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$ IjP^f^ ; - ■- - (THE flfniY GLOBE 'gsg "•■•-"•• -- • — -IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY AT NEWSPAPER ROW, COR. FOURTH AND MINNESOTA BTS. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ST. PAUL. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable In Advance. Dally and Sundays per Month* .60 Dally and Sunday, Six Months . #2.75 Dally and Sunday, One Year . . S.OO Dally Only, per Month ■ ■ • .40 Dally Only, Six Months . * $2.25 Dally Only, One Year • » t #4.00 Sunday Only, One Year • « #1.50 Weekly, One Year . . » » f 1.00 Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE. St. Paul, Minn. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM 617, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING. NEW YORK. .■WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1405 F ST. N. W. . Complete -files of the Globe always kept fen band for reference. « TODAY'S WEATHER. , WASHINGTON, April 23. Forecast: Min nesota! Threatening weather and rain; var iable winds; colder lv northern portion. Wisconsin Rainj brisk to high easterly winds. i Montana: Fair; westerly winds. ! South Dakota: Rain, followed by clearing weather; brisk and high northerly winds; cooler in eastern portion. North Dakota.: Local rains, followed by fair; northerly to westerly winds. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Washington, April 28, 6:48 p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian • Time.— Observations taken at the same mo ment of time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. Place. Ther. Place. Tber. St. Paul 62 Qu'Appelle 46 Duluth 44 Mlnnedosa 88 Huron 64 Winnipeg 56 Bismarck 46 Wllliston i 54 Buffalo 62-66 Havre CO Boston .* 54-66 Helena 56 Chicago 74-80 Edmonton 54 Cincinnati 74-80 Battleford 64 Montreal 54-54 Prince Albert 44 New Orleans 74-80 Calgary 50 New York 48-50 Medicine Hat 60 Pittsburg 76-80 Swift Current 58 DAILY MEANS. • Barometer, 29.77; thermometer, 64; relative humidity, 84; wind, southeast; weather, light rain; maximum thermometer, 66; minimum thermometer, 62; daily range, 4; amount of rainfall or melted snow in last twenty-four hours, .39. RIVER AT 8 A. M. Gauge Danger Height of Reading. Line. Water. Change. St. Paul 14 7.1 . —0.3 La Crosse 10 10.3 ' —0.2 Davenport .....15 7.0 *0.6 St. Louis .....30 10.9 »0.8 —Fall. *Rise. — Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. P. F. Lyons. Observer. j TO PROTECT THE BALLOT. The measures which have been tak en to cause the removal from the bal lot at the coming city election of the names of the Scannell crowd, and of the party designation which they have stolen for their own despicable pur poses, will command the approval of all decent men without regard to par ty. It is an action which tends to the enforcement of law, the protection ' of the ballot; and the punishment of those who would pollute it and defraud" the people. It Is a movement not only -in favor of clean politics and clean men at this particular juncture, but one: to erect a safeguard against the reduction of the suffrage by conspiracy and out rage to a lower level than it had- ever reached prior to the adoption of the system of the Australian ballot. For tified as it is by abstract right, by the plain mandate of the. law, and by a mass of facts whose volume could be increased indefinitely at pleasure sim ply by collecting offered affidavits, we cannot entertain a doubt of its stand ing in the court. The state has assumed a large re sponsibility in the matter of guarding the ballot from violence and fraud; one which it must be prompt to recog nize and quick to discharge. It has taken away, most properly and in the interest of honest elections, the busi ness of furnishing ballots from Indi viduals and party committees, and as sumed that duty as its own. It must therefore guarantee to the community a ballot freel from imperfection, error or fraud. It has taken a step further. By passing a law providing for the holding of primary elections, and set ting forth how they shall, be con ducted, it has made itself responsible for punishing, violations of that law, and for preventing their consequences from effecting the official ballot. In a word, the attitude of the state toward public elections, its prescribed scheme for holding primaries and its provis ions of ballots for the voter, makes it imperative that it should take care that no improper names are inserted in the ticket; and that illegal and fraudulent primaries shall not entitle those who hold them either to use an honorable party name or to foist upon the ballot the names of a cabal of dis reputable conspirators. It is the con summation of this crime which the court Is now petitioned to prevent, by purging the ballot, as prepared by the city, clerk, of the names and party designations sought to be introduced by the most extraordinary, lawless and scoundrelly piece of political work ever attempted in -St. Paul. It is necessary only to read the story told by the documents which the petitioners, men of high standing and repute in this commumnity, have sub mitted to the court, to understand how" appalling in its impudent defiance of law, honesty and even the pretense of decency is the performance of the men whom Mr. Scannell represents. From beginning to end the movement that resulted in placing in the field a tick et under the pretended name of "Demo crat" was carefully plotted- farce and fraud. . There is not", a sound spot in it. The city committee was never legally organized, there being only a minority present. No primaries were held as required by law. The . evi dence on this point is overwhelming. There is a -perfect mountain of sworn evidence to show that Scannelf delib erately prevented the holding of such primaries.* ~~ He refused to "announce the places for voting. He directed men, whom he selected, to take the election- notices and throw them away, having affidavits filled out to show falsclj-^t.hat they were posted. Then be made up 'the roll of a. convention to THE SAINT PAUL DAILY < GLOBE: > | WEDNESDAY MORNING^ APRIL 29, 1890. 11 suit • himself. - In by far the - greater part (of the city no notices were post ed, no primaries held and no delegates chosen. The - law was thus ' violated in every, essential particular. It is not necessary, to follow the his tory of • the pretended convention., It fulfilled admirably the conditions from which it sprang. -■■ It was not legally organized or conducted. : The man Scannell was not elected chairman. His acts were throughout in defiance of rule and precedent; and finally a ma jority of the persons In the hall under the name of delegates voted for a mo tion to adjourn the convention "for ever," . departed and did not return. Thus there is. not one point, 'from first to last, in which the Scannell crowd can claim to have acted with warrant of law. Their moral turpitude is as great and •as obvious as their con tempt for and defiance of the statutes of the state of Minnesota. If such persons, by such a course of action, can place a list of alleged candidates upon the official ballot and have it re main there, then the whole law re lating to elections and guarding the honesty of the ballot is not worth the paper that it is written on. As well let the convicts at Stillwater make out a list of candidates, send it to. the city clerk by a ticket-of-leave man, and have it submitted to the people of this city as the choice of an alleged politi cal party If this outrageous and desperate game can defy the author ity of the law, then the purity of the ballot is in far worse case than when, under our old laws, it was at its lowest estate. .......... No such contingency is conceivable. Up to this time the officials who have acted have been complying merely with requests that came in the form and under the color of regularity. The law had not been called in to demon strate its own vigor and to teach the outlaw its sanctity. Now this has been done. It is provided that just such steps as these may be taken to pre vent the successful consummation of a conspiracy against the suffrage. The representatives of the . Democrat-Citi zens' movement have appealed to the courts to protect the ballot. Outraged law will vindicate itself. The law Is clear, the evidence is complete. The action is brought at the earliest pos sible moment, since it could not be begun until the purpose of the con spirators was made known by the fil ing of their list of candidates under the party name which they had stolen. This issue is far broader than party. It touches the interest of any candidate less than It does the future safety of the community from the political marauder. It goes back of honest elec tions to that more primary requisite, guaranteed by the state, an honest ballot. The fight is for the possibility of honest elections, and against the success of high-handed- knavery. It will decide whether attacks upon the purity of the ballot are to become the rule, or whether such punishment is to be visited upon the law-breakers that never again will they care to put themselves within the reach of a court or an. officer of the law. It is funda mental. - And good ' citizenship and honorable dealing and % obedience to law are arrayed against the most ex quisite, impudent, and knavish bit of law-breaking : that ever startled any community. To doubt the result would be an insult to our institutions of justice, and a denial of the capacity of the people to preserve the forms of orderly self-government. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. There is not, of course, the slightest doubt, hesitation or uncertainty in the mind of any man as to what consti tutes the true, regular and only Dem ocratic ticket in St. Paul. We all know about the Scavenger crowd; . where they are, who they are and why they are. The pleasant relations that sub sist between them and the Republican campaign committee - are also under stood. Nor do Democrats give them selves any disquietude over the issue, when the courts shall have had their say about this Impudent conspiracy to wreck a great party by turning it over to the rabble. If the Scannellltes did not put forth i a false and fictitious claim to use the name of the Democrat ic party on the ballot, nobody would take the trouble to ask what had be come of them. In determining the mere legal point, howev.er, whether an alleged political party has or has not an existence, and Whether its title can be held at tho mercy of any sneak-thief who happens to run into and out of the front hall at an unguarded moment, the question as to what organization is regarded as regular and legal by the great mass of the party voters is an important one. The telegrams which we publish this morning, addressed to the chair man of the' state. central committee by the Democratic members of It, exhibit a cheerful .unanimity. It could not, indeed, be otherwise. The respectable people of St. Paul never for a moment think of Scannell. as. a Democrat, be cause they know what the creature is and wants. So, too, these active and influential members of the- state cen tral committee, who stand outside of our local controversies and are not swayed by them, are absolutely unani mous. Without a dissenting voice they authorize the chairman to recognize the Cullen ticket as the representa- fives of the Democratic party, and the organization behind it as that of the Democratic party in this city. - This not only expresses the sentiment of all Democrats in the state, and of fers for the consideration of the courts the fact that the so-called Democrat- Citizens' organization is the Demo cratic party here, but it settles the question of recognition in future con ventions. 'Mr. Scannell and his half a score associates i may meet and ad mire each other whenever they please. They may call themselves in the ag gregate the "Democratic party," and individually' the Grand . High Cocka lorums of the Universe. But what will it profit them;, and, incidentally we may ask, what will it profit the as tute gentlemen who are egging them on, in- the hope of having 'friends at court on the other side,- when no Dem ocrat from the St v Croix river to Big Stone lake will listen -to : or tolerate them for^aj moment? The Scannell crowd, we imagine, even their Repub lican coadjutors, are ; beginning- to think, are a • pretty poor investment. Not a soul ' but these ' backers In the opposite party ever thinks or speaks of, them as Democrats. The Cullen organiza tion *is and will . rem&ln the regular Democratic party of. the city of . St. Paul henceforth; recognized as such already by the Democrats of Minne sota universally, and to be so. decreed, we doubt not, by the courts. We are the people. : V* NEITHER A. P. A. NOR S. A. G. ' The Globe? feels called upon to tender its 'apology to Mr. George F. Woolsey for having even once taken an assertion of the Pioneer Press about something for a fact without examine ing into it on our own account. We were careful enough to say editorially yesterday that "for once we will pursue the perilous course of stating this as sertion as a fact, .. without further in vestigation." The assertion in ques tion was that Mr. Woolsey Is a mem ber of the A. P. A. The Globe did not know whether he was or not, but accepted the charge of the Pioneer Press to that effect. We are properly punished for violating even in one single inconspicuous instance the unal terable rule of not taking for granted any statement whatever made by the Pioneer Press. <^ : t; Mr. Woolsey says that he Is not an A. P. A., and demands . and receives a retraction at the hands of the journal that has so injured him, under threat of a law suit. Without any solicita tion on Mr. Woolsey's part, the Globe is pleased to do him the justice of making a correction which is imposed upon it by quoting the Pio neer Press. If he is not an A. P. A., as he says, then it is to be observed, furthermore, that the Pioneer Press not only did - a member of its own party, and a supporter of. its own candidate, grievous injustice In charging him with complicity in this un-American and illiberal association, but that Its entire interpretation of the Globe's cartcon, which was the subject of its article, vanishes into thin air. Of the three men whose names were there placed upon Mr. Doran's slate, it now appears that two cannot be classed with the A. P. A. Therefore, the furious indignation of the Pioneer Press at the suggestion of their desig nation for high honors shows only its solicitude for the secret organization so dear to its heart that the slightest hostile mention of it brings on a fit of Indigestion. We are glad to see Mr. Woolsey set right in the public esti mation, and also to find that the Pio neer Press, In its retraction of the charge against him, announces re peatedly that he cannot play with it any longer because he does not belong to the S. A. G.; which, being interpreted, can mean nothing other than the Society of American Green horns. '~^~ — ' ■*■ — ■ M7CARDYJS BRIDGE. Of all the Interesting episodes in the career of Mr. McCardy as a public official, none is more significant of the man, and none was more hostile to the city, than his conduct in. the mat ter of the Como • avenue bridge. We recall this to mind and republish this morning an account of the whole af fair, because this was a case where Mr. McCardy, of his own. personal vo lition,-: without any advantage to the public, to himself or to any living soul, unless it was a Milwaukee con. tractor, expended unnecessarily $6,600 and odd of the people's- money. One such occurrence as this in the life of any public servant ought to damn him forever after as a possible candi date for office. It is inconceivable to the ordinarily constituted mind how any citizen of St. Paul can vote for a man as comptroller who was guilty of the action herein described. i For two months Mr. McCardy refused to sign a contract for the construction of the Como avenue bridge, which had been awarded to a Minneapolis firm. He based his refusal on the absolutely" silly and unreasonable pretense that the Great Northern road, which was to v bear one-third of the cost of con struction, should advance its share be fore the contract was signed. The railroad very sensibly refused to do this. It agreed to pay its portion, and to pay It precisely as the city paid its share, month by month, as the amounts came due. It declined to pay $10,000 in a lump sum to Mr. McCardy, solely because he wanted it. That was absolutely the only question involved. On that issue, which was not even a technicality, but a mere bull-headed demand by McCardy for something that was not within right or reason, the contract was hung up for over two months. At the end of that time, without any change in the situation whatever, McCardy signed it. There had been, in the meantime, no change j in the terms of the contract, and none in the attitude of the Great Northern railroad. No argument can harmon ize the first refusal to sign the contract and the subsequent agreement to do so. One or the other was utterly and \ inexcusably wrong. . Now came the question of counting, the cost of Mr. McCardy's little di versions. In these two months in j which the contract had been hung I up In bis office, the prices of labor and material had been advancing steadily. The Minneapolis concern, claiming Justly that conditions had changed, and : that the delay was not its fault, declined to do the work. \ A new con tract was concluded, after advertising for bids, J and the bridge, was built at a cost of $6,604.17 more than .the orig inal, figure. This last contract,: again be it observed,- was signed by Mr. McCardy without a murmur, although the Great • Northern railroad had not varied its position a hair's breadth, and agreed to pay, and did' pay," its share only as the money came due. ". '- Here is an instance , in which there was nothing conceivable involved , ex cept the : individual stubbornness 'of the city comptroller. There was no question of the charter, no ; question ; of law, no question of ; the public -, safety, no question of the validity of the contract or of the city's security. • Mr. McCardy 'had ' simply ; ; ordered _ a rail road company to hand over in advance a big. sum of .money., to please him, and tried to force compliant^ .at a , cost to" the , taxpayers^ of- over iE^BCjfcn It is just as reprehensible as if Lire' :had squan dered this sum of l money & from the public treasury, on any forbidden or un authorized project. 2 There has never been one word of defense for this, just as the apologists of McCardy are . ab solutely silent] with regard to "the pav ing contract, < was exposed in last Sunday's o*l c, • and ;In which $2,200 more were _pald out solely because the comptroller preferred that this sum should not be save£f to the city. - ; ■ ? We have never known of. any city in the country where such maladmlnlstra- tlon as this, that ought to subject the official guilty of It to legal punishment and forced restitution, would be re , warded by a re-election to office, and -the proffer of an ""opportunity to re peat the < abuse. Mr. : McCardy is the j costliest public official that this city, has ever had, and the money that he spends Is spenit'^hbt by ignorance, not' by I blundering,' p>ut simply to gratify the natural perversity of the man. ■Sometimes a bridge carries a man safe ty across, and sometimes it dumps him Into the water. The '; Como avenue ] transaction ought to leave Mr. McCardy* floundering hopelessly In the mire of public J contempt and retribution. WHY BE SILLY? ■ The employes of the Republican com mittee,- to whom is assigned their space in the columns of the Republican news papers, are making a very poor use of It. They are turning back to the files of ancient days and traversing the worn, hackneyed, unfruitful ground of forgotten campaigns. Today It is one silly sensation 1 or rumor, tomor row another, but always an outright and visible fabrication and folly. They are now calculating soberly on the size of Mr. Doran's majority. ; Does one of them, we* wonder, suppose that a single vote Is to.be won by such child ishness? Can a man be influenced by. a pretense of assurance at a time when the best-Informed Republicans of this city are conceding privately the elec tion of Mr. Cullen? Is there any sense or profit or. politics in this ab surd game of brag, repeated in every campaign with the same old idiotic pre tense of sincerity. * that fools nobody. There - is no . one/who has ?or can have the remotest Idea* of what the vote will be next Tuesday. The common Impression among thoughtful and ob servant men Is that Mr. Cullen's suc cess is assured;" but 1 by what majority they do not know or pretend to know, nor will anybody: be able to make.even a rational guess -at it until the returns are canvassed. This is the sober fact of it, which the Republicans attempt to cover and conceal with boisterous and nonsensical assertions. Do they really think that; : this .deceives, any one? Do they think that, even If it did, it would affect a vote? Why should they be so silly? • -- * ,--: . .. , -ssssssv ~ ■■. This afternoon Col.' Comiskey " will put before the people of St. Paul the exciting melodrama, . "How Can We *Lose?" " --* ■ • •'* " --.-.■«-• -•-• - - : •Win. - ;--:—-'!-: .-:._... u'.^i _:.'?..,..-.. ; AT THE THEATERS. Frederick . Warde and his . . company will ' give performances at the Metropolitan ■ opera house today. . The bill for the matinee i will be \ the', great .Shakespearean [ j tragedy, w " Julius V Caesar." As presented 'by Mr. x * Warde, "Julius Caesar." is potent in. educat ing, as weti as entertaining the ( " auditor. The ; popular prices prevailing at " the matinee ; should bring the '. ..occasion : within . the reach ; of . every pupil and? student ' who" would profit by witnessing this grand play. Mr. Warde s will close his engagement this evening with the production of "Virglnlus," *"a role in 1 which he has won high j reputation. '-'*'*• * ...'■,.... Tomorrow evening the John Stapleton com pany will begin a return engagement at the Metropolitan opera house, in the famous com edy, "Americans Abroad," in which It scored \ a flattering success on its former appearance here. This comedy will be presented for the remainder of the week, including a popular price matinee Saturday afternoon. Sunday evening, and during 'the rest of the engage ment, ending Wednesday evening, ; the . com pany will present the New York Lyceum : theater success, "The ■ Charity Ball." . • #■ * John J. Burke s the funniest burlesquer seen here this season, as all can testify who have witnessed his performance in "The Doc tor, ' ' now playing :at the Grand. ., . There j wwl be a popular price., matinee today. -•.>•: • . -:•• ■-, ■: .-ittiv ..;-■_. ... "- .; Ex- Champion Pugilist, of America John L. Sullivan will pass 'through this city this aft ernoon. . He Is with the' Irish comedy drama, . "The Wicklow Postman," the - play which will be the attraction, at the : Grand for the first half of the coming week, commencing Sunday night Mr. Sullivan's -part of the entertain ment is to spar three, rounds with Paddy Ryan, at the conclusion :of each . perform ance of "The Wicklow Postman." THREE IMS ROUTED. : '■':''.•'.' ■ ■ rr fi ••-.-• - Big Victory Gained by the Defend . ers at. Buluwayo. - LONDON, April ' 28.— The ' Mashonaland (South Africa) agency ; has received the -fol lowing dispatch from Buluwayo, dated April 27: "Big engagement this morning. Three impls surrounded us. Defeated and routed them with great logs." •' The latest news from Buluwayo brings word : that F. C. *Sel6us and Mr. Dawson are en gaged. in building forts to protect the roads running southward -to • Mafeking. . The : . at tacks which have been made upon Matabeles, while they have resulted In a wholesale slaughter 'of the • natives, •have apparently made no Impression on their - spirit. They have not been dislodged from their positions. - The . Times correspondent : asserts that \ the . Matabele are retiring towards the hills and they declare they have had enough of . fight ing. .Many of their wounded are said to be dying.'?: " * ""»' "-.^ \"~ " .■.-■'- . .-•' ; -%;^\ -V :^ MAYORS TO FIGHT. ' ... .-_. ■■ ■ ... . - The Challenge Grew Out of an Old 1 "; Political 'Quarrel. ."?,.' L". . .. , LEXINGTON, Ky., April Ex-Mayor J. Hull, Davidson tonight. challenged ex-Mayor Henry .T. Duncan « tor « duel. The feud be tween Davidson and Duncan is of long stand ing. . Several years; ago ; Duncan ; defeated Davidson for re-election .. as mayor. Duncan employed an expert bookkeeper, and went all over the accounts flf Davidson's administra tion and claimed that the examination show ed Davidson indebted t,o. the city .--$15,000.. Davidson denied the claim and the fight be tween the two men %nd their friends' has been very bitter ever since. ;'s-' ,"" .' — . WEYLEK^ARREDr . Part of His Palace^ Blown Up by 1. In- ' . ( ■•'■;, :.■---'. -■'■;■ largeati. -■ : -: : ;y -^-•-' HAVANA, April is.'-^kn explosion, due to dynamite or Bome^ath^f high explosive, oc curred |In the j palace 7of the x governor ; general " at 11:30 this'-morhinglwfirie the representatives of newspapers wereHraking in the ante-room. The | detonation was 1 sharp, and j parts *of the palace ! fell • in. :' The : explosion' ; occurred in i a closet ■ situated ; In a basement under ' the city -hall, which part of -the building is converted into a heap. of rubbish. The walls were : torn, ~reat I stones" 1 falling," and I a printer belonging ? to the captain general's office was wounded. r ; It was first. believed that the steam boiler had exploded; . but when It was ' found to be . intact it was 'Suspected that * the 'destruction was used ;. by ? dynamite. .: The real \ cause of ~ the disaster .is • not . known. .- The ? greatest ' excite- • ment prevails here : as a result* of ; the explo sion, which, naturally, is attributed to the insurgents or their; friend** :' \ " „'-' .- ? ; . ;- WHITES PUT PEACE PROMISED AT THE ILLINOIS ; STATE REPUBLICAN CONVEN TION TODAY. THE TRUCE IS VERY TENDER, BUT LITTLE WILL BE NEEDED TO TEAR IT INTO SMALL ."! ; PIECES. A BITTER FIGHT IS IN PROSPECT. That Seems to Be the Real Truth of the Political Situation at Spring . field. ' SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 28.— As the time for calling the Illinois state Republican con vention approaches, the prospects are for a less bitter fight than was anticipated. The Cook ' county machine and the McKinley backers had a' truce conference this evening, and an agreement - was reached. But- it is highly probable that there will bo a - lively contest between the two factions before the close of the convention, . in spite of the truce. The conference was held to decide up on the advisability of - instructing the dele gates at large. All along the McKinley men have declared this matter should be acted upon as soon as a permanent organization should be effected. ? Cullom, Tanner and the Cook county people have opposed this. An agreement was reached this evening in less than an hour. It was that the resolutions in structing the national delegates "at large should not be presented until after all the state officers, exception the trustees of the state university, shall have been nominated, and this resolution shall be discussed not to exceed one . hour. Beyond this there seems to be a difference of opinion. The McKinley men claim that Dr. Jamieson, state chairman and leader of the antl-McKlnley forces, agreed -that this resolution should. not be re i ferred to a committee on resolutions. Dr. j Jamieson denies that he so agreed. ' If the McKinley delegates . insist at the con vention tomorrow that the resolution be not referred to the committee on resolutions, a 1 fight may result. Every one is primed and prepared for a fight- Already from 10,000 to 12,000 visitors are in the city, and every one ' of them has taken sides either for McKinley or for Cullom. Some of the* delegates who have been instructed by their counties to sup port McKinley say that when the instructions were given, it was the understanding that there was to be no Illinois candidate. Now that Cullom has come here as an avowed candidate they believe, they say, " that it is their, duty to do all in their power for him. But there are many more instructed for Mc- Kinley, who will abide by their instructions and fight for him to the end. . Should a fight be precipitated. on the resolution question the truce or agreement of today may be declared off, and the j whole * programme be j changed.' Nothing is certain, for there are such shrewd politicians on both sides, and each side will do everything in its power to carry its point AS YOU LIKE IT. . Four Republican Presidential Esti -•....' " mates Given Out. WASHINGTON, April 28.— Four estimates of the strength of the various presidential candi dates were j given ' the j public today. One of these Is by Reed's manager, Col. Manley; another by Gen. Grosvenor, representing Gov. McKinley; one by . the New, York Tribune, which i prints the names and " supposed choice or Instructions of all delegates, and the fourth by the Philadelphia Press. U j Gen. Grosvenor 's statement deals with nobody but McKinley, and declines to make any esti mate of anybody else's strength. Col. Manley makes figures on Reed and McKinley, and the two newspaper estimates give figures on all the candidates. The various estimates are as ; follows - Delegates ' Chosen— Manley'B figures, 711; Grosvenor, 709; New York Tribune, 706; Phila delphia Press, 702. -- ? Delegates for Reed— Manley's figures, 161; Grosvenor, no estimate; New York Tribune, 99; Philadeplhia Press, 96. * McKinley Delegates— Manley's figures, 250; Grosvenor, 444; s New York Tribune, 376; Phlladelhpia Press, 352. Doubtful and Contested— Manley's figures, 83; Grosvenor, no estimate; New York Trib une, 46; Philadelphia Press, 65. ALL SPLIT UP. Alabama Republicans Did Not Try to Get Together. MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 28.-The Re publicans of Alabama held two state con ventions today. One, the McKinley con vention, adopted a ringing sound money, pro tection platform, and determined to put a straight out and out Republican ticket in the field, headed by Gen. G. W. Burke, of Calhoun. The other, composed of all the antl- McKlnley factions, adopted a platform declar ing that all other issues in Alabama were subservient to one— fair elections— and there fore all Issues excepting these were avoided in the platform. A resolution was adopted by the antl-McKlnley forces that the Repub licans fuse in the state elections with the Populists, allowing the latter to name the nominee for governor and dividing the bal ance of the state ticket ' The intention un til this morning had been for the Republican conventions to be held at the state capitol, but the intimations of trouble influenced Gov. Oates, and he declined the use of the hall. DEMOCRATS AT DETROIT. They Will Adopt a Silver Platform. Today. 'DETROIT, April Detroit Is swarming tonight with prominent ! Democratic politi cians discussing -the issues of tomorrow's convention. "ifThe most radical free silver men 1 are tonight claiming, a majority of two to one In the convention, and many gold men are ! inclined to concede the silver people a . small majority. ? Chairman Elliott G. Steven son called the state' central committee to or der at 8 o'clock this evening for the election, of a temporary chairman for the convention. The silver men had up to tonight J. favored Thomas E. Bark worth, of Jackson, for tem porary - chairman, while the administration people proposed Alfred J. Murphy, of Detroit, When the committee met, however, the silver men had decided to make a concession to the gold men, and v Murphy was unanimously elected temporary chairman. MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS. They Will Hold Their State Cjaven tion Today. JACKSON, Miss., April 28. — The Demo cratic I state convention ,to assemble here to morrow promises to be largely attended, many delegations having arrived. The convention will declare for the free and unlimited coin age of silver at 16 to 1 in language that can not :be misunderstood. '■: The eighteen :; dele gates.to? be elected to the national Demo cratic ; convention and . the nine presidential electors will be pronounced free silver men. EX-GOV. PATTISON. . He Will Be Indorsed by the Penn sylvania Democrats. - ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 28.— Demo ' cratic state convention '. will ' be ; held here to morrow.-, Ex-Gov. Pattison will receive .tho unanimous •* and " hearty indorsement ?of his state "■for": the presidency. The I -, platform makers have done .their, work, but nothing will be ; given out | tonight ■ regarding . Its dec larations beyond the fact ' that ,it will con ; tain ? a strong ? gold ; standard " plank. ; William B. Given", of Lancaster county, will :be : the : temporary - chairman. ' - ' . * -: /• -. Nebraska Sound ; Money Men. 2 - y-> | - LINCOLJf. Neb., April 28.— The • Second Ne^. [ brack* ' Democratic convention -to ■ select dsjg -------■:-. ■.■■^i'-'r^i •-'- r^ : w ? '^-^vS. • t«rj gates to .the national convention will r con vene \ here '• tomorrow ; afternoon. This is the "sound money" r element -of the - party. The convention will; adopt a "sound money" plat form and indorse the Cleveland administra tion. The leaders , are confident ; that their delegates will .be ■ recognized ras ' the i repre sentatives ,of Nebraska at the Chicago con vention. . . ... Vermont Republicans'. MONTPELIER, Vt, April ; 28. — Tomorrow the delegates , to the Republican convention will come together to nominate delegates at large and alternates to the national conven tion. To Judge by the aspects of . those dele gates who have already arrived,? the conven tion will be | marked by great enthusiasm. Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, and others are guests of the Republican league, and are to deliver addresses at a mass meeting this evening. . McKinley Has the Call. PHOENIX. Ariz., April 28.-The Arizona territorial Republican convention meets In Phoenix tomorrow. Tonight the McKinley faction has apparently the call on organiza tion, and there is little doubt \ but that the regular convention will indorse the Ohioan. The opposition is for Allison or the field. A strong movement was started today for a non-committal money plank, in the fear that a strong silver plank might jeopardize state hood. ;....■ , -,...... ... :......-.- MERCY IS ASKED. Sentiment at Pretoria Is Against the ■;'..-. "^. *':!-'• Death Sentence. PRETORIA, April 28.-The political atmos phere is sultry and it is felt that immensely important issues depend upon the Immediate action by the president. Monster petitions to the executive asking for commutation and pardon are now being generally signed here. The Boer Jurors have signed a memorial to the government, the contents of which have not transpired. The general . public jis as tounded at tho heavy sentences inflicted upon all of the prisoners. .":??-.. . In an interview tonight President Kruger said he was earnestly { weighing in his mind the day's developments. .. He trusted that Jo hannesburg would calmly await the decision of the . government The written - Judgment, he said, could not be submitted to the execu tive council until Thursday, when the matter would be promptly dealt with. Apparently no one can bring himself to be lieve that the sentences will be carried out but everybody shows the utmost anxiety as the decision of the president, in whose hands the fate of the prisoners now lies. ? The great est sympahy is expressed for those prisoners who took no active part in the movement, but who have still been condemned to suffer equally with the others. No ' distrubances ' have occurred here * since the news was received, as the people have not attempted to interfere with any gathering, all of which have been free from disorder or noise. A meeting at the stock exchange was held this atfernoon to discuss the sentences. Resolutions were carried that the exchange should close for the rest of the day and that a cablegram should be dispatched to the London exchange, asking for : the sympathies of that body or that they should assist in any step which may, be taken to secure commutation of the sentences. It there have been no new developments another meeting will be called tomorrow, when large deputations will be made up to wait on the president with a view to obtain his promise to use his influence in favor of the prisoners. ■? f .". ■■ ''. UNPOPULAR AT PRETONIA. _' Death Sentences Not Received "With •: Favor There. LONDON, April 28.— South Africa com pany j has received a cable dispatch from Jo hannesburg giving further details of the judgment of the high court at Pretoria In the case of the members of the national reform committee. . This dispatch states that In ad dition to the sentence of death passed upon the leaders of the reform 5 committee, sixty two other members have been sentenced to two years' Imprisonment, a fine of £2,000, and three years' subsequent \ banishment.: ' The dispatch adds: "There, is great j excitement, and unless the sentences are speedily com muted trouble is expected.".- ■ '■■ " j All the dally newspapers here devote much space to the outcome of the trials at Pretoria, and all agree that there Is no doubt that the sentences will be commuted, and that there is in fact no other course open to President Kruger. The Chronicle says that it believes the joint value of the property of the men who have been condemned to death will amount to $60,000,000. - . -/ — — — " — ■ REBELS SLAUGHTERED. Five Hundred Leonlsts Killed by the Government Troops. MANAGAUA, Nic, April 28.— The govern ment here is celebrating a great victory over the Insurgents. Having captured Lapaz, Pueblo Luevo, Pital, Momotombo and Canas from the rebels, the government now controls the eastern part of the Leon railroad. Three officials and some men were killed on the government side and twenty officers and 500 men among the rebels were slaughtered. ■ •'■ " ••■• — -»• — - ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS. They Might Easily Be Sunk in a Nic aragua Canal. WASHINGTON, April Lieut. Col. Will iam Ludlow, chairman of the commission, sent to Nicaragua to investigate the canal . plans, was before the house committee on commerce today. Col. Ludlow held that while- the prospect was entirely feasible, the isthmus presented physical conditions which made the work one of the most formidable ever undertaken. One thousands millions might be sunk, he said, without result. If proper and sufficient plans were not perfected before the work was begun. So far as could be forseen from seven to ten years would be required for the completion of the canal, but no man could foretell all the difficulties which might arise. EXCURSION DITCHED. Fourteen Persons Were More or Less r -vV~-\ " Injured, -I .??.>; CEDAR RAPIDS, j 10., 7 April 28.— Passenger train , No. 2 on Illinois; Central, having sev eral extra coaches'. conveying visitors to the state G. A. R. encampment at Cedar Rapids, . was ditched by a washout half a mile east of Raymond. The ? storm - causing the acci dent was the heaviest in years. The train was running at a high rate of speed when the accident /occurred.' Several cars • were tel escoped and badly smashed. Fourteen per sons j were Injured more or less severely, the one suffering most seriously being Charles Baldwin, an engineer of the road, but a pas senger on the train. The passengers are ! unable to tell by what fortunate clrcum-. stances a great disaster was averted. The i injured persons were taken to Waterloo - for medical treatment. .'"'-• .\.* ; 'V GRAIN CONGRESS. It Will Convene Today at Charles- .-'■ •",:' v; ":" r^-'"''ton;;sr:c.-'.. CHARLESTON, S.C. April 28.— Delegations from all the principal cities of the South and West arrived today to participate in the grain congress ■ which ; will . convene tomorrow. The convention, opens tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and j after, a temporary, organization is effected, the visitors will be taken on an excur sion* around- the ; harbor and • to '-, Fort ' Sumter, ■ and at night a grand banquet will be served. STREET RAILWAY TRUST. :, PITTSBURG, April 28.— A scheme is on foot for the combination of all ; the | street : railway : companies ■in Allegheny county, which, when effected, will have a capitalization Jof nearly. $50,000,000. ..« The syndicate now working on this : matter is ; made up of New i York capital ists,' i headed by Brown Brothers, and it Is ex pected the deal will be closed within a month. LIKE TO ST. PAUL. -' WAVERLY, 10., April 28.— The Cedar Falls & Minnesota , railroad ? was advertised for sale ,' today.' to" satisfy, a Judgment of I $129,300, the date" of = sale .being fixed for June 14. The road has been v operated under /*: lease by the Illnois Central, /.who will ; acquire ownership of Lit by? this ; proceedings an preliminary to securing a - through . line te. at j Paul, -. '-_■• .".-- "£/ J ?-.^ < "''^ ri^^'^^^> P ''■ - WOIiGOTTGOjMESOOT HE FAVORS FREE SILVER, BUT HJfc IS . NOT A POPU LIST. WORSE THAN MONOMETALLISM J POPULISM HE CALLS THE. HOfJV ; SERIOUS PERIL OF THE ; COUNTRY. EXPECTS TO STAY BY HIS PARTY. \ Th© Colorado Senator Pats :at Real All Doubt as to His Present Position. WASHINGTON, April 28.— Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, has written a letter defining his position in regard to the St. Louis convention. It is radi cally different from the position of his c colleague, Senator Teller, as Sena tor Wolcott Indicates his . intention of remaining with the Republican party- 1 whatever action it may take on the currency question. His letter is as follows: "During the past few weeks, I have received many letters from Colorado friends on the subject of the coming Republican national convention, many of them asking me if I desired to go as delegate. To avoid any possible , misconception, I write this letter. I prefer not to go to St. Louis as a dele gate, and have carefully avoided the , slightest indication to anybody of a wish to be present in that capacity. I ' have, however, an opinion on the sub ject of our representation at the con vention which it seems proper that I should express. When the Republican state convention meets in Colorado, May. 14. it may decline to be repre sented at St. Louis, or it may select delegates. If the latter, the duty of the delegation in my opinion will be to attend the convention, make the best fight possible for bimetallism, and after having Insisted by every proper method upon the duty of the convention- to declare in favor of the restoration of silver as a measure of value' equally with gold, to accept the will of the majority of the convention. -■■..•■-•- "There is no sacrifice I would not make to secure the remonetlzation of silver, because, in my opinion, pros perity will never return to us until bimetallism at the former ratio is re-established, and! because the ap preciating value of gold and the shrinkage of values which necessarily follows this appreciation, must bring only disaster and poverty and suffer ing to all the people of this country • who are not lenders of money. To P secure ; the unlimited coinage of silver, I would count party ties as nothing. , At this moment, however, the situation which confronts us is this: Both of the two great parties are apparently . opposed to free coinage by the United States. . The Populist party favors* free coinage but only as a means to . secure more currency and as a step ping stone to unlimited paper money and it unites with its free . coinage,, advocacy, socialistic and , paternalistic doctrines which are dangerous in ten-, dency and which would be,- if adopted, . destructive to free institutions;- I"' know of no fourth party as yet entitled to our confidence and support, although the wisdom of leaders whose character *, and ability "we trust, . may, find some common ground upon -which bimetal lists untainted with populism may stand. "Under these circumstances and con ditions, therefore, I desire to be count ed as a Republican, proud of the tra ditions of my party. If either [ one of i the two great parties shall declare In favor of the unlimited coinage of sil ver at our mints, existing political con ditions in Colorado will undergo a - sweeping change, and in this letter I ' speak . only of the situation as it is today. There is, In . my opinion, one event which might involve our coun- '■ try in worse disaster than gold mono metallism, and only one, and that would be the triumph of Populism. Colorado suffered under the degrada- ; tion and blight of Populist rule for two .-< years. I believe it the duty of every good citizen to stand up and fight in ■'' the open against a repetition of that .. ruinous experiment "One thing further: Our representa tion is small at best. To have the 'slightest weight, it should.if any dele- jl gation Is sent, be ? practically unani mous in sentiment and expression. The , occasion Is not one where personal am bitions or desire for patronage should influence selection. It has seemed to me fitting and proper that' the mem bers of that party whose commission .;• I hold should know before | the meet ing of the state convention my views as to our duty In respect to the na tional convention at St. Louis. This is no time for differences among our own people. I have faith ? and confi- . , dence that the way will be 'made clear. - for good citizens in Colorado to cast their ballots this fall without sacri- J] ficing their honor or their convic* tlons." . > ;?*.:,?. V';:;. . . ' ♦ INSURGENTS WEAKENING. ' Madrid Dispatch Says They Are Anx ions 'to Surrender. "-". MADRID, April 28.— A -dispatch from Ha vana says: Reports received from the in surgent camps show, that the leaders find It - necessary to exercise extreme rigor to pre- , . vent their followers from surrendering in compliance with Capt. Gen. Weyler's . procla- ' | mation promising pardon. The insurgents at Mayari, In Pinar del Rio, made an attempt > to surrender to the authorities, and in conse- .^ quence thirty of them were hanged by order of the leaders. The surrender of the insur gent leaders with 1,200 followers is expected in Pinar del Rio. The insurgent leaders will aid Maceo to escape. ?:,.:%?v?;.V-.~^ ««■*■ . RUSSIA READY."' : ' ________ . Trying to Outgeneral England at •' Herat. ./. " : , LONDON, April 29.— A St Petersburg dis patch to the Times says: "Russia is prepar ing to be able to strike Herat (Afghanistan) ..' before it could be reached by a British force -. from the other ; side. ;. A. railway will .be built - as quickly ' as • possible from ? Me'rV,-' In Turkis tan, to Kushk,: and all the . nessary mate- - rial - will be • provided at . Kushk '..'. to rapidly build the DecauviHe'llne, 300 versts fur* ther on, to Herat ' *'_ ?-? : ; : -' : ? - : . \"\ — » ' . z~. — .'.'.• CANJT FIND KAHN. /"•'. Many Si. Louis People Would Like t«* '■'':."' '^- .?. : See;Him;^'?'-''";:*?-- '■■■■' ST. ■ LOUIS, April 28.— The many clients -of Charles Kuhn, . the missing real : estate agent, * ' ; who, it Is asserted, left the city after having embezzled thousands, have been- unable , to find _ clue as to his whereabouts. It is f now believed that in addition ■ to ; , amounts sued for? by victims •of Kuhn, aggregating over " $20,000, there were * additional debts left by him that will : aggregate $100,000 : - at \ least;