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VOL. XIX.— NO. 207. BULLETIN OF TrtE ST. PfVUL GLOBE. SATI RDAY, JILY 25. Weather for Today— Fair and Warmer. PAGE 1. Watson Named lor Vice President. Stormy Vi^ht at St. Louis. A Queer Electoral Mnddle. Sound-Money Democratic Conference National Convention to he Held Soon Bryan Stands by Sewall. Floods in the East. PAGE 2. Silver Men Complete Organization. Attorney General Dodges. PAGE 3. Xcws of Minneapolis. Soup for Mr. Sewall. Platform of the Populists. PAGE 4. Editorial. Silver Men Name Their Ticket. Depew on International Bimetallism PAGE R. Winnipeg Wins at Minnetonka. Gold Pouring Into" the Reserve. An Off Day in Base Ball. PAGE 6. Bar Silver 08 5-Sc, Cash Wheat ln Chicago 57 l-Bc. Stocks Fractionally Lower. Mercantile Agency Reports. PAGE 7. Wants of the People. PAGE 8. An Attack on Uncle Sa:n. Change in Elevator System. G. A. R. Preparations Progressing. MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS. QUEENSTOWN— Arrived: Campania, from New York for Liverpool. NEW YORK— Arrived: Palatia, Hamburg; Lucania. Liverpool; Adriatic, Liverpool, Sailed: State of Nebraska, Glasgow. GENOA — Arrived: Ems, New York. SOUTHAMPTON— SaiIed: Normannia, New York. — — i^ And the band played on. Coxey climbed off the grass upon the gridiron. m It was sixteen hurrahs to one mum at St. Louis. -__»» The last cyclone that struck St. Louis had whiskers. This ls the Northern Pacific's day to come out of the night. -_^> Gen. Maceo is manifesting a strong disposition to stay dead this time. m Probably Mr. Sewall couldn't have stood another Friday nomination, any way. — — • Most people would be pleased if they could live to read their own obituary notices. Even now the woods are full of good men who have temporarily gone out of politics. m It has been hard work to restrain the weather clerk from giving St. Louis a cloudburst this week. The banks proved that they had the gold by rolling it into the subtreasury at New York in hogsheads. m Mr. Rockefeller has given Cleveland $600,000 for parks. None of it is to be used for a base ball park, however. The lowa cigarette law is unconsti tutional, and the lowa boy can smoke cigarettes right to the brink of his grave. Can the discussion of the money question by religious journals be called interference by the church with state affairs? Two candidates for offlce on the Re publican ticket at Petersburg, Ind., have died. They were lucky to get out of politics, anyhow. The St. Paul team will make up its mind this afternoon whether to go on climbing the pennant pole or take a ride on the toboggan. Judge Hfnry C. Caldwell is now ln a position to accept the congratula tions of his friends. He has escaped being nominated by any party. Times must be getting hard in Col orado. The Cripple Creek stage was held up yesterday. There were thir teen men in the coach. What luck! The Populist platform is full of "We denounce the Democratic and Repub lican policies." It would seem that this ought to make Mr. Bryan wince. Tom Watson, of Georgia, has the Populist nomination for vice president, and yet he has no better prospect for election than Dink Botts, of the same state. Mark Hanna is threatening to aend an army of orators into KansflgSL'sCgr" . though Kansas hadn't already "more troubles than any other state ifi'the Union. A man down at Woonsocket, R. 1., has written a song entitled "Give Us Silver, Jolly Silver." As this ls his first offense he probably should not be harshly judged. The meanest man in Montana is run ning the fair at Butte. He admits women in dresses to the grounds free, and charges those In bloomers full rates because they wear men's clothes. The political compass is in a whirl these days. At a Denver Bryan and Sewall Democratic ratification meeting addresses were made by Senators Tel ler, Dubois and Mantle and Congress man Hartman. A correspondent sends In a piece of doggerel, in which he makes Denser rhyme with "men, sir." It has been re ferred to the poet laureate of England and will be printed in the event of a favorable report. -___»- The ladies, heaven bless thsm, foiled to get their suffrage plank into the Pop ulist platform. But this only adds one more disappointment to the long list they have bad the past dozen years or so at the hands of political conven tions."" ~ THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE. Wim OF GEOKGIfI KiTO BY THE POPS PEOPLE'S PARTY DELEGATES WENT SOUTH FOR VICE PRES IDENTIAL CANDIDATE. MR. SEWALL TURNED DOWN. FORMER SILVER MEN DECLINED TO ACCEPT THE BATH MIL LIONAIRE. ISITUATION MUCH MIXED. BRYAN NOT LIKELY NOW TO AC CEPT A POPULIST NOMI NATION. THE BALLOT AVAS NOT COMPLETED Wataon'R Nomination Made Unani mous While the Delegates Were In in bl Ing to Get in Line. ST. LOUIS, July 25.— Thomas F. Wat son, of Georgia, who was a member of the Fifty-first congress, and who, in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third con gresses, unsuccessfully contested Col. Black's seat, was nominated for vice president by the Populist convention on the first ballot shortly after mid night. There were five othor candi dates — Sewall, of Maine; Page, of Vir ginia; A. L. Mimms, of Tennessee; Congressman Skinner, of North Caro lina, and Col. Burkitt, of Mississippi. The nomination was made unanimous before the result of the roll call was announced. Mr. Bryan sent word to his supporters that he would not ac cept a nomination at the hands nf the convention under these circumstances. He will stand loyally by his ;-un_ii.\g mate. Thomas E. Watson, of Thompson, Ga., was born in Columbia county, Georgia, Sept. 5, 1856. He received a common school education and was then sent to Mercer university at Macon, Georgia. At the end of the sophomore year he left college for lack of funds antl taught school two years. He read law for a few weeks under Judge W. R. McLaws, of Augusta, Georgia, and was admitted to the bar, commencing the practice of the profession at Thompson, Georgia, his old home No vember, 1876. He was a member of the Georgia legislature in 1882— '83, was Democratic elector for the state at large in 18S8 and besides the practice of law has been, and still is, largely interested in farm ing. He was elected to the 52nd con gress as a Democrat, receiving 5,456 votes against 597 votes for Anthoney E. Williams, Republican. Mr. Watson served but one term in congress, being succeded in the 53d. by James C. Black, who was elected as a Democrat, receiving 17,772 against 12, --333 votes received by Mr. Watson who ran as candidate of the People's party. Mr. Watson also ran as a Populist can didate for the 54th congress from the same district, but was again defeated by Mr. Black. . Watson's unique personality made him a conspicuous figure in the house of representatives. He was a fiery de bater and took part in numerous hot parliamentary fights. In personal ap pearance, Watson is thin and angular, with a clean shaven face of intellectual caste and a thick head of auburn hair. PITCHED BATTLE ON. Question ot a Vice Presidential Can didate Taken Up. When Alabama was called. Col. P. G. Bowman mounted the platform. Be fore he entered upon his speech, how ever, the convention decided to take a rtcess of an hour and a half, until 6 o'clock. At 6:32 o'clock the convention reas sembled and Chairman Allen intro duced Judge Jefferson Pollard, of Mis souri, who read the platform of the silver convention and a message about the nomination of Bryan and Sewall by it. The action of the silver convention in nominating Bryan and Sewall was jeered at by the middle-of-the-road con tingent, and, on motion of a Texas del egate, the proceedings of the silver con vention were referred to the committee on resolutions. Nominations were then called for, and Col. Bowman again took the stage and placed in nomination Congressman Harry Skinner, of North Carolina. Skinner's name was not very enthusiastically received. Congressman Howard, of Alabama, placed Hon. Thomas E. Watson in nomination in a speech in which he paid a high tribute to Mr. Watson's character, as a man, a Journalist and a statesman. Mr. Watson's name was j ieceived with loud applause. Mr. How ard was followed by J. R. Sovereign, of ! Arkansas, seconding the nomination of j Mr. Watson, whom he designated as a | victim, of the ballot box stuffers. J. ! Ashbury Johnson, of California, spoke j for that state, also seconding Watson's ! nomination. Colorado yielded to New j York, and the Hon. Lafe Pence ascend ed the platform. He lost no time in j coming to the point. Immediately he | mentioned Mr. Sewall's name. It was greeted with loud applause, mingled i with a liberal supply of hisses. "The j vice presidency," he said, "does not j amount to much unless the president is \ a consumptive, and Billy Bryan ls not a consumptive." As Mr. Pence pro ceeded, the convention quieted down and Mr. Pence, after the first burst of disapproval, was interrupted only by applause. Asman Murphy, ascended the plat form amid a storm of hand-claps to second Watson's nomination, which he did in a vigorous address. At the close of Mr. Murphy's speech. Harry Tracy, I of Texas, arose and asked whether, If i Watson should be nominated, he would j remain on the ticket until the election. | "Yes, Sir," came the response quick ' and sharp, "Yes, Sir; until hell freezes j over." This was plain speech and it ' brought the convention to its feet in a ! burst of applause. L. A. Stockwell, of Indiana, also ! seconded Mr. Watson's nomination. The I name of Frank Burkitt. of Mississippi, was suggested by L. Weiler, known in j his state of lowa, as "Calamity" Weil er. Col. Harris, of Kansas, one of the few speakers with a voice capable of filling the hall, seconded Sewall's nom ination. Judge Doster seconded Wat son's nomination. Capt. Burnham, of Tennessee, nominated Hon. A. L. Mimms. G. M. Miller, of Illinois, seconded the nomination and Judge A. A. Gunby spoke for Mr. Watson. "It," ' SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1896. said Mr. Gunby, ln conclusion, "the Democratic party swallows Tom Wat son, they will have more brains in their stomach than they have ln their heads." Prof. Ti. C. Bateman, of Maine, nom inated Marlon Page, of Virginia. R. B. Taylor, of Michigan, seconded Watson's nomination and Frank A. Fogg, of the same state, spoke for Sewall. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, seconded Watson's nomination in behalf of his state. The whole movement, he said, was caused by an insurrection against the money lenders, and it would be folly to nominate a man worth $6,000,000 and Interested in half of the railroads of New England. The Populists of the country, he declared, rather than vote for such a man, would see him five hun dred milea below the lowest pit of hell. He expressed the hope that Watson's nomination would be made unanimous. They were "willing to swallow Demo cracy gilded with the genius of a Bryan," but they "could not stomach plutocracy in the body of Sewall." Speeches were also made by the gov ernors of Georgia, seconding the nomi nation of Burkitt; Donovan, of Mon tana, seconding Sewall; Abbott, of Ne braska, seconding Watson; and Henry of North Carolina, spoke against Sew all. The convention by this time was tired of oratory. Crandall, of New Jer sey, tried to speak, but was cried down. Mr. Crandall began by trying to laugh it all down, but he grew flushed and angry and gesticulated with his oane after he descended to his seat. The crowd, however, pelted him so lustily with paper wads and other missiles that he at last desisted and sat back quietly to listen to the music with which the band came to the rescue. All the evening the Bryan managers had been conferring earnestly over the situation. They had counselled with Chairman Jones, who was in direct tel egraphic communication with Candi date Bryan. Rumors flew about among the knowing ones, but the convention was in profound ignorance of what was going on. The delegates were listening to the nominating speeches on the theory that they were nominating a running mate for Mr. Bryan. When New York was reached Mr. Pence, on behalf of that state, yielded his time to Colorado. As Tom Patterson, who has been one of the most earnest and active of Bryan's managers arose on his chair, the convention held its breath. A sensation of some sort was anticipated, but it did not occur. The action of the delegates made it unwise to spring the sensational fact that Bry an would not accept the nomination on the terms the convention proposed. Mr. Patterson, on behalf of Colorado, simply contended for the nomination of Sewall. The convention hissed this statement. Mr. Patterson then yielded the balance of his five minutes to Sen ator Stewart, of Nevada. The middle of-the-road men were in an ugly mood, and they hissed the suggestion. Then the venerable patriarchal senator came forward to the front of the platform and in pathetic tones made his appeal for the cause of silver in which the best years of his life had been enlisted. When the middle-of-the-roaders saw the drift of his remarks they began to shout "Time." Even an appeal to the "chivalry of the South" failed to quiet them and the venerable senator retired to the rear of the platform. Chairman Allen expressed his regret that a hear ing could not be accorded to this dis tinguished guest. When the state of North Carolina was reached, Senator Marion Butler deprecated the action of the convention in refusing to hear Senator Stewart. Rev. Alexander Kent, of the District of Columbia, made a vigorous speech for the indorsement of Mr. Sewall. It was five minutes of 12 when the chair stated that there would be no more nominating speeches. He announced that the roll of states would be called for a ballot. Delegate Wood, of Texas, who, in the middle-of-the-road caucus last night offered a resolution to bolt the conven tion and denounced the platform, made a brief .speech seconding Mr. Burkitt's nomination. He was followed by Gen. Field, of Virginia, who four years ago, was the Populist candidate for vice president. Gen. Field was recived as a Nestor of the party. He urged the nomination of Mr. Page. At exactly 12 o'clock, midnight, just as the roll call was about to begin, Gen. Weaver, of lowa, appeared at the front of the platform. He called attention to the lateness of the hour and ad vised a night's meditation. He pro posed that the convention take one bal lot and then adjourn. The middle-of the-road men howled him down. Chair man Allen severely rebuked the con vention. He severely reprimanded the delegates, who, he said, had howled down some of the most distinguished men in the party and ordered the roll call to proceed. WATSON NOMINATED. Named for Vice President on the First Ballot. Arkansas started off with twenty-flve votes for Watson. Tom Patterson, of Colorado, cast the forty-five votes of his state for Sewall amid a round of ap plause from the Bryan men. Some one jumped up and challenged the vote, claiming that he wanted his vote recorded for Watson. Mr. Patterson denounced him as an interloper and he proved to be, on in vestigation, a member of the contested delegation that had been excluded. Indiana gave her thirty votes to Wat son. Kansas gave Sewall 82 of her 95 votes. Louisiana gave the bulk of her vote to Watson. Maryland divided her vote between Sewall and Watson. It looked as if Watson might be nomin- j ated on the flrst ballot until North Carolina cast her votes for Skinner Tennessee for Mimms and Texas for Burkitt. This split up the large dele gations. Later, before the roll call was completed, however, Texas changed her vote to Watson and there were other changes in favor of the Georgian Col. Burkitt, of Mississippi, went to the I stand and withdrew his name. Then the lights went out. Pandemonium reigned. Men shouted out of the inky blackness, others sang and a few cursed. The band struck up a lively air. A few candles were brought into the press tables and the delegates crowded about them, pushing and swaying in the flickering light. Several suggested that it was an ill-omen, but a chorus of voices shouted that It was a put up Job. Then Mimms withdrew in Watson's favor. The Georgian already had votes enough to nominate but the vote of Tennessee was finally transferred to his column. Some one made a motion to make the nomination unanimous and lt was carried with a whoop. Im mediately the middle of the road men grasped their banners and started a demonstration, but suddenly, without warning, the lights went out and the convention was left in tgtal darkness Howard, of Alabama^-aSpved an ad journment until 9 o'SSBk tomorrow morning and the motlo<p»as carried. STANDS M SEWALL BRYAN WILL NOT NOW ACCEPT A NOMINATION MROM THE POPULISTS. POSITION CLEARLY STATED. WIRED JONES TO WITHDRAW HIS NAME IF SEWALL AVAS BEATEN. DELEGATES ARE NOW ALL AT SEA. Mlddle-of-the-Road Crowd Jnbllant, Bnt Qnite Unc?rtain Jnst What to Do Next. ST! LOUIS, July 24.— At the evening session the sensation of the convention was sprung. Th£ Democratic man agers had consulted after it became evident that Sewall could not be nom inated, and Mr. Bryan had been >> m municated with by telegraph. They de cided that Mr. Bryan could not be in duced to desert his running mate, and word was sent to the leading Bryan managers ln the convention -_hat the Silver Knight of the West vvould not accept a nomination unless Sewall was nominated. The convention for* five hours tonight listened to nominating speeches, ln profound Ignorance cf this fact. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, was selected to make the announce ment. But the anti-Sewall crowd was in the saddle. They howled down ibe venerable senator, and after a Irurried consultation, the leaders decided not to permit the announcement to be made at that time. It was stated by a number of dele gates who had seen the telegrams from Jones to Bryan and the replies that Bryan would not be nominated. The course to be pursued was not known, but the impression- was that as soon as Bryan's name was presented, the tele grams would be read and Bryan would not be nominated and that some other candidate would be selected for presi dent who, no one could tell. The sub stance of the telegram from Senator Jones to Mr. Bryan stated that the convention had determined to name the vice president flrst, and asking what he would do in case Sewall was not named. The reply stated that under no circumstances could he accept a nomi nation if Sewall was not also named. It is understood since the adjourn ment that an effort was made to se cure Bryan's consent to accept the nomination. The middle-of-the-road men say that with Bryan out of the way the fight will narrow down to Norton, of Illinois, and Debs, of In diana. The reports current at the convention hall tonight that Mr. Bryan had an nounced his determination not to ac cept the Populist nomination for pres ident in case of the rejection of Sewall was based upon the following tele grams exchanged between Mr. Bryan and Senator J. X.. Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee: St, Louis — The Populists will nominate vice president first. If nol Sewall what shall we do? I favor your declination in that case. Answer quick. — James K. Jones, Chairman National Democratic Committee. Lincoln, Neb.— l entirely agree with you. Withdraw my name if Sewall is not nomi nated. — Wm. J. Bryan. Senator Jones de«llned, when seen, to express any opinion beyond that ex pressed in his telegram, He said that | he had placed Mr. Bryan's dispatch in the hands of friends at the convention but that he had done nothing more to wards withdrawing Mr. Bryan's name. He also said that he had learned of the adoption of the minority report of the committee on rules and order of busi ness reversing the usual routine and placing the nomination of the vice president ahead of that of the president | within a few minutes after the report was adopted. He immediately sent the telegram to Mr. Bryan and within an | hour an answer from the Democratic I candidate for president came back. It left no doubt as to: the attitude of Mr. Bryan in the event of the failure of the convention to nominate Mr. Sewall as well as himself. Soon after be received the message Senator Jones had a copy of it made and dispatched the original to Hon. T. M. Patterson, of Colorado, who was then at the auditorium, by A. N. Smith, of the Little Rock Gazette. An effort was made to confine the informa tion to a few of the leaders in the con vention hall, but within half an hour . it had spread through the press gallery and began to be whispered among the delegates on the floor. Another copy was sent to Chairman Charles W. Lane, of" the national com mittee of the silver party. The com mittee was in session in room 484 at the Southern hotel with a full member ship present. When told that the Populists were accusing the Democrats of being instru mental in having the lights turned out at convention hall, the senator replied J that he was sorry the lights were ex tinguished, thus preventing the Popu lists from completing their work. He declined to say whether he thought Mr. Bryan might change his mind or to discuss the possibilities of the situation from any standpoint. 'ELK APPOINTMENTS Announced by the Nevr Grand Ex alted Rnler. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 24— Mead D. Dowieller, of this city. Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, today officially announced these appoint ments: Grand esquire, Lew A. Clarke, St. Louis; grand inner guard, George Meyers, Jr., Pittsburg; grand chaplain. Rev. I. D. Timber lake, New Albany, Ind. Laws and appeals: Thomas F. Turner, Canton, O, ; James A. McHenry, Cumberland Md."; Willard S. Van derpool, Boston. Comalttee on grievences: W. C. Murdaugh, Portsmouth, Va. ; W. F. Lansing, Little Falls, N. V. ; George E. De | Golia, Oakland, Cal. gommittee on returns and credentials: Charles M. Bedell, Syracuse, N. V.; Harvey Meyars, Covington, Ky. ; Wm. H. McDermott, Columbns, O. Committee on charters: Robert W. Mitchell, Portlend, Ore.; Wm. Cairns, Sunbury, Pa.; J. K. Carmick. Atlantic City. N. J. Committee on work and ritual: W. E. Mehaffay, Lima, O. ; F. D. Weed, Helena, Mont. ; Wm. H. Friday, Brook lyn, N. Y. *m _ Place for Str Donald. MONTREAL, July 2i— It is stated upon reliable authority that Sir Donald Smith, ex president of the Canadian Pacific railway, and lately high comn&ssioner for the Do minion in Great Brltaijl, will enter the new Laurier cabinet as miaister of the interior. The place has been fiept open for a long time, and it is stated tSis was done so as to give Sir Donald a chance td come home. Girl Drowned. Special to the Globe. SUPERIOR, Wis., July 24.— A nine-year-old girl named Amy Budge was drowned in the St. Louis river tonight. She was one of a party of young gtfls returning in a sailboat from a berry picking expedition, when, for some unexplained ca«se", the boat capsized. The four other occupants saved themselves by clinging to th* beat. The body was not recovered. i |Ef TIGKET PMfIS. SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS WILL MEET IN CONVENTION BY SEP TEMBER SECOND. NEW NATIONAL COMMITTEE. IT WILL MEET IN INDIANAPOLIS THE SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST. FINAL CALL TO BE ISSI XI) THERE. Details ot the Real Democratic Con vention Will be Decided When the Committee Meets. Special to the Globe. CHICAGO, July 24.— At the sound money Democratic conference brief ad dresses were made by Lawler and Cuteheon, of Minnesota. Partridge, of Minneapolis, extended an invitation for the convention in Minneapolis, Grand Army week. Cuteheon was appointed a member of the provisional national committee. Comptroller Eckels ex pects to be in St. Paul within two weeks, and will then open the sound money campaign with a public address. CHICAGO, 111., July , 24.— The gold standard Democrats will hold a na tional convention not later than Sept. 2. Where this convention will be held, and how the delegates will be selected remains to be decided. The natioftal committee, In whose hands will be left the selection of the place of holding the convention, will meet in Indianap olis Aug. 7. The question of the repre sentation of states will be decided by an executive committee of five, which will be selected from the national com mittee which settled on those matters today, and the states represented were: Indiana, John R. Wilson; lowa, Henry Vollmer; Ohio, S. H. Holding; Michi gan, W. R. Shelby; Kentucky, D. M. Davies; Missouri, L. C. Krauthoff; Wis consin, W. F. Vilas and E. S. Bragg; Illinois, Henry S. Robbins; Nebraska, Fred W. Vaughan. The hour set for the meeting of the committee was 10 o'clock, but all the members were present an hour earlier, and it was decided to proceed at once with the business in hand. Gen. Bragg was elected chairman, and the com mittee locked the doors against the press and public, and discussed the sit uation for three hours. That a radical difference of opinion exists as to the methods to be adopted in the furtherance of the common in terest was shoWn by the fact that ma jority and minority reports were evolved from the deliberations. The majority report, which was adopted by the larger conference at its adjourned session, provides for the holding of a national convention of sound money Democrats not later than Sept. 2, and reads in full as follows: Resolved— First— That it. is the sense of I this conference, composed of Democrats from the state of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Wiscon sin, Kentucky, Missouri. Michigan, Texas, I lowa, Minnesota and Nebraska that a thor ! oughly sound ahd patriotic declaration of Democratic principles be enunciated and that candidates for president and vice president in accord therewith be nominated. Second— That the Democrats in the several states who are in sympathy with this rec ommendation and unalterably opposed to the declarations and independencies of the platform be requested to arrange a meeting of a national Democratic committee. Third— That the national committee thus se lected meet at the city of Indianapolis on Fri day, the 7th day of August, at 2 o'clock p. m., 1896, for the purpose of issuing a formal call for a Democratic convention to he held not later than the 2d day of September, 1896, at such place and to be constituted and con vened in such manner as should be deter mined. Fourth— That an executive committee of five be appointed by the chairman of this j conference, of which he will be one, with authority and directions to name a suitable person in each state where necessary, to take appropriate steps to cause state meetings to be held with all convenient speed for the purpose of selecting members of such com ; mittee, or lf no committeemen be selected in any state in time for said committee meet ing to designate a member to represent such state temporarily. There is a vigorous rivalry between cities, no less than four being con testants for the honor of entertaining the gold standard Democrats. Indian- I apolis telegraphed an offer to provide all necessary funds. The friends of Don M. Dickinson are working for De troit; Minneapolis has asked for it, and the claims of the Northern city are SECONDED BT ST. PAUL. And Chicago is a claimant. Eleven states were represented in the Auditorium meeting today. Texas was the last to appear and the representa tive of the Lone Star state was heart ily cheered when he took his place. While the states represented at today's meeting and last night's conference were almost without exception middle ! Western states, the news received to j day, indicates, those in charge of the work declare, that they will have good support in all parts of the country. The arrival of Comptroller Eckles, fresh from Washington, has done con siderable to strengthen gold standard local men. The Whitney interview from New York, acted as a dampener to some extent, but Eckles soon dried it out to some extent, as the meeting be lieved that he was close to the feeling of the administration, despite his dec laration that politics had nothing to do with his present trip West. "I am just on my way to Ottawa," said the comptroller of the currency. "There is no politics in my visit at all. No, I am not the bearer of a message from President Cleveland. So far as a choice for presidential and vice presi dential candidates goes, I don't think he has made any expression. I know of no one who is likely to be made the repository of such a confidence. "For myßelf, any sound Democrat is acceptable. It is an odd thing, how ever, that ln all the tickets which spec ulation offers us, one name is almost invariably used. It is always Palmer and somebody. Palmer's name, by an almost universal choice, seems to be made a part of every suggested ticket. Some times it is Palmer and Gordon, sometimes it is Palmer and Hill, but it is always Palmer." Mr. Eckles did not remain in the city until the conference had completed its work, but took an early train for his home at Ottawa. Later ln the day Chairman Bragg an nounced the names of the committee of five, provided for in the report: Gen. Edward S. Bragg, Wisconsin; W. D. Bynum, Indiana; H. S. Robbins, Illi nois; James O. Broadhead, Missouri; W. B. Haldeman, Kentucky. Six of the eleven states represented at the conference named their mem bers of the provisional national com mittee as follows: Illinois, John M. Palmer; Indiana, J. R. Wilson; Wiscon sin, E. BjjgS»her ; Missouri, L. S. KrauthoffSpnnesota, F. W. M. Cuteh eon; Nebraska, Euclid Martin. The I A PRICE TWO CENTS—] F^2££4™ other states deferred the appointment of their committeemen. BELMONT FOR IT. He Is ln Favor of a Real Democratic Ticlcet. NEW YORK, July 24.— Perry Belmont is ued a formal report today to his constituents, explaining his action at Chicago in resisting the adoption of the free coinage plank ln the Democratic platform. He says: The pro claimed policy and purpose of the majority were believed by him to be "in disregard of the traditions of the national Democracy, as well as of the frequently expressed and well known ideas of our own New York Democ racy." "I shall not presume to suggest to any one how he should exercise his privilege of voting," says Mr. Belmont. "My own con clusion is definite and fixed. It is to vote the electoral ticket, which I hope will be in the fleld, standing for a Democratic candidate for president in whose unflinching courage and loyalty to the gold unit of value as pre scribed by the law of 1873, and to Demo cratic principles I can have the most im plicit confidence." He points out that the next legislature in this state will elect a senator, and suggests that the same conditions apply to the elec tion of members of the legislature as con gressmen and president. BRYAN STANDS PAT. He Will Not Accept Without Mr. Sewall. ST. LOUIS, July 24.— The Bryan leaders of the convention consulted all the evening con cerning the telegrams which have passed be tween Candidate Bryan and Chairman Jones, of -the Democratic national committee, and which are in the possession of Tom Patterson and are to be used when the Bryan* leaders deem best. Many Bryan men have been informed of the substance of the dispatches and have been much disturbed about them, as they fear that Bryan's determination not to accept the nomination unless Sewall is also nominated I will not be reconsidered. The reason given by those who urged that the telegrams be not ' read tonight was that the temper of the dele- I gates was such that an announcement of that ! kind might result in splitting the convention i before anything could be done to stay the ' storm which would surely follow. It was said by one of the silver leaders that the telegrams would be made public some time, but it was considered the wiser policy not to give them i out previous to the selection of a candidate for i vice president, as it would have the appear- I ance of attempting to force upon the conven- ' tion a candidate for vice president to whom ! the majority were evidently very' much op- I posed. PALMER AND WILSON. It Is tlie Ticket That West Virginia W T ould Approve. CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., July 24.-^Gold standard Democrats here, who were not repre sented at Chicago, today, were communicated with and pledged a delegation to the national Democratic convention in September. Com munications were sent out over the state to gold standard Democrats and the concensus of opinion was in favor of putting Postmaster General Wilson at the head of the gold move ment in this state. Some want him for vice president on the ticket with Palmer. It is an nounced that there will, however, be only one Democratic state ticket, and there will be no division on local candidates. NEW PAcTfIcTiNE. Another Oriental Conipany After American Connections. SEATTLE, Wash., July 24.—Follow ing close in the wake of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha which announced Seat tle as its American terminus only a few days ago, comes the accredited re port to this city of another Oriental steamship line, the Toyo Kabushik Kaisha, which is also seeking Ameri can connections. The party consists of Socy Asino, president of the company, Hokawa, director in the Oji paper company, near Tokio; Aun- j giro Tomika, captain in the service of I the steamship company, and Hiroyuki j Kobayashi, interpreter for Mr. Asino. '■ The visitors, who represent great '■ wealth, came to the city quitely, spent the day in making an investigation I and left for Tacoma. Thence they go j to Portland for a day, thence to San ! Francisco. From the latter point Asino i will proceed to London and place con- j tracts for the construction of twelve ! 5.000-ton vessels, to be used on the I line which will run from the American I terminus to Tokio and Hong Kong. The result of the day's investigations, while nothing definite has been an nounced, led to a belief that the ter- I minus will be either • Seattle or Port- I land. It is though Asino had negotiated | both with the Dodwell people, operating j the Northern Pacific steamers out of Tacoma, and also with the Samuels j people, who run the Portland-Oriental line. It was very clear today that if ' Asino could secure control of the North- J crn Paclflc Steamship company, on his visit to London, and thereby get rates as favorably as those granted to the I Nippon Yusen Kaisha by the Great ] Northern, he would choose Seattle for j the terminus. His examination of the I harbor, location of the city and natnral j advantages of this place was satisfactory, if the Portland peo ple can make a better showing the prize will undoubtedly fall to them. Mr. Asino was shown about Seattle by E. H. Ammidown, president of the Seattle Power company. His present j visit is only a preliminary, and an agent ; of the new steamship company will ; be sent here a few months hence to ! perfect the arrangements now begun. TRADE XO BETTER. Conditions Abont as Bad as Former ly, Says Bradstreet's. NEW YORK, July 24.— Bradstreet's tomor row will say: Telegraphic and mail advices from commercial and industrial centers Indi cate a more unsatisfactory state of trade. Jobbers and retail houses show still further caution ln the matter of securing supplies, buying for actual needs to a degree not here tofore reported. There is no outlook favoring an early revival of trade, while the volume of sales continues light and prices low, with a further restriction of credits. The indus trial situation is somewhat more depressed, particularly in iron and steel, prices for most varieties of which, notably Southern pig ] iron, are shaded. The encouraging feature in iron and steel ls the extent to which stacks have been blown out. Production is ma terially curtailed among manufacturers of woolens and cottons as heretofore, and in locomotive, hardware, silver, jewelry and lumber industries. Exports of wheat (flour Included) from both coasts of the United States and from Mon treal amount to 3,078,000 bushels this week, as compared with 2,963,000 bushele in the corresponding week in 1895, 3,388,000 bushels in the like week in 1894, and with 4,363,000 bushels in the corresponding week of 1893. Business failures for the week number 280 throughout the United States, against 255 last week, 239 in the week a year ago and 237 ln the week two years ago. There are 31 business failures reported throughout the Dominion of Canada this week against 33 last week, 25 In the week a year ago and 32 in the week two years ago. Bradstreet's review of the New York stocks tomorrow will say: The action of the New York banks in agreeing to replenish the di minishing treasury reserve checked the growth of a panicky feeling in the secur ities market. Equal importance was the step taken to secure concerted action by foreign exchange houses for the restriction of gold exports. This development came at an oppor tune moment, with quotations still crumbling and liquidation and bear selling in full prog ress. The bond market has suffered in sym pathy with the stock list, and dealers report that municipal bonds are virtually unsalable, corporations and individual capitalists being unwilling to make purchases. Milwaukee Man Mpped. NEW YORK, July 24.--Oustoms inspectors today seized alleged coniAband goods worth 14,000 belonging to Jacob Pelvlgcr, of Mil waukee, who, with his wife ar.d two daugh ters, had just returned on the steamer Spree from Bremen. It is aliotred that Pelviger was detected offering a brib.< to an inspector and an investigation followed. Satolii Will Star. NEW YORK, July 24.-The Freeman's Journal haa information from a trustworthy source that the pope bas given Cp.rdinal Sa tolii his choice of returning to Rome or re maining ln America, and that the ajxKtolr delegate bas selected to remain. ■ ' . TWENTY LIVES LOST BY A CLOUDBURST WHICH FLOOD ED BEAR CREEK CANYON, COLORADO. THREE DEAD AT GOLDEN, CARRIED AWAY TO DEATH BY A TORRENT OF RLSHI.YG WATER, GREAT DAMAGE IN OHIO VALLEY, Towns of Ohio. West Virginia antf Kentucky Flooded by Rapid Rise of Water.. LEADVILLE, Col., July 24.— A spe cial to the Herald-Democrat from Morrison, Col., says: A cloudburst in Bear Creek canyon, just above here, at 8 o'clock tonight brought down a solid wall of water, ten feet high, which not only did great damage to property, but caused the loss of fifteen to twen ty lives. The known dead are: Mrs. MILLER and three children. A party of campers, fifteen or eighteen in number, who were living in a small house just below town. Viola Foster, a little Denver girl who was with this party, was saved by people who heard her cries. This much has been learned on this side of tha creek, but as all bridges are gory* and the water is stil high and swift, noth ing can be learned from the other s'de. Searching parties are out on both nicies of the stream, looking for bodies cf dead and injured. It is feared there has been more loss of life, as .here were scores of people camping al< ng both sides of the creek, both above and below town. Wires are down in all directions. THREE DROWSED. Loss of Life Reported From Golden, Colorado. GOLDEN, Col., July 24.— The worst storm in its history broke upon this city at 7 o'clock. Three lives are known to be lost and thousands of dol lars worth of property Is destroyed. The dead are: A. A. JOHNSON and wife. MRS. J. F. EDWARDS. The Johnsons were carried down with their home. Mrs. Edwards was milk ing: in the barn when the building was swept away. James Bishop, eighty years old, was carried half a mile down stream and finally caught a tree, from which he was rescued some hours later. THREE STATES DAMP. Great Damage Done hy Floods in Ohio Valley. CINCINNATI, 0., July 24.— The Commer cial-Tribune special from Wheeling, \V. Va., states that the damages from fload and -wash outs duri::g the past twenty-four hours In Western Virginia and Southeastern Ohio is al most beyond estimation. There was not only an unusual rainfall, but cloud-bursts at different points, causing small streams to do much more damage than during any of the highest floods ever known in those localities. In addi tion to several washouts the Ohio River rail road is blockaded by long landslides near Bairsviile. There are four landslides on this road between Sistersville and Cochiansvil'.e, and four trains are tied up by them. The Fairmont, Morganstown & Pittsburg railway, the West Virginia Central, the Cumberland £ Baltimore, the Roaring Creek & Charleston, the Dryfork, Crafton & Rollington. the West Virginia & Pittsburg and the Monongahela railways are also badly washed. Advices from Clarksburg and Grafton re port cloudbursts at those places tonight. A dispatch from Caldwell, 0., states that the towns of Avla, Belle Valley, Dudley. South Olive, East Union, Harrietsvllle, Carlisle and other towns along the Muskingum river, are completely submerged. A dispatch from Shawnee, 0., states that the branches of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and Ohio Central, Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking, that enter the coal region, are washed out so that traffic is suspended, all coal mines closed and thousands of men are thrown out of work. Some of the washouts on these railways are over a mile long. Xone of the towns in the mining regions haye had any mails today. A dispatch from Sistersville, W. Va.. stales) that the damages in the oil fields will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The riggings have b?en washed away, the tanks and docks overturned. All the roads running into Marietta are disabled. The Cleveland & Marietta can run no through trains, and the Zanesville ft Ohio and Toledo & Ohio Central are having to transfer in different places. At Belle Valley, on the Cleveland & Marietta railway, the track has been swept away. Word has been received from Oransvllle that the Kanawha river is again rising at an alarming rate and would reach a higher stage than at any previous time. All the small creeks at the extreme headwaters are again on a tear. Timber which has been lying along the creeks for yeara is coming down, and the lumberrrien who own it are suffering great losses. The greatest losses have been along west fork of the Reedy. This creek is one of the main tributaries of the Kanawha. Some of the farmers along it are almost ruined. Many houses have been swept away. OHIO FLOODED. Great Damage Done by the Phenom enal Rain. CINCINNATI, 0., July 24.— Enquirer spe cials from the storm-swept country in Ohio report as follows: PORTSMOUTH-Over four inches of water has fallen in this part of the Scioto valley in the last three days and similar rains are re ported from the Upper Scioto. The Ohio river here is 27 feet, and the water from the Ohio, together with floods from above in the Scioto will ruin most of fhe corn in this great corn-growing valley. FlNDLAY— Continuous heavy rains hay* t\aatroyed the greater part of the crops in Northwestern Ohio. Wheat in the shock is Jfefcrly ruined by sprouting. One-half the |j*jr. is uncut. Oat fields are so wet the cannot work in them. This city was storm-deluged |oj|ay. The south fork of the Licing went oat of banks and deluged gardens. All trains on the Central Ohio division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad are detoured over the Perm- - sylvania & Cincinnati and Muskingum roads on account of washouts. There are several big washouts on the Str^itsville division, and all trains on that divis!6% are abandoned. SOMERSET— Six inches of rain fell here last night. Floods carried away the Baltimore & Ohio bridges between here and Thornport and Junction City. Wheat in the shock floated from many fields. Great quantities of hay have been ruined. All mail communica tion is cut off from here. Many Towns Flooded. CINCINNATI, 0., July 24.— Specials to th-i Commercial-Tribune s»how damage all over West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and South ern Ohio from floods. At Parkersburg, W. Va., where the Little Kanawha empties into the Ohio, the lumbermen today suffered great damage. Railways, telegraph and telephone lines are also damaged. The Ohio River road is washed out between Waverly and Mounds vllle, also near Sisteraville and Woodland. The loss in Tygart's valley alone is |50,000. At Marietta, 0., where the Muskingum J empties into the Ohio, the merchants are moving from Front street. All the railroads entering the city are washed out, none able to get train* into the city. At Ashland, Ky.. the flood did much dam age to bridges and property. Roiul* Tied Up. CINCINNATI, 0.,-iJuly 24.— A social to the Commercial-Tribune from Athena, 0., says: All trains on the Hockiug Valley & Ohio Cen tral railroad are from three to four houra late on account of high water. Sunday creek and Hocking river are rising rapidly, caus ing muoh damage. Bridge* on the Ohio Cen tral have been washed away near Corning.