Logansport Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana • Page 1

'i iV-XtY'i ''T 1 i )L. XXL LOGANSPORT NO. iccial Jmouncement. Iry Departrdpnt Head in our house has a special jffort to have their respec- iks ready fci 1 a OPENING, TODAY weekj We display a more com- of Dry Goods than ever before and are BARGAIN times we assure you ve lots ii5 Opining Week wonlerful bargains in Dress limmings and Linings, We make ntion of 28 pieces all wool, silk and goods, 40 inches wide. The same goods retailed last season at $1.35 offer line for 58c.

JR CLOAK ANNEX and is displaying a new and, corn- Fall and Winter Jackets and capes Btion please Today and all this WISE. i jway. -i 306 Fourth Street. ie Great Desire. and this wo can only do by giving hon- leatmoat.

Comfort, stylo and wear ore cora- 'ou are taking BO risk lu buying them, Rented. The prices.makes it easy for I shoes. 1,48 2.48 48c 1.25 each pair. Company. t.

ARRIVED. departures from tiave them all. We, irgest, Host Stylish hieol Woolens in i the creahi of the ler, In Harket Street. THACHEK NA! Democratic Convention Him for Governor. Platform Candidatjf- Sheehan graphs'jlrfis Resignation.

Edgar, zaomsbn steel works at arrived oii'three special the Pennsylvania railroad honlj' after noon Thursday, The vi's- by the Sheri- ilian Siifire aiiid St. Thomas bands. There J3 5oo persons in the party. the visitors were met by mounted troop and a large When the lust of had pulled into JT; The spokesman ot the -ft-' 1 "A-V Sept. Jones.

He uiaue a brief But 0, milled to'-NmeecfTtQ the candidate, in which he Octo- ivailfiemselver of of payments connected I tin Id examine them ajo, 4. state convention was called to o'l-der-at The report of the committee on credentials was adopted. The committee on permanent organization selected Hon. H. Rockwell Chcmu'ng, as pei-mnnent ehairmnn, awl the temporary secretaries were made ckwell was cordially Chairman Rockwell's speech was applauded mildly at intervals, Tsut.when he said- "Lot Bryan be elected, there wa-s enthusiasm.

More noise was made by the, spectators in galleries than- by tlii: delegates. pltttform Adopted. York, of Kings, rend the report of the committee on platform. Ihe ruain portion the platform'deals with stntc -iffairs thosi TOV1S10I1S the Cnine.s' liquor law which rlepr.vo municipalities of the right to nnd rc-ffiilaM the liquor trafhe w.thn, rcnsonable limits prescribed oy arc denounced. The resohit.ons with this indorsement of the Chicago nhitfonn and candidates: -Tho democratic party nl the state of- Kow York in convention assembled, un- indorses the platform adopted democratic party at the national convention, held In Chlcjeo on July JRSC, coi-dlally approves the nominal Ions there plcOifos to Milliam J.

hur Sown.ll Its hearty f.nd active Bupppon and dcclures as Its delib.M-ate indfrment that never In thJ history of the dSratle has a platform been written which embodied more the ot the whole people as dis- tln-'tiished 'from tliose who seek legislation for private-bsnellt to the thu national democratic convention -of, ISM." the forraMriY-orkuioved the previous question There were shouts of "Xo. 1 1J. Purroy and protested. rapped down. The noes were-'niore.

numerous than the yeas. put and declared carried, On motion of Senator Guy, the motion to adopt the platform was made unanimous. Nominations for governor were then declared in order. Albany county was called nnd Louis W. Pratt, of Albany, took the platform and presented the name of John Eoyd Timelier.

When Allegheny was called Judge Frank Downs, of Binphamton, cnme to the front and in a brief speech presented the name of William Sulzer. Delegate Gorman, county, seconded the nomination'-of Sulzer. John Boyd'-fhachor Nominated. On the first ballot John Boyd Thach- was nominatel, the vote standing: Thacher, 333; Sulzer, 90; Porter, 20, Whole number votes cost, 443. Judge Wilbur F.

Porter, of Watertown, was nominifted for lieutenant governor, and Robert C. Titus was nominated for judge of the court of appeals. The convention then adjourned sine die. Shoeunn Maken Good His Threat. following telegram has.

been received "New York. Sept. 17, 1S98 -Hon. Thomas Grady, Chairman, Convention Hall, EulTalo. N.

My reslgnr.tlon from the national committee has this day been forwarded to Hon. James K. Jones. "(Signed) WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN'." S-imuel Tilden, oilerl-d a resolution, which was adopted, authorising the state committee to fill all vacancies the ticket.

May Jfot Be Admitted. Louis, Sept. 17 question of admitting "sound money" clubs to the councils of the national convention of democratic clubs, which meets in this on October 3, is being dis- cussediin' local political club circles. Frank SiEstes, a prominent member of the Jclt'eiEon Bryan and Sewall lii talkingaf the convention, thitk that nine-tenths of the democratic 'riubs of the country are for Bryan and silver, so, of course, th'J convention overwhelmingly thiit way." Secretary Ees'Aj, of the St. Louis "sound -money" 1 Cttpmittee, says their organization lizards the convention as a means of JiiSihoting the election of Bryan -and Swell, and, consequently, the local "souii money" club Will no)t participate in of the convention, Fopuliflti of Indiana Firm.

Indianapolis, Sept. conference committee appointeJCby the 4 Urt the 'candidate, in which he rO ft' ct 5 on principjps the pai-ty, and declared that his oviiolltfly for sound money. had been received with cheering when he appi-ari-d This applause wns re: the spokesman had Jin- rbduc'tory remarks and the 1 -mounted .1 chair 1LUCKYESCAPK Battle Ship Teiaa Dsliverad from Her Perilous Position, OVER THE STATE. Events In Various la. Told by Wtre.

po M.aj. tlie work- Ifn's'l h. Cooliriiu.iit Mtnnciipulii. Xlinneapoits, Sept, clewon-stril'tlop evening upon thiroccijKiop of the apijenronce ot Boutke'-'Coeliran-j'ut the Exposition 'tlie advoeaey of "souivj in the ex- perit of a political nnture. 7.000 jieople joined to the raeet- wen: numerous unique.

The 'enthusiastic and demon-, strativevV'-Tli'cilVUiWini, accom- Jess 10,000 people', A-ns-completely'fllle'cl-land as many more-Were on the.putsifc vainly clam. meeting was of St Paul, dembcrntic -nntionrt committee-' ninn for the silver deinocrata are i-emoved fact bolted 'MK Tiyler intro- Coekrnn to the vaitnudiencrt, and so wns ujibnriously cheered: Mr. Cockran wai- ac an ovation 1 when he mode hV appear- made a most formic and able speech on the lines of this In the meantime crowd outsjc wn3 appcnsed by speecheR 6m- War to Speulc. Modison, States Senator William F. Vilas side over the big republican rally Hlch will Tuesday rijjrt, when six veterans will speak-forjie gold They.nre.

Gens. Drtfel E. Sickles, Mulholla of New York; lTa Seemingly Unfortunate Career of the Big Vessel Accident to Be Rigidly Investigated. Washington, Sept. favorable outcome of what might have proved a very serious accident to the unlucky battle ship Texas caused general satisfaction to the officials of the navy department Thursday morning and were greatly relieved after the suspense of the night, the reports of the ship's striking on bottom known to be BO rocky as Newport harbor having given rise to considerable fears that the vessel would be ruined.

The career of the Texas ever since'she existed only on paper had been so checkered that the superstitious thought her end had I eome. Her collapse in the Brooklyn dry-flock last year followed ny the I "development structural weakness" I on her trial trip, caused her to be sent to. the Norfolk navy yard last January where her immersed hull was thoroughly rebuilt, costing- over $200,000. During her six months' stay in the. dry-dock her frames and bottom were radically strengthened and it was only about three weeks ago that she was pronounced complete and sent to join Admiral Bunco's squadron at Tompkinsville the day before Li Hung Chang arrived in America.

The cost including repairs up to this time has exceeded although she hud been originally designed to cost but To locnte the responsibility of Wednesday's unfortunate occurrence will be the immediate effort of the navy A court of inquiry promptly investigate the occurrence. Xew Harbor has been the scene of similar accidents to warships, DYNAMITER IN LONDON. Bdward Hell HI. Real Name Ji Edward J. Ivory.

London. Sept. Bell, or alleged dynamiter, who wns arrested in Glasgow last Saturday, arrived in London at 8:10 o'clock Thursday morning, having been brought here in obedience to. a requisition from the Scotland Yard authorities. was in charge of the officers sent from Scotland Yard to bring him'here.

Upon.his Arrival at. the station ie was put into a driven at once to the Bow street -police" court The prisoner was 1: He maintained his nr-t -i rfi him sullen making to any -was said to hi A. Thii will be the chief: publican event ofiiflcompaigiahere. officers" Elgin, 111., John Magistrate Vaughn asked the pris Thnrston, of Nebraska, ijj na me and tbe latter re- dience at Wednesday hear-his discussloJHOt political issues. It is estimated tint people lis- and French Lick Springs, of neglect in treatment of phtheria.

Altogether there have been 75 cases and 20 deaths. In one family visited by tbe secretary -two chidren lay dead, while close.at hand, "vere three children and the mother fatally ill with the same disease. In. Lther family, while one child lay. dy- i five other children runningaround so badly afflicted that they could cot swallow.

KG attempt had made at quarantining tbe infected, houses, and attendant were going from house to bouse without changing clothing. Slowly Starrlnr to Drntli. Decatur, Sept. 17. Sethcr, a wealthy and respected citjzen oC this city, has been actually starv- in- to death for the past two months.

During that time little or no noumh- men has entered' his stomach and he has wasted away until he is a living skeleton. Skilled physicians have been consulted all over the country, but none ol them is able to give him any. relief or diagnose his case. TJp-to the time he became afflicted with this terrible malady he had never been sick" one day. -i -Big Family- Anderson, Hol- 'lingsworth, who is.as well known as any pioneer in eastern Indiana, sat down at dinner with SI of his descendants.

Mr. Hol- 'liugsworth claims the distinction of having the largest family in Indiana. From his first son to his last great- grandchild they number 118 living and 24 dead. Famed. Away.

Terre Haute, Sept, tion has just been received of the death. of Prof. Tschudy, instructor in German nnd librarian of Rose Polytechnic institute. He had spent his vacation in Canada on 8 bicycle tour, and a few ago arrived with a friend in Rochester. where he complained of headache.

He died congestion of the brain. Aid Asked forV New Ballroad, Ind, Sept. petition ji in tlrculation in Elkhart county call- rinrupon the'c'dunty commissioners for a special.election to Tote upon a proposition to extend aid to the Goshen Wabash Railway The line will be built. between Elkhart and Goshen, and. indications now point to tened and applauded'as the doctrine of, gold, the and national sovereignty by the of state rights was declared to have no place in Amer ica.

He faid there was no roojn forsec-. tionnlisnx in land, the issue which he declared'was proclaimed in Chicago Senator Tillmah: Senator Thurston was given an ovation at the close of his speech. They Vlilt MemphU, Sept. Simon Bolivar Buckner, vice presidential nominee of the national ex- Congressrenn JohnTR. Fellows, of New.

York, addressed ati' audience of 4,000 people in Memphis Wednesday night. Gen. Buckner confined himself to a general discussion' of causes-heading to the Indianapolis convention; and to an argument against free coinage of Bilver. Too to Make Speeches. Chicago, Sept 77." Ex-President Harrison has asked 1 the national republican committee to-make no appointments for him' His time is too much'taken, his private nfiairs to-permit; him to make campaign speeches'; according to a letter received from his private secretary 1 i' Plan for an Aotlve CBmpalen.

Birmingham; con- fere-rice- of from till over Ain-bama is being, held here Thursday to map out plans-, a vigorous campaign ''for Bryan and Sewall. It. no proffer-of places electoral tick- et'wiM the populists; Anitlen'ce for Brynn. Sept. Bujk- ner, vice-'presidential candidate of (he national dempkratlc John.

li. Fellows, campaigner for.fee flied: "Edward J. Ivory." i'Detective Flood then took the stand and testified that number i'documents and £100 in money had found in the possession of the pSion'er. when he was arrested. The was rema-nded for a week.

Shiloh Battle Field Asioolatlon. ol tV ghiloh Battlefield association, J. A. SClernand, president, have rear- gnnia nnd are putting, forth a strong cftort'io make-a success of the work for whih the association, is organized. The nwes'of all the and cofederate, who fought at Shiloh (or Pittburg Landing), are desired anV.may be sent to Capt.

1-. Hedley, Junker Hill, secretary. Annual wmbership in the assocjation 'costs onetlollar, life membership five dollars. the nfcrnei-of democratic -'noml'ije" and no on. It was the sense -of the "cemf ence', although no ypte 'had tiiketf up to two'o'clock, Indiana shni-U stand 'by their own- toral withdrawn 'and Watson'i-fiubstituted; Matthews ''ofiiic Conformist, cantly 'any be done must do The 1 'democratic the after- 'Big --bejiisotlon- te- 0 scene of the populists of Indiana to the fusion question, met at.EnglisHjJhotel Thursday, and the strength -of positkm was such that fusion wiftjjne.

democrats on any other ugreementttlis to'give the populistjs seven had the -word votes in the state'seems ontpf It was the sense-of tion. le until the of (the meeting was compelled to aiidieuoe'i'tq -give the general a The mention of id- applauded, YDS" evident'that'the silver men Ihe meeting. in' 's i 1 v'er se i men in the auftce that niim'eB of loudly New Have, rumor reached this'Mty night that Capt, Treadvaj-; of thA'ale crew, has been'missingfrom hisSioux City home, ond that anxiety there as to his whereabouts. left Black Rock, near where lie has been the gue-st Thorne, last Thursday. He to go first to Long Island and toJPennsylvania, hoping to.reoeh City the latter part of this week'.

It( not believed here that any ill- luck captain. Xlttlo Chll7' Suffocnted by Gasoline. Bonner Sjiriligs, a ed four, wei-c found in the of house Near by was an can, while the clotdiing of the" little-ones was! saturated with the There was.no avidence-of explo-; siou' supposition.js.tnat the two- children rom the umea nnd fell to the floor, which-they were found: lying the floor, "1 uosnen, aou. luwivai.iw*'^ the construction of the road nt an early date; FeU Into Pit of Hot Coal L-gonier, Sept. 17.

Samuel Muth, of Wyatt, was fatally burned by falling into a pit of red hot coal. The flesh on portions of his body was literally cooked, pieces of flesh dropping; from his limbs and exposing the bones. Hc'made a misstep and was precipitated Into the furnace. Muth was a charcoal 'burner. A Murderer Caught.

Sbelbyville, Sept. Bsir, of Bedford, was shot: and killed on September. 9 by George E. Roamans, who was here by Detective Evans, found him.asleep in a box car. The murderer is legged man, aged 23 years, and will be returned to'Bedford at once.

Crowd Broke Into the King. Indianapolis, Sept. an early hour a prize fight was pulled Jn a barn near 'Millersville between. Jimmie Griffin, of St. Paul, and Charier Berns, of Cincinnati.

It soon degenerated into a rough nud tumble fight, and the crowd interfered and a general. melee Bicycle to Bo Jtnrion, Sept. cycle which faUed last, vill be started with a force of 300 men Assignee Tibbitts Mbbittn finds 'the cycle compary's at- "airs in excellent condition, have the concern solvent'withln on ''days. Vlre Barn. Crown Point, Sept.

get' flre to on immense hoy barn by AVill J. Davis, of Chicago, on his fanr'- tiie "WillowdRle." near the fi un lr In SVLbuis; Sept. the sound of brAWrig glass mthetigdoora leading into the audience at Grand opera-: house -Wednes- dav" night became Mnic-stricken. made a rush womVn fainted in the crush 'carried to to recover. 'A Visitor'leaning heavily against doors for-tlle nnd the barn, tog-ether with; CO' choice hayi was entirely Tlji loss to Mr.

Davit will be about 51,200. Second 1'Mlch Crop. 'Ligonler, Sepit. nclf. of Elkhnrt county, Ja'lrtf the second-crop ot penchcn good ttecnring: another crop bT-foiiis weather sets --iin.

The CaJifoniin variety. rti' Petersburg, 'ms, who wns cliarg -her. In iMurern by a'dmihistcriiifir canthnrldfl meals, was acquitted by county,.