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most noticeable feature was the prevalence
Of gilt, symbolical Of the spirit OF the conven-
tton. Gold wreaths were everywhere In the
decorations, and half the delegates wore
sprays of golden rod in the lapels Of their
coats.
There was an unusually large number Of
women in the galleries and In the chairs
back of the stage, their bright gowns and hats
heightening the general effect OF the scene.
Most of them were from distance, but some
ofthe most prominent women Of Indianapo-
lis were present.
Among the delegates present were num-
ber who had also been delegates at the Chi
cago Convention. The big New York dele
cation of seventy-two members perhaps at
tracted the most attention. In it were: Ex-
Governor Flower, the Temporary Chairman
Of the convention: ex-Secretary Fairchild,
ex-Congressman Tracey, John r. Fellows
md Perry Belmont.
When Senator Palmer raped with his
gavel to call the convention to order, dele
gates and galleries joined In series OF
rounds Of applause und cheers. Senator
Palmer introduced Bishop White, of this dio-
cese, who opened the proceeding with prayer.
The call for the convention was then read.
When the name of Cleveland was read in the
call, In connection with the names OF Jeffer-
son and Jackson, the members Of the con-
vention rose and cheered and applauded
loud and long, waving hats, hands and hand
kerchiefs. During the reading Of the call
the Chicago Marching Club entered one OF
the galleries and was received with cheers.
Ex-Governor Flower was made Temporary
Chairman, and read very long address,
many points of which were cheered.
After O short recess, taken when Mr..
Flower concluded, the Committee on Gre
dentials reported that there were 824 dele
gates in the convention. representing forty
one States and three Territories.
As to the contest with reference to the dele
cation from Connecticut, the committee
recommended that the action fthe National
Committee In seating the delegates returned
by the State Convention be confirmed. The
report was agreed to without opposition.
DR.. William Everett, OF Massachusetts,,
then made an address which was received
with much enthusiasm, the audience cheer
Ing tumultuously when Cleveland's name
was mentioned by the speaker.
The Committee on Organization next re-
ported. It recommended Senator Donelson
CafferY, of Louisiana, as Permanent CHAIR.
man, and J. R. Wilson, of Indiana. for Per.
manent Secretary, and further recommended
the establishment Of q permanent National
organization. The report was adopted with.
out dissenting voice and Senator Caffery
made an address, defining the objects Of tho
convention. John P. Irish, OF California,
made an address and then, as the Committee
on Platform was not ready to report, the
convention adjourned for the day.
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CLEVELAND AND [.
China's vlceroy Meets tho President II
New York.

China's Vlceroy Meets tho President II
New York.
Ii Hung Chang. as the special Envoy OF
the Emperor Of China, has presented hiz
credentials to the President Of the United
States, and communication from his i'm.
perial master. the contents OF which were
not made public. The meeting and the pres-
entation took place in the bali room OF the
New York residence Of ex-Secretary Of the
Navy Whitney. in the presence OF General
Ruger. Of the United States Army; Secretary
OF the Treasury John G.. Carlisle, Secretary
OF War Daniel Lamont, Senator Arthur p.
German. OF Maryland; DR.. Bryant. Secre-
tary OF State olney. Private Secretary Thur.
Der, John Russell Young and five members OF
the ViceroY's suite. President Cleveland
came on In Yacht from his summer home
In Buzzsrd's Bay, and returned shortly after
the presentation ceremonies were over.
Ii, who was resplendant In bis robes OF
state, including the famous yellow jacket
and the the three-eyed peacock feather In
his hat. made short speeah to Mr.. Cleve-
land. The President replied with an address
OF welcome. Then Ii presented his creden-
tials addressed to the President and signed
over to Assistant Secretary Rockhill to be filed
In the State Department.
On his return to his hotel II met Mayor
Strong. ex-senator Warner Miller and Others.
With the Mayor he had long talk. he
asked Mr.. Strong what his salary was and
all abont himself and about the municipal
affairs In his keeping.
In the evening the great Chinaman was the
guest at banquet Of former residents OF
China. An address Of welcome was read to
him and he made short speech In reniy.
In Qrp n -
tomb In Riverside Drive and placed a wreath
upon II. Then he took tea with Colonel
Frederick D. Grant and met Mrs. Grant.
widow Of the General. He made presents of
,hoice silks, teas and other articles to the
members OF the Grant family aud accepted
several tributes Of esteem In return.
On the following day Ii boarded the
Omitted States dispatch boat Dolphin and went
up the Hudson to West Point. ....
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BoMBARDED THE PALACE.
The British Warships Destroy the Sui
tan's Home in Zanzibar.

The British Warships Destroy the Sui.
tan's Home in Zanzibar.
The British Foreign Office at London re.
ceived dispatches from Zanzibar stating that
! the usurping Sultan, Said Khalid, having re-
fused to surrender in accordance with the
terms Of the British Consuls ulttmatum, the
decks OF the English warships in the harbor
were cleared for action, and, at a signal
from the flagship st. George, the third-class
cruiser Racoon and the gunboats Thrush
and Sparrow opened fire upon the palace.
The bombardment lasted fifty minutes.
when the palace and the old Custom House
were mass of blazing ruins. The steamer
Glasgow, which was owned by the late Sui
tan and carried number OF guns, was sunk
by shells from the warships.
After the order to cease firing had been
signaled storming party OF bluejackets and
marines advanced upon the barricades
round the palace, which were defended with
great energy by the followers OF Said Khalid,
who kept up steady fire.
The British carried the positions with q
rush. but the usurper and his leading adher-
ents made their escape and took rouge in
the German consulate.
The loss Of Said Khalid's force was heavy.
The only casualty on the British side was the
serious iDjuring of one seaman. No mater
ial damage was sustained by the British war
vessels.
Sailors and marines brought in the prison.
ers and collected the dead for burial. Ham
oud, a cousin of the late Sultan. has been
proclaimed successor to the Sultanate.
Nest of the rebels stood to their guns
pluckily and fought we'll. though, after the
first broadside was fired from the warships q
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Prominent People.

The late Sir John Pender. the Atlantic ca
BILE promoter, left Sl,74O,l0O Of personal
property, all to his family.
Wllfrld Laurier, the Canadian Premier, Is
a poor man, and It IS said II he were to die
now his estate would not amount to more
than $4,000.
Sir Edward Clarke's retainer on receiving
the Jameson brief was 52500, while every day
he had "refresher' OF $500.
Queen Victoria never rises till 8 o'clock.
Herr Lothair Won Faber, OF Nuremberg,
Germany, who recently died, left $500, 900
for the purpose Of beautitying the city.
DR.. Chauncey Aver. of Stamford. Conn, is
the oldest living graduate OF the Yale medt-
cal school. He was a member OF the Glass
Of 1881, and was born in 1908.
Yukichi Fukuzaiwa, the "grand old man"
OF japan, visited this country about thirty
five years ago. When he returned home he
introduced Webster's dictionary into Japan,
and WIS one of those who introduced the
study of English iuto the Japanese schools.
He is the proprietor of the "Jiji Shimpo"
CJapancsn rimcs), but he has retired from
tho active management OF 1t.
One o. the best known Japanese journalists
is X. Tamaki, editor OF the Asahl Shimbunl
of Osaka, which has daily circulation OF
100, 0,CO1. he has been secured as japanese
correspondent of the new Chinese newspaper
of Pekin, the Euan-Shu-Tchu.
William A. Clark. who is known as the
Silver King Of Montana, and who is reputed
to be worth $40, 100000, is about to erect a
mansoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, near
New York City, in memory OF his wife, who
died about two years ago. The memorial Is
to cost $1O0,000
Prince Bismarck now is doctor OF every
university faculty, jena having just made
him a doctor OF medicine. He was already
doctor OF philosophy OF Hally: DOCTOR OF laws V,
Of Gottengen and Erlangen, doctor OF politi.
cal science OF Tubingen, and doctor OF
thee .oov of Giassap
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SWIFTEST OF HER CLASS.

The Cruiser Brooklyn Averages %l.o"
Knots and Can Do Better.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn
proved herself to be the greatest naval vessel
Of her class and the fastest armored vessel
in the world by covering eighty-three knots
off the New England coast at an average
speed of 21.92 knots an hour. Sne also
showed that she is capable of still greater
speed by maintaining an average OF 22.9
knots during portion OF the run: BY her
performance she earns for her builders, the
Messrs. Cramp, OF Philadelphia, premium
of at least $3.50, 900.
The vessel behaved grandly. The vi6ra-
ton was scarcely felt by those on board at
any time during the entire run, although the
engines were worked to their highest ten
sion throughout.
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THE NEWS EPIToMlZEol
w0shiuxton Items.

The Posrofice authorities have decided
that it Is unlawful to send letter by e4,
press or otherwise outside OF the United
States mails unless 1t be inclosed IN Gov
ernment stamped envelope. It is also de-
elared unlawful to inclose letter In an ex-
press package unless 1t pertains wholly to
the contents of the package.
Secretary Hoke Smith took formal leave
Of the heads OF the bureaus and other en-
ployes OF the Interior Department.
The report Of Commodore Dewey to the
Navy Department on the speed Of the cruiser
Brooklyn on her recent trial gives 1t. cor
rected for tide, as 21.9117 knots an hour.
She earns her builders $3.50, 200 by exceeding
her contract requirements ~ knots.
Secretary Carlisle, replying to letter OF
Senator Faulkner, says that neither tne
Treasury Department nor any Sub Treasury
''has ever been called upon to redeem silver
dollars in gold"
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NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS,
They Hold B-le9 State Convention at
Trenton.

They Hold B-le9 State Convention at
Trenton.
The New Jersey Republican State Conven-
ton was In session at Trenton just two hours,
and finished its business at one session.
During the morning the delegates from the
Congress districts held conferences and
agreed uron the candidates for electors.
Franklin Murphy, Chairman Of the State
Committee, called the convention together
at noon and named Governor Griggs for
Temporary Chairman and John Y. Foster, Of
Essex; ]. Herbert Potts, Of Hudson; Alex. G..
Yard, of Mercer; jam Parker, OF Passaic,
and Augustus s. Barber, OF Gloucester, for
Temporary Secretaries. Subsequently these
officers were made permanent.
Governor Grlggs received a cordial greet
ing when he was introduced to preside. Bis
speech In reply aroused great enthusiasm.
A platform was adopted which endorses that
of the Republican National Convention.
John F. Dryden and Samuel 81. Grey were
chosen as delegates-at-large by acclamation,
and the following district electors were
chosen: First, Thomas w. Trenchard, OF
Cumberland Second, Colonel Washington
A. Roebling, OF Mercer; Third, Adolph
Mack, Somerset; Fourth, Alfred B. Whitney,
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The Labor Woyid.

Chicago rivet-heaters organized.
Queensland has ten labor papers.
Ohio miners want the lease system abol-
ished.
Chattanooga, Tenn, hasn't an idle car
penter.
Kansas City (Mo.) painters won eight
hours and S240.
All city printing at Rockford. ILL.,, must
bear the union label.
At Gilt Edge, COL. common laborors get
SO day; skilled trades, 81.
Philadelphia unionists want a law guar
anteeing them the right to organize
Only union labor can be employed by con-
tractors on school work in st. Louis.
The watch companies at Waltham. Mass,
have generally suspended operations.
A Quincy (aIass.) shoe firm has Il strike
on hand for the first time in thirty years.
The prospects for work in the Maine gran
ite industry are brighter than for some
time.
Philadelphia carpenters will demand eight
hours and thirty-lve cents an hour on Mny
next.
It is said that at Ishpeming. Mich, fully
ninety-nine per cont Of the workers are Or
ganized.
Cincinnati unonists suggest the employ
mept of American convlcts In the building OF
the Nicaragua Canal.
The wages OF the common laborer in Lam
sine. Mich, have been cut down from $1.65
to 81 in less than two years.
The Manitoba (Canada) Government cor
respondents report that between 1000 and
5000 hands are needed throughout the Pro-
vince. -..- -....-.
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PUT DOWN BY FEDERAL TROOPS.
A Fatal Uprising In the Seminole Nation
Suppressed.

Fatal Uprising In the Seminole Nation
Suppressed.
News from the Seminole Nation In Kansas
says an uprising among the "squaw men"
has been partially subdued by the arrival OF
troops from the First Cavalry. Two hours
before the arrival Of the military the
"squaw men" and full-bloods had pitched
battle. In which three full-blood Indians
we're killed and two "sqnaw men" injured.
One hundred and fifty "squaw men" com
rrlsed the attacking party. and chased 800
fnll-bloods aud half-breeds through the
streets.
The trouble between the "squaw men," or
white men who have married into the Sem
mole tribe. has been In progress several
weeks. or since the last meeting OF the Sem
mole Council, when law was passed order
ing the immediate expulsion OF all white
men from the nation. For several years 1t
has been the practice OF white men to 90
into the Seminole country aud marry squaws.
This, according to Seminole laws, entitled
them to sixty acres Of land. The white men
have selected the choicest bits OF land. and
have frozen out the full-b!oods and half
breeds. Hence the law OF the Council and
the subsequent trouble. An effort OF full
blood Indian policeto put into force the de-
cision OF the Council. lei to the revolt,
which has been in progress ten days. The
presence Of Federal troops will probably pre-
vent further trouble.
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FLYING MACHINE a SUCCESS

Professor Lamson's Invention Sal
Through the Air at Old Orchard, Me.
Charles q. Lamson, who has been exper
menting for some time at Portland, Me-, o
kites and aerial ships, succeeded in foatin
what is said to be the largest alrship eve
sent independently into the air, and in ca
rying, by this means, what is said to be t1
greatest weight to the highest altituds q
record. The kite, when In the air, resed
bles two large oblong boxes parallel to eaq
other and attached to each other in the mi
die. 1t took fafteen men to carry the kite
ship into the field from which 1t was to
sent up. The retaining cord was lar
braided window cord tested to pull OF
pounds. This was made fast to huge z
and four men attended to 1t. About 400 z
of the rope was run out along the groud
and at a signal from Mr. Lamson the 81
was released. It quivered moment a
then steadily rose skywarG to an altltudeI
600 feet, then the cord b,oke and the sd
settled slowly down. The airsnlp carrl9
q dummy weighing $50 pounds.
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RIOTERS BURST BOMBS.
Many Killed in Constantluople and Bank
Attacked. ..,5 -. ..

Many Killed in Constantluople and a Bank
Attacked. .,J .
A great many persons have been killed In
the riots at Constantinople, Turkey. The
official account attributes the riots to an
organized effort Of the Central Committee
of the Armenian revolutionists to stir up q
revolt.
The disturbers suddenly entered the great
hall Of the Ottoman Bank in small groups,
armed with revolvsrs. dasgers ana dyna-
mite bombs. An officer Of the Cuari de-
manded TO know their business. Without
reply they blew out his brains, then killed.
and beheaded the gendarmes. throwing the
heads into the street.
Then they closed the bank doors and thre1
bombs into the street. Four Turkish women
driving by in carriage were blown to ptece4
by one bomb. Two French employees OF tn
bank, while descending from window by
rope, were wounded by an explosion.
The rioters also captured a hotel, AM
bombs, bullets and other missiles raine
down upon the heads OF passers-by, wound
ing many.
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| GOLD DEMOCRATS MEET.
National Convention Of the National
Democratic Party" in Indianapolis
THE DELEGATES NUMBERED 824,

Fcrtv-one States and Three. Territories
Eepresented---Ex-Gove Flower, OF
New York, Presided Temporarily, and
Senator Cahery, of Louisiana, Was
Appointed tho Permanent Chairman.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September 9.-Forty-
one States and three Territories, represented
by s24 delegates, met yesterday in Tomlin.
son Hall as the climax Of a six weeks cam.
paign Of the Gold Democrats, to repudiate
the action OF the Chicago Convention and
put forth declaration Of principles and
name National ticket.
Admission to the hall was confined strictly
to ticket holders, but every seat In the space
reserved on the floor for the delegates and
alternates was taken, and the galleries were
comfortably filed without being crowded.
The seats In the rear Of the platform, re-
served for the distinguished guests, were
nearly all occupied.
The decorations were brilliant and lavish.
There was profusion Of flags and bunting,
trailing smilax and potted flowers, but the
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Cycling Notes.

Boston is to have coasling contest.
The Salvation Army in England uses bi.
cycles 10 some extent.
President Kruger. of the Transvaal Repub-
lie. now rides bicycle.
The charge for carrying bicyclet to Europe
and return is 81, and It must be Grated.
Bicycles checked free ut the opera house
is the old news that comes from Burlington,
VI.
An English Justice Of the Peace has been
fined for riding bicycle at night without n
lighted lamp.
A hotel at Nice, France, advertises a
special race track for the exclusive use OF Its
cYcline patrons,
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q platform and above this he placed tent.
The platform is large enough to afford space
for his wife and two children as we'll as
few cooking utensils. Thus equipped he e1-
poets to make one hundred miles day, and
he does not think that the trip will cost him
more than al00.
Norton is o painter and has been out Of
work for some time. A brother who lives In
Minnesota promised him work IL he would
go out there. He had no money to pay rail-
road fare and was wondering what he was
to do when he saw bicycle ps-ade and that
gave him the idea for his tent on wheel.
he Immediately set to work and constructed
his raft and few days ago started on his
ionrnav
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NUTMEG REPUBLICANS,
State Convention Of the Party Held at
Hartford.

Hartford.
Lieutenant Governor Lorrin A. Cooke, Of
Winchester, was nominated for Governor, Of
Connecticut, and other State officers were
named by the Republican State Convention
at Hartford. Mckinley and Hobart we're en-
Enthusiastically indorsed and sound money
platform was adopted.
The rest Of tho ticker nominated is as fol.
lows:
Lieutenant t-Governor-James D. Dewel],
New Haven.
Secretary OF state-Charles Phelps, Rock
Vile.
State Treasurer-C. W. Grosvenor, Pom
fret.
State Comptroller-Donjamin N. Mead.
New Canaan.
Six candidates for Presidential electors
we're also named.
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MONTHS WITHOUT FOOD.
The Peculiar Disease Of an Aged Man p q
zles Physicians.

The Peculiar disease OF an A2eo hau Z
zles Physicians.
A great deal Of interest is being caused
Nanticoke, Penn, by the peculiar condidt
Of Stephen Douglass, aged seveDty-six, "
for the last four months and two weeks
eaten nothing nor taken anything to dtI
except a lit water. The old man, whd1
neither home nor relatives, boards az
house Of L. F. Mecnalowski.
Most OF the time he can neither hear, set
talk. and the presence OF persons In his D
talking about his case and examining b
has no effect upon him. Physicians Y
have examined him are mystiflsd. and ha
not yet reached any conclusion on his ca
They have tried to force milk and whid
and beef tea down his throat. but he has
fused to swallow them. He has grown|
thin that he Is now merely skin and bon
and at last accounts 1t was not tho ught
would survive much longer.
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Prominent People.

On the 29d OF September Queen Victoria
will complete the longest recorded reign Of
nm English monarch.
Il ie said that Arthur Sewal]. the Demo
cratic Yice-Presidential candidate, has the
best vegetable garden in Maine.
Mr.. Dwight l.. Moody will largely with
draw from usual evangelistio work and de-
vote himself to furnishing the 750, 900 prison
ers in the United States with good literature,
chiefly religious.
DR.. Jameson is improving his time whilst
in durance vile by writing book about the
recent Transvaal raid. he will have plenty
of spare time on bis hands for the next
twelve months or 80. ~
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FIVE THOUSAND KILLED.
Details Of the Turkish Massacre Of
Armenians in ConstantinopIe.
MORE MURDERS ARE FEAREU.

Women and Children slaughtered-..Brlt-
ish Government Orders q Powerful
Fleet to the Levant---Fourteen Big
Vessels Of War---Au American Cruiser
Also Ordered to Turkey by Our Navy.
CoSsrASr1NoPLE, September "A number
Of the shops and bazaars were opened during
yesterday for the first time since the attack
by Armenians upon the Ottoman Bank. No
disturbances occurred, but the populace evil
IDENTIFY fears a repetition Of the scenes Of last
week. The arrests Of suspected Armenians
continue.
Additional facts concerning the recent mas'
sacres are coming to light. It is now esti.
mated that 5000 persons perished, and that
scarcely a male Armenian escaped in the
Hassim Pashn and Haskoi quarters. Forty
five women AMI children sought refuge on
the roof OF house, where they were dlscov'
cred, slau chtered, and their bodies thrown
into the street.
The Turkish officials are continuing the
work of clearing the khans Of the Amenians
who bave been hidden there, and the foreign
copeuls are supervising this work to see that
the conditions prescribed by the representa-
lives OF the Powers are carried out. These
conditions provide that the consuls must
consent to the entry Of the houses, but no
Armenians can be arrested without the con-
sent OF the consuls, and all arms and ex-
plosives will be handed over to the Govern
ment.
This search of the houses of foreigners is
irritating, but 1t is considered necessary II
the return to anarchy is to be prevented. In
many cases flags are floating over the khans,
and the soldiers are in constant fear Of hay-
ing bombs thrown at them II they invade
foreign property.
vALETTA, Island Of Malta. Sept. s-The
English battleships Families and Trafalgar,
flaghips Of the British Mediterranean squad
rons, and twelve other British warships,
have started for the Levant.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, September 3.-The cruiser
Bancroft, Lieutenant Commander Belknap
commanding, has left the Naval Academy
for New York. where the vessel will be fitted
out for an expedition to Turkey. The detail
of officers will be completed after the cruiser
has reached New York.