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VOL, VII MORE CONFIDENCE. Speculators Fancy They See a Bay. of Sunlight Thro' the Clouds. They Continue to Trade With an Eye on Wall Street, However, Accepting Small Profits. Reports From Many Points Say Wheat Has Been Damasrecl by the Hot Weather- Corn Attracts Very Little Attention—Pro visions Irregular and Unsettled, Declining at the Close. The Bulls Had Control of the , Stocks at the Opening, but the Bears Had t the Ail vantage, at the Close. CHICAGO. \ [Special Telegram to the Globe. ] Chicago, Jane 24.The improvement in stocks In New York had a favorable influence on the the grain markets at the opening, as the advance in railroad shares is regarded as an evidence of a better feeling in business circles, and prices took an upward turn. The shorts, as has been their recent custom when they saw prices turning against them, went in and covered their trades, but the feeling was feverish throughout the session and values of leading articles unsettled by the constant buying and selling: Operators, as a rule, being disposed to -play the part of active scalpers . and - bought' and sold on the slightest fluctuations in prices. There was, however, more buying of wheat by very strong operators, who are noted for their dispo sition to take large lines '] and stand by them for a good advance, and while the improvement se cured early in the day was not 'maintained, there ■were reasons to regard the property with in creased confidence, and it looks now as though judicious purchases were likely to make a profit. Corn offers little attraction as a speculative ar ticle. Crop prospects are daily becoming more promising, and the situation really looks weak. In provisions there was more activity than usual of late, the entire list being stronger at the opening, and at the close easier all around. A good speculative business was transacted, but the feeling was somewhat unsettled and prices fluctuated considerably within a .moderate range. Offerings were quite liberal, especially for August End September delivery, while the demand was fair. The record of transactions shows a mod erate decline in prices for all leading articles. The shipping demand was moderate, and the of ferings fair. Foreign advices showed little change. Liverpool quotations were advanced 3d on lard and reduced (3d on long clear sides. Eastern markets were rather quiet, with prices inclining in buyers' favor. The receipts of pro duct were quite liberal, and shipments of all kinds large. '•If the weather after this rain," said a trader* 'should turn cool, it would not injure the wheat, out a hot sun will certain!,, do damage. The hot, muggy days of the past fortnight, accor ding to scores' of reports, have already done con siderable damage." The trading in wheat, as in everything else, was confined wholly to the local crowd. There were no unusually large operations attempted, end it was quite impossible to ascertain who, if any one, was buying or selling with any special object in view other than to protect his trades. The opening price for July wheat was BTc. For in hour or so later the price did not drop below ?ti?jC, and once or twice touched a fraction higher :han the opening figures. Wheat at the close was easier at BGV4c for the July deal. G. C. "Walker & Co. were very large buyers of wheat to-day, taking nearly 1,000,000 bushels of August. C. A. Hair & Co., after brisk selling, afterward turned buyers. Corn is the least talked about, and apparently the least cared about of anything that is bought and sold for speculative purposes. There was some local trading in the July option, which opened at 55 >£ c and closed at 55?gC, and some transferring of deals from July to August. Corn was in fair speculative and only moderate. ship ping request. . The feeling . was somewhat , unsettled, and notwithstand ing the firmness in wheat, prices touched a lower point than yesterday, which was due to reported posting in New York of 27,000 bushels of corn as hot and musty. The market opened }&(&%c higher in sympathy with the advance in wheat and owing to the cooler and wet weather, then declined with wheat. Later it rallied ?«@;4c under a good demand and in sympathy with the demand in wheat. The receipts of corn were: also considerably smaller. The market - . iust towards the close again became weak, . declining J-.c, and finally stood about 54(3 He lower than yesterday or at 554 c for July on the regular board and 55c in the afternoon. There is some talk about Sim mons, the Kenosha speculator, having lost 1.500, --300 bushels of corn through W. T. Baker & Co., but not much credence is put in the yarn. Nat Jones sold perhaps 500,000 bushels of corn for a "flyer" to-day. Foos, Strong & Co., who have been "long" of cora for six months and chang ing over from month to month were sellers to day. f*".':!H*'--i.'-! Oats were firm early anil advanced J£c, but weakened later and all the improvement was lost, leaving the close at 31 He for July. There -was more doing in the market for pork, especially in the deferred deliveries. Prices ruled somewhat irregular, and on the whole range averaged lower. Offerings were somewhat larger, and the demand was fairly active in the settlement of outstanding contracts. Prices de clined CO@SOc on August and September, while the near deliveries were 10@.20c lower. The de mand on shipping account was light, and prices for cash lots were nominal, closing at §19.00 for July, and $18.80 for August. On the afternoon board July fell 10c and August 25c. A fair degree of activity was noticeable in the market for lard, and prices ruled somewhat ir regular within a moderate range. Offerings on speculative, account were fair, and the demand quite active from shorts. The market opened stronger and prices advanced about 5c per 100 pounds, but soon weakened 10©15 c and closed comparatively steady at 57.32J4 for July and $7.50 for August. In the afternoon July fell 2J4c and August 754 c. Trading was moderately active in the market for short ribs at an irregular range of prices, which opened stronger and about 10c higher, but weakened and a reduction of 20@25c was sub. Bitted to. Later prices ruled s©loc higher, but weakened and closed on the morning board at $7.25 for July, but fell off in the afternoon to 15c. The cattle market is dull and slow, and by some Quoted 10@15c lower than last Friday and Satur day on big, coarse cattle, either grassers or corn fed, but neat, handy cattle, especially corn' fed, are about holding their own. Butchers' stock of . all description is meeting strong competition with the Texans on sale, and it is slow and hard to sell, unless at prices considerably under the Texans. ' Old grass cows and other rough, grass stock should be bought at very low prices in the country for this market. Grass Texans are mak r.g 53.25@3.50 for poor and good, and S-1.60® " $5.00 for the best. One lot of corn fed, averaging 912 pounds, made $5.75, and one lot of cows 3.50. • There was more life in stackers and feed ers, yet prices remained very low. Veal calves are in fair demand, and there is little or no in quiry for milkers, unless at low prices. The hog market generally opened with a fair demand and s@loc higher on all the best heavy, but the sales on light j showed no great change. In fact, there were no sales as high as reported . yesterday. f Hogs that were carried over and the stale receipts, generally those that have I neither quality nor style,"suited the market yesterday, >nay have sold at 10c advance, but the general list does not show over a strong sc. ' .-.'.: . "There will be .between this and July 1 one more heavy run of hogs," said a provision man. "There'll come in^o,ooo or 80,000 of'em inaday.'. Then the run wilfte very light indeed. I don't know why they come so thick just before the 4th. jibe harvest is in prQgjssa.jh.en. That is one reV 1 I i£$11f t mm® Uttli«Y"_t-_r_r* W§§§™7 %JIJ-L__L __LB _________ IT son, I suppose. Another is that July 1 the farm er's notes again fall due. .' The increase in receipts and the absence of a shipping demand, seems to have completely broken values down to nominally low.figures., The market remains in an unsatisfactory condi tion for all concerned. Neither the producer, shipper nor distributor can make any money in the business just now, for the past two days not a car load has been shipped from this market^ an occurrence that has seldom happened. 'The local trade, however, took nearly 1,800, or about 400 over the fresh receipts yesterday. < :. .' Miiinine, Bodman & Co. say: ; "We think the market in a shape now to be bulled easily, and this legitimate situation now favors the bull side more than for a long time. It is generally ad mitted now that there has been serious damage to the Calafornia crop !by wet weather, and a good many letters have been received here the last few days from the northwest reporting some damage to crops in consequence of drouth and heat. The : crop is suffering greatly now, bat still not beyond reparation, should they have rains. We have seen some dispatches to-day from cen tral Illinois saying the winter wheat is all rusting and liable to be ruined. This we take but little stock in, as our advices are generally favorable. It will be six weeks yet before the new crop of wheat will begin to add to stocks in store, 1 and in the meantime a further depletion of stock will go on. Exporters here generally count on an in creased demand from the other side during all July. We cow caution all our friends, against selling wheat short, and believe the time has . ar rived when it will be safe Jto buy on weak spots." _'>'";,'~"• . - *; ' ■',:'. J. W. Rumsey & Co. say: "We doubt much lower prices, believing it to be a good policy to buy wheat and increase holdings on any de cline." .. ......-./.1.■...-. ;■>•-.. i' .'-.-;■. '■'_■-.■ ■■■ • -f CHICAGO FINANCIAL. | Special Telegram to the Globe. 1 CnicAOo, Jute —To-day's! associated bank clearings were 53,'J6:i,000. Money was only moderately well called, call loans going out on gilt edge paper at G©7 per cent., and on time at T©B per cent. The supply, while not extensive, is ample for business requirements, j New York exchange was lightly traded in,, current . quota tions being at 50c premium. Foreign was slow at54.79@4,80 for sixty, day documentary sterl ing. All departments of the money market are dull, and show no unusual feature of. any kind. ?">■£■•■*■/-:• = ;.- ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MILWAUKEE. [Special Telegram to the Globe. | Milwaukee, June 25.—There-was a . firmer tone in the wheat market to-day, and prices were steady and healthy. There was a slight advance and there would hare been more had not false reports been freely circulated at noon of the failure of the great New York dry goods house of H. B. C'!aflin & Co., and also of . another New York bank. The news caiae from speculative sources, and could not ' be confirmed. From St. Louis the news came to-day, that 50, --000 bushels of new wheat had reached that mar ket this morning. August wheat opened here at SDJiC and sold down to BS?£c, but rallied to SQ-'sC, selling as high as 83 "bC before the close. There was a fair demand for cash wheat, and 75,000 bushels were taken, and will start at once for New York for exportation. It is re ported that Kershaw will resume in July. NBW YOEK. jpecial Telegram to the Globe."! ■ New Yokk, June 25. —The stock market opened strong this morning with the bulls in control. Thd shorts covered quite extensively and for a time the tendency was upward through out . The fluctuations were sufficient to make an excellent trading : market and the room trad ers were kept busy. A statement that Lake Shore would reduce its rate of dividend to 6 and that the Michigan Central system would probably not . pay . anything was not unexpected. The . bears commenced '-■ a general raid during the last hour of the session, and forced prices down without any great oppo sition. St. Paul and Union Pacific were particu larly feeble and Chicago, Burlington & Qnincy fell from 111 ii to 1091,5. There was consider able activity in Pullman. It sold up to 97 li. Oregon Transcontinental was in a bad way, sell ing down to 7?i, the lowest point yet reached. Mr. Gould supported his specialties finely. It was stated that money was easy with him and that Telegraph would not see 50 again very soon. The bears got in some very effective work near the finish, and succeeded in closing the market somewhat lower and unsettled, with St. Paul a particularly weak' feature. We will probably be treated to further bearish" attacks;but. good stocks are beginning to find purchasers on the decline. ' A.M. Day says: "The market has been ir regular with somewhat of a downward tendency. A great deal of stock was returned this morning, but we think the short interest was increased again this afternoon. Lake Shore advanced on the declaration of i;i per cent, dividend. The air has teen full of rumors of failures, but none occurred.' The Gould party are advising the pur chase of Northwestern. There is no disposition to form new companies. The law requiring wires to be put under ground in New York city will bear heavily on new companies while not affecting Western Union as much. The political canvass will be valuable and business is increasing enough to nearly make up for the reduction in rates.. They say the stock is near bottom prices. The market was raided during the afternoon by room traders. The statement of Lake Shore for six months shows a deficiency, after paying dividends, of §715,821.' Michigan Central has a surplus of $73,333, and Canada Southern of §35,666. They both pass their dividends. Shipments of cotton and dairy products have been large lately. Par ties accustomed to hold for higher prices have been controlled by the banks and have been com pelled to ship. ■■'::'■ A. Minneapolis View, [Special Telegram to the Globe.] . Minneapolis, Sune —S- H. Wood & Co. in their letter to-night say: _ The shori interest in the stock market has been fairly covered during the past two days and to-day Jay Gould has been making desperate ef forts to start an advance, but the decline at the close shows conclusively, we believe, that the confidence of investors is too much shaken to admit of any permanent advance. We advise a short sale of both grain and stocks for a still fur ther decline. -•."'; Securities Listed. New York, June —The following securities were listed to-day at a meeting of the . governing committee of the stock exchange: §650,000 first mortgage six per cent, bonds of the Minneapolis, Minn., railway company; 800 bonds of the. Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railwayr $600,000 first mortgage 6s of 1921 of Oregon and California railway company; $I,ooo,ooo general consolidated 6s of 1934 .of Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway; §1,000,000 of. first mortgage extension bonds of the Mobile & Ohio railway and 1,958,000 . bonds of Milwanhee & Northern railroad to be called first 6s of 1883.. •> Indiana Sunday School Union. Franklin, Ind.,June 25.—The Indiana Sunday School union convened in its twentieth annual convention Tuesday evening. Delegates from all parts of the state are present and the exercises thus far have been of a deeply interesting ] char acter. ' The sessions are held in the Presbyterian church which is beautifully decorated; The wel come was spoken by Prof. Hall, of Franklin, and responses by Levering, Conner, Ball, Clark and others. The addresses have been of a high order delivered to large and deeply interested audi ences. Railroad Fight. UxiostoW, Pa., June 25.— Baltimore : & Ohio Railroad company has secured possession of the disputed ground 'at " Port Marion, and' the court has ' temporarily restrained the Pennsyl vania Railroad company from interfering. Large gangs of workmen of both companies are about the place, but no trouble. is I expected until the court decides the question of ownership. . . Supposed Murder. ' Cincinnati, June —The body of a man sup posed to have been murdered," was found yester day under the Cincinnati & Newport i. bridge."; It was identified;this : morning..- as ,that ; : of ; John Glass, employed in a": dairy three miles south of Newport. - No further : developments >as to the cause of death. ;%. .: •..-:'■/ " ST. PAUL MINN.. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1884. JULY DELEGATES; ■ Democratic State Conventions j Held Yesterday. Ohio tor Tildeh, the Unit Rule and Its i Old Platform. \ Indiana Solid for McDonald, and Missouri for Cleveland. -\:}' y^ The Indiana Platform Well, Adapted to . Ben Baiter. . - INDIANA. Indianapolis, June -s.—The Democratic state convention was called to order at 10:30 by Hour | Joseph. E. McDonald," chairman state .'. central committee. j Mr. McDonald was received with much applause. * ... " , The call of counties showed all represented. ... Prayer by Rev. Dr. Allen, who asked a bless ing upon the grand old Democratic party, which was greeted with cheers. '. :I'V;» Daniel W. Yborhees was elected permanent | president, lie made but- brief remarks. The platform . ma read by lion. W. 11. English as follows: ■'.-..'; A ~ -. ; ■-.': THE PLATFORM. —The Democratic party of Indiana in convention assembled renews the pledge of iidel- | ity to the constitution" and to the doctrines taught by the illustrious men who were its found ers, aud illustrated in their administration of the government, and insist upon an honest and eco nomical administration ol public affairs, . federal, state end municipal. It will resist' all effort to deprive the federal government of any of its powers, as delegated in the constitution, and will maintain for thu ,-:-ire- anil peoole respectively the right and powers reserved to them in the con stitution. it condemns corrupt and extravagant expenditures of tbe public tli:.t have prevailed at Washington during the rule of the Republican party, j Second— such expenditures may be dis continued and the cruel burdens removed from the taxpayers. We insist th:it the federal taxes be re du'^sd to the lowest point consistent with effi ciency in the public service, and'we demand a revision of the form of the present UNJUST TARIFF. \ The constitution of the United States, which is the only source of taring power confers upon con-; gross the right to establish a turiii" for revenue, and as a just exercise of that power we favor such an adjustment of its provisions within the revenue standard as will relieve, as far as possi ble, the necessaries of life from the bur dens of taxation and derive the prin cipal amount of revenue for the support of the government economically administered, from luxuries and such tariff as shall be adjusted without favoritism, so as to prevent monopolies, and thus in effect promote labor and the inter ests of the laboring people of the United States. We insist that the surplus revenue shall be faithfully applied to the payment of the public debt. When these revenues reform ; shall have been accomplished the people may hope for economical and honest expenditures. Third— Democratic party being of the people and for the people favors snch legisla tion as will guarantee the broadest protection to the- intereets and welfare of the industrial masses. It recognizes the fact that the laborer is the producer of the wealth of the - nation, and that the laws should be so framed as to j en courage and promote the interest, progress and prosperity of each and every branch of industry. It favors the enforcement of the national EIGHT HOUR LABOR LAW, . as also the redaction of the number of hours in a day's labor upon all public works, state and municipal. ' It favors the establishment of bu reaus of labor statistics, state and national. It favors, as far as possible, the use of prison and reformatory labor >=o as not to compete with the honest citizen upon the outside. It favors the enactment of such laws as will prohibit the em ployment of j children •; fourteen ] years ! of , age in -.'» factories, mines and • - workshops. : It . ■'. favors the ' passage of laws p for the payment of labor performed. in law ful currency, instead of private depreciated scrip, and that a mechanic shall be secured by a first lein upon the work done or performed.-' We demand a strict enforcement of the laws against CHINESE IMMIGRATION and such legislation by congress as shall effectu ally prevent foe importation of persons on the passage of contract system who are brought here with no purpose of settlement or perma nent residence, a system which reduces wages* and deteriorates the character of our home in dustries. That we recognize the rights of. all men to organize for social or material advance ment, the right of wageworkers to use lawful measures to protect themselves against the encroachments of moneyed monopolies, and the right to fix the price of their labor commensurate with the work required of them, and we hold that every man has the . right to dispose of his labor upon such terms as he thinks will promote his interests, and without in terference by other persons. CAPITAL AND LABOR. The Democratic party favors such measures and policy as will promote harmony between them, and will adequately protect the rights and interests of both. We deem it of vital import ance that private corporations should be pro hibited by law from watering their corporate stock. w - Retained, That is is the duty of the govern ment to repossess itself of all public lands here tofore granted for the benefit of corporations which have been forfeited by non compliance with conditions of the grant and j should hold the same for the use and benefit of the people. Laws should be passed to prevent ownership of large tract of " lands by corporations and .by persons not citizens '. of he United States who have not declared their intention to become such, as provided by law. Congress should discourage the purchase of public land in large bodies, by any parties for speculative purposes, .but should preserve the same, as far as practicable,: for actual settlers, and to that end all - subsidies of land, as well as money, to corporations and speculators should cease forever. E - . - The Democratic party is the friend of the sol diers, and their widows j and orphans. We fa-, vor the ' - ; . GRANTING OF PENSIONS to all soldiers suffering from disability incurred in service in the army, and of granting pensions to soldiers of the Jlexican war, of equalizing bounties and pensions without limit as to time, and to providing for widows of all soldiers. : We hold it to be the duty of O'ir government to • protect, in every part of the world, all our natu ralized citizens, including those -.vno have de clared their intention to become such ,-: '-■ according to our laws, ; the same ss we would our native born, and to resist all improper claims upon them .by the govern ments to which they no longer owe allegiance and our sympathies are with all oppressed people in all parts of the world, in all honest and proper efforts to free themselves from oppression and establish free institutions, based upon the con sent of the government. The Democratic party demands. REFORMS IN CIVIL SERVICE % , that will again result in the employment only of those who are honest and capable, and^that hon esty and capability shal again be made r a j condi tion of public employment, - '. v The free schools of Indiana are the pride and glory of the state, and the Democratic party will, see to it that they ere not poisoned by the breath of sectarianism, or destroyed by waste and ex travagance in their nanagement. < ' The remainder of the platform, which .is very long, relates mostly to state and local' govern ment, and includes a declaration against ■ confis cation or wrongful taking of private property for either public or constructive public uses, ' and also a declaration against sumptuary \, laws. It includes the following . relative to .', :, "•■• FREE ELECTIONS." : ■ Believing that elections should be controlled by the people under state laws, and that the sta bility of " our institutions depend upon fair elec tions and an honest count of votes cast by the people. I The . Democratic ; party demands are peal of the laws enacted by the Republican party designed to place elections under federal control in violation of the rights of the states, and that it holds up for the detestation of the people the supreme fraud of 1876 to 1887, by which the will of the people was pet aside and usurpers placed in the two important offices of the country. - The Republican party stands arraigned at | the bar of public opinion - for a long and ' continued course of 'V •'..- ' . . '-.. ' . " ■ . - .. , USURPATION AND MISRULE. ,'. ' ' It has disregarded the rights' of the people and states. It has held on to its ill gotten power in defiance of the popular will by the corrupt use of money in elections, especially in , Indiana in 18S0, and it has corrupted the '? public morals by elevating to high places men who are " known to be dishonest, and has continued during a term of peac^ a system of high './ taxation justified only by the condition 'of ! war, ;in i which it had its origin, and to furnish a , pretext for its continu ance, it % has favored every extravagant i appro priations '•{ of ' the - public money, , entailed bur den* i": OB ' the :'; people !; and :, which, •is : a benefit only to those who share in", the plunder- The remedy for these evils is •an immediate change of ■administration: Lot taxation ■? be re dnced, to the end that the money shall remain in the pocket? of the people, instead of accumulat ing in the treasury to Tempt the cupidity iof the venal and corrupt. The continuance*)! the game party or set of men in power consecutively for a great many years is naturally corrupting, and not in accord with the genius of our Republican | in stitution:-.'." * * ■ :"■'■''■' :: ■-.." ' » The long continuance of the republican ■ party in power, now nearly a quarter of a century, has | led to star route and other frauds, corruptions to frightful. to contemplate,' the full .extent of which will never be known. until | that j party is driven from power, which is now demanded by the best interests of the country: and we ■' favor holding all public officers to strict accountability,' and their prompt and severe punishment for ail hefts of public money and corrupt , maladminis tration of office. -.* ;-, : Our confidence in and esteem for ;"• , ■. - UOX. DANIEL W. VOOIiUEES, . ,-. oar great representative in United States ■ senate, continues unabated, and we cheerfully greet him and his ' Democratic associate from I Indiana; in the house of. representatives with the ' plaudit, "well done, good and faithful public servants." ' It will be the mission of the Democratic party to foster and build up all great business interests of the country, and to restore the government to the purity of earlier days. 'To successfully ac complish this, a man should lie's placed in the presidential chair in whom the business men jof the country and the people • place 1" Implicit con fidence, a man fully endowed with rall qualities desirable in the head of the great' American re public, a man with a pure and spotless personal and political record, and always sound upon all great questions •. of ■ the ■ times. -We know JAMES B. MCDONALD,' .-',,* J. of Indiana to be such a man. ,We respectfully : present his name to the people of the United | States as worthy to I foe thetr president, and! we hereby instruct, our delegates from Indiana to the. Democratic national convention to support ] his nomination for that high oftice as a unit, and | to use all honorable means to secure his nomin ation. - - . The plank endorsing. McDonald was loudly cheered. , . . '", :,:i.. , ' After the adoption of - the. platform Isaie P. Gray, M. D. JI:;i;son and David « Tnrpie were placed in nomination for governor. On the first ballot Gray was nominated,;"receiving 699 votes, Tarpic 2-3 and Hanson 181, , Marion made a speech saying he had supposed the soldier of two wars .would .3 have . received more consideration in the Democratic conven tion, but he was satisfied, and moved the nom ination be made unanimous, •"' j r . " i ■'.'." Turpie, in a brief speech, seconded. ■ Col. Gray responded in a speech. He ar raigned the Republican party and discussed Chi cago platform. ; '-'. ' »„ " ' Several nominations were made for lieutenant governor but all withdrew in . favor of Hanson, who wes nominated by acclamation and accepted. W. R. liver, os Madison, v.as '. nominated sec- i retary of state: James ll.' Rice, of .Floyd, for auditor, John S. Cooper, of Marion, \ for treasur er, all were nominated by acclamation, - Report- ; er of supreme court' .John W. Kern, of Howard: • judge or supreme court, Fifth district, James i Mitchell, of Elkhart: superintendent public in struction, John W. Halcom. of Marion. , The convention adjourned at 1:80. ",'.. OHIO. Columbus, 0., June 25.Congressman D. R. Paige, chairman of the central committee, called the Democratic state convention to order at 10:30 a. m. The Opera house was not more than two thirds filled, being the smallest number present of any state convection for years: . ■ •.;••■' - The committee on permanent organization re ported, and Gen. E. B. Finley, chairman, was introduced. He spoke at length on the impor tance of and predicted that the Democrats would carry Ohio in October, and reviewed the history of this party in this country. . The committee on resolutions, through Elmer White, reported the following platform. THE PLATFORM. .. Resolved, That the Democrats of Ohio reaffirm its platform of ISB3 as follows:. >'-. ■>'. First— endorse the principles of . the party expressed in previous staio^aad national plat forms in regard to personal liberty, the true . functions of government as embraced in political creed expounded by the foundor of the Demo cratic party, Thomas Jefferson, the application of these principles to the present condition, and demand a purification of public '' service, the punishment of robbers of the" public treasury, and equalization of all public burdens, the ar rest of the profligacy and extravagance that cor rupt the administration of public affairs and - a total change in the policy that has so long been pursued by the Republican party, favoring indi vidual and the class interests at the expense of the laboring and wealth producing people of the country and we renew our previous declara tions for a stable money. The gradual extinc tion of the public debt and the payment of pen sions to widows and orphans of ; soldiers and sailors. Second—We favor a TABIFF FOE REVENUE, limited to the necessities of the government, economically administered, and so adjusted in its application as to present - equal burdens, en courage productive industries at home, and of fered a just compensation to labor, but to create or foster monopolies. Third— the just demands of wool growers in Ohio and the country for an . equitable read justment of the duties on wool, unjustly re duced by the Republican congress, so that this industry shall be fully and equally . favored with other indnstries ought to .be complied with, and we endorse the action of the Democratic mem* bers from Ohio in their efforts to accomplish this result. ' L 1 Fourth— Democratic party is and • always has been opposed to sumptuary legislation and unequal taxation in any form, and is in favor of the largest liberty of private conduct consistent with the public welfare and the rights of others, and of regulating the liquor traffic and providing against the evils resulting : therefrom by a judi cious and properly graded license system. —That we commend the election of the Democratic legislature ] in its abolition of the contract labor system, and its reform of prison management, and we endorse the legislature and executive in their economical and wise adminis tration of the affairs of the state. • ..:..- Sixth—The protection of the government is due to all American citizens, native and foreign, abroad and at home. Seventh reaffirm the resolutions of the state convention of Ohio, in 1860, 1881 and 1882, and of the. Democratic national convention of 1872,1876 and 1880, demanding a thorough re form and purification of the . ' _■ -"■ CIVIL : SERVICE, : . And charge that the Republican: party ha 3 vio lated every pledge it has hitherto given for the reform thereof, and has failed during its long ad ministration of the government to correct even the most potent abuses, and we demand, there fore, a change of the executive administration cf the government itself, as the reform first of all necessary, (as made more manifest jby | the Star Route trials and other iniquities) thereby ousting the corrupt rings confederated to protect | crime and prevent the punishment of criminals, and by so doing make it possible to ~ punish -. fraud and theft in the public service. ;" ■ ■. A radical free trade amendment to the plat form, offered by Mr. Russell, of Cleveland, " was voted down overwhelmingly. - , -.' ,; ■. -" -; Congressman Converse offered the ' following addition to the " platform, j which - was' adopted with great enthusiasm and no dissenting voice. , Resolved, That it is the sense of this conven tion that • - '.'■-'':• . : -'•-; ■ -' SAMUEL J. TTLDEN, ,<>.'. »."; '■ Who was once legally and '• fairly elected [presi dent of the United States; but was defrauded out of his office, should receive , a unanimous nomination at the hands of the Democratic con vention which meets in Chicago ' July 6 th, next. \ Mr. J. Ryan, of Cincinnati, offered the follow ing additional plank to the platform: . '.'■■■ Resolved, This convention instructs its dele gates at large and requests the district delegates to Chicago to cast their vote as a unit.: : '_ '• Hr. Ryan in a lengthy speech favored the reso lution and was followed by Gen. A. J.'.. Warner ■who opposed the resolution in a strong . manner. ■ The call of counties . was . demanded -on the motion to lay it on the table, which ' was agreed to. Ayes 385, nays 255.a ; : The report of the : committee on resolutions was then adopted. ■ „ , • The call of districts was next ordered for • re ports of members of the state central committee; delegates, alternates and electors from distiicts as selected at meeting held last evening. '-'.: -:i- --: DELEGATES. " First district—D. J. Dalton, and L. G. Bern ard, Hamilton. ;.:-••*. Second—J. J. Brady, and J. C. Riley of Ham ilton. .' : .•-■.'■.. -,-... • .. : Third—R. G. Sage, of Middletown, and Wm. Dechant of Lebanon. •... ■-■■:: .■:.■: : Fourth— D. McKeny,of Montgomery, and J. C. Turpin, dfDarke.; •;. . .- ; . . th—M. D. Sham, of Anglaise, and " Jacob Forbing, of Hardin. . .' . /. ' Sixth—to be elected at Ottawa June 26 —Samuel Heuge, of Hancock, and J.: W. Norton of Seneca.;-- ■■;_ ' -■.;..-.. ... ..,/?; - ■ Eighth—Charles , Constantine,' of Clarke! and IJ, P. Martin,'of Greene. V ' :~: ; . .:\s: Ninth—S.- K.Donovan,: of Delaware, andS. N. McCloud, of Union: "• "■" : Tenth—Col. Win. E. Harris, of JSandusky, and John P. McGee,*of Ottawa. -■'.'- '..r-l>: ,■>•'•■.';{ ■ Eleventh-^. C." Shoemaker, of Brown, and P. M. Deety, of Hi<*hlaud, ■ ."' . Twelfth—W. A. Hutchins, of Sciota, and B. F.Ellsberry, of Lawrence." ,-; '-.'•; . •-..•■ ' Thirteenth—J. G. Thompson, of Franklin," and Charles Hose, of Hocking. ; . . ■ v Fourteenth—J. G. HutTman, of Perry, and S. A. Dunbar, of Gallia. ,■. ~. *-.. .'. '.-"." • Fifteenth— M. ; Jewett, of Muskingum, and CVS.' Bradley, of Licking. -.-'.- •■•". "• : • Sixteenth—W.'t. Albenson, of Ashland," and S. Hcevy, of Loraine.': ..".■: . ■ , . Seventeenth—To be selected Jane 26. ". Eighteenth—W. S. Holts, of Columbiana, and Dan McConncllc, of Jefferson, i '■•.; 'V. :-'-.■!!.:•• - - Nineteenth—l). B. Woods, of-. Trumbull, and S. V. Fricker.'of Ashtabula. " ; Twentieth—Ben Desenberg.' of Summit, and L.' S. Shields, of Stark. ' -i Twenty-first—John H. Farley and W. W. Arm strong, C'uyahoga. . . .. , :•.■•• '..■■...'" STATE TICKET. i The state ticket was as follows: • Secretary of { State—James •W. Newman, of Portsmouth,'renominated. l - ■ , : " ..Supreme Judge— I). Martin, of Lancaster. . Member of Board of Public . Works—John H. Bcnfer, of Tuscarawas. ' '■ :,:^.t* .;: - ' r. Trouble in the Ohio Camp. ' ■ ' ' Columbus, 0., June 25.'Developments after the convention show that it was intended to make a still fight against McLean, the opposition cen tering against him as Payne's friend and the man v who opposed * Pendleton, Thurman and Ward's interests in the recent senatorial contest. Before going east Gov. Hoadley left a list of men for delegates, including Gen. Morgan, Adjutant Fiuley and T. Powell, and agreed to accept Mc- Lean us - a compromise on . the fourth place." In the districts Hoadley controlled a large majority of the whole delegation. The ■ success of McLean is attributed to the unswerv ing support of Hamilton county, which gave him all its sixty.-three votes, and never before j voting solid in stale convention. \ The election of Mc- Lean is causing quite a . sensation, | many older politicians are amazed and some disgusted at the success of a man who has been denounced all over the state for his audacity and outlawry in politics.. McLean says he is for Hoadley, and this is regarded as a plain indication that there will be a bitter fight in the Ohio delegation - at Chicago. ■ The stampede started with the elec tion of , Ward. -:. It , was to include -Thurman, Pendleton aud Congressman Warner. The plan was arrested and the next move was to . nomi nate by acclamation, to which motion Thurmau was attached, and McLean amd Thurman were elected by one vote, j after which . Lieut. I Gov. Meuller, a prominent German and personal friend of Payne, was selected. The delegation is strong ly in favor of a western man for president, al though unable to agree on an Ohio man and solid against any reduction in the .tariS. The ; delegation stands thirty-eight for either Payne or Hoadley to eight against either one of them, and will probably never vote as a unit. MISSOURI. St. Louis, June 23.—The state Democratic convention reassembled at 9:45.' = Before it was called to order the arrival of ex-Gov. Phelps, who had been absent from the state on account of his health, was announced. He received an ovation, and responded with a short speech and declining the nomination for delegate at large. It is un derstood, however, that Whelps is a candidate for governor. " " . : ' . • The regular order of business was proceeded r with, and the nominations of delegates at large was made. Balloting ensaed, and John O'Day, of Spring field, Morrison Munford, of Kansas. City, Dr. C. B. Francis, of St. Louis, and Charles H. Mansur, of Chillicotha, were elected delegates at large, Governor Crittenden, who was an active candi date for the position, was defeated. Oi'.-'t. ; Governor 'Jritteuden, ex-Governor.. Hardin, John D. Priest and James D. Fox were elected as alternates to the delegates at large without balloting. - -■;::', .... .Resolutions instructing the delegation to vote as a unit, and also to vote for Tilden, were howl ed down, and the convention adjourned sine die. . ' . Missouri for Cleveland. ' . :: St. Louis, June 25. —The Globe.Democrat this .morning prints over 500 interviews J with mem bers of the Democratic state convention in ses sion here, the summary shows about 10J dele gates in favor of Tilden for president, 400 de clare for Cleveland and the remainder are divid ed between Bayard' and Thurman. The Tilden men are all for Cleveland for second, so it can be said the delegation to the convention is al most unanimous for Cleveland.. ARKANSAS. •"' Little Rock, Ark., June 25.—The convention reassembled at 3p. m. and continued T. C. Mc- Rae as permanent president, adopted an order of business and began balloting for governor. John G. Fletcher, S. P. Hughes and Jacob Frolish were placed in nomination. Fourteen ballots showed but little change, the closing ballot be ing Fletcher 98, Hughes 88, Frolich 20; necessary to nominate, 108. The mention in the speeches of the names of Tilden and . Hendricks, and Cleveland and McDonald, received great ap plause. Adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. - :: /^~. ■ • KOKTH CAROLINA. ■ Raleigh, N. C, June 25.—The Democratic state convention . nominated General Alfred M. Scales for governor, and Charles M. Stedman for lieutenant governor. The delegates to the Chica go convention are : First district—E. L. Lame and W. G. Lamb. Fifth district— B. Galloway and S. C. Bux ton. ■ Sixth —Thos. W. Strange and Joseph F. Legrand. ■ - Seventh district—T. E. Shober and M. H. Pin nix. : • . V Eighth district—B. C. Cobb and H. D. Lee. ■■" Ninth district— M. Erwin and Capt. Elias. . The delegation is divided between Bayard and Cleveland. | General Scales telegraphs his accept ance of the nomination.. The Springer Committee. Washington, June .—James. A. Winstor, for many years connected with the clerks office of Sangamon county, 111., and who examined the expenses of the United States ■ courts .of that state, was before the | Springer committee this morning. ; He described the method of j irregular collections in the southern district and said that Marshall', Wheeler made a statemen in writ ing "■ . concerning them, t and ■ while he did not deny the charges, he seemed to know, noth ing about the many casts brought to light, •- and said Deputy Recce made out the' accounts ;■ in question, thus throwing the • blame ■" on > Deputy Recce," who on the | other j hand : stated ■ that - he never made up any accounts except where the chief clerk furnished the memoranda, or Wheeler gave instructions in detail.' Louis Vetter was on Marshall Wheeler's crimi nal docket 312 times for years as appearing ' be fore commission to guard the prisoners.- Vetter was janitor of the building in Springfield and'had been such for twenty-five years. He , swore he did not think in that period he had been' before the commissioner more than twenty j —cer- tainly not 100 times, and ': that ■■ he never : re ceived" ,-, any pay for his " : services. Congressman Stewart Republican here expressed the opinion that it was unnecessary to proceed any further in ■ the matter. .He read .. from Wheeler's " written ; statement - showing ; that Wheeler admitted everything charged. The .' af fair could not be made worse by any amount of testimony than the marshal admitted: ■ "V ''■-"'■.• i Bowman, who was associated with Winston in making examinations in Wheeler's case was re called and ,'corrobraated Winston's statements. One man was arrested in the hall of the "■ court house at Springfield by Wheeler in ' person, ; and the account was rendered as if the ■. arrest • had been made 197 miles away.; ' . Liberty Enlightening: the World. ".;. Paius, June 25.—The . Franco-American com mittee will deliver the Bartholdi statue of "Lib erty Enlightening the World fto United States Minister Morton July Bth in presence of : Prime Minister Ferry and a delegate representing Pres ident Grevy. The statue will be shipped to New York late in July. • : : - -. .;;-■.',;•. ■ " The Iron Moulders' Strike. • . PiTTSBURG, June' 25.—The iron moulders' strike'at;.Newcastle ■ ended ■ to-day, Baldwin & I Graham withdrawing the notice of a reduction of wages. The strike in this city continues and the employers say they i will not be * affected . by the action of the Newcastle firm. ;v r ■ Dongola Wants Help. I ; Cairo, Egypt, June \ 25.—Governor -; Dongola reiterated the demand for : arms, " amnnition f and II troops.: The ministry replied ordering. the gov- II ernor to retreat northward with, . the . civil ■ and |1 military population," ..:- ■' -,: . . : MUST HAVE THEM. The Republican Senate Insists Upon ■';. Maintaining Sinecure Offices. The Only Reason for Which Is, They Support Political Bummers. . . The Senate. Washington, June 25.— ) consideration of the legislative bill was resumed. . '/',' i~-'f-;% Senator Beck" opposed the amendment '. pro posed by the senate committee on appropriations, striking out .the clause\ consolidating and reor ganizing j customs collections j districts .-■ * The keeping up of districts that did not pay expenses was merely to support a lot of election bummers. That was the ._ meaning of •; it. •■ Employes were kept because they contributed to the success of the party in ' power. , He had not wished to say this on the floor of the senate but he felt obliged to do so. ' The secretary of the treasury admit ted that fact. ''•:-♦.:•::■-•'"■, Senators Allison, Slater, Hawley, Hale, Dawes, Sewell, Jones, of Florida, and Lapham supported the committee's proposition.' • i -: . I Senator Ingalls said that if the house of repre sentatives should send the! senate |an appropria tion bill with a clause limiting number of post offices in the country to sixty -nine the case would be parallel to that under discussion. ".',' ■•-.•'.' After further debate the committee's amend ment was agreed to. striking out . the ■ clause di recting the consolidation.; Yeas 41, nays 13. ■ ' • The senate committee on appropriations having proposed to strike out the clause permitting small distilleries to be run' without store keep ers. Senators Vance and Beck opposed the rec ommendation, and Senator.- Allison defended it. The debate continued until 6 o'clock, when the senate adjourned. ; ■ - -.: ,'. .':'.;■ . House of Representatives. Washington,' June 25.—Mr. Hewitt, from the committee on ways and means, reported a bill to modify the existing laws relating to duties on imports and the collection of revenue. Referred to the committee of the whole. . The bill passed authorizing the establishment of branch soldiers' homes in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, lowa, Minnesota, Missouri or Nebraska, the location to be determined by the board of managers of soldiers' homes. ■ The bill passed authorizing the construction of ahorse railway on the island at Rock Island, HI., and bridges leading thereto. The Chalmers-Manning contested election case was then taken up, Mr. Davis, of Missouri, supported the minori ty resolutions, which are as follows: ' • Seeolced, That the means and methods ■ em ployed by the federal administration in securing the election of James JR. Chalmers as a member of the house of. representatives .to the Forty eighth\6ngresß, are, as appears by the majority report and evidence. on file, .repugnant to, and subversive of ■ true representative . government, and said election is therefore declared void. Resolved, Further that said Chalmers ' having accepted the office of special assistant United States district attorney for the northern and southern districts of Mississippi, since said elec tion, and holding said office up to and beyond the first of February, 1884, is ineligible to a seat in this congress, and this vacancy exists in the sec ond congressional district of Mississippi. - > .-..• After the debate .Mr. Cook \ demanded the pre vious question, and the vote recurred on second resolution presented ,by the minority. It was lost, 86 to 98. The first minority resolution was also lost, 56 to 166, and the majority resolution was adopted without a division.'.. •:. •.. -•' • . Mr. Chalmers then appeared at bar of the house and took the cath of office. The house resumed the consideration of the "Backbone" railroad company forfeiture bill, and without action adjourned. ■ Ohio Second Amendment - Advocates- Columbus; 0., June —The second amend advocates | held a state . convention 1 to-day and formed a Voters | Union and adopted a constitu titution for . permanent organization. .. The ob ject is to hold together the second' amendment votes of Ohio. The constitution, provides that a regular list of officers are to be . elected the last Wednesday in June of each, year, with a commit tee man from each congressional - district, 1 Hon. Mills Gardner was made president till the next regular convection. 5 The Loss of the Florida. Glasgow, June 25.—At the board of trade inquiry into the loss of the steamship State of Florida and the bark Panama to-day, the boat swain of the Florida testified that he could have launched all the boats instead of three if the engineer had stopped the noise of steam which drowned his orders. The : third : officer deposed that after the collision he looked over the side of the vessel and saw a hole six feet square into which the water was rushing. - S:,. A Costly Blaze. Cleburxe, Texas, June 25.—A fire yesterday destroyed, three frame buildings on the plaza, five were stores burned out, and ' their stocks badly damaged. - Total loss estimated at $19,000. Insurance $13,000, mostly in eastern companies. ... . Brutally Assaulted. Constantinople, June —Dr. Vantau, a nateralized British subject, was brutally assault ed recently at Nazareth.. As the local | officials refused to give him redress,' Earl Dnfferin,' the British ambassador, appealed to the porte. Bismarck Indisposed. Berlin, June 25.—Bismarck is suffering from a cold and lately has been absent from the Reichstag. ■■.■■ i Duluth Port List. \i.;-;> - | Special ] Telegram to the Globe.l Dcxuth, June 25.—Arrived: .'-.. Propeller Winslow from Buffalo, with. 100 tons of mer chandise; Ocean, for Port Arthur, light; Quebec for Sarnia, with 1150 \ tons 'of J j mer chandise; barge Mincardine for Port Arthur, for repairs. Cleared: Propeller Winslow for Washburn, for a cargo of flour. > "_," BLAINE'S KNABE PIANO. ; See extract from American Art Journal, on Bth page of this paper and call on ■ 96 East Third street, St. Paul. . FOURTH OF JULY. FIRECRACKERSI We offer the Trade 500 boxes received ; To-Day. ■WARD; HILL & McCLELLAN, FLAGS! 4O7SlbleySt. ; LANTERNS! -..-.; •-. ■■■- 177-84 •• . v PROPOSALS. ;; "V ].. PROPOSALS - FOR '.'■..• ST. PAUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIRST MORTGAGE 805D5. - : \ Proposals ' for the 'purchase: of ■ $30,000 (fifty thousand dollars) of | the { St. ; Paul I Chamber of Commerce thirty year five per cent, first mortgage bonds, will be received at the office of the Secre tary of the Chamber, until 12 noon, on 3oth June, 1884, marked "Proposals for Bonds." i':**rV?:>. '• The bonds are in denominations of $1,000 each, and are secured by a first mortgage on the build ing site and improvements of the Chamber. • • : Interest is payable semi-annual! with exchange on New York. The bonds ! are, dated Ist July, 1884, and ron to the St. Paul Trust Co., or bearer. ■'?;":Ko proposals for less than par win be accepted ' : ; v ..x ; JOHN ,B. SANBOBX, President J ttMMVffytt NO, 178 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. itssr AND THB lies Pianos Chicago, May 31st. Messrs. Dyer & Howard, St. Paul and Minneapo lis: Gests—Being advised that you are the gene ral agents for the Messrs. Haines Bros. Piano- , fortes, and desiring to have one . for my private , nse daring my stay in your city, I beg to request, that you will kindly send an upright to my hotel. Very respectfully yours, V-3: - CHRISTINE NILSSON. MRS. M. O. THAYEE, : ; 418 Wabashaw street. Sohmer and other Pianoes, New and Second Hand. OBGANS. New England, Smith, American, Bay State and Sterling. ■ • ij.' - = SOHALLBANJOS. Everything in the line of Musical Merchandise, at lowest prices and best terms. . . 130-1 j ForPianos&Grpls : • For Easy and Best Terms, - For Catalogues and Lowest Prices. For Agencies and Territory. Address C. W. YOUNGMAN, - "■ 115 E. Seventh street, ST. PAUL. JOHN J. HETHERINGTON. "- ... ■ AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. ; . L. N. SCOTT, Manager. Three Nignts aM One Matinee! • % ."■ - ■■ • ■•■■.••■■-.:., ; - '■ COIESEEJtCDfS Tlsirsday, June 26th! J. H. MMLEI Comedy Company - ■ In the Laughable Corned}', OUR STRATEGISTS! Pronounced by the press'and public tie funnies* PLAY ON RECORD. ,: ."';•■: Seats now on Sale. Prices as usual. • CLOTHING. EVIDENTLY This is a case of absent mindedness, the boy seems to have got the worse of the exchange of hats but he will soon be reconciled, as his fa ther is taking him to "THE BOSTON" for j a new Summer outfit. Be sides a full stock of Sum mer Suits and Odd Gar ments for men's wear, we have everthing that a parent might call for to clothe the boy. ALPACA ASD SEERSUCKER GARMEJTS, LWEH SIITS MD ODD TROUSERS, SHIRT WAISTSIASD SAILOR SUITS, ASDISTRAWHATS. The heated term has made business boom with us. For the last three or four days we have had all that we could attend to. boston; One-Pricß Cloii Hue, 7: > Cor. Third and Robert Sts., ■.;■■'■ ST. PAUL. ■;'