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German WIN Go to Chicago.

BALTIMORE. juno 1s.-It is asserted
here upon what appears to be good au-
thority that United States Senator TOR
man will reconsider his determination not
70 attend the Democratic national conNen-
ton at Chicago and that he will go as q
delegate at large from this state. his
course in the matter is said TO be the re
suit of conference held in New YORK
with the former secretary OF the navy
whitney, at which it is alleged an agree
ment was made that both gentlemen
should go to Chicago and use their efforts
to turn the tide i'm favor Of the adoption oi
| a gold plank in the national Democratic
nlatfOrm
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MARY's COSTLY REVENGE.
She Destroys Considerable Property bo-
cause She l. Discharges.

cause She Is Discharged.
NEW YORK, June lS-The wife OF Cap
tain Hubert Somers, of 100 Putnam ave
nue.. brooklyn, discharged her servant
girl, Mary Martin, who was impertlnent,
and went next door and told OF her trials
to a neighbor. When Mrs. Somers return
ed Mary had barricaded herself In her
room and was full of dednance she re-
fused TO depart until she got her week
nav. A policeman was called, but, al
though he broke down the door, he was
unable to get the girl out of the house, ior
Mary fought like a tigress. For nan an
hour she scratched, clawed ana reslsteu'
until the policeman was forced 10 sum
mon another policeman TO his aid. Then
Mary was arrested and carried away
shrieking, kicking struggling and clam
oring for her cash.
Mrs. Somers set to work 10 repair the
damage that had been done, but she SCOT
| found that she had no easy task before her
| In the parlor Mary had ruined an oi
| painting of the captain by cutting out TN
| captains mild blue eyes with penknll'
| and removing his sweeping mustache.
| portrait Of Mrs Somers was minus III
| nose and both ears We're gone. SeVeri
pals of water had been poured into TN
piano and little French clock was take
from the mantel and smashed on Tn
floor. In the basement Mary had take
all the silver teaspoons and twisted thei
into corkscrews, scattered baked beans o
the floor of the dining room and stuc
molasses covered griddle cakes on Tn
front windows Similar mischief also ha
been done in other apartments. Mr.
Somers is undecided whether to try nj
luck with another gin or to do her hous
| work herself
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c.n.ra, Jobnson'. Close Call.

HAVANA, June 1s-Gencral Bradley l.
johnson has returned here from Matanzas'
1t developed that he was one OF the passen-
GERS ON board the railroad train which the
Insurgents recently dynamited near Bena-
yides and fired upon for ten minutes. Inc
halls shattered the windows of the cars
and went through the cars themselves
The passengers hastily vacated their seats
and Law on the floor until all danger was
mast Among them were some very stout
ladies' General Johnson's seat in the car
was shot through and two bullets passed
through his coat. He says he Will not
travel any more on trains in this island as
| A. is too dangerous. He contends, how
ever that the craftsmanship of the insur
L erapts is had
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Committee on Credentials.

ST. LOUIS. June 1S.-The committee on
credentials adopted by vote OF 81 to 10
the resolution to ratify the findings oil the
n,tionnl committee in all contests except
those from Delaware and Texas. Inc
committce also settled the Texas contest
NV deciding to recommend TO the conven-
ton the seating of the Grant faction, the
vote being 2s To l6. A resolution offered
NV sutherland Of New York to seat the
Cunev faction was lost by III TO ~, ana an
o,hcr resolution by Mr.. Sutherland to seat
10Th delegations, giving each delegate
half n vote. failed by II to 30 The TRAM
delegates are Mckinley men. while th'
Cnnevites support Allison and Reed.
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rled TO the stand General Grosvenor sent
TO the chair a letter from Mr.. Fort, saying
that the committee on credentials was un-
able To report at this session. Governor
Bushnell of Ohio then moved IN adjourn
mcnt until O'Clock. Carried
By2 o'clock the galleries were again
solid walls of people and the delegates
were again crowding their way to tho
floor. The sergeat-atarlns' assistants
buzzed like bees in all directi ms looking
after the comfort of the vast audience
The heat was somewhat Oppres sive in tina
afternoon and all the delegates mad armed
themselves with broad palm leaf fans.
Spectators also were similarly armed ana
the convention hall with the waving fans
resembled nothing 50 much as a vast Held
of waving grain running to abruptly, ris-
ing hills on every side and dotted every
where with light and color. Through tho
hall rolled duh, hoarse roar that hangs
over great convention of people as IL
| does over great bustling city.
Ten Thousand In the Galleries.
At 2:3O y. IN there were not 100 unoccu'
| pied seats in tho galleries and the people
| still swarmed through the entrances
| Fully 10000 people were in the galleries
| The calling to order OF the convention
| was intentionally delayed in moment
airy anticipation of the appearance o
| the committee on resolutions. some o.
| the spectators manifested their impauenc'
by shrill shouts and catcalls while th'
unknown with rhe strange voice occasion
ally interrupted with his bowl whlci
never failed TO excite laugh. Governo
Bushnell. Mark Hanna and Genera
Grosvenor of the Ohio big Four held a
animated consultation with Mike IL
i Young and others just before Cha.rma
Thurston dropped the gavel
Convention Called to Order.
It was exactly 2 40 p. III. when Chair
man Thurston again called the conventio
To order Quiet came with the first rap O
the gavel. H. called upon Bishop Al
nett, the president Of the Wilberforce co
lege. Ohio, to come % the platform ana
fer prayer.
Chairman Thurstnn called for the r
mort of the commit.e ~ credentials. De
epate Fort of Ney . ~, he chairman
the committee. Gnird the pla
form and rerd sc report.
ratified the acti ~ of the nation
committee in all tie contests except Del
: ware and Texas, in which the commit
made no findings. In these two latt
, states the report recommended the seatii
q of the Higgins delegation in opposition
= the Addicks delegates in Delaware al
=. the Grant opposition to the Quincy de
"a gates in Texas
/. The delegation recommond nded 10
seated from Delaware are non-commtt'
but the Grant delegation from Iexas
n for Mckinley. The announcement OF
findings of the committee were loudly
.. plauded, but there was wild roar wh
"a Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa on behalf OF the
r. nority presented the minority report p
testing in the most vigorous terms agar
the majority report.
The roll was then called on the dema
20 for the previous question on the auop,
- of the report of the committee on crcu
~, 30 tials. Those voting aye favor the ORD
10 ing of the previous question. The call
- suited as follows: Yeas 1881, nays BOZ
49,, | total caSt SNl.
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THURSTON PRESIDES.
Permanent Chairman of the Re-
publican Convention.
DELEGATES IN SHORT SESSION.

The Committee ON Permanent .Organiza-
tion the Only One Ready to Report When
the Convention Met for the Second
Days Work-The Vice Presidency Ques-
tion-ForalSer To Nominate Morton for
the Place-Doings in Convention.
ST. LOUIS, June 1S.-The second day
session of the Republican national con
vention was called to order Wednesday by
Temporary Chairman Fairbanks. Prayer
was offered by Rev. DIR. Wilbur G.. VIII
Jams. Mr.. Lodge then arose and was
cheered. He announced that the sub
committee had not completed the draft o
the platform, but hoped TO during the aft
ernoon. Further time was granted th'
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s,,s,l. nrnpr PROMINENT Man.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 1s.-Reverdy
T Daingerfield one of the best known
residents of this city and member of a
son,ilv which has been prominent in so
c;al and business affairs in this section oil
v;re,inia for many years, committed sui
oida at his home Wednesday. Melan
chol,a- induced by worry over financial al
fairs and family troubles, caused ,ne uvou lev
The suicides brother, Henry, killed him
self in the same house ABOUT V"o !'''''
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p....,Iv Recorder Pleads Guilty.

NEW YORK, June lS.-When the case
NJ DIR. Oliver NJ. Shedd, ex-imperial re-
corder OF the Order of United frienus' VINO
IA under indictment for grand larceny, first
degree, in mlsappropriating funds oil the
order, was called before Justice Gaynor AZ
Poughkeepsie, DIR. Shedd created a sensa-
ton by pleading guilty. Since his arrest
Shedd has repeatedly protested his lnno-
cence and declared he could disprove the
charge upon his trial.
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BosroN, Mass, June ls.-Ihe suprene
court. yesterday in the suit OF the AMER
can Loan and Trust company against 'ns
Northwestern Guarantee company, Vi
Minneapolis, ordered pro-rata dls'r'ou-
ton of s75, 600 held by the American com,
pany. The claims out OF TINS iunu aro
held mostly by national OF savings p"'N'
in different parts Of the country
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cov.rnor ,,,eeidIndorsed

PONTIAC. Ills. June lS.-The Living
sion county Democrats in convention as
sembled here Tuesday afternoon passed
resolutions indorsing Governor Altgeld :
administration and instructing state deie-
.,ates for his denomination. The dele
eates were also instructed for free coinage
~ the ratio of rs 10 1. Following were
chosen delegates to the state convention
Thomas Dillon. f.. NJ. Johnson, Z. :
Brvdia. f. d. Brady, Lewis Thomas
Archie Crahb. f. :. Defenbaugh, q =
cornonu Austin Gibbons, John Ferg'i
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Two Banks suspend.

CHENEY, Wis, June 1s.-The First Ma
t;opal hank and the Bank of Cheney have
suspended payment. Hard collections
and inability to place securities are the
principle reasons for the suspension. Inc
First National deposits are small and VII
probably be paid in full. The affairs O
the Rank of Cheney are matter OF spec
ulation. as President Percival Is aosen
and nothing definite can be ascertained.
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r.,o,.d Attorney in Trouble.

ms MONIES. Ia, June 1s.-Sam Mash'
one of the most able colored attorneys III
the west, was sentenced to eighteen
months in the pcnitentiary and to pay
fne of 81 900. in the federal court TUESDAY.
Mash has practiccd at the Polk county par
for eight years. He was convicted OF sen1-
inc fraudulent letters through the mails
for the purpose Of obtaining large attorney
foes in connection with the opening oil tue
o,pricn county lands i'm March.
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BURLINGTON, Ia, June lS.-The much
caricatured and ridiculed big sleeves 81
much in vogue for women found their ex-
cuse when, after terrorizing the levee uls,
trict. Ella Burris leaped from boat ooch
into the Mississippi river with suicidai IN
tent. Her big sleeves fioated her as oiau
ders would have done, and she was hauieo
ont little the worse for her experience
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r.. s,.,.r, Commit suicidc,

Gp,SSELl. Ia, June 1s.-Two daugh-
tiers of Frank p. Hipps, farmer nVing q
few miles from here, committed suicide
NJ their fathers house by taking strych'
nine. Bertha, the elder, had lett her nus nus
hand. but no motive Is known Tor the sou
destruction OF Eva, the other sister
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v,,,.r,,,,-wiison wedding Postponed.

NEW YORK, June ls-The Nanoerpii'-
Wilson wedding, which was to have taken
Mace Thursday, has been indefinitely
nostponed. Young Vanderbilt Is suffering
srou an attack of infiammatory rheuma
tism. and is confined to his room In MS
fathers house All orders to florists ana
,,a,.rcrs have been countermanded. Al
Niss Wilson's home the following state
ment was given out Wednesday; Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson are Obliged to postpone
the wedding of their daughter ON account
of the illness of Mr.. Vanderbilt. similar
ro,,ccs have been sent to all guests.
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BUFFALO. n. ", June ls.-The steam
harge Morris b. Grover owned by NJ A.
Bradley Of Cleveland. O., was hpeled n,le
Is the sum of sS0,ooo claimed py tnc on,oa
Transit company for damage zone ~ os
Of their boats I'm collision. no'"' WV
furnished aud the boat releascn
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woo,en Mil tn Close.

LOWELL, Mass, June ls.-Ihe Miuuf-
sex WOODEN min of this city, employing
nearly 1000 hands, viii close its depart
,,,cn,s one aft.r anooher for an indefinite
nerIod. beginning next Monday as NJ
sunplies furnished by one department. -
come exhausted in another which Is de.
pendent upon it, the latter Will close, ana
so ON until all have snspcndeu Over
production Is the reason asslgncu i'r 'h''
snsucnsion
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pEoRIA. June ls.--John Connors sho.
Mamie Mulngan three times in the head
wednesday morning and then shot him,
self in the right temple. He Is dead ana
The girl Is not expected to live. The deet,
was committed because the girl would
not marry him. Connors was ~ years oio
and Miss Mulligan oily 10.
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BERLIN, June 1s.-The emperor ana en-
press gave luncheon at the new palace
in honor of Lii Hung Chang, the Chinese
envoy. Several Of the imperial princes
the chancellor, Prince Won Hohenioh'
minister for foreign affairs), baron
Norschall Won Bieberstein, and the other
cabinet ministers were among those pres
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BRrsr, France, June is.-rhe bri''sn
steamer Drummond Castle, Captain "
NJ pierce. from Capetown for London
.'.,,,ded M midnight with an unknown
s,eamer and sank three minutes later Win
ia passengers and l@ officers ana 'ssN
on beard
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ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
Earthquake shook the N"rther" foV'"ces
az Japan for Twenty Hours.

q JdpHf f''f
YoKouAMA, June Isl Copyrighted 1870
nv the Associated Press. News OF ter
rib,e disaster. involving the loss OF over
uo lives. has reached here from tine
island of Yesce, which contains tne hor'n-
ern provinces of Japan, including SHIRE
heshe. Oshima, Furi Hitaka, Tokachi,
Ishika-i Kirshiro, Teshiwo, kilami ana
Nemoro All these sections OF the islano
see,n to have been more or less shaken
The subteraneous disturbances lastco
about twenty hours, ana during '"'
neriod the utmost terror prevailed
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OTTAWA, June is.-fcsterday was nom
mating day throughout Canad" Tor 'n'
elections to the Dominion house oil com
mons. which occur Tuesday next. AS tn'
record stands six Liberals and one Con
seryativc are sure of seats In the mex
h,stae
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x.n.,u.,. rorsives Political Refugees.

Nrw YORK, June ls.-A dispatch to The
World from Caracas, Venzueia' says
President Crespo has issued proclama-
tion inviting political refugees to return
TO Venezuela He will instruct the ven,
ezuelan consuls abroad TO fuTnisn irc'
noe aoc In cases in which II Is needed
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IA Silver Question.


be fooled Think o. the
ut who dollars
leaden dohar ior oo Genus
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WASHINGTON, June is-The FIRST Na
tionai bank. of Grove City, Pa, has osen
authorized " begin business Val'P'l
ESQ, 0O0.
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Died in Great Agony.

She was wonderfully gritty, however,
and sustained herself remarkably wen
while the Surgeons were dressing hei
wounds After giving her ante-nortem
statement she sank into IA comatose state
in which condition she remained until the
time of her death The young woman
died Tuesday at 10 o'clock in great agony
The talk of lynching became SO ssrons
,,,hen her death became public that Wells
was placed in carriage and speedily
taken TO Goshen and placed in the county
iail. In her ante -mortcm statement MISS
Walters said the only motive ior tne
| crime was jealousy, as on MONDAY Wei's
| learned that she was engaged to warren
| Gable, a young man of this city. She had
achieved more than IA local dramatic repu-
tation and was very popular. Wells re-
fuses to talk on the subject and upon Do
ing arrested pretended to be drunk. iheis
going TO Goshen for the purpose OF taxing
the matter into their own hands.
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.;.rmau-American sound Money League

ST LOUIS, June ls.-The following teie-
gram was received i'm this city Tuesday
night for distribution among the delegates
to the conventions "Thc German Ameri-
can Sound Money league declares, ire
spcctive of politics, that they Will sup
mort the party which. by its platform,
emphatically declares for the maintenance
of the gold standard and against free
coinage at any ratio. They are supported
in this declaration by $50 out OF 3S' oer,
man-American newspapers tnroughou'
the country, and by nine-tenths OF the
German. American voters in the doubtful
states" ~.
The telegram is signed by Oswald VI
tendorfcr. William Steinway, Car
Schurz, Louis Windmuller Gustave ID
| Schwab Edward Crosse, DR. John rieoe
| rich Charles c. Werum. Theodore Sutro
| Iouis f Domerich, Ewald Fleitmann
John f. Dedener, Jacob II. Schiff' ueors
| Fred Victor.
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money, either coin or paper, mt the present
standard, the standard OF the most en-
lightened nations of the earth.
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THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Morton's Friends Say There wiz Ne n'E
Surprise.

ohfP's"'s
ST. LOUIS, June ls.-The complex STU
alton Of Tuesday might In which the oit-
ter feud between the New York factions
was the principal factor, coupled with
desire 10 put Mr.. Hanna and the Mckin- |
ley managers on record, continued
Wednesday without material changes, the
halt being occasioned by the desire to got
the presidential matter settled before
launching into vice presidential fight.
Mr. Platt was about early and had seen
the leaders OF the Indiana and Illinois
delegations prior 10 O'Clock. he was
pursuing his usual tactics Of stating his
position quietly To all the leaders OF dele
cations whether they were favorable or
unfavorable to his cause.
There was, however, no disposition on
| his part To make any definite statement
| of MIR. Mortons candidacy other than TO
| say. courteously: I'm the event OF Mr..
| Mortons defeat on the presidential issue
Il is thought that Mr.. Morton would ac-
| cept the second place" and he would ask
| for support Every care was taken In New
| York headquarters To not i'm any way an
| taQoniZe Mr. Hanna or mention him as an
enemy of the Morton boom for vice presi-
dent. Chairman Hackett OF the New
York committee said: "Mr. Hanna can
not be expected 10 enter into the nght
when he has the Mckinley fight upon MS
shoulders Surely he has honors enough
in securing first place for his candidate
At the Ohio quarters up to 9:3o clocE
no definite answer has been given 10 MT
, Miller or Cornelius Bliss as TO their prop
osition To secure aid in their fight against
Governor Morton. and they were getting
rather uneasy. Mr. Milholland, however
/. said that there was no doubt but thai
there would he assistance lent by th'
!. friends of Mckinley in the west to those II
/. the east who had assisted them, but thi
Z view was not carried out by interview
: with Mckinley adherents in other states
a The Norton people figure their vote ol
Il vice president position for Morton as iol
!. lows: New York, 81; Connecticut, l.
n Delaware, 3; Florida, D; Maryland, 10
- | Massachusetts, 30; Michigan, 2o' Mihhe
o. sofa, Ii; Nebraska, 10; New Hampshire,
. North Dakota. Is; Ohio, -; Pennsylvanii
- "A. Rhode Island. s: south Dakota,
Tennessee. "a: Texas 80; Indiana,
Wisconsin. "a: Missouri, II; Vermont,
=, Utah, 3; Mississippi, 10. Total, 40
n = For , choice IL would be necessary
~ ~ have 400 votes, and it is claimed that whe
:. the ballot is started the surprise Will
~ great as TO Mr. Morton's strength. b,
there is great portion of the day
I" which To fight the battle, and Mr.. HanI
is still the pivot about which the ng
at swings. 4,
'' The announcement made just rs u
-, convention was called tn order that r.
w akcr of Ohio would nominate Morton
W. the vice presidency just as soon as the On
~ Ia. for the president was finished prac
:. cally settled the gossip Of the morning
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Ran to Her Home.

Another shot struck her chin, breaking
her jaw, dislodging several teeth anu
lodged at the base Of her brain. The glri
fell at the second shot, but struggling to
her feet, she ran to her house and fell ex-
hausted upon the veranda. Those who
had heard the shooting were further az
tracted by her screams and succeeded In
subduing the flames which envelopcd her'
but not until her lower limbs were terri
bly, burned. AT this time IL was ulscoN-
cred that Wells residence was on ilre
and before the fire department which was
summoned. could quench the flames the
rear part of the house and consider,lple
furniture was consumed. Wells evident
intention was To kill the girl and burn ner
together with the house. During All tne
| excitement the fiend was an interesteu
| spectator. and made no effort to escape
| The chief of police arriving on the scene
took him into custody and placed MN ~
| iail Miss Walters was CHASTITY sigh'
| when the neighbors arrived. Her cioth
| ing was burned TO shreds and she was GOV
| cred with blood
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JEALOUS MANS CRIME.
Throws Kerosene Over His VIC
tim and Ignites 1t.
rHENPUTs BULLET IN HER BRAIN.

Milton H. Wells of Eikhart, Ind, intices
Miss Jennie Walters 40 His Home ."
Present Her with a Chair. and Murders
Her In a Fiendish Manner-The Murder
er Recent widower and Recipient "t
Many Favors from the Girls Parents.
ELKHART, June 1s.-Milton B. Wells
well known employe at the Lake Shore
snd Michigan Southern railway machine
shops was the perpetrator Monday night
of crime that has resulted In muruer.
Miss Jennie Walters, an attractive anu
exceptionally popular young woman Is
the victim. Wells, who is man OF ABOUT
80 years, recently became widower' anu
since then has received many favors az
the hands of the family Of Miss Walters
who lives Immediately across the street
Just before committing the crime Wells
called the young woman over to his mouse
ostensibly to get a chair whioq he had toia
her he would give her. When she entereu
the door he threw quantity of kerosene
oil oveI her and ignited it. Then without
a moments hesitation he drew revolver
and fired, the ball grazing the back oil her
| head
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last Suit Chance.

are Hng going
now OUR stock selling have