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been exhausted, and almost any premi-
um could have been exacted by such
persons as always find some of the
much-sought cards for purposes Of
speculation. Several of the state dele
cations appointed committees to visit
the national committee in order to get
increased supplies of admissions. Most
of the applications availed nothing.
Hall Blaze Of Color.
The auditorium was q blaze of col
or. From all points in the roof stream
ers of red, white and blue fell, to be
caught up and loOped to the pillars
that sustain the roof. Festooned in
front of the balconies were the same
colors, while in all places that room
could be found were palms and other
plants, that waved in the breeze and
made people think it was cool, whether
or no. From the stand q sea of faces
arose in front, TO the right. and to the
left, while the flutter or fans and dele
CATION banners, the movement of peo-
pie on the floor. including ladies in
radiant costumes, made scene to be
remembered for life time.
Leaders Are Cheered al They Arrive.
As the leaders came in the cheers
began and drowned the strains Of the
band which was filing up the time
with patriotic and popular airs. Hill,
Sheehan, Bryan, Bourke Cochran,
Hoke Smith, Guffey, Eliot Danforth,
Davis of West Virginia, John Sharp
Williams, Governor Vardaman (of
Mississippi, General Weaver, Campau,
John p. Hopkins, Tom Taggart, John
w. Kern, Governor Dockery and host
of others were applauded as they made
their appearance. In fact there was a
succession of cheers from different
points in the hall that was almost con-
tinuous until the time arrived for the
gavel to fall.
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the act repeating the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act, thereby for the
first time practically establishing the
gold standard in the United States"
He spoke of the increase later in the
price of wheat and how it enabled the
farmer to pay his debts and put the
money in circulation, and said: But
wheat going up had another effect
When wheat went up during the CAM
paign, while silver bullion went down,
there was thereby furnished seeming
object lession of the inaccuracy Of the
contention of Mr.. Bryan and his fol-
lowers, OF whom l was one. that there
was necessarily a connection In price
between the two" This he said caused
q stampede to the Republican party
and elected Mckinley, because the ad-
vance in wheat had put up the prices
of everything. including labor
He claimed that it was the Demo-
Gratis who led in the war against Spain
and in setting Cuba free; he denied
that as to the trusts the Democrats
had failed to enforce the laws on the
statute books, although they had only
had a four years opportunity, and de-
clared that the Republicans in any
proper sense did not deserve credit for
what they had done.
He took up the tariff plank Of the
Republican platform next and declared
there was only one way to make pub
lie interests" known, and that was ito
vote down the men who say that all is
well enough and that the gospel of hu-
manity as far as the tariff is concerned
Is all included in the phrase stand
pat" Then he made an argument
against the tariff as it exists, especial
ly making a point of the fact that
United States manufacturers sell goods
In foreign countries cheaper than they
sell them at home; and during his dis
cusSion of this plank he said "Of
course this platform had to contain the
usual historical untruth, to-wit: that "A
Democratic tariff has always been fol-
lowed by business adversity-a Repub-
lican tariff by business prosperity"
After a vigorous presentation of the
objections to the Republican tariff idea
the speaker took up the other planks IN
succession to the end of the Republic
an platform.
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At noon a hush fell upon the 1O,-
600 persons gathered in the building as
ex-senator Jones, OF Arkansas, chair
man of the national committee, ad-
vanced to the desk in front Of the
platform. Then wave of applause
swept up from the throng and was
repeated again and aagin. Bowling to
the compliment Jones brought his
gavel down upon the desk and quiet
was obtained. The reading of the call
for the convention, the roll of dele
gates, and other matters preliminary
was soon accomplished, and then Jones
announced that the national committee
had decided to recommend John Sharp
Williams, of Mississippi. for temporary
chairman, and asked If the convention
would confirm the choice 1t did; en-
phatically.
Loud cheers greeted Williams as be
was presented to the convention. and
then he proceeded with his opening
speech, which was general arraign-
ment Of the Republican party and its
leaders, largely on the tariff and island
policies. The speech in full makes at
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-07
GREAT HALL Is FULL OF PEOPLE
John Sharp Williams Is Declared the
Temporary Presiding Officer
COMBINE AGAINST PARKER Is NOT
Move So Far a Failure-Bryan Ap-
parently Loses His Grip-What
the Temporary Chair.
man Said.

st. Louis, July 6. = Inc nauonal
Democratic convention opened at noon
today. For hours before the chair
man of the national committee took
the stand to call the convention to or
der the great hall had been rapidly
filling with those privileged to seats
either as delegates or spectators. No
convention in years will be more large
today. Seats were in great demand
right up to the hour of opening, and
were unprocurable. The supply had
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JOHN p. HOPKINS TO WIN
No Hope Apparent for the Harrison Illi-
nois Faction.

No Hope Apparent for the Harrison Illi-
nois Faction.
After an almost continuous session
of nine hours the subcommittee of
the national committee to which was
submitted the evidence in the four
teen contests In the state Of Illinois,
adjourned at 1890 O'Clock. to meet
again this morning. The hearing of
evidence lasted until midnight, and the
committee held short executive ses-
sion, after all the testimony was In.
When they left the committee room
1t was announced that no vote had
been taken on any of the contests, and
that the executive session consisted of
nothing more than an informal dis
cussion Of the matter. Adair Wilson,
Of Colorado, q member of the commit
tee, declared that they were all prac-
tically of one mind as to the virtue
Of the cases submitted, and 1t is gen.
orally believed that the question will
be victory for John p. Hopkins and
his faction. William j. Bryan made
a strong fight for the anti-Hopkins
faction.
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PoPULlsTs OPEN THEIR MET


Twenty Three States Represented by Less
Than goo Delegates.
Springfield, ILL.,, July 1.-THE 800 or
COO delegates that were expected to
attend the Populist national conven-
ton in this city did not put in ap-
pearance, and when the convention
was called to order there were fewer
than 200 delegates in the hall The
citizens of Springfield took no interest
In the convention. and there were not
more thar seventy-five persons present
besides the delegates. Only twenty
three states were represented In the
convention.
The convention was called to order
at 1:43 p. m, by Vice Chairman ]. II.
Edmiston, of Nebraska, and the call
for the convention was read by 10 A.
Parker, of kentucky, national chair
man. Ex-Representative l.. III. Weller,
Of Iowa, was made temporary chair
man and Charles Q. Defranoe, of
Nebraska, temporary secretary.
After the temporary organiza.
l1Vu uoO Uccll pcI1CCtCu lAC COuScutsOu
listened to addresses by ex-senator
William v. Allen, Of Nebraska. and
Rev. A E. Nelson. Of St Louis 1t
was O'clock before the speechmaking
was over, and after more lelay In the
appointment of the var Jus commit
tees, the convention took recess.
Three names only are mentioned
now In connection with the nomination
for president-William v. Allen, of Ne
braska; Samuel w. Williams, of In
diana, and Thomas E. Watson, of
Georgia. Ex-senator Allen refuses to
enter into scramble for the nomina-
ton, and practically said that he
would not accept the honor If there
was going to he any contest over it.
He wants the nomination to come to
him unanimously. Watson is in q sim
liar state of mind. while williams is
leaving nothing undone to capture the
nomination.
The committee on platform and res
olutions includes the following: ILL.,
nois, James Ferris; Indiana, Samuel
w. Williams; Iowa, j. p. Norman;
Michigan, Mrs. Marian Todd; Wiscon-
sin, Robert Schilling.
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NOTHING But PARKER IN SIGHT
Opposition Is Unable to Unite on a Man to
Beat Him.

Beat Him.
st. Louis, July 6.-Parker's strong
position remains mistaken The oppo-
sition has made many assaults, but has
apparently made no impression. The
solid and substantial phalanx Of the
New York jurist has withstood all eff
forts of the friends of the other candi-
dates. and is apparently stronger than
ever. Assurances OF accessions from
instructed delegations after the first bal
lot have been received from men who
are now tied to other candidates, which
the Parker adherents say insures a
nomination by the second ballot.
The anti-Parker men have persistent
iy tried to offer candidate who would
unite third of the delegates so as to
have a rallying point, when compli-
mentary ballots have been cast for IA
vorite sons. The impossibility of unit
ing has been made manifest, and the
most jealous opponents of Parker con-
cede his probable nomination not later
than the second ballot.
A story was current that David E.
Hill, flushed with the fruits of victory,
would undertake to force upon the op-
position platform soradical that some
Of the southern delegations would
break away from New York's capdi-
date. But the illusion was dispellsd.
1t is learned that Hill will not be
chairman of the resolutions committee,
but that John A. Mcmahon, of Ohio,
or Senator Bailey, of Texas, will be,
and that Bailey had been selected to
cross swords with William ]. Bryan
in the debate over the platform on the
floor of the convention.
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BRYAN,s' STAR Is SET, 1T SEEMS
Cannot Control the National COMMITTEES
Appointed Four Years Ago.

appointed Four 4 ears Ago.
An interesting feature of the pro-
ceedings here is the development of tie
waning influence of Bryan. The ma
tional committee, selected four years
ago by a convention following his un-
qestioned leadership, turned away from
him in settling the Illinois contest.
Bryan had made the fight against Hop
kins his own, and the unanimous ac-
ton of the committee indicated clearly
that he no longer wields his one-time
marvellous control. Many times dur
ing the past few days the suggestion
has been madethat Bryan would swing
bis strength to this or to that candi-
date, and the Democrats who were
anxious to organize a winning cOali-
ton investigated and found that out
side of the Nebraska delegation the
former candidateh had no following save
a few scattering delegates who were
bound by the unit rule and instruc-
tions.
1t is expected that there will be d
clash with Bryan over the platform,
but that document is expected to be
conservative utterance. Bryan is to be
accorded a respectful hearing, but the
dominant element in the convention. it
is freely asserted, will not temporize or
attempt 10 placate and conciliate him.
The forces which will adopt the plat
form and name the candidate for presi-
dent will also name the vice president,
and this element has allowed it to be-
come known that no concession to the
minority, no vote-catching expedient,
is to be adopted in choosing the nom-
inee for second place.
AS to this point the friends of ex-
Senator Turner, of Washington, be-
lieve that he may be nominated, but
what is wanted is a man who will add
strength to the ticket in Illinois and
Indiana. David s. Rose, of Wiscon-
sin. is mentioned, but the Wisconsin
delegation will not hesr of him, for
fear of being considered disloyal to
Wall for president Benjamin +. Shive-
Iy and John w. Kern, of Indiana, ana
David R. Francis. of Missouri, have
been mentioned in connection with the
second place.
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life RATS were cut adrift, and the
steamer went down by the bow. The
chief officer told me she was sinking
and l told him to jump overheard,
which he did. i did not see him
again.
Il went down with the steamer. My
right leg got jammed between two
stanchions and was very much injured.
When / rose to the surface / noticed
a number of bodies floating. / SWAN
for about twenty minutes and came
across Second Engineer Brunn, who is
a good swimmer. We kept company
for about an hour and a half, when
we noticed a boat some distance off
and we both made for it. Both of us
were taken on board quite exhausted.
We found that it was lifeboat No. 1.
1T was crowded and under the
charge of Able Seaman Peter Olsen.
After recovering a little took charge
of the boat and the provisions, which
consisted only Of box with bread
and two casks of water. The boat
was steered for st. Kilda, 15O miles
distant" The captain said that at
noon, Sunday, st. Kilda was sighted,
but the Energie picked them up before
they reached the island.
A pathetic little sequel to this tale
OF rescue is contained in tine state
ment that on Saturday morning one
of the children in the life boat died,
and with the consent of the parents
who were in the boat the body was
buried at sea-
The total number Of souls on board
the Norge was IA; of these 12S are
known to be alive, making the prob
able death roll 645. Vessels are search
ing the sea for any other survivors.
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PROBLEM AS TO THE PLATFORM
Bryan Comes In Here and ON the Reporl
of the Credentials Cornmittee.

Bryan Comes An Here and ON the Report
of the Credentials Coramittee.
A real contest on the platform is as
sured. No one yet knows what the
platform will be. but 1t is known that
the majority draft will prove unsatis-
factory to Bryan and his followers,
and there are enough Of them to make
an interesting fight, on the floor Of
the convention. The developments be-
fore the national committee also indi-
cate that Bryan will be in evidence
when the committee on credentials re-
port. Bryan was engaged during the
day with callers, many Of them repre-
senting aspirants for the presidential
nomination. He discussed the situa-
ton with all Of them, but committed
himself to none.
Among his visitors were some mem
bers Of the North Carolina delegation,
who insisted that Bryan should state
In definite terms whether it was his
| purpose to bolt the ticket in case ii
should nos be to his liking. He only
replied that he would answer that
question when the ticket was named.
The selection by the national coTn-
mittee of John Sharp Williams for
temporary chairman seems to give gen.
eral satisfaction. No determination
has been reached as to who Will be
the permanent chairman. Around the
Jefferson hotel. where the Democratic
national committee was in all day ses-
sion considering the manner in which
contests were to be heard. there was
little diminuticn In the crowd. The
lobbies were filed with persons who
awaited with great interest the result
of the deliberations. subcommittee
were named to hear the contests and
| the waiting crowds gained no substan.
tial information to reward their pa
tience.
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RaIIying Point Is Wanted for the
Opposition Delegates at
St. Louis.
PATT1s0N AND NILES PROPOSED
Pennsylvania, However, Will Not Back
q Favorite Son.
Decides to Cast Her Vote for the New
York Man-Fight on Platform
and Delegates-Populists
at Springfield.

st. Louis, July Parker on the Sec
ond ballot, perhaps on the first. That
Is the claim of the men who are in
charge of the political affairs of the
New York candidate. The Parker op-
ponents have tried to perfect pro-
gramme which would prolong the bal
loting and afford an opportunity to
name another candidate, but apparent
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SURVIVORS OF THE ILL-FArED SHIP

One Hundred and Two More Have Beer
Saved Including the Captain.
Stornoway, Scotland, July 9Th.
ty-two survivors Of the Danish steam
er Norge were landed here yesterday
by the British steamer Cervona. Sew
enty survivors were also taken or the
German steamer Energie. They were
all in a pitiful condition. Many were
taken to the hospital and most of
them had to be carried ashore.
Among those on board the Energie
was Captain Gundel, Of the Norge
He said: "AIl went well until about
7.45 O'Clock last Tuesday. When
about eighteen miles south Of RockalI
/ felt the steamer strike heavily for
ward on a sunken rock. There was a
gentle breeze blowing from the south
with a cloudy sky. was on the
bridge with Chief Oficer Carpenter.
Soundings were taken, and it was re-
ported there were five feet Of water
in the forward hold.
Orders were given to commence
pumping, and also to the passengers
to rut on life belts and be ready to
get into the boats, which were ordered
to be put out. The crew worked nobIy
under the leadership Of the chief ON
Ger. Seven boats got away safely, the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-07
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE
Young Zimmerman Beaten to
Death Because He Was
with Woman.
WIFE OF ONE OF HIS sLAYERs
Modern Rip Van Wrinkle Returns to
His Home-Socialist State
Ticket-Notes.

Muncie, Ind. July 5.-John Ed
ward Zimmerman, % years old, a
glassworker who was murdered in the
southern part of the city, met his fate
white in company with Mrs. Samuel
Sharp. a pretty young married woman
of "a. On the story of Mrs Sharp.
who was the sole witness to the crime,
her husband. with James Ely and
Hele Ely, brothers, were arrested,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree. Sharp works at night. and. ac-
cording to his wife, she, accompanied
by Zimmerman. was on her way with
her husbands midnight luncheon when
she met him coming home after it.
Case Of Jealous Husband.
Sharp was accompanied by the Ely
brothers. When Sharp and his friends
saw Zimmerman in company with Mrs.
Sharp, according to the latters story,
Sharp struck Zimmerman, and, after
getting him upon the ground, beat and
kicked his life out. She AYERS that the
Ely brothers also jumped up and down
on Zimmerman's PROSTATE form, and
that the young man breathed his last
before the men desisted. ''Then the
Ely boys wanted to turn on me-" the
wife said. but Sam, my husband.
wouldn't let them"
No Cause for His Jealousy.
Mrs. Sharp called the police and as
sisted in the capture of her husband
and the Elys. The three men submit
ted to arrest without resistance. They
refused to discuss the crime, but the
Elys deny being implicated in 1t. Mrs.
Sharp is pretty woman. She says
that Sharp has always been insaneiy
jealous of her without cause.
Mrs. Sharp Also In Jail.
Mrs. Sharp was arrested as a wit
ness, and In default Of $1,000 bond,
was committed to Jail. Her two chill
dren were transferred to care of rela-
tives. A post-morten disclosed that
Zimmerman received blow under the
chin which severed an artery, and
that he was also struck or kicked on
the back of the head, causing con-
cussion Of the brain.
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London, July 5. Eighty members
of the house of commons have an
nounced sheir intention of joining the
parliamentary party which will visit
the st. Louis exposition in the autumn.
1t is expected that many others viii
also 60.
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Four of Them Are Not Yet Iden.
titled and There Are Some
Missing.
REVISED LIST OF TIE KILLED
Some Miscreant Turned the Switch,
Says President Ramsey.
Five Score More of Those on tht
Fated Norge Brought to Port
AIive-Captain Tells the
Story Of the Wreck. c

st. Louis. July 5.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Litcheld, H., says:
Nineteen are dead and a number is
missing as a result of the wreck on
the Wabash railroad here Sunday
night, when train No. IL, from Chi
cago, left the track at a misplaced
switch and crashed into a line of
freight cars standing on sidetrack.
Seven hundred persons were on the ILL
fated train at the time it dashed into
the sidetrack. Two more bodies have
been taken from beneath the wreck
age. The remains of Hon. l. r. Mills,
internal revenue collector of the GEN.
tral Illinois district. have been sent
to his home in Decatur.
Revised List of the Dead.
The list of dead now contains the
following names: Mrs. Florence
Smith, Mrs. Perkins, Charles Galaise
and Harry NJ. Dietrich, all of Chicago;
Miss c. +. Luther, Milwaukee; Isaac
r. Mills, Decatur; Ubald st. Pierre,
Montreal, Can; Jacob Barder, Park
River, n. D.; l. A. Eichstadt, Chi
cago; James Sanford, engineer, De-
catur; Rev. T. NJ Mills, Bridgeton, NY;
Charles Ward, Chicago; III. L. Graves,
train dispatcher, and w. f. Smith,
fireman, Decatur; Richie Noack, boy
about s years, Chicago; VIM. Camdalis,
Chicago; three unidentified men.
Those injured severely enough to
put them in bed are: James Fizzell,
of Taylorville, ILL.,, leg broken in two
places, arm broken, hip dislocated and
an umbrella driven into hip; william
j. Shrader, Chicago, hip and back;
Henry NJ. Gassaway, st. Louis, left
arm broken. internally; Train collec-
tor Livingston, thought to be injured
internally; Wilcot Kunocht, Chicago,
legs crushed and hips injured; James
Crashaw, conductor, Chicago, injured
about head and back; William Balls,
Chicago. badly crushed; William Arch
tbald, Honeoye Falls, N. Y, broken
hip; George Archibald, Honeoye Falls,
N. Y, broken leg; Hulda Noack, Chi
cago, badly burned; Miss Fannie Tip
ton, Chicago, internal; w. B. Thorp,
Chicago, leg broken; Henry Rink, Gin
cinnati, fatally; Mr.. and Mrs. Aloise
Gehrig, Chicago, both injured about
the head; G. A. Ellis, Mansfield, Wis,
wrist broken and badly cut about the
face and shoulders; Mrs. Gertrude
Kilt, Chicago, burned and bruised,
and her daughter Mary, IL years Cid,
and son Joseph, 10 years old, burned
about the face; Mrs. Eliza, Chicago, in
ternally; Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Tenney,
Ada, Minn., sprained leg; Jas. B. Rob
erts, Catlin, internal; Mrs. Caniyou.
Milwaukee, internal; s. A. Asquirth,
Waterloo, Ia, internal; Mrs. Anna
Kenyon, Kingston, n. Y. right leg
badly mashed and face injured; Mrs.
g. L. Smith, Chicago, bruised and in
ternal injuries; four others injured.
unknown.
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Her Delegation for Parker Indiana and
Other Delegations.
What is considered the beginning of
q stampede to Parker took place in
the action of the Pennsylvania delega-
tion in adopting by vote of 81 to
resolution instructing the chairman
Of the delegation to cast Pennsyl-
vania's sixty-eight votes in the con-
vention for Judge Alton B. Parker.
This vote was the result of the first
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-07

Somervillc, Mass, July 5.-At the
Fourth of July athletic games here
Wesley w. Coe, Of this city, Yale
student, put the sixteen-pound shot
4S feet 6 inches, according to the offi-
'.ial announcement. This is many
inches more than the worlds record.
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HOME AFTER TWENTY YEARS
Home bat Keeps His Word About
Coming Back.

Kokomo, Ind, July 5.-Wilkin
Younkins, now an old man, returned
to the Russiaville neighborhood after
an absence Of twenty years to a day,
having left July. 1884, with the state
ment that he would return in twenty
years. His son, Timothy Ycunkins,
now a merchant, was 9 years old
when the father left. and was the
first person the wanderer recognized
upon his return.
1t was from his sons lips that the
father received his first information OF
the death of his wife. which occurred
a year ago. During the years Of his
absence Younkins never wrote a line
home, and he was th,1ght to be dead.
He gives no explanation of why he
ebsented himself, but says be feels
like Rip Van Wrinkle.