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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-30

convention then proceeded 10 the work
OF preparing Its ticket, the result, being
as follows:
Congress at large-John II. Braden,
Washington county; BENJAMIN G. Potts,
Delaware county.
Delegates at large-Wtllam F. Har-
rity, Philadelphia; Robert =. Wright,
IehiEh; ]. Henry Cochran, Lycoming;
Charles A. Pagan, Allegheny; DR.. John
Todd, Montgomery; Benjamin F. Mey-
ers, Dauphin; John S. Killing, Erie;
John Il. Lenahan. Luzerne.
Among the district delegates are:
TWenty-frst, John B. Keenan,, GREEN'S
burg; R. A. Mccullough, KittannIng;
Twenty-second. George s. Fleming,
Pittsburgh; Edward ]. Fraunhetn,
Pittsburgh ;Twenty-third, Hay Walk
er. 5r., Allegheny; Samuel w Black,
Leetsdale; Twenty-fourth, Frank
Thomson, McKees Rocks; A. Franklin
Silvius. Waynesburg: Twenty-hfth,
Stephen Markham. Butler: Robert
Ritchie, Beaver; Twenty-sixth, w. H.
Gaskill, Meadville; Frank 3. McClain,
Union City: Twenty-seventh, Charles
II. Noyes, Warren; Charles o. lay
man, Port Allegheny; Twenty eighth,
]. P. Hall, Ridgeway; Matt Savage,
Clearfield.
Electors at IarEe-william N. Singer
ly, Philadelphia; James Denton Han
cock, VenRngo; A. II. Coffroth, Somer-
set: George W. Guthrie, Pittsburgh.
When the delegates at large were
mentioned, Stnte Chairman Robert E.
Wright referred to the action OF the
Berks county delegates in the Ninth
congressional district conference in
sisting upon naming both the delegates
from the district to the national con-
vention, ignoring the rights Of his cour-
ty OF Lehlgh. Mr.. Wright said II he
permitted HIS election as delegate at
large he would be an accessory to the
injustice wrought against his county by
force OF superior numbers. The coDven-
tion refused to allow Mr.. Wright to
withdraw and elected him unanimously,
along with the others.
National Chairman William F. Har-
rity achieved personal triumph sec
ond only to that OF Mr.. Pattison. Ev-
erythlng he asked for he got, and his
unit rule" instructinB the delegates
TO Chicago 10 abide by the will of the
majority. went through with even less
opposition than he had expected.
The delgates and visitors made ale
most a hero OF Mr.. Harrity, besIeglng
him with their attentions whenever he
appeared In public. Despite the ap-
parent hopelessness Of their cause, the
platform adopted and the speeches
uttered by the Democrats to-day
showed no indications OF despair.
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STRICKEN CRIPPLE CREEK
Another DiSaItrOus Fire wlPlng Ont the
Remainder OF the CAmP-MHny Bald.
-. n..trn,.nh

Another DISASTROUS Fire WiPing Ont the
Remainder OF the CamP-MHny Bald.
inga Destroyed.
DENVER, Colo, April PA special
to the Times from Cripple Creek says
that the Portland hotel, one OF the
largest buildings in the camp, IS burn
ing. The roof fell in soon after the fire
broke out and the fire jumped across
the stret. Another general conhagra-
tIon is feared and the FIRE department
has begun blowing up adjacent build
ings with dynamite.
I,ATER-The entire block between
Hennett and Myers avenues and First
and second streets are doomed, togeth-
er with most OF the buildings between
MYERS and Warren avenues The re-
mainder OF the buildings above War
ram. not destroyed In Saturdays tire,
are also threatened.
The Masonic Temple building. the
principal business block in the camp, Is
In danger. The origin OF the IRE is un-
At 2 o'clock 100 pounds Of giant pow
der was exploded in blowing up build
Ingp. hut a high wind had arisen ana
the efforts to check the flames met with
but little success.
5.aO p M.-The fire is spreading over
the entire town, there are hardly any
buildings left except a few houses on
the hlll. BY an explosion In Third
street, two persons were Killed ana
fourteen injured. One Of the killed has
been Identified as j. Griffith, q miner.
Among the injured are: John Rice. arm
broken and eye blown out; Claude
Evans, fatally lacerated; George Z.
Young, John KrigEer, r. Bradwayarms
broken, and internally injured.
The ire extends from Warren ave-
nue. to the reservoir and from "a TO
Third streets.
Atep. m. the FIRE had burned Itself
out nnd Mayor Steel has telegrnphed
Mayor Murry. OF Denver, as follows:
a'rhousands homeless. Send tents.
We bnye plenty OF blankets"
There ~ not n building left standing
In the business section Of the city. only
n few residents on the outskirts remain
and thousands nre homeless, The lndi-
cations are the fire was OF incendlary
y ss.s0-Thc fire hns broken nfresh. II
lS now extending to West Cripple Creek
and il IN feared that this suburb Will
bc entirely wiped out. The greatest
confusion prevails, Free fghts are the
rule and nobody knows whnt VIII hap
pcn before morning.
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ing pike and Alexandria pike, which =
also q part Of the route described by
jackson testified that after midntght on
Friday, January 81. she was awakened
by dog barking and heard one horse
vehicle passing along the Ioad rapidly.
This was very unusual Occurrences
and she thought It was some doctor
fastening TO see patient
The testimony Of DR.. Edwin FREEMAN,
OF the Cincinnati Electric Aemeal col
iere. continued until the recess. A. an
expert he testified as to the condition
Of the neck and other parts Of Pearl
Bryan'S body and claimed that the con-
dItlons clearly showed that the head
was amputated when Pearl Bryan was
alive and that her death was caused py
the amputation.
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ILLTNOIS RRPUBLIOANs.

An Is Uncertain rs 10 the Outcome Nc.
TSinisy and CuIlom Men on the Alert.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 2s.-It has
mot vet been decided whether the dele
gates at large to represent Illinois at
the national convention viii be instruct-
cd THE state convention mot nj noon
to-day. nominated John Il. Tanner for
governor, william a. Eorthcott for
lieutenant governor. and then nd-
tourncd until O'Clock tomorrow
morning This was In accordance with
Inc plan mapped out by the so-called
Never before In the history Of the
state has the attendance at a,state con-
ventIon been as large MS was that Of to-
day. Fully 1900 people gathered to-
rother In the great dome building at
ibc state fair grounds 10 witch the pro-
reedinrs Of the convention. According
10 the programme now prepared, the
convention. upon assembling to-mor-
row morning. win begin by nominating
n secretary of state, then mn auditor, n
treasurer and attorney general. Then.
according TO the agreement between the
"mnchlnc" leaders and the Mckinley
men. the resolution inBtructinE the ma
tlonal delegates nt inrEe to support a
candidate nj the national convention at
81. Louis win he acted upon.
Tonight both sides are on the alert
The leaders are In consultation win
their lleutennnts preparing for the final
battle Tomorrow. No man, not even
the leaders themRelveS, can predict
with any degree Of certainty what the
result will be-.
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m THE SENATE
senator Teller AIrI His Free silver vlsNr
and Gets II From senator shsrman..

Senator Teller AiFs His Free Silver View
and Gets It From senator shermAn,.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2s.-Two
notable speeches by Senator Teller and
senator Sherman, representing oppos-
ing elements on the financial question.
were heard In the senate to-day. Mr..
Teller addressed himself particularly
to the Ohio senator, controverting the
views held by him and maintaining
that no honest effort had been made
in the present Congress 60 pass a tarin
blll, The senator referred in passing
TO the Mckinley candidacy, saying that
the motto OF advance agent Of pros
perity" was delusive, as no prosperity
could come until financial conditions
were reformed The climax OF MIR. Tel
lcr's speech was reached when he an
nounccd that he. would vote as he spoke,
and that he would not hesitate 10 sep
nrate himself from the great party
with which he had been allied for forty
yearp IN II pronounced for the gold
standard.
Mr.. Sherman answered Mr.. Teller,
arguing against bO-cent silver dollar
and announcing that the time had come
for a decisive opinion from the people.
He appealed the case. he said. to the
tribunal OF the American people at the
coming election. The early part Of
the day was given to speeches by Sena-
tors Villas and Mitchell, of Wisconsin;
Palmer and Kyle, eulogizlnE Pere Mar
quctte, after which the resolution was
adopted accepting the statue of Mar
Quette presented by Wisconsin.
The naval appropriation bill is nomi-
nally before the senate. hut II being
thrust aside for the incidental tRrifi
and financial debate Mr.. Hale, in
charge OF the bill, protested vigorously
against the dlstractlnE debates, declar-
ing that II It continued Congress would
remain in Washington until next fall.
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cApTURED' A FTLIBUsTERER,
A Spanish GanbO"t Makes a Haul-A
Lively Time.


Lively Time.
HAVANA, April s9,-The Spanish
gunboat Mensagera has captured and
brought Into this port the American
schooner Competitor, OF Key West,
loaded with arms and ammunition. be-
lieved to De intended for the insurgents.
The men found on board OF her are
held as prisoners.
IL appears that the expedition was
an important one. A number OF the
hllbusters are said TO have succeeded In
jumping overheard and swimming
ashore Others, however, who Jump
ed into the sea, were drowned II also
seems that the lnsurgent general Nom
zon, was n member of the expedition
The flibusters who succeeded In getting
ashore either By swimming or by other
means. opened lre from the swamp
on the gunboat which was assisting the
government force on shore. ana the
warship replied, killing three OF the
party.
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statesman from the stock yards, CHI
cago. He went into headquarters to
get some tickets for his constituents.
The tickets were not given TO him
whereupon he thrust chairman jamie
son TO one side. picked up q big bunch
OF tickets and walked out OF the room.
There was a big crowd in the room at
the time and while everyone was In
dignant there was no one felt equal 70
the task Of stopping the patriot OF the
afn1k Rro ylu
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WASHINGTON. D. c.. April 2s.-The
house spent the day In further dslcuss-
ion OF the bankruptcy bill
Mr.. Connolly. (Rep.. nl.). spoke in
favor OF the measure and Mr.. W. A.
Stone, CRep., Kas.). In opposition 70 IT,.
Mr.. Newlans in the course OF his re-
marks said that II the Democrats at
the Chicago convention abandoned free
trade and declared for silver, fusion
would be victorious, while Mr.. Connolly
ofthe silver element would follow which
predicted In the event OF the enactment
OF a free coinage law there would be
an universal demand for a bankruptcy
In
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sHEBOYGAN, Wis., April 2e-The In
habltants Of this place were terrorlzed
by a cloudburst about 10 o'clock last
night Residences in the lowlnnds were
inundated 90 such depth that the po-
liceand FIRE departments lad To use
boats In resguinE the women and chill
drcn. Many people had narrow escapes
from death. Tho loss Of property will
foot up thousands os dollars.
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ELKINS' DESIRE
Is for West yirginia's Prosperity
Above All Else.
THE RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL

AsAmsndsd IN tss senate Expected to co
ThroaEh-st.snsrI WIN be RunninE to
FsirmOut Within Eour Ysan-A Pre-
dlotion lrads slz Year. Age Being Ful-
ansd-Ths ohio River Improvement
VIM nlboPuShsa-HOnOnEaAslaworkths me
BsglnninE Ofa Great scheme.
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specinl Dispatch to the lntelllgcnecr'
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, April 90
As Christian Nelly, aged sixty, one OF
the most prominent and wealthy whole
sale merchants OF this city, was re-
turning from Bufnlo BilIs show To-
night he was run down by a heavily
loaded carriage. which passed over his
bowels. innicting Injuries which are
considered fatal
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PREFER M'KINLEY.
Vermont Republicans Declare &c
is Their First Choice.
STATE COUNTED ON FOR REED

x,m,. ,A. Ohio Man for tho Presidency.
p,nn,yIvanla Democrats Launeh Patti
,,u,, BOOm-Ths Contest Betwssn MT
non RspublieanS Unsettled = esOrEia
R.publleans are Divided : Michigan
p,mOer.., are for sound monsy-othsr
Conventions.
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JACKSON, Miss. April 2s.-The DEM
ocratic state convention WE called to
order at II 30 a M. by Chairman Will
iamson, of the state executive commit
tee, congressman H. L. huldrow,
OF Oktlbbeh, was chosen temporary
chairman and Hon. L. Pinksmith as
secretary. The convention declared for
free silver and elected delegates to Chi
NaR0
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STARTLING TESTIMONY
In the scott jackson Triai-PeHrl Hryhl
DccapltHted while Alive.


DeCapiiHtsd while Alive.
NEWPORT, Ky, April 2e-startllng
testimony was given this morning In
the Jackson murder trial, by two wo-
men. who confirmed TO some extent tho
story told by conchman George H.Jaeb-
son. Mrs. Selthers, who lives on the
lacking pike and comes TO Newport on
foot every day, testified that about
O'clock. on the morning Of Friday, jan
uAry 81. she met two men, strangers,
who stared at her In such way as TO
frighten her. She says the road on
which she met them was used nltogeth-
or by residents OF the neighborhood and
II Was very unusual thing TO SEE any
other person there. This IL the mad
over which Jackson says hc drove the
cab Friday night. The witness said she
had never seen these men since until
this morning when she recognized them
aa jackson ana WallinB,
Mrs. Alice Stelfei, who lives on an
unfredueutcd road, between the Lick
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 29.-The
Prohibition state convention met In the
hall Of the house Of representatives IN
this city to-day, $50 delegaes to the
national convention and adopt plat
form. L b. Searle, OF Chattanooga
was elected temporary chairman.
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sEATTLEs. Wash, April 29,--Albert
Rieullfi. a mulntto, shot and Killed his
wife and then Killed himself this
morning. Jealousy was the cause.
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SPRINGFIELD. Ill, April 2s-A
good deal Of excitement was caused az
the state central committee rooms py
the Hon. Buck Mccarthy. the sO0'pound
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For West Virginia. partly cloudy weath-
or; probably local showers; southerly
winds.
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio,
partly cloudy weather, possibly light lo-
cal rains; fresh and brisk southeasterly
Local TrmPerature,
The temperature yesterday aS observed
by G. Schncpf. druggist. corner Four
tccnih and Market streets was as fol'
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-07
Deductions.

The Popocratic candidate tells how
it would work. When the laws are So
under the free coinage of silver, the
holder of silver bullion can convert his
silver into dollars at the mint, that
will FIX mint price for silver and oui
silver dollars will be worth as much as
our gold dollars" Accepting for the
moment this theory of the unlimited
coinage of silver, what does it logical
ly imply? By opening the mints to
silver at the ratio of 16 to Bryan says
that the Government will fix "a mint
price for silver" and the coined silver
will be equal to gold; that practically
the Government will buy all the silver
offered at the mints at fixed price--i.
e., S1.29 an ounce. Unlimited coinage
therefore means, according to this the.
ory, that the Government will otferfo.
all the silver of the world 100 sper cent
more than its present market price.
1t willpay the mine-owners sk29 an
ounce for their product which now
brings in the market less than GS cents
an ounce.
If silver should be coined into money
to an unlimited extent at the present
ratio-if this infusion of silver into the
currency were desira ble-can Bryan or
anyone else give reason why the pro-
ducers of silver should receive this
enormous profit? Why should not the
Government make the profit? Why
should not the Treasury retain the diff
ference between the bullion value of
silver and the coinage value? Why
should not this difference of 100 per
cent go to the Government-to the
people-and not to the producers Of
silver? They now make profit in
producing silver at So cents an ounce.
If it were not for a profitable industry,
the output of silver would not have in
creased so vastly during the past twen-
ty years. Are the silver mine-owners
entitled to any special favor from the
Government? Have they any greater
claim upon the Government than the
iron interests and copper interests?
Can Bryan or anyone else holding his
theory offer valid or plausible reason
why the Government in fixing "a mint
price for silver" should fix price
above the market value?
The obvious logic of Bryan's own ex-
planation of the unlimited coinage of
silver is that the whole scheme is in
the interest of the producers of sill
ver.-Times Star.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-07
The Republican Party stands
for honest money and the chance
to earn it by honest toll.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

THE New York World gives the
names of thirty-eight individuals and
corporations who are credited with
fortunes aggregating 1860, 900, 600 that
haye been made out of mining and are
now the strength of the silver trust.
Not one of these indlyiduals is credited
with less than 80, 900, 900, and twenty
four of them are rated at from 10,000,
900 to $40, 900, 900. The World adds to
these millionaires and multi-million-
aires forty-nine mine owners whose
wealth in the aggregate is $4,000, 00O.
This makes the total wealth of the sill
yer trusts s616,OOO,OOO. But for this
aggregation of wealth interested
in silver mines, silver would not be an
issue in this campaign, and Mr. Bryan
would not now be a candidate for the
presidency.-OhioS State Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-07
The Failure of BRYAN

No candidate for the presidency
within the memory of man has made
SO many public addresses or said SO
little as William Jennings Bryan. Like
a cheap lawyer with a bad case he in
dulges in charges that he cannot prove;
puts statements in the mouths of the
opposition that are groundless; daz-
zles the average crowd with senseless
jargon and half baked propositions
that he cannot explain or defend him
self; lodges every issue in the cam
paign but that of free coinage, which
he manipulates, turns and twists like
the mysterious handkerchief in the
hands of sleight-of-hand performer,
and when cornered INDUCES in TRADE
of abuse against the gold bugs that
proclaims the shallowness of the man.
When Mr.. Bryan was nominated
there was a general impression that
he would be found to be not only elo-
quent, but ingenious and persuasive.
1t was the common belief that he
would prove himself a close reasoner.
that grant him an inch of premise and
he would wrap his opponent in chain
of logic. So far from being close
reasoner he is proving himself to be a
loose talker. He does not set traps
and pitfalls for others, for he walks
into them himself
Thus he has been telling the people
in the South that when dollar rises
in value it means prices will fall.
Though Mr.. Bryan stopped there the
implication is obvious that he holds
that prices will rise with a dollar fall
ing in value. Sound money men, of
course, have maintained that the dol
lar he ADVOCATES would be depreciating
steadily, and he admits it. Having
conceded this much Mr.. Bryan went
on to talk about his advocating bime-
tallism, saying in almost the same
breath that, if elected, he would not
lose moment in getting rid of the
gold standard. Bimetallism with gold
left out would be no bime tallism at
all, and, of course, Bryan knows it,
He is talking to deceive in his char
acter of the great national Confidence
man"
In one thing, however, Mr.. Bryan is
consistent. From the opening of the
campaign he has shown himself moral
ly obtuse, not the faintest glimmer of
consciousness that he is urging the
American people to swindle their cred
itors revealing itself in one of his
many hundred speeches.
The American people will not elect
as their president az man who has
shown himself to be such an empty
charlatan and cheap demagogue as
William J. Bryan.-O. S. Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-07
The Question of Fitness.

Probably there never mas been an
other Presidential campaign in which
either of the principal candidates
sought so plainly as Mr.. Bryan does to
capture by oratory, and to divert at-
tention from every question as to his
fitness. 1t is no part of Presidents
duty to make eloquent speeches. He
has no place in either branch of Con-
gress, and can hardly endeavor to
rouse popular feeling against either
legislative branch, as Andrew jackson
did, without taking an attitude of hos
tility toward those charged by the
people with the duty of law-making,
besides detracting from the dignity of
his Office. Moreover, the oratorical
temperament, which works with and
appeals to the emotional nature rather
than the clear intellect and cool iudg-
mept, is distinctly ogaized as not
the best for the Chief Executive, whose
lightest words may affect the peace or
welfare of nation, whose acts ought
TO be regulated by careful considera-
tion of consequences. and who needs,
above all things, to be sure that he will
not overhead his mind with his own en-
thusiasm and passion.-N. Y. Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-07
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ?. 1906

For President,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY,
OF the United States.
For Vice President,
GARRETT A. HOBART,
OF New Jersey.
Republican State Ticket.
CHARLES KINNEY, Of Scioto Co.
or Judge OF the Supreme Court,
MARSHALL J. WILLIAMS, Of Fayette Co.
FOR Food and Dairy Commissioner,
JOSEPH E. BLACKBURN, Of Belmont Co.
FOR Member Board of Public Works,
FRANK A. HUFFMAN, OF Van Vert Co.
For Circuit Judge,
HIRAM L. SIBLEY, Of washington Co.
For Common Pleas Judge,
JOSEPH M. WOOD, OF Athens Co.
Congressional Ticket.
FOr Congress, 18th District,
n. q. VAN vOORHIS, of Muskingum Co.
County Ticket.
For Probate Judge,
D. r. ROOD, Of Belpre.
JOHN S. MocALLIsTER, Fourth Ward.
". A. PATTERSON, of Waterford.
" JOIN ". ATHEY, Marietta Towns p.
wi JOHN RAaNDoLPH, Wesley Township.
For Infrmary Director,
VIM. SCHNAUFFER, Newport Township.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-07
Marvellous Results.

: From letter written by Rev. J..
Gunderman, of Dimondale. Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract II
have no hesitation in recommending
DIR. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the case
of my wife. While was pastor of the
Baptist Church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible parox-
ysms of coughing would last for hours
with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them A
friend recommended DIR. Kings New
Discovery; it was quick in its work
and highly satisfactory in results. "
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