OL. i. NO. gi. ASHEVILLE, N. C, ; JUNE 20, 1888. jj PRICE 5 CENTS. I i f T i ASH VII I I' COAI MARKET. COPPFOTFn nv III- ASUHVII LP- ICR AXD COALCO., II. T. COLLINS & CO., Proprietors. 1 PER ton, delivered: lck Diamond Lump, for grate, $ 4.75 " Nut, for Stove, 4.75 I rd, Chestnut 9.25 Stove 9-50 " TZrrcr . 9.25 URT DEN I SON, JEWELER AXI) OPTICIAN, Is Pattox Avenue. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. I I a run Keport oi Yesterdays i i Proceedings, j THE CONVENTION ADDRESS- l BY FRED DOUGLASS. WATCIIKS, WATCHES, WATCHES, -WATCHES. .'ELUV. "ELKY, ELKY, ELKV, CLOCKS, 'CLOCKS, CLOCKS, CLOCKS, Nothing: But Temporary; Orjranl .1 ' zatiou Kffected. Two Dele- i i ; Stations from Virginia. BRONZES, BRONZES, BRONZES, BRONZES, LID AND PLATED SILVERWARE, LID AND PLATED SILVERWARE, )LID AND PLATED SILVERWARE, )LID AND PLATED SILVERWARE, jOLI) AND SILVER HEADED CANES, COLD PENS, &C. liy Telegraph to the Sun. Chicago, June 19.---Convention Hall When Chairman Jones, of the National Republican Committee ascended the plat . ! i. .... I lorm ot the great auditorium hall, at noon, to call the National Convention to order, he looked upon a scene unparallel ed in the history of public gatherings in this country. Large assemblages have been held in more spacious halls but at none, have the occular properties been so effective, or the brilliancy of illumination and picturesque colorings been so splen did. Every face can be seen without ef fort and the audience of less than ten ... OPTICAL GOODS! s I VI j GLASSES, YS GLASSES, Y3 GLASSES. YI GLASSES, XESCOPES, LESCOPES. 1LESCOPKS F.LESCOPES. -- thousand appears to less multitude. The be almost a count magnificent sweep seats of the great gallery alone, j which nearly three thousand persons, is a pic- 1 I ! i ture which impresses those even familiar with great audiences, and the whole scene bathec in a flood of electric light shed by two thousand andj five hundred candescent lamps, thrills even the most sluggish heart. The auditorium is 260 SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, -OPERA GLASSES, -OPERA GLASSES, -OPERA GLASSES, -OPERA GLASSES, LL1ABI.1J COOKS. kliLI AltLH PRICKS. REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING. REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING. REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING. REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING.. ASHEVILLE. N. C. SHEYILLE ICE AND COAL CO. I. T. COLLINS & CO.. Proprikkoks. PURE PURE PURE ICE ICE ICE 120 feet wide, with t wo feet long and side balconies and a great, gallery, the seats in which rise tier on tier, at an angle of forty de grees. The stage, though but slightly rais ed above the floor of the hall, commands a viewjnot only of the great audiencein front, put of the largje balcony in the rear and the tier of boxeslat either side. This stage $tretches from side to side of the hall and accommodates in addition to i 1 the President's platform, which is in the center J several hundred newspaper repre sentatives. There are just eight thous and and one hundred seats in the ball l i and as; the Convention is called to order probably nine thousand people are with in glance of Chairman Jones' eye. The decorations appear a trifle bewil dering at first, as the walls, ceiling and every post, pillar and panel is covered with najrs. buntincr ahd streamers.1 m the stage and it proudly floats, bearing Thehum of conversation ceased through in letters of gold upon a field of blue the out the vast auditorium and the buzz ofj sentiments which appear to be upper- exportation gave place to ammpressivd most in the minds of the delegates. On the silence, as the chairman introduced Rev banner is subscribed: "The Home Mar- Fratk W. Gunsaular, of the Plymouth ket Club of Boston. American wages for Conrregational church of Chicago, who American working men, American mar- operjed the proceedings with prayer. At kets for American people, protection; for conclusion of the prayer chairman Jones American homes." This banner is mark- announced that the secretary! Mr. Fes ed by delegates! as they come into! the seriden, of" the National committee would hall and bv spectators as they gather in read the call for the convention tion the galleries and balconies, and it Hs issued by the National committee cheered time after time. j - Allusions in the 'call to the position o Arrangement of delegates' seats has the party, upon the tariff question, to thej been made m alphabetical order, begin- determination of the party tOihave a lanf ing with Alabama on the extreme right election and an honest count, and td aisle; though !the two great States of other sailent points, were warmly ap- New York and Pennsylvania are together plauded by the convention on the front, almost directly facing; the Upon the conclusion of the reading of portrait of Washington on. the panel of the call, Chairman Jones stepped to front the rhnirmnnnlafnrm. Maine. Massa- Ot the platform and addressed the con- chusetts, Minnesota, Alabama, Arizona mention, after which he introduced J. M. and Dakota delegates .also have front Thurston, of Nebraska, as ftemporary seats. The Ohio delegation is direc back of New York, while Missouri, Iowa Delegate Osborn, of Kansas, objected and Illinois are on the main aisle near to the assumption on part of the Nation the center of the space reserved for dele- af committee of the right to name the gates. The space reserved for . the tis- temporary chairman, and asked if Thurs- trict of Columbia delegation, is'designat- ton had been elected. Chairman Jones a u mnraA iJoolr renlied in an emphatic affirmative, for CU UY tX YY 11 X 11. UU1111V.1 uiaiuu ill uicivn i i . 1 letters. This is a conspicious departure which hej was vigorously applauded. But from the general plan of noting delega- Mr. Osborn was riot to be subdued, and tions. the situation! of all others bciner in the name of the Kansas delegation de- t.cim.o n v.il c.:n, v.o.o dined to be resnonsible for the action of in gold. A significant view is the open space of empty seats in the Virginia dele- and gation. Four Mahonedelegates-at-large Hisses.! He have been admitted to the hall and are to be called, the National icommittee regarded m alone in their glory with plenty of ropm, over in the extreme southwest. I There was no indication in the ha as it desired a the this matter i mistake.! roll of States great in order that the Kansas the great crush outside, while delegates and those who held seats were being admitted and directed to tneir places The doors were not opened until all interior arrangements were completed, and the crowd was kept waiting while two large boquets of cut flowers and a delegation might cast its vote for Hon. William Warner, 'of Missouri.- No atten- 1 of tion was paid to his demand, however, and Mr. Thurston immediately began his address. i Mr. Thurston s speech was delivered with a resonant all over the hall, terrupted by applause. His Blaine's refusal to allow himself to floral shield were being placed upon! the nominated by the convention called forth chairman's desk. The shield bears voice and could be heard and was continually in- reference to be in Greek letters this inscription: 'James A. Garfieid was nominated from this desk in 1880 and Tames G. Blaine was ndmii- nated from this desk in 1884." cries of "no!" Hno!" all oyer the hall, but his declaration that thej convention going dare not commit the offense of contrary to Blaine's expressed wish, was wildly applauded. All through, his ref- were The air of the hall is delightfully cool, erences to Blaine were cheered, as and although a large number of the spec- also references to other candidates, but tators asj they come have fans in their much less enthusiastically.; hands, theyfind no practical useforttiem. Mr Thurstonjs criticism of the demo- tj. rl c u v,0,v I cratic administration lor its sins 01 onus- x lit ill si. ji i.11. uuigaikD iv ivc.vu lm-ii. i I 1 seats are gressmen McKinley - . . m - -a - those from Uino. led bv Con- McKinley and Buiterworth. who is much talked of as a m ahd commission was received with dark horse, is recognized by a few of jthe spectators in the gallery and gets a cheer or two which, however, is short-lived The Michigan delegation follows tthe geants-at-arms, varied and artistic Ohio men! coming in as a body and filling designs and colors, I up their block of seats in front of second aisle. i As spectators generally are admitted more tardily than delegations there sare everywhere, but a great sheet of terra-I few demonstrations as the convention hearty laughter His peroration was de livered with telling effect and carried for him tumultuous applause and cheers. The chair then announced a lonir list of secretaries, asssistant secretaries, ser- etc, ifor temporary or- After the reading of the list and portraits and paintings of historic scenes meet the eye everywhere. Red, white and blue is conspicuous of course ganization of officers struck. up i cotta bunting hangs aloft between the begins to 'gather. Most of those inside caught up the refrain and sunlight which great pours through lrom the open space just above the great gallery, and relieves the otherwise monot ony of so prodigeous a display of National colorsL But even the sunlight shines but dimly in the great hall, the electric illumi nation being depended upon because of the impossibilitj- of protecting the audi- I ADE FROM TADE FROM IADE FROM DISTILLED WATER. DISTILLED WATER.! DISTILLED WATER. TERIOR HARD AND SOFT COAL. .1 1 ' . ! okdkks Promptly Filled. Telephone No. fS. ! i ice and Yard , at Tin: Old Depot. A, COMTLAIXTS XN KKC.ARI) TO KI- tiii:k coal ok ici: will be K KPORTIin AT.TIIUOF- riCK. Uptown Office, the Barnard building. Patton Av. Telephone No CD. -all Okkkks o-i-r.x Prompt Atthxtiox. ence in the present unfinished state of the building and letting- in day at the same . : T1. ' .. . : r- . . . j . nine, i iie arrangement i oi tne electric lamps in great stari suspended from the the galleries are ladies, who j are deeply interested but not demonstrative. 1 Senator Hoar, of Mass., chairman! of the last National convention, walks down the aisle to the front and, followed jby his fellow delegates, takes his place as chairman of the delegation without being recognized by the galleries; and a dele gate who! looks enough like Depew td be his twin brother, talks a few moments with! the Massachusetts Senator andlre- sou was completed ! tne pancis a medley or national: airs, which was warmly received by the j audi ence, and as thej air turned into "March ing through Georgia!," t tie! assemblage the cheers of the that Dakota be the preliminary 1 allowed ten yotes during proceedings of the con vention, andthat Washington ie allowed six. i Rules of the last convention ted for the jrovernment j o- , r convention'until further action. tion w of t!l ere adop- he present j Mr. Hollowell, of Kansas, offered the following:!" The delegatesjto the repub lican : convention, representing the com rades of the distinguished s )ldier and General of the army, Phillip H Sheridan, and representing all the livin principles for which he fought and triump hed during tlie era of the wfar, send him t leir sincere congratulations on the pros ect of his recovery,j hnd hope that his preserved for many years. ' . . .1 - ... i . tion was : erected with cheers adopted bv a risinsr vote, 'in audience ioiriiner with the ;d doincr honor to the soldier- A call of the States fore then proceeded reached " it was agreed tp names of the committeemen writing. ife may be he resolu- and was e immense i legates in tatesman. ittees was with. When Dakota was suspend the hindedup in he The chair said that make a pleasing Nebraska delegation had ffuest the first nominee of i . 'Ill party for the Presidency, ahd desired to present him to the convention. They de sired to present John p. remont annouricemedt iwas received with tlesired to announcment: the with it as its republican and the convention voted ! - , i I ! I man Green of the Nebraska to present annearcd uoo F . T i ii i I mont there was Fremont. i , . ri the stage with a burst hicli lasted, several moments. he said, to w was unwilling1, business of t consume only This cheers How chair- delegation, ble clod and thetic heart, in sensibly gi'ate received. . He receive e here j in tie convention a few moments ried When Green Gen. Fre- df applause Fremont delay the and would time, but an insensi- and sympa tic was not he would leel that he carri! not a warm his breast, if ul for the welcome he had was happy and proud to this great Nati bly the welcome given by his OI 1 companions bnal assem- friends and many years, by his party friends, by the men and, the sons of the m ne was asociatcu m i i i aeninsr campaisrn oi xjsoo. thk men with hrst oj pplause. After- a speech from Foraker arose in his seat arid was cheered. He asked that the committee's report on rules, resolutions, permanent organiza- Fred Douglass resounded t hrougfnout many voices hall." Mr. Hoar, of Michigan, was then recog' nized, and ascending the platform, said: "I am reouested bv the delegation from my State to present to the temporary chairman of this convention for his use, a. gavel made of the oak under which the republican party was organized, on the 6th of July, 1854, in the village of Jackj in the State of Michigan, j Ap roof and walls of the hall is one of the of most effective and beautiful Ifeatures ( ! the scene which greets chairman Jones as he stands himself a striking figure tall, erect, vith the appearance and air of a patriarch, with suspended gavel to hush the great stir and bustle before him. to present the clergyman who j is to -j ask divine'bencdiction upon the deliberations of the convention. Tj , Some of the details oti the auditorium decorations are worth special mention. At the; apex in front of the chairman's desk is a gilded American eagle and (be neath it a portrait of Washington. On right of the chairman's desk is a plaster 11- . .1. ... tires.1 It is not Depew however, but the plause.J This gavel has on it copper resemblence creates some little comment wool, iron, and salt, laughter, the five now m power from the face Gen. John A. Logan, in MANUFACTURED ICE. r the information of the public and to .-ct erroneous ideas on the subject of arti-lu-e. we give thefollowingfacts in regard ;e manufacture of ice: Our mannerof ma ice is to distil the water by condensing 3i. thus making it absolutely pure. Then used ov rharcoal to completely deoder t and arrest any remaining traces of im s matter, iter which cans filled with it are edin brine chilled below the freezing point, there it remains until it is frozen as clear rysl and almost as solid as glass. This alone fit for human use. It lasts one i longer than natural ice and has all the kinal virtures of the hi :h priced table cw ofcommerc bust of the late heroic size, draped with the American flacr. Ilanoinc from one of the hoxps at the nglit is a large painting of Logan's charge; at the battle of Atlanta.! On face of the North and South walls of the auditorium, framed in festoons of large American Hags and surrounded by a circle ot electric stars, are portraits of Lincoln andj Grant, the designs being mammoth in proportion, and form two most striking details of the decorations. Flashing its I parti-colored brilliancy full into the face, of the audldnce and dele- li 'i gates is suspended an AttCrican shield formed of different colored electric lamps, i i 1 i with its horizon of stars and its stripes of Union all pictured out in full bass-relief j of light by flashing jets through j red, white and blue globes. At the points of j exit and entrance j to the hall are jthe nation's standards planted at either side and there are his identity. At a quarter to 12 o'clock he members of the National committee came in hin it pairs and groups. They met this morn ing at t ieir headquarters arid ha'v just got through their business, which 1 J 1, J J , ' M S nas Deen specially tne gatnering togetner of their remaining quota of tickets seats. i Thurston, of Nebraska, arrives with members of the committee from his State and takes a seat on the stage just back to occupy as temporary presiding bfEcejr oi tne convention, i nurston is a smau- not a few guessers as to industries that the pair ty would ruin and of this country. abolish We thought it was best tion and order of business tetl bv the different States, be read. The i : m i. , , , i u ;aea to rt for perm TELEGRAPH IIKIICI'S. Condensed front our Itegulnr An-' sociated Press RcportH. f In the House yesterday, on motion of Re presentative Henderson, of Norh Carolina, a bill was passed providing for the erection of a public building at Statesvillc, N. C, at a cost of $75,000. j A cablegram from Berlin gays the autopsy of the Emperor proves that the larynx wa completely destroyed by cancer and .that putrid bronchits existed, and the direct cause of death was paralysis of the'lungs. In the Senate yesterdaj. the House bill appropriating $20,000 for the construction of a graveled or macademized road from Newberne, N. C, to the National Cemetery; nine and a half miles distant, was passed. Xhe body of Washington Ives, colored, was found hanging to a tree near Natchez, Mis., Sunday morning with a card attached, inti mating that he was . lynched for an outra geous assault on a young lady near that city. A bill went through both the House and Senate j'esterday, authorizing the loan of tents and tent equipage for the use of the Veteran organization of the Society of the Army of the Patomac, at the approaching Gettysburg reunion. A telegram from Fairfax Va., says : The Louisville express train, through from Wash ington to Louisville, ran off the track Satur day night between this station and Clinton Forge, killing the engineer, fireman, baggage master and a telegraph operator, and in juring a number of passengers. wcak ; 2 red mixed 52. Produce JIarliet. .By Telegraph to the Sex. 1 Cincinnati, June 19. -Flour, Wheat, declined 3 cents. No. 87. Corn, lower, No. 2 Oats, lower, No. 2 mixed 3GTi, Pro visions steady and unchanged. Whiskey 114. Hoge steady and unchanged. Chicago, June 19. Cash ? quotations were: Flour, dull, easier. No. 2 spring wheat 80V481Vi. No. 2 red, 82. No. 2 corn, 49. Oats 30. Mess pork 13.70; lard 8.35; short ribs 7.50; shoulders G.25; short clear 8.50. Whiskey 120. St. Louis, June 19. Flour, steady, unchanged. Wheat, unsettled, closed 1 cent below yesterday. No 2 red, cash, 84V2o. July 8iy82. Corn firm cash 4445. July 44i8; closing 45V2. Oats low, active, cash, 52. June 32. Whiskey 114. Provisions easv. Baltimore, June 19. Flour, steady. as constitu- family active. Howard street and western super. 2503; extra 325(34; family secretaryproceeded to read the names of J 42575; city mills, super. 250(61 arieiit organiza-1 extra, 32575; no brands 495(4510. ember's name I Wheat, southern, steady. Fultz, 88(92. it was stated that two I Longberry 8993; western, weak; No. til ' s I A i nsimes had been sent up by contesting! 2 winter red spot and June delegations from that State, ! The chair Corn, southern quiet, steady; white 'and said that ne wouia suomit tne Virginia lyenow oyou. Question i to the convention when the i i the committee tion When the Virginia' was reached i L 1.1 convention i i 1 1 full list of committees had been read While Hhe secretary was reading the names of the committcem !ii and the cor rections were being made, General Fitz- simmons and secretary Carson sent up a magnificent basket of cut flo wers to Missl i bs 7 7 RachaelSherman, daughter; ot ; Lreneral Sherman, and to Mrs. Thurston, wife of the temporary chairmain of the conven tion. who occupied seats iri the ladies' balcony on the right of he platform. Irjimedialtely back of ms: Sherman sat Wlalker Blaine. (Upon the reading of the list of commit tees being completed the the question before the that this convention should commence . i i early to riound the day-light out of; that party, and therefore begj permission of this gavel to the convention to present the temporary chairman. Trip rh.iirmari accepted the cravel with the remark that he would commence td i . ! pound the life out of the democratic par tv with it. ILauirhter ahd applause. Mr. Rool, of Arkansas, moved that the convention elect all the officers named by the National conmittee The chair said that he understood that JoV. .i. incc.ocn4: AmrJnA I Chairman Tones had recosmized no ob isu man wiiu tY taia auu ia in vsqv.u r " jection to the nominations oi tne nation al committee ; they had been accepted bv the convention land are now the tempo rary officers of the body. I j Air. Osborne, of Kansas, said that he in somorc black ! As Gen. Fremont entered the hall he was greeted with around of applause arid cheers the first genuine demonstration of the moaning. He was escorted tela Fred Douglass as and draped so as to hide the rough boards which form the stair cases of these avenues, of which there are suf- Precisely at 12:31 the gavel of chair ficicnt to empty the place, in case of a'cci- man Jnesf of the National Republican dent, in three minutes. The Boston club has planted its mag nificent banner, five feet long, just behind seat on the platform, where he provoked was glad that this gave him an opporf a further outburst of applause by meeting tunity to again protest against the ac he came to a seat be- ceptance ot the recommenaations, oi tne National committee, without a vote. He asked that the vote of Kansas be record ed for Wmi Wrarner, of.Mis.souri, I Mr. Rool, said that his motion did not include the temporary : chairman, ; who had, he fully understood, been clectedL As the other officers, he now found, were included in the general acceptance of the committee report, he withdrew his motion. Judge Moody, of Dakota, moved that Dakota be alio wed tenj votes instead of two in the' proceedings of the convention as she is entitled to this by her populaL ;- finrl all nrecederits in the history of the party. - Chairman Thurstori National committee side him arid shook him by the .hand. if i . Carbon Lake, of the National commit tee came upon the platform just before the convention was called to order and brought with him two handsome oak gavels, one merely polished and intended for hard painting, while the other is a more pretentious affair, intended as a gift to the temporary chairman, and is richly chased in gold and has engraved upc n its several gold bands the names of Wash ington, Lafayette, Grant, Lincoln, Gar field and Logan. Committee, sounded sharply upon the mahogany desk and the Republican Con vention ofi 1888 was formally opene stated that the had recommended Louisville, Ky., June 19. Grain firm. Wheat, No. 2 red, 92; No. 2 long berry 94. Com, No. 2 mixed 55 ; No. 2 white, 57. Oats, No. 2, mixed, 3GMj37. Pro visions quiet. Bacon, clear ribs, 8.40; clear 8.90 ; shoulders G.7G ; bulk meats, 5; shoulders, G.lV-rJ sugar cured hams, 11.2512.50. Lard, choice leaf, 9.50- , ' 1 chairman stated invention was as to which of the contesting delegations should be per- from the State of Virginia mitted to name the memo mittees. The National i gates as prima facie, andj entitled to seats, the deleVates-at-large headed by Wm. Mahorie. ' f Applause-1 To fie Notified on tlic 26U1. By Telegraph to the Sun. ' Washington, D. C, June 19.- Chair man Patrick Collins has called a meeting of the committee to notify President Cleveland of his nomination, for Tuesday the2Gth inst., at the Arlington Hotel, this citv. ers of the com- committee, he Just Reeclved, 500 bushels Plastering Hair, and have said, had placed upon the rolls of dele-j on the way 100 bbls. "Giblw," Fnglish "here were also four district delegates from Virginia whose seats were not con tested and unless the convention should otherwise determine the chair would hold that for the purpose of participating in the temporary organization, the four delegates-at-large, at the head of which 1 ' Tl' ' ' H C . 1 A j A.J2H . Jit. was wm. ivianonc, lugcmcr wim totir whose seats w would have the right to mijttee membership. iJpori this a heated discussion arose between Alahone and Wisej the leaders Portland'Cemcnt, which we will deliver offthecarsat $4.00 per bbl. All other prices low accordingly. W. H. WESTALL & CO., De.rs in general building material. Fresh lot of Mason's crackers, cakes, milk, biscuits, &c, just received. A. I). Cooi-Fn. toge i were name the uncontested, the corn- Canned goods of every kind at bottom prices. A. JJ. cooper. A young man from Denmark, who has a practical knowledge of farming and dairying.wishes a situation to take charge of a farm.. Address Box 2G, Aslieville, N. C. iunelG-3t-cod. Just in a beautiful line of Chalie, worth 20c. at only 1214c. at Whitlock's: Just received one carload best Timothy Kay. A. D. Cooper. -mnx-pfl that I ' T i.1 xl 1 dWntmnsbe . iui imccgu.im ran unu go hi , 1 I hnnrri anri rnnm nr rp.isnnn mfp hv the. committee applying at the Daily Sun office. 4-ya, I AUUUUUU aHI, cili V.U1UI 3 UL yu junel4:lw ; Whitlock's. tne uanger egations from participated in and Butter- of jthe twjb contesting d Virginia .which was also by Senators Hoar, of Mass worth, of Ohio, ! Mr'. Wellington, of Md neither df the contesting given representation on on 'credentials. ! Sjonator Hoar, of Mass., motionX and pointed out whirh tfnVht result from settine. such a I Full line of; fine drawing Teas, English prided Notice of coUstight in Brt WMoCr. 1 1 lj rli Clnfd lilAVAnrl ' J Yotk from participating in the framing House For Rent. of the proceedings of the convention. He I A dwelling containing five rooms. For moved to lay the motion on the table particulars, apply at ao. uancy ot. h; rri;n was agreed to amid ao- jnne-17-3t-eod. saVf. v j w plause. ' . "; . I-'I 10, adjourned amid strains The convention then, at 3: until to-morrow nocfn andj Michigan white oats, mixed oats, corn and all kinds of feed at Junel3:lvv A. D.- Cooper's, ofiriusic by the band, the delegates and I Use Snow vast audience filed from the Jiall. 1 guaranteed. King Flour, satisfaction 4 A. D. Cooper. i i n