' KENTUCKY SILVER MEN They Control the Convention and De- clare For Free Ceinage. ISSUE OF BONDS OPPOSED. A Tarifl For Revenue Only and No Re- ligious Intoleration—Governor Brad- ley Criticised—Jack Chinn Makes Trouble—cher Political News. LEXINGTON, Ky., June 5.—The majority - of the committee on resolutions of the Democratic state convention agreed upon a platform which reaflirms in general the principles of the Democratic party. The resolutions continue as follows: “We are in favor of an honest dollar, a dollar worth neither more nor less than 100 cents. We favor bimetallism, and to that end we demand the free and unlimit- ed coinage of both gold and silver, at the ratio of 16 to 1, as standard money, with equal legal tender pOWer, independent of the action or advice of any other nation. “We hold that the secretary of the treas- ury should exercise his legal right to re- deem all coin obligations in gold and sil- ver, as may be more convenient, and we are opposed to the issuance of bonds in- time of peace for the maintenance of the gold reserve or for any other purpose. Oppose the National Bank System. “We are opposed to the national bank- ing system and to any enlargement of its powers and opposed to any contraction of the currency by the retirement of green- backs or otherwise. “We are for a tariff for revenue only. “The Democratic party has ever been the party of personal liberty and religious freedom and is now and has always been opposed to any union of church ‘and state. It is opposed to the enactment of all laws the purpose or design of which is to sus- tain or enforce any religious tenet or sect, and to any law, organization or society, religious or political, secret or otherwise, that tends to prescribe any citizen for or on account of his religious belief or to apply any such test as a qualification for public office. ” The seventh section is devoted to de- nunciation of Governor Bradley. The last section instructs delegates at Chicago to vote for Senator J. C. S.,,Blaokburn for the n’bmlnation for president. Minority Against Free Coinage. A minority report was presented by A. J. Carroll, member of the committee from Louisville. It omits indorsing Blackburn, and its financial plank is as follows: “We insist upon a firm maintenance of the present legal standard of' value, with such use of legal tender silver coins and paper convertible into coin on demand as can be maintained without impairment or endangering the credit of the government or diminishing the purchasing or debt paying power of the money in the hands (if the people, and in the absence of an in- terna’tional agreement we protest against the free coinage of silver or the compulsory purchase of silver bullion by'the United ' States as injurious to the industrial and commercial interests of the country and especially disastrous to the interests of the farmer and the laboring man. ” Breckinridge Makes a Speech. When the convention was called to order the committee on organization reported the election of Major P. P. Johnston chair- man of the new Democratic state central committee. Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge was seen in the audience while the dele- gates were waiting for reports, and there were loud calls for him. He responded by making a speech for 15 minutes, in which he said that the present currency system was good enough if there was rest from the continuous agitation. Colonel Breck- inridge implored the victorious silver men to use with discretion the great power which had been delegated to them and to Weigh well what they should do. Jack Chinn at It Again. A tragedy was narrowly averted in the convention. The committee on creden- tials had just reported, and Colonel Henry L. Stone of Louisville was speaking in fa- vor of seating the gold delegates from that city. He was bitter in his remarks toward the methods of the silver men in the dis- trict conventions, and with much warmth he declared that if the Democratic party of Kentucky would indorse the records of such men as Jack Chinn, Jim Williams and Eph Lilliard he wanted none of it. Chinn and Lilliard were not far away at the time, and they started toward Stone in"a threatening manner, Chinn brandish- ing a large stick. The police interfered. thus preventing what would undoubtedly have been a bloody fight, as Colonel Stone is a fighter himself. Major P. P. Johnston was elected chair- man of the state executive committee. Oregon’s Populist Congressman. PORTLAND, Or.,_June 5. —Late returns make certain the election to congress of Vanderburg, Populist, for the First dis- trict. He will be the first of his party from the Pacific northwest. In the Sec- ond district the complexion has changed. Where Quinn, Populist, seemed sure of election he is now certain of defeat. Ellis, regular Republican, has 600 plurality. . Oregon’s vote will stand two representa- ' tives and one senator for free silver and one senator, McBride, for gold. Virginia Democrats Meet. .4 STAUNTON, Va., June o.—When the Democratic state convention was called to order, J. Bell Bigger of Richmond was made temporary chairman, Joseph But— ton of Appomattox secretary and George Hutchinson of Augusta sergeant-at-arms. The ten Virginia congressional districts elected delegates and electors. .The com~ mittee on resolutions is composed almost entirely of silver men. Senator Daniel is chairman. Little Hope‘ For, Mrs. Maybrick. . LONDON, J undo—The secretary of state for home affairs, Sir Matthew White Rid- ley, replying in the house of commons to Dr. G. B. Clark, Liberal, member for Caithness-shire, who asked whether Mrs. Florence Maybrick was detained for mur- der or for the administration of arsenic with intent to murder, said the prisoner was serving imprisonment for life after having been convicted of murder, and, he added, the government did not see any reason for further clemency, the sentence of death having been imposed upon her and subsequently commuted to imprison- ment for life. Kate Field’s Funeral. SAN FRANOIscO, June 5.—-The funeral of Kate Field, who died at Honolulu on May‘19, took place the day following. The body was embalmed and placed in a tem- porary vault. The funeral Was attended by President Dole, the members of the cabinet and a large number of leading oi“. " lens. ’ . ' Advertise in the. Gamma. . city. YALE SENIORS VERY ANGRY. Attempt to Erect a Statue on Their Ball Ground Causes a. Riot. NEW HAvEN, June 5.—Pandemonium reigned on the Yale campus when the seniors discovered that workmen were laying the foundation for the Woolsey me- morial statue on the senior baseball ground in' front of the time honored fence. At a recent meeting of the corporation Of the university it was voted. to erect the statue at this place. Such a course would deprive . 55 seniors of the enjoyment of a famous pastime. Futile efforts have been made to have the corporation reconsider. When workmen placed in position a frame- work by which to mark out the lines of the foundation the ball grounds were thronged in a moment with seniors, every window in Durfee dormitory was open, and there was a fearful din of yelling and howling. The framework was torn to pieces and burned to ashes on the campus under the very eyes of the professors and instructors. The seniors danced madly about the fire, jeering at the university treasurer, W. W. Farnum, and Professor Andrew W. Phillips, who, the students allege, were in favor of and instrumental in the decision placing the statue at this place. After the bonfire a committee of seniors Went to the office of the academic dean, Professor H. P. Wright, and informed him that there would be trouble if further attempts were made t6 put the statue on the ball grounds. They said that they would paint it green and might tear it down. ' Mrs. Cleveland Off For Gray Gables. WASHINGTON, June 5.-—-Mrs. Cleveland, with her children, left Washington over the Pennsylvania railroad for the presi- dent’s home at Gray Gables on Buzards bay. With her were Mrs. Olney and Mrs. Minot. Mrs. Olney and her daughter will accompany Mrs. Cleveland almost to their destination, branching near the end of the route to go to their own home at Fal- mouth. The president will join Mrs. Cleveland at Gray Gables soon after the adjournment of congress, and his private secretary, Mr. Thurber, will again take up his residence with his family near by at Marion. Secretary Olney will not leave the city for at least a month yet. Supposed to Be Fireproof. MINNEAPOLIS, June 5.—The Edison building, one of the highest and best buildings in the city, on Hennepin ave- nue, caught fire at 2 a. m. Though \the building was supposed to be fireproof, the flames raged fiercely. The firemen, how- ever, gained a remarkable victory and sub- dued the flames after five floors had been burned out. Several neWSpaper and print- ing establishments are in the building. The loss, it is thought, will not exceed $50,000. Kidnaped Child Heard From. CRAWFORDSVILLE, 1nd., J nne 5.-—The sudden disappearance of little Katie Mey- hew, the 6-year-old child of Frank May- hew and wife, 11 years ago, has been clear- ed up and the girl located in New York It had been supposed that the girl was dead. Eleven years ago the 'child Katie, then 6 years of age, suddenly disap- peared. She had started for Sunday school, but never reached her destination. \Vages of Tinplate \Vorkmen. PITTSB‘URG, June 5.—There was a large attendance at, the annual meeting Of the Tin Plate Manufacturers’ association. In- structions were given the Committee to ask the workmen to accept a slight reduction in wages. What the cut is would not be given out. The men have asked an ad- vance, and a conference of the two sides will be held. Efi‘ect of the Impounding of Criminals. NEW' YORK, June 5.—Captain O’Brien chief of the detective bureau reported to the police heard that probably as a result of the forced confinement of the 90 thieves arrested the day before only one com- plaint of robbery was made to him on Dec- oration day. That one he has satisfied by the arrest of the thief and the recovery of the property. Sir George Johnson Dead. LONDON, June 4.—-Sir George Johnson, M. D., F. R. 8., physician extraordinary to the queen, died here yesterday. Dr. Johnson was born at Goudhurst, Kent, in November, 1818. He wasappointed phy- sician extraordinary to her majesty the queen in 1889, and in 1892 her majesty conferred on him the hon or of knighthood. School Reforms In New York. NEW YORK, June 5.-—Schcol Superin- tendent Jasper has recommended several changes in the management of city schools. Among other reforms suggested was the limiting of all classes to 40 pupils and the appointment of instructors in cal- isthenics, sewing, music, cooking and kindergarten. Attempted illurder and Suicide. ROME, N. Y., June 5.—Cyrus Gilbert, While under the influence of liquor, wound- ed his wife with a shoe knife, seized their little son and started to jump into the Black River canal. The child was taken from him, and Gilbert jumped into the canal. He was pulled out and placed un- der arrest. Armour & Co. Cleared. CHICAGO, June 5.—By a vote of 15 to 2 the directors of the board of trade dismiss- ed the charges against Philip D. Armour. P. D. Armour, Jr., and J. Ogden Armour of the firm of Armour & Co. and suspend- ed for 20 years A. I. Valentine, manager of the elevator department of Armour & Co. Killed Man and Horses. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., June 5. —The Erie: railroad Orange county erpress struck a wagon and team driven by William Kirby at the Harding street crossing. Kirby was instantly killed; also both the horses. Man. wagon and horses were buried. 50 yards away. The wagon was demolished. Tailors’ Troubles at Iravidence. PROVIDENCE, June 5. —Although the tailors’ strike has been declared oif, the trouble is not ended, as most of the mer- chant tailOrs refuse to take striking jour- neymen back. ‘ Guards are still posted by the strikers. Two assaults have been com- mitted on nonunion men. Diphtheria May Close Schools. BOONTON, N. J., June 4.——There were several cases of diphtheria reported here, and the local board of health isdoing all in its powar to prevent the disease from spreading: The board of education is con- sidering the advisability of closing the schools. ‘ Alleged Caucus Irregularities. BOSTON, J one 5. —President James Don- ovan of the Democratic city‘committee was arrested on the charge of violating the caucus laWs in the recent Democratic pri- maries. Mr. Donovan threw out a ward ticket on alleged informalities. _. ' ‘ Advertise in the G'Aza'r'm- _ her home No. 198 Main, street. iv L EAL Y 4‘LI’Q'R'51‘AW AL 11-1-1 GAZETTE ' -‘ —, ' ' 4 _ COINING GOLD IN OREGOl‘V’fmf‘ Establishment of 21 Mint Nearly Hal! sf Century Ago. ‘ , ' Probably it is known only to a small number now living in Oregon that? in early times Oregon made her Own! money. The first efforts to create at currency under the provisional govei‘n'sé ment of the territory fifty years ago gave results that many now would think strange and amusing. In 1845 a law was passed to regulate the cur-_ rency which 0made gold, silver, treasury warrants, approved orders on solvent merchants, and wheat delivered at places where the people were accus- tomed to receive wheat legal tender for taxes and satisfaction of judg- ments. An act was also passed by‘uthe ‘ ‘legislative committee” declaring: that in cases .‘fwhere no special contract had been made between; the parties avail: able orders, wheat, hides, tallow, beef, pork, butter, lard, peas,' lumber, or other articles of export of this terri- tory,” should be “lawful tender at their current value.” This mint was to coin ten and five dollar gold pieces. Thomas Powell, a blacksmith, did the forge work, Wil- liam H. Rector the lathe work and Hamilton Campbell the engraving on dies. A full description of the con- struction and organization of this mint, with fac-similc illustrations of this product, may be seen near the end of the first volume of J. Henry Brown’s. “Political History of Oregon.” It isa curious illustration oflthe easy methods of doing business in those times that no record was kept of the amounts coined or number of pieces, but it is supposed that the total coinage of this mint was about sixty thousand dollars, pretty equally divided in amount be- tween the tens aud fives. The mint seems to have shut down at last be.- cause the man-in charge found it “didn’t pay.” The dies were long supposed lost, but one «lay they were found among the rubbish of an Old shed at Oregon City by D. P. Thompson and sent to the office of the secretary of state at Salem where they are pre- served as curious relics. Only a- few pieces of the gold coined at this mint are known to have been preserved. Most of them were soon melted up, for they were without alloy, and contained more gold than the coins of standard value. The product of this mint was known as “beaver money,” from the principal figure on the coins, which 'was a beaver mounted on a log. But it was a. long time after the disappearance of this money from circulation until coin of the United States came much into use here. Down to 1860, or even later, most of the money in use in Ore- gon and Washington was coin of pri- vate mintage made in San Francisco. LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS. ——-._ The Larzest Ever Obtained Were Taken at the Paris Observatory. . The Observatory of Paris possesses a. telescope by means of which photo graphs of celestial bodies of remark- able size and clearness can be taken. By the aid of this great instrument the astronomers of the Observatory have just taken a. series of photographs of the moon’s surface which are said to be the largest ever obtained. The value of lunar photographs, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, is very great to astronomers. Formerly they went to Infinite trouble in sketching aspects of the moon, and two persons seldom produced drawings of the same thing which were not contradictory. The in— cessant changes in the moon’s surface caused by the rays of the sun compli- cated the draughtsman’s task. The most detailed chart of the moon ever obtained was of a diameter of six feet. J. Schmidt, of the Observatory of Athens, passed the years from 1840 to 1874 in completing it. The photographic method alone gives indisputable results. N 0 details escape, and proofs obtained agree absolutely. The subsequent enlargement gives a photograph of about the same size as the largest charts of the moon made by hand. The portion of the moon’s sur- face photographed is remarlgablc for a great series of craters, which pass from the center to the south of the earth’s satellite. At the bottom Of the photo- graph is the great circle of Ptolemaeus, of which the actual diameter on the moon’s surface is estimated to be 124 miles. part is said to be 11,700 feet. Immediately above is Alphonsus, 85 miles in diameter, with a central peak 3,600 feet high. To the left is Albategnius, with a diameter of 67 miles and a. peak toward the northeast 13,500 feet high. A nar- row crater, called Alpetragius, to the southeast of Alphonsus, has a depth of 10,950 feet. Thcbut is 9,000 feet deep and Purbach 6,000 feet. The photo- graphs will form part of a. new com- plete map of the moon’s surface which it is proposed to make. i COMFORTING " 3:1 For Tired, Aching, irritated Feet is a warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP ‘ ' and a gentle anointing with CUTI. CURA (ointment), the great skin cure. This treatment allavs itching and lrri-. iation, soothes nfiammatiou and painful swellings Of the joints, soft- ens hard. roughened skin, and puri- ,- lies the perspiration. . Sold throughout the world. ‘Porran Dace a Cnsu. Conn, Props, Boston. ' Piano LesSons.‘ Mus. GEORGE w‘. BRADLEY. (dau ht‘ér of the late_Wm. 3., ash.) gives 0 cent and satisfactory instructions oaths: Piano at _.\ ‘Now that we all can say, “What is so rare as a day in Junei’" All nature The height of its circular ram- “'ljhaieachlo-mor- row may find-you farther than to- day.” Something lieu . :5 Every Day. Always Ahead. annnSn_le_.N0rwal . 1' NEW YORK DFFIDE, 442 BROADWAY. ( is beautiful in ,_ this month of roses. This is the time the fond mother thinks Of her’little ones and plans how to make them look well, at the same time cool and comfortable. We have just placed in our IMMENSE CLOAK ROOM, a large line of ' ‘ ' l CHILDREN’S DRESSES, BONNETS AND HATS. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE GREAT LINE: ‘ Children’s Dresses White Lawn Dresses, trimmed with Hamburg, sizes 3 months to 5 yea-rs, 250. White Cambric Dresses, Hamburg and ruffle, 390. White Nainsoo‘k Dresses, fucking and lace, 980, $1.25, 1.49. 1.7 5 and 2.25. Children’s Colored Chambray Dresses, sizes 4 to 14 years, 750. Children’s Duck Suits, 2 pieces, skirt and blazer, $1.25 and $1 49. Children’s Hats—“w Colored Lawn Hats, trimmed with lace, 190. Children’s Silk Hats, pink, blue and cream, 499,. Children ’s Colored Crepe Hats, red, blue and white. 490. Children’s “Champs Elysee” Hats, pink, blue, tan and white, 980. Children’s Bonnets Children’s Lace Bonnets, 25c, 390, 490, 75c, 98c, to $1.49. In order that we shall not carry over one JACKET or CAPE, we shall continue to sell: them at HALF PRICE, You know that we marked all our goods in plain figures. It is easy to see that you get them at Half Price. , ’ , THE 303ml sun . Ear. Main and Wall St. A POINTER...“ Is your plate glass or safe insured? If not, call on me and I will write you a. policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur- ance Company. Glass will break and burglars use dynamite. l ’ f F' You should be insured. A policy in the Reliance of Philadelphia Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire of Manchester; Rochester German of, Rochester; United States and Pacific of New York; Security of New Hampshire or Granite State of Ports. . mouth will protect you against the fire fiend. f w. H. BYENG‘PQN. ‘ Real Estate and General. Insurance, ROOM 1, eazn'r-rr: BUILDING" a LOANS, NEGOTIATED AND .lNVESTMENTs MADE. '————CORRESPONDENC" '
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