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tie VOL. XXIL--NO. 135. ALTOONA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1896. THREE CENTS A COPY, a platform reaffirming the sound principles of democracy, the democratic party DUIET diction wa8 chaste and beautiful.

The sermon was full of poetry and power. The audience was attentive and appreciative. The young people's meeting at 6.30 o'clock was largely attended. The large choir discoursed most excellent music. After prayer by Rev.

T. W. McKenty, of Cassville, Rev. Job D. Price, of Martins-burg, W.

addressed the meeting. He introduced himself as a young old Tbey Issue an Address to Members of tbe Party. IN VAfllOUS C0TJBTS, What Was Going on at the Mayor's Offloe and at the Aldermen's Testerday. The case of Prunkard vs. Manspeaker, in which the defendant is charged with cruelty to cows, has been again postponed until 2 o'clock this afternoon.

A boy who rode into the depot on top of a baggage car, at his hearing before Alderman Huff, was ordered to leave town. George Delago and Frank Huest, the two Italians who weie arrested Sunday morning for fighting, were each fined $10 by Mayor Barr yesterday. Joe Morello, who caused their arrest, paid Huest's fine. C. E.

Snyder, the fast driver who was arrested Sunday night, was fined $5 yesterday. Officer Hopkins, on Sunday, arrested a woman named Kate Kelly for trespassing. She has tbe enviable reputation of being a persistent train jumper and bum and is familiarly known among railroad men as "Kate Kelly, the Train Jumper." Her home is said to be in Blairsville. The police department got her a charity pass to Pittsburg. Charles M.

Long was arrested about 4 o'clock last evening by Officer Orner at the corner of Eleventn avenue and Fourteenth street, where he was making a free silver speech and incidentally canvassing for a magazine. The orator had a jag of no small size aboard and carried a large grip which, when opened, proved to be empty. The mayor released him after he sobered up. Esther Snyder, of Fairview has made information" before Alderman Raymond charging Elizabeth and Cora Stitzell and Jennie Foyste with assault and battery. She claims that the girls bear her a grudge and that they attacked her and tore her clothing on the highway.

Constable Kreider searched the home of Abdella and Annie McDade, 937 Ninth avenue, for clothing and other articles taken from the home of their daughter, Mrs. George Abraham. Mrs. Abraham married against her parents' will. Since then Mr.

and Mrs. McDade have visited their daughter occasionally, taking things which were found lying about. Quite a number of articles" belonging to Mrs. Abraham were found in her parents' home by Mr. Kreider, who brought them away.

OUT IN THE WEST. Field Marshal Eanna Thinks the Outlook is Promising. Cleveland, August 17. McKin-ley and Hanna were in conference at Mr. Hanna'a home all day Sunday.

Said Mr. Hanna this morning: "The outlook throughout the western states is more promising than two weeks ago, and I construe it as an evidence that the republican campaign of education is beginning to tell. We have the Chicago headquarters thoroughly organized and up to Saturdanight had scattered 1,150,000 campaign uocuments in every section of the country. This is a mere handful compared to what will be sent out. There is a healthy and growing demand for republican literature, which, in my opinion, demonstrates that the people want reliable information and are coming to republican headquarters to get it.

"Within a week or ten days we will begin to shoot off our oratorical artillery. It will come in good season, as the people will then have had time to digest some of the campaign literature. "It has been given out that McKinley will not take the stump and nothing has occurred to cause him to deviate from the original decision. To settle the matter-once for all McKinley will not take the stump. Nsither will he address the Grand Army of the Republic gathering at Milwaukee.

"At present I cannot justly size up the eastern situation. I will be on the ground on Tuesday. All that I will say of Bryan's speech is that it was a stammer. The last member of the executive committee has not yet been appointed and the matter is still in abeyance." A Campmeeting Wiped Out by Fire, York, August 17. Emig's Grove campmeeting ground, five miles north of this city, was devastated by fire at 8 o'clock this morning.

Thirty-five double cottages, a large tabernacle and a dining hall were reduced to ashes. The loss will reach about insurance, $3,500. Many of the cottagers lost all their personal property, and watches, jewelry and money were consumed in the fire. There between 700 and 800 cottagers on the grounds at the time of the fire. They were principally from York and Baltimore.

A few children were asleep at the time, but they were taken out without injury. A number of persons were slightly burned in trying to save their effects. The fire lasted an hour, and nothing but ashes marks the spot where the camp stood. The buildings were insured for $3,500 in local mutual was called upon to select delegates to a national convention. The delegates to the convention held at Chicago were authorized and had the power to proclaim a platform embodying their views of the true solution of the particular problems of the government now agitating the nation, but upon the condition that such platform should be consistent with the cardinal principles held by the party throughout its existence.

These principles constitute the essential element of the party's life. They distinguish.it from all other political organizations. If they are abandoned the party Ceases to exist. It was therefore not within the power of any majority the delegates assembled at Chicago to bind the democrats of the United States to a platform inconsistent with the party's principles, or to an action that result in their surrender. In violation of the trust committed to them a majority of the delegates assembled in that convention, ignoring the rights of the minority unseated regularly elected delegates to make places for others in sympathy with themselves.

They proclaimed a sectional combination of the south and west against the north and east. They impeached the honesty and patriotism of President Cleveland, who, under exceptional embarrassments, produced by past errors of legislation, has heroically maintained the honor and integrity of the republic. Against the protest of one-third of lhe delegates, they promulgated a platform at variance with the essential principles of the democratic party. The platform is in its policeis dangerous to the welfare and life of free government. It is mischievous in its tendencies.

But even more threatening than mischievous was the spirit of the convention that adopted it. A spirit manifested not alone by its affirmative action but as well by its reckless rejection of every proposition tending to temper the declarations of the convention with conservaism and justice. The platform proposes to degrade the coin of the United States by means of the free and unlimited coinage of silver by our government and by the exercise of the power of the nation" to compel the acceptance of depreciated coins at their nominal statue, thereby working an injustice to creditors, defrauding the laborer of a large part of his earnings and savings, robbing pensioned soldiers of a part of their pensions, contracting the currency by the expulsion of gold coin from circulation, injuring, if not destroying domestic trade and foreign commerce. While professing to advocate a policy of bimetallism, it censures the present democratic administration for maintaining the parity of gold and sliver. It proposes to reduce this country to a condition of silver monometallism, with its vacillating and unreliable standard of values, and tends to bring the farmer, the wage-earner and the salaried man to the wretched condition of the same classes in countries in which the silver standard prevails, and where the rewards of agriculture and labor are lower than anywhere else in the world.

With what seems to be a deliberate attempt to mislead the people, it asserts that by the coinage act of 1873 tbe United States abandoned the use of silver money and that gold has appreciated and commodities have fallen in price solely by reason of this legislation. It demands the free coinage of sil ver at the arbitrary and fictitious ratio of 16 to 1, although the ratio esiab- lished in the world's market is about 32 to 1, and although neither experience nor reason warants the belief that the commercial rate between the two metala can be reduced by the action of this government to any ratio even approximating that proposed. Its declarations invite and have almost produced a financial panic, and many of its advocates announce that to accomplish their purposes they are prepared to involve their country in a disaster compared to nothing in its history but the calamity of civil war. It insults the independence of the judiciary by a covert threat to reorganize lhe courts whenever their decisions contravene the decrees of the party 'Caucus. It seeks to allure affice-seekers and spoilsmen to its support by attacking the existing civil service laws, which good men of all parties have labored so long to establish.

The Chicago convention having thus departed from the recognized demi-faith and promulgated doctrines new and strange to the democratic party, all democrats are absolved from obligation to support its- programme. More than this, as the doctrines announced are destructive of national honor and private obligation and tend to create sectional and class distinctions and engender discord and strife among the people, all good citizens of the republic are bound to repudiate them and exert every lawful means to insure the defeat of the candidates that represent theae false doctrines. To this eud we request all democrats who are opposed to the platform adopted and the candidates nominated at Chicago to organize in their respective states and to send representatives to the convention of the national democratic party, to be held at Indianapolis on Wednesday, September 2, 1896, in accordance with the call heretofore issued by the national committee. Say They Have a Good Case. Grove City, August 17.

Suit was entered to-day by Hon. J. A. Martin, trustee of the Enterprise Coal company, against the Pittsburg.Shenango and Lake Erie railroad, charging violations of the interstate commerce law. Alleged discrimination in freight rates favorable to other Mercer county companies is the foundation for tbe suit.

United States officials have canvassed the situation and state that they have a good case. Another Good Democrat Bebeli. Lancaster, August 17. William B. Given to-day resigned as chairman of the democratic" county committee, and in his letter of resignation gives as his reason that he is opposed to the platform adopted at Chicago, 'it being undemocratic in ita principles.

Possibly the Result of Departure Big Crowds on Sunday. of IT WAS DELIGHTFUL NEVERTHELESS Bible Beading at 8.30 a. a Sermon at 10, a Temperance Service in the Afternoon and an Evangelist at Right. THIS WAS THE DAI'S PROGRAMME Special to the Tribune. Newton Hamilton, August 17.

Monday is always a quiet day at any camp-meeting and to-day has been no exception to the rule at Newton Hamilton. The large crowds that came for Sunday have gone, and after the multitude which yesterday thronged the woods the place seems deserted. Tbe day, however, has been delightful. Last night about 11 o'clock a slight rain fell, and this morning the atmosphere was clear, cool and bracing. At no time to-day has the heat been sufficiently great to drive the campers to don their light garments.

All day a good breeze has been steadily blowing, and as a result of these favoiable conditions the services of today have been unusually well attended for Monday service. 1 his afternoon the annual meeting of the stockholders was held at the camp hotel. The largest number of votes cast in years was cast at this meeting. There were 264 votes cast. The meeting resolved that hereafter the association would itself attend to the erecting of kitchens and see that all kitchens were unifoim.

Another departure concerns the renting of tents. Heretofore upper and lower tents have been rented separately, the rent of a lower tent being $7 and an upper tent $2. It was decided that hereafter these would be rented as one tent, and the price for both, an upper and a lower tent, would be $9. There was quite a scare last night among the people about the boarding house. Nobody knows just what it was whether "spooks" were abroad or not but all agree that there was the most unearthly groaning, such as could only have come from a dying man.

The police were summoned, but the most careful search failed to reveal anything or any one. The probabilities "are that some practical joker thought he saw a chance for some fun, or, perhaps, some one, with a less honest purpose, thought that if the boarding house people would become so scared as to run out they were counting the day's receipts at the time there would be a chance to run in and secure part of the pile. The Bible reading at 8.30 was on the Epistle to the Romans, from which Evangelist Weaver brought out leading lines of thought suggested therein, dividing the epistle into four sections: (1,) man's guilt; (2,) justification by faith; (3 ,) instruction in the things of God; (4,) consecration to his service. At 10 o'clock Rev. W.

P. Eveland, Ph. of Port Deposit, preached. He took as his text Revelations 5-6. His theme was, "What Is Ours Through Christ?" First.

God's love in a peculiar, strong sense. Out of the suffering which Christ bore for men is born in God's heart a greater love for them. Second. Washing from sin in Christ's blood. The greatness of man's sin and the perfect-ness of Christ's cleansing were emphasized.

Third. Kingship through Jesus. The mastery over our own bodies, over all temptations that can come against us; and over all opposition to our working for Jesus. Fourth. Personal priesthood.

No child of God is fora momentshnt out from his presence. The poorest Christian is as much a priest as the pope. He can get as near to God's ear and heart. He can always gain access to the throne of grace, and obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The children's service this afternoon was a temperance service.

The sweet singing of the children is an especially attractive feature of this service. Their clear young voices have power to touch and thrill the hearts of the large congregations that daily assemble. To-day there were two very appropriate recitations by two little girls from Hollidays-burg, Mabel Houck reciting "The Water Drinkers," and Cosetta Gingery, "The Two VoterB." The text of the sermon was "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red." Alcohol was represented as a great evil spirit, shut up in a bottle, who must not under any circumstances be left out or he would do untold damage. This afternoon there was preaching at 3 o'clock. The preacher was Rev.

J. C. Young, of Three Springs. He took as his text Psalms viii: 4 "What is man that thou art mindful of him?" The greatest study of mankind is man. Where to go to find answer to the question of the text; not from pages of nature.

These give evidence of the existence of a God, but give no account of man's origin or destiny. Neither can the longed-for knowledge be gleaned from the pages of profane history. To find this we are compelled to resort to the Word of God. Here we learn that man was a special creation, created in the image of God. We learn here that man ia so much an object of God's love that he constantly cares for him and supplies his needs; also that God has redeemed man by the precious blood of his Son Jesus Christ.

God also visits human kind. Not as he did Adam and Eve, visiting them and talking to them face to face, but by his revelation, his providence and hia epirit. The littleness of man and hia insignificance as compared with God were dwelt upon, and the grace of the God who could stoop enough to save and keep him was emphasized. What shall we do to show our appreciation? We cannot sing like angels, we cannot speak Uko Paul, but we can go forth to live before men the religion of Jesus, and so do onr part toward building up his kingdom. The The Boy Orator Caters to New York's Provincial Towns.

A SPEECH AT PODGBKEEPSIE Therein He Saws the Air and Asks the Same Old Questions Relative to tho 16 to 1 Eatio Too Coy to Answer. THE CROWDS WERE YERY SMALL Pocghkeepsie, N. August 17. Mr, and Mrs. William J.

Bryan took a train from Irvington this morning for Yonk ers, where they boarded the steamer at Albany for their trip up the Hudson. Yonkers shouted a hearty farewell as the steamer left her wharf. At Albany the wharf was crowded with people who gave three cheers for the nominee and three more for his wife and yelled again as the Albany cast off her lines. Several hun dred people were on the boat and nearly all of these pressed around Mr. and Mrs.

Bryan with hands outstretched when the boat had started up stream. A state room was pJtfbed at the disposal of the candidate and his wife by the steamboat officials, ana in this Mr. and Mrs. Bryan received a number of the passengers. It was their first experience on the Hudson, and they were delighted with their trip.

The weather was perfect, and everything tended to make the short voyage delightful. At Newburgh the dock was crowded with people anxious to get a glimpse of Mr. Bryan. When the boat arrived Mr. Bryan was at dinner, but in response to calls irom the crowd he came out on deck and bowed.

It was 1.20 when the Albany reached Poughkeepsie. Fully 400 people were gathered at the wharf and a cheer was given as Mr. Bryan walked over the gang plank. The crowd followed him the two blocks he and Mrs. Bryan walked to the Central station, where Mr.

Bryan was surrounded in the waiting room and finally forced out on the platform. Here, mounted on a truck, he made a little speech, the first since his appearance at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Bryan said: "I am coming up here into this section of the state for a rest, and therefore am not going to make any speeches. I do not expect to be able to see you again and I take this opportunity of thanking you for the interest you are taking in the campaign.

From reading some of the New York papers it would seem that there is no other sentiment in New York, but the great daily papers are not able to suppress the sentiment of the masses and of the people. Cheers. I believe that this campaign will be characterized by more intense feeling than any in which we younger men have been engaged. In this campaign the people are thinking, and when the people think, they decide, and when they decide, they act. Applause.

The so-called financiers believe that they have the right to use the ballot to protect their interests. Why have not the rest of the people the right to use the ballot to protect their own interest? Here Mr. Bryan paused, but in response to cries of "More!" he asked: many of you have been studying the silver question? Hold up your hands." A number of hands were raised. "Now let me ask each of you to consider this question." A voice interrupted: "How are you for the working classes Mr. Bryan: "You take what I have said and what I have done and let the thinking people decide.

Applause. It ia not for a candidate to tell you how to vote," said Mr. Bryan, continuing. "I have too much respect for the rights of individuals to attempt to tell any one how to vote. I can simply defend the policies for which I stand and let the people choose between my opponent and myself.

But I desire to urge you to find out what your duty is and then have the courage to do it." Applause. Mr. Bryan held a short reception and took the New York Central train for Tar-rytown at 1.50 p. m. The ride from Poughkeepsie to Tarry-town was short and was made in an ordinary day coach.

At Tarrytown reached at 2.30 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were met by Mr. and Mrs. E.

C. Perrine and, after some of the two score of people at the little station had shaken hands with them, they were driven off by the Perrines to their home at Upper Red Hook, six miles distant. Mr. Sewall returned to New York from Yonkers and will return to his home in Maine. Ought to Be Sent Up for a Term.

Reading. August 17. Frank Daniels, an alleged lunatic, attempted to steal a pair of shoes in front of a Penn street store this afternoon. He was caught in the act, but before he was secured he stabbed four persons, several very seriously. Among the injured were: Charles H.

Snavely, a colored bootblack, John Winkler, an aged German, Robert L. Cressman, A. Tiler and Zacharias Wink, city clerk. The wounds of Snavely and Cressinan are Berious but both will recover. Sustained the Old Bine Laws.

Wilmington, August 17. Judge Wales, in the United States court, this morning, gave a decision in the case of the single tax speakers in Dover jail. He decided that the Dover justice of the peace had authority to try and remand James J. Haggerty, the appellant, to jail for violating a town ordinance by speaking on the street. The decision applies to all the other single tax prisoners in jail.

Judge Wales read a carefully prepared decision of about three thousand words. TELL JDST WHERE THE! ARE AT Say the Principles of the Party Began With the Government but That Certain Members Are Straying From the Fold. ARE IN FAYOR OF SOUND MONEY Chicago, August 17. A meeting of the national executive committee of the gold democratic party was held at the Palmer house to-day. Chairman Bynum, of Indiana, presided, and all the members were present except Charles W.

Tracey, of New York, who was detained by party work in the metropolis. The principal business which called the committee together was the preparation and adoption of an address to the democratic voters of the country. A sub-committee was chosen to draft the address. Assurances have been received by the committee that the organizations in the following states which were not represented at Indianapolis are sufficiently advanced to make it certain they will have full delegations at the convention: Louisiana, North Dakota, Georgia, Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, South Carolina. Nothing has been done inIdaho, Utah or Nevada towards organizing and Mr.

Bynum said he did not expect to see those stateB represented at Indianapolis. Theexpectation is there will be forty-two states to answer to the roll call on September 2. Chairman Bynum said to a reporter that New York is the best city for the national campaign headquarters, and "I shall work and vote foi it. Ours will be a campaign of education, and New York is the producing point for most of the literature. The committee could command more assistance in New York than in Chicago.

There are to be so many headquarters here that we will get mixed up." The committee went into session on the address as drafted by the sub-committee at 6 o'clock and four hours later gave out the following: To the Democrats of the United States: The democratic party is the only existing political organization with history extending back to the birth of the republic. Party after party has attempted its overthrow. Some have achieved temporary triumphs. With each triumph was heard the prophecv that the demo cratic party would surely die. It has survived all defeats.

By "virtue of its indestructible principles it has witnessed the birth and death of every rival, save one, and this, its present great antagonist, with a history of no more than forty years, had the part in laying the foundations of constitutional popular government. For more than a century men of high principles, noble am-bitidns, unselfish and patriotic aims have adhered to the democratic party with a constancy of devotion unparalleled in the history of politics. For more than a century, through good and evil report, in times of prosperity and days of adversity, it has kept its faith. "Without variableness or shadow of turning" it has kept fast to the fundamental principles of free government formulated by its founders, and subsequently enforced by its great leaders, from Jefferson to Cleveland. For more than a century no man was ever in doubt as to what constituted democracy.

He who proclaimed himself a democrat defined his principles. He believed, and this was the cardinal article of hia political faith, in the ability of every individual, unassisted, if unfettered by law, to achieve his own happiness, and therefore, that to every citizen there should be secured the right and opportunity peaceably to pursue whatever course of conduct he would, provided such conduct deprived no other individual of the equal enjoyment of the same right and opportunity. He stood for freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of trade and freedom of contract, all of which are implied by the century old battle cry of the democratic party, "Individual Liberty." As a consequence every democrat believed in the rule of law, and the rule of an impartial law, in the unhesitating protection not only of the lives of citizens, but of private rights and property, and in the enjoyment of obediency to duly constituted authority. Every true democrat insisted upon a a strict observance of the mandates of the federal constitution and of the limitations therein prescribed, as well as upon a loyal support of all the institutions thereby created to be guarantees of the liberty it sought to perpetuate. He profoundlydisbelieved in the ability of government, through paternal legislation or supervision, to increase the happiness of the nation.

He was opposed to all attempts to conjure comfort into the homes of its citizens or wealth into their pockets. He believed that it is the foundation of government to provide the people with an honest and stable medium of exchange.thus enabling them to transact their business safely and conveniently in every market of the world. He reprobated every attempt to supply to money, by means of legislation, that value which it can possess only by reason of those quantities that render it acceptable to the world when unsupported by legislative fiat. He believed in the gieatest measure of freedom of trade and industry compatible with the necessity to obtain by constitutianal means an adequate revenue for the support of the government. He believed in a simple, economical, honest and efficient administration of the affairs of the nation; to the prime object of government the liberty of the people should be preserved with the least possible resulting burden and the greatest possible certainty.

With such a record "and such a creed, the president, moreover, being a democrat, elected on man one who though old in years is young in sympathy and feeling. He congratulated the young people of the church upon the organization that has been effected among them and the recognition that has been accorded to them by the church. He spoke of that part of the Ep worth League pledge which pledges each member to earnestly seek for himself and to help others to attain the highest possible standard of New Testament experience and life. This is really a pledge to seek after a perfect life. The same pledge has been taken by every preacher who has been admitted to full connection in a Methodist conference, so that in this the young people are only following their pastors.

The aim of every young person should be to be like Christ, lhe life that he lived is possible of imitation because it was a very human life. It was a life of toil, a social life, a life full of trial and temptation, but amidst it all he kept himself pure. After this Mr. J. M.

Curwin, of Harris-burg, spoke telling of how God has saved him from his sin and advising all his hearers to seek the same salvation. The interest in the evening meetings continues unabated. Evagelist weaver again made one of his strong appeals and led in the special revival services that followed. A QUESTION OF MOBS. There were Those of Both Kinds in Belfast Yesterday, Belfast, August 17.

A large nationalist demonstration in favor of granting amnesty to all Irish political prisoners took place here to-day and was the cause of serious rioting. An immense procession of nationalists marched through the streets of the city and proceeded to Hannestown, a suburb of Belfast, headed by bands of music, and displaying numerous banners bearing inscriptions indicating the purpose of the movement. The streets were lined with spectators who hooted, groaned and jeered the processionists who finally threw a few stones at the paraders. Some of the pa-raders were armed with spears and these men made an attack upon their tormentors despite the efforts of the police who were out in full force, to prevent them. A fierce fight ensued and the police made several charges with drawn batons upon the combatants, as the result of which there were a great number of broken heads.

A dozen or more of the rioters were taken to the hospital after order was restored. All of this occurred before noon. Later the city magistrates held a meeting and ordered that the troops be in readiness to put down the disturbances which it was feared would occurr when the paraders returned from Hannastown in the evening. Every preparation was accordingly made to suppress any attempt at rioting, and for a time the centre of the city, to which the disturbances of the morning were confined, was quiet, although the streets ere alive with greatly excited people. The procession returned to Belfast in the evening when it was soon seen that the misgivings of the authorities were not unfounded.

As the procession approached the city, the greatest excitement prevailed. A number of opposition mobs had gathered along the intended route of the procession on its return with the object of making an attack upon the paraders, and to prevent rioting of the most active character, the police barred the route which had been laid out for the return march of the procession and turned the parade off in another direction. In the meantime a heavy rain began falling, but this had not the slightest effect in diminishing the size of the crowds which thronged the streets nor in allaying the excitement of the people. Mifflin County Democrats. Special to the Tribune.

Lewistown, August 17. The democratic county convention met in the court house to-day at 10.30 o'clock and proceeded to nominate a ticket. The following was the ticket nominated: Congress, W. F. Kearns, of Derry township; state senate, Hon.

W. II. Parcels.of Lewistown; legislature, Dr. S. H.

Rothrock, of Brown township; associate judge, Joseph A. Wertz, of Lewistown; sheriff, John S. Garrett, of Lewistown; county treasurer, George K. McClintic, of Lewistown; couuty commissioners, J. R.

Stcrrett, of Armagh township, and Andrew S. McKee, of Granville township; director of the poor, E. Hale Hartman.of Armagh township; county auditors, E.O. Lantz of Union township, and George H. Swigart, of Granville township; coroner, H.

J. Fosnet, of Lewistown. A. Reed Hayes was re-elected chairman of the county committee. Resolutions were passed condemning the national administration and endorsing the national ticket and platform.

Considerable discussion was developed over the silver plank, but they finally passed the resolution bv a vote of 26 to 8. Perry County Democrats Nominate. Special to the Tribune. New Bloomkield, August 17. The democratic convention met to-day and nominated the following ticket: Assembly, John M.

Bower, Spring township; associate judge, Joel Bowen, Wheatfield; register and recorder, A. G. George, Dun-cannon; treasurer, M. A. McPherson, Centre township; district attorney, B.

Gibson, Bloomfield; county commissioner, John L. Hoffman, Liverpool township; William A. Gutshall, Blain. Senatorial conferees were nominated without instruction. The convention endorsed tbe Chicago platform and nominees.

Gail Hamilton Bead. Wexham, August 17. Mary Abigail Dodge died at 8.55 o'clock to-night without regaining consciousness since she was stricken Sunday morning. companies. All in a Muddle.

Williamsport, August 17. The republican conferees of the Sixteenth congres sional district met here this evening and alter the Hon. 11. B. Packer, of Tioga.

and H. T. Harvey, of Clinton, had been placed in nomination, adjourned until to-morrow morning. The Potter county conferees entered a protest against any action until after the republican county convention, which meets iD this city on weanesaay. jso action was taken.

Pensions Granted. Washington, August 17. Pension certificates of date of August 4, 18, have been issued as follows: Pennsylvania-Original Edmund J. Bowman, Berwick, Columbia; Edward Shoe, Centre. Additional Thaddeua C.

Rumbarger, Wigton, Clearfield. Increase Frederick B. Wells, Greens-burg, Westmoreland. Wanted to Be Excused. He (after the second act) "Well, if you'll excuse me I guess I'll co out and get a breath of fresh air." She "If it's the same kind of breath that you went out for when I was here with you before I rather vou wouldn't bring it in with you,".