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VOL. XXI.— NO. 270. STA. AIA CHURCH THAT WAS WHBRE THE THIR TEBKTH WAS BAPTISBD BY PIRB MINNESOTA SOLDIERS WERE IN THE WORST THEIR (ASIALIV LIST WAS IIKAV -11MI THAU THAT OF ANY OTHER LETTERS FROM HEROES WHO BESIEGED MANILA Heroism of <. apt. BJoniHtad Is De scribed Archie Patterson's Ueutli and the Shot That Killed t hurley liuriiNOii, Too First v.nil From Manila Since Its Seiz ure Gives Thrilling Information. tr- clal Correspondence The St. Paul Globe. MANILA, Aug. 17, IS9S.— True to the unions of its friends, the Thir teenth Minnesota showed itself the right sort of stuff in the attack on Ma nila, Aug. 13, and, literally shot to pieces, the boys from the Gopher state etood firm in the face of an enemy equipped with effective arms and figrhtiny desperately at close range. But they did not falter. Not only did they hold their ground, but pushed ahead, and as the Spanish troops wav and fell back the Minnesota boys, who were not prostrate on the battle field or in the hospital tents, forged on and Into the city of Manila, sharing the honors of a hard day's fighting with the Twenty-third infantry, chosen by Gen. Merritt, who knew them of old, with Ca;t. Jack Astor's select, but by no means si.ft, New York volunteer battery, to fill one of the hottest places in the fight. We were eager boys that morning:. It was Saturday and the Sunday pre vious we had landed with a heavy sea running and had since been waiting" the engagement that all felt must so Boon come. We had expected the attack would be made on Wednesday, for Tues day night general orders were read, which I enclose. But we went into the trenches then and we were to take a position directly in front of the south wall of the city Saturday, where a charge was practically prevented by a barrier of concrete and barbed wire. In assigning the Thirteenth to this position Gen. McArthur asked Col. Heeve if he thought we could hold it under .1 heavy fire. Col. Reeve prom ised that we would give a good report of ourselves. The fight was to be started by Ad miral Dewey, who would begin the bombardment as soon in the morning as the forces could station themselves. The naval attack was to be centered on the big Krupp gun battery at the north end of the city. We were to be in line of battle at 8 o'clock, and we were at our station at 7:30. We had the extreme right of the line. The Astor battery was slight ly in advance of us. From the beach near our entrench ments we could see the city, with flag flying gaily as if for a frolic and not f>>r fighting. In the harbor were the American war vessels, stripped for ac tion, but with pennants and en-signs fluttering in the breeze. They were alone. The foreign war Is had withdrawn to the other f;ide of the bay, where our transports were. Nearest the city was the Mon . ;tnd ranged in a half-moon from her were the . Olympia, Raleigh, and little Petrel. In front of the line were the two gunboats captured from the Spanish, refitted with machine and rapid fire guns. Behind the first line \\ ere the heavy battleships. LINES ADVANCED. The lines advanced, closing in as they carve, and at 9:40 the Olympia was hid den by a cloud of smoke. One by one the other vessels followed suit. The first shots fell short and the water splashed high in the air, but as the succeeding broadsides came, the range grew truer and truer. The earth in front of the battery was torn by a shell at last. Another struck the wall of the fort and, tearing through, exploded within. Some, breaking in the air, scattered hot metal to all corners as they descended. The little gunboats had run close ashore under the guns of the still silent battery and the in cessant fire of their small guns was al np deafening as the booming of thr- heavier but less frequent cannon. A cloud of smoke from the parapet betrayed that the fort was afire. The Spaniarc 5 were abandoning their fortifications. The cannonading: ceased. It was out turn now. We had orders not to fire until the fleet had done. On the double quick we were sent ahead about 10:30. The crack Utah bat tery opened fire on Blockhouse 14 in our front, where the Spanish garrison awaited us. Our First a.nd Second battalions were tht-n ordered ahead in the firing line, TODAYS BULLETIN. Page. I— News From Manila. Dreyfus Case Developments. Roosevelt Stands to Win. Democratic Primaries. 2— Hinds Expected to Win. Alleged Police Brutality. * 3— Fifteenth at Camp Meade. Fourteenth to Parade. Sick Soldiers Coming Out 4— Editorial. Street Railway Assessment. 6— Sporting News. Racing Men Combine. 6— Markets of the World. Bar Silver, 61@61%c. Cash Wheat, 67^c 7 — Minneapolis Matters. News of the Northwest. •—Letters From Thirteenth. Tobacco Trust Hard Hit. with the Astor battery. At Santa Anna church there was a sharp engagement. The A»tor battery had two guns there, but the fire was so hot they were driven away from them and two sergeants were shot dead. They made a pretty but hopeless revolver charge, but were driven back with several men wound ed. Our men retook their guns for them, and here Oscar Seebach and Cj pt. Bjornstad were shot. Here it was, too, that the Thirteenth distinguished itself. RAKING FIRE. The Spanish troops were raking the road with a hail of Mauser bullets. We were ordered up the road. Capt. Bjorn stad called for volunteers. From the lot who responded he took twelve, and they dropped behind a log and opened fire. The captain fired three rifles un til they were clogged up and ran out of ammunition. Getting up to go back for more cartridges, he was shot — and In the back. He was dragged back to cover and stripped to the waist. The blood was streaming from a bullet hole in his right shoulder. Tearing away from those who were examining his wounds, he started for the log again, only to be dropped by a ball through his right shoulder. The American troops scattered through the jungle and opened fire on the Spanish earthworks. The Spanish then retreated, and over the little church floated the same stars and stripes that had already been hoisted, as we afterwards learned, in the city of Manila, for we were a little late in the fighting. It was at this church, too, that Archie Patterson, bugler of Company I, was killed. Lieut. Col. Ames had directed Capt. Corriston to take I and F and reinforce the firing line, telling Pat terson to play double time. He had hardly started, when, as the men turn ed a corner in the road, Patterson was struck and instantly killed. Privates Hanson and Little, of Company F, were also shot here. But our loss, indeed, was small, Pat terson^ and Sergeant Brunson, who died Aug. 16 from his injuries, being i - ■ £■ "^ I yX &km^_ .'■ jjfc t^ 1 * SB SERGEANT MAJOR KREMBS. all. We thought Capts. Bjornstad and Seebach might go at one time, but they seem to be getting along better. Lieut. Bunker was shot through the wrist. We hear the Spanish had sixty filled and about 125 wounded. — F. E. Krembs, Sergeant Major Thirteenth Minnesota. FIGHT IN BROWN SUITS. Private Dow Writes to a Friend in This City. (By courtesy of J. H. Stahl.) MANILA, Aug. 12.— We are in the trenches in front of Manilla and ex pec-t to give the decisive blow tomor row. Our regiment has not as yet taken an active part in any battle, al though we were on the fire line for the twenty-four hours just passed, on out-post duty. We are right on top of the Dons, our line being only 400 yards from them. It made us feel a little nervous, for they have been in the habit of sending their shells over here every nigrht, in an effort to get us started, but we were not quite ready and would not respond. Now, however, we have most of our guns ready; the entrenchments fixed and will give them a "hot time." The only heavy firing done was on the first night of our arrival, about a week ago, when they cut off our out post, the Tenth Pennsylvania, and got at the reserves. The Utah battery, however, got in some fine work and made the enemy retreat, just In time, for the Pennsylvania boys only had one cartridge apiece left. The Span iards lost 700 killed. We had twenty killed and about forty-five wounded. I t 11 you, It was a grand sight from where we were. It was about 10 p. m. when the fire started, and we could see the bursting of shells and the cannons and rifles spit fire, and hear the roar of battle. I tell you it made us itch to get into the fracas and take part in the "fun." But we are under orders and must do as we are told. We are camped about 100 yards from the coast of the China sea, on a pleasant plateau, and live in little "dog" tents, two feet high by four feet long; two men In a tent; there is no front flap, and our feet stick out In the rain. This Is about the worst place on earth. It rains twenty hours out of every twenty-four, and during the time It is not raining it is so hot you can not move. Our clothes are always wet, if not from the rain, from perspiration. The natives are the dirtiest and filthi est things God ever made. They are the color of our Indians and from three and one-half to four feet tall, all cov ered with sores and diseasps of the skin. Nearly all are marked with small pox and a great number have leprosy. They are very lazy and dls henest. We have to send an armed guard with them to haul our goods from the dock to the camp. We received the first mall in two months yesterday and learned of the war in Cuba. It made us feel pretty good to hear how the American army is sweeping everything before It. We are having a hard time of It out here. All we get to eat is black coffee (no sugar), evaporated potatoes (which is a kind of brown, course flour), salt pork, corned beef and hard tack. This Is absolutely our bill of fare. I would give a month's wages for one of the old-time dinners we used to enjoy. And the good, cool beer— Continued on Eighth Page. TUESDAY MORNING CALLED BY RAISER DREYFUS CASE INVOLVES A PRES IDENT'S RESIGNA TION GERMANY THREATENED WAR Reports Stolen While on the Way to the Frontier, and Only the Re. tlrenient Froiu Ofliee of Casimlr- Perier Saved Hostilities Ester haxy Aeeused of Hcliik a Spy New Trial for Dreyfus. LONDON, Sept. 27.— The Daily News this morning commences the publica tion of a series of articles, which, it alleges, explain the Dreyfus affair. To day's article concerns the resignation by M. Casimir Perier of the French presidency. The article says: "The persons In the secret are the kaiser, Count yon Munster, M. Dupuy, M. Hanitaux, Gen. Mercier, Gen. Bois deffre, Col. Schwarxkoppen, Count Esterhazy and the late Henri Sand herr. Besides the French ministry, others had a copy of the dossier in their possession. "In December, 1894, a detailed ac count of the Dreyfus affair which Count Munster sent by the usual cour ier to the kaiser was intercepted and photographed on the French frontier. It reached the kaiser a few days later. This fact became known to the infor mation bureau at Berlin, and the Ger man government instructed Count yon Munster to demand his passports, for the offense was regarded as robbery, and an offense to Emperor William, committed on extra territorial ground. When Count Munster demanded his passports, M. Casimir Perier was over whelmed with the suddenness of the revelation, and was beside himself. In an extraordinary scene, he gave his word of honor of ignorance of all knowledge of the affair, and guaran teed against a repetition of it. Count yon Munster was satisfied, and sent a second report with his interview. This document was similarly inter cepted and photographed, the negative arriving at the French foreign office forty-eight hours later. "Some days later, Jan. 12, 1895, Count Munster called at the Palace Elysee and suddenly announced that Germany would mobilize her troops forthwith, unless satisfaction was given for this new Insult A demonstration followed. Count Munster collapsed, a prey to violent feelings, reproaching M. Casimir Perier with having dishonored him in the eves of the emperor. "M. Casimir Ferier was crushed and could not reply at first, but finally said: " 'Tell your emperor that I, myself, will give him satisfaction. I do not wish to sacrifice the country. I will leave the presidency. I p. ay his majesty to be satisfied.' "Two days later M. Casimir Perier rt signed. " The Daily Chronicle this morning publishes a letter from Conbere, in which the writer declares that Ester hazy himself sold the documents men tioned in the bordereau to Schwarzk.>p pen, together with 160 other documents, and that Col. Schwarzkoppen paid Es terhazy £80 monthly for two years for espionage. He denies that 001. Sand horr ordered Esterhazy to write the bordereau, and appeals to the latter to "tell the whole truth instead of silly falsehoods, and to frankly confess that he never felt himself to be a French officer," which would explain, if not Jus tify, his conduct. PEACE MEN AT PARIS. The Members of the American Com- mission on the Ground. PARIS, Sept. 26.— The peace commis sion of the United States arrived here today from London and was met at the railway station by the United States embassy, a number of Americans and many reporters. A considerable crowd outside the depot witnessed the de parture of the commissioners for their hotel. The Journey from England to this city was uneventful. FRANCE TAKES A HAND. Said to Have Agreed to Recognize the Philippine Repuhllc. LONDON, Sept. 26.— A epeclal to the Globe from Hong Kong, published this afternoon, says It is learned from a trustworthy Filipino source that France has promised to recognize the Filipino republic, and it is added that negotia tions on the subject are proceeding at Manila, where there are three French warships. MAHDI'S TOMB RIFLED. The Body Destroyed and the Head Sent Back to England, LONDON, Sept. 27.— The Daily Telegraph's Cairo correspondent says: It la reported that MaJ. Mac-Donald haß reached Laitlo, where was located the mahdi's tomb, and that the body was destroyed. An enthusiastic scien tist, It is said, secured the mahdi's h. al. and Is sending it to the Royal College of Sur geons in London. The correspondent adds that Maj. Mar chand'e position ig absurd, and that the na tives ignore him. WADE AT KEY WEST. General on the Resolute, but Not Allowed to Land. KEY WEST, Fla., Sept. 26. — The Resolute arrived here today with Gen. Wade on board, having put in for coal, water and provisions. No communica tion was allowed with the shore, and the health authorities have ordered the vessel to put to sea tomorrow. The Comal has also been ordered to leave. MINTYRE ON TRIAL. Mortlon to ([niish the Proceeding* Denied by the Court Martial. DENVER, Col., Sept. 26.-The trial of Chaplain Joseph P. Mclntyre, of the battleship Oregon, by court martial, for the alleged use of language unbe coming an officer of the navy and cal culated to destroy the good order and discipline of the navy, was begun to day. The Judge advocate, Capt. C. H. Lauche'.mer, read the charges and specifications prepared by the prosecu tion. Earl Cranston, of Denver, as attorney for the prisoner, moved that the charges be quashed on the ground that the remarks were not of a scandal ous character, and only such as are used frequently In the public press and by the people generally. He held that the statements charged could not have affected the discipline of the navy. He alto argued that there was no denial of the alleged etatemen'ts and no charge of maliclouH intent, and that the charg es of fraud in the building of vessels were against contractors and not against the naval department. Judge Advocate Laucheimer replied briefly, and the court denied the mo tion to quash. , The- prisoner then entered a plea of not guilty and the court adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. FANNY DAVENPORT DEAD. She Had Never Recovered From Her Recent Serious Illness. DUXBURY. Mass., Sept. 2fi.— Fanny Dav enport (Mrs. Melbourne McDowell) died at her summer home, Melbourne hall, at half past 10 o'clock tonight, of enlargement of the heart. Mis« Davenport had never fully recovered from her severe Illness early In the sum mer, but up to a week ago it was thought that she would in time enjoy good health again. A few days ago, however, a change was noticed. Since that time she has been gradually sinking and today it was announc ed that death was only a question of a few hours. Her three sisters had all been notified and with her husband were at her bedside when she peacefully passed away. Her brother-in-law, William Seymour, was notified yesterday of her condition and is on his way. He will take' charge of the inter ment, the nature of which will not be known until ho arrives. Fanny Davenport was tho daughter of Ed ward Davenport, the famous American actor, and Fannie Elizabeth Vining Davenport, the equally famous American a'-trcss, and was born In London, April 10, 1650. She first as sayed juvenile parts at tne Howard Athe naeum, in Boston. Her first adult part was that of Mrs. Mildvay in "Still Waters Run DeeD." As Arline in "The Black Crook," she mode her debut as a soubrette and later Joined Mrs. John Drew's company at Phila delphia. She remained there but a short time and then joined Augustin Daly's Fifth Ave nue theater company in New York, where Bhe played leading parts for nearly ten years fiom IM>9 to 1579. She made her first appear ance ac a star in "Pique,"' and later produced a number of Shakesperian and old English comedies. Then she devoted some time to the modern dramas of Dumas, and in 1883 began a series of Sardou's plays which made her famous. "Fedora" was brought out, and in this and latter productions she displayed her wonderful skill as a stage manager. Miss Davenport occupied a unique postion on the American stage. She was one of th« foremost of the female stars, while she held high rank as a producer of players and In this latter work she achieved a great suc cess. Her Sardou plays were put on the stage with lavish scenery and costumes and she was fortunate in finding In the heroines parts especially adapted to her style of im personation. Miss Davenport was twice married. Her first husband vas Edward Pierce, a young stock actor, who she engaged as the leading juvenile man in her company of 1877-73. L.te in the season of ISSB-89 she married her lead ing man, Melbourne MacDowell. younger than herself, and an actor of abili.ty. GILL MURDER~~MYSTEBY. An Alleged Confession Made by One of the PrlHonera. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Sept. 26.— The complaint against Oxlej and Guernsey in the Gill murder casi was changed today from attempt to procure an abor tion to that of manslaughter. Guernsey is out on ball, but Oxlev is still In jail. It was learned today that the brother of Harry Oxley, who visited him at the jail yesterday, took into his confidence a friend In this city and told him the substance of a confession alleged to have been made to the police by the arrested man. This brother said that when Harry was arrested his mother told him to tell the whole truth In the ca.se and this is his story: "Emma Gill told me of her condi tion, and I told Guernsey, and the lat ter told me to marry the girl, if I felt sure the responsibility was mine. I went to Emma Gill and expressed my willingness to marry her, but she said this was entirely unnecessary. She said she knew Dr. Guilford and that he could cure her of her trouble by an operation and she would get out of trouble that way. She did not wish to marry me, because there was an other fellow (Foster) who wanted to marry her and who did not know her real character. He would give her a better home, she thought, than I could, and she considered him a better match." MARRIED MANY WOMEN. Buffalo Man Holds the Record of Fifty in Fifteen Yearn. BUFFALO, Sept. 26.— Charles W. Woodruff, who is under arrest here, is said to have married more than fifty women since 1885. The police have found four Buffalo women with whom he went through the ceremony of mar riage, but none of them will consent to appear against him, so he is held while the police seek for further evidence. Woodruff is now fifty-three years old. He got the marrying habit shortly after the death of his first wif-e in Wellsville In 1885. SPAIN'S LAST STAND. She Will Endeavor to Retain Con. trol of the Philippines. MADRID, Sept. 26.— The cabinet tonight discussed Capt. Gen. Blanco's dispatch con cerning the American claims with reference to the evacuation of Cuba. Duke Almodevar de Rio, minister of foreign affairs, stated that the Spanish peace commissioners had been instructed to contend strenuously for the retention of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines, on the ground that the protocol between Spain and the United States w.13 signed before Manila capitulated, and also to take a firm stand regarding the Cuban debt and the Philippine loan of 1896, if Luzon is ceded to America. CUBANS STARVING. The Situation In the Province of Santa C'^xira Serioua. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 26.— Telegrams have just been received at the Cuban lega tion at Washington from commissioners who have arrived at Key West, Fta., and who are sent to this country by Gen. Maximo Gomez, the Cuban insurgent leader. Theßf telegrams depict the situation of the province of Santa Clara as most critical. The Cuban army is Btarvm*. and for over two weeks has been unable to procure any meat; the vegetables are almost gone, and the last mule 3 and horses have been killed to feed the sick. The children and old peo ple are dying by dozens every day. Gen. Gomez appeals for aid and says his men are desperate. Haynrd Sinking. DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 26.— Thomas Day ard sank gradually all day and tonight his pulse is very weak, giving every indi cation that the ci.l iq only a matter of a few hours. He remained in a aemi-conscious condition all day. SEPTEMBER 27, 1898. IT LOOKS LIRE TEDDY WISE ONES EXPECT HIM TO PICK THE NEW YORK PLUM THE PLATFORM IS PREPARED It Will Be Short and, After a Brief Reference to State Affairs, Will Indorse the MeKlnley Adminis tration and Declare for a Policy of Colonial Expansion Black Will Not Enter the Convention. SARATOGA, N. T., Sept. 26.— There is hardly a knowing observer here to night who does not believe that the ticket to be nominated by the Repub lican state convention tomorrow will be headed by Theodore Roosevelt for governor and Timothy L. Woodruff for lieutenant governor. Chauncey M. De pew, who is to name Mr. Roosevelt, ar rived here during the afternoon and Is positive that his candidate has an al most cl^ir field. It was pretty well decided late to night that Gov. Black will not go into the convention. His friends are urg ing him to do so, but up to this time he has stoutly maintained that it would not be dignified. One of the first callers- on the gov ernor today was Frank Platt, and fol lowing a pleasant conversation with him the governor cordially received Mr. Depew, Senator Ellsworth and several others of the Platt forces. Later Mr. Platt, Mr. Payne and Gov. Black met and had a conversation, and there Is every indication that the convention tomorrow will be harmonious. The fact that the platform will Indorse Gov. Black's administration is indicative of good feeling. The leaders of the party today put the finishing touches on the platform, and that document is ready to be re ported to the convention tomorrow af ternoon. It is said it will be one of the briefest platforms ever adopted by a Republican state convention, compris ing not more than 1,000 words. The document will not be made public until It is reported to the convention, but its principal planks will indorse the administration of Gov. Black and re view the proceedings of the last two sessions of the Republican legislature. Beyond that the platform will not deal with state issues, but will chiefly touch questions of a national scope, includ ing an unqualifled^and vigorous in dorsement of President McKinley's ad ministration. One of the most Important planks will declare in favor of the retention of the Philippine islands and against the return to Spain of any conquered lands. Another plank will recommend the passage of a currency bill which shall reorganize the government paper money on the basis of the gold stand ard. The Republican state committee met tonight and arranged details^for the •temporary organization of the conven tion. A feature of the session was the absence of any notice of delegation contests. This was the first pre-con vention meeting of the Republican state convention in many years that no notices of contested seats were filed. Senator Payne was selected as tem porary chairman of the convention. After the usual routine business of distributing convention tickets the committee adjourned. The ticket that will probably be nominated Is as follows: Governor — Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Lieutenant Governor— Timothy L. Wood ruff, of Kings. Secretary of State — John L. McDonough, of Albany. Comptroller— William T. Morgan, of Erie. Treasurer — Charles P. Babcock, of Monroe. State Engineer — E. A. Bond, of Jefferson. LEADERS OF DEMOCRACY. They Arc Gathering? at Syracuse for Their State Convention. SYRACUSE, N. V., Sept. 26.— Many of the delegates to the Democratic state convention on Wednesday are here to night. Each candidate for a place upon the state ticket Is well represented. Among the first upon the ground was the Erie county delegation, and the gubernatorial boom of Justice Robert G. Titus was among the earliest to be launched here. Mayor James K. Mc- Guire's friends are naturally numerous and enthusiastic in his home town. Judge Titus will not appear personally in the convention, but members of the Erie county delegation now here claim for him the solid delegation of the Eighth judicial district, representing eighty votes. All the Tammany delegates have not yet arrived, but there are a sufficient number here to keep the talk of Mayor Van Wyck's candidacy before bhe pub lic. His chances, however, received a setback tonight when members of the Erie county delegation announced that Mr. Croker had siated to them that the candidate for governor would not be named from territory south of Al bany. Mr. Croker has stated from the be ginning that Tammany Hall had not and would not have a candidate for a position on the state ticket. These assertions have given renewed hope to the friends of the candidates from up the state, and the canvass is being prosecuted with vigor tonight. David B Hill arrived at 8 o'clock to night and spent the evening in con ference with political friends. The friends of some of the candidates im patiently await the meeting of the state committee tomorrow. By many it is thought the places upon the ticket will be practically determined at that time, while others as confidently as sert that it Is to remain an open con vention and to be left to the delegates to name the different candidates. The Chicago platform delegates will hold their conference at the city hall tomorrow night and will make a de termined effort to have the convention indorse absolutely the last national Democratic convention platform, espe cially as it relates to the free coinage of silver. It is doubtful, however, if the state platform will come out une quivocally for that plank. MORRILL MAY_PULL OUT. It It* Rumored That He Will Rent^u When Vermont I.o^l»lnture Meets. BURLINGTON, Vt, Sept. 26.— United States Senator Morrill is said to be meditating resigning at the coming ses sion of the Vermont legislature, which will meet about the second week In PKICE TWO CENTS -{g," y ;^V. October, and the question of his suc cessor Is already being discussed. There is an unwritten law in the state, which has never been departed from in the last fifty years, that one United States senator shall come from the east side of the state and the other from the west side. The mountain range which divides the state pretty nearly in the middle is the dividing line. Senator Morrlll is from the east side, and two candidates to succeed him— Representative Grout and ex- Gov. Dillingham— have already devel oped in this section. Several candidates on the west side are also being talked of, but the state la so committed to the precedent of selecting one senator from each side of the state that it is believed it will never be departed from. OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT. The Fusion Ticket Likely to Have an Easy Time in Steams. ST. CLOUD, Sept. 26.— (Special.)— The outlook for the success of the fusion ticket ie particularly brig-ht. In the nomination of C. F. Ladner, as Demo cratic senator, and Oscar Dag-gett, a3 People's party representative, the'fu sion element have a combination that vvill receive the hearty support of the Democrats, Populists and silver Re publicans. Mr. Ladner is a business man of St. Cloud, and is well ana favorably known throughout Steams county. Mr. Dagrsett is ono of tne leading- citizens of fcauk Rapids, and is serving- his first term as county com missioner of Benton county, from the Sauk Rapids district. WORTHTNGTON, Minn., Sept. 26.— (Special.)— At the Democratic conven tion at Rushmore the following nomi nations were made: County Auditor, J. A. Kennedy; treasurer, Fred Pank register of deeds, Carl W. Schultz; sheriff, Gilbert Anderson; clerk of courts, James S. Cox; attorney, J. J. Parsons; judge of probate, John Flynn; superintendent of schools, W. S. L. Owen; coroner, R. B. Plotts. The legis lative convention will be held at Ful<la tomorrow. •MANDAN, N. D., Sept. 26.— (Special.) —The Thirtieth district Republican convention was held today and renoni inated J. S. Green for senator, Don Stevenson and William Engelter for representatives. The nominations were railroaded through, as were the nomi nations for county officers. The result is that a mass convention will be held to place another Republican ticket in the fit-Id. MADELJA. Minn., Sept. 26.—(Spe cial.)—Winfleld Scott Hammond, the Democratic nominee for congress in this district, has declined the honor, and the eommitte has filled the ticket by indorsing D. H. Evans, of Tracy, the People's party nominee. GLENWOOD, Minn., Sept. 26.— The Republican cour.ty convention today nominated E. C. Estby for representa tive. All the county officers were re nominated, except T. C. Wallan. nom inee for superintendent of public schools, and K. J. Kinney, surveyor. In Special Session. SALEM, Or., Sept. 26.— The Oregon legis lature convened in sp-ecial session this morn ing. Hon. J. Simmon, of Portland, was elect ed president of the senate by a "vote of 24 to 6. Col. Hay for Alliance. Col. John Hay, the new secretary of state, had this. to say to the New York reporters, when he landed in New York last week: "As to an Anglo-American alliance, that is a subject that is still in the future. It js desirable, but in what shape it shall come is problematical. I can say without reservation that the feeling in England toward this coun try is of the most cordial character. So deeply rooted is it and so intimately identi fied with English people that politicians can not change it. No ministry would dare to defy it." CAN SAVE THE COLON. Hobson So Insists In Spite of the Vletvs of WnlHon. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 26.—De tails received of the floating of the Spanish armored cruiser Maria Teresa show that, with the help of dynamite, she was blown off the rocks into deep water, on Sept. 23, and proceeded un der her own steam some time after wards to Guantanamo, accompanied by one of the tugs of the Merritt Wreck ing company. She will shortly leave for New York. - Naval Constructor Hpbson says he can raise the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, with the use of air bags, in a week, if given authority to do so. Com modore Watson thinks he cannot. The Colon, it appears, was not seri ously damaged by shells, but her valves were opened, which caused her to sink. The other two Spanish cruisers sunk in the battle of Santiago, the Almi rant* Oquendo and the Vizcaya, are useless wrecks of melted iron. Hobi=on says he expects to return to New York on the Colon. PRESIDENTS TRIP. Mr. MeKlnley Will De Awny From Washington at Lenttt Two Weeks. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, and Messrs. W. N. Babcock and E. C. Schneider, of the committee on transportation of the Trans-Mississippi exposition at Omaha,' had an interview with Presi dent McKinlcy today regarding the de tails of his trip to the exposition. The original plan to start the special train bearing the president and party on Oct. 10, arriving at Omaha the even ing of the following day, will not be changed. Returning, the president is to be in Chicago on either Oct. 18 or 19 at the peace Jubilee there. The presi dential trip as now planned is likely to occupy a fortnight, though the de tails are not fully settled. The expo sition committee announces that Sec retaries Gage, Wilson and Bliss, Post master General Emory Smith, Adjt.Gen. Miles, Gen. Wheeler and Commodore Philip, U. S. N., are among those who have accepted invitations to attend the exposition. APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. Vice President of AKuinahlo'N Guv- eniment Will Mnke It. CHICAGO, Sept. 26.— Maj. Gen. Fran cis V. Greene, of the American army of invasion of the Philippines, and Senor Felipe Angoncillo, vice president of Aguinaldo's revolutionary government, arrived In Chicago today, en route to Washington. Gen. Greene's errand is tc give the executive his views and the views of his fellow officers concerning the right course for this government to pursue in regard to the future of the islands. The Filipino goes to appeal to the president for representa tion on the Paris peace commission and for immediate independence for his peopla UMOI OF FORCES UNDIVIDED DEMOCRACY WILL MEET IN CONVENTION ONCE MORE SPLIT IN THE RANKS HAS BEEN CLOSED UP PIERCE BUTLER AGREED UPON FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE GATHERING MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN THE PRIMARIES Jndse I! mi n and J. C. Michael Will Be Nominated for Judge** by Ac clamation Sheriff Wagoner Sure of a Renwmlnation Candi_ dates Mentioned for Other Placer on the County Ticket. The delegates to the Ramsey county Democratic convention will meet In Market hall this morning at 10 o'clock, to nominate a county and legislative ticket, which will be elected at the polls on Nov. 8. The delegates entitled to seats In the convention will number 218, and that there is a united party was demonstrated at the primaries which were held last evening in each of the precinct 3ln the cii.y and county. For chairman of the convention the names of Aid. Mat Bantz, O. H. ONeill and E. J. Darragh were mentiontd, but last night Pierce Butler was agreed upon as a compromise. For secretary A. W. Vance, of the Third ward, and Peter. J. Metzdorf are the only candi dates. There are and will be no slates, the delegates to the convention last evening keeping aloof from combina tions, the idea being that a much bet ter ticket couid be made up in the convention when in session than on the outside. The following names were talked of last night in connection with the vari ous places on the ticket: --■ MEN TO PICK FROM. Judges District Court— George L. Bunn and J. C. Michael. Clerk District Court— E. F. Whitcomb W W. Erwin, William Foelsen. County Attorney— Herman Oppenheim Da vid F. Peebles, Moritz Heim. Sheriff— John Wagener. Auditor— William Platte, Paul Laval'.ee. Treasurer— John F. Broderick, MichaJl J. Clark. Register of Deeds— Victor C. GUman. Probate Judge— Frank Robert Jr., Joha Cavanagh, Frank Ford. Coroner— Charles A. Haas, Frank A. Xaa tcn. Abstract Clerk— George C. Lambeit. County Surveyor— C. L. Annan. Superintendent of Schools— John A. Hogan. Sheriff Wagener's friends claim the Fifth, Ninth and Seventh wards solid and a majority of the delegates In the Fourth, F ir st, Second and Sixth wards. The nominees for Judges of the dia trict court will be Judge George L. Bunn ar-d J. C. Michael, who will bo nominated by acclamation. Aside from the nominations for sheriff, judges and register of deeds, which last mentioned nomination is conceded to William Platte, of the Eighth ward, the nom inations will be settled by the conven tion and there are several candidates mentioned for each office. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. • The county nominations will be made first, and as soon as the county ticket is completed the legislative nomination?, will be taken up. Owing to the weak ness of many of the Republican nom inees there are many aspirants for the nominations for both the upper and lower house in certain districts. In Hie Thirty-third senatorial district, com prising the First and Second ward-?, Edward Peterson will probably secure the nomination, although Louis Betz has been mentioned for the place. Two candidates are out for the nom ination in the Thirty-fourth district. Richard W. McNamee wants it and so docs Henry Haas. Both candidates ra* strong in the district in the city elec tion two years ago and each feels cer tain that he could be elected over the Republican candidate. The fight in the Thirty-fifth district, the Fifth and Sixth wards, is between Samuel Dearing and John H. Ives. Mr. Ives claims the Fifth ward's twenty - six votes, While Mr. Dearing claims to have the twenty-four votes of the Sixth ward a unity. The Thirty-seventh district, embra cing the Tenth, Eleventh wards and the country, presents Pierce But'er and F. H. Ellerbe as candidates. Mr. But ler appeara to have the majority of the delegates, but Mr. Ellerbe con siders his chances for the nomination favorable. As far as could be learned last even ing no candidate had declared himself for the nomination for the house of representatives from the First ward, and, unless one springs up in the con vention today, the place will be filled by the county committee. Charles Liederrnan seems to have no opposi tion in the Second ward, and in the Third ward the nomination may go to Patrick Gonley. There Is no doubt about John O'Con nor's nomination in the Fourth ward without a struggle. Phillip Martin, W. H. Ulmer and Peter Van Hoven are looking for the nomination in the Fifth. The chances appeared to favor Mr. Ulmer last even ing. In the Sixth ward there is no oppo sition to Albert L. Graves, and he will probably get the nomination by unani mous choice. The nomination for the Eighth ward and that part of the Ninth lying south of the tracks will go to W. B. Hennes sy without a contest, while in the Eighth ward and that part of the Ninth north of the tracks Thomas Martin will probably have no opposition. For the district in trie Eighth ward west of Western avenue George F. Umland is the only candidate. Legislative candidates from the Tenth, Eleventh wards and the coun- Continued on Second Page^