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leben, Miss Mabel Love, Mrs. Love, Walter
Dean, Henry Heyman Mr.. and Mrs. Koh-
land, Mrs. Baker, Wakefield Baker,
Miss Florence Stone, Mr.. and Mrs.
Starr Keeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Nuthall,
George H. Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. E. f Wegener, Mrs. A. J. Veg
ener, Miss Abbie Jennings, Miss r.
Jennings, Colonel DooIittle. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Spencer, the Misses Spencer, Ashton
Stevens, Frank Marriott, J. O'Hara Co.'S
grove, Miss Cosgrove, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Baldwin, Joseph A. O'SulIivan, Gerry
Field, Irving Lundborg, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
c. Freese, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. III. Bibb, Mr..
and Mrs. J. II. Hosborough, Miss Hos
borough, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry j. Crocker,
Colonel c.. f. Crocker, Mr.. ana
Mrs. T. T. Williams, Mrs. R. H.
Warfeld, Mrs. B. Paxton. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Morton, Nate Franklin, Miss Franklin,
Irving Meyers, Miss Rae FEEDER s. F. King
ston, the Misses Gyle, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Lewis, DR.. and Mrs. D. Cohen Miss Cohen,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Flyshaker, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Fieian, Francis Stewart, Pro-
fessor Katzenbach. Miss Katzenbach, Mrs.
FRAY, MI. dLO Inioo 1hSoANt Ihioo ohCp
Mr.. and Miss Drew, Mr.. Applegate. Miss
Madeline Eschenberg, Mathew McCurrie,
Miss Mollie Pratt, G. M. Parker. Mrs.
Birmingham, Mrs. Van Pelt, Neameta
Van Pelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoefeit, Professor
and Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Cellarius, Mr.. Cove,
Mrs. Harry Arnold, Miss Ouida Sergeant,
Miss Vandherst. the Misses Stolz,
Mr.. and Mrs. Core, DR.. Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. M. Martin, Abe Sunder-
land, Fred Maurer, Miss Stone,
c. Zeffroney, Daniel Murphy, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Sutter, Miss Wilson, Mr.. Bernhard
Reiss, Miss Clemence Reiss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Solomon Reiss. Mr.. and Mrs. Phil. Lilen-
thai, Miss Lilenthal, Thomas Keene, DR..
and Mrs. D. Cohen, DR.. and Mrs. Rosen-
stern, Mr.. and Mrs. Rosencrantz, the Misses
Cram, Miss Irene Sylvester, ]. Ridley,
Colonel Kowaisky, Arthur McEwen, Mr..
and Mrs. M. Herzog, Miss Herzog, Mrs.
and M. Blumenthal, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Shaen, the Misses Sena, Mr.. and Mrs. Sena,
Joseph Levin, Aaron Levin Mr.. and
Mrs. J. K. Wilson, Miss Wilson,
Mrs. C. Nelson, Miss Won Buckholz,
Misses O'Connell, Miss F. Charles, Miss
Josephine Jacobs, II. G. Haake Jr., Miss
A. E. Munns, Miss Edith Stadtfeld, ].
Stadtfeld Jr., Miss M Goodrich, Miss Helen
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THE DECISION AFFIRMED,
Big Suit Growing Out of the
City Of Chester
Disaster.
Damages for Eleven Thousand Dollars
Against the Oriental Steamship
Company.

The United States Court of Appeals
handed down decision yesterday affirm
ing the decision of the lower court in the
sui1of Eliza A. Smith against the Occi-
dental and Oriental Steamship Company.
1t will be remembered that damages in
the sum of $1,000 were allowed Mrs
Smith and her children against the COM
pany for the death of Henry Smith and
his daughter, whose lives were lost in the
disaster that befeu the City of Chester.
The steamer was wrecked in the harbor
of San Francisco on August %, 1888. hav-
ing collided with the Oceanic of the Occi-
dental and Oriental Steamship Company's s
line. The Chester went to the bottom.
Henry Smith and bis daughter, Myrta,
were among the drowned. His wife and
children brought two suits in the United
States District Court, one against the Pa
cifc Coast Steamship Company, which
owned the City of Chester, but the liabili-
ties of this concern were limited to $50, and
the case was withdrawn.
The suit was continued against the own
ers of the Oceanic, which ran into the
other steamer, and was for $4,000 in the
case of Henry Smith and $4,000 in the
case of his child. The sum Of $4,000 was
allowed on the former complaint and $1,000
on the latter. IhlS decision OF the lower
court was affirmed.
The court sums up the case as follows:
This case affords an oppor tunity, which
should not be lost, for emphasizing another
rule for preventing collisions, which must be
observed by navigators This is found in
article 81 of the international rules and article
25 of the act of Agust 10, 1890 Il Supp.
r. S., Second Ed, 7S1-7S8). which reads as fol-
lows tIn narrow channels every steam ves-
sci shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep
to that side of the fairway or midchannel
whien lies on the starboard side OF such YES
SELL
The statutes of California contain similar
provision to which reference was made in the
opinion of the District Judge. This rule was
violated by the Oceanic in entering the Golden
Gate on the occasion of the disaster involved
in these suits, and the only excuse offered for
taking the north side is that 1t is customary
for large vessels in entering to take the north
side We cannot find in the testimony or argu
ment of counsel any attempt to give reason
for the alleged custom, and if it be true thai
there is such custom, 1t is bad in principle
and contrary to law, and the courts will MOI
recognize it as affording any ground for ex
empting vessel from liabilities incurred by
disregarding the law.
The DEGREES of the District Court are affirmed
and the causes remanded for further proceed
ings, in accordance with this opinion.
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HYPNOTISM OF MELODY.
The Strange Power That the Pianist
Displayed in Controlling All
His Hearers.

The great audience was seated, and there
was hush of expectation in the house
when the pianist appeared at the right
door OF the stage and bowed two or three
times in a stiff, military way. The foot
lights were shrouded in darkness, but the
light from the auditorium showed the
great Paderewski to be tall, slender, with
an upright bearing. His somewhat worn,
emaciated-looklng face was seen to be sur
mounted by the frizzy halo of hght-brown
hair, which is one of the distinctive char
acteristics of his familiar pictures.
Paderewski sat down at the piano and
the audience hung breathless on his ac-
tions. He lifted his strong, slender hands
and struck four preliminary chords, then
he paused, as though he took a certain
grim satisfaction in dangling with the ex-
pectancy of the people, who, from floor to
ceiling we're focusing him under their
eyes. From under his bushy name he took
one sideway look at the people, which en-
braced stalls and gallery, look which
seemed tinged with a certain cynical
amusement, or it might have been the
hypnotic glance which was to bring un-
musical as well as musical hearers to his
feet.
Paderewski began to play, and every
glass in the house was leveled at him or
his hands. People who sat to the left of
the auditorium or in the center congratu-
lated themselves because they could see
those marvellous hands. All pianoforte
players and students studied them as they
would a lesson; they watched every
movement of the wrists ana the fingers.
noted that Paderewski performed no cork
screw work either with his body or with
his hands, and that he was much more
reposeful than many lesser pianists they
had seen.
People who sat in the right of the
theater, being denied the view of the
hands, watched Paderewski's face and
wished that there had been more light
that they could have followed its express
sion better. Whether it were accident or
innate modesty it is impossible to say, but
the weight of the light brown name that
shaded Paderewskis manly brow fell on
the side of the audience and acted as a
semi-mask.
The composition in which Pader rewski
had elected to introduce himself to San
Francisco audience was BeeUhoven's c
major sonata. The allegro con brio was
played in way which made the critical
minority listen with Joy, while the un-
critical ones, not being yet hypnotlzed
watched the pianist, aud few who were
stumbling in utter darkness of things
musical decided that he looked like q
freak and wished the programme did not
look so long.
There was pause at the end of a move
ment. when people applauded and few
belated listeners were hustled into their
seats by the ushers. Paderewski paused
with his hands in midair, and remained
immobile in that position till pin coulc
have been heard to drop in the theater
then his hands fell gently and caressinsly
on the chords of the adagio.
1t was from the beginning of those
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[,Sketched By a +" Call

Lukens, t. Hoey, Miss F. S. Cooper, Miss
E. Kinsey, Miss Rose Davis. Mrs. P. Davis
d. A. Donelson, Mrs. William Stocomb,
Mrs. A. E. Didgway. Mrs. Hattie Goldner
Peyser, Miss O'Brien, Miss Derrick,
Miss Anna Shorkeley. Mrs. Eta Kellogg,
Mrs. c. w. Leach, Miss E. Joseph, Miss A.
Pooley Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Krausse, Mrs.
o. P. Evans. Miss May Palmer, Miss Julia
Reed, Miss Sarah Dean, Mrs. P. Van Pelt,
Miss Neamata Van Pelt, DR.. H. F. Walter,
Miss E. Lindberg, Miss M. Lindb berg. Mr..
and Mrs. j. FL. Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ho-
field, ladies of Van Ness Seminary, Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Batchelder, Miss Grace
Joseph, Miss f. Guttman, Miss Clara
Abrams, Mrs. c. H. Smith, Mrs.
Oscar Mansfield, Miss Mansfeldt.
Mrs. B. Joseph, Mrs. Harriet Brown, the
Misses Klink, Professor and Mrs. Locher,
Adolf Herbst, Mrs. and Miss Sharon of
Paso Robles, Mrs. f. II. Payne. Miss Ber-
tha Brehm, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Schmidt, Mr..
and Mrs. P. S. Montague, Miss Mignon
Krebs, DIR. Aaron Newman, Miss Minnie
Solomon, Mrs. A. E. Pirrie, Miss L. E. Pr
rie, Miss Mary Bigbee, Miss Minna JAMS
sen, Mrs. Fleissner-Lewis, w. G. Lewis,
Horace Blackman, Miss NJ. w. Knapp. A,
Bach. Mrs. C. NJ. Barre, B. L. Bradley,
Ed Rainey, Miss A. Robinson Gu. c.,
Berkeley, B. B. Parker. Miss G, Sullivan,
Blanche Ashley, Miss R. A. Jewell, Miss
Richardson, Miss Warrington, Mrs. A. L.
Richardson, Max Goldman, Miss Gussie E.
Mast, w. E. Mast, T. H. Morrison, Mau.
rice w. O'Connell, the Misses O'Connell
Miss B. Oliver, Mrs. Rosa Goldman, Miss
Ernestina Goldman, G. B. Galvani, Eric
Francis, Miss L. Jenkins, Miss Lucinda
Brown, III. J. Tomblin, Walter a. Stat.
ford, Guido J. Music. Joseph Newman
w. Borelko, Miss Florence Wedekind, Miss
Jane Tomppin, Miss Hilda F. Jacobs,
Miss Susan Brown, julius L. Weyand
Mrs. Abbey Paxton-Senier, A. w. Turpin,
Mrs. s. t. Trowbrldge, Mrs. Frederick NJ.
Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Bermingham am,
Miss Fanny Danforth, Albert. Asher, Mrs,
III. Rosengarden, Charles Gilbertson, Mrs,
II. Ehrman, Paul a.. Cullen, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Davis Miss E.. Davis, Miss Stella Reiss,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilleyers. C. Men, Miss A.
Cato, j. Jones, Miss Nellie Dolan. Mrs.
Elvira Nieri, Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Sena, j. L.
Damonte, Mrs Moran, Nelson Madison,
]. Bruins, Mr.. Berton, Miss G.. Nieri. s.
Nieri, A. Nleri, w. Devitts, L. Socei.
The Chicago cattle market fell off nearly
half a million beeVes last year.
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IN THE AUDIENCE.
Some Of the Well-knoWn Society
People Who Heard the First
Concert.

SOnCSTIs
Among those present last night were the
following:
Prince and Princess Poniatowski, Prince
Luigi of Savoy, Count Ceni. Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Crocker, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Herrin, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Bowler, A. ST.
J. Bowie Mrs. Milton S. Latham, Mr.. and
Mrs. George o. Bonny, Bruce Bonny, Miss
Shreve, Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Shreve.
Joseph Clark, Mrs. Alex Colt, Mrs. John S.
Hager, Miss Hager, Jerome A. Hart, JOS
eph Grant, Miss Hobart, DR.. Harry Tevis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Eyre and Robert Eyre,
Charles M. Shortridge, Samuel NJ. Short
ridge, D. NJ. Delmas. Miss Gashwiler, Miss
Laura Gashwiler, Mrs. Hubbard, w. OBJ.
Macdonough, Jack Casserly, Mr.. Agar,
Miss Casserly, Mrs. Pinkert.
Among those in the body of the house
were: DR.. E. ]. Overend, Miss Jerome,
Sigmund Beel, Charles Turner, Mrs.
Lucy Hayes, Miss Ina Griffin, Miss
Jennie Moffatt, Miss Julia Steele.
Miss Edith Bridges, Miss Paxton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Wilson, Harry Hol-
brook, A. J. Kenzie, Miss Jolliffe, Miss
Jennie Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Meyer,
Lloyd Tevis, Miss Florence Breckenridge.
Mrs. Page, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Schroeder,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Sullivan, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Georges, Mr.. and Mrs. Goewey, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Rix, R. Lncchesi, Mrs. A. To-
jetti, Mr.. and Mrs. Ludovich, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Betterman. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Hinckley, DR.. and Mrs.
John F. Morse, Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Tiff
fany, Mrs. NJ. A. Tobin, Richard Tobin,
Miss Beatrice Tobin, Miss Ada Wei
gel, Mr.. and Mrs. Ignaz Steinhart,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Roth, the Misses Roth,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Stern, Abe Stern. Mr.. and Mrs.
Neustadter, Miss Mabel Estee, Milton II.
Esberg, Mrs. S. Schwabacher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon Soss, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Haas, o. Greenwald, Miss Greenwald, Mrs.
Greenwald, Mrs. I. n. Walter, DR.. and
Mrs. J. Dennis Arnold, Louis Neustadter.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Neustadter, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Hotalin6, DIR. Gilbert Graham, Mr..
and Mrs. Levintritt, Mr.. and Mrs. Frier-
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The Chicago cattle, market fell off nearly
half million beeves last year.
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AN OPPOSING VERDICT.

In Judge Hunts Court Yesterday the Steam
ship Company Won.
A verdict, which stands in opposition to
the Federal Court decision, was given yes
terday In the Superior Court.
The wandering jury from Judge Hunts
court. which went out to find the City of
Chester last Wednesday, has returned a
verdict for the defendant in the suit of the
children OF John and Helen Hampton.
The plaintiffs were suing for damages from
the Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company for the death of their parents in
the disaster which caused the sinking of
the City of Chester. This verdict means
that it has been proved that the Oceanic
was on her course at the time of the COLI
sion, and also was not to blame for the
accident.
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4. Mission Scandal.

Harry S. Bullen, employed in creamery on
Sixteenth street, was arrested last night and
booked at the Seventeenth-street Police Sta
tion on three charges OF criminal assault. The
little girls are Annie darkie, IL years of age,
1885 Sixteenth street; Florence Rankin,
years of age, 1921 Mission street, and Eva
LEICESTER, years of age, 1924 Sixteenth
street The offenses were committed in mis-
room above the creamery on Saturday after
noon. Bullen is about 80 years of age.
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All Agree.

GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.
Sells Crockery, ChInaware, Glassware and
Tinware
CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM.
Very Pretty Dishes. Very Cheap Prices
81 Market street. s. F., Headquarters.
BRANCH STORES EVERY WHERE.
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THE C. & 0. ROAD.
The Annual Report Of President Ingalls,
oInkes a Good Showing.


WASHINGTON. Aug. 2i:NThc report
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio railway for
the'year ending June 30. 1896 which has
been submitted by President N. L. In.
gals. Is most favorable showing. con-
sidcrinE the disadvantages under which
railroads in all sections OF the country
have labored FOR the past year.
First OF all, the report shows that the
gross earnings OF the road have reached
the large aggregate OF $t0.22I 2I,l3l, q sum
which has not been exceeded save In
1893, when the worlds fair was In pro-
gress al Chicago and even In that year
the excess was only about 100000. The
careful management which Is now
marked feature OF the road Is shown In
the fact that while the receipts have
thus increased, the percentage of opera
ting NpenseS IL only one per cent
greater than for the last two years, and
seven per cent less than IN 1892 The
net earnings were the largest in the
history OF the company.
In physical condition the property has
been fully maintained and improved.
The company has had Reconstruction
account during the year in the operating
department, and the policy heretofore
established Of charging all additions
and bctterment to operating expenses
has been continued. The company laid
10000 tons of new rails, at cost OF
sl29,a23.
The company has operated It's own
line by way OF Lexington into Louis
vile since April !. but the earnings and
expenses of that division have been kept
separately. So far the contract has not
proved burden. and 1t Is believed that
p Il will he n proiita BILE one In the future.
Interest charges for the coming fiscal
year 1867 including interest on the Az
per cent bonds now In the treasury,
amount to $3.l33.471. an increase of $7,3lO
orcr the charges of Inst year.
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BELMONT TEACHERS.
County Institute Now In Session at Ep-
worth Pnrk-Iurgc Attendance.


worth Pnrk-InrGc Attendance.
The Belmont county teachers instl-
tutc Is In session at Epworth Park and
teachers began TO gather there yester-
day in unlimited numbers for the scs-
slOns that VIII last until Friday next.
The indications are II viii he the most
Interesting and hest attended institute
held for years. The park Is beautiful
and inviting and Is provided with all
the comforts OF home, In u limited way.
The instructors are G, B. Gilbert. su-
perinteulent of the st. Paul, Mimi,
schools; Professor John W. Hall, Buff
fnlo, New York; Miss Flora ]. Cooke,
instructor In primary methods, Chicago
normal school, and Professor Anton
Iiehold. supervisor of physical culture
IN the public schools Of Columbus, o.
Miss Maud Nicholson will have charge
Of the music.
The model school, by Miss Cooke, In
which the methods employed In the
primary grades In the city OF Chicago
will he introduced. VIII be In session
each day, and will consist OF a class OF
boys md girls from the vicinity OF.
Bethesda, This Is new feature, yet one
nf great interest, especially TO country
teachers. Another new feature viii be
Professor Lirbold's practical instruc-
tiOns OF tho subject Of Physical Culture,
All VI the Bclnlre school teachers
viii spend the week at E.pworth nark;to
attend tho institute ,s
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dous applause and cries OF "lIurrah for

McKlnlGy,D ,
"Another growing sentiment among
the people IL that na much M they are
attached 10 old party associations, and
hurd as II IL to leave their old relations.
they would rather break with their
party thnn 10 break up their business:
that parties are not M strong ns bual-
ness tlca nnd THE GOOD OF THE
COUNTRY IL MORE TO DE DESIR-
ED THAN THE SUCCESS OF ANY
POLITICAL PARTY. Men viii no
longer follow party when u leads away
from business success ana prosperity;
when It's policies cripple our industries
and the earning power OF labor They
VIII not follow n party whose policies
lmperll olir financial integrity and hon
or OF the country, (Grcat applause)
Eve aro learning another thing. my
fellow citizens; indeed, we know II al
rcady-thht no matter what kind OF
money we have, we cannot get Il unless
We have work. (Crlcs OF you are right,
mnJor'O
WHETHER IT Is POOR MONEY
OR WHETHER IT rs GOOD MONEY,
WHETHER IT IS GOLD OR WiIETII-
ER IT IS SILVER, WE CANNOT GET
ONE DOLLAR OF 1T UNLESS WE!
HAVE EMPLOYMNT FOR OUR
HANDS AND HEADS. Enthusiastic
cheering and waving of hata.) AND
WE KNOW ANOTHER THING
THAT WHEN WE HAVE WORK WE
WOULD RATHER HAVE OUR PAY
IN HONEST DOLLARS WITH THE
MOST PURCHASING POWER-d0l-
lars which will not depreclatc In our
lnnds over night, but which will be ns
good every day and every year. (Rc-
newcd cheering and cries OF "ITurrah
for Mcklnley.~ WE CANNOT HELP
labor by REDUCING THE, VALUE
OF THE MONEY IN WHICH LABOR
IS PAID. The way 10 help labor ls 10
provide It with steady work and good
wnHes and then have those good wages
always pnld In good money, money NJ
sound ns the government and rs unsul-
lied NJ this flag (polutlng 10 the Amerl-
can ilng). Tremendous cheering and
applause.) r,.N NEs
u thank you. my fellow citizens for
this call and for tho warm messages
brought to me by your spokesman, and
be assured 1t will afford me pleasure to
meet and greet every one OF my old
friends, for | can never forget, ! would
not forget. the unwavcrinG kindness
and support l have always had at your
hands" (Grent cheerIng)
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ELKlNs AT RAvENsWoOD
AddrssseS n Great Crowd-PcopIo Deeply
Impressed by Ills Telling Points.
Special Dispatch TO tho IntelliEencer

RAvENsWooD, W. Va. August "a.
Senator ElkIns delivered his speech
here tonight In the opera house, TO one
OF the largest, most enthusiastic and
most Intelligent crowds OF people. COM
posed OF men OF every political faith,
that ever gathered In RaVenswOod. eX-
cept ut an outdoor meeting.
Notwithstanding tho crowded Condl-
tlon OF the large bail. the best atten-
ton was given the distinguished
speaker and his words struck deep Into
the very hearts of the people and al
ready expressions have been made.
showing that 1t had telling effect upon
his bearers. Mr.. ElkIns' speeches arc
so plain. yet convincing. that they can
not help hut do good for the cause he
champions Another thing the people
like about Senator Elkins Is that he
states facts and Is always prepared to
back them. Many who were undecided
upon the silver question. have exprcsB-
ed themselves since hearing the scna-
tor. that they have fully made up their
minds to vote the Republican ticket. lie
goes to Spencer In the morning, where
he will meet an enormous crowd.
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II0KE SMITHS SUCCESSOR.
Er-Goyeinor Francis. n Gold Standard
Democrat, Appointed TO the Vacant Po-
xition In President CIcvelnnd's Cabinet.

Democrat, Appointed TO the Vacant Po-
xition In President CIcvelnnd's Cabinet.
BUZzARD'S BAY. Mass, August "a.
President Cleveland announces that
Ex-Governor Francis. OF Missouri. has
been appointed secretary of the interior
vice HOkc Smith.
Ex-Governor David Rowland Francis
Is nearly fOrty-sIX years OF age. hav-
Ing been born at Richmond, Madison
county. Kentucky, October l. 1850. His
education was received In Washington
University. st. Louis. his family having
moved to that city. In 1870 he gradu-
atpd. receiving the degree of 3. A.
His first political position was that
OF delegate to the national Democratic
convention of 1885,. In April. 1885. he
was elected mayor OF 81. Louis. hav-
ing been nominated as q dark horse on
the lS5th ballot. In 1888 Mr.. Francis
was elected governor OF Missouri.
At the expiration Of his term In 1892.
he resumed the active business man.
agement OF his old firm. which had
been kept up by the other members OF
the house with occasional supervision
BY the governor himself. His Conncc-
ton with politics since 1892 has been
that of a simple citizen. with an active
interest In the welfare OF his party and
country. He has always been n consis-
tent Democrat. Mrs. Francis Is lead
er In St. Louis society. They have four
children. Mr.. Francis Is sound mo-
ney Democratic leader and opposed to
Bryan.