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The News and Observer. VOL. AL,. NO. 120. THE URBIBI CIRHIUINH if K7 10KTM CMtOUIIA DAILY. MINERS' LIS LOST Hundred Victims of a Cave-in in Pennsylvania. SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD The Work of Rescue Going on But no Bodies Found. A TERRiFiC EXPLOSION OF GAS The Men Went Down into the Mine to Repair a Portion of it Which Was in a Dangerous Condition. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 29.- The ex citement continues at the iwin Sh.it t in Pi Us ton. where nearly one hun dred miners are entombed, either dead or alive, by Sunday morning’s cave-in. The scene at the mouth of the shaft beggars description, be sides the wives and children of the en tombed men, there are hundreds of -persons, not residents of Pittston alone, but visitors from Kingston, Scranton and \\ ilkesbarre. lhe giiet of the stricken families is intense. Wives and children, many of whom have not left the mouth of the shaft since the accident, stand near the opening to the death chamber and iirge the rescuers to greater efforts. The situation is almost the same as hist night. Practically nothing has been accomplished toward the re covery of the men. There is scarcely an old miner about the opening of the mine who does not believe that the men are all dead. The foreman of the rescuers reports that the timbering in the mine is going as rapidly as possibly. He said the work was necessarily slow, owing to the danger of falling rocks, which have been loosened by the explosion. Anv suggestions advanced as to the probable time the men will be reached are mere guess-work, as all depends upon whether the slope is completely choked up with debris or not. If not, the rescuers may possibly be able to reach the men within the next 24 hours; otherwise, it may be two oi three days. The rescuing party is 2,000 feet from where the cave-in oc curred. The gas continues to accumu late. and the roof, which was weaken ed by the explosion, is in danger of falling at a moment’s notice. The men who come out of the shaft bear the marks of anxiety and hard labor. One of them said: “I am glad I am out of that hole for a while. I would like very much to see the en tombed men rescued alive, but I tell you we, who are engaged in the work of rescuing, are carrying our lives in our hands.” A survey of the interior of the mine shows that the main slope is badly blocked. It is blocked even w orse than the officials are willing to admit. The men were at work propping up the roof when the fall occurred. Ihe alarm was immediately given by the ringing of the tire bells, and rescuers were put to work without delay. More than two-thirds of the victims were married men and leave families. Among them were Acting .Mayor Langan, who was inside superintend ing the mine, and J. H. Lynott, a ward councilman. About two weeks ago 'the surveyors reported to General Superintendent Law- that the mine was “squeezing,” and that unless ateps were taken to timber it a cave-in or fall might be looked for. Superintendent Law at once pu>t a number of timbermen at work'to brace the roof. The “squeeze” continued, however, and yesterday the situation became alarming. In the af ternoon a slight fall occurred, and the men who were at work had to retreat before it. A consultation of mine olli cials was then held, and it was decided that heroic measures would have to be miners should be secured and that .the the mine. Inside Superintendent Langan gave instructions that the most experienced miors should be secured ad that the party should go down the mines at 7 o’clock. Expert timbermen put in an appearance at that hour and were soon low ered into the workings. They made their way to Red-ash vein, 1,500 feet dow n the slope. ’The work of propping proceeded rapidly until 11 o’clock, when another fall occurred, l't made a low rumbling noise, ami the hying coal and debris drove the men back. Then the “squeeze” ceased again, and the men thought it was safe to re sume work. They labored on until 3:20 o’clock, when, it is supposed, the roof fell in without, warning, making a tre mendous crash. It is supposed, 'however, that the men were not all together, but some near the slope, and these probably ran up up the incline when the fall occurred. This is the only way the finding of Mayor Langan’s body in the slope can be accounted for. If the men received any warning, they had time to run up the slope, but not to any great distance. The falling rock and coal tilled up the slope and the adjoining gangways, completely shutting oft' all avenues of escape. It was at first suposed that the men might have escaped being caught in the fall, and that they were imprisoned behind the debris. It is possible that living men may still be behind the fall, although it is extremely improbable. Even if they escaped being crushed by the falling roof, the possibility of their being alive for any length of time in a gaseous mine is remote. The alarm was first given by water carrier John Sheridan, who. with Wm. Richard and Thomas Gill, were the only ones to escape of the whole party who entered the mine Saturday night. He was on his way up the slope to get some fresh water for the mem and w hen about one hundred feet from the foot of the shaft, was knocked down by the concussion, lit 1 was badly cut and bruised by flying coal and rock. He lay unconscious for ten minutes, and then came up t he shaft,. The concussion was so great that it was heard for miles around. The foundations of nearly every building in I‘ittston were shaken and windows and doors rattled as in a tornado. In the houses nearer the mines persons were thrown from their beds. The first thought was that a great earthquake had occurred and the inhab itants rushed Tom their houses. The ringing of the tire bells and the shriek ing of the big mine whistle told the story. Crowds of people gathered about the mouth of the shaft, and numbered thousands by daybreak. Men and wo men were prostrated by the catas trophe. One mother cried out that she had tw o sons below. Another was the wife or widow' of some unfortunate and had nine helpless children at home. Many knelt on the ground, and, in voices broken with sol»s, im plored Divine Providence to restore their loved ones alive. When it was given out that there was little or no hope of rescuing the men alive, women and girls fainted and were borne away senseless. Young Sheridan, the water boy, w ho had such a narrow escape,tells a thrill ing tale of the disaster. He thinks there was an explosion of gas, which blew down the newly erected timbers and caused the enve-in. When he left the mine to go out of the slope and get water those inside had no apprehen sion of a fall or a “squeeze.” Every thing was working nicely and the men expected to be out of the mine within another hour. “The rejiort of the fall.” says the boy, “was like a hundred cannon, and the force of it blew me fully twenty five feet. I was hurled against the side of the slope. A piece of rock hit me back of the head, the wound com menced to bleed and then 1 fainted.” Richards and Gill, who were on their way after timber, concur with Sheri dan that the concussion was terriffic. They were knocked off their feet and banged against some brattice work. They cannot conceive the possibility of anybody being in the wreck and es caping with his life. The first great disaster in the an thracite region was in September, 1869, when 120 men perished in the Avondale mine, this county. The breaker over the mine caught fire and all the men in the mine were suffo cated. This great catastrophe caused the legislature to pass a law compell ing mines to have two openings. But when a cave-in occurs in a mine and the men are surrounded on every side by debris it makes little difference how many openings there may be. They cannot escape, even if spared by the fall. The resources this afternoon encoun tered a new difficulty. Water is pour ing into the slope and threatens to drive the men at work out. flupfc. Law thinks it is water from the sur face and that it will soon cease to flow in to the mine. There are others of a different opin ion. They think the water comes from the Susquehanna river, which is near by. If it is river water, the whole mine will lie flooded in a short time, and it would take months before the liodies could lie gotten out. The damage to the mine is estimated at $25,000, and the expense of getting the bodies out, will not fall short, of SIO,OOO, and may reach $20,000. Besides the company will be called upon to burry a great number of the victims, especially the Hungarians. The com pany is receiving some censure for sending men into the mine when the higher officials knew it was in a dan gerous condition. In answer to this criticism, it is claimed that the same thing is done every (lay in the coal re gions. There was a valuable lot of coal in the mine and the only way it could lie gotten out was to prop the roof and to hold it secure. The com pany either had to do this or close the mine, which would have menat, the loss of all the capital invested. 81-METALLI9TS IN CHICAGO. Advance Gtiard of the Silver Forces Establishing Headquarters. Chicago. June 29. The advance guard of the bi-metallic Democratic committees, arrived in Chieago to-day, and opened headquarters at the Sher man House. Ex -Congressman T. (). Towles, of Jefferson City. Mo., secre tary of the committee, announced that the storm center of the silver move ment was formally transferred to Chicago. Senator Harris, of Tennes see, chairman of the organization, and who may preside at the convention, reached the city to-night to attend the meeting of the committee to-morrow. John W. Tomlinson, the Alabama rep resentative on the committee, is at the Palmer House with C. S. Thomas, the member from Colorado, and other members arrived Iliis evening. Some of the most prominent Demo crats in the country are at the head of the bi-metallic committee. Gov. Stone, of Missouri, ex-Speaker Crisp, of Georgia. Senator Turpie, of Indiana, Allen A. Thurman, of Ohio. B. F. Shively, Democratic nominee for Gov ernor of Indiana, are among the ar rivals. THE OUTFLOW OF GOLD. Washington. June 29. The Treasury to-day lost, $813,800 in gold and $10,500 in bars, which leaves the true amount of the gold reserve $101,322,393. Os The withdrawals $750,00 was for export. RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1896. M'KINLEY IS NOTIFIED I i The Committee Informs Him of His Nomination. ; SENATOR THURSTON SPOKE A Protective Tariff and Sound j Money Extolled. THE SPEECH OF ACCEPIANCE "The Platform Adopted Has Received My Careful Consideration and Has My Unqualified Approval.” Canton, Ohio, June 29. The Republt can notification couiourtitee, appointed by tlie St. Louis convention to notify Maj. McKinley of his nomination for the Presidency, reached Canton from Cleveland at 11:40 to-day. Decor a. ed tallyhos and carriages were in waiting at the station. The parade was organ ized, the Grand Army band and the e i/en Troop of cavalry leading the vehi cles occupied by the guests. Citizens fell in behind, and an enor mous crowd quickly gathered about the McKinley home, where the duties of the committee were discharged, and where the general public had been in formally invited. Mrs. McKinley and a company of friends occupied the front porch as the party arrived. Just as the crowd was quieting down, Governor McKinley stepped out on the porch. and was given a niottt enthusiastic ovation, cheer after cheer rising from the crowd. Senator Thurston stepped upon the porch, and, in his fiery eloquence, de livered the official notification. He was. greeted with enthusiastic applause, and was frequently interrupted by the cheering of the sentiments he express ed, “Governor McKinley: “We are here to perform the pleasant duty assigned us by the Republican .Na tional convention, recently assembled in Sr. Louis, that of formally notifying you of your nomination as the candi date of the Republican party for Pres ident of the United States. “We respectfully request your ac ceptance of this nomination and your approval of the declaration of print . pies adopted by the convention. "We assure you (that you are the unan imous choice of a united party, and your candidacy will be immediately accepted by the country as an absolute guarantee of Republican success. “Your nomination has beenin obedi ence to a popular demand, whose uni versality and sponfcaniety attest the af fection and confidence of ithe plain peo ple of the United Wrates. By common consent you are their champion. Their mighty uprising in your liehalf empha sizes the sincerity of their conversion to the cardinal principles of protection and reciprocity, as best exemplified in that splendid Congressional act which justly bears your name. Under it this Nation advanced to the very culmina tion of a prosperity far surpassing that of all other peoples and all other times; a prosperity shared in bv all sections, all interests and all classes; 'by capital and labor; by producer and consumer; a prosperity so happily in harmony with the genius of popular government that its choicest blessings were most w idely distributed among the low liest toilers and the humblest homes. "in 1892, your countrymen, unmind ful of your solemn warnings, returned that party to power which reiterated i;s everlasting opposition to a protec tive tariff and demanded the rejieal of the McKinley act. They sowed the wind. They reajied the whirlwind. The sufferings and losses and disasters to the American people from four years of Democratic (tariff are vastly greater than those which came to them from four years of a civil war. “Out of it all one great good remains. Those who scorned your councils speedily witnessed the fulfillment of your prophecies, and even as'the scour ged and repentent Israelites abjured their stupid idols and resumed unques tioning allegiance to Moses and to Mo ses’ God, so now your country men. ashamed of their errors, iturn to you and to those glorious principles for which you stand, in the full belief that your candidacy and the Republican platform mean that the end of the wil derness has come, and the promised land of American prosperity is again to them an insured inheritance. “But your nomination means more •than an endorsement of a protective tariff, of reciprocity, of sound and hon est finance, for all of which you have so steadfastly stood. It. means an en dorsement of your heroic youth; your fruitful years of arduous public ser vice; your sterling patriotism; your stalwart Americanism; your Christian character, and the purity, fidelity and simplicity of your private life; for all these things you are the chosen leader of the people. God give you strength to so bear the 'honors and meet the duties of that, great office for which you are now nominated, and to which you will be elected, that your adminis tration will enhance the dignity ami power and glory of this Republic, and secure the safety, welfare and happi ness of its liberty-loving people.” At 12:20 Governor McKinley arose to icspond, and the cihering was renewed. When quiet was restored, he spoke in part as follows: Begining with a reference to the great honor. Gov. McKinley continued: “Great as is the honor conferred, equally arduous and important is the duty imposed, and in accepting the one T assu e the other, relying upon the patr' > • devotion of Hie people to the 1 e k t interests of our beloved country and the sustaining care and aid q! Him without whose support all we do is empty and vain. Should the people ratify the choice of the great convention for which you speak, my only aim will be to promote the public good, which in America is always the good of the greatest number, the honor of our country and the welfare of the people. The questions to be settled in the National contest this year are as serious and important as any of the great governmental prob lems that have confronted us in the past quarter of the century. They eommmand our sober judgment and a settlement free from partisan preju dice and passsion beneficial to our selves and befitting the honor and grandeur of the republic. They touch every interest of our common coun try. Our industrial supremacy, our productive capacity, our business and our commercial prosperity, our labor and its rewards, our National credit, and currency, our proud financial honor, and our splendid free citizen ship—the birthright of every Ameri ca!, — are all involved in the pending campaign, and thus every home in the land is directly and intimately con nected with tlieir proper settlement. Our domestic trade must be won back and our idle workingmen employed in gainful occupations at American w ages. Our home market must be re stored to its proud rank of first in the world, nrul our foreign trade, so cut off by adverse National legislation, re opened on fair and equitable terms for our surplus agricultural and man ufacturing products. The govern ment of the United States must raise enough money to meet both its cur rency expenses and increasing needs. Its revenues should be so raised as to protect the material interests of our people, with the lightest possible drain upon their resources. “A failure to pursue this policy has compelled the country to borrow mon ey in a time of peace, to sustain its credit and pay its daily expenses. This policy should lie reversed, and that too, as speedily as possible. It must lie svp pairent to all. regardless of past party ties or affiliations, that it is our para mount dmy to provide adequate rev enue for the expenditures of the gov ernment. The Republican party has heretofore done this, and I confidently believe it will do it in '.he future, w’hen the party is again entrusted with power in the executive and legislative branch es of our government. The National credit which has thus far fortunately resisted every assault; upon it, must and will lie upheld and strengthened. If sufficient revenues are provided for the support of the government there will be no necessity for borrowing money and increasing ohe public debt. w * * “The money of the l nil ted States, and every kind or form of it. whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as good as the liest in the world. It must not only lie cur re nit, at its lull face value, at home, but it must be counted at par in any amd every commercial center of the globe. * * * The plat form adopted by the Republican Na tional convention has received my care ful consideration and has my unquali fied approval. It is a matter of gratifi cation to me, as I am sure it must be to you, and Republicans everywhere, and to all our people, that the expressions of ics declaration of principles are so direct, clear and emphatic. They are too plain and positive to leave any chance for doubt or question as to their purport and meaning. Butt you will not expect me to discuss its pro visions at length or in any detail alt this time, it will, however, be my duty and pleasure to make to you, and, through you ito the great party you represent, a more formal acceptance of the nomi nation tendered me. No one could be more profoundly grateful than me, of the manifestations of public confidence, ox which you have so el iqu *nirly spoken, “It shall be my aim to attest this appreciation by an unsparing devotion to what 1 esteem the best interests of the people, and in this work I ask the counsel and support of you, gentle men, and of every other friend of the country". The generous expressions with which you, sir. convey the of ficial notice of my nomination are highly appreciated, and as fully re ciprocated, and I +hank you and your associates of the Notification commit tee and the great party and conven tion, at w hose instance you come, for the high and exceptional distinction bestowed upon me. Follow ing the formal speeches. H. 11. Smith, secretary of the Notification committee, presented the gavel made of a log taken from the log cabin in which Lincoln was born. After the formal speeches, mem liers of the Notification committee were introduced and made short speeches to the crowd. Ex-Senator Hiseock, of New York, predicted that his State would give a larger vote for McKinley in proportion to population than would Ohio. Senator Browning, of Virginia, was called out and remarked: "1 wish to say that 1 hail from a State in which all of our I’residents have been dead for some time. (Laughter and ap plause.) But we have the satisfaction of knowing that the great men that have gone at some time or other lived in Virginia. I wanted to con nect the old State with Maj. McKinley, but failing in that I have located Mr. Hanna in Virginia. (Laughter.) These gentlemen who come to you from these Republican States do not have the fun we have in Virginia. We get a majority there this evening, and to morrow morning it is gone as the frost before the sun. (Laughter.) “I thank you for your attention, and I say this for Virginia, that the State under the sound money platform will return again to the ranks of Republi canism.” LAST EDITION — 4:00 A. M. ON HISTORIC GROUND The Confederate Veterans Are Gathering in Richmond. HEROES OF A LOST CAUSE The Zeb Vance Camp Was the First to Arrive. A SOUTHERN HISTORY WANTED The Question of Erecting a Statue in Honor of the Women of the War is Being Discussed by the Old Soldiers. Richmond, Va., June 29. Every thing is in readiness for the Confed erate re-union to-morrow. The city is g’ay with bunting. The leaders are all on the ground, and many camps of veterans have arrived. No exercises were ’held to-day, but the Confederate Memorial Literary So ciety held a reception at the Confed erate Museum to-night. Richmond is all ago g with bunting and Confederate veterans. Zeb Vance Camp, of Asheville, N. ('., was first to arrive at the exposi tion grounds. Many veterans will be quartered in the exposition buildings, and will get their meals at public eat ing houses, provided by the citizens of Richmond. The Virginia Military Institute cadets arrived Saturday, and the Blacksburg cadets came in this after noon. They will be interesting fac tors in the parade. A meeting of the History Committee was held to-day, and Gen. Lee made an interesting pre liminary report and added some valu able recommendations, among others being one that the State Historical societies be asked to assist in the work of making an authentic Con federate history. The following his tories of the South were recommend ed: llanzel, Chambers, Shinn. Ste phens, Holmes, Howison, Field, Mc- Donald, Blackburn, J. D. Terry. Miss Anna E. Sender's “Civil War” was also recommended, as were the histories by Dr. J. \V. Jones, and Mrs. Susan Pen dleton, and 0. 11. Cooper’s works. It was recommended to all camps that they appoint historians. The erection of a statute in honor of the women of the war was discuss ed, anil the movement heartily en d used. A committee from Fredericks burg asked that aid be given the move ment to secure a National park there on the site of the battle-field. Action looking to co-operation was taken. Secretary Herbert and party arrived this evening. SMALL-POX RAGING IN CUBA. Over 1,000 Cases Found in the City of Santiago. Washington, June 29.—Advices re ceived by Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital service, dated Santiago de Cuba, June 13th, state that the United States Sanitary In spector has found over 1,000 cases of small-pox in that city. There are a number of families dow n with it with in two hundred feet of the United States consulate. Information re ceived from the south coast of Cuba, from Cienfuegos to Baracoa, is to the effect that that territory is a plague spot of small-pox and the marine hos pital service is notified in order that the quarantine officers may be put on their guard to prevent the transmis sion of the disease to this country. Another report on the sanitary" con dition of Santiago de Cuba, for the week ended Saturday, June 20, says: “The total number of deaths has been 86. Os these 39 were from small pox, five yellow fever, five pernicious and 12 entero eollitis. Small-pox is now raging epidemically, the total number of cases as far as known reaching up to aliout 900. The author ties and citizens are doing all in their power to prevent its ravages. Com missions and committees have been organized to look after the poor. Yel low fever is also on the increase this week and affections of the internal canal are very common. Malaria, as usual, is causing many deaths. The captains and crews of the Amer ican schooners Montana and Harriet G. have been vaccinated. A large ship ment of raw hides was prevented on account of non-compliance with the law, w hich orders such material to be thoroughly disinfected.” J EFFE R SON-ROLF NUI *T IA LS. Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.. June 29. Amidst flowers and under the spread ing canopy of a large marque, erected on the most prominent and beautiful elevation of land on the shore of But termilk Bav, Miss Josephine, daughter of Chas. B. Jefferson, and grand daughter of Joseph Jefferson, the ac tor, and Chas. J. Rolf, son of Wm. Rolf, the Shakespearian scholar of Cambridge, were married to-day. There were about sixty guests present, among them being Joseph Jefferson and Mrs. Cleveland. The wedding ceremonv was performed by Rev. Dr. Page, of Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. i Rolf will live at Concord, Mass., where ’ Mr. Rolf has lately built a house. Wilson. N. €., June *29.—(Special)-- Saturday night at Lucama, in this county, George Capps, a white man, j was killed for dlsordely conduct by , policeman Ben Rountree. Capps was considered a dangerous man. He in- j flicted a severe wound with a knife on ( Rountree after being shot through the heart. PRICE FIVE CENTS NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE. Summaries ot Yesterday’s Games in Various League Cities. Baltimore, Md.. June 29.—The champions drowned the Senators with ease in this afternoon’s game. Pond’s pitching was the feature; he held the visitors down to five hits. Attendance, 4,408. Score: Baltimore 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 4 x—l 6 14 2 Washington, 00010 00 0 2 3 5 7 Batteries: Pond and Robinson; King and McGuire. Umpire, Hurst. CLEVELAND, 9; CHICAGO, 6. Chicago, June 29.—For six innings to-day’s game was an even and ex citing one, and although marked by costly errors the misplays were more than offset by some of the most bril liant fielding in which Pfeffer and Blake were the stars. The Spiders found Griffith and pounded out the game in the last four innings. At tendance, 3,400. Score; Chicago 20030100 o—6 9 5 Cleveland 00400210 2—9 11 3 Batteries: Griffith and Kittredge; Young and O’Connor. Umpire, Keefe. PITTSBURG, 8; ST. LOUIS, 4. St. Louis, June 29.—After playing good ball for five innings the Browns went to pieces and the pirates batted out six runs in the sixth. This gave them a lead that the Browns, who are weak at batting just now, could not overcome. Attendance, 5,000. Score: St. Louis 000 1 0200 I—4 8 2 Pittsburg 10 0 0 0 6 0 1 o—B 14 3 Batteries: Hart and Murpy; Hu ghey and Sugden. Umpire. Lynch. CINCINNATI, 20; LOUISVILLE, 8. Louisville, June 29.—The Reds had a batting streak to-day and knocked both Herman and Cunningham out of the box and hit Smith’s curves hard. The Colonels put up a sapid game lnith on the bases and in the field. At tendance, 1,200. Score: Cincinnati ...0 3324 10 5 2—20 21 2 Louisville ... 110200 02 2 8 15 6 Batteries: Dwyer and Pietz; Her man, Cunningham, T. Smith and Kins low. Umpire, Sheridan. NEW YORK, 5; BROOKLYN, 2. New York. June 29.—A combination of errors and hits, coupled with bases on balls by Kennedy, allowed the New Yorks to tally four runs in the firs; inning, which proved enough for them to win from the Brooklyn®.as the latter could do little or nothing with Sulli van’s pitching. Attendance, 3,400. Score: Brooklyn 00 1 10000 o—2 7 6 New York 4000 01 0 0 x—s 7 2 Batteries: Kennedy and Grim: Sul livan and Wilson. Umpire. Emslie. PHILADELPHIA. 13; Boston, 6. Boston, June 29.—Dolan was as wild as a hawk to-day. and was also hit hard. He was taken out in the fifth, but the game had lieen already lost. Thompson’s batting for the Quaker's and Fred Tenny’s good all-round work were the features. Attendance. 2,500. Score: Boston 00004000 2 0 8 3 Philadelphia ..2 0109 00 0 I—l 314 3 Batteries: Dolan, Stivetts and Ten ney; Carsey and Grady. Umpire, Hen derson. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. At Richmond: Richmond ..0100010000 o—2 3 6 Roanoke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 I—3 12 4 Batteries: Kngey and Boland; Coons and Lynch. At Portsmouth: Portsmouth ..40050010 o—lo 16 6 Lynchburg ..0 0 00030 1 0 —- 4 7 3 Batteries: Bruner and Riemnns; Armstrong and Fear. At Petersburg: Petersburg ...00000000 o—o 3 5 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 I—7 14 5 Batteries: Stocksdale and Raffert; Pf an miller and Thurston. OVATION TO TELLER. Denver, Colo., June 29.—Prepara tions for an ovation to be given Sena tor Teller upon his return to Denver next Wednesday night are about com pleted, and it is claimed it will be the greatest demonstration ever seen in this city. The enthusiasm for the silver leader is felt in all parts of tin* State, and excusion trains will bring thousands from towns within 200 miles in all directions. Mr. Teller will arrive here at 8 o’clock by special train from Cheyenne over the Union Paci fic. A parade of military and civic so cieties will lie given, after which there will be an out of door reception given near the State capitol, CHILI’S NEW PRESIDENT. Yalpariso, June 29.—Frederico Er rajuriz, who has just been elected President of Chili, was nominated by the Liberal party, which is opposed to the Balmacedists. He was born, in 1840. His father was once President of Chili. The new President is a man of large fortune. Under Balmaeedo he was minister of Justice, and under Maciver’s administration he was Min ister of War. At the present time he is a Senator. TWO PERSONS WERE DROWNED. Boston, Mass., June 29. The small pier at Marine park, used as a land ing for ferry boats that ply between City Point and Governor’s Island, was overcrowded by persons waiting for the ferry, and wishing to hire row lionts, and it collapsed. There were more than 100 persons on the pier at the time of the accident. About thirty were thrown into the water; twenty eight were rescued, two being uncon scious. Two w T ere drowned. Washington, June 29. The decline in value of business at postoftices throughout the country has resulted in 22 of the presidential offices falling below the required limit and being relegated to the fourth-class list.
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