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THE ST. FAIL, GLOBE
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at Any Oilier Newspaper Printed
Northwest of Chicaffo,nnd it Is Stead
ily and Rapidly Increasing, Keeping
Pace with the Growth of the Great
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Classes of Newspaper Readers in the
Great Northwest, and Especially in
Minnesota and Dakota.
YESTERDAY'S CONVENTION.
It was a bear garden of the old school.
That is the most charitable thing that can
be said of the assemblage that met in Ex
position rink yesteiday and kept up its po
litical orgies until a late hour in the night.
Looking down from the platform upon the
convention as it appeared in repose, it was
impossible to conceive that such an intel
ligent-looking body of men could suffer
itself to be lashed iuto the riotous
tempest which it at times assumed.
In its personnel the convention was all that
the moot ultra-Republican partisan could
have desired. It was largely made up of
the old party leaders, men who are accus
tomed to attending conventions and who
are skilled in all the arts of politics. It
was the largest and most notable gathering
of Republican politicians that was ever
known in the 6tate. And the very causes
which brought so many of the old-time
leaden together were the very causes
which produced the intensely discordant
condition of the convention. It was the
battle of the bosses, the conflict between ma
chines, the tight of the ring against the ring.
In the disgraceful scuffle for supremacy all
sense of propriety was lost sight of, and
instead of presenting the spectacle of a dig
nified body of patriotic men earnestly en
gaeed in the work of nominating a ticket
and constructing a platform that would be
commended to public approbation, the con
vention converted itself into a veritable bear
garden. The old political ring which
for so lone has ruled and almost ruined this
state was making a most desperate struggle
for existence. For the nrst time In its His
tory its power was seriously threatened.
The well-disciplined forces of Gilman and
the honest and earnest little band of farm
ers wno had rallied under the Gibbs stand
ard stood together in an effort to dethrone
the state house ring. The latter were
fully conscious of the strength of the oppo
sition and fought with the desperatiou of
hyenas who are about to be deprived of
their prey, and won by ferocious methods.
THE NOMINATION".
It was a decided victory for the rings.
It was the triumph of the state house rings,
of all the district rings and the court house
rings, and a most signal victory for the
wheat ring. Who is Andrew R. McGili.
tiiat he should be entitled to promotion
to the office of governor of the great
state of Minnesota? This is a ques
tion that every voter will propound to
himself. What distinguished public serv
ice has he ever performed that entitles
him to such eminent distinction over the
heads of men of his own party whose
names and deeds are illustrious in the his
tory of the state. What are the evidences
of his ability or of his statesmanship.
When and where did he acquire fame or
give evidence that he merited the promi
nence which was bestowed upon him by
yesterday's convention? For eighteen years
a pensioner at the public crib in the humble
capacity of a clerk in the state house is the
buinmary of his public record. Why,
then, was he singled out for an honor at
the hands of the Republican party which
the oldest and best men of the party coveted?
The answer is plain enough. He was the
pliant instrument of the rings. lie was an
associate with the state house gang, and
stood iv with the Minneapolis wheat deal
ers. That is all there was in MrGn.i/s
candidacy for the Republican nomination.
But that was enough to nominate him.
And it will be enough to defeat him at the
polls.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform is in the line of Republican
platforms generally, a string of glittering
platitudes. It favors a high liquor license
and hedges on prohibition. It dodges the
issue of providing a soldiers' home in the
state by referring the matter to the general
government instead of pledging the state
to it in case the Republican party is again
intruded with power. As to other matters
the convention adopted the Chicago com
promise plan, by putting one side of the
question in the platform and the other side
in the ticket. It declares in favor of
amendments to the warehouse law, and
nominates a candidate for governor who
6tands in with the wheat ring.
HON. ALBKUT RCHEFFER.
The Evening Dispatch is right about it.
McGii,i< is the man the Democrats wanted
the Republicans to nominate, because he is
the easiest one to beat. Mr. Gibbs was
strong with the people. Mr. Gii.man* was
known to beaskillfui political manipulator,
but the one above all others wbom the
Democrats O^readed to encounter was
Hon. Albert Scheffer. A man free
from ring alliances, an upright citizen, a
gentleman of great personal popularity
and recognized ability, Mr. Scheffeb Js a
man whom the Republicans might have
nominated with a confident hope of suc
cess. But he was the man least of all
whom the bosses wanted. It was because
he would not submit to ring domination
that they rejected him and crushed him
under their feet.
THEY DISCRIMINATED.
"When Mr. Doxxklly descended from
the platform after delivering his eloquent
speech the Republican bosses rushed for
ward to shake him by the hand. It was
observed, however, that none of them
grasped the hand of honest Jack Mc-
GAtrotiEr, the representative of the labor
ing men. His hands had the stain of labor
on them and tlie dainty silk-stocking ring
bosses couldn't allow their garments to be
soiled by the touch of a laboring mans
hand. Donnelly got a good hand-shaking,
but McGauguey had to walk out without
recognition. _
WILLIAM WINDOM.
Mr, Wisdom's presence In the conven
tion was a forcible illustration of the equal
izing qualities of our democratic institu
tions, But a few years ago Mr. Windom
held a place of power equal to that now
held by Lord Randolph Churchill
under the British government. Yesterday
he sat in the state convention as a delegate
from Winona county. His voice was no
more potential than that of the humblest
delegate in the hall. Of the 861 delegates
there was not one but was his peer, and
many of them wielding more influence than
he did. Political life in this country is but
a see-saw, after all.
SQUELCHING OUR KNUTE.
The Hon. Kxutk Nelson hurled the
Insult to Gilman back into the face of the
ringmasters. But it didn't stick. The
ringmasters not only hurled it back again
into Mr. Nki.son's tace, but deliberately
sat down on the Fifth district congressman,
and mashed him as flat as a pancake. Mr.
Nelson is a big man in the Fifth district,
but when he bucks up against the wheat
ring, he gets knocked out ou every round.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
"Whatever political weaknesses the man
may have, it is evident that the people of
Minnesota are proud of Ignatius Don
nelly. No matter in what sort of an as
semblage he makes his appearance, he is
the recipient of a popular ovation. The
people may not approve his political
methods or indorse his political opinions,
but they admire the genius of the man.
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FOR SWEET CIIARITY'S SAKE.
A correspondent makes an appeal through
the columns of the Globe this morning to
the generous-hearted people of St. Paul for
a contribution of 3100 toward defraying the
expenses attending the death and burial of
Mrs. Martin, who died in St. Luke's hos
pital a few days aeo, and the pathetic inci
dents of whose death were detailed in the
Globe at the time of the occurrence. It
was one of the most touching illustrations
of wifely devotion ever recorded. The ap
peal our correspondent makes is a meri
torious one.
Nothing so enfeebles a party as the cow
ardly or careless acquiescence in the tickets
and platforms of ringleaders and bosses. —
Yesterday's Minneapolis Tribune. To what
extent, then, must the Republican party be
enfeebled by jhe nomination of McGjll, the
very pet of the .Republican bosses, and the
very incarnation in himself of ring: methods 1
McGtll was the Globe's candidate and it
will be observed that he accordingly suc
ceeded. But the CheValier can hardly expect
it to do anything more than secure the nomi
nation for him. In fact, henceforth Next
Govtrnor A.A.Ames will be the Globes
only candidate.
Queer, Isn't it, but the Republicans really
expect the farmers, through their alliance, to
indorse McGiLL,the protege of the ring which
has for years oppressed them and the willing 1
tool of the bosses, who regard such men as
puppets and farmers as their natural prey.
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Democrats could uot have been better sat
isfied had they made the nomination them
selves. They are now in a position where
they feel very grateful to -the Reyublicans,
and will feel still more so after the election of
Next Governor Ames.
Now if Albert Scheffer had been the
nominee the Democrats would not be in such
a jubilant mood to-day, but it would not seem
natural to the Republicans to present a can
didate with a reputation for independence
and a record untainted.
Ox Monday morning 1 the Globe said: "A.
R. McGill will be the nominee of the Repub
lican convention for governor." Yesterday
McGill was nominated. "Mark the . predic
tion." The Globe is a newspaper. Now is
the time to subscribe.
With Mattson nominated for secretary of
state on the Republican ticket, and his son-in
law, Jaegau, named for the same oflice ou
the Democratic ticket, it looks as though the
office would be lassoed into the family.
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Speaking of bossisin, was there ever a
more rigid task-master or a more subservient
following 1 than was seen in yesterday's con
vention when your cousin, Charlie Pills
bury, cracked hisjwhip?
R u Mark the prediction," said the Evening-
Oilman organ a few days 6ince iv foreshad
owing the nomination of Oilman. tiu<l having
marked it, the public will conclude that the
confident prophet who made it is not deserv
ing of honor.
It is a singular contradiction that Mr. Me-
Gill should profess antagonism to railroad
monopolies when Gordon E. Cole and other
leading railroad attorneys were backiusr him
for the nomination. Actions speak louder
than words.
It is reall.v very droll, when you come to
thiuk of it, that the Republicans who yester
day bent their necks to the yokes of Bosses
Fletcher and Pillsbury were recently
talking 1 about bossism in the Democratic
party.
The Republican convention realized what a
hard row they are sroins 1 to Jjave to hoe when
they passed the resolution inviting- James G.
BLAiNGto come out and make a few neighborly
speeches to help out the distressed brethren.
Crow is not as palatable ■ dish as the tooth -
some mallard duck or the seasonable prairie
chicken, but tlrat is the sort of diet the editor
of a local evening contemporary must con
template for the next six weeks.
Dr. Ames expressed himself as well pleased
with the nomination of McGir.L, as the latter
is Just the kind of man the people of Minne
sota not want, and the people will bear outdo
the assertion in November.
Having made a successful prediction re
garding McGill's nomination, the QbOBB
will venture another one. On the 2d ot next
November J)r. A. A. Ames will be elected
governor of Minnesota.
What effrontery to expect the working-men
to choose as their champion a man whose
support for eighteen years has been derived
from the state treasury, which the taxes paid
by them have filled.
The Republicans snould understand that if
they had consulted the Democrats and hud
been guided entirely by their perl'erence. they
could not have made a nomination more
pleasing to them.
The people of Minnesota ought not to have
a very great deal of difficulty in choosing
between the candidate chosen by the bosses
and the candidate chosen by the people— Dr.
A. A. Ames.
Isn't it colo«sal impudence which will ask
the farmers of this boss-ridden state to vote
for a man for governor who is the especial
candidate of the wheat ring, the farmers'
worst enemy? _
Yes, since we come to tbinlt about it.it was
Charlie Pillsbury'3 hat that the ballots
were dropped into. It was a wbeut dealer's
hat, you know, and it was a wheat dealers'
convention.
Delegate Giffobd's Dakota machinery
worked admirably, too, and his re-nomination
yesterday at Yankton followed, as a matter
of course. It was a great day for the bosses
all around.
The Globe will expect no acknowledge
ment from the rings' favorite, McGill, in
bringing about his nomination. It will take
its reward in the triumphant election of Dr.
Ames.
The Democrats unite their jubilations with
the state house and grain dealers' rings over
the result of yesterday's convention. It was
an Ames boom, and don't you forget it.
Yes, TO be sure, it did escape our memory
HIE ST. PAUL DAILY i^LOBJi THUKSDAY MORITI^G, SEPTEMBER 23, 1886 -TWELVE PAGES.
for a moment. Charter Ptr.T.sntmr was
I head-teller and counted, the votes. Hut it
was the wheat dealers' couveutiou.
While tho ringmasters wore lllnaritnc In
sults they didn't forgot to slap Gov. Davis in
the face. They knocked him dowu and
: jumped on him with both feet.
The urbane oil inspector found out after
Kick's nomination that he was only building
"castles In the air" while picturing hiniselt as
the next lieutenant governor.
While they were in the business of hurl
ing insults, the wheat and state bouse . rinirs
took the pains to hurl a good many at our
Scandinavian friends.
The Republican platform is the collection
of shallow sophistries, glittering generalities
and "barren idealtiest" which usually finds
favor with that party.
Really the state house ring has an ad
mirable organization, but they might as well
prepare to see it shattered by the people on
the 2d of November.
It is supposed that the editor of a local
(In. man contemporary will no longer see
in his dreams rose-colored visions of the state
oil inspectorship.
Talk about your bosses. If Charlie
Pillsburv didn't crack a boss whip over
yesterday's convention there never was one
cracked.
Yes, Mr. McGilii, just leave us a lock of
your flowing mustache. You shall have a
neat monument and your grave will be kept
green.
The question now Is: How will the Fifth
district receive the studied insult which yes
terday's nomination hurls in its teeth?
Ik the matter of discord, backbiting, and
wrangling generally, yesterday's convention
call safely claim pre-eminence.
AsMcGill is to be slaughtered at the polls,
he is welcome to whatever satisfaction his
nomination brings him.
The Republican brand of harmony seems
to have something like dynamite as one of
its ingredients.
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Now let the people assert themselves and
show that they have had enough of bossism
and ring rule.
McGill and his colleagues on the ticket
will make very satisfactory victims, indeed.
It the farmers want to rebuke the wheat
ring, now is their golden opportunity.
Ring Candidate McGilli. might as well
make his political will.
Minnesota's emancipation from political
slavery is near at hand.
The ring-ridden party got another ring
ride yesterday-
Riotous ring rule. That's the size of.it.
It was a tidal wave of bossism.' . ■
'Rah for Next Governor Ames!
Hurrah for Ames!
SHUT OS A DUE.
An Unknown Man shoots Himself
on a Railway Urld«re.
Phillip Angell. "watchman at the Sioux
City railroad bridge, reported to the police
last evening that an unknown man had
committed suicide at the bridge about
4 o'clock. At the hour mentioned a
man walked out on the bridge from
the east end, and when about half way
across a pistol shot was heard. The watch
man did not pay much attention at the
time, supposing that the man had fired a
shot into the river. • A few minutes later,
while crossing the bridge, lie was
surprised to see a pool of blood
on one of the ties and on another
one a revolver with one barrel discharged.
He could give no description of the man,
not having paid any attention to him as he
walked out on the bridge. It was evident
from the circumstances that the man shot
himself and then either fell or threw him
self from the bridge. Up to a late hour
nothing had been learned by the police as
to who the suicide was, neither had the
body been recovered.
THE FAKITCEKV ALiLI,\i\CE
Will Consider the Candidates of
Both Parties To-day.
The Farmers' alliance will hold a meeting
at the Merchants hotel to-day, and a large
attendance is expected. Ikikuuis Donnelly
«tntcd last evening that the candidates
both parties, together with the platforms
adopted, would be thoroughly canvassed.
lie could not and would say who would
be indorsed, but thought Gibbs would have
secured the unanimous support of the al
liance. After Gibbs stood McGill, and
possibly Oilman might have been consid
ered, but he had his doubts as to this.
The meeting, Mr. Donnelly said, would be
a very important one and decisive action
for Ute campaign would be taken.
Worses Burned.
A barn on East Sixth street was de
stroyed by fire about midnight last night.
The structure was owned by lloward i'itz
and used by John Cm-ran, the contractor.
Four horses owned by l.'urran wore burned
in the building, together with a quantity ot
hay and several sets of harness. The loss is
estimated at 5500 on the building and 81,000
ou contents. Ollicer McCort, who turned
in the alarm, says the tire was undoubtedly
of incendiary origin, as he passed the build
ing a few momenta before the fire was dis
covered, and everything was all right. Mr.
Corral! being out of the city, it is not known
whether the loss is covered by insurance or
not.
Charged With Robbery.
Frank Fanell. a hotel runner, was ar
rested last evening charged with robbing
Ole Severson of iUO in money. Severson
was on his way to Dakota to take up a
claim, and stopped off in St. Paul for a day
or so. He tilled up with whisky, and in
making the rounds fell in with Farrell.
FarreU denies the charge, but was locked up.
Hopeful if «?«<« in \Ya»biiifrtoii.
Special to the Globe.
Washington. Sept. 23.— There is a
symmetry about the Democratic platform
and ticket this year which meets with the
approval of all who read. The Democratic
national committee looks anxiously and ex
pectantly towards Minnesota. Besides
electing a governor and other state officers,
there is a fighting chance to carry the legis
lature, so that the successor of Senator
McMillan may be a Democrat. Gentlemen
here, who are familiar with the political
past and present, si>eak in terms of great
praise of the work done by the Democratic
convention. The election of at least two
congressmen, one from the First and one
from the Fourth district, seems to be conti
denth expected at Democratic headquarters.
I3esiuus, it is believed that there is a good
opportunity for the people to send a repre
sentative worker from the Third district.
Unless these things shall be so there will be
disappointment ou all sides.
Democratic Nominees.
Special to the Globe.
Ckookstox, Minn., Sept. 22, — The
Democratic county convention to-day
nominated Gardner Stevens for auditor,
Paul Simons for treasurer, Capt. Cauvereth
for clerk of the court, K. J. Montague tor
probate judge, John Leo, county attorney,
Dennis Dwyer, sheriff, J. W. Lilly, super
intendent of public schools, and John
Peterson, register of deeds.
An Appeal loAm rira.
Loxdox, Sept 23. — Mr. Parnell intends
to make a special appeal to Irishmen in
America to assist tenants evicted during the
coming winter to hold out against the land
lords.
Stopped by Darkness.
Special to the Glose.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept 22.— T0-day's
Milwaukee-Minneapolis game was called
in the middle of the fifth Liming on account
of darkness, and will be played off to
morrow.
EING EULE.
Continued From |Socond Pago.
HOW THEY TOOK IT.
Mr. (.i!>hn Smoked a near and
Timed tho Mcl Sill Ayvluutie.
When the vote by which McGill was nom
inated was announced, John L. Gibbs sat
in a chair, a little to tlie rear of the stage,
smoking a ciear. His face was as devoid
of emotion a« that of a statue. His chair
was tipped back and near by him sat Mr.
Lovely, candidate for congress. When the
crowd began to cheer and the shower of
hats aud ballots began to fly through the
hall, Mr. Gibbs removed his cigar from his
mouth and twirled the citrai in a slightly
nervous manner. With his other hand he
took his watch from his pocket
and looked at It, as if he were
timing the applause. When the applause
died down he put his watch in his pocket
and continued smoking his cigar. lie was
apparently one of the most disinterested
men in the hull.
Soon afterward Ignatius Donnelly came
to where Mr. Gibbs was sitting and said:
"I am sorry, Mr. Gibbs." "Thank you,"
said Mr, Gibbs. "Somebody had to be nom
inated."
Mr. Gibbs said to a Globe reporter that
his friends would probably turn in for Mc-
Gill.
Mr. Glltnan, accompanied by Maj. Wil
son, was in the rear of the hall. His face
wore a troubled look, and he said nothing.
Jnne* .\mu ami toil.
On the third ballot, which was announced
at 2:45 a. m., Mr. Jones was nominated
with loud applause. The vote between him
aud Nichols was:
Whole number. 348.
For a choice, 175.
Jones 234 I Hartley 7
Nichols 107 I
Amid yells and cheers the vote nomi
nating Mr. Jones was announced, and his
nomination was made unanimous by accla
mation.
The second ballot for candidate for clerk
of supreme court at 2:35 was:
Whole number 3-t9Johnson 36
For a choice 175'Hitnle 38
Nichols liiljHartley 46
Jones 10a|Ackerman 3
Once more the Jones men yelled several
times for Jones. W. W. Hartley arose
and stated that an agreement had been
made between himself, Mr. Jones, Mr
Ilitnle, and Mr. Johnson, by which they
were to throw over their strength to the one
who got the highest vote on the second bal
lot. He and Mr. Himle, he said, were
willing to do that, but Mr. Johnson was
not. Mr. Hartley then withdrew in favor
of Mr. Jones, which met with loud appro
bation. A. L. Himle also with
drew in favor of Mr. Jones.
George W. Benedict, of Benton county,
made a motion to declare Mr. Jones nomi
nated by acclamation, and he insisted upon
it, but the chair decided him out of order.
George P. Johnson then withdrew in favor
of Jones, adding, "I hope you will scoop
Sam Nichols."
THE CI.OSIXQ ACT.
It was fifteen minutes before 3 o'clock
when Gordon £. Cole began reading the
resolutions. Many of the delegates had
left the hall. They were adopted and tlie
convention adjourned at about 3 o'clock.
CONTESTANTS FitOM DULDTH.
A Tw^o Hours' Squabble Before the
Com mil lee on Credentials.
There was a lively row iv the room where
the committee on credentials met, that
lasted for two hours. The principal fight
came when two delegations from St. Louis
county applied for admission to the con
vention. One of the delegations was
headed by Col. C. H. Graves and the other
by Mr. Tower. The two sets were elected
last Saturday iv Duluth. The delegation
headed by Mr. Tower was elected by the
bolters from the convention after the chair
man of the St. Louis county convention
had made several rulings which seemed to
them arbitary and not in accord
with the courtesy usual to contesting
factions. The bolters claimed yesterday
that they were in the majority at the time
the bolt was made. All the circumstances
of the convention were rehearsed to the
committee on credentials and affidavits of
the movers in the matter were submitted.
The committee stood (5 to 7 in favor of the
Graves' delegation, and the latter was ad
mitted. It is claimed that they did this be
cause the Graves delegation agreed to go for
McGill after the first or second ballot. Tiie
others were for Oilman solid. A good deal
of feeling was stirred up aiuonsj the resi
dents of the Zenith city by the discussion
and the final decision of the committee ou
credentials.
THE CI\aiU»TES.
Where They Were Born, How They
Grew Up and Who 1 bey Are.
A. It. M'GILT,.
Andrew H. McGill was born in Crawford
county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19, 1810. He was
educated at the village academy and In 18.0
wont to Covin^tcn, Ky., where he taught
school until June, 1861, when he removed to
Minnesota and settled at St. Peter, teaching
school until August, 1662. He thee enlisted
as a private iv the Ninth Minnesota regiment
aud served in the army a year, when he was
discharged on account of pulmonary troubles.
He edited and published the St. Peter Tri
bune in 1804 and IMI.I and still Owns the
paper. la 1376 he became private secretary
to Gov. Austin, serving in that capacity
through the governor's service of four years.
In 18T;J he whs appointed insurance commis
sioner by Gov. Austin, reappoiuteil the same
yeur by Gov. Davis, has been three times re
appointed s.ucc and still holds the position.
A. E. RICE.
Albert E. Rice, the nominee for lieutenant
governor, was oorn in Vurge, 1 Norway, Sept.
24. 1547. He came to America in 1S(5O, and at
Junedvillc, Wis., worked for his board and
attended school, also learning .the machinist
trude. At iLe age of 15 be enlisted in the
Fifteenth Wisconsin re, iuient under Capi.
Qreeodgar, who was in the convention yes
terday working' for Mr. Rice's nomination.
He was wounded near Altoooa. losing the
fingers of his left hand, and in 1865 settled
in Minneapolis, where he worked at his trade
for four years. In 1869 he was elected to the
lower house of the legislature from Henuepiu
county. In 1870 he removed to Willma-.- and
engaged in the mercantile business. In 1873
he was chosen to the state senate, where li 3
has served ever since with the exception of
one term. ; ,*.' ;.';.'
COL. HANS M.VTTSOV.
Hans Matlsou was born in Sweden, in De
cember. 1832, and came lo this country when
18 years of age. After spending two years in
the East, he came to Minnesota in 1851, at the
head of one of the first Swedish colonies, and
settled in Goodhue county. He was admitted
•to the bar in 1858 at lied Wing-, ami the
same year was elected county . auditor,
being re-elected in 1860. As auditor he took
a prominent part with other county auditors
in framing the first tai laws or tin state. He
resigned his office and entered the army as
captain of a company in the Third Minnesota
volunteers, serving five years, duiilig which
time he was advanced to the position of
colonel and brigade commander. Upon com
ing out of the war his health was broken down
so he could not resume the practice
of law, and in 1860 he became secretary
of the State board of immigration. In 1869
he was elected secretary of state, serving two
years. Iv IS7I he went to Europe as immi
gration agent of the Jay Cooke system of rail
way and remained four years, and on his re
turn owned and published the two • most
prominent Swedish newspapers of Chicago
and Minneapolis. He 6(jld out in 1881 and
was appointed consul general to India, re
maining there two years. * Since returning he
has been devoted to private interests. He has
resided in Minneapolis for tea years and owns
and manages a large farm in the Red Biver
valley.
' CAPT. W. W. BRADEN.
" W. W. Braden, nominee for auditor, was
born In Heria, 0., Dec. 3, 1837; received a
common school education and came to Min
nesota la 1854, locating in Fillmore county.
He enlisted in the Sixth Minnesota regiment,
was lieutenant, and became captain in 1863:
was in Gen. Sibley'B campaign iti 1862. and
afterwards in the South. He served as mem
ber of the lower house from Fillmore county
in ISB7 and 1868, and was treasurer of his
couhtv from 1873 to 1877. He has been state
auditor since 1883.
JOSEPH BOBLETER.
Joseph Bobleter was bora in Austria In 1846,
and canoe to America in 185*2, resldiug: in Du
buque, la., with an uncle. He enlisted in
IM2 in the Thirteenth regular infantry. Be
ing dißcfcarßed for disability he en
listed in the Mississippi squadron
of the navy and served until
December, 1864, when he enlisted In the
Twenty-fifth lowa cavalry, being mustered
out in 1865. Ho airain re-«nlisied in his old
regiment, the Thirteeuth infantry and served
; until 1868, when he was discharged . and - set-
I tled at New Ulin. After a few years in the
bust ness he started the' Now Ulin He
view in 1878 and la still in the newspaper
business.' He Ims been postmaster at New
Ulm and represented Brown county in the
lower house in 1883.
CAPT. M. B. CLAPP. ■
M. E. Clapp, nominee for attorney-general,
was born in Delphi, Ind., May 21, 1851. After
a common school education , he graduated
from the Wisconsin law school in 1873 and
the same year begau practice at Hudson. In
lb7H he was elect county attorney of St.
Croix couuty. Capt. Clapp moved to Fergus
| Falls in 1881, where he served as city attor
ney in 1883, 1881 aud 1885. He has some
; reputation as a stump speaker.
John D. JONGS. '
J. D. Jones, nominee lor clerk of the su-
I preme court, was born in Chester county,
' Ph., in May. 1940, and is thu son of a Baptist
minister. In 1865 he graduated from the New
j Jersey Classical and Scientific institute. In
j 1867 ho removed to Todd county, Minn., and
I engaged In farming. Ho was elected register
, of deeds in 1378 and again in 1875, and begun
; practicing law. He was county attorney in
| 1879. In 1883 he was assistant secretary of
the senate, and in 1885 secret my or that body.
IT STANDS ON THIS.
The I'lntrorm on Which the Party
Declare* It Will I'lace It* Feet.";
The committee on resolutions was in ses
sion in the office of the chairman, lion.
Gordon E. Cole, tor two hours or so, and it
was about 4 o'clock when the following
declaration of principles was given out to
the press. It was adopted by the conven
tion without debate:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republican party of Minnesota an
nounces the following declaration of princi
| pies. It reaffirm* the principles of equality
| of right to all men before the law which has
j in principle and practice distinguished its
I career in the past and pledges Itself to a con
tinuance of the same policy iv the future,
which in war and peace has hitherto so
prosperously guided the affairs of the nation.
Gold and silver coin, and paper issued
against coin actually deposited, should be
united in the curreucy of commerce. We be
lieve that the interests of all claadus dem.Uid
the use as money of both precious metals:
but we favor an honest silver dollar only, in
trinsically equal In value to the dollar of gold.
Looking toward the establishment of real bi
metalism, which nowhere now exists, we
favor such legislation as will oio.^t speedily
promote consent by the principal commercial
nations of the world to resume the free coin
age of silver, at a ratio fixed by international
agreement. '
That we unreservedly indorse the action of
the Department of Minnesota Grand Army of
the Republic, at its encampment of last Feb
ruary, in appointing- a committee to secure
from the next legislature the provision neces
sary to establish in Minnesota a soldier's
homo and a permanent relief t'uud. Our rep
resentatives are requested to give their influ
ence and votes to the enactment of suitable
laws for this purpose.
We also indorse the action of the National
encampment of the Q. A. R. at San Francisco
the present year iv relation to the granting
of pensions to disabled soldiers.
Iv behalf of the farmers oi' Minnesota, with
whose interests the Republican party of the
state has always boon Identified, yn declare
that the present railroad and warefcooM lr.w
should be so amcudod, in the light of experi
ence gained by its practical operation, us to
secure an open and unrestricted market for
the products of the soil; that the progressive
reduction of railway
FREIGHT AND PASSENGEIt RATES,
which has been accomplished under Repub
lican rule, should be continued as rapidly as
is consistent with a reasonable return upon
such capital as is actually invested in the
business of transportation; that railroads
should be restricted from holding- lands ex
empt from taxation, except lauds in actual
use in the operation of the road; that just
grades and honest weights and measures
should be insured by a sufficient system of
local inspection.
We declare that the practice of corpora
tions of watering their stock, so as to claim
incomes upon fictitious and unreal values,
cannot be too strongly reprehended, and that
the rates of freight and transportation upon
railroads should be limited to a fair compen
sation, which should cover the actual oper
ating expenses of the road and legitimate in
terest on the capital actually Invested, and
that laws should be enucted to enforce com
pliance with this declaration.
That the legal rate of interest In this state
should be reduced to a maxium of eight per
centum, and the usury laws of the state
should be rigorously enforced.
That the state should use a portion of the
income of its magnificent school funds in the
purchase and supply of all school books in
use in its public schools to pupils actually at
tending: aud legally entitled to their privi
leges.
We demand that ample laws should be
enacted for the protection of all persons en
gaged in mining:, manufacturing and other
labor-employing industries, and for ample in
demnification for loss or injury through lack
of proper safeguards or negligence, and that
the employer should be equally liable, whether
such loss or injury result from the ueglieence
of the employer or any servant or co-employe;
that, without lessening the penalties upon de
linquent taxpayers, it should be made forever
impossible, under color of law or of any legal
decision, to rob the humblest citizen of his
home by means of official fraud, negligence
or incapacity.
The rights and equities of labor must con
stitute the corner-stone of any well-founded
state. For advancing the interests of the
workingmen, the Republican party pledges
its support to the following principles: It is
unworthy of a civilized state that there
should exist any inequality in the condition
of capital and labor before the law. or that
the administration of 'justice should be im
peded by technicalities, unjust delays or dis
criminations; the people should reassert and
practically enforce, through their repre
sentatives, the fundamental principle of uni
versal, civic and industrial equality;
H^QQ THE PRISON LABOR
of the state should not be employed, under
the contract system, in competition with free
and honest workinirmon; while it is for each
municipality to decide whether it will prose
cute its public work by contract or by direct
employment, in either case the wogos of the
laborer should be made an adequate remu
neration for his toil. The legislature should
establish a state bureau of labor statistics and
forbid the employment of young children in
laborious occupations. Injurious to health
or strength; should insist on the edu
cation of children in the schools, and compel
employers to provide safeguards against
danger to workmen engaged in mines and
factories, and to render indemnification to
the so injured by reason of absence of the
same; arbitration is the only approved
method of settling differences between em
ployer and employe, and should be adopted
and enforced by appropriate legislation, so
as to secure, in all disputes, an early, fair and
authoritative settlement.
That compensation should to equal, with
out.regard to se >, for the same amount and
quality of work.
The producers of the great Northwest de
mand a lower rate of taxation open the neces
saries of life than thai of the war period. We
favor, therefore, as a just and necessary
lightening of their burdens, an 1 an aid to
their prosperity, an early and judicious re
vision of the tariff, with a simplification and
reduction 01 customs duties; to which work
the Republican party, by its last national
platform, stands pledged, as soon m the peo
ple restore it to control of congress. That
this convention approve of the action of the
majority of the Minnesota delegation in th
house of representatives of the United States
in voting to consider the bill for the revision
of tbe tariff. We are in favor of » genuine
system of
REFORM OF THE crvir, FERVICK, •
based on the appointment to office after
proper examination of men of capability,
honesty and fidelity, and we commend the
civil service law passed by "a Republican
congress and .approved by a Republican ex
ecutive, as a step in the right direction, and
we aiTHiyn the Democratic party for an utter
disregard of every principle of civil service
reform, nni for its broken pledges.
The Republican parry of Minnesota is in
favor of high license," local option and a rigid
enforcement of existing laws r«latiu« to the
Uqtoor tmf&c.
In reaffirming 1 our unalterable allpshmoe to
the principle that the i ijfht of a people to
solf-ffoverninent is inalienable, an;l its denial
tyranny, we extend our fraternal sympathy
to the Irish people in their magnificent strug
gle under Charles Stewart Puruell for borne
rule and freedom from British oppression:
and also to the people of Dakota, who are de
prived of their just rights as citizens by the
bold and partisan tyranny of a Democratic
house of representatives.
That the Republican party favors the or
ganizatien by the United States government.
In connection with the postoffice, of financial ;
exchanges, safe deposits, and facilities . for !
trie deposit of the savings of the peopie in
small sums.
Resolved, That the wise, careful and pru
dent administration of Gov. L. F. Hubbard
and the other state officers for the past five
years merits our hearty support anil com
mendation.
WILL STOIC ■>(> U. BOLT?
The Convention \Vi»l Hear From
Him Cor Its Insult.
H. G. Stordock, of Wilkin, left the con
vention hall in the most unenviable frame
of mind. Not only was he . defeated, but
the convention heaped the . most gratuitous
Insults upon his head. This army veteran
and Republican wheel horsr was held up
before the convention as an object of char-'
ity, and Loren Fletcher pulled him off and
'pledged himself as a Republican to ' see
that Stordock was taken care of." This
was the crowning insult, and Stordock will
go home with the barb rankling in his soul.
."They will hear from . me," he said with
bitterness. : "Those heavy Republican
counties on which they rely for big majori
ties will turn up wrong side out. This is my
reward, it comes, too, from Minneapolis,
after all that I have dono for them. How
long have I steadily helped the Pillsbury-
Wi adorn slate? It now comes back to me.
The Fifth district will tell the state what it
thinks of these studied insults."
. FOR ItTUl{£ CONVENTIONS.
llulett Presented By tike Special
Committee for That Purpose.
At twenty minutes before 3 o'clock this
morning Col. Hicks read the rules to gov
ern future conventions, drawn by the com
mittee appointed for that purpose. In
substance they provide:
That until otherwise ordered the state cen
tral committee apportion delegates to Repub
lican conventions on the basis of one delegate
for each county at large, and one for each
GOO Republican votes, or major fraction, at
the last preceding general election. This
would reduce the representation SO per cent.
In calling conventions, it sbould tie stated
In the call that only delegates elected after
the call shall be given seats in the conven
tion. Until otherwise ordered, the state
central committee will choose from an uncon
tested delegation a temporary chairman.
The report was laid over until Hue next
convention.
Wed. ftot a Success.
Dr. A. C. Wedge, the alleged chairman
of the convention, may be a very able man
In his profession, but he lacks the first
qualification to tit him for the position as
presiding officer at any meeting at which
over seven people are in attendance. It
is perhaps a very fortunate thing for
Chairman Wedge and his future
health, wealth and happiness
that Mr. McGill was nominated.
Owing to his hesitation and indecision, it
looked several times as though McGill was
to be beaten, and the friends of the rinjr
candidate were loud in their denunciations
of the trade by which Wedge was selected
as chairman. Several of the whippers-in
for McGill held an informal meeting, and
it is alleged decided to get even with the
gentleman from Albert Lea, if their
schemes fell through.
To Name (lie Committee.
Chairman Wedge appointed the following
committee to select a state central com
mittee:
D. Bixby, Goodhue county; T. T. Fauntle
roy, Ramsey; William Windoin, Winoua; L.
Fletcher, Hennepin: H. H. Carson, Waseca:
L. P. Hunt, Blue Earth; O. Peterson, Pope;
W. J. Ives, McLood; A. Amundson, Nicollet;
John Brady, Pillmore; Warren Pattce, Wil
kin; C. L. Brown, Stevens: Alex Fiddes,
Jackson; P. H. Millard, Washington.
The committee was authorized to take its
own time in making its report. It will
meet at the Merchants at 10 o'clock to-day.
THE FRGsis BANG.
The Way the Keporieri and Editors
Looked and Acted on the Stase.
Clint Schultz used to carry a cold, austere
face around with him that resembled very
much in make-up the facade of John McCjl
lough's head, but since ho has left the dull rou
tine of markets he hus allowed a morose
looking mustache to go iuto executive ses
sion ou his upper lip. and that is why the
delegates applauded as he came down the
aisle in the convention yesterday.
George Loomis, of the Duluth Tribune,
shook his proud mustache out in the morn
ing air and strode through the crowd of dele
gates to the speakers' stand, where he turned
and faced the vast audience. "Hold on, hold
on. George," said a friend, "don't you sing
here. This is no open uir concert, and if you
make a crack at a tenor solo before this g^ng.
you're liable to get slugged." George
listened and quietly sat down on the
hat of the friend who had given him the ad
vice.
L. B. Little was there with his northwest
eye looking south. He passed the time feed
ing on the downcast end of bis mustache and
catching the words that fell from the lips of
the speakers. When Ignatius Donnelly arose
Little was so well acquainted with him that
ho immediately wrote theiollowing head for
the Sage's speech: "A Howl Against Bosses
and Watered Railroad Stock."
Dixon, of the Associated Press, sat In the
rear of the stage, aud used the roof of his hat
for a writing desk. When Knute Nelson
threw the wad ot insults into the teeth of the
McGill gang, Dixon got so excited that he
put the hot end of his cigar into his mouth.
For about two minutes it looked as though
there was a man on that part of the stage on
joying a fit.
Damou, of the Tribune, had the highest
forehead of any man in the gang. Startiug
near the visual organs it extended back to
his rear collar button, and It was a clean,
white forehead, every inch of it — a forehead
that uot eveu a council committee on lone
some roads would need be ashamed of.
H. I. Cleveland humped himself over the
table till his shoulders iooked as though they
hud been cut out with a circular saw. A
cloud oT azure tobacco smoke rolled up from
between his lips, and the breeze that came
turough the western en trance to the hall
wafted through his beard.
Charley Harris, of the Minneapolis Journal,
forgot to remove his hat until after the tem
porary chairman had been elected. He re
marked that it was a smart looking crowd,
and he would like to talk to them a few min
utes on psycology, trigonometry aud the But
tle of Atlanta before they left.
Neihausen, of the Volks-Zeitung, turned
his left ear attentively to the crowd and
translated what English was poured into it
into German. Hfs hair was parted in the
m.dille, and be was the only man in the press?
gang who didn't smell like a cigarette.
Cl irencc W. Ryder, of the Tribune, held
down one corner of the stdsre, and was iooked
upon as a knight of the round table. When
the chairman of the convention decided a
<iucstioii lie had a way of turning to Kyder
aud asking if that was right.
Hal Black showed up with his left breast
ballasted with a sweet-faced pansy. He was
so n i;idsome that as he turned to the audi
ence the clock in the other end of the hall
put its hands over its face to hide the blush
of envy that suffused it.
Elmer Adams, of the Fersrus Falls Journal,
watched the proceedings with breathless in
terest. He was the only membor of the pro
fession on the stage whose eyes aud hair
were of the sums color. They were both a
beautiful term cottft.
Bartram, of the Dispatch, turned his hairy
face full upon the convention, and hung his
long black hat on his bump of absolute reck
lessness. B ict manufactured copy so fast
that he wrore Knute Nelson's name Nute
Km-lson.
Millie Bunn.Ml, of the Duluth Herald, had
the same sweet sixteen appearance about
him that he always carries on tap.- Millie
serms to bo degenerating into a dude. Yes
terday he carried a silk umbrella aud chewed
gum.
Jones, of the Globe, started to write at
11:15 a. m., and didn't miss a word till 6:15
l>. in. Wnen the convention adjourned he
remarked that he was sorry, as he thought
he bftd struck perpetual motion.
Teddy Tingle, of the Globe, lookoJ like a
refugee from a theological semmary. He
carefully mused his mustache as he gazed
through his bump-backed eye-glasse3 over
tin? sea of anxious faces.
Ex-Stenographer North, of North Dakota,
silt at the north end of the Dispatch tanle
and captured the eo^d North wind while
Knute Nelson was speak in r.
C. P. Carpenter, of the Dakota County
Tribune, suiil he was there in the interests of
the Tribune and the people. He reported
Donnelly's speech in full.
COKVU.VriO* SHOTS.
«iossip Gathered on the Win? in
Boss «*ill»bury's lUeetiwr.
While the fourth formal ballot was being
taken, W. K. Merrkitn and Gen. Mark D.
Flower stood one on each side of the aisle,
scrutinizing- the delegates as they came up,
keeping 1 mental tally, while Stanford Newel,
W. B. Dean and E. (,'. Lout' were a little to one
side, Id close communion, rammlqg up the
situation and planning where they could bring
a lever to bear on some of the delegates.
After the third formal ballot, when McGill
lacked only six votes of nomination, as soon as
auii her vote was ..nnouneed, the Ramsey
c )unty men, who occupied the front seats,
jumped over the backs of their chairs in a
hurry and bejrnn buttonholing-, trading: and
i oaxintf to get a few more votes for their
candidate.
Knute Nelson struck the keynote of the
discord when, in the second speech to the
convention, he -leuounced "the studied iasult
whioh the McGill and Gibbs forces had given
the Oilman supporters in arranging- a tem
porary organization without consulting the
Oilman men."
In the "interest of harmony" Donnelly was
aocorded a hearing as the farmers' repre
sentative, aad erery time he tuadc a point,
particularly against the party to which he re
cently claimed to belong, was encouraged
with universal cheers.
C. A. Pillsbury and Stinford Newell, sitting
in front seats oa opposite aides of the middle
aisle, made very efficient aids to the chair
man. Without them he would have been lost
in a. maze of unaccustomed parliamentary
technicalities.
McGill's acceptance speech read like
several pages cut from an annual report of
the chamber of commerce, supplemented by
one of Have Hanson's railroad folders.
010 Fletcbergon promised Stordock some
thing more remunerative than secretary of
state, but it would probably have &*on better
for Stordock had the promise" bee i put in
writing.
Some one yelled "music" while waiting for
the convention to convene and Davis was at
once called for to speak, though he didn't
respond. That grand old worKman, Langdon,
didn't Join In the cull for Davis.
W. K. Merriam lighted a Havana and im
mediately all the delegates in his immediate
vicinity strucK him lor a regalia, and he
responded nobly.despite whatever inward dis
, gust he might have felt.
When Chairman Castle got up to call the
convention to order, and it was learned that
he was the famous hard-working oil in
spector, he was the immediate center of en
vious interest.
Tho Globk representatives called for light
to illumine the gloomy hall, and immediately
the electric lights gleamed. The Globe is in
the hubit of shedding light on Republican
methods.
The Rev. Sam Smith's promise that every
church in the state would be turned into
political organization to work for the Re
publican party was a rather ambitious state
ment.
The convention officers andrepresontative3
of the press were very much incommoded
la the performance of their duties by un
authorized persons crowding the platform.
Mr. Laugdon took an early opportunity
to move that the representatives of the
Knights of Labor and Fanners' alliance be
permitted to appear before the covention.
Poet Blethen, of the Tribune, was expected
to march solemnly and majestically out when
the resolution was passed excluding all but
delegates from the floor, but he didn't.
The delegation from St. Louis county
which was said at the time to have been
seated on condition that it flopped to McGilL
voted solid lor Gilman to the finish.
C. F. Kindred, overheard on convention
floor— We do not want the tail of tbe ticket.
The election day in November follows d d
close on the action of this convention.
Hennepin county was left out at the first
reading ol the committee on credentials' re
port, but Workman Lanifdon promptly ob
jected to such counting out.
The hearty applause which greeted the res
olution that women should receive the same
wages as men for the same work, did the con
vention's gallantry credit.
It was regarded as a significant fact that
the committee on credentials met in a room
over the entrance of whieb was the legend.
"Oil Room, All Skate."
The delegates became very tired durins- the
long and exasperating wait tor the committee
on credentials to report. No music relieved
the tiresome interval.
i The Republican prohibition committee
glanced approvingly at the pitcher of cold
water as they came upon the platform to
read their resolution.
A suspicion circulated throuch the con
vention that Knute Nelson's speech, hurling
back the iusult, was an extract from the
Congressional Record.
Judge Wiison's victim, John A. Lovely,
came to Loren Fletcher's support in "hurling
back the insinuation of insult into the teeib
of the Gilman men."
MeGill's supporters, led by Fletcher and f
Newel, cheered when the result of the in
formal ballot showed the handsome lead of
their candidate.
The fact that the delegates themselves real
ized it would be a very pretty fight, was in
dicated at the beginning by the frequent
cries of "time."
The McGill men came very near winning
their jsoint on the vote concerning a recess,
and indicated their satisfaction thereat by
wild cheering.
The wind blew melodiously through Stan
ford Newels beautiful whiskers as he stood
upon a chair to lead the cheering of the Mc-
Gill faction.
The contesting Tower delegation from St.
Louis county attempted to have its claims
heard from the floor, but was promptly
choked off.
When C. K. Davis walked modestly in the
convention broke into spontaneous applause,
and Mr. Lang-don looked sickly.
Donnelly looked absently around fora band
to play "See, the Conquering 1 Hero Conies," as
be stalked up to toe platform.
Despite the kick of the Gil in an men against
Dr. A. C. Wedge as temporary chuirman, he
was elected by acclamation.
As a whole, the gathering 1 compared very
unfavorably with the Democratic convention
of the week previous.
Some delegate threw away his ballot in t he
informal ballot by voting for A. E. Eice for
lieutenant governor.
Any one of the delegates stood ready to
listen to rose-colored stories concerning the
oil inspectorship.
Dr. Wedge might have tried the administer
ing of chloroform to the turbulent delegate*
with good effect.
Ex-Senator Windom and ex-Gov. Tale had
their heads together— reviewed days of
former greatness.
In the convention 361 delegates were en
titled to seats and all were present iv person
or by proxy.
District Master Workman McGaughey
made the same speech do duty before both
conventions.
Some one should have furnished the chair
man with a compass. He was at sea most
of he time.
The way the convention brought about
"harmony"' was with wild shrieks, yells and
howls.
Standford Newel was almost the only rep
resentative of the eilk. stocking element pres
ent.
Mr. Nelson said that the McGill men and
the Gibbs men had insulted the Oilman men.
Senator Rice came into the hall early in the
afternoon and was an interested spectator.
There were more newspaper men on the
%tand than the accommodations warranted.
Congressman Gilflllan sat in the right hand
gallery, a sort of little oasis all by himself.
The chestnut gong was appropriately pres
ent, but was worn out early in the day.
Mr. Lovely appealed for harmony, but hap.
many had already taken her flight.
The chairman of the convention was any
thing but tin unqualified success.
Col. H. G. Hicks, the "wflh hos3," was on©
of the early delegates in the hall.
Senator Sargent, of Albert Lea, was very
active in seating the delegates.
Gen. John B. Sanborn, of St. Paul, was a
spectator during: the afternoon.
It took the committee on credentials three
hours to make out the list.
William Windom. of Winona, had a seat
next the broad aisle. ■--.;,;
P. H. Kelly's name was read as a delegate
from Sibley county.
It was "a wow, a wumpus and a wiot,"
from the start.
Maj. Camp looked as serene as one of hit
"open winters."
Fletcher and Lnnjrdon are a great pair.
Ole Fletcherson was there as a proxy.
Cong-resnioii 1 1 Aunii nations.
Lafayette, lnd., Sept. 22.— Th*
Ninth district Democratic congressional
convention at Frankfort to-day nominated
Benjamin F. Ham, a farmer of Clinton
county, for congress.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 22. — The Repub
licans of the First congressional district to
day nominated Henry A. Robinson, who
had already been nominated by the Labor
party.
Joi.tet, 111., Sept. 23.— The Eighth dis
trict Demociatic congressional convention
nominated A. H. Cobb to-day.
Ishpenimg, Mich.. Sept. 22. Seth C.
Moffatt, of Grand Traverse, was unani
mously nominated by the Eleventh dis
trict Republican congressional convention
at Houghton to-night.
Pittsburo, Pa.. Sept. 22. — The Demo
cratic conferees of thel'wenty-first congres
sional district to-day nominated Gilbert T.
Rafferty, over E. Coyle, the present repre
sentative.
Mexico, Mo., Sept. 22.— 1n the Seventh
district Democratic convention to-day. Con
gressman Hutton was renominateu on the
838 th ballot.
Milwaukee, Wis-, Sept. 22.— The
Democrats of the Fourth district to-day
nominated John Black, of Milwaukee, for
congress.
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To-Dar's Weather.
Washington, Sept. 23. 1 a. m.— For Michi
gan and Wisconsin: Generally fair weather,
nearly stationary temperature and variable
winds, generally easterly. For lowa and
Minnesota: Fair, slightly cooler weather and
variable winds. For Eastern Dakota: Fair,
slightly warmer and variable winds, gener
ally southerly. For Nebraska: Fair weather,
nearly stationary temperature and southerly
winds, becoming: variable.
ii' '—- .
Movement of Steamships.
New York— Wisconsin from Liverpool,
Rhynland from Antwerp and State of Penn
sylvania from Glasgow.
Liverpool — The City of Home from New
York.
Queenstown— Arizona from New York. >