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IRISH RACE CONVENTION.
Joint Declaration Issued by the For
eign Delegates.

DUBLIN, Sept. 4.-The foreign dele
gates to the Irish Race Convention,
which concluded it's three days session
yesterday, have issued joint declara-
tion in which they say:
1--WE deem it our duty to record our
grateful appreciation of the courtesy
and kindness with which we have been
treated here. We came here without
any bias toward any section, and with
a determination to form an independent
opinion based upon our own observ-
ances. The delegates who were respon-
sible for the arrangements for holding
the convention scrupulously abstained
from any attempts to interfere with our
judgment. We have kept separate our
own organization, and asked nobody
connected with the home movement to
attend our conferences. We are satis-
fed that the convention in it's compost
ton and its character voiced the Irish
national spirit. We watched the pro-
ceedings of the convention throughout,
and heard therein the fullest and freest
possible discussion, and we were espe-
cially impressed with the unanimity
that was displayed for genuine party
unity necessarily involving discipline
and respect for the rule of the majority.
1--WE record our entire belief in unity
based upon the only foundation possible.
submission to the majority, and We
earnestly call upon the people to stand
together for the cause of unity and dis
cipline in the Irish party in Parliament
AS citizens Of countries engaging in free
government, we affirm that no other eff
fectiye line is known than submission
to the rule Of the majority in political
organizations. Upon returning to our
homes we shall convey to our people a
sense of the magnitude, authority and
order of the convention, and we pledge
ourselves to give our unfailing support
to the Irish Parliamentary party until
has been won for Ire
land.'
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DEMOCRATS NEED MONEY.
Assistant Treasurer Norris Appeal
for Campaign Funds.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Assistant
Treasurer Norris of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee has issued a strong
appeal for campaign funds. He de-
clares that while the Republican party
can boast of overfiowing Golfers. ''cof-
fers constantly replenished by the CO.
lossal fortunes of Europe, fortunes
gathered in large degree of American
industry" the Democracy must depend
upon the contributions of patriotic cit
izens for funds to defray the legitimate
expenses of the campaign, having no
resources Of combined capital to draw
from. He asks that contributions be
forwarded in the usual manner and says
Official receipts will be given.
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His Body Shot Full of Lead and Then
Buried.
An American Citizen, a Prominent
Merchant I'm Cuba, Arrested by
Spanish Authorities at Havana
While on Board a Vessel About to
Sail for New York, Taken Ashore
and Thrown Into Prison.

DES MONIES Qa-), Sept. 4.-Nearly
a year ago c. Q. Davies, cashier and
manager of the Citizens Exchange
Bank of East Peru, Madison County,
wrecked the bank and disappeared with
$14 900 Of its cash. He left absolutely
nothing in the little institution, which
was a private concern. Davies had
come from the East with good letters
and a small amount of money, and
started the bank. He was located in
New York after several months, where
he was running another bank in the
same way. He was found to be an old
hand at the business. He was brought
back to Madison County and locked in
Jail. After two months he and another
prisoner named Streeter escaped dig
ging out Of Jail. Posses of the infuriated
farmers of Madison County went to
search and caught Streeter, but Da-
vies was never found, and is still at
large, unless the sensational story
which has just come out is true. 1t is
said he was lynched by the posse that
caught Streeter.
The story is told by man named Ed
Jones, who is now in Omaha. He was
in the Madison County Jail at the time
Davies and Streeter escaped. He tells
the story that after Streeter was
brought back some Of the vigilantes
called upon him, and Jones overheard
their conversation. From it he learned
that Streeter and Davies had been to-
gether when the posse came upon them
in the woods. The farmers shot Davies
full of lead, and then buried him.
Streeter was spared because he swore
never to tell what he knew Of Davies
end.
This story has been known to Davies
relatives and the attorneys in the case,
but has just come out The officers
have been working on it, but have not
been able to develop much. Much in
terest is shown in the case, as an at
tempt was made to lynch Davies before
he was jailed, and his life was not con-
sfdered worth much If the people of the
county ever got their hands on him.
Streeter is now in the penitentiary, and
denies the story.
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SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.
The Tain Fight to be Made in the
Middle Western States.

INDIANAPOLIS Ond.), Sept. A.
Chairman Bynum Of the National Con-
vention OF the sound money party an
nounced this morning that the head
quarters would be located in Chicago
| with a branch in New York. This de-
cision was reached at a conference of
the leaders in the movement held in the
quarters of the National Committee in
the Grand Hotel this afternoon.
1t is conceded by the active men in
the movement that the main fight is to
be made in the States of Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan and
Wisconsin, and Chicago was decided to
be the best location from which to direct
the campaign. Mr.. Bynum will name
the Executive Committee of the Ma
tionai Committee in a few days, and
active work will be begun. Literature
will be circulated and speakers put in
the field. Both candidates will be called
upon to make some speeches, but no
oratorical tour will be attempted
Mr.. Bynum, when seen by a represen-
tative of the United Associated Presses,
was in happy frame of mind. He said:
"The success Of the sound money con-
vention has far exceeded the most san
guine expectations of it's promoters.
consider it's achievements the marvel Of
American political history. The organ
iZation perfected is no temporary af-
fair. We have planted the seed Of true
Democracy and glorious will be the pro-
ductive fruit. The banner of Democ-
racy has been at last properly inscribed
and we will gallantly march behind it
to ultimate success. 1t is my opinion
that the ticket nominated yesterday
= xha h1rrn
and gray, significant that the war is
over for ever The nominees represent
true soldiers and honest public SER
wants.
In reply to a question as to how many
of the States represented in the con-
vention will place electoral tickets in
the field, Mr.. Bynum said: Il think
nearly every State will do So OF course,
in a few sections where the cause Is
absolutely hopeless no electoral ticket
will be named. We will make our fight
where it will do the most good. AL
though it is too. early to give any fig
ures Of our strength, still 1 believe
100000 votes is a conservative esti-
mate Of what Palmer and Buckner will
receive in November"
At meeting Of the State Central
Committee to-day a decision was
reached to the effect that it would be
'inexpedient" to put sound money
State tirsAat in the field.
Chairman Bynum this evening ap-
pointed four members of the National
Executive Committee. They are: w. b.
Haldeman of Louisville, KY; L. G.
Krauthoff of Kansas City, F. w. Nc
Cutcheon Of Minnesota, and John G.
Bullitt of Philadelphia.
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mission. Though / regret my time does
not allow me to make a longer sojourn
In this country, as I wish, in order to
appreciate more fully the accomplish
ment and progress of the United States
OF America as nation, cannot help
during my brief visit here to be struck
and impressed by the liberty and free
dom enjoyed by the people, by the
welfare and prosperity in the industrial
and commercial pursuits; by the char
acter1stics of their classical, historical,
philosophical and poetical literature; by
the manner of application for the
scientific discoveries and inventions for
promoting the happiness of mankind,
and by the display of their artistic
taste in the architecture of the public
buildings, sculpture and paintings OF
historical figures and facts, which my
oid friend, j. w. Foster, has been kind
enough to show me.
These Impressions will carry home,
not only as augmentations to my store
of knowledge of the points Of Western
modern civilization, but as the means
of enlightening the millions I represent,
and intoxicating the introduction of
those very means and ends of civiliza-
ton into China, and amalgamating the
Oldest civilization of the far East with
the most modern of the extreme West.
Gentlemen" said the Viceroy in con-
Guiding, Il propose the toast to the
friend of China, Hon. J. w. Foster"
The banquet proper, which began at
g. 80, closed at s o'clock, but Ii Hung
Chang remained until 9:15 conversing
with those present.
k His programme for tomorrow in
cludes visit to the money vaults of the
treasury and to the executive divisions
generally, and to the Washington mon
ument. AT 3 o'clock a trip to Mount
Vernon is in order He has ordered a
magnificent floral piece to be placed on
Washington's tomb.
CHINA AND FREE TRADE.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 4.-Reports are in
circulation here among people of the
highest authority which if correct show
that the travels Of Ii Hung Chang in
Europe are likely to have in the imme-
date future a most important effect
upon the policy of the Chinese Govern
ment, and that the Chinese Empire will
shortly be thrown open to free trade
with the rest of the world.
When the great Chinese statesman
was in England an official attached to
his staff said that the main object of
the Viceroy's tour was to sound Euro
peon Governments regarding an in
crease in the customs tariff of China.
He added that it was understood that
Russia, Germany and France were ia
vorable to an increase, but that the
Marquis of Salisbury wanted time to
consider and had brought forward sew
eral important counter propositions.
On the other hand, it is asserted here
by people In a position to have accur-
ate information regarding the policy of
the Chinese Government that the latter
is inclined to concede the conditions set
forth by Lord Salisbury. and that as
preliminary agreement there will be an
increase in the tariff, all transit dues in
the interior of China will be abolished,
and later on free trade will be estab-
Hshed throughout the Chinese Empire.
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At M'KINLEY'S HOME.
TWO LARGE DELEGATIONS TO BE
THERE TODAY.
The Republican Nominee Will Address
One in the Forenoon and One
in the Afternoon.

CANTON (O.), Sept. 4.-The delega-
tions from Pennsylvania promise to be
so large that Major Mckinley has de-
cided to make two speeches instead of
one as it was at first contemplated do
ing. The first speech will be made in
the morning to the delegation from
Beaver County. The second speech
will be in the afternoon to the Pittsburg
labor delegation.
This evening two more delegations
have wired Major Mckinley asking him
if he could receive them. The CONNER
cial travellers of Pittsburg and vicinity
have asked to come on September 18th,
and the Republican clubs of New AL
bany have notified Major Mckinley
that they have arranged to come that
day. An effort Will be made to arrange
another date for the travelling men, so
that they may have the day to them
selves.
Among Major McKinley's callers to-
day was Colonel w. A. Stambaugh of
Kansas, who is making a few Repub-
lican speeches in that State. Colonel
Stambaugh says the Republicans and
sound money Democrats have hard
fight on in Kansas, but that if they
work diligently and intelligently they
will carry the State for Mckinley by
more than 10000.
Editor L. p. Hunt of Mankato. Min
nesota, was another caller. He recog-
nized the fact that the Republicans
have no walkover in Minnesota, but as
sured Mckinley that the sound money
sentiment was gaining ground every
day, and that it would prevail.
The following dispatch received this
afternoon was read with satisfaction by
Major Mckinley:
New York-Hon. William McKin-
ley: The business men of Broadway,
from Seventeenth to Twenty-third
streets, will unfurl to-day an American
flag bearing the names of Mckinley and
Hobart on every block. We wish you
could honor the event with your pres
ence. Accept our best wishes for your
election by an overwhelming majority.
'WILLIAM p. MONTAGUE
General" Coxey made free silver
speech on the Courthouse steps to 200
Populists and Bryan Democrats this
evening. Coxey and Carl Brown are
two Of the most enthusiastic and per-
sistent free silver advocates In Ohio.
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THREE MEN HANGED.
One White and Two Negroes Executed
at Paris. Texas.

PARIS (Tex), Sept. 4.-George T..
Wheeler (white), Silas Lee and Hick-
man Freeman (colored), convicted of
murder in Indian Territory, were
hanged here this morning. At the re-
quest of Wheeler he was hanged alone.
He mounted the gallows firmly.
The trap was sprung at 11:16. He was
pronounced dead at 11:2S. The negroes
mounted the gallowS at 12:Oo and the
trap was sprung at 12:12 p. m. The
bodies were cut down fifteen minutes
later. All three of the necks were
broken. Freeman was remarkably cool,
while Lee broke down.
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scribed to the fund by the delegates

scribed to the fund by the delegates
present.
Mrs. John A. Logan addressed the del
egates. advocating consolidation or af
filiation with the Ladies of the G. A. R.,
but her ideas did not fall on sympa-
thetic ears. The rival organizations are
diametrically opposed to each other by
virtue of their arganic law, and the
members are equally determined to
have nothing to do with each other Of
ficially.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. finished the
election of officers to-day as follows:
Treasurer, Mrs. Flora George, Wash
ington; Chaplain, Mrs. Thankful, Mass
achusetts: National Councillor, Mrs.
Laura McNair, New Jersey.
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FIENDISH CRIME.
Beds of Sleeping People Saturated
With Oil and Set Afire.

CHADRON (Neb.), Sept. Am un-
known fiend saturated with kerosene
the bedroom floor and beds upon which
were sleeping Assistant Postmaster w.
A. Danley, his wife and two children,
and then set fire to the room.
When the firemen succeeded in re-
moving the occupants, both babies were
dead and the parents unconscious. The
motive for the crime is unknown.
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Shot His Daughter and Then Himself.

BLOOMINGTON 0nd), Sept. A.
William Hall shot his eighteen-year-old
daughter to-day because she married
against his will. He then tried to kill
himself. Hall went to his daughters
home and begged her tc leave with him.
She refused. The daughter will recover,
but Hall is fatally shot
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TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Fate of Man Charged With Attempt
ing to Kill His Son.

GALVESTON (Tex.), Sept. 4.-Henry
A. Baldinger, who was for many years
in the wholesale and retail crockery
business here, was arraigned in the
Police Court yesterday on a charge Of
attempting to kill his son. Baldinger
went home, and late in the afternoon
he took a dose of morphine. Doctors
worked on him for three-quarters of an
hour without avail, and at o'clock he
died.
He leaves a widow, one son and three
daughters. He had been drinking ex-
ceSsively for a week.
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An American Arrested in Cuba.

HAVANA, Sept. 4.-Samuel E. Tolon,
an American citizen and a prominent
merchant of CabanaS, was arrested
here yesterday on board the steamer
Seneca as he was about to sail for
New York. He was brought ashore
and placed in confinement. The United
States Consul-General, Fitzhugh Lee,
has taken cognizance of the act, and
will enter protest against Mr. Tolon's 3
arrest.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-06-13

Total Number of Victims Are Eight
Dead, Fl Dying and los Injured.

Barcelona June S.-Martial law has
been declared here. The total number of
victims of the bombs exploded yesterday
are eight dead, 81 dying and 10S in
jured.
The person who threw the bomb into
the crowd before the church of Santa
Maria del Mar yesterday during the Cor
pus Christi procession has nc yet been
apprehended. The impression is general
that anarchists did the work. as a result
of a widespread anarchstic plot. The
police are at work on this theory and have
arrested % men known to entertain an
archistic sympathies. In connection with
these arrests they have secured number
of documents which give some clue TO the
plot of which yesterdays bomb throwing
was a manifestation. These documents
indicate that the center of the agitation
is direct with the purpose of precipltating
number of anarchistic demonstrations,
accompanied by acts of violence at diff
ferent points simultaneously, or follow
ing close upon each other so as to create
a reign of terror in the different Euro
pean governments.
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cuBA's ANTI-AMERIoAN FEELING
The Merchants VIII Make No More
Purchases Here.

Havana, June 1.-The Spanish newspa-
pers TEEN with articles on the loyalty of
Spaniards in the republics of Mexico,
Uruguay and Argentina. But that is too
well known to require extended notice
The Spaniards of Argentine and of Uru-
quay have enrolled as volunteers in Cuba
and today over 5000 of them are serving
in this island to maintain Spanish rule
and Spanish supremacy. The Spaniards
in the United States and all Spanish
America have initiated a naval fund, the
subscriptions extending over three years.
The latest evidence of loyalty of Span
iards in Spanish America has taken a
new form. What is deemed to be a strong
anti-Spanish feeling in the American SEN
ate and the United States generally mas
been developed by the press in the mother
country as well as in Spanish America.
1t has led to the calling together of Span
ish merchants in the republics of Mexico,
Uruguay and the Argentine republic.
They have protested against what they
regard as the unfrlendly utterances of the
American people and have unanimously
decided to cease further purchases in the
United States.
The movement was initiated in South
America quite recently. The Spanish
merchants of Mexico City and Vera Cruz
have decided on SIMILAR action.
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WILL 1T BE SILVER OR GOLD
Different Views as TO What the Con-
vention VIII Adopt.

St. Louis. June 9.-P. II. Lannan of the
Salt Lake Tribune arrived today in COM
pany with National Committeeman Sal
isbury of Utah. Both are for free silver
and will advocate a plank of that char-
acter in the platform.
1T would be folly for any one man to
say what the convention will do on the
money question" said Lannan, but
am confident that it win not decree fol
the single gold standard. Neither do l
think the platform will declare for free
silver l am not pretending to say what
the convention will or will not do but it
is my honest opinion the money plank
will be of such a character that free
silver men of the party can stand on 1t.
DeYoung and Salisbury were both pres
ent while Lannan was talking and con-
CURED in what he said. Powell Clayton
of Arkansas favors a single gold stand
ard platform.
A list of the vice presidential candi-
dates has been largely speculative. Gov
ernor Hobart of New Jersey has secured
the active support of many eastern dele
gates. So also has Senator Proctor of
Vermont. H. Clay Evans will be named
by the Tennessee delegation. u. S. Grant
of California will have the support of
some delegates from the west. Cy Lee
land of Kansas, who is finishing his 18th
year as national committeeman, said to-
day
Mckinley is for sound money, gold, If
you please, and whatever silver is need
ed. He is as much opposed to this 10 to
l heresy as he is to free trade"
Then there will be no concessions
made to the silver men from the west
, Dubois, Teller and Carter?"
"None whatever These fellows will
take what we give them and if they
, don't like it they can bolt. In fact,
expect to see some of them bolt. We can
easily do without them, with New York
and New Jersey. and we have got d
cinch on these states, and on Connect
cut, too"
Ex-Congressman Thompson, manager
! pro TEN of the Mckinley forces was
/ asked today: What will be Mckinley
platform on the financial question:
1T will be for the single gold STANDARD
pure and simple" he promptly answered
and to be explicit" he continued, -
| will add financial platform Mckinley al
ways has been antthesis of what IL
known as 16 to ! silverism and it will
be through this campaign"
The permanent chairman of the con
! vention will not be selected until afte
Mark Hanna arrives Wednesday. Cos
sip as to the temporary presiding office
points to Senator John M. Thurston o
Nebraska.
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COLOR QUESTION STILL uNsoLvED
No Arrangements Made Yet for the
Negro Delegates.

ST. Louis. June C.-No solution to the
puzzing question as to what shall be
done with the negro delegates to the
national convention has been reached.
Proprietors of the leading hotels deny
that they refused to entertain colOred
men, but say their rooms are all EN-
gagged" and they can not accommodate
the negroes. A large number of nation
al committeeman arrived this morning.
but were retcent about giving their
views regarding the treatment of ne
groes by the ST. Louis hotel and board
ing house keepers.
NJ. H. DeYoung of San Francisco.
owner and editor of the Chronicle and
member of the national committee, said
it was not a part of the duties of the
committee to secure hotel accommoda-
tons for any delegates either white or
black He would oppose any effort to
bring the matter before the committee.
National Committeeman James Hill of
Mississippi, a negro, thought he had Sc
cured rooms at Hurst's hotel, but was IN
formed last night that the clerk hal
made a mistake in assigning a room,
every room having been previously en-
gagged.
These men having trouble in getting
rooms for colored delegates have only
themselves to blame" SAID S. NJ. Ken
nard, president of the business men
league, today. when we got the con-
vention we pledged ourselves to take
care of colored men. and we are going
TO do it. But those who w9ited until
the last minute will have to take what
they can get. White men can not get
accommodations at hotels now. They
are all filed
You may state positively" said Major
Rainwater, "that we can get places for
lodging and feeding all the colored dele
gates who apply. For weeks l lombard
ed the national committeeman with let
ters and kilograms asking them to let me
arrange for the accommodations for theiI
delegates. Especially did l pay atten-
ton to southerners, because 1 foresav
the difficulty we might have in placing
negroes at the last minute. Many Of
them did not reply, and now they can no
get the same quarters they might have
secured had they let us arrange it weeks
ago"
indianapolis, June s.-The republican
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-06-13
CALDWELL CITY INCORPORATION
A Decision Handed Down by the
Idaho Supreme Court.

Boise. Idaho June s.-The supreme
court today handed down a decision in
the Caldwell city Incorporation case, that
is of interest to a number of Idaho towns.
The legality of the organization as
city of the second class is affirmed, the
decision of the lower court being re-
versed. In 1898 the legislature passed a
law governing Incorporation of cities of
the second class. Towns desiring to IN
corporate under the act were required to
submit the question to the voters. Cald-
well and some other towns proceeded to
elect officers under the new law with
out first putting the question to popular
vote. Recently a test case was brought
to determine the legality of the action
then taken, as the proposed bonds We're
affected. The lower court held that the
action was illegal. The supreme court
holds that the fact that the people elect
ed officers under the law and that there
has been no protest shows that they in
tended to take advantage of the law;
that they have acquiesced and that this
acquiescence makes the present organ
ization legal.