DEMOCRATS CONVENE
New York Convention in Syracuse
New Jersey at Trenton.
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ONE DAY’S , PROCEEDINGS
The Gathering at Syracuse Large and a
Remarkable One in Many Ways. After
__ Temporary Organization Adjournment
is Taken Till (Tomorrow. New Jersey
Democrats Complete Their Work.
Syracuse, Sept. 29.—The Democratic
state convention assembled here at
noon yesterday absolutely without a
slate or programme, other than the
temporary organization agreed upon in
the state committee last night.
It is in many respects the most re-
markable political convention ever held
Never before have all the prominent
leaders of the Democratic party ap-
peared in convention and consulted as
to a programme without result.
Richard Croker, David B. Hill, Sen-
ator Murphy and Senator McCarren,
representing Hugh McLaughlin, have
had frequent conferences, but no agree—
ment has been reached as to candi-
dates. .
These conferences have been con-
ducted upon apparently friendly lines,
and under, the leadership of Senator
Murphy there is an, evident disposition
for harmony.
The crowd here is one of the largest
ever seen at a state convention. The
big convention hall is filled to its ut-
most capacity, and hundreds of strug-
gling men at noon were massed outside
the entrance endeavoring to gain ad-
mission. Tammany Hall is very largely
represented, fully two. thousand mem-
bers of that organization being in at—
tendance.
The convention was called to order
at 12.35 o’clock by Chairman Danforth,
who introduced Assemblyman George
N. Palmer of Schoharie as temporary
chairman, who addressed the convene
tion at length.
When Mr. 'Palmer had concluded,
Charles R. De Freest called the roll of
delegates, after which, upon motion of
Senator P. ‘H. McCarren of Kings, a re-
cess was taken until eleven o’clock this
morning.
Who will be nominated none but the
leaders know. ’ They are keeping migh-
ty quiet about it. There are dozens of
little gubernatorial booms about, but
no one has much faith in any of them.
Danforth, Van Wyck, Earl,
and Stanchfield all have supporters,
but as yet things are in a very chaotic
state.
Messrs. Croker, Murphy and Hill
have things pretty well in hand and it
is believed that they will make up a
slate that will be put through in a
rush when the time comes.
Frederick C.- Schwab of Lewis county
will be permanent chairman of the con-
vention.
New Jersey Democratic Conve ntion.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 29.—The Demo-
cratic state convention of New Jersey
assembled at noon yestetrday in the
Taylor Opera House in this city. Wil-
liam B. Gourley of Passaic county was
unanimously chosen temporary chair-
man.
The meeting of the convention was
delayed for the Union county delegates
to settle their dispute as to who would
be their representative in the state
_ committee.
Afer State Chairman E. L. Price had
opened the convention, Secretary W.
A. Devereaux read the call. William
B. Gourley was then chosen temporary
chairman.
. Chairman Gourley,
chair, made an address. He reviewed
the Republican state administration
and the conduct of the war.
The convention, late in the after‘
noon, nominated Elvin W. Crane, pros-
ecutor for Essex county, for governor
on the first ballot.
When the voting began Senator Wil-
liam D. Daly and Prosecutor Crane led
Essex solidly supported Crane, while
Hudson cast her 105 votes for Daly, but
later changed them for Crane, practi-
cally giving Crane the nomination.
Passaic then fell into line and voted
for Crane. The nomination of Crane
was then made unanimous. _
The platform agreed upon by the
state committee for submission to the
committee on resolutions makes state
issues the principal features, but con—
tains an endorsement of the national
principles of the party.
It declares for equal taxation, home
rule, honest state and municipal gov-
ernment, the abolishment of useless
and expensive state commissions,
friendliness for labor, repeal of the law
which restricts juries in fixing damages
for iiljuries, the reduction of salaries,
and the substitution of the salary for
the fee system in compensating public
officials.
Governor Voorhees is charged with
being unfriendly to labor, and the Re-
publican party is charged With being
under the control of trusts and corpo-
rations. _
A paragraph is devoted to thanking
the soldiers of New Jersey who volun-
teered for the Spanish-American war.
The present federal administration is
charged with being responsible for the
results of incompetency of government
officials in the management of the late
war.
on taking the
BigS Sanka of Lasters.
Brockton, Mass., Sept. 29.—In pursu-I
ance of the ultimatum issued by the
Lasters’ Protective Union to the effect
that if the lasting machine companies
by Tuesday morning failed to with-
draw agents whom they had put into
factories here to take the places of
strikers, all the lasters in this ’section'
would be ordered out, the strike was
extended yesterday in all directions.
In response to the orders union men
began to abandon lasting machines in
shops all over southeastern Massachu-
setts. Even firms that had settled on
the price list trouble were not exempt,
and their operatives went out with the
others.
In Randolph all the men went out,
‘4 but a number have gone to work at
hand sewinog pending a settlement.
Herrick,
1E1 EVENLNGVGAZETTEWS
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CHANDLER DEFENDS ALGER.
The New Hampshire Senator Says Bureau
. Chiefs Are to Blame.
Washington, Sept. 29.—Senator Chan~
dler of New Hampshire, who is in
Washington, for the first time since
the war, in an interview yesterday
spoke of mistakes which had been
made. He said that every one con-
cerned had tried to do his best and
that everyone praised President Mc-
Kinley' for his work in the war.
The blame, he said, did not rest with
Secretary Alger, as he had had too lit
tle. power. Nearly every act of his
must be performed through a bureau
chief, appointed for life and over whom
he has little control.
“This,” said Senator Chandler, “is a
most unwise organization of the war
department, but it is the existing sys-
tem, and while it prevails it is abso-
lutely ridiculous to charge a secretary
of war with inefficiency or anything
else but downright corrintion, which
is not here asserted. The actual re-
sponsibility 'for omissions or neglect is
with the quartermaster general, the
surgeon general, the chief of ordnance.
and the other line officials. They must
bear it in full measure in the pending
investigation.
“The only reason why Secretary Al—
ger is selected for attack instead of
the bureau chiefs," continued Senator
Chandler, “is because the Democrats
think party capital may be made by
attacking him while it cannot be made
by attacking them."
Important Postal Ruling.
Washington, Sept. 29.—Postmaster
General Emory Smith has modified
previous rulings of the department in
definition of third class mail matter.
Under this latest ruling all impres-
sions obtained upon paper or card-
board by means of printing, engraving,
lithography or any other mechanical
process easy to recognize, except the
typewriter, letter or manifold copy, are
held to be printed'matter, if not in the
nature of an actual and personal cor-
respondence.
Matter prepared by the typewriter
must be regarded as personal corres-‘
pon‘dence and unmailable at the third
class rate of postage, but the fac similc
copies of manuscript or typewriting
obtained by a mechanical process, are
assimilated to :pri‘nting‘and'may be re-
garded as third- class matter, provided
they are presented for mailing at the
postofilce windows and in minimum
number of twenty perfectly identical
copies. If mailed elsewhere or in less
number, postage at first class rate must
be required.”
:New York Wool Exchange Closes.
New York, Sept. 29.—The Wool Ex-
change, that occupies the magnificent
building at Beach street and West
Broadway, has suspended for an in-
definite time. The following statement
was made yesterday by President Al-
lan Macnaughtan.
“Owing to the depressed condition of
the wool market, and it appearing that
improvement in that direction is not
likely to occur for some time, it has
been deemed advisable for the best in-
tei‘ests of the corporation and its stock-
holders to discontinue all further op-
erations in wool until a better outlook
presents itself and until further no-
tice.
“The corporation, however, will de-
vote its energies to the advancement
of its other more profitable business
interests. The corporation is in excel-
lent financial condition, having no floa-
ting debts of any kind.
Bishop Potter Presided.
New York, Sept. 29. -—TheJ Protestant
Episco 3,1 convention of the diocese of
ork', presided over by Bishop
Porter, began its 115th annual session
at 10 o’clock yesterday morning in
Grace church chapel, in East Fourt-
eenth street, near First avenue.
This convention, which will continue
for two days with an equal number of
sittings each day, is said to be impor-
tant from, the fact that it convenes
just one week before the general con~
vention, which is scheduled to open on
October 5, in the Church of the Epiph-
any.
Advance Bond Interest.
Washington, Sept. 29.—The treasury
department has decided to anticipate
interest on United States bonds due
November 1.
0n the five per cents about $1,250,000
will be paidnon the four per cents $1.—
623,500 and on the new three pe1 cents
something less than $1, 500, 000, making
in all about $4,250, 000.
The coupons will be paid on Octo-
ber 10, the fours and fives on the 20th,
and the threes as soon thereafter as
possible.
' Colored Republicans for Roosevet.
Saratoga, Sept. 29.—The colored Re-
publican state convention Was held here
yesterdayand was presided over by
Samuel Moran of New York city.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the action of the Republican state c011-
vention held here Tuesday, and prom—
ising the undivided support of the col-
ored organization to the entire Repub--
lican state ticket, headed by Theo--
dore Roosevelt.
China’s New Ruler.
London, Sept. 29. —A dispatch from
Shanghai says:
It is reported that Great Britain, the
United States and Japan are disposed
to question the constitution of the gov-
ernment as open to usurpation.
The family of Li Hung Chang, fear-
ing the populace, have gone to Port
Arthur to be under the protection of
. 'ithe Russians.
1‘ Colorado Forest Fires.
Denver, Sept. 29.—Great fires are de-
vastating timber on the main range.
Serious damage is reported, and min-
ing camps and ranches are threatened.
Among the fire centers
ing Fork river and in the San Juan
river region.
Queens] and ’5 Premier l)w ml
Brisbane, Queensland, Sept. 29.—The
Hon. Joseph b‘yrnes, premier of
Queensland, is dead. He was born in
1860 and was formerly attorney general
and solicitor general of Queensland,
Japanese cabinet Minister Resigns,
Yokohama, Sept. 29. —-—Minister of jus-
tice Ohigashi has resigned from the
cabinet.
\
are Routt '
county, Egoria Park, along the Roai- J
PEOEING TEE SCANDALS
Possibility That Gen. Miles will
Testify Before the Commission
Interesting Records “’hich He Could
Bring loLight. Efforts of the Admin-
istration to Dignity the Inquiry. Many
Anxious to Tell \Vhat They Know.
Washington, Sept. 29.—It is possible
that General Miles Will appear before
the commission investigating the war
department. In that event he will de—
pend upon the records of his office to
furnish such testimony as would be
pertinent, and these records embrace a
.large amount of matter likelyto im-
press the court with the internal strife
which has beset the military'authori—
ties. ‘ _
The interview of Mr. Even P. Howell
of Georgia, a member of the investigat-
ing committee, brings to light certain
instructive features of the existing sit-
uation. ' .
Aspublished yesterday morning, in
one of the New York papers, the inter-
view sets forth with sufficient accura-
cy what Mr. Howell has been saying
to his friends for several days. He
represents the president as saying to
him that, no matter who was found
guilty,, the punishment would be swift.
If Secretary Alger was found responsi-
ble, he would be removed from office at
once.
Stern declarations of this import,
made by the president to a member 01
the commission, imply a considerable
confidence on the part of the chief ex-
ecutive that the commission will not
find Secretary Alger guilty of any der-
eliction, and, in view of the general
make up of the commission, this con—
fidence would not appear to be mis-
placed.
Men who were sure that there was
nothing wrong with the conduct of
the war before the inquiry began, as
well as those whose sons have receiv—
ed favors under the very system un-
der suspicion, are not likely to reach
such a conclusion as will compel the
president to carry out the declaration
made to Mr. Howell.
That Mr. Alger will before many
m‘onths retire from the cabinet, how-
ever, is entirely likely, either by his so-
lection for or election to some other
post, the transfer to which would come
as a compliment, or by his decision to
lay down the cares of public life after
his career has been officially exonera—
ted.
The commissioners have discovered
that many persons throughout the
country aspire to be witnesses before
the board of inquiry in Washington.
This is attributed in part to a desire
to secu1e mileage to Washington ,and
return.
To simplify matters, all who have
anything to say are being invited to
put their views or complaints in writ-
ing, and these allegations and testimo-
nies will then be grouped and a sub-
committee sent to the, locality with
which each class is particularly con-
cerned.
ON THE DIAMOND
Games Played Yesterday
At New York: ,
Philadelphia... 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2— 8
NewYork ..... 04200100—7
Batteries, McFarland and Platt; Get-
tig and Warner.
phia 9, New York 10. .Errors, Philadel-
phia 1, New York 7.
At Boston:
Brooklyn.... 1 0 0 4 0 O 0 0 0—5
Boston ...... 001000010—«2
Batteries, Ryan, Miller and Dunn;
Yeager, Bergen, Willis and Nichols.
Base hits, Brooklyn 11, Boston 8. Er-
rors, Brooklyn 1, Boston 1.
At Chicago:
Chicago ..... 00000001_0-—1
Louisville... 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0—6
Batteries, Griffith and Dowling; Cun-
ningham and Kittridge. Base hits,
Chicago 8, Louisville 13. Errors, Chi-
cago 1,‘~ Louisville 0.
At St. Louis:
Cincinnati.. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0—1
Cleveland... 0 O 0 0 0 4 0 0 0+4
Batteries, Breitenstein and Wood;
Powell andCriger. Base hits, Cencin—
nati 4, Cleveland 8. Errors, Cincinnati
3, Cleveland 2.
How the Clufls Stand.
Clubs. Won. Lost. P.C.
Boston 92 44 .676
Baltimore . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 8'1 48 .644
Cincinnati . . . .. . . .. . 84 55 .604
Cleveland . 75 60 .556
Chicago 77 63 .550
New York . . . . . . . 72 64 .529
Philadelphia . . . . 68 64 .515 ~
Pittsburg 67 72 .482
Louisville 68 74 . .460
Brooklyn . 49 79 .383
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 91 .33]
St. Louis 35 100 .259
The U. of P—Gettysburg. _
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Sept.
29. —The University of Pennsylvania.
football team lined up for its second
game of the season at Franklin Field
yesterday afternoon, having the Get-
tysburg College team of Gettysburg,
Pa., as an opponent.
The some at the end of the first half
was: University of Pennsylvania 28,
Gettysburg 0.
Ordered to Cuba.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 29.—Colonel
Tyson of the Sixth regiment, the only
one at Chickamauga, has received or-
ders to be ready to proceed to Cuba
on October 20. The order caused much
rejoicing among the men, as all are
anxious to get away.
Queen of Denmark Very Ill.
London, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company says that the condition
of the Queen of Denmark has grown
more serious, and all of the royal fam-
ily not already there have been sum-
moned to the castle.
Sold to English Syndicate..-
Prescottp Ariz., Sept. 29 ~Negotia-
tions for the purchase- of the Little
Jessie mine at Chaparra, have been
'clOsed,; whereby J. S. Jones transfers
the property to an English syndicate.
The 1311111119514. price is $650600
3‘:
Base hits, Philadel- .
11;
THE. CHINAMAN'S HOUSE SHOE--
Very Comfortable lo‘Wearand-Considered
'Condueivs to Health.
The house shoes universally worn
by the Chinvainen are woven of straw,
and seaweed and soled with: horse-l
hide. There is a thick Sole of straw .
above the leather, and through this
i the air can circulate freely, keeping
ANTICIPATED DISCLOSURES ~
the muscles of the under part of the
foot always cool: There is about as
little material in the uppers as is con-i
sistent with the idea of a shoe, and
this is just enough to keep the thing
on the foot. This upper, too, is woven
loosely of seaweed, so "that the £111:
can have access to the foot. Nowhere
does this shoe pincxh or in the least
degree press the foot.
These are the indoor shoes of the
.Chinaman. 0n the street here in the
United States nowadays he wears
very commonly the leather slices or
'boots of American manufacture. That
is one of the ways in which he is be-
coming Americanized. But :the out-
door cloth shoe of “China is a great
deal worn also. That, like the indoor
shoe, is very thick and soft in the
sole, and the foot is never pinched or
strained by, it. The healthiest foot-
gear ever known? probably was the
sandal of the Greeks. It had no up-
per, and the feet of men and women
were ideally perfect. All the sandal
aflforded was a protection from the
ground. “To him who wears san—
dals,” say-the Arabs, “it is as if the
world were shod with leather.”
Chinaman seems to follow out this
motto, and his shoes are nearly soles
and nothing more. But the great se-
cret of the excellence of his indoor
shoes is the half-inch straw sole.—
New York Tribune.
Anecdote of Aldfich.
A very clever anecdote is told of
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. One day the
distinguished author happened to
saunter into an auction room while a.
sale of rare editions, old manuscripts
and autographs was going on. The
auctioneei, holding in his hands a bun-
dle of letters, said: “Ladies and gen~
,tlemen, I have here two autographs
written by a man named Thomas Bai-
ley Aldrich. I shall now start them
for you at the mice of two for five
cents.” No bids weie made and they
were sold for that sum.
Mr. Aldrich, in speaking of the in-
cident afterward to a friend, said: “I
wouldn’t have cared at all if they had
gone for five cents each, but ‘two for
five’ reminded me very forcibly of lit-
tle apples.”—Philadelphia Post.
USEFUL LITTLE‘MEAT SKEWERS.
Blade in Great Variety and Used in Enor-
mousNumbers. . .
Wooden meat skewers are made al-
most exclusively of hickory, and, like
many other manufactures of wood,
they are made in factories located in
proximity to the forests whence the
wood of which they are made of
is taken. Wooden skewers are made
mostly in the West. They are pro-
duced in great numbers in Tennessee
and Ohio.
Hickory skewers are made in vari-
ous lengths, four and a half, five, five
and a half, six, and seven inches, and
up to giant skewers sixteen inches
long, and all but the four and a half
inch skewer, which is made of a
gauge or diameter of five-thirty-sec-
ends of an inch, are made in two or
more ganges. Thus the six-inch
skewer is made in gauges of seven-
thirty-seconds, fifteen - sixty-fourths,
and four-sixteenths of an inch. So
that, simple a thing as a meat skewer
may seem to be, it is in reality an ar-
ticle that is made in large variety.
The skewers are made wholly by
machinery, and are sold very cheap.
They are put up in bundles that vary
in the number of skewers contained,
according to the size of the skewers,
and they are packed in cases that vary
likewise; Thus the smallest skewers
are put up 250 in a bundle, and 80,000
in a case. Of eight- inch skewers, six-
sixteenths gauge, there are packed
g 600 in a case, and so on .—-New York
un.
A SERIOUS OBJECT'ION TO THE TEXT.
The American Sailor Had No Notion of
Honoring the King.
Near the close of the war between
Great Britain and the United States,
1812-15, several of the American war
ships lay at anchor in New Bedford
harbor. The officers of the fleet and
a number of the citizens of the place
inviteda celebrated minister of New
Haven to visit them and deliver a dis-
course appropriate to the times. The
invitation was accepted, and the
largest church was filled to its utmost
capacity with the officers, marines and
citizens generally.
The preacher selected for his text
these 'words, “Fear God and honor the
King.” The sermon was an eloquent
and instructive one, setting forth
man’s duty to his Creator; also his
duty to his country; hon01 and re
spect its 11119 rs, obey the laws of his
government, .-dopted for the benefit of
society.
A patriotic tar from one of the fleet
took great objection to the text—
“Honor the King.” ' He could not
comprehend why he, an American
sailor, should t commanded to
“honor” King George III., his mortal
enemy, and the only King he had ever
heard of, or had an existence. As the
preacher repeated the text for the
sixth time, he stood up and exclaimed
in a loud voice, “Praise God, honor
Congress, and d—n the King.”
An officer near by approached him
in a threatening manner, demanded
him to sit ‘down and behave himself,
or he would have him put out of the
building; “Let. the landlubber,” ex-
claimed the, sailor. “stop honoring the
King; and if he says it again I’ll go
and pull him out of his bunk.”——New
; York Herald.
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