby was hurt mortally, but his family
escaped A quarter OF n mile further north
Mitchell Post ONCE and the store in which it
was kept were lifted. carried 100 yards. and
dropped with q crash. Postmaster NJ. L. Mullin
and his wife were found dead yesterday morn
ing, clasped in each others arms. Henry Trot-
ter. a Kansas City commercial traveller; X. S.
Towers and John Seabright were killed at the
same time with Mr.. and Mrs. Mullu. The list
OF injured is GROWING
1t is reported that the same storm did n great
amount OF damage and killed number ot peo-
pie further northeast in Payne county. but par
iiculars are not yet obtainablc.
In Lincoln county Mr.. and Mrs John Nc
Laughlin were found dead in tho ruins OF their
home,
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Yesterday's Cabinet Meeting.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 30.-Secretaries Carlisle,
Herbert, and Francis. who are campaigning In
their own States, were the only bsenteesnfrom
the Cabinet meeting to-day. which was Hbrief
ono. Secretary Olney was closeted with the
President over nh hour before the meeting re-
garding number or minor matters in the State
Department. Neither Cuba nor Venezuela was
said 10 be under discussion.
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JO1TIN0s ABOUT TOWN.

Yesterday Jury awarded Miss Fanny Gillette. an
acIrohs. verdict for 975J .Ss against MrJ Harry
hawson. Ihe actress sued Mrs. Mawson for tie
amount, which sho claimed was due her as salary
Tor services rendered while she leading lady in
the Fair Rebel company IN 1870 VI.
Judge Beach has granted an anIoiute divorce to
Elsa Lowcnsohn from Samuel LoN ensohn.
The Board OF Estimate has authorized the issue OF
94o' o'OOO or IA per cent. city bonus pay for the
new vaccine virus laboratory 10 DO erected al Sew
enteenth street and Avenue q.
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MURPHY DIsCHARGE ED.

Capt. O'Drl=n FniIs to Make Ont n Case
Against the Alleged Former Plckpocket.
Thomas Murphy, the alleged former pick
pocket who has been arraigned no less than six
times within nine days in jefferson Market
Court. was discharged by Magistrate Went
worth yesterday afternoon. The prosecution
failed to produce Rita D0herty, their only wit
ness. who. 1t ia snid, has left the city.
Assistant District Attorney George Gordon
Battle repreSente ted the prOSecut ion ana Attorney
Abraham Levy the defence before the Magls-
trate. No evidence was taken.
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TURKS SCARED By GUN PRACTICES.
The French Guardship LeEer Terrines tho
People of Constnntlnople.

CoSsrANTINoPLE.O Oct. 3O.-The city was thrown
into state OF excitement bordering upon panic
on Wednesday evening by hearing the sound OF
heavy cannonading which. it was learned later,
was merely the gun practice OF the Frsnch
guRrdship Legcr. The Porte on that evening
ddressed note to the French Embassy, asking
tnnt the guardship be taken to some more dis
tant point for gun practice. to which the French
Ambassador replied. expressing regret that the
inhabtants OF the city should have been dis
turbed: the people. he SAID. should become ac-
customed to the sound of firing.
The sun., 1896-10-31
Moro Gold Found In Canada.

OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 30.-Dominion Land Sur
veyor O'Gilvey. who Is in the Yukon district,
reports from Fort Cudahy to tho acting Minis
ter OF the Interior that a large discovery of
gold has been made on bonanza Creek, some
100 miles east of tho boundary line.
About 200 claims have been staked out and
there Is room for over 1000 more. The gold 10
plentiful and easily worked. In an hour there
has been dug up S75 worth. II prospected
pr0perly the tield VIII give work to 1000 men.
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Eight K,ueh In tho New Orleans Tornado.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 30.-The tornado yester-
day, 1t Is now known, caused eight deaths, all
negroes. in and around New Orleans, and in
ficted about S25o.o damage in the city.
deck hand was blown from the steamer Mabel
Comeaux into the river and drowned before as
sistance could reach him. Another negro laborer
was blown from the wharf near Louisiana
avenue and also drowned. Six lives were lost
In Tensas parish. three ut Locustland, and two
at johnson Bend. Between forty and nifty
cabins were blown down in various parts OF the
parish. Nine persons were injured Ia New Or
leans, four severely.
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G. O. Ka,.er Attempt. Suicide.

NoRRIsTowN. Pa. Oct. 3O.-Chares o. Kaiser,
who is under arrest on the charge of numbering
his wife and pretending that highwaymen did
it, made an attempt to commit suicide last
night in the private Office of Burgess Williams.
After questioning him for several hours. tho
Chief OF Police informed Kaiser that he would
have to lock him up in a cell. Kaiser replied
that ne would commit suicide before he would
be locked up. He quickly pulled out pen
knife and. opening tt. blade, made lunge at
his throat. Two detectives overpowered him
before he could do injury to himself,
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WATTTNIT0N FUHEVAbT
For New England, rain, followed by clearing and
fair IN south portion; southerly to westerly
winds: cooler In south portion In the evening.
Tor eastern Ne9 York. eastern IsnnsyIvanta, Ke,o
Jersey, and Ic'dUare, generally 6Iir aud siiohtlv
cooler during the day probably threatening treathsr In
the mornna brisk 10 wesitrIv tofnds.
For District Of Columbia, Maryland, and virginia
fair: slightly cooler: westerly winds
For western New York western PennSylyanIs, and
Ohio gcner ly fair probably light local showers on
the lakes. cooler and DrSk westerly winds
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countess cowley wants n Divorce.

LONDON. Oct. 30.-A petition for divorce
brought by the Countess Cowey against her
husband. Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley.
third Earl Cowley, was called for hearing in the
Divorce Division OF the High Court OF Justice
to-day, the Countess alleging marital mlscon-
duct and extreme cruelty. The trial of the case
was deferred until January.
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DID MRS. MEYER HIsD HERsEAFg
Her Husband Denies Her Story OF the
Robbery OF 6D6.

Mrs. Annie Meyer of 2?2 Bergen street, New
ark, who WAS found bound and gagged In her
room on Thursday afternoon and who said that
she had been robbed By two strangers, was
suffering from nervous shock yesterday. She
said that the thieves had taken 800, hut her
husband told tAe detectives that he did not
know that she had SO much money. He said
been ransacked he found q purse in plain siQht
containing $500. He evidently doubts his
wife's story aud so do the police, for that mat
feet were tightly bound the towel around her
head and the bandage holding her wrists were
nuile loose. -
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$50 DEPoRrED FROM CUBA.
Leo lnterferes In Behalf Of n Naturalized d
Ame rIcnn.

American.
HAVANA. Oct. 3o.-One hundred and eighty
men. including Senior Escohar, editor of the
suspended newspaper La Discussion; DR.. Mont
alvo. and Juan Onaghten, a we'll known planter
were deported to-day to the Island of Fernando
Po, off tho west coast of Africa, whore Spain
maintains penal colony. Most OF the deported
men are negroes who belonged to a secret So
cirty known as Nanigos.
Estebsn Cespedes. q naturalzed American,
WAS among the prisoners who were to be de-
ported. but owing to the intervention OF the
American Consul General tn. authorities de-
cided that. instead OF sending him to penal ser
yitude, they would merely expel him from the
island.
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Joseph Chambers, Joseph Furgueson. and
Joseph Arlington, the three men, arrested On
suspicion OF having assaulted Josiah Bertiui
Of Pelham Manor. were nrragned again yes,er-
day IN the forkyille Police Court. They were
hhed $40 each for carrying loaded revolyers,
and held in 81, 500 bail each for examination on
Monday on the charge of being suspicious char
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British Captain Held for Ransom.

LONDON. Oct. 3O.-A despatch from Smyrna
says that Capt John Marriott OF the Norfolk
Regiment OF England was captured recently by
briRands while he WAS out shooting near
Smyrna. The brigands demand u ransom of
10000 for his release.
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Col, Lndor Retired.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3O,-Co. Richard Lador OF
the Second Artillery was to-day placed on the
retired list. He was born in New York, and ap-
pointed to the Military ..cademy in lbo2. Dur
ing the war he received two Drevots for gallant
and merltorious servIceA
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BLEW THE Tor OF MS HEAD OFF.
A German KiIls Iimseir on Hi. Mistress
Getting n Summons for Him.

William Rayani, 6U years old, of 154 East
124th street, blew tho top Of his head off yes-
terday afternoon with 3s-calibre revolver.
and died shortly after being taken to the Har-
lem Hospital.
addressed to Laura" In which he said he was
going to kill himself In his pocket was sum-
mons issued by Magistrate Deuel. yesterday
morning and served by a telegraph messcng r,
In which Laura .Rayani" charged him with
at an lonment.
The woman who got this summons is said to
have been his mistress. His wife, who lives In
WILLIAMSBURG h. claimed his body last night.
When she saw the note addressed TO Laura
she said That's the woman who b:oke up
our home. She has no right to call herself
Laura Rayani."
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Turk. said to Have Krlled 10 Italians.

ROME. Oct. 3o.-A story is published here to
the effect that Turks have killed nineteen
Italians who were WORKING on a rHlway in
Syria and stolen everything belonging to the
victims. This story may have been revamped
from d es patches received some time ago report
ing the killing of railway employees by Turks.
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EEonsratsd a Dead Man on the seano,a

CHICAGO, Oct 3o-Julius Mannow was ha ged
at noon to-day for the murder OF Carey b.
Birch. The condemned man showed great
the gallowS and met death bravely. From the
scaffold he declared that his statement. made
yesterday, In which he said that WindrAlh Was
innocent WAS true.
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Jones VIII Get His Eyes Open Next Week.

The following despatch was received at ma
tional Popocratio headquarters last night:
"CHIoAGo, Oct. 30.-I am absolutely confident
of the result Republicans seem to be equally
confident 80 have been careful in making up
my opinion. and never more firmly con-
-. X. JONES'"
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FACTS AHE FACTS.
We carry tue arrest AtOCk
aud sell more mems gloves
than any house In the United StALea.
Our 81 go glove 10 aae au allsa
JOAN fORSYTME
bah H0l and luv BFoAdWHi
The sun., 1896-10-31

II you are skepticaI regarding tho
merits Of WOodbury's Facial Soap, talk
with your druEglst-or buy q trial cakG
The sun., 1896-10-31
Madge'. Anti-Rooseveu Resolution Sat On.

The Seneca Club and also the Committee on
Resolutions OF the Purroy Bryan meeting which
is TO be held in Cooper Union tonight, have
frowned down the resolution prepared by one
Madgo calling Theodore Roosevelt names and
demanding his removal from the Police Board
Madge based his resolution on a stupid news
paper report which attributed to Mr.. Roosevelt
saying.
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THE ENpEAvoRERS.


Their Convention at Liviugs stou Closed
and Delegates Go Home.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Livingston. May 3l.-To-day witnessed
the closing meeting of the Christian En-
deavor convention. The morning session
began at 9 o'clock with special prayer
for church services" led by Albert J.
Miles of Livingston. Rev. W. II. Watson
of Deer Lodge delivered an address on
THE Secret of Prayer" and Miss Belle
Smith read an interesting paper on the
work Of the society. Then followed an
open parliament upon How to Win Asso-
ciate Members" led by Miss Laura Rus
sell Of Bozeman, after which an adjourn
ment was taken to attend regular church
services.
At the afternoon session Henry W. Bee
man of Miles City spoke upon Some Per-
lis of the Conservation Meeting" The
open parliament. which was led by Mrs.
Lizzie Rae OF Livingston, discussed the
objects of the conservation meeting and
how the best results thereof might be at
tanned. Many pertinent queries and re-
sponses were brought out through the me-
dium of the Question Box" The conse-
Grated meeting which terminated this ses-
sion was led by George NJ Miles OF Miles
City.
In the evening, after the regular So
ciety meeting. there was a song service
led by Z. II. Talcott Of Livingston. with
special music by the choir and a cornet
solo by Herbert Van Horne. Rev. DR..
Carlos Martyr. who. with his wife. ar
rived to-day. delivered a stirring address
upon christian Citizenship" The opera
house was inadequate 10 accommodate all
who sought admittance and an overflow
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1T is ALL TROUBLE
A MAN WHO STOLE A PREACH
ER'S STEED.
Two Horses Killed BY an Engine aad
Their Riders, Deputies In Pursuit Of .
Thief. set Afoot George Grady Dead,
sn.c,,, D,.na,ch 10 the standard.

Special Dispatch TO the Standard.
Livingston, Mont. May 3i.-Sheriff
Young went over TO Bozeman this
morning to intercept Jim Flanagan. the
fleeing horse thief. who stole horse
and buggy from Arthur Davis stable
yesterday. Ed Sheffield snd Aibe Davis
were deputlZed to arrest him yesterday
and they followed his trail TO Timber
line. They left their saddle horses for
a few minutes while they went into
the telegraph office. The aninicls wan
dered off onto trestle and an engine
which was backing down the hill ran
into them. killing them both. Thus the
special deputies we're set afoot. Flana-
gan is suspected OF having robbed a
man Of his money and watch the night
before he stole the horse. Tom Griffith,
who IL under arrest, took h. NJ. Sy
berts horse oul OF the stable OF Rev.
Mr.. Jenkins and boasted that he had
stolen the preachers horse and said
he was going TO Cokedale 10 sell H.
Griffith aspires 10 being tough and
is a protege Of Murdered Fields. who
was executed here two years ago.
George Grady died here late tonight
in the county Jail. He was taken from
a box car a few days ago suffering
from pneumonia. He was a plasterer
by trade, 81 years old He came from
Butte here. but his home is In Morgan
fnwn ~ q
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and comfort. A judicial inquiry has been
opened into the causes OF the disaster
and an effort will be made to fix the re-
sponsibility.
The scene at the celebration OF divine
service at the cemetery to-day was most
impressive. some $4,000 persons being
present The majority OF those were seek
ing missing relatives in the mortuary
chambers and their grief and despair were
indescribable. AS fast as a body was iden-
tined a sacred icon Qmage) was placed
upon the breats. Those bodies which are
claimed by relatives or friends have been
Inferred in the church yards Of the COM
munes to which they belong.
The funerals commenced at p. m.
amid most demonstratlve scenes OF
grief. The famous John OF Constad.
VINO attended the czar In his last III
ness. traversed the field. blessing and
consoling the mourners.
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BURYING THE DEAD
Dismal Scenes in the Ruined Portion
Of st Louis.
lNQUlRlNG FOR LOST ONES
Every Hearse In the City In Con-
slant Use thousands OF People
View the Wreck he Z own OF
Seneca In Mourning

81. Louis. Mo, May 3l.-Every
railroad entering from the coun-
try ran excursion trains to-day.
This brought thousands OF people 10
View the wreck brought on by the aw-
ful storm OF wednesday. They came
from almost every town and city with
In radius of 300 miles. and all day o
drizzllng rain fell Lowering. threaten
ing clouds covered the sky and a more
dismal scene than the ruined portion Of
the city could scarcely be imagined.
Nearly 100 burial permits We're issued
by the health committee and every
hearse In the city was In constant use
to-day, carrying bodies 10 their graves.
All day the officers on duty were busy
keeping the people moving in line in
and out of the morgue. The superin-
tendent OF the morgue had trying
time In answering questions in regard
to the bodies and taking names and de-
scriptions OF persons who had not been
seen since the storm. There were peo-
pie there from all points and from all
directions. Chicago. Cincinnati, Louis
VILE. Indianapolis. Kansas City and q
thousand small places were represent
ed. From each town anxious people
were inquiring for lost friends.
The only light furnished In the city
tonight is that OF private electric
plants. and the principal streets are In
darkness. The street railway compa-
nies have had hundreds of men at
work repairing the damage to their
power houses and trolley wires. and
to-day nearly all the principal lines
were In operation. Telephone service
Is still paralyzed.
The work of searching in the ruins Of
the old city hospital for victims OF the
storm began to-day with force OF Ia
borers. The superintendent OF the
workhouse. Carr. with gang OF 10
negro prisoners and an outfit OF carts
and the necessary implements for a
successful prosecution OF the search.
arrived on the scene early In the morn
Ing Besides the force OF workhouse
laborers. 30 laborers from the sewer de-
partment were also placed at work
among the ruins. Half a dozen guards
armed with double e-barreled shotguns
kept a close watch over the workhouse
prisoners to prevent any attempt at
escape. The whole place was gone
over without disclosing trace OF q
/ human body.
The number OF persons and families
who are still without homes and with
out the means OF getting them Is great.
More than a hundred teams were kept
busy moving furniture from wrecked
buildings for those who did not have
the means to pay for van. There are
hundreds OF people who need clothing
and need II badly aud the supply on
hand ls meager.
4 The following dead we're recovered
from the ruins OF the storm to-day:
Adolph Anschel, Mrs. Ellen Hennessy.
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In Carli-i.'s : 4 ounty.

Newport, KY. May 3l.-Much has
been published to-day about Secretary
Carlisle's old district. the Sixth, be-
ing carried yesterday for free silver.
This tkenton) county. the home OF
Secretary Carlisle. has two contesting
delegations TO the state convention.
The county delegation favorable to
Carlisle Is not instructed. but II Is be-
lieved VI will be seated by the free sill
yer state convention at Lexington this
week. although the other Kenton coun-
ty delegation Is Instructed for free sill
yer Campbell county. the home OF
Congressman Berry Of Newport, is In
structed for a gold standard and not
contested
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War to the Death.

Craig. Col. May Sl.-Information comes
from Browns Park. across the line In
Utah, OF a desperate battle on May q. In
which two meh were killed and two others
mortally wounded. II Is stated that Matt
Warner and a man named Norman had
discovered rich mineral near the state
line and were developing their ind on the
quiet. Four unknown men. learning the
fact. followed them. A fighc took place
In which Warner killed and wounded all
four OF the others. No arrests have been
made.
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and Llnneman resigned. Vice Chair
man Keatlng was put in his place.
This Is accepted as an indication that
the tive congressional districts In
Hamilton county. which have s. votes
In the state convention. will send free
silver delegates TO the Columbus con-
ventlon favorable TO John X. Mclean
and other administration demo-
Gratis for delegates at large, Rural dis
tricts have been instructed for free
silver. and this county was considered
the stronghold OF the gold standard
democrats
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Kruger Has I'll. Isanensa

Pretoria, May 3i.-Pres!dent Kruger
IL still suffering from influenza. All
day he has been receiving the Johan-
nesburg reformers who were released
from prison yesterday and who called
10 express their gratitude for their lib
Grafton. In an interview to-day Presi-
dent KRUGER declared the article in
the current Nineteenth Century. by
Seymour Fort. who was private secre-
tary 10 Sir Henry Brougham Loeb
while the latter was governor of Cape
Colony, is fun OF untruths.
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Kansas City. May 3l.-A special to
the Journal from Seneca. Mo-. says:
The streets to-day presented O scene OF
darkest gloom. Searchers are return
ing with bodies and collins are being
hurried here and there to receive the
dead. Hundreds Of citizens are View
Ing the ruins. No actual conception
Of the financial loss can be given.
Probably hundred homes have been
inundated. A special appeal for aid
was issued to-day by Mayor McGan-
non. OF the Is thought to have been
drowned. IA bodies have been re-
covered.
The dead are: Henry Andre. Ida An
DIRE. Leo Andre. Henry Andre, Mary
Andre, Mrs. White. wife OF Rev. Harry
White, Willie Doebler. Archie Williams.
Mrs. Robinson and baby. Carl Smith,
wife and five children. Floyd. Q
child
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Tho silver rsriy's Address.

Washington. May 3i.-The national
silver party. through its chairman, W.
j. Mott. to-day issued from It's head
quarters In this city an address 10 the
friends Of silver. This address recites
that since the founding Of the national
silver party on Jan. % last. the work
of organization has been steadily but
quietly pursued and the country
aroused To pitch OF excitement un-
known since the civil war. IL declares
that the secret Of the pending conflict
consists In lining up for the battle and
that the convention Of the party. which
Is to be held In st. Louis July % Will
undoubtedly be one OF the most i'm
portant conventions and notable gath
erings ever assembled In this country.
Upon the wisdom OF its acts and that
OF the peoples party convention. to be
held at the same place and time. de-
pends. the address declares, "the vital
question MS to whether we can have a
Just settlement Of this money issue in
our generation" The friends OF the
party are urged TO push the work OF
organization with all possible vigor,
the purpose being TO unite for action
all believers In the restoration OF free
silver and prosperity"
The address concludes as follows:
"The republican party Is committed TO
the gold standard through the plat
forms OF so per cent. OF the state con-
ventions. and any straddle that may be
made In Its national platform will de-
ceive no one. The democratic party
must not expect the country TO accept
any candidate II may name acquieseed
in by the gold wing OF that party. The
question CT vital Importance Is for sill
yer men to name a candidate for pres
ident whose nomination will be readily
acquiesced In by all the believers In
monetary reform"
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Carlyle. ILL.,. May 3i.-Additionai re-
ports received here OF the havoc
wrought by the terrible cyclone We'd
nesday evening continue to swell the
list OF dead and injured. At Oakville
is persons were killed The value Of
property destroyed In New Baden. New
Minden. Richview. Ashley and Oak
willie and vicinity Is said to exceed
$500, o0o Those killed In the vicinity
are: Robert Foster. Mrs. Cornell and
name unknown.
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Arr.urinw for the Convention,

Chicago, May 3i,-Chicagoans will
redeem their pledge to the democratic
national committee. Chairman Harrtty
and his colleagues OF the subcommittee
will meet in Joint conference with the
local committee. whioh has On charge
the arrangements In connection with
the convention hall and the balance OF
sll 900 of the $4,000 pledged will be
turned over to Mr.. Harrity. Final In
spection OF the Coliseum will be made
by both committees tomorrow. every
essential feature agreed on originally
being now practically completed.