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look after their interests. Nothing Is
said In the cablegram In the way OF
direct suggestion that our government
intervene to secure from the TransVanl
government fair treatment politically
for resident Americans. At present the
United States 10 without diplomatic
representative in all Africa save In Ii
IBERIA, and all Of our diplomatic busi-
ness with that continent Is done
through the medium OF the United
States representatives at the home
governments OF the African colonies in
Europe. It Is only within the past two
years that we have had even q consul
lar officer at johannesburg, and he Is
nothing more thnn an agent. accounta-
Bile to the United States consul RtrCape
Colony, Mr.. knight. The President
might OF his own instance send a com-
missioner to the Transvaal for a special.
occasion, but II II Is desired to maintain
q permanent diplomatic representative
there, which recent events would seem
to indicate Is necessary, this can ba
done only by authority OF Congress,
which must make the appropriation for
the minister's salary and the expense
OF the legation.
II is probable that recommendation
to this effect will be made shortly. The
appointment Of q minister 10 the Trans
wal would not, II IL said, signify that
the United States government was dis
posed In any manner to comit Itself to
the doctrine that II is warranted In In
terfefinG In the internal affairs OF the
Boer government. as desired by the
American and other foreign residents
OF the country, and the functions IN
that direction by the minister would
be limited to seeing that our citizens
were secure in their lives and property
and were not Disseminated against
LONDON. Jan. 27.--In response TO
further inquiry concerning the SAFETY
OF the Americans in the Transvaal,
made by Secretary OF State olney, Mr..
Chamberlain. secretary OF state for tho
colonies. sent a special dispatch to the
governor OF Cape Colony. Sir Hercule7
Robinson. on Friday last. asking him
for further particulars concerning the
Americans at Pretoria. Sir Hercules
Robinson has replied, saying that all
the Americans are well treated and that
only Mr.. John Hays Hammond. con-
sultlnE engineer OF the Consolidated
and Chartered Companies. who halls
from California. is still In custody.
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BRIEF TEIEeRAxs,

Ex-Presidens Bavler, of Switzerland.
Is dsRd
Drs;ltutlon is increasing AZ st, Johns,
n. d. THE streets are impassablc from
snow storms.
James Edwin Campbell, OF Chicago.
dialect poet and story writer. died at
Pomcroy, Ohio.
The world's fair medals have been
completed and Will be distributed by
Tho commission Mt once.
Horny u. Gr@Hiey, Of PHILADELPHIA,
ono of the largest cigar dealers In the
country. assigned ycgtsrday
rho colorcd man named Sherman who
In In foil Ot UnlontOwn, Pa, ON a cnnrsG
Of vnErnncy, has been Identified nB the
polOTcl man who 10 wanted Al P1rkerS-
hnre, W. Va. for the assault on the
little wclhercli Elrl In that city, tow
weeks ago.
Nora, two.ycar-old child OF Joha
Steele, n Pittsburgh glass worker, up
Snt lamp md art Ere 30 The house, The
child and 1vc-ycpr.old sister were
burned 10 death and the mother was
fatally injured In jumping from WIN
dow after vainly trying to save her
Children.
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oFFIcIAL REPORTS
From Spanish Authorities Give cuhans
the worst OF II.

inc NUFht ut As
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2L-The Span
ish minister to-day received the follow
ing official cablegrnms;
HAVANA. january 2s.
General Gonzales Munoz overcnme
the united bands OF Frisco Rabi and
Rios, who were trying to cross the Cau-
to river by the Mula Pass, in the prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba, forcing them
to retreat and disband The Spanish
troops had one killed and sixteen
wounded: the enemy suffered severe
losses,
lieutenant Paglleri, with company
OF the civil guard and other OF the san
QuIntin" battalion and forty guards OF
the Fort Column. defeated In Santa
Rosa the band of Eusebio Vega. captur:
ing nine horses with their saddles, ana
number OF arms.
Lieutenant Colonel Cnrrusco defeated
the enemy in the Celeste cattle ranch,
killing four and wounding six,
Captnln $3.50, OF the Tnlavern reEi-
ment. dictated the band OF DelSado In
the plains OF Maysi, Santiago dc Cuba.
The enemy lost six killed ana nine
horses; the Spanish losses were one XIII.
ed and four wounded.
tslsncd.) MAklN.
HAVANA, January q.
Tic column OF the Iamorn reFlment
and the Cuban provisional battalion de-
fcatod In the Sierra" cattle ranch the
band OF octavIo Hernandez. Major PEE
reE Bianco defeated the day before yes
tcrdny in Bolujn, Santiago de Cuba. an
insurEcnt band; and yesterday Captain
Mnncclio, with two guerrillns, defeated
tho enemy In San Marcos, Camuguey,
Yesterday, Colonel Molina had nm en-
gagcment in the coffee plantation
"calde on" with the band OF Blenvenido
az about 600 mon, taking his encamp-
ment, killing four and capturing horses
and arms.
The column Martin, of the AtIurun
brigade, which was conducting n convoy
10 Cnbainunn In the district Of Las VII
inR. had nn engagement with band OF
200 men, capturing the encampment Of
Iona PlmIenta, killing, wounding sew
erni OF the insurgents and making sew
ernl prlEoners.
(SignCd) MAltiN.
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Apns,or In Trouble.
Special Dispatch to the InteIlIseneer.

Special Dispatch. to the tntelllgeneer.
PARRERsBuRG, W. Va, Jan. 81
Rev. NJ. C. Elliott. pastor of Bethany
NJ. p. church. has been suspended by
the board OF trustees, pending an inves-
tlEation against him. He is accused Of
misappropriating money belonging to
the church. According to his own state-
ments, there is between $500 and $1,000
which he cannot account for.
Elllott's moral character Is also as
sailed. Formal charges are being pre-
pared against him TO be presented to
the conference, The trustees are also
negotiating for a pastor 10 succeed
him. The downfall OF this reverend gem
fleman has caused great sensation
here. The congregation OF this church
recently built handsome and costly
church cdiflce.
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A YOUNG MANS FALL.
c. w. Williamson, OF Huntington, Given
Five Years ia Prison.

Five Years in Prison.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligcncer
PARKERsBuRG. W. Va, Jan. N-
In the United States court this morning
Judge Jackson sentenced c. w. wilkln-
son. the young Huntington embezzler,
to 1--WE years at hard labor in the Cabell
county jail. The court. prisoner and
spectators were vIsibly effected during
the passing Of the sentence This is the
lightest sentence the court could give
under the law. The Judge scored the
president OF the Huntington National
Bank, where the defalcation OF 5000
occurred, for his feeling and seeming
desire to have the young man receive
the EXTREMIST punishment. Wilkinson
is twenty-four years Of age. Much
sympathy is expressed for him and a
petition from Huntington. containing
the names OF Judge T. II. Harvey,
Mayor Enslow and others equally as
prominent had much to do in making
the sentence light. ,-I----
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rRocEgDrYos N DETAIL.
The Debate In the House on uie Armenian
Resnlniion.

aN bfDA" Ah tilu tAOWHo NA csN - ''sNt $780,
RESOLUTION.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 27.-In
The house to-day when the passage Of
the senate Armenian resolution was an
nounccd Mr. ouiEs. tRcp, N. W a
member OF the foreign affairs commit
tet. moved that the senate revolution be
substituted for that Of the house, lie
explained that the difference between
thc ras2lr.ions was 10 slight that II was
not plylaublc in view Of the passage
o! the asnhtc resolution. 10 press the
0H' prepared by the house committed.
Hs made brief statement OF the facts
which called upon COBErcRs to express
w. Indignation ut the Eltiintion In Asia
ahDT our Interest was purely hu-
in'H". Although the Newspaper Rc-
e'HHu 0ccn8ionnliy reported atrnclticB
On Nn"rIcan cItlzcna thgre were as
'lnn'H from tho stltc department
u" American citizen had suffered In Ills
IgEsnn.
pHr duty was one Of humanity and II
va m0ttor OF profound grief, said hc.
Ih"' thH hIngrcnu people were now
,'f' ~ 10 protest 70 those who had given
% .'' Wv kHbu bNhWNivt W 80 -. -
III 'HE uucrsrHry for ug, lie said. 10 In.
Nil," into the motives which nctuuted
LNTupogn power which dccrlcd the
outage in Turkry with one hand and
.H. II fh" aultnn with the other. With
''" I"'uaM vaccinations Ut Europe
"'' not iutrTcstnd. But since the
'N''i ~ powers. IN tn" Ilnmc Of Roy-
'r1n0Ht and humanity had pledged the
.'.i#n and lp had acknowledged
lt ''!ro ihnt liberty md conscience
".'I rs Dom ot worship should exist III
l} Tut VI the ottoman empire. aud
.N hristlRns should be protected
..Nm tho lSurdH. we had the right ~
.'WnHt those powers before the hlgh
.Nllt NJ good fnith TO explain why they
rested l4ly and Bupremely inactive while
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DOUBLE TRAGEDY

in Mercer county-NI Murder and Suicide.
Auroken-Hcarted Wtfe.
BLuEFIELDs, W. Va, Jan. 2I.-In a
family. quarrel at Kyle this morning,
Mrs. Lizale Savage was shot and iu-
stnntly killed by Thomas Burns, her
step son. After the shooting Burns
went to the barn and fired q bullet
through his left breast, causing instant
death. As soon as his young wife saw
the lifeIess body she tainted and after
being revived went to the house and
took poison. Il was with great dlficul-
" that her life was saved. Her mind is
thought to have been deronged.
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TO STOP THE "RAwXINs," !"
The spanlsh AIlnlster compIHIns ofH Fill
IbuntsrIng Expeditions.

WASHINGTON, d, c., Jan, g7.-rhe
Spanish minister has informed the
state department that last Friday nlght
tho steamer wv, II. Hnwlsins' left New
York, with an expedition Of $50 men,
arms md ammunition and stores, In
oommnnd OF Cnlixto Garclp: that shc
mny mo- south and take moro men and
nrn,s nj Palm Beach, Fla, or elsewhere;
tint sho Will pms In tho United Statca
waters nonr Key Vest that the arms
and Ammunition conhrcated nj Cedar
Kcyn. Fla, arc rendy TO be embarked
on n gchooner to Join tho GARCIA cxpu-
lIlion nj sea, and TINT tho Hteamer
atiommodoro" at Wilmington, NJ c.,
stlll in uort ia In "thc conspiracy"
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cREEpoN pEFEATs SMITH.
lie ISnocits the lIcavy-weight Out I'm the
Second Ronnd.

LONDON. Jan, 2T.-Dan Creedon.
mlddIe- weight. tonight defeated Jem
Smith. heavyweight, In two rounds.
Creedon weighed 1862 pounds and Smith
1850, Creedon showed himself the more
clever OF the two, besides having long
or reach. In the second round there
was a number OF smart exchanges, and
finally Creedon swung his right with
great force on the mark. smith fell
like log and failed TO rise. the round
only lasting one minute and twenty
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NINE EXPLOSION.
Terrible Disaster at a welsh coliiery.
Many Miners Killed.


CARDIFF, Wales. Jan. ia terrible
explosion has taken place In q colliery
at Tylerstown, near this place. The
shafts were shattered and the whole
town was shaken by the tremendous
concnssion, causing scene OF Wild ex-
element. FlGty-four miners were be-,
low the surface when the explosion took
place. and although several OF them
have reached the surface with the dead
body of one OF their companions, II Is
supposed that nearly all the remainder
were killed. Rescue parties have been
hurried to the scenes: but their work
Is very dangerous, owing 10 the fact
that the pit Is on fire.
Later adylces are to the effect that
twelve bodies have been recovered from
the colliery and that twelve men are
stlll missing,
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The secretary Of the treasury has tele-
graphed this statement 20 all collectors
OF customs along the South Atlantic
coast with instructions to consult
United States attorneys and take what
ever action may be found necessary to
prevent any violation Of international
law. Captain Shoemaker, OF the reve-
nue. cutter service, will also give the
necessary Instructions to commanders
OF revenue cutters and every precau-
tIon will be taken to intercept the
"HnwISinR
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CHICAGO, Jan. 2T-onleial figures
compiled to-day show that the exhEbl-
tlon of the Dore pictures here has drawn
greater crowds than In amy other city
In the world. In three days the visitors
to the collection here hns been over
1850. No such record has ever been
made before. even In London where the
Dorc gallery was permanent instltu+
tlon for twonty-one years.
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Special Dispatch to the IntOlllgencer.

Special Dispatch TO the lntelliGeneer'
MoRGANTowN, W. Va, Jan. 2I-
Professor Adam A. Lorentz received o
telegram this evening announcing the
death, at Rlshmond, Va. OF his brother,
Ar. Alonzo Lorentz. Mr., LorentZ had
been an invalid with intlammnto-S
Rheumatism for several years, Previous
10 that time he was clerk OF the csrcui:
court Of Richmond. He was q native o.
Weston, this state.
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HOW THEY STAND.
po,,,ical Complexion of the Senate
atthis Time.
REPUBLICANS ARE ONE SHORT.
ofa Majority, After the Utah Sen.
ators Arrive.
An INTERESTING DAY IN HOUSE.

m, Arm.n.an Resolution Passes Afisr a
x,,,s,s pesste-sr. Hepburn Want. to
s,r,r diplomatic Relations with Tar
.,r. and Makes speech which stirs Up
ra,hu.la.m- The Senate Resolution
r,n.lIy Passes by Rig aipjOrity-n -nrr.
aulss', Statement.
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Tho fight at McKce's Rocks, CeLtts-
burgh). last night Netween Mike Far
rnEher, OF Youngstown, Ohio, and Jim
Plantc. OF Pittsburgh, ended in q draw
as decided by the referee, Plants u
anything, had the be$ter OF the 50.
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CHICAGO, Ian. 2I.--Petter Palmer, 4
life lori; Dcmoerlt, WIN, II Is asssrlcl,
probably bo named by PrCsldout Glove
land as the succesgpr 10 Theodore run
ycn aS ambassador extraordinary and
pleni- -poi0ntkary to Germany.
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Special Dispatch to the 1ntcllIgcneer.
MoRGANTowN. w. Va, Jan. 2I-
John Brown, q wealthy farmer OF tho
county, was kicked by horse to-day
and so seriousiy injured that II Is said
he will not recover.
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AMERICANS I'M TRANsvAAL.


wNs5fNGToN, ID. O., Jan. .i;-,scc-
rcinry Glnoy hos received by eaple M
nppeai from the Americans rcslagbmi. bi,,at W
Iohanncsburg. praying that a ,gag,oS mp"l
nStlc representative Of the uns'ti y, W
states bc sent into the TrnnSVanl 10
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IS STILL STUCK.
The Big Ocean Steamer St. Paul
Not Released.
MANY MIGHTY EFFORTS MADE

Yesterday All Day, bat sho wOuIan't
Budge-The Wind Against tiis Hyreeissrs
and Little H,adway was NIade-worlof
Tightening ths vesssi-sovernl Tug, at
Work Trying 20 PuIl Her From Jersey
sand.
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mon and women were murdered. women
dlshOnored and children sold Into bond
characterized the Armeninns as no.
bic and Intelligent race, who had for
three centuries preserved their lan-
guage and national characteristics and
had resisted the efforts to RussianiEe
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-07
NIIsCELLANEOUS.

LIGHTNING set fire to the barn on the
dairy farm of William McGregor, west
of Findlay, O., and the structure was
DESTROYED 1t contained 25 fine Jersey
COWS, and all efforts to save the ami
mails were unavailing and they were
cremated.
GEORGE WILSON was executed by the
federal authorities in the Jail yard at
Fort Smith, Ark, for the murder of
Zachary Thatch He protested his in
uocence to the last.
DISPATCHES from Mellette and other
points in South Dakota stated that a
terrible hailstorm swept over a stretch
OF country 60 miles long and five or six
wide, beating the shocked grain to the
ground and in many villages breaking
all the windows on the side toward the
storm.
Mrs HENRY WEBSTER, the wife of a
prominent county official, was fatally
shot by John Webster, her oldest son,
at La Porte, Ind, on the 31st. The
deed was committed because Mrs.
Webster refused to give her son money
that he demanded.
The United States treasury deficit for
July in round numbers is S12, 500, 600.
Receipts for the month were $50, 400, 000
and the expenses $40, ,20O, 900.
AN explosion of gun cotton in the
chemical works at Mas & WaIdstein
at Newark, N. j., did considerable dam
age to buildings Fortunately, the ex-
plosion did not occur during working
hours, so there was no loss of life.
FAILURES for the week ended the 31st
Dun's report) have been 2sl in the
United States, against 261 last year,
and 40 in Canada, against 2s last year.
GODFREY GOULD, colored, was lynehed
at Clarendon, Ark, on the 31st by a
party of $50 men for an assault on a
white woman.
A BODY of striking miners went to
the Hymera mine at Sullivan, Ind, set
FIRE to the plant and then burned the
mine below. The loss was estimated
at $50, 900.
The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. has submitted to Secretary Car
Isle a preliminary report of the opera
tions of his bureau during the fsca'
| year ended June 80 1t shows that the
receipts aggregated s146, $50. O.6l5, an in
crease OF SO. So. So over those Of the
preceding Hscal year. The expenses
appFeximatsd s4,0i4rss'
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-07
Fusion IN Nebra.ka.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 2.--The popu-
list conventions were held in ma
jority of the counties of Nebraska
yesterday The sentiment almost
without exception, was favorable
to fusion with the free silver DEM
ocrats, both on state and county Of
fees. The populist state convention
will be held at Hastings Wednesday.
A straight ticket will be nominated,
and later the democratic state conven-
ton. II present plans arc adhered 20.
will indoFse 1t in its entirety, the pop
ulists agreeing, OF course, to support
Bryan and seWall,
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Fatal Accident.

Knoxville, July 3O.-A terrible fatal
ity occurred at Lake Ottosee, a summer
resort five miles from this city, this af
ternoon. A Sunday school picnic was
in progress and the recently erected
''shoot the chutes' was doing good
business. AS one of the boats came
down the chute, having aboard thirteen
small children, rowboat was crossing
its path as it struck the water and tho
four occupants of the rowboat were
killed or injured. The dead are Charles
Perry, aged II; Walter Wright, aged 21,
and Miss Carrie Phibbs, aged II. Miss
Mary Forster of Alabama was injured
and will die. Wright's body was terri
bly, mangled and his neck broken.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, late general
at his home in Lake Forest, near Chi
cago, recently. He had been sick for
several days with pneumonia.
GREAT demand was being made at
the headquarters of all parties at
Washington for literature to be used
in the campaign.
SPEAKER THOMAS B. REED opened
the republican national campaign of
1896 at Alfred, Ne, on the 29th, on his
denomination to congress. Mr.. Reed
discussed the currency question from
the standpoint of the republican plat
form.
THOMAS WATSON is out in a strong
editorial in his paper at Atlanta, Ca,
stating his grounds for accepting the
populist nomination for vice president.
II iS regarded as an ultimatum that he
will not withdraw.
POsTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON has is
sued an order to all railway mail
clerks directing them not TO take an
active interest in the political cam
paign, such as attending conventions
as delegates, and SO on. 1t was ex-
pressly stated that there was no desire
to control their political opinions.
A REPORT was in circulation at Wash
ington on the 29th that President
Cleveland had taken the preliminary
steps toward convening congress in
September on account of a cOmmunica-
ton received from Consul General Fitz-
hugh Lee upon the conduct of the
Weyler campaign in Cuba.
ROBERT GARRETT, ex-president of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, died at
Deer Park, Nd, on the Goth. In recent
years he had been mentally and
physically unfit to participate in any
business.
THE official stenographer of the dem
ocratic national convention at Chicago
declares that Senator Hills amend
ment to the currency plank was adopt
ed, although the senator believed the
contract clause was defeated
TIE national committee of the peo-
ple's party has decided to make Wash
ington the headquarters of the or
ganization.
A RUMoR that Queen Victoria intend
ed to abdicate in favor of the prince of
Wales is current in London.
WILLIAM K. HARRITY, until recently
the chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee, made the announce
ment at Philadelphia on the 31st that
he had retired from politics.
THE Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution pub
lished telegram from Senator James
X. Jones on the 31st that he could not
consider any proposition for the with
dva wal of SavvalI but yvould entertain
any fair proposition for fusion on elect
oral ticket.
The political campaign of 1896 was
opened at Madison, Wis, on the 3lst
in the presence of 5000 people. Senator
John NJ. Thurston, of Nebraska, and
Clarence s. Darrow, of Chicago, pre-
senting the respective sides of the cur
rency question.
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A Quiet Day at the Home of Mr.. Bryan

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. Yesterday
was a quiet Sunday for Mr.. Bryan.
He attended services at the First
Presbyterian church in the morning
and took drive in the afternoon.
His brother, who resides in Omaha,
was his guest at dinner.
A number of kilograms from Con-
gresham Sulzer and other Tammany
leaders congratulating Mr.. Bryan on
his Endorsement by the Tammany ex-
ecutive committee have been received
by the nominee.
The statements made by Senator
Thurston that Mr.. Bryan is in the pay
of owners of silver mines are to be
answered. The person who will reply
to them has not been named, but he
will probably act by authority of Mr..
Bryan. Mr.. Bryan denies in toto the
the story that he has promised a cab
met position to Gov. Altgeld in the
event of his election.
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UNION VETERANS ORGANIZE.
Members of Both Old Parties VIII WORN
for Sound Money and Order.

Members of Both Old Parties WIN worA
for Sound Money and Order.
New YORK, Aug. LIN answer to a
call sent out by Col. Edwin Dudley,
formerly secretary of the Union Veter.
ans national committee, meeting
was held yesterday and it was decided
to issue an address to the Union Voter.
ans requesting them Ito preserve
the country from 'dishonor and
financial ruin by rallyin2 to the
standard of sound money and
fighting against anarchy and disorder
and standing for the integrity of the
government" The following commit
tee was appointed to form an associa-
ton and map out a plan of or
ganization: Gen. Daniel E. Sick
els, president; Gen. Horace Porter,
vice president; Col. l.. Edwin Dud-
ley, secretary. Letters indorsing the
project and and pledging hearty sup
port were read from Maj. Gen. Franz
Sigel, ex-register and ex-pension agent
under President Cleveland; Maj.-Gon.
o. o. Howard, and many other promi-
nent ex-union veterans, both demo.
Gratis and republicans.