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New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
OUSTING w. +. HARRlT1.
HIS SEAT IN THE DEMOCRATIC NATION
AL, COMMITTEE DECLARED VACANT.
ACTION TAKEN AT AN EXCITING MEETING OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COMMITTEE ON

ACTION TAKEN AT AN EXCITING MEETING or
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COMMITTEE on
THE EVE OF TIE CONVENTION
Reading. Penn Aug. 2O.-By vote OF % TO %
,he Democratic state Committee tonight adopted
\ resolution declaring vacant the seat or William
l. uarr;tv of philadelphia in the Democratic Ma
tionaI Committee The proceedings were eNci''ns
from start to finish. and at one stage po''e'''.''
was called upon by State Chairman o"' man -
eject Timothy O'Leary, Of Pittspure' io '''''
ing the speakers O'Leary Is not meinher Oh 'he
committee IT,, .
Immediately after the meeting was caIioh 10
order John g. Keenan,. of Westmorcland. ohered a
resolution That vacancy has oceh o'e,.'' "''',
now exists in the membership OF Inv ->''o""'
Democratic Committee by the reason OF the Vo.u"-
tary withdrawal from politics and from paruc'p"-
tion In the deliberations of the committee ot the
Io,e incumbent William +. IIarrity. and that MT.
Harriy not being in accord win the P''"'.P "
tho Democratic pauty James NJ Guffey. of Pitts
burg who so Loyalty supported WiIiiam D. bi'''''
be and Is hereby selected TO hl the vacancy.
MAGISTRATE Charles r. Donnelly. OF fhiade!phi'.
said that the committee would make mistake II
IL adopted this resolution on the eve OF 'he src''
battle for Governor. He denied the right or the
State Committee 10 create vacancy III 'he Ma
tional Committee. 1t was a question Tor the latter
body to decide. j. s. Hawley. OF Pittsburg, argued
I'm favor OF the resolution. Robert w. Erwin. OF
Washington declared that Mr.. Harrlty. having
refused to perform his duties as member OF the
National Committee. the Democracy Of Pcnnsylva-
MIA demands that 1t have "A representative there
who will perform his duties.
Thomas c. Barber. OF Union. argued against the
resolution. He said thai the party was after
votes in PENNSYLVANIA and not after discord. Mr.
Keenan, replied that Mr.. tiarrity should nave re-
signed from the committee after the National Con
venilon. when he decided not to take part In IL
councils When he refused 10 resign he snould
have been forced out. Pennsylvania nov had no
standing in the National councils of the party ne
declared. and would not have so long as 1t was
misrepresentcd -, -
nelly, read the correspondents" between nniSrli
and Mr.. Harrity Mr. Garman followed WIN iohI
argument in favor of the resolution More heateh
argument followed membcr sugSestnG the
reference OF the question 10 william D.. btEhn.
The vote then followed with the result given
above. 80 - ,-.,.
The action OF the state Committee VIII undouDt-
edly result In an exciting time at to-mori"" con"
Vent!on
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
TO VOTE IN SOtIH CAROLINA TO-DAY.

THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR UNITED STATES
SENATOR -M'LACRlN EXPECTED TO LEAD.
Columbia. S. G., Aug. 3O-To-morrow the primary
election for the purpose Of selecting Democratic
nominee for election by the Legislature for the
uncxpired term of the late Senator Earle is to he
held in this State. There are three candidates.
United States Senator j. l.. McLaurin ex-senator
lrby and Ex-Governor Evans. Mcl.aurin Is cX-
pected to lead but II IS doubtful II he will win on
lnlI
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
REcnHnED MORTGAGEs.

r,cver Charlotte to the Gernania Lfc Insurance
company. n listh st. - IT W oil 'o''' sf2f
same to SANE iisth-si. 81 # Of Convent 70,
SANE to sane n s issth-st li26 It W Of Con- ,ot
ven, ave. years "a; :, w Of Convent
Beli IIe Edward yM' and Lucy F. to Alan Patterson;
8 iG9th-sr. 1854 It OF ateDoihs-',e a.
same to same. n e iGo;hst. liG6 IT ot a.
o Io Tide Guarantee and Irus,
Company Nos POS and 30 West lio'h H. 45t
osssn o.~ph ! TO the colonial Trust COMPANY
OF New York. corner 2i-ave ana "'d s. 40
c,ibsrt kate l.. to Daniel Lord and another trus-
tees FOR Laura \ Delano. = 18TH 81 lVfo II * q
OF West End ave. year, poyr5n lots
81. 5i3 5ii ard 80; map estate o. JON" 40
Lawson. Twelfth Ward. !! Years ...',,,,,,,s ,,,,es
Prospect Terrace. - f. Of i"th st. . lars 49,
I.asrerges. Marie, to Joseph Mooney hus'e
Prospect Terrace Ci IL Il OF i''" D. 0;
vars ,,:i;,n, ( irnoin and william II Keat-
ing W Prospect Terrace. 30 RI n OF l"'H-S ~ :
year OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..','.''
Same to peter Il Egan. same property; } yealS';
Greir " Oid Boston Road. lot lid. map OK -
Olinvie Twenty fourth Ward. year. ;a-.,.,, - ~
Newman " = Manhattan ave. .s.3 Il OF
l2oth st. o7'h- io9 ,5 r e, OF coineyai HnseTi" for
Monk George ana wife and william Giilies to
Isidore Jackson and Abraham Stern. Io'"- ,oc
st. $50 4 Of sth ave. year '''0
MAYER Charles A. 70 Marie ,c,S keinheTG Wary %
Noonan. Arthur j and Cornelius {. to the Mutual
Life Insurance Company Of New-io1"; edr n %
schnugg Francis J. 10 Charles Thomson. Nos IL, o
7S and - East l0st-st. years, mortgages o''
St Regis House 70 9s e :, aso 'f ~ Of boulevard
ana 225 II W from old line 1lth,ave. year; o''
ia3d st, 20o It of Amsterdam ave. 2ooxiooli' or
months ........''..'..'.' '''''''''''''
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31

London. Aug 3o-The forthcoming promotions
will include the raising of Lord Charles Beresford
10 the rank Of admiral. Lord Charles Is az
present captain in the Royal Navy.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS.

,s,b.s, O. a5o IT " Of s,li-ave. 25x92 William
G!lles 10 George Monk. y part ,,..',.;' -.
1Igtb- st 9 3,5 n of Grand HONEYWELL i'N
20 II; Patrick Lynch and wife to william . con-
nell and wife .................. -,.:.,o5.
y,roener, Terrace W s. 80 (; II 18th st. 'ohioo'
william German to Marie LasIerges -
ll2th- St NJ 81 n :. $50 II " OF sth-ave, ~
loo }: Elizabeth Il Taylor 10 Josephine y Ff's"-
son ........,...'. Ia, nronerty:
Louisa HEIDI 10 John + Mortensen ana "i'e'-'' '''
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
JOUN SABINE SMITH FOR JUDGE.

The Murray Hill Republican Club. Of the NNNIIth
Assembly District, met in their rooms. at No. l,iSl
broadway, last night 10 complete arrangements
for their outing TO Rcck's, Rye Beach. on Thurs
dav rext and passed resolutions recommending
John sabine Smith for Judge Of the Supreme
Court and Andrew Robinson for Alderman.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
ENFORCING VACCINATION N MONTREAL.

Montreal Aug 30-The Catholic Board OF School
Commissioners has refused to comply with the or
der Of the Provincial Board Of Health TO refuse
entrance TO the schools children without vac
cination certificates and the city Will station doc
tors at all the Catholic schools 10 yacc.nate the
<.bl livcn
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31

Brest, Aug 30-The result OF the Parliamentary
election IN the Third District OF Bres yesterday Is
that the Able Eayraud Christian Socialist and Re
publican whose previous return was inyalidated by
The Chamber on the ground of clerical influence has
been reelected TO the Chamber Of Deputies by
large majority.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31

Plans for new buildings and alterations nave peeh i'ea
ar the Department Of Buildings as fOno"f
New buildings. main Office: . ,.,o,,
East Houston-st, No 2Gi. for two-story pricN
Office building and storage. lsX2o Lewis hoilss
man OF Pyetnlssss owner nenry $1,000
l4Oth-st. corner Elgecombe,ave, for acs one
story basement and cellar brick church, ooxs1,
Lutheran Church OF the Aonement owner
Henry Anderson Of No l,isl broadway arc"'- eo ooo
Boulevard. :. - It Of l0th-st. ior a th,e mr..
story brick with offices. 4oxS-;, Mes
ronolltan Improvement Company, of NO. l5o
West IO4th-st owner Alexander Fowler, OK NO ., mn
ho5 East l3Jth-st architect. 'o''
New buildings. branch once; , .. o..
Nontgomery-st, $. 800 II = OF Popham-aVe, aor
tyo-story and attic frame dwelling. l9x38;
Mrs = Del Cienovese. OF Ogden-aye and Devoe- ooo
at owner: Angelo Pezzano. architect. o'"V
Alterations. main office: . ,,,. ,
oath q, No 5o West. three-story DricK ana
stone dwelling with store: I Suydam estate. or
N % State-st owner; FRANKIE. Of No I2o ,oo
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
HALF DEAD on TOP or NAIL 1hdN
STRANGE PLIGHT OF A NEGRO WHO HAD BEEN
SHOT AND STABBED.

STRANGE PLIGHT OF A NEGRO WHO HAD BEEN
SHOT AND STABBED.
pougbkoansie y V Aug. 30-Therc is mys-
ferry about a young coored man. who says he is
Jackson Palmer OF No . Phliips-st., Boston, ana
who is in Vassar Hospital with little chance TO re-
cover He was found top of the fast mail ana
EXPRESS train from New-iork at il O'CLOCK last
night 1t was thought at first that he had peeh
struck by a bridge while stealing a ride but the
SURGEONS saw that his injuries could not have
hecn caused in that way. that he must have been
hurt before ne got on the train and ne coulu
have got there without ssh hd 70 he lifted
down from mis- perilous position by raiiioau III -
There are two wounds which look like bullet t
holes in the right thigh. the bones VI W. on
The right side There is jagged cut IN me Dack M o.,
mo skull a number of cuts on the rleht SIN" anu
bruises all over the body. 49,, p,,,,
The nolicc nave two theories one is that ram.
cr is one OF the colored men who were lmpica'ea a
IN thc saloon robberies and shooting an as a, !,
Wavrrsiraw on Saturday night The other IL that
ne was injured by enemies VINO pIi'ei ii mn , M ~
omcwbere along the track be knocked on D.!
one OF the many bridges ana mus usoeNv ~ a on
"o,,nt If his condition no statement can be oo-
tanned from him.
Timo,hv walters. the negro who walked into the
uudson street Hospital on Sunday with a puh''
wound il, his chest was doing fairly wei yestcr-
day The bullet has not yet been extracted 1ohn
Jones the other negro. who arrived III Ne"-' 'o'h n
saving he came from iiaverstraW. Is IN 'he P'iSo'
ward of Bellevue Hospital with shght nesh
wound The police thought the two men might DE
concerned in several hold-ups at taVerstaW OH
Saturday 49,. - 49, Do.
Michael Flney, Of the proprietor o.; the Kost
UiU Hotel at HaVcrstraw, where one OF tht roD-
h.rios look u ace called at Bellevue Hospital yes
tcrdav morning TO try identify Jones as one oi
tr. tnre. assai.ants. When he had seen him ne
sid ina, Homes was not one of the men Jones said
that h. had been shot by man named Apraha"
in a crap game in a iaverstraw brckyard. ,
tlinry thcn went 10 the Hudson Street Hospital
and positively identified Walters as one OF MS as
sailants ,., l., a.,
The case was rendered more complicated in ne
afternoon. when Coroner Fitzpatrick was hastily
summoned 10 St Francis Hospital 10 take the ante
mortem statement of Thomas Thornton. who Is
suffering from bullet wound in the breast Ihorn-
ton alleges that he received the wound in iiaver-
straw on Saturday night. when he was attacked
and rol
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
THE CAR TO VISIT PARIS THIS FAIL.
BERESFORD TO BE 4 REAR ADMIRAL.

Paris Aug. S0.-The journal" says that the
Gar will visit Paris at the end OF this autumn.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
BUILDINGS Bi II

Linz. Peru. via Galveston. Tex, Aug. So-A
block Of buildings At IQuiaue was destroyed by
0re last night.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16
Uses Feet for Hands.

There is bright little boy living in
Portland, Ind, who uses his feet and
toes quite as cleverly as most boys use
their hands. Three years ago he was
born without arms. He has been
taught to feed and wait upon himself,
however, and manages to get into as
much mischief as most little boys of his
age. When offered money the little
chap grasps the coins with the toes of
both feet and holds them as tightly as
anyone could with both hands. The
child's father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Lee, are of Irish descent.
The boy can use a pencil with ease,
and it is believed that he will soon be
able to write.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16

Ger Driver rushed through the jam and
effected the arrest.
Mr.. Ripley, quivering in every muscle
and palsied from old age, tottered
through the mob on the arm of Mr.
Hathaway and Officer Driver into cen.
trail station. The crowd surged in after
them and demanded that the old man
be held. Several hurried to get Otto
Reichard, who had been struck by the
whip.
The leader showed his wound and Of.
fcer Driver was delegated to take the
prisoner to the Harrison street station
where bail could be secured. Thepolice.
man mounted on the seat while detail
of officers protected Mr.. Ripley from
the crowd.
Jeers and missiles of all sorts fol-
lowed the fashionable rig and its oc'
cupants. Mr.. Ripley clutched his whip
but Officer Driver had hold of it and pre-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16

vented its use. The crowd attempted
to follow, but the horses were whipped
up and quickly drew away.
Justice Foster held Mr.. Ripley in 5000
bail at the Harrison street station. The
old man made no attempt to excuse his
act. When he regained control of his
nerves he explained that the bad music
OF the band had disconnected him.
sit was sort of temporary insanity"
he said. II was impelled through some
inherent force to raise my whip and
strike. was unaware that 1 had dis.
turbed. the harmony of the youngsters
until 1 was right in the midst of them.
The first thing / realized was some one
trying to stop my horses. Ithoughth he
was highway man and struck him
with my whip. regret sincerely that
1 was guilty of the act"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16
MONDAY, AUGUST 1e, 1897.
CHASED BY NEWSBOYS.
Wealthy Chicago Lumberman Has
a Narrow Escape.
Tries to Drive Through n Band That
Was Playing I'm the Street-Arrest-
ed for Cutting n Ind with
a Whip.

Advanced. age did not save William
Ripley, prominent Chicago lumber
dealer, from arrest the other night on
a charge of disorderly conduct after
he had destroyed the harmony of a
newsboys' band and inflicted severe
wounds on Otto Reichard, the leader.
In his expensive char-a-banc, drawn
by span of stylish bays, Mr.. Ripley
and Josiah L. Hathaway, the coal deal
er, along with Mrs. Ripley, were pur-
sued for half a block, and only saved
from chastisement at the hands of an
Infatuated crowd by the interference
of police from the central station.
Mr.. Ripley is one of the best known
lumbermen in the country, and lives at
7s3 Washington boulevard. He was
driving in W hington street, intend
ing to go to Lincoln park. Between
Fifth avenue and La Sale street a brass
band composed of newsboys was dis
playing its new uniforms and discourse
ing popular airs. They were direct
ly in the teams path, and Mr. Ripley
made no effort to turn to the opposite
side of the street. 4 warning cry from
the sidewalk saved the boys with the
bass horns from being trampled on.
The horses trotted through half the
band when, Leader Reichard, who had
ceased to swing his baton for the cho-
rus of "Therell Come Time" sprang
for the reins and stopped the team.
Quickly the long whip descended and
cut jagged wound in the bandmas-
ter's neck. He reeled back with pain,
and the horses quickened their speed,
impelled from another slash from the
tough whalebone. Drums and flies
were dropped simultaneously and the
crowd rushed after the horses. A cry
of murder served to swell the throng,
and before the rig had reached La
Sale street it was surrounded by 400
persons. The horses were stopped and
personal violence was threatened the
old man, and the arms of the players
shaken at him menacingly when OFF,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16
MISS GuILFoRD's vow.
Said She Wouldn't Speak for Fifty
Years, and Now She emit Talk.

Said She wouldn't Speak for Fifty
Years, and Now She Can't Talk.
The people in the southern part OF
Hancock county, Me, are deeply inter-
ested in peculiar malady which af-
ficts Miss Experience Guilford, an aged
woman of East Bluehill, who has not
uttered word or any audible sound
for 30 years. The original reason for
Miss Guilford's speechlessness was an
ger because she could not marry the
man of her choice. When she was 10
Simpson, the village schoolmaster.
They were to be married on June Is,
1917. One of Miss Guilford's rejected
suitors told tales about the schoolmas-
ter, and Miss Guilford's parents stopped
the wedding. Miss Guilford thereupon
said:
Il swear l will not speak word,
though live for so years, unless mar
ry this man."
She kept her pledge. Her parents
died, and she went to live with her mar
ried brother. When he died she made
her home with a sister, and after the
sisters death she went to a camp in the
woods and kept house for brother,
with whom she is now living. All this
time she performed her share of the
household work and did not show any
regret for having made the VOW. When
the so years of silence expired she
was visited by a large number of rela-
tievs and friends, who went to the camp
for the purpose Of being present when
she was at liberty to speak. Soon after
the midday meal Miss Guilford dressed
herself in the garments which she had
not worn for half a century. At two
o'clock she stood up before the people,
smiled and opened her mouth to speak;
but, though she tried hard and got red
in the face in trying, she could not
utter sound. Her vocal muscles had
become atrophied from long disuse anG
refused to work.
When Miss Guilford found that she
could not speak she sent to Bangor
for physician and took to her bed.
The doctor gave no hope of recovery,
but suggested that she be sent to a
Boston hospital for treatment. As soon
as Miss Guilford gets strong enough to
take the journey she will make another
effort to regain her speech. Her father
left her. good sum of money at his
death, which has been growing every
year in savings bank, so she is well
able to obtain the treatment she re-
quires.-N. Y. Sun,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16

Mr.. A. G. Wolfe, of Dundee, Mo-,
who travels for Mansur & Tibbetts,
Implement Co., of st. Louis, gives
travelling men and travellers in general
some good advice. Being Knight
of the Grip" he says, Il have for the
past three years made it a rule to keep
myself supplied with Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and have found numerous occasions
to test its merits, not only on myself,
but on others as well. I can truly say
that I never, in single instance, have
known it to fail. consider it one of
the best remedies travellers can carry
and could relate many instances where
l have used the remedy on sceptics,
much to their surprise and relief. I
hope every travelling man in the U. S.
will carry a bottle of this remedy in
his grip" For sale by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16
STRIVING TO PLEASE.
A Snowman Who Was willing to Do
More Than Most Would Do.

II always strive to please" remarked
the dramatic editor, as he scratched the
words big thing" out of the advance
notice he was writing and substituted
"megatherian aggregation"
Thanks, 1 am sure" said the adj.
vance agent, as he read over the ten
lines the dramatic critic was giving
him, and carefully put back into his
pocket the half-column notice he had
first drawn on the d. C.
II presume" smiled the d. c., "that
you always strive to please, too, don't
your"
Not always" in semidisappointed
tone, 'but used to have a friend who
did. He really was the most self-deny-
ing chap l ever saw, and what he
wouldn't do to please an audience
wasn't worth doing"
where is he now?"
Dead"
"Dead?"
"Yes, it killed him. 1t was this way:
He was in the pyrotechnic branch OF
the dramatic art, and used to give shows
at one of those imitation Coney islands
to be found on nearly every sandbar
in nearly every river tributary to the
Mississippi. He had been the origin
ator of the fireworks feature at this
place, and his phenomenal success had
made him so proud that he would
sooner have died than had a failure,
One Fourth of July he was going to
give the grandest display of his life,
and the feature in the biggest letters
on the bill was set piece hundred
feet high, with an enormous balloon
loaded with fireworks to go up from
the top as grand finale. There were
ten times as many people there that
night as there had ever been, and my
friend was feeling so good you could
see it in his walk.
Everybody was on edge, too, for the
gland blaze of glory the management
had been advertising for weeks, and
when, promptly at the hour. of ten
o'clock, my friend strutted forth like
a peacoclS to set off the great display
with his own hand there was a round
OF applause, followed by dead silence
as the audience sat breathless watch
ing for the burst of blazing glory. But
somehow it didn't burst. The profes.
sor fred the train and retreated to O
safe place, but the powder wouldn't
burn. 1t fizzled and went out, instead
Once, twice, thrice, it fzzled, sputtereo
and went out, and then the crowd began
to growl and guy, as crowds always
will, and the professor began to get
| wild.
Several other attempts to set the
piece OF were no more successful, and
at last, with smothered scream oil
crazy rage, he shot up the ladder of the
tower to its very top, where he had q
platform stored with all sorts of in
fammable and explosive things, ar
ranged to go off at the proper time
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16

lie STOOD there a moment slIhouetteo
against the sky, the crowd indulging
in gibes and jeers, with now and then
a threat as to what he might expect
if he would only come down to the
ground. This was his time to show
what he could do to please his audience,
and in minute, and before anybody
had any idea what he would do next, he
caught up an armful of the explosives
about him, fastened them to his clothes,
and hung wreaths and rings over his
neck and shoulders, and setting the
whole thing afire, he swung out into
the air in the balloon, which was al.
ready tugging at its anchor.
"As the balloon shot up, it was ter,
rifle sight, and the poor devils shrieks
added to the intensity of the scene, al
ready lurid with red and blue lights,
while the air was filled with all manner
of bursting bombs and crashing ex-
plosives. Women tainted, men ran
helplessly about shouting. and still the
balloon swept upward with its fiery
freight and passenger, until when it
had reached point about a thousand
feet above the earth, it caught fire and
the whole burning mass shot like q
blazing ball straight to the ground.
You will be safe in betting those peo-
pie never saw such an exhibition as that
before, nor will ever again in all proba-
bility, and when it was over" concluded
the agent, "the audience seemed to re-
aiize what the professor had done to
please them, and they Clipped in and
built him monument where he fell, |
having on it, besides his name and the |
proper dates, no other inscription ex.
cept He Strived to Please"
The dramatic critic was at least half
a minute in recovering his speech after
the recital of this remarkable tale, and
before he could ask any questions the
advance agent had folded his tent like a
circus and stolen away to the Office of
the next dramatic critic he had to call
Observation-Disclosures Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16
Vaccination ana voting.

In Norway persons who have not
been vaccinated are not allowed to vote
at any election.-Chicago Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-16

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