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When the republican, caucus recon-
vened after its recess early Saturday
meFning the roll call showed 1875 mem
bers present, the absentees being Sem
ators SeheHbach and Sterkton and
Representatives. Gait, Miller aud Bury,
! all = u Of whom were i sspssssnted by
The llsthll sballotsl ~. completed.
showing but one change Of any sig-:
niticanoe. that of Representative Pugh
from Evansssto Glapp. and the secre-
taries were footing up the totals when
Senator Lord startled the caucus by
changing his vote from Tawney to
Evans Senator Thompson and Rep
resentati.es. Andeitson and Burns fol-
lowed his Head the excitement height
ened.
] Then Senator Macarthur got the eye.
Of the speaker and announced his
change froma'awney to Clapp. amid
cheers, from the Gtapp people.
Uilts proxy was changed from Taw-
ney to Evans and Representative John
son and Senator Knatvold were also
added to the Evans list, causing bois-
Serious demonstrations by the Evans.
men, ss S
Down the list the changes came, the.
few remaining Bixby men joining the
Clapp forces, until it was mp to Re-,
preventative Bean. who put the fin ish
ing touches. on the Evans hopes by de-
sorting his first choice and going to
Clapp, with the sensational denoue-
ment in which Speaker Bowling played
"a conspicuous part.
the roll showed that Clapp had "a
votes, Evans SO. Bixby Lowry and
Tawney 2, but the summing up was
only an incident and was not formally
announced.
The nomination was then made
unanimous. An original ode, dedi-
Gated to Moses Clapp by its author, II.
p. Hall, was introduced. and by COM
mand of Speaker bowling the ser.
gcant-at-arms compelled the veteran
journalist to get up on the secretary's
desk and sing his production.
France has given the decoration OF the
Legion of Honor to II Americans for
services at the Paris exposition.
The republican senatorial caucus at
Springfield, I'LL, renominated Shelby NJ.
f0,e Y~}<
Four men were killed in collision be.
tween freight trains on the Grand
Trunk railroad near Lock Mill. Me.
| ...Dr." John Alexander Dowie has re.
turned to Chicago from Europe and says
hewill become an American citizen.
Statistics of the lumber trade compiled
| at Washington show that American for
| ests will not last longer than 60 years.
Rev. Hiram III. Revels, formerly United
States senator from Mississippi, dropped
dead at his home In New Orleans. La.
The president decided. IL accordance
with his physician 8 advice. to abandon
his entire social programme of the sea-
son. rs % # s
| Lord Rosebery warned an English cham.
Der of commerce that British trade was
| seriously menaced by America and Ger
many.
L. A. Porter, cashier Of the Warren De-
post bank. Bowling Green. KY, is short
$4,000, which was made good by stock.
holders
Two cars on the Union Traction trolley
line collided on bridge over the White
river near Chesterfield, Ind, injuring ten
| persons.
Two persons were killed. one MORALLY
| wounded, four or five injured and a build
| ing destroyed by dynamite in q riot at
Corbin, KY.
Charles Lang. a negro. was strung up
| to the limb of a tree near Elko, S. c..
| and shot to death by mob for assault.
/ ing the wife of farmer.
/ E. W. Blaisdell. one of the founders
4 Of the republican party. and the first
to mention Lincoln for president. IL
dead at his home in Rockford. Ill.
E. Parmelee Prentice. of Chicago, and
| Miss Alta Rockefeller. daughter of ].
| D. Rockefeller. were married at the resi-
! dence Of the bride. in New York city.
4 Cornelius L. Alvord, r., the defaultins
| note teller Of the First national bank. OF
| New York. was Wednesday sentenced to
l3 years. imprisonment. The amount Of
his defalcation was $500. CO.,.
An engine and two cars loaded with
| meat ran OFF an open switch on theaChi-
cago & Alton railroad at Braidwoodi ILL.,.
1 Friday, killing Frank Parmalee, swatch.
man. OF Braidwood. and seriously injur.
ing four others.
Will Meet I'm Buffalo.