Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 274, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 16, 1891 Page: 1 of 8
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That Mrs Polly Newberry Mur-
dered her GrandChildren
PLACED IN CLEBURNES JAIL
The Accused is SixtyFive Years of Age of an
Old and Honored Family
Jbe Three Little Innocents Placed In One
ltoih Coffin anil Laid to Kent
Kriilcnce Asalnst the Wo-
man Verj Strong
Tlio Little Ones Ilnrled
Ep a to the Gazette
JoMir JonvsoN Counts Tex July 15
M PoLiv Newberry was arrested today
charged with the murder of her three
rrandchildrcn
A tated in yesterdays Gazette further
developments were expected in the triple
Hurler wHch occurred Monday night
T < 1a the authorities continued the inves
tiiratiou and facts were developed which
bare leave a doubt as to her guilt The
iiMrii < > n her own throat that she claims
w > made itli a knife are believed to
hare been made with a pin as none of them
wett trough the skin and were all of even
Oeiitl
Tiidiy the officers called for the clothing
wLik h ne wore from the scene of the mur
cer 2 Ir Barnards house The garments
ere produced and found to be saturated
it olrpid The entire ground was pone
oier asain and every circumstance care-
ful weighed Everything goes to show
tliai < is the guilty one and upon this she
j arrested iu d taken to the county jail to
iwail the action of the court
THE THltJE CHILDREN
wne placed in one huge box and interred
i adito cemetery about 4 oclock this
aftoniuon A largo concourse of people fol-
ic e < l the litle innocents to their last rest-
ing place The sons and brothers of the
ai isiHi woman who arc all highlyre
f pe il citizens have the deepest sympathy
of he entire country
were wrong in yesterdays special in
piving the verdict of the official investiga-
tion TMr verdict has not yet been given
to lie public but from the official action its
ipurt s known
Uranclmother In Jail
Special to the Oa7ette
Clibikne Jounsok County Tex July
This morning u warrant was issued for
me arrest of Mrs Polly Newberry charged
with th murder of the throe children that
mere murdered Monday night three miles
nest of Joshua She is the grandmother of
tie dead children and is said to be sixty
fin years of age A carriage was driven to
he home and she was brought to ClebUnie
this aftftrnoon and put in jail The dead
el Udren were buried in the Caddo ceme
ter this af ernoon
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE
Engineer Wheelers Adventure With an In
nane Fireman IIhiuI to Hand
Struggle
FpttaUo tao Gazette
h i u Kan July 15 Engineer Charles
Wintier lmd an exciting expedience a few
lights ago and one which almost ended in
a tragej v which would have been frightful
Tho tram had left Chanule when he noticed
his fireman acting strangely The mau Ed
W Is iitild mutter to himself and grasp
a ttio air going through such motions as
would indicate an unbalanced niiud Wills
paid no attention to the boiler and at last
Wheeier told him to coal up The fireman
jnane no response but continued his strange
artlons Wheeler spoke sharply to him
lut still the man made no sign The engi
tiii w he would have to do the firemans
uui1 and he gotdown ititeudiug to put in
enouirh ioal to run to the next station Ho
stalled to throw in the coal when he
plaiiied back and saw Wills with a coupling
pin si in the act of striking him on the
In ad Wheeler dropped to the lloor of the
abjust in time to evade the blow and
ifraspmg lllis by the feet threw him on
his back on the running board
A terrible handtohand struggle then en-
sued during which Wills frequently said
Ill irii you Ill burn you Wheeler
b > a luck blow was able to knock the
itj > man senseless und stopped his engine
annulled the conductor Wills recovered
cunsrinuauess and was a raving inauiac
Hi fought and struggled so hard that it
tuuk te combined strength of four men to
tie linn so that he would bo harmless
Wheeler was severely cut and bruised
aoout the head and face but was well
en igii to take the train on Wills was
brcujht here and continued to grow steadily
worse until he died in the wildest delirium
The n attack puzzles all for the young
Man had never before shown any signs of
being of an unsound mind
DRIVEN OUT TO SEA
Trrible Sutlering of Two Small California
ltny < One Iie > After Beln Rescued
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i ul1 liNT City Cai July 15 The
vating birk Kan Quentin brought into
tts 1 a skiff which it had found drift
ii r i sea In it were found two boys one
o wnosi icd within an hour of the trading
il la boat and the other recovering to
f h an ex lent that it is believed that he
1 liily regain his health The survivor-
s a pitiful story of privation and suffer
li r wliKh was caused primarily by diso
deuie and soiondarily by accident
Fnui days ago Thomas Bell and Harry
Bio aged respectively fourteen and
t e ii slipped away from home intending
to mt i boat ride in the bay They had
h i loibidden to go on the water but
cht the opportunity a good one and
too i After being on the water for
a h > they lost an oar and the tide run
bil cut being aided by a strong breeze off
sie they were driven out to sea Dark
te ame on and they were helpless
Whe morning came they were out of
Si ht of laud and could only sit in the sun
2 ufler Hunger and thirst began to
tssu them and before the lirst day was
oiir tie jounper boy wa delirious und
creu continuously That night passed In
sleep or stupor and the second day young
Bi was so weak that he could not sit
ud Bell was but little better ofT Twice
Qui ng this day a sail appeared in sight but
tins boat wus evidently too small to be seen
from the passing vessels The third day
wo passed unconsciously as both boys
in rnbed to hunger and thirst The look
ou e the San Quentin spied the drifting
sluff und as the sea was calm a boat was
sent to pick it up when the boys were
round ing in the bottom They were taken
° u board the bark and efforts made to re
sjsritate them These efforts were suc-
cessful in the case of Bell but Brotts died
STOLE A MULE
BheriffSisk of larker Take From Cle
burne the Man Who Did It
Special to the Gazette
v ElTHEltrOKD Paeker Couxtt Tex
Jiy 15 Today Sheriff Sisk returned
from Cleburne with S rd Elliott whom ho
arretted there yesterday chargedwith the
theft of a mule in Palo Pinto county It is
alleged that he took the mule there he
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HARDLY A DOUBT
brought it to this city where he traded it
for a horse When arrested Elliott was
trying to swap the horse He admitted to
Sheriff Sisk that the mule was stolen prop-
erty and that he committed the theft
Late yesterday evening while Tom
Vaughn was at work on Mi V R Tur-
ners livery stable the scaffold gave way
and ho fell to the ground with the scaffold
on him He was right badly hurt though
not fatally
Cuney Sustained
Speciml to the Gazette
New York July15 The board ofUnitcd
States general appraisers today handed
down a decision upholding the action of the
collector at Galveston in assessing a duty
on Japanese figures pictures and art cul-
ture imported by Walter S Davis for his
museum in Galveston Mr Davis claimed
that they were entitled to free entry as
works of art The board held that the
museum in question did not come within
the meaning of the law
CONVICT LABOR
The Penitentiary Board Meet
and Receive Applications
ACCEPTED AND REJECTED BIDS
The Fort Worth and Utica Trust Company
Chartered Capital 8250000
Rails of Apportionment of the Available
School Fund Fixed Comptrollers
Estimate Gone for a Trip
to New Birmingham
The renitentlary Hoard
Special to the Gazette
Austin Tex July 15 The penitentiary
board met at 10 oclock and immediately
went into executive session At 12 oclock
the doors were opened The first question
considered was a proposition from the citi-
zens of Kusk and Palestine for the con-
struction of a standardgauge railroad from
Rusk or New Birmingham to Palestine
Mr E C Dickinson presented the feature
of building with convict labor to be
paid for on terms to be agreed upon
in freights when the road is completed the
rates to be fixed by the commission the
road to be completed in one year or in
operation within six months from the time
it is graded and ready for ties and iron
Mr Lloyd had a line from Fort Worth
via Palestine and Rusk to Alexandria La
drawn upon a Galveston News railroad
map Mr Dickinson would accept this line
Mayor Wright of Palestine was ready to
be heard for that city on the united pro
proposition
The board postponed further hearing till
3 p m
The first bid for convicts was from Laing
iSmooU jetty contractors Galveston 1
To pay S1G a month the state to furnish
guards the contractors to furnish quarters
and feed 2 To pay f250 per month the
sate paying for guards feed and clothing
The number of convicts wanted 150 to
work in rock quarries
Ed H Cunningham bid 21 on tho fore-
going basis for 21Q convicts for sugarfarm
labor
Edwin Wilson bid 1550 and S20 He
wanted fifty for farm labor
XI J White bid the same for fifty for
farm work
W S Watts bid the same for fifty
R S Willis bid 10 and 1850 for sixty
T W House wanted sixty at 10 for cot-
ton and J2t for sugar
Ball Hutchins Co offered 10 and 21
for 150 for cotton and sugar
L A Ellis offered the same for 150 for
cotton and sugar
Mrs A M Lewis woild take sixtyfive
at S1150 and i0 for farm work
The bids were to be considered at 4 D in
Tho bids and railroad proposition call for
1300 convicts and the rate is a slight ad-
vance
At 3 oclock tho board took up the rail-
road proposition Mr Wboldridgc
stated it was the disposition
of the board to encourage the
enterprise but an investigation of the peni-
tentiary finances had impressed the board
that it is impossible at present to await
other propositions unless the contractors
engage to pay for maintaining the convicts
The board would be satisfied to wait for the
pay for labor to come in freights but was
not prepared to pay out any large sum for
tho privilege of waiting
Messrs Floyd and Dickinson thought it
impossible to accept the boards terms A
general discussiou took place and there ap-
pearing no probability of an agreement
the matter was postponed for further con-
sideration at a meeting to be called by the
board
Mr Wooldridge said the board was tin
willing to commit itself however much in-
clined to make the lease asked for at pres-
ent It will be better for all parties to wait
for the crop developments and financial im
improvement
The question of leasing convicts for farm
purposes was taken up Mr Wooldridge
read a clause of tho board on cotton plant-
ers bids the following being accepted A
D Wilson R J White and Mrs Ada
Lewis All others were rejected but the board
announced an ultimatum of 17 for all sugar
farming 16 for sugar and cotton and 1550
for cotton and no sugar
CoL Cunningham accepted as all sugar
rates and all followed suit and got their
quota of convicts except Ball Hutchins
Co T W House and Laing Smoot whose
bids were held up for further considera-
tion
In tho United States Court
The case of tho United States vs G H
Phelps from LaGrange for robbing the
mails will be called tomorrow and it is
understoodhe will plead guilty
The sentence of Deacon J W Howard
colered classleader and Sundayschool
sepcrintendent who plead guilty of sending
obsceno literaturo through the mails is
again deferred till tomorrow
Xort Worth andTJtica Trust Company
Chartered Lake navigation company
Dam Lake Travis county capital 50000
Atlanta lumber mills company Cass
county capital 100000
Fort Worth and Utica trust company
Fort Worth capital 250000
The New Birmingham iron and improve-
ment company of Texas The capital stock
of this company is 3000000
Board of Education
Tho board of education fixed the basis of
apportionment of the available school fund
for the ensuing year at 450 per capita tho
comptrollers estimate of available fund be-
ing 2630909 for the year It is estimated
the schools will get nearly 700000 addition
from local district taxes city school taxes
and interest on county school funds raising
the per capita to C
The grand jury reported fifteen indict-
ments covering four classes of crime
sending obscene matter through the mails
buying lottery tickets robbing the postoflico
and illicit wholesale and retail liquor traffic
At noon the court adjourned till morning
On s Little Jaunt
The governor comptroller secretary of
state and probably others leave tonight for
a grand demonstration at New Birming-
ham It is understood Governor Hogg
speaks at the festivaL Treasurer Wortham
is so busy receiving remittances to pay in-
terest on school land purchased that he
cannot go as these payments have to be
mado before August 1 From 200 to 800
remittances are coming In daily
ABSENTEEISM
j
A Rotten State of Affairs in the
Treasury Department
THE ABUSES OF SICK LEAVES
HighPriced Clerks Hire Substitutes for a
Small Part of Their Salaries
One Chief of a Division lias Been so Lit-
tle at Ills Post or Duty That Ho
Does Not Know the Clerks
in Ills Office
Foster Strikes a Mares Nest
Special to the Gazette
WAsniKGTOX July 15 The secretary of
the treasury is just at present examining the
leave of absence list of the treasurv depart-
ment His investigation is bringing forth
some rather startling facts in regard to the
system Each clerk in the department is
allowed thirty days leave of absence every
year and in addition to this the govern-
ment is very lenient in the matter of sick
leaves By custom an arrangement can
be made by which an employe can obtain
from the chief clerk of his division an ex-
tension of his sick leave by providing a
competent substitute In his examination
of the extending list Secretary Foster
learned that some of his highpriced offi-
cials have been absent month after month
attending to their private business and had
substitutes doing their work for them at
half pay Indeed it is stated that one chief
pf a division who holds a most lucrative
position has during three years been at his
post so little that he does not know the
clerks in his office During all this time
the chief has paid somo substitute a portion
of his salary though it goes without saying
of course that some other unhappy clerk
has been compelled to do all the responsible
work for which the absent chief of the
division was drawing his full pay A num-
ber of similar cases have been discovered
though none so outrageous as this
Secretary Foster has accordingly issued
an order to all absentees to report to him at
once the nature of their illness and their
present place of abode attested by the
proper medical certificate and it is likely
therefore that by tho next payday tho
present sickleave list will be much cur-
tailed and some chiefs will have an oppor-
tunity of doing the work for which they are
drawing salaries
SENATOR CALL Of FLORIDA
and his son are visiting thn departments on
business He seems as serene as possible
over the matter of hb election He says he
does not fear for the future and that he
will get his seat in the next congress even
if the governor does refuse to sign his cer-
tificate He says tho opposition does not
amount to much and can not weigh against
him when the questicra of the validity of his
election by the Florida legislature comes
up Senator Call says he can not or rather
does not care to make a prediction as to the
next Democratic nominee for president
Florida ho says has no preference just at
present
IN A TANGLE
Work Nearly Stopped on
Dallas Courthouse
the
ALMOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Tho Mutual Life Insurance Company Gath-
ers Its Texas Agents for Instruc-
tion In Scientific Points Chat-
tel Mort cages
A CHATTEL MORTOAOE
Special to the Gazette
Dallas Tex July 15 McDonough
Brady retail liquor dealers at the corner of
Main and Field streots yesterday filed a
chattel mortgage conveying their stock and
fixtures in trust to Daniel T McDonough
for the benefit of the following creditors
Thomason Edmonson 350 Hopkins
Hooper S759S1 Frank L Irving 74483
Exchange national bank 5000 L Reichcn
stein 343 North Texas national bank
14750 Electric fan company 170 W A
Huffman 1790 Charles Wyler 13 Frank
DeStafano 2325 John Paul 10 Boykin
Co 120 D T McDonough S350 The
trustee is directed to dispose of so much of
the property in the usual course of trade
as may be necessary to meet the obligations
ahove itemized
JAIL IMrrOVEMEXTS
The county commissioners hare decided
to make improvements on the jail not to
exceed 25000 in price The courthouse
contractor has almost suspended work
on the new building claiming that
he has received no cash on his
estimates since last May and
that he needs money He also claims that
the architect has not furnished him work-
ing specifications is also a reason why work
is at a standstill The commissioners have
the whole thing under advisement and
something rich is looked for as the public
have known for some time that all was not
working smoothly
NOT OU1LTT
The trial of Lewis Patterson charged
with perjury was concludedgthis morning
and the jury brought in a verdict of not
guilty
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
John Fox the young man who last night
fell out of the third story of a building on
Elm street striking the sidewalk with great
force is apparantly all right today with no
bones broken He is taking his meals and
will probably be out tomorrow The won-
der is how he escaped with his life
XEGRO EXCURSIONISTS
About eight hundred negro excursionists
arrived this morning via the Santa Fe from
Houston and Galveston They had a warm
reception tendered them by their Dallas
brethren
LIFE INSURANCE INSTRUCTION
The second days session of the conven-
tion of agents of theMutual life insurance
company was held in Dallas today and the
third and last day will be tomorrow This
is a unique assembly in that it is a system
of instruction to its agents pursued alone
by the Mutual life among the many life
companies of this country and the object
of such a gathering is for the purpose of its
agents receiving periodically such a drill in
the scientific side of lifo insurance that the
public may reap the benefit of reliable and
exact information on this growing subject
and that the plans and numerous improve-
ments introduced by the progressive Mutual
life may be thoroughly understood by the
public whence its membership is drawn
Professor William P Stewart special
actuary anS instructor of agents of the
Mutual life arrived in Dallas this week for
the purpose of presiding over this body of
agents He comes direct from the home
office and being as he is the originator of
very many of the m odern ideas of invest-
ment life insurance as practiced by the
leading American companies and as an
authority in financial circles in the East is
peculiarly adapted by his wide experience
and great learning to thus impart to these
gentlemen who meet him the intricacies of
his profession which in turn they will con-
vey to the public in their fields of work
fjpon invitation of Messrs Dyer Bros of
Dallas managers for Texas for the Mutual
life the following gentlemen are present to
meet Professor Stewart Edwin Chamber-
lain San Antonio Arthur Upper Hous-
ton LMJtoXmrnam Balls j L G Read
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FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 16 1891
Dallas John TBonner Tyler JYRob
erts Corsicana W B Elliott Fort Worth
R P Lyon Dallas H W Che3ney Mpunt
Pleasant Charles T Hill Terrell Dr J S
Letcher medical referee Dallas G J
Penn Waxahachie S Harrison Hunt
county T W Gaines Clarksville D L
Orr Anson T D Bloys Honey Grove
W G Suggs Milford Cy Ji John-
son Dallas W M Weddmgton
Henrietta A M Sears Vernon
C A Kirksey Waxahachie Malcolm
Henry McKinney J B Abernathy Bon
ham George Barnard Dallas George J
McCarthy Austin C M Scogin Albany
J Ml McKinstry Dcnison J W Harris
Fort Worth J J Hayslip Belton A J
Rozar Fort Worth N F Fouts Gates
ville C E Swink Abilene S A Thomp-
son Palestine L Kells Dallas W A
Harris Fort Worth A Friedenthal Dal-
las W D Slaton Henrietta B FDyer
D A Dyer D J Evans and John Barnard
Dallas
The convention is being held in Knights
of Pythias hall on Elm street The room
is filled with tables and around these are
gathered this representative body of active
intelligent Texans and to these agents
Professor Stewart propounds problems and
gathers solutions and tho scene is not un-
like what might be considered very similar
to a civil service examination That such
work enables the agents of tho Mutual
life to go forth peculiarly fitted for tho
furtherance of this grand and growing sub-
ject scarcely needs to bo said
Tho social side of matters is not neg-
lected and the appearance of the entire
body at a theater party at Oak Cliff last
night attracted no little attention from tho
public Tomorrow night the sessions end
with a banquet to be given at the Oak Cliff
hotel in honor of Professor Stewart and the
visiting gentlemen Messrs Dyer Bros
the Texas managers have surrounded
themselves with a splendid corps of capable
gentlemen who as agents of the great
Mutual life are understood to enjoy tho full
confidence of Jheir several communities
and in their successful conduct of their pro-
fession these agents are known to main
tainthe high prestige of their company tho
business of which in Texas so well merits
this recognition from the home office
Hon Prior Hayes who ran for floater in
Collin and Denton counties on the Labor
ticket last fall but who was defeated by a
small majority was in the city today He
is a man past the meridian of life gray
bearded rough in exterior with lots of hay-
seed in his hair and is an old Knight of
Labor and says that up in Collincounty
they are more than anxious to know when
W R Lambof Bowie is going to issue his
call for the Peoples party convention
which convenes in Dallas during the middle
of August next
He also says that the Farmers Alliance
and Knights of Labor are desirous of organ-
izing local county and district branches of
the State Federation of Labor Tho
Farmers Alliance of Collin says Mr
Hayes is subtreasury to the core The
north end of Collin is pretty much all Peo-
ples party and I believe that in spite of
the Collin county Democracy we will carry
the county in lSil2 says Mr Hayes Mr
Hayes avers that the crowd numbered fully
10000 people which listened to the Brown
Tracy discussion of the subtreasury on the
4th inst
At the Alliance camp meeting which be-
gins Tuesday July 21 two miles west of
McKinney Streeter of Illinois will grace
the opening ceremonies with his presence
and a speech at least so says the Hon
Prior Hayes Hon Congressmanelect
Bailey and the redoubtablo Harry Tracy
will lock horns over the subtreasury the
following Thursday July 23 All labor or-
ganizations says Mr Hayes are cordially
invited to attend
Mr Hayes opinion of those who recently
participated in the Fort Worth powwow
is not a very flattering one Mr Hayes
will return to McKinney this morning
MLENNAN VS BOSQUE
Officers of the Former County Win n Vic-
tory Over the Latter
Special to the Gazette
Waco Trx July ID McLennan county
officers have won a victory over Bosque
county officers Some time ago a warrant
was sent to tho sheriff of Bosque county for
the arrest of J L Scott charged with the
fraudulent conversion of a horse The
sheriff of Bosque refused to execute the
writ and was fined by Justice Gallagher of
Waco for contempt He carried his
case to the district court of Bosque
county on habeas corpus of
Scott and Judge Hall remanded
Scott to the custody of Waco officers Sev-
eral McLennan county officers Judge Gal
laherjand Deputy Sheriff Whaley among
the number were present and upon Judge
Halls decision Deputy Sheriff Wha
ley promptly arrested Scott and
brought him to Waco where ho gave boud
tonight for appearance before the grand
jury Scott is a lawyer and had been re-
tained as counsel for one Brandon Mimms
then in jail Mimms alleges that Scott sold
the house and converted the proccods to his
own use
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
President Diaz is sick with influenza
The tenth national temperance conven-
tion is in session at Saratoga N Y
The Mississippi Democratic state con-
vention is in session at Jackson Miss
The national convention of railway postal
clerks of the United States met in Cincin-
nati yesterday
The glass blowers in convention at St
Louis yesterday withdrew from the
Knights of Labor
Robert Williams convicted of the murder
of Albert Hays last November was hanged
at Pine Bluff Ark yesterday
The preliminary trial of Allee and Lyons
was concluded at Pearsall yesterday They
were refused bail and were taken to San
Antonio for safekeeping
The coroners jury investigating the
cause of the Aspen Col railroad accident
finds it was due to the criminal carelessness
of the conductor and brakeman
At Battle Creek Neb yesterday the
doors of the Farmers and Drovers bank
wero closed No statement of liabilities
and assets has been mdee The bank has a
capital of 25000
An attempt to operate the coal mines at
Briceville in Anderson county Tenn with
convict labor has led tc serious trouble
The convicts were driven out The gover-
nor has been asked to send the militia to
protect the convicts
M
WANT CLOSER RELATIONS
Missouri and Kansas Farmers Alliance
and Labor Organizations
Kansas Citt Mo July 15 This was
the day set for the interstate convention
of delegates from the Missouri and Kansas
Farmers Alliances and different labor or-
ganizations tluMibject being to arrange for
closer relations between the two classes
There were only about fifteenfarmers pres-
ent many letters of regret havins been re-
ceived from delegates saying that they
were too busy with crops to attend Other
delegates were mostly laboring men of this
county The proceedings of the meeting
were secret
Barbecue at Balrd
Special to the Gazette
Baird Callahas Cocntt Tzx July
15 The great barbecue absorbed the press
association for the day Twentyfive
hundred people were assembled Fine
speeches were made by Calhoun and Webb
bear the close the large arbor fell causing
intense excitement A tvw wero silently
but none ierbusly hurt
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JAMES E CAMPBELL
Renominated by the Democracy
of the Buckeye State
THE PLATFORM THEY ADOPTED
Asserts the Equal Right of Silver with Gof3 fo
Free and Unlimited Coinage
Allen TV Thnrnian the Temporary Chair-
man Cheered Wild Enthusiasm Ham-
ilton County Delegates Disgrace
themselves The Ticket
JAMES E CAMPnELL
Iteiiomlnated
Cleveland Ohio July 15 James E
Campbell is renominated by tho Democrats
of Ohio for governor and the anxiety of the
party leaders is now directed to the ab-
sorbing query Will Hamilton county
support the ticket
If the Cincinnati delegates in their mani-
fest actions of relentless opposition and hos-
tility today truly represented the feelings
of their people then the conclusion
is irresistible that a considera-
ble portion of the Democrats of
Hamilton county will not support Gover-
nor Campbell in tho November election
On every possible occasion as well after
as before Campbells nomination
was assured the mere mention of his name
was sufficient to provoke vigorous hisses
from the Cincinnati delegates even when
his nomination was formally announced
and Klines friends in accordance with
the timehonored custom moved to
make the nomination unanimous the Ham-
ilton county friends of Neal persistently
refused to permit the
SEAL OP HARMONT
to be stamped on the record and loadly
voted no as they hissed the name of the
nominee
It is almost a proverb in the political lore
of the Buckeye state that as Hamilton
county goes so goes the state If this be
accepted as an infallible rule the import-
ance of harmonizing tho discordant element
in Hamilton county may well merit the anx-
iety of leaders
The nomination of the Cincinnati man for
tho office of supreme judge it was said
helped to some extent to allay the feeling of
Hamiltons delegates to the candidacj of
Governor Campbell but whether this de-
sired effect will bo realized is altogether
problematical and can only be determined
by time It must bo stated that Governor
Campbells majority managed the conven-
tion with consummate tact Knotty parlia-
mentary questions were quickly and
decisively disposed of by rulings
generally to the advantage of the
dominant faction and rollcalls on
points of order and appeals from the chairs
decisions were averted At the same time
the majority received with all philosophical
resignation of victory the taunts and accu-
sations that were thrown at them and their
candidato by the antiCampbell faction thus
probably averting a calamitous row
which would likely have resulted
had all these gibes been returned in kind
The persistant refusal of Neal Governor
Campbells defeated opponent to appear
before the convention and
TELL HOW HE STANDS
even after tho committee had been ap-
pointed to convey to him a formal invita-
tion has contributed more than anything
else to the feeling of anxiety which
pervades the Democratic ranks this
evening It is generally the ordeal
inflicted upon every defeated candidate
that he must mount the stage and tell how
grateful he is after all that such a good-
man as his opponeut has received the nom-
ination hut Neal persistently refused to
undergo this ordeal and the question is
uow was this refusal actuated by mortifi-
cation and wounded pride or does it mean
that Neal throws down the gauntlet
and will permit his Hamilton county
friends to fight Governor Campbell at tho
polls Upon the answer to this query largely
depends the question of Democratic victory
or defeat in the coming election
Ohio Democracy
Cleveland Ohio July 15 One of the
largest and most inharmonious conventions
ever assembled in the history of Ohio De-
mocracy met in this city at 1030 oclock
this morning The renomination of Gov-
ernor Campbell had been conceded by his
opponents since last evening but their
sturdy determination to reluse after the
formal result should be assured the time
honored courtesy of a unanimous nomina-
tion wrought dismay in the hearts of all
those who declare that in a united and har-
monious Democracy rests the only hope of
victory in the coming campaign
The vast music hall in which the conven-
tion was held was packed before the hour
of meeting Promptly at 1030 oclock
Chairman Norton of the state central com-
mittee called the convention to order and
delivered a brief speech He closed with
an eulogy on Hon Allen G Thurman and
introduced his son
ALLEN W THURMAN
as temporary chairman As Mr Thurman
stepped modestly forward tho vast audience
burst into cheers at the sight of Ohios dis-
tinguished leader He said In his speech
nominating Major McKinley Governor
Foraker said that even the wiles of the
devil seemed unable to kill the Democratic
party which undoubtedly meant that it
will never be destroyed by the Republican
party Evidently the fact must have oc-
curred to him that this grand old Demo-
cratic party has seen the birth growth and
death of every political organization that
has ever arisen in this country
Mr Thurman thanked the central com-
mittee for the honor of being made presid-
ing officer of a convention representing such
a party He congratulated tho state upon
the good work done by the general assem-
bly I believe he said the time is now but
a few weeks off when they will
DOUBLT SEAL THE VICTORT
they won last fall when they will by their
ballots most emphatically condemn the in-
dustrial policy that is a continual barrier to
commercial prosperity when thoy will re-
ject a party which throuththe last con
cress appropriated for the government
expenditures tho tremendous sum of 1000
000000 an expenditure of f 17 for every-
man woman and child in the United States
a sum equal to onethird of the national
debt at the close of the war and also equal
to the whole net debt of the United States
at the present time and a sum which bids
fair before the fiscal year onds to create a
deficit in the troMury n party too which
by Its rootless course has made it impossi
tssn
GAZETTE
ble to pay the government bonds that fall
due in September for should they bo paid
there will not be money enough left
TO PAT THE CURRENT EXPENSES
of the government thirty days longer a
party too which raised the average rate of
duties from 46 to 57 per cent that clothes
tho president of the United States with un-
constitutional power to levy and take off
taxes that right in tho face of the decision
of the supreme court which said that such
taxation was robbery authorized the secre-
tary of the treasury to pay a direct bounty
out of the moneys collected from the people
ostensibly to a few sugar planters in the
South but in reality to the sugar trust a
party that by its pernicious class legisla-
tion drives the American marine from off
of the high seas and pretends that it can be
rehabilitated by direct subsidies to steam-
ship lines
In other words after destroying it by tax-
ation they mean to restore it by greater tax-
ation It is a party whose legislation has
in every way and at all times assisted Eng-
land in her attempt to establish monometall
ism a party that in a short reign of two
years added 2000 names to the list of office-
holders a party that blocked all legislation
for months in an endeavor to enact the in-
famous villainous and partisan force bill a
bill under which they expected by fraud
and intimidation
TO PERPETUATE THEMSELVES IN POWER
Th time is near when the people will ex-
press their belief in complete and not re-
stricted reciprocity when they will no
longer sustain any party which levies and
collects one dollar of the peoples money
above which is required to econom-
ically administer the affairs of
the government when they will
givo due notice that the infant
industries that have been nursed for one
hundred years have arrived at an age when
they must take care of themselves when
they will brand a protective tariff as steal-
ing its advocates as beggars and demand
that we must have a tariff for revenue
only
I most earnestly beseach the fanners
whose interests are identically the same as
my own not to follow this wild
scheme of the government loaning money
upon warehouse certificates or upon lands
the taking possession of the railways and
telegraphs by the government internal im-
provements and other minor issues that
lead not only to greater taxation but to
THE RANKEST KINll OF SOCIALISM
I say to them put this scheme to one side
and stick to the tariff issue until you get
what is due you On this issue the right is
absolutely on our side and a challenge hav-
ing been fairly given by the nomination of
the high chief of protection Maj McKin-
ley let us meet it and make every hill top
and every valley in the whole state ring
with the battlecry industrial freedom for
the many
In conclusion Mr Thurman character-
ized the McKinley tariff law as class legis
tion of the most vicious tendency As an
illustration he instanced tin plate which
for fifteen years had been protected by a
35 per cent duty Last winter a few gen-
tlemen said that if Mr McKinley would
only raise the tax so they could be assured
of making 4000000 a year they would be
perfectly willing
SACRIFICE THEMSELVES
in an attempt to manufacture it Now Mc-
Kinley said Certainly I will what does a
little matter of 5000000 amount to to a
people who own a billiondollar country
He increased the 30 per cent duty to 7G
per cent The iniquitous feature of this in-
creased duty put upon tin plate was that
the new tariff was made to take effect not
upon the passage of the act but six
months after thereby enabling them
to purchase all of this article that could be
produced in England and Wales import to
this country under the old rate hold it un-
til July 1 and then sell it to the American
consumer under the new rate
This though is only one of the many
outrageous things that these tin soldiers
got Maj McKinley to incorporate in his
bill for there is not a line that does not
either express or conceal some ingenuity
No wonder the protected classes wanted it
No wonder they poured out money like
water intimidated the workmen and
STRAINED EVERT NERVE
to carry the McKinley bill last falL In
trenched monopoly will not surrender with-
out making a desperate struggle There-
fore I implore every man in this
convention to work after he leaves
here with his whole soul for our
success Let no personal difference
or feelings of disappointment in any way
deter you but be diligent be active be
alert Organize in every school district and
above all be courageous Let there be no
dodging of the issue This is no time for
faint heart but a time when honest brave
men should be willing to fight with their
whole power for what they know to be
right
ExCongressman Frank Lcblond of Mer-
cer county was made permanent chairman
The report of the committee on rules was
presented and adopted and Chairman Fin
ley of the committee on resolutions then
presented the following majority report of
that committee
THE PLATFORM
We are opposed to all class legislation
and believe in a tariff levied for tiie sole
purpose of producing a revenue sufficient
to defray the legitimate expenses of
the govervment economically administered
wo accept the issue tendered to us by the
Republican party on the subject of the tariff
as represented by the socalled McKinley
tariff act We favor a graded income tax
We denounce the demonetization of
silver in IS73 by the party then in
power as an iniquitons alteration of
the money standard in favor of creditors
and against the debtors tax payers and
producers and we demand the reinstate-
ment of the constitutional standard of both
gold and silver with the equal rights of
each to free and unlimited coinage
We denounce the Republican billiondol
lar congress which by extravagant ex-
penditure exhausted the surplus in tho
national treasury left there by the Demo-
cratic administration and created
a deficit which substituted des-
potic rule for free discussion in
the house of representatives and we con-
gratulate the people on the defeat of the
odious force bill demanded by the Republi-
can president and championed by the Re-
publican party
We are opposed to the enactment of all
laws which unnecessarily interfere with
the habits and customs of any
of our people which are not offen-
sive to the moral sentiment qf the
civilized world and we believe that the
personal rights of the individual should be
curtailed only when it is essential to main-
tain the peace good order and welfare of
the community
The persecution of the Jewish people by
the Russian government justly deserves
and receives our unqualified censure We
extend to them our sincere sympathies and
believe that this government in connection
with the enlightened governments of Eu-
rope disposed to unite with us should take
proper steps to alleviate the wrongs thus
inflicted on this long suffering and op-
pressed people
The first contest in the convention arose
over the adoption of the committee report
on credentials Delegates from the Twenty
fifth ward of Cincinnati and the Hamilton
county delegation were the subject of the
wrangle The Hamilton county delegation
generally pulled against the report of the
committee and supported the minority
reDort Nobody but the Hamilton
county delegates appeared to fully under-
stand the points in dispute andD J Cogan
secretary of the convention made an ex-
planation amid many interruptions from
Hamilton county delegates and was replied
to by Judge Ermstonof Cincinnati Both
factions used
usedMANX
MANX HARSH WORDS
and the chairman finally called upon the
sergeantatarms to maintain order by sup-
pressing any recalcitrant delegates
Mr Chairman said James F Neal of
Butler finally this convention has mora
important work to do than to settle the
petty quarrels of Hamilton county Ap
VOL XV NO 274
plause and cheers I move tho previou
question
Tho minority report was overwhelmingly
defeated and the majority report of the cre-
dentials committee then adopted at noon
The nomination of governor was the next
thing in order and excongrcssraan John F
Follett of Cincinnati placed in nomination
Lawrence T Neal of Ross county
I am here today said Mr Folett as-
a Democrat from Hamilton county Ap-
plause I belong to that class of people
who have been spoken of as thieves thugs
and the gang
L D Dodge of Cleveland nominated Vir
gile P Kline of Cuyahoga county
There was one wild enthusiastic
DEAFENING CnEER
of applause when Gen Michael Regan of
Cincinnati arose to nominate Campbell
Hats were flung in tho air handkerchiefs
and umbrellas swung in time to the
wild acclaim of enthusiasm which
swept over the convention After
John A Ritchie of Lucas county had sec-
onded Campbells nomination and A R
Boly of Pickaway county seconded Ncals
nomination the roll was finally
ordered to be called From tho
very beginning Campbell led all
his competitors Tho announcement
of each delegation was received with cheers
by the friends of the candidate who received
the majority of the votes When Hamilton
county was reached and Campbell even re-
ceived four votes from the stronghold of
the opposition his friends
CHEERED THEMSELVES HOARSE
with enthusiasm When the result
was finally announced showing Campbells
nomination there was another repetition of
the wild scenes of enthusiasm of tho
day While the delegates cheered and
waved their handkerchiefs and tossed their
hats the bands in tho galleries struck up
The Campbells Aro Coming There was
dissent only from the Hamilton county dele-
gation While the others were cheering
the Cincinnatians hissed vigorously and
refused to be quieted
The official vote was Campbell 503 716
Neal 134 910 Kline 50 and Congressman
Johnson 1 vote
On behalf of Cuyahoga county
said Dodge the leader of the Kline men
I move that we make the nomination of
Campbell unanimous Applause
The motion was quickly put and declared
on a viva voce vote the Neal men failing to
demand tho yeas and nays The Hamilton
county men voted no in chorus however
and as if to emphasize their opposition re
pcated No no no for half a minute
Following the announcement that the mo-
tion hadT prevailed they hissed and re-
peated no notwithstanding cries of
shame shame from the Cuyahoga
county delegation
Campbell then appeared and as thn
familiar face of the governor was discerned
in the hall another burst of enthusiasm
marked the proceedings
I introduce to you the present and fu-
ture governor said the chairman briefly
and Governor Campbell stepped to the front
and delivered a brief and fitting speech
lialance of the Ticket
For anditor of state Hon T E Picking
baugh of Wayne was nominated
John P Baily of Putnam county was
nominated for attorneygeneral by acclama-
tion
C F Ackerman of Mansfield was nomi-
nated for state treasurer
For judge of tho supreme court Gustavo
11 Waldo of Hamilton county was nom-
inated
For member of the board of public works
John C McNamara of Summitt county was
nominated
For member of the food and dairy com-
mission H S Trubo of Lawrence county
was nominated
After tendering a vote of thanks to tha
officials of the convention it adjourned at S
p m sine die
Peoples Party in Kentucky
Paducati Kt July 15 The RepubHcRn
convention will make no nominations for
the state senate but will support Graham
the Peoples party candidate Jessie Har-
per leader of the Peoples party says the
purpose is to get a strong vote in Kentucky
and show that his party will roceive tho
vote of the Fanners Alliance In the South
STUDENT MURDERERS
They Confess to Ilavinir Shot 91 Constau
tine HatcbelT Mistaking Uitu for It
Stanibulon They Were llirelincs
Sofia July 15 Two students were ar-
rested today charged with the murder o
MConstantire BatcheffBulgarian minister
of finance It will be remembered that
a revolver bullet was intended for-
M Stambuloff Bulgarian prime minister
but that Batcheff was mistaken for him
The students confessed that they were
the actual murderers and further they
accused Dr Fzatchoff Dr Moloff
and Col Kissoff of having hired them to
commit the deed The three last named
persons upon information furnished by
the students were placed under arrest to-
day
SPORTING
Chlcagon Kaees
Chicago III July 15 First race pursa
600 for maiden woyearolds fiveeighths
of a mile Ida Rossington won Farine sec-
ond Julia May third Time 104
Second race purse 600 for threeyear
olds and upward one mile Kingman won
Yale second La view third Time 144
Third race Dearborn handicap for
threeyearolds one and oneeighth mile
Donatello won Valient second Homer
third Time 140
Fourth race purse WOO for fouryear
olds and upwards selling one mile anil
seventy yards Minnie Elkin won Picku
second Sir Planet third Time 152X
Fifth race purse S00 for threeyearold
and unwaras one and onefourth milcs
Verge DOr won Guido second Joe Black-
burn third Time 210
Sixth race purse 600 for maiden fwo
yearolds fiveeighths of a mile Whitewilfl
won Kav S second Tom Tough third
Time 104
Seventh race purse 000 for threeyear
olds and upwards selling one mile and
seventy yards Eli Kendrig won Redlighi
second Carus third Time 150
Baseball
Cincinnati Ohio July 16 Cincinnati
Runs 6 hits 12 errors 2 Philadelphia
Runs 4 hits 8 errors 1 Batteries
Rhines Mullane and Keenan Thornton
Cassian and Clements Umpire McQuaid
Chicago III July 15 Chicago Runs
6 hits 10 errors 0 Boston Runs 5
hits 6 errors 4 Batterie Hutcirixejoa
and Bowman and Kittridge Stale and
Bennett Umpires Powers and BaKin
Cleveand Ohio July 15 ClevaUnd
runs 10 hits 14 errors 5 New York
runs 11 hits 12 errors 2 Batteries Viau
anil Doyle Rusie and Buckley Umpire
Lynch
Pittsburg Pa July 15 Pittsburj
Runs 5 hits 6 errors 6 Brooklyn Runs
3 hits 6 errors 4 Batteries Baldwin
Berger and Mack Lovett and Keaslow
Umpire Hurst
association
Boston Mass July 15 Boston Runa
15 hits IS errors 6 Cincinnati Runs
12 hits 12 errors 9 Batteries OBrien
and Haddock Murphy and Farrell Dwye
and Crane Vaughn and Kelley Umpire
Ferguson
Philadelphia Pa July 15 Philadel-
phia Runs 10 hits 13 errors 1 Louis-
ville Runs 1 hits it errors 3 Bat-
teries Sanders and Miligan Belrand
Ryan umpire avis
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