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PITCHED BATTLE
Between Posse and a Gang of Ban
dts in New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE IN. NJ, Oct. 27-
A dispatch received here from Fort
Stanton late this afternoon says that
members of hunting party which
passed the post a few hours before
stated that they learned from a ranch
man with whom they camped last night,
about thirty miles northeast of the
fort, that one of the posses in pursuit
Antonio White Oaks stage a few days
ago had come up to them, and that a
pitched battle had ensued. Forty or
fifty shots were exchanged. One of
the officers was killed outright and
another is thought to be mortally
wounded.
There were four men in the party Of
bandits. One was shot through the body
and is believed to be mortally wounded.
He dropped his gun and rode off to the
rear, STOPPING in his saddle as though
unable to sit upright. Another was
shot through the right arm or hand.
and was unable to use his gun. The
gang retreated, going southwark.
Owing to the fact that they could not
leave their wounded and dead to the
coyotes, the officers were unable to fol-
low the robbers, but were making their
way back to the settlements.
United States Marshal Hall, Sheriff
Bursum of Socorro County. and Post
office Inspector Fredericks are all on
the trail with different posses, but it
cannot be determined from the report
received to-day which of the posses had
the engagement with the bandits or
who the officers were who are reported
killed or wounded.
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SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWING.
The Fight Over Possession of the
Fresno Oil Fields.

FRESNO, Oct. 21.-Serious trouble is
brewing in the oil wells in western
Fresno County. The fields, which are
certain to be productive of much
wealth, were located by Fresno, Tulare
and Visalia capitalists under the pro-
visions of the mineral land law. In
August of this year HOke Smith ruled
that petroleum lands were not mineral
lands.
Possassors of oil fields disregarded
Smith ruling, and now certain per
sens have filed homesteadS on lands
referred to- The feeling against the
trespassers is very bitter, and the orig
inal locators say that they will forcibly
repel all interlopers and if necessary
will apply the torch to every we'll IN
the district. Many thousands OF dol
lars have been invested by original 10
Gators, and much petroleum is now be-
ing shipped to Los Angeles. The mat
ter will al once be taken into the c'''~f~ =
ard long and costly litigation Will
follow.
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STORMY PASSAGE
Encountered by Steamship in Cross
ing the Pacific.

TACOMA (Wash.), Oct. 2l.-The
steamship Amarapoora, Captain Cam
eron, arrived this afternoon, after eX-
periencing one of the stormiest voyages
ever encountered on the Pacific. The
vessel halls from Hongkong via Kobe,
and was twenty-One days in making the
passage from the Japanese port. When
three days out from Kobe the Amara-
poora encountered typhoon, which
lasted seven days. The steamship was
forced to run al half-speed Heavy seas
swept over her. smashing the skylight
aft, and great volumes of water poured
into the cabin. The ballast shifting, the
vessel listed to starboard. The edge of
the deck was under water, and she was
often forced to lie to.
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BRITISH FLAG PULLED DOWN.
Grand Army nen Resent an Insult to
the Stars and Stripes.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. PA special from
Minneapolis says: DR.. E. Z. Gibson, a
free silver man, to-day hung a large
British flag in his front window. Tn
derneath was a small American flag
and the inscription, by consent of
England" He claims he vas simply
illustrating the Popul;stic arguments
regarding the Republicans. In less than
an hour in the street in front of his
house there was a bowling mob. an
several army veterans procured a leole
and pulled the British flag down and
DESTROYED it
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INDIANA POPULISTS.
Instruct All Their Voters to Vote the
Straight Democratic Ticket.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 21.-Chairlnan
Gowdey of the Republican State Com
mittee to-day issued a letter instruct
ing Republican election judges to count
votes for names on the ballot twice
Gusion candidates. as though they were
separate men for the same Office. The
letter gave the fusion Populists the op-
purtunity they had been waiting for,
and tonight they issuel proclamation
calling upon all Populists. in view Of
this letter, to vote the straight Demo-
cratic ticket. The proclamation is
signed by the Chairman and Secretary
of the Populist State Committee and
half a dozen other Populists.
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RACES AT OAKLAND.
The Weather Fine, But the Track
Heayy-The Winners.

OAKLAND, Oct. 2l.-Weather fine
and track heavy. Seven furlongs, sell
ing, Hermanita won, Tuxedo second,
Zaragosa third. Time-1:36.
Six and one-half furlongs, purse, Tea
Rose won, Howard S. second, Jay
Wheeler third Time-1: %.
Six furlongs, selling, Reddington won,
Jim Bozeman second, Salisbury IL.
third Time-1 1884.
Seven furlongs, handicap, Peter the
Second won, Sir Play second, Rosebud
third. Time-1 :33la.
Five and one-half furlongs, purse,
Hymn won. Principle second, Mic Mac
third Time-1:14
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COMPROMISE REACHED.
The Controversy Between Oakland
and Alameda at Last Settled.

OAKLAND, Oct. 2..-The great con-
t-cversy between the cities of Oakland
and Alameda has been settled and the
Secretary of War will soon receive a
report signed by all the duly appointed
commissions of the conflicting elements.
Every effort has been made tc discover
the terms of the conpr omise, but to no
effect until tonight, when the articles
of agreement were obtained. They are
as follows:
First-The completion of the dredg-
ing of the Oakland Harbor before any
other work is done.
Second-The completion of the tidal
canal.
Third-The building Of the flood
gates at the entrance of San Antonio
Bay.
The report will be presented at the
reXt meeting of the Council and Will
no doubt be favorably considered.
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For the past two years he has been en-
gagged in newspaper work for Salt Lake
papers, notably the Herald" but was
at the time of his death working for
Colonel Donan on the "Utahnian." He
had been drinking heavily for the past
ten days, but had not been drinking
during all of yesterday. Last night
Sheriff Wright was with Walsh up to
midnight, when he retired.
He left a note, saying: "Send for Dem
mis- Smith Ga saloon man) or Sheriff
Wright"
No cause is assigned for the act ex-
cept dependency. He leaves a wife
and family.
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JEROMES DIVORCED.
Judge Trout Grants Decree of Sep
araffOn to the Wife.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21-Judge
Trout granted a decree of divorce to-
day to Mrs. Lille A. Jerome from her
husband, Henry A. Jerome, on the
ground Of failure to provide
The history of the unhappy couples
matrimonial differences has been often
published, the parties being we'll known
in society. Mrs. Jerome is a daughter of
the late Judge Hastings and a sister of
Mrs. Catherwood- Darling, While Je-
rome is one of the well-known family of
that name in New York and cousin OF
Lady Randolph Churchill. No contest
was offered by the husband to the wife's
uetition
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Death Due to Natural Causes.

RED BLUFF, Oct. 21.-The body of
y. 3. Rowland was found by the road
side about five miles south of Red Bluff
this morning. There were no bruises of
any kind on the body, and the supposi-
tions is that he must have had some
affiiction of the heart. which. combined
with the exposure, caused his death.
Rowland was a. years old and a ma
tive of Washington He leaves a family.
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TOOK LAUDANUM.
A Prominent Newspaper Man of Salt
Lake Commits Suicide.

OGDEN CUtah), Oct 21.-At 9:30 this
morning l. L. Welsh of Salt Lake was
found dead in room 200 in the Reed Ho-
Ganum-
Welsh was a prominent politician
and newspaper man, and for two years,
1S92-94, was Deputy Sheriff of Salt
Lake County under Sheriff Macquen.
The record-union., 1896-10-28

An interesting item in High-class
Black Dress Fabrics, that have sold
up to 81 30 yard, in Crepon Soufe,
New CamelS Hair Curled Novelties
and Heavy Tufted Mohair Effects.
On sale now at the reduced price Of
81 so per yard.
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Ten pieces Black Canvas Cloths.
These are i'll great popularity for a
stylish, plain street costume, having
all the wearing qualities of storm
serges. Regular value, 81 yard.
At just half price, soc yard.
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Thomas Z. Valentine Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27.-Thonas
B. Valentine, capitalist and founder
and President of the pioneer printing
firm of Francis Valentine & Co, died
to-day of cancer.
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Thirty-siX pieces 46-inch Figured
MOhairS and Soleils. All new and
attractive patterns embossed on a
satin-fnished ground; medium and
large effects and very "swell" de-
signs, A great special, worth 81 25
yard, at Use.
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Fast Quarter by Johnson.

NASHVILLE (Tenn), Oct. 2I.-In the
presence of 200 people and with a dozen
watches being held on the performance,
John s. Johnson to-day rode quarter
of a mile in % % seconds. 1t is not
official, however, as the referee was not
officially appointed.
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Century Record Broken.

BUFFALO, Oct. 27.-L. H. George,
the Brockport, n. Y, road rider, sue
ceeded in breaking the century road
record of America. He rode his wheel
from Erie to Buffalo in the remarkable
time of four hours and twenty-five
minutes.
The record-union., 1896-10-28

Thirty-five pieces Fancy Black
Satin-tigured Soleiis in large and
small designs. These make up as
'ichly as ''silk." Use is the regular
price. These go at 45c.
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Yale COmmerceme Mt.

NEW HAVEN (Connl, Oct 2!-The
election of the Yale senior class Of the
academic course to speak at the COM
mencement exercises next June was
held tonight. Knox Maddox of San
Francisco was among those chosen.
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Standard Black
Dress Fabrics.

Twenty pieces more of those neat
attractive 38-inch Figured Black
M0hair Jacquards, brilliant and lus-
trOus. Worth 35c, go at 19c yard.
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Fatal Campaign Fight.

COAL CREEK (Tenn), Oct 27-At
a campaign fight last night Squire Rob
ert Laughton and Frank Martin were
killed and several others slightly
wounded
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Over One Hundred Styles
of New, Bright, All-wool
and Silk and Wool
Plaids,
All Reduced.

Fifty pieces of Attractive Bright
Plaids, suitable for misses and chill
dren's dresses, fancy waists, etc.
Worth 35c. On sale at 19c yard.
Twenty-four pieces Stylish ALI
wool Plaids. Worth zoe, at 35c
yard.
45-inch Silk and Wool Plaids;
bright and attractive styles. Worth
75c yard. In this sale at SOC yard.
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$40 Robes. full dress patterns;
Imported Novelties, Mixtures.
TAILOR Effects, etc. Reduced to
81 10.
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GREAT SALE OF
Pattern Lengths.
Just enough for a full dress i'm
each at ridiculous reductions.

So Robes, full dress patterns. in
domestic and imported fabrics. Re
duced to 50 IS.
81 so Robes, full dress patterns.
Great variety of styles. Reduced to
S3 so.
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Sl2 Robes, fnll dress patterns of
High Grade Novelties in Silk and
wool effects. Reduced to So so
and 81.
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Dress SuitingS
In Foreign and Domestic
Fabrics at
MatChIess Values.

33-inch Allwool Tailor Effects,
Cheviot Mixtures, Illuminated Nov
elites and BouretteS. Regular value
G5c, at 40c yard.
A broken lot of seventy-fve pieces
40 to o0-inch Fancy Wool Suitings,
picked from our Csc, 75c and 81
lines grouped together. In this sale
at 35c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14
NELLIE BAILEY AGAIN.
The Once Noted Kansas Woman Accused
ct Using Poison, but ReIeaaed.

Tho Once Noted Kansas Woman Accused
81 Using Poison, but Released.
NEWTON, Kan, Aug. s.-Mrs. Nellie
Strickland, who, Us Nellie Bailey, was
tried and acquitted some ten years
ago of the charge Of having MUIR
dered her husband, Bartholomew, a
wealthy Englishman, was tried IN
justice court at Halstead yesterday
for attempting to kill her sister-in-
law, Mrs. q. w. %Benthusen.
Mrs. Strickland went to town for
medicine for her sister-in-law and the
medicine appeared to have violent
effects upon being administered. The
woman's father, Michael Wheeler, was
~telegraphed for ut Ardmore, |. r., and
upon his arrival caused the arrest Of
Mrs. Strickland.
Sufficient evidence could not be pro.
cured to justify the binding over to
the District court Of Mrs. Strickland,
who now lives at St Louis and is the
wife OF . capitalist. Mrs. Benthusen
is recovering.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14

lIsIslENOlO,
directly indorsing Mckinley by moi,
naming another tickle. The members
Of the executive committee. General
Bragg OF Wisconsin, ex.Minister
Broadhead of St Louis, Editor Halde.
man OF Kentucky, Mr.. Robbins Of
Illinois and ex-Congressman Bynum
OF Indiana, are all opposed to any
thing but the most decisive action,
though it will present letters from
several men of national note in the
East and South in favor of only a
national sound money platform.
While over two-thirds of the States
hav representatives here as bers
of the provisional national committee,
there are more advisory visitors than
committeeman. for the occasion is
more in the nature of a general con
ference of the gold standard Demo-
Gratis than that of "a committee meet
ing.
The executive committee has re-
ceived the following credentials:
Alabama. j. NJ. Falkner of Montgom.
cry; California, Il. Il. Pond of San
Francisco; Connecticut, David Wells
Of Norwich; Florida. j. l.. Gaskins of
Jacksonville; Illinois, John NJ. Palmer
of Springfield: Indiana, John r. vii.
son Of indianapolis; Iowa, l.. NJ. Mar
TIN of Marshalltown; Kansas. Eugene
IIagan Of Topeka; Kentucky. II. +.
Tyler of Hickman; Massachusetts,
Nathan Matthews, jr., of boston;
Michigan, Thomas A. Wilson of
Jacksonville; Minnesota, L. w. Me
C~utcheon.
There is talk of Senator Palmer,
Secretary Carlisle and General Bragg
for the nominee for President, and
General Buckner of Kcntuck-, ex.
Governor Francis OF Missouri I'D cx.
Congressman Bynum of Indiana for
second pluce.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14
FUSION PLAN.
Terms of the Democratic Conferees-Ths
Popuiists Finally Fall Into Line.

Popuiists Finally Fall Into Line
ARLENE. Kan. Aug. The two
f,sion oonfor.,,s conm,t,oos boa :.
"'' ""' .
stormy n p~rotracted session last
night. and II was resumed again this
mor,ino FINALE IL was aoroed that
- -- --t. -,
WIG Do",o.,"'. o'oui"
make the following proposition TO the
Populist committee:
To IN, nombors ~ tho conf rancc ronuittos
Of tb, Populi.t Stat, co, ~yontion ~ Kansas,
Gentlemen: Tn, undersign.d a,ting as n con.
ference committee. eppointed by the Demo
craft, State CONVENTION now In ses ,ion at
Hutchinson. Kan boz leave 10 submit on be
half OF the body they represent tbr ugh You "a
the body YOU repre ,ent tho following plan for
unitei action upop n NJ ats and elcctoral tickc,
20 be voted for by both partie, Mt tho comins
general election
Firs,-Tbe S.ate eo,ye,tion Of thu Populist
marty now in ses 10, To mama cnpdidates for nil
State ofiocs and ALEC FOR IN. nj largo
such canii istes tn be at once adopt,d and
nom n,ted by the Democratic Stat, convention
now In &, sion n, IN, crnJ >. nj TN, Demo
era 1, party Of Kansas for said Off ,es.
Scond-rh, f~ollowing auaIih I'd Presi lnntia
clector, aug xs,tei BY the do eg ,te.t TO the Dem.
ocrstic = at, con ,entlon-to.wt [. Morris Gig.
ritt. Pi,t,bur, Kan Abort Perry Troy Kan
Ccorsc 7, Pi.ts. Welli,rtun. Kan. S,dney
HAYDEN. Uolto,, Kan, ]. q. Gosborn. lola.
Kan. W. N, Linton Cbcrryyale. Kan. E.rlo
NJ Uackshesr Find, le. Kan; On ulc, A. Hi.
lor. salinn, Kan James X Logan, Lincoln,
Kan. II. j. Roctzcl Ellinwood. Kan to he
nominated by both tho Populis. and Demo.
cratic state conventions now In session as the
Pr,sidenti, Il O ectors to b, voted for by tho no.
s~pectiye parties mt the coming q ,ner,l elcctiou
and each Of said conventions to Adopt aftel
tho nomin alton OF the said electors the 70 low
L.. .a,..
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14

from Kansas City Journal.
HON. j. w. LEEDY.
1898, adopted the fusion agreement
offered by the Democrats with tho
understanding that IL the Cliggitt
chargelshould be proved true his name
would be dropped.
Following is the ticket complete:
For Governor-John w. Leedy of
Coffey county. -
For Chief Justice-Frank Doster or
Marion county.
For Congressman.at- Large - Rev.
jerry Botkin Of Wilson county.
Tor Lieutenant Governor-A. NJ.
Harvey Of Shawnee county.
For Attorney General. c, Boyle
of Bourbon county.
For Secretary Of Statc-William +.
Bush of jewell county.
For State Treasurer-D. II. Hefle-
bower of Miami county.
For State Auditor-W. II. Morris OF
Crawford county.
For Superintendent OF Public 1ps
struction-W. ID. Stryker OF Barton
county.
The state central committee was
named as follows: First district, q.
w, Harrington md J. l.. Simpson;
Second, Chris Ritter and ii. 5. Clark;
Third, j. NJ. Allen and NJ. l.. Walters;
Fourth, Taylor Riddle and William
Tipton: Fifth. p. II. Dolan and ID. +.
Ballard: Sixth, +. f. johnson and y.
NJ. Ross; Seventh, L. j. Westgate and
Rufe Cone.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14

SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. The com.
mittee consisting of DR.. Il. V. Calhoun,
Colonel George e.. Lyon and Hon.
John Wiley, recently appointed by
the Henry NJ Teller club of Seattle
for the purpose of ascertaining the
position of United States Senator
Squire, who is In New York, in the
present campaign, received n repl y to
their telegram of inquiry yesterday
afternoon. Senator Squire declares
for free silver and nounc that he
will support Bryan and SewaIl.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14

ABILENE, Kan. Aug. 1.-THE Popu-
list state convention has nominated
State Senator J. w. Leedy for gov
ernor and Frank Dostcr tor chief
Justice Of the state supreme
court, and has adopted the
fusion proposition presented by
the representatives of the Dem
ocratic State convention, in session at
Hutchinson, with the agreement that
Cliggitt's name shall be dropped as
Frat district elector II IL proved That
he shouldered n musket against the
miners In 1893.
The agreement means that the Pop
ulists will vote tsr the Democratic
electors and the Democrats will, in
turn, support the whole Populist State
ticket, which will not have a Demo-
crat on it.
A sop was thrown to the middle-of-
The road Populist element in the shape
of q proposition that II Watson should
have more votes In the electoral coll
legc than Sewall the Kansas electors
should vote for him for Vice Presi-
dent
When the convention reassembled
yesterday the temporary organization
was made permanent.
The BAiioting begun.
A motion to permit each candidate
TO address the convention tor five
minutes was voted down and the roll
was called for the first ballot, which
resulted us follows: Harris, 2O0lS;
Lewelling, I5:b; King, l2O; Leedy,
60; Munger. %; Campbell, -.
Before the second ballot could be
called the motion was renewed to
bring the candidates before the con.
vention and, after q wordy scrap it
crrried.
The FIRST speaker was King and he
was followed in turn by Campbell,
Leedy, Munger, Lewelling and Harris.
Leedy caught the most applause.
After tho speeches had been COM
pleted, the second ballot was taken.
It resulted: Harris, 2Oais; Lewelling,
:3olf; King, lo4; Lecdy, OF; Munger,
Another effort was made to adjourn,
but IT was overwhelmingly voted
down. The convention was deter.
mined to force % nomination. As the
roll call commenced for the fourth
ballot 1t looked as though II stampede
TO Leedy would be made. The STAN
pede ma~terialized. the ballot result
Ing: Lcedy, 4ol; Harris, 81; Lewclling,
c: King, %; Munger, O.
Then followed n great ~dcmonstra-
ton. Mr.. Leedv's friends carried
him. big as he is, on their shoulders
TO the platform.
He thanked the convention briefly
for the honor conferred upon him.
Governor Lewelling was again
called forward. He congratulated
the convention upon its selection, and
said that the nominee would be the
next governor Of Kansas. Colonel
Harris was also called for, but he had
gone to his hotel.
The ether defeated candidates were
called for but they did not respond.
At lao the convention adjourned till
O'Clock.
When the convention metthis morn
ing Colonel Harris took the stand anC
pledged his hearty support TO Mr.
Leedy. The platform was ther
adopted.
s. NJ. Scott moved that the chai,
appoint u committee TO draft and sent
telegram to the Populist conven
Oons In session in Texas, Georgia
Nebraska and Alabama informing
them OF the Endorsement of Bryan anc
Watson in this convention. 1t wa
adopted with q hurrah, and Mr.. Scot
was appointed as chairman OF tn,
committee to perform the duty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14
Deaths In New York.

New YORK, Aug. s.-New York has
sweltered under Il wave Of oppressive
heat since Wednesday morning. AT
one time yesterday the mercury reg
istered lO4 degrees on the streets.
To-day, the highest point reached
officially was o. degrees, with an aver
age street temperature Of o.. Six
deaths occurred yesterday and last
night, and to-day three persons died
rs a result of the excessive heat
Many cases OF prostration are re-
ported
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14
Republicans Agree to Disagree.

BUTTE, Mont, Aug. THE Repub.
lican conference agreed that the Re-
publican State convention shall
nominate candidates for State Offices,
after which the silver Republicans
shall withdraw, organize n separate
convention and nominate electors tor
Bryan and Sewall, while those re,
naming nominate electors pledged &c
Mckinley and hobart. The conven.
ton will be held September 8, al
Helena, six days after the Democratic
convention.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14
FUSION IN ILLINOIS.
-Four Democratic Electors aud One state
Candidate May Be Retired.

CHICAGO, Aug. S.-H. L. Taubeneck,
late chairman Of the Populist national
committee, has come here for consulta-
ton with leaders of his and the Dem
ocratic party. lie is confident that
the Populists Of the whole country
will vote for Bryan and has little
doubt that satisfactory arrangements
will be made for electoral tickets in
all the states.
In Illinois 1t is understood four OF
the Democratic electors will be re.
tired and four Populists substituted.
il is also the understanding that at
least n OF the candidates on the
Democratic state ticket will be with.
drawn and his place filled by the Pop
ulist convention next week.