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i^" v. W* Igrin^tonf Itnum. K. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms:2.00 per year in advance. A cranK nas set out iroin uiffcago to walk around the earth. We suggest that he try a meridian instead of a parallel. When Lord Russell finished his ad dress at Saratoga the applause contin ued for fifteen minutes. It wasn't a nominating speech, either. Iowa girls get so crazy over bicycle, riding that their parents have to chain them In the house or else Iowa par ents are so tyrannical that a girl with a wheel Improves every opportunity to get away from home. Sporting editors throughout the country are demanding more space. Fitzsimmoiis has returned home, and it '& safe betting that he and Corbett will commence calliDg each other names at once. Mr. Laurier, the prime minister of Canada, is said to be worth $2,000. That is about the price of an opera singer for one night. But, then, Mr. Laurier cannot s'ng, which makes all' the difference. In view of the fact that Li Hung Chang is carrying his coffin with him, it wouldn't be a bad idea for the un dertakers to appoint a committe of reception. At the California agricultural college they have succeeded in raising a melon, much like a watermelon, which grows on a tree ten feet high. From its leaves pepsin Is extracted, and it is said a tough beefsteak, placed between the leaves or inside of one of the melons, is made tender in a few hours. A sea serpent has been caught in Florida waters after having hauled a six-knot excursion steamer at the rate of twelve knots for two hours. And yet we have been saying that the South is not advancing. No sea ser pent which visited the New Jersey or Massachusetts coasts ever displayed such intelligence. It is considered to be a remarkable evidence of the growth of the woman suffrage cause that the late petition to parliament carried 257,000 signatures, while in 1867 secarcely a thousand names could be obtained for a similar appeal. The size of petitions, however, does not always accurately measure the extent and intensity of public sen timent. Gladstone and John Bright once combined to entertain a distinguished diplomat, whose acquaintance with the the language was imperfect. They turned the talk to cows, and enriched the theme with a marvelous display of book-lore, scientific knowledge and va ried experience, till tjie visitor was lost in wonder that two great heads should carry all they knew. He thought they were discussing the agrarian interests. It is announced from Cairo that the British forces will soon advance on Dongola. After the successful move southward in the early summer, the time has been occupied in putting the expedition in perfect condition for a more desperate service, and the rising of the Nile has been awaited so steam ers could be used. The dervishes are still ready to fight to the last gasp with rude weapons and are not to be de spised. The New Jersey youth who shot himself the other day because his former sweetheart refused to renew her broken engagement, is much dis tressed because he is going to get well. But there is some hope that this feel ing will pass away presently. will discover that there are still cakes and ale, and after he has lived down his asinine performance he may be able to induce some other young wo man to share them with him. Mrs. Ballington Booth's new work is to be with the convicts in the New York state prisons at Sing Sing, Au burn and Clinton. She will do every thing possible for their good by means of personal interviews and corre spondence, and hopes to bring many of them to Christ. A plan very near her heart is to build a home for released prisoners and to establish an employ ment bureau, to aid them in getting an honest living. She expects to hold public meetings for this purpose, be ginning with one next autumn in Car negie hall, and hopes to enlist well-to do citizens in her enterprise. The story of the excavations recently made in the vicinity of Babylon, if they can be depended on, will do some thing toward changing our usual dates of reckoning. It looks as if an im portant part of Babylonian history, that goes back further than any ex isting data, had been discovered, and the date assigned to it makes one al most wild to think what it means for the history of the older civilization, It is an American teacher who is in charge of this expedition, and if it turns out that what he has found goes back to 5000 B. C. it will lead to great results in ancient ^history. 'Mil$fyiS:x -vW\Ml? &&A&s,\'$*&&& THE NEWS RESUME DIGEST OP THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. k. Comprehensive Review* of the Important Happening* of the Past Week Culled From the Tel egraph ReportsThe Notable Cvents at Home ana Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. The Nation's Capital. The president has appointed Levi T. Griffin of Detroit, Mich., to be. pension agent at Detroit, vice Harrison H. Wheeler, deceased. Acting Secretary of State Rockhill authorized the statement that there was no truth in the report of friction between the department and Mr. Ter rell, United States minister to Turkey. "Operations of Sealers in Behring Sea" forms the basis of a report to the secretary of the treasury by Capt. Hooper, who is in coirnmand of the pa trol fleet in these northern waters. Capt. Hooper says there are forty-five vessels engaged in sealing, of which seven are American and thirty-eight British. People In Print. Dr. Nansen will now try to reach the South pole. Capt. John Fitzgerald, president of the Milwaukee Ship Yards company and well known all over the lakes, died at his home in Milwaukee after a brief illness. Judge W. E. Thompson died at Ma son City, Iowa. He was in the employ of the New York Tribune under Hor ace Greeley and worked with James A. Garfield on the Erie canal. He had been a resident of that city since 1863. Frederick Gordon Rew, the missing Cornell student who disappeared two years ago and was supposed to.have met with foul play at Ithaca, has been heard from. He is on one of the East India islands. Rabbi Krauskopf of Philadelphia, one of the most noted Jewish clergy men in this country, and Miss Sibyl Feinaman. whose parents are among Kansas City's oldest citizens and very wealthy, were united in marriage at Kansas City. Casualties. J. F. H. McKibbon, auditor of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway company, who was injured by the fall ing of a horse, died at Newcastle, Col. A terrific explosion occurred at the Maule coal mine shaft, near Princeton, Ind., in which Charles Gasner lost his life and Frank Turber was badly bumed. The dry house at the Miami powder works, five miles north of Xenia, Ohio, blew up, killing Frank Rich, powder boss, and Silas Figgins, engineer of the works. J. W. Fleming, secretary of the Michigan Maple company, was drowned at Traverse City, Mich., while paddling a small canoe across the.bay with T. L. Ludgate, manager of the Traverse City Lumber*cbmpany. v.. A car on the Frederick & Middleton Electric railway jumped the track near Frederick, Md., with 110 people on board. Fortunately no one was killed, but several were badly though not fa tally hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Bannon, a newly wedded couple from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., went in bathing at Atlantic City, N. J., and were swept out by the un dertow. They were rescued after a long struggle, by the combined efforts of seven lifeguards. Thousands of people watched the exciting scene. About forty persons were poisoned with ice cream made in a rusty can at the home of Mrs. Edward Clark at Muncie, Ind. Willie Bloom," Anna Halliday, Mattie Langdon, Linnie Bowers, Eliza Miller, Pearl Hill, Maude Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Mar shal Conner suffered the most, but are now out of danger. Capt Burnside and twenty-two of the crew of the British tramp steamer Moldava were picked up at sea in three open boats by the Anchor line steamer Circassia, which arrived at New York from Glasgow. The Mol dava struck an iceberg during the fog at 5:30 p. 'm. last Wednesday. Fremont Brannon. the boss of the large coal mine of Bates & Kessinger at Athens, Ohio, accidentally set the mine on fire handling oil barrels, and was seriously burned. Two hundred men are thrown out of employment, $10,000 worth of property is already destroyed and the ultimate loss will be many times that sum. Evil Doings. Made desperate by financial difficult !es, W. N .Winaris, a dry goods mer chant, committed suicide at Detroit by drowning himself in the river. Police detectives have arrested two young men who are suspected of rob bing the branch of the'American Na tional bank in the Live Stock Ex change building in Kansas City Mo. Charles Church, junior member of the private banking house of C. J. Church & Co., shot and fatally wound ed his wife and then committed sui cide at Lowell, Mich. The bank failed. C. P. Rogers, for many yours super intendent of the Marshalltown (Iowa) public schools, Ranged himself, and was found in the bam by his wife, who cut him down after he had been dead presumably an hour. Charles Northup, aged twenty-four, shot himself through the head on his mother's grave at Atlanta, Iowa, dy ing almost instantly. Temporary insanity is given as the reason for the shooting. United States Marshal Heck Thom as and deputies are en route to Guth rie* O. T.. from forty miles'east, with Sthe body of Bill Doolan, the noted out law. They killed-him in battle near Clayton recently. .Four bandits stopped the stage near Grand, O. T., and ordered the five pas seugers to had over their valuables. All complied save Mrs. Ray Reems of Philadelphia, who was shot dead: The outlaws are said to have secured $800 in money and valuables. A gang of whitecaps visited the home of Wi'liam Ray. near i^odesto, Ind., broke into the house while he n/ & was asleep, asfl took him forcibly from the bed. tie was hurried to a forest near the village, and, after be ing tied to a tree, was given an un merciful whipping. He had been peg lecting his family. A guest,went to the Gait house at Cincinnati and registered as D. R. King, Philadelphia. He was found dead in his bed the next morning. His clothing was marked "D. L. K." A vial containing a few drops of mor phine was found ifi his valise. He was about forty-five years old. Sev enty cents was all the money found on him Mrs. Jennie Doud, a milliner, went to the office of Dr. Truesdell, a dent ist in the same building, at Elgin, 111., and saying, "I am going to take pois- on," swallowed the contents of a vial of laudanum. Physicians were sum moned and soon had her out of dan ger. Mrs, Doud's relatives all live in the Eafit. No motive is known for her act. Foreign Gossip. Coiint Szecsen de Temerin, g**and marshal of the Austrian court, is dead in Aussee. The Italian government has forbid den all emigration to Brazil,* in conse quence of the recent Brazilian-Italian riots there, and the cruiser Umbria has been ordered to Rio Janerio. The British bombard Zanzibar and destroy the palace ,and finally make Said Khalid, the usurping chieftain, surrender- Numerous natives are killed. The copyright congress at Berne has passed a resolution in favor of the same copyright protection being af forded to newspaper articles as to as to other literature. Advices received from Koshuh indi cate the advance of troops upon Don gola has commenced. The entire gar rison at Suarden has advanced and oc cupied Absarat, while a Urge convoy has started for that placs n* the des ert route. A meeting of the Scotch oil compa nies has been called at Glasgow in order to consider the'fact that Ameri can oils are selling in Scotland at be low the Scotch agreement prices. Some of the companies insist that the competition must be met immediately by a reduction of prices, or else thej will quit the association. Hard fighting is still going on be tween the Ecquadorian government and rebel forces in the vicinity of Cuenca. From Naranjal heavy cannonading could be heard on the morning of Aug. 22. Advices from Alainsi state that Gen. Alfaro is now only two miles from Cuenca. which Vega is preparing to defend. Terror-stricken inhabitants are leaving by hundreds. After a stormy day and many minor conflicts between the police and the ])opulace, the troops designed to rein force the Spanish army in Cuba em barked on board the boats in the har bor of Madrid. The police finally suc ceeded in destroying placards which had been posted, calling upon the peo ple and the soldiers to revolt. The health of Prince Bismarck is less satisfactory than could bo wished. He has a growing aense of his physical weakness, his deafness is increasing and his eyes have weakened, when compared, with hisis months ago. flissouri condition six Ther little change, however, in his intellect, although Dr. Schweninger considers his physi cal languor to be an ugly sign. Miscellaneous. The firm of R. -J. Allen & Co., whole sale dealers in glass and chinaware, assigned at Philadelphia. Thomas Updegraff was renominated by acclamation as congressman from the Fourth Iowa district. Over $50,000 in stakes alone will be offered by the California Jockey club at the coming winter meeting which will begin Oct. 19 next. Thomas K. Atkin was appointed re ceiver and placed in charge-of the affairs and property of the Union Steel company of Alexandria, Ind., capital ized at $1,500,000. Ex-Mayor William- S. Cowherd of Kansas City was nominated for con ress by the Democrats of the Fifth district. He is a pronounced free silver man. Max J. Becker, consulting engineei and real estate agent of the Pennsyl vania lines, died at Mackinac island, where he had gone in search of recre ation. He had a coir-plication of dis eases. From the headquarters of .the Na tional silver party in Washingto there has been issued by George P. Keeney, president of th eassoeiation of silver clubs, an address calling upon people to organize silver clubs. Judge Stone, in common pleas court at Clevelard, denied the petition or the striking Brown Hoisting company employes for an injunction compelling the company to reinstate the old men, as agreed. The report of the Cincinnati & Ohio railroad for 1896, which has been sub mitted by President M. E. Ingalls, is a most favorable showing, considering 'the disadvantages under which rail hoads in all sections of the country have been laboring for the past year. Longshoremen and seamen are mak ing preparations at New York for a great strike next year, which may in volve the entire world. The strike will be for better wages, better conditions, and a guarantee that sailors will be protected from unjust and tyrannous captains and shipping masters. The steamer Al Ki arrived at Seattle from Alaska. Capt Patterson said that he had brought about seventy-five miners from Cook's Inlet. They had only tales of hardship to tell, and came back empty handed, cursing the coun try. One man has $5 in gold dust which he said cost him $500. At the union meeting at Terre Haute, Ind., of the five railway brotherhoods, Grand Secretary and Treasurer Aus tin of the. 6. R, T., attacked the A. It. U. and its president, Eugene V. Dibs, calling him a self-elected savior of Labor. Chief Arthur, of the B. L. B. also criticised the A. R. U., but in a milder vein. A decision has been given at Frank fort, Ivy., that corporations Ken tucky are liable for the franchise tax. Auditor Stone states that about 3,500 corporations will come within the de cision, and the tax will bring thou sands of dollars into the state treas ivy. MET-THEIR CHIEP '$*? COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WALKER ,18 ra*.TENDERED A RECEPTION. Old Soldiers and Other Visitors ana Cltisens of St. Paul Given an Op- /'.portunity o Becoming Acquaint- 'ed With the Head of the G. A. 'The Streeas of St. Paul Illnmi- jaatedVisitors Still Pouring In- to the City. St. Taul, Sept. 2.The Srst great feature iof th G. A. R. encampment was "the re ception tendered last night to Gen. I. N. Walker and party at the Ryan hotel, com mencing at 8:30. Old -veterans, other visitors^ and the people of St. Paul had the pleasure of shaking hands with one of the most emi nent of the commanders-in-chief of the G. A. R., for the entire public was invited and there were no cards. In Gen. Walker's party were Mrs. Wal ker, Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the famous soldier and statesman, Mrs. Sharp, daughter of Gt.i. and Mrs. Walker, Miss Beck, their niece, Miss Dietrich, daughter of Col. Dietrich, Gen. Walker's chief-of staff and Layton Walker, son of Gen. Wal ker. At 8:30 the party, headed by Gen. Walker, stood in the corner parlor on the second floor of the Ryan and received those citi zens who cared to avail themselves of the opportunity to meet the commander of the noble thousands still remaining In this land of the living. The reception was not a full-dress affair, but an informal one, thor oughly unconventional, for, like all men of his prominence, Gen. Walker is a plain and a practical man, and likes to meet the peo ple as they are, for he is essentially a man of the people. Notwithstanding, the recep tion was a brilliant affair, and lasted until late in the night. The Women's Relief Corps, department of Minnesota, received comrades of the Grand Army and their wives and m&mbers of the Women's Relief Corps, Sons and Daughters of Veterans and the St. Paul citizens' com mittee at the senate chamber of the state capitol from 8 to 12 p. m. From 8 to 12 p. m. there was a general Illumination of the city and band con certs at ladies' headquarters, the Kittson residence, the national headquarters, the Ryan hotel, and Rice and Summit Parks. There were also serenade concerts to vari ous organizations and officers of the G. A R. by some of the glee clubs and bands. Throngs Arriving*. Never before in the history of the city of St. Paul has Its union depot been so crowded as to-day. Train after train vom ited its load of passengers into the station, and thousands of people crowded and jostled each other in their attempts to gain an en trance to the streets. Each train of coaches that steamed in deposited its passengers and quickly steamed out again, and was succeeded by another, fully as large and bearing fully as many passengers. The scene beggars description. At the gates strong men in the depot uniform tasked their strength to keep the swarm of visitors in line, and a dozen or more of blue coated officers brandished their clubs In the faces of obstinate men who were fighting their way to the doors. On the platform, beneath the broad iron roof, was enacted a scene that will never be forgotten by the depot officials. The rails were kept hot by the friction of scores of trains. Each track leading from the sta tlon was In constant use and it seemed a mystery how an orderly system of running trains could be maintained. But never an accident occurred. As each train was re lieved of its passengers an engine would be hitched behind and leave the tracks clear for another bearer of visitors. Everywhere could be seen the uplformed boys of the St. Paul high school, who acted a-Jf-guldes 'and -informers for those in need of help. An old veteran would be relieved of his heavy valise or a crowd of bewildered strangers guided from the depot and started towards the G. A. R. headquarters. These boys, dressed in a uniform of white cap, dark coat and white duck trousers, afforded great assistance to the station officials in clearing the platforms and starting the current of travel from the building to the street. Wonderful Decorations. Sixth street is the wonder and ad miration of St. Paul's visitors. Lt might properly be termed Grand Army avenue, for there is no street in the city so typical of the occasion or so handsomely attired in the colors and the emblems of this great nation. Sixty marble white columns of fanci fully moulded staff stand at interyals be tween Smith Park arid the cathedral. Each is surmounted with a banner that blows with the slightest breeze, and all outain some figure or design emblematic of the great war of the rebellion and the present reunion of the men who wore the blue and wear it yet in connection with a thous and memories of. that great conflict in the South. Every buildinglargo and smallalong thlB gay avenue is decorated in some fash ion, so between the columns of white are gorgeous arrays of flags'of every size and shape, and thousands of yards of bright bunting and the thousand and one little things that are appropriate on such occa sions. The sun shining oh these pillars and their attendant coloring presents a brilliant picture that cannot fail to impress the be holder with admiration and patriotic con tent. Along the edges, of the high build ings are hundreds of miniature flags and the windows and doors and cornices are alive with banners of the corps, great American flags, rich In color, and the faces of the nation's eminent heroes, both In war and pea* e. The faces of the structures seem to niOve la tbe constant swaying of the great red, white and blue draperies, and at stated in tervals along this patriotic avenue appears a stand of the American colors, which, in themselves alone, are the richest decora tions that could be conceived in this laud of the free and home of the brave. Striking Illuminations. Last night the streets were thronged with a mass of moving people admiring the decorations and listening to the music that filled the air, for dozens of bands kept dlscouring sweet melodies and patriotic airs until a late hour.. Yet this was but a pre lude to what may be expected to-night and every night during the remainder of the week. Of course, Sixth street was the cen ter of attraction. The street was kept entirely free from vehicles save a few bicycles that were trundled along by hand, for there was no possibility of riding them through such a crowd. The whole street from St. Peter street to Sibley street was filled with a mass of people, whose movements were like the rolling of a mighty sea. The r.rilllant Illumination brought the whole mass into full view the entire distance, and it formed a picture that was truly Inspiring. Every now and then the big search light on the Conover building was flashed over the crowd, with colored lights, producing a charming effect, There was no excitement or loud noise, save the strains of music floating through the air, and: the crowd kept up a quiet promenade until/about 10 o'clock. At the Windsorhotel the corridor was crowded with people listening to the Alton City band, of Alton Jil., play a variety of selections. At the Ryan a .still larger i crowd was entertained b Stein's Second Regiment uand of this- city. Tbe Economy band of Economy, Pa., which came here with G. A. R. Post No. 88 of Allegheny, marched down Sixth street playing p. va riety of selections, and.-'after reaching the i Sherman bouse, in which tbe post has its headquarters, the band continued to play for the entertainment of a large crowd that bad followed !tr Detroit post G. A, R., aid the newspapers the compliment of a* serenade by the Port Snelling band, the post marched around to the different of fices with the band, followed by a large crowd of spectators. The decorations are greatly admired by the visitors, the search light and the col ored lights on many of the buildings being objects of especial interest. The Relief Corps Entertains. The scene in the senate chamber of the, capitol last night, where the Woman's Re lief Corps, department of Minnesota, re ceived the members of the Grand Army, the Sons and Daughters of Veterans and the visiting members of their own order, was an interesting and memorable ene. The story of the Woman's Relief Corps is one that commands the respect and admi ration of the public. Formed, as It is, for the purpose of assisting the veteraus of the war in any way and every way, it has come to be quite identified with the Grand Army in all its work, and has been recog nized by that organization as an efficient ally. The reception last night was an ap propriate event for the first night of the encampment and the crowded halls and chambers of the state capitol bore witness to the fact that its importance was appre ciated by the guests. The brilliant decorations In the rotunda and corridors of the capitol made an ef fective introduction to the senate cham ber, and a military band stationed in the upper hall added to the gayety of the oc casion. Inside the senate chamber were the ever present red, white and blue, artistically arranged and supplemented by palms and by the gay banners of tbe dif ferent corps. The beautiful state flag, made for the world's fair, occupied a prominent place. The portrait of the late Mrs. Mary Starkweather, second president of the de partment of Minnesota, who died two years ago, occupied a prominent position. Swan son's Mandolin orchestra was in the place usually alloted to the dignified president of the senate, and contributed a delightful programme of music, including some patri otic airs. The receiving committee, at the right of the doorway, were In reception costume, the guests nearly all being, in street dross. Minneapolis' Big Time. With Imposing and stately ceremonies the king and queen of the carnival cwere crowned with truly regal pomp and splendor at the exposition building in the presence of a vast multitude of their faithful sub jects last evening. Promptly at 7 o'clock the doors of that vast auditorium were thrown wide open and those who were late failed to secure seats. Over 4,000 tickets had been dl&posed of before the close of the" sale last even ing, and all day the sellers were busy as bees handing out th bits of pasteboard that entitled the holders to participate in the gorgeous festivities. In the morning the royal jewels of the beautiful queen of the carnival were placed In the hands of the keeper of the jewels and were presented to her majesty, Helen Clare Pratt this evening in the presence of her assembled subjects. They are a handsome solitaire diamond ling and a magnificent brooch set with pearls. The latter is particularly appropriate as being emblematical both of her regal estate and her position as queen consort. Each of the unsuccessful candidates for queen were also remembered with a handsome brooch. While the doors of the exposition were not thrown open till 7, o'clock, the par ticipants in the pageant reported promptly at 6:30 at the entrance of the building fronting on the river and vary thing was ready at the appointed time. Another of the important features of the ceremonies attendant on the coronation was the conferring of titles of h!gh degree upon about 200 ladies and cwitlc-men of the realm who will form a portion of the royal retinue. Over GO O persons appeared in the coronation spectacle, \25 alone being in the royal procession, an* the affair was by far the most brilliant ant* gorgeous that has ever occurred in tli Twin Cities. Thousands of Knights of Pythias are now at Camp Yale. Silver Convention. .Chicago Sept. 2.George- P.. Keeney of New York secretary of the national silver party and president of the Association of National Silver clubs, arrived In Chicago to-day to make arrangements for a national convention of free silver clubs to be held in this city Sept. 23. He denied the state ment that the free silver sentiment had reached its' high water mark. "If any per son thinks that the silver cause is waning," said Mr. Keeney, "he ought to look over reports. Clubs are being organized at the rate of 100 a day." Mrs. Mnybrlek 111. London, Sept. 2. Baroness de ttoques, mother of Mrs. Maybrick, had an inter iew with the prisoner last week. She says that she found her daughter very ill in th infirmary and thinks her r-ondition hopeless. The baroness adds that Mrs. May brick is not likely to survive the winter. Mrs. Maybrick, according to her mother, is absolutely crushed with despair and ?ho says it would wring a person's heart to see her. Gold Coining Our Way. New York, Sept. 2.Additional gold im port orders this morning bring the aggre gate amount ordered since the movement started up to $18,250,000. The total de posits of gold at the subtreasury this morn ing In exchange for legal tenders up to 11:30 a. m. amounted to $3,000,000. J. P. Morgan & Co. deposited $1,500,000, Hanover National bank $500,000, Lazard Preerds $500,000 and the Bank of Montreal 500,000. An Aged Woman Murdered. Cincinnati, Sept. 2. 'Mrs. Mary Hauey, aged sixty, Is dying at the hospital from injuries supposed i:o have been received from having been thrown from a Tenement house where she lived with her husband and daughter. There is a mystery about how it happened, but the police theory is tbiit some one In the tenement house, in a quarrel or disturbance of .some sort, must have th'rowu her to the ground. Drowned in the Zunibro. Wabasha, Minn., Sept. 2.A. P.Fetzer, a highly respected citizen of Glasgow, was found drowned in the Zumbro last evening. He left home while insane last Thursday, and nothing was heard of him till lound in the river. His insanity was caused by financial troubles, and it was evident that he committed suicide. Flceued in a Saloon. Eau Claire, Wis., Sept. 2.A man giving the name of George Williams, and claiming Buffalo, N. Y., as his home, compiained to the police department to-night that he had been robbed of $500 while asleep in the back "room"-of a saloon this afternoon. The au thorities have no clue. 'Worsted Mills Resume Work. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 2. The Turner Worsted company's mills of this city, which have been closed down for some time past, and which usually employed between 400 and 500 hands, resumed opera tions to-dav. A Candidate Stricken. Alpena, S. D., Sept. 2. J. W. TTardsn, tbe Popiil'st nomineefor secretary of state, living near Alpena, was stricken last tiighr with paralysis of bis entire :eft side. The attack may not prove fatal. Receiver Appointed.' New York, Sept.2. Tbe Kings County Elevated company, operating in Brooklyn, has been placed In the hands of a ir.ceiver. Gen. Jourdan, president, of the company, wus named as receiver. Only Her Imagination. "Ottumwa, lowa. Sept. 2. It now tran plrss taat Miss Farmer, wua created so?!* cztmcat and nearly caused the lynching of three, men at Libertyviile, Tburd is insane. THIIiD TICKET GOES SOLD STANDARD DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE NOMINATIONS. There Is Some Opposition to Plac- ing a Ticket in tbe Field, hut the Great Majority of the Dele- gates Are in Favor of Making' NominationsSenator Viuls Not a. Candidate for the Presidency. Indianapolis, Sept. 2.The city to-day has more the appearance of a convention towu than it had before. Delegates came in on the early trains, and the hotel corridors have something of a lively air. Arrange ments are being made for state headquar ters and decorations are being put up throughout the business portion of the town and hotels. Tomlinson hall, where the convention meets, is nearly in readiness, the finishing touches being put on to-day. The executive committee has been at work completing the list of delegates, as creden tials are being received in every mail from those states which held late conventions. The talk of the candidates became more general as candidates came in, but nothing developed early in the day to indicate which way the tide might turn. Florida created some comment by tele graphing to have a banner painted with a picture of Cleveland, and the words "Our Choice" upon it. There is some talk among late arrivals against making a nomination, but the indications are that they will be in a hopeless minority, as the temper of the great majority is in favor of a ticket. Among the most pronounced against a nomi nation is P. H. Lassiter, a delegate from Texas. He says that in the South McKin ley will be much stronger than if there is a third ticket. Delegate Cunningham of Tennessee is also cf the same opinion. The Texan announces that he will vote for Mc Kinley, even if a nomination is made. Mr. Bynum, who is the most prominent promoter of the movement here, says that the third ticket will carry several states, and includes Texas and Kentucky among the number. N Perry Belmont, who presided over the New York meeting addressed by Bourke Cockran, was one of the arrivals to-day. He came as a looker-on, but will possibly hold a proxy from New York. Vilas Not a Candidate. Senator Vilas will not permit the use of his name in connection with the presiden tial nomination. This information is brought here to-day by Ellis B. Usher of Wisconsin. He was at the head of the movement for the reorganization of the gold Democrats in tbe Badger State. "Senator Vilas does not want the nomi nation in the first place," said he. "In the second place he is for Gen. Bragg, for whom the state Instructed him. Her dele gation will be here in force to-morrow, and go to work in earnest for Bragg's nomina tion. From what I gather of the situation since "my arrivel, it would appear 'iH- !h.as Henry Watterson will be Gen. Bragg's only formidable rival." Mr. Usher further said that he did not believe there was nny warraut for the statement that Vilas was the administra tion candidate. He was asked about a state ment which was abroad in the hotel corri dors to the effect that Gen. Bragg had a greenback record which might make uim unavailable as a candidate. "Gen. Bragg," he replied, "was never a greenbacker, but he believed in 1S78 that specie payment could not be resumed with out an undue contraction. He was mis taken and has long since admitted that the views he then held were erroneous. The views he held at that time will in no wise prejudice his candidacy here." Mr. Usher said that Bryan would not re ceive 50 per cent of the regular Demo cratic vote in Wisconsin. How much of, the gold vote would go to the ticket nomi nated here, however, he thought was prob lematical, as his opinion was that 40 per cent of the German Democratic vole would be cast for McKinley. Mr. Usher said that there was considerable silver strength among the Republicans in the northern part of the state. What Is Cleveland's Position? More interest attaches here to Mr. Cleve land's position, perhaps, than to any other feature of the convention. By many it is accepted as a fact that the president Is sympathy with the purpose of the conven tion. A declaration of some sort from him would not surprise them. In fact, they rather anticipate something from Mr. Cleveland. Those who are most active in the movement, however, are not of this opinion. Mr. Bynum said o-da that he did not think that Ihe oresMent would be heard from. "It would," said he. "be entirely anlikely that the president would make a declara tion In advance of the action of 'his con vention. Even were he in sympathy with it he would hardly indorse its action in ad vance. Such a course would commit him, no matter what was done. No, I do not look for any word from the president to this convention." There is a decided feeling that but one thing stands in the way of offering the nomination to the president. It Is recog nized that in case this action was taken, there would be a clamor against a third term, which might be turned to accent by the silver men and prevent some from voting. In case a Northern man is named for lirEt place, there is a disposition to push either Gen. Bnckner of Kentucky or Secretary Herbert of Alabama for sec md place. PIKE'S PEAK SENSATION. Thrilling Experiences of Passenger* on the Cog Wheel Railroad. Glenwood Springs. Colo., Sept. 2The first accident on the Pike'& Peak cog wheel railroad slice lt was opened, five years ago, occurred yesterday, and but for the safety brakes used on all the cars of this Jinet a trainload of passengers would have been hurled down the mountain to de struction. Coming down the mountain the side bars on the driving wheels on both sides of the engine broke apart, rendering the compressed air brakes on the engine useless. Conductor Guyman applied the automatic brakes in the passenger coach and soon stopped that. The engineer and fireman were compelled to abandon the engine, which was beyond control, and went down the 25 per cent grade at a terrific speed, for rearly half a mile, where it struck a curve, jumped the track and shot through the air for nearly 150 feet, going clear over a boulder fifteen feet high upon the mountain side above the tracls. It ploughed immense holes in the mountain, and the tender and engine separated just as the engine exploded, hurling iron and steel in all directions. The train was a special carrying Manager Frederick Harrison ,and party, of the Lon don & Northwestern railway, and Maj. S. K. Hooper, of the Denver & Ro Grande road. THE GAS TURNED.ON. A Wealthy Chicagoan Found Dead* in His Bed Room. Chicago, Sept. J2rt was learned last night that Emmett R. Schall, a Chicagoan of wealth and many years' residence, was found dead behind the' locked door of his= bed room in his residence on Prairie ave nue. The gas In the room had been turned' On and Schall had died from asphyxiation. Mr. Schali's tiro sons talked with much re luctance regarding their father's death. They said It was a case of suicide, arising from despondency. They said he had not been in good* heafth, and that since the death of his wife, fourteen months ago, h "^ff had been mush, depressed: la spirits.