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f . v. - ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896. PRICE 5 CENTS. n 1 IP 0 i.!f'! r niioreii from Madrid that the r-rime Minister has been instructed r.t t j our Government a formal pro test its attitude in Cuban matters; .-h Minister at Washington denies Si Hiii will, send 40.000 troops to -Hl'teniber The foreign Anibas- M: Petersburg start for Moscow to coronation of the Czar The lii;isters at Constantinople succeed :,mf a stop to forced conversions to ... at i'.iredjik- The Spanish consul ': ":o states that the Bermuda wasun d in 'uba her men and cargo on .j blistering trip Secretary Car- - oh the depository bants in new r t i ,' f "0 0 Gen. Weyler. orders .... i-. and peasants to take all their , :;ih tTS'iiS adjoining their plarei of i be rresident appoints Kobert to be-consul at l'atras, Greece .-( - .bhcrin State convention did . j-' m work until noon, the cre ... fee not being ready to re v report was favorable to :, ..... r'.tv report was made as to I , .- of o:ruties. when Cue reports were tb. minority report was ,1 o;,::it. en Hatform and . 1 lUn ..fjiS were Bil"inieu auu iue a rV- until o'clock; at ",:uri lW,.ekiah "Gu'dger and '.c'ctfcd. electors, and v.':e-t;oti of fusion was made i.sutee. which bad conferred RUSSELL NOMINATED. HE SECURES THE PRIZE ON ' THE SEVENTH BALLOT. t.U: .i ... . i - wr-rf . ," Kidy v- itln! U wriH nun I OpUl.it: v iii o r . f. t-l. t! Ir... ky, f.. till' ; Jlhiv . ! I to' to f.n ry: ii:w retirv. re.ltTii! ' i t 1:1 llepubhran' r03 '.'.:iier Attoriiey .t "i f ri ilelfjn'.es t 3 then nominating ui-.l after them bal- t'.ie third ballot ur of dortery: Uua seventh ba!lot S.'iit'.ors were in 1 b-.t to'-k no before I:. em The -.'ei.-Mt'iii1 il' Udts that l'rerkinriiiL-.' il;tikt, i cntitied l his seat fse-H'H nomination he was (..onveiiUon nail by a coiu- I made a - I'frh especially tliank- r, fur their support Consul ee.goes to Washington to receive rictions liefore-going to Havana . .Nelson, of the Federal court, .n casein Duhith, dismisses the ms ro ;rt and announces that he .ate life be is me oiaesi point of- service The rjition nominates Z. V. General-by acclamation; the National convention -ere chosen Sherman Tex., was struck : v a : yciot.e yfiter iy. ant) it is reported from v" to 1 persons were killed I ; 1 eople of. Miti lu ll. Watauga and Cakl " 1 ountieH hi State; are- greatly excited t-v 1: e claims of two men who' are survey- :i::.! say they own K" ''.':) acres of land .1 Mitr-counties, including Cranberry Iron . ! .uiville ami other valuable property ' h iiriiian-lloiton waa re-e!e ted. Mny iVrscnn Kilb.il hy a Cjclonc. 1 1 ,1 1 as. Tex . May 1 A cyclone struck : hermaii at .;; o'clock this afternoon, kiil iiiL' niRtiy 1 eop'e and dnirsg u'reat damage. 1 be numlier of ilesd is reported to be from fiiitopio. It is said the cyclone struck the ball park while n uame was in progress and !hit. can of the Sherman and the San Am 1 eno teams and many spectators were kiifed. All telegrrtph wires to Sherman iiavr been down since i.;;!' o'clock. Dkn; .n. Tex . May l-" The city of Sher- lfln was viit-d hv "the worst yclone in Ui'e history of North Texas about 5 o'clock ilnseveiiim;. The path of the destroyer was t 1 yitrd&wide. It struck t he city and swept rt fur several blocks, and then spread and spent it force. The loss of life will pmbablv reach 10n, with as many more bruised and wuunded. The city ball and the store room formerly occupied by S. G. Holmes, have been turned into temporary hospitals -and eHdfen bruieed. mangled and mutilated lio.iirH are awmting identification at tbese two places. Nearly every house in Fair- view has l.eeri turned into a uospuai 1 1 1 1 w.i..e:i and children lvinn along the avenue l. aditnd many wounded. The ileyastation v. -i-'ts where the cyclone was the worst is 1 (mip'etP... - .' " M.ivor Tone, of I "enison, who. was in Sher man during the storm gives the following a. th . tit of the. cyclone: "1 was on- th 1 o'.rt house s'Uare about "1 o'clock and heard a roaring wind coming fmruthe south. The :net i bin-.' I ki;ev the air was thick with i.riil and small spe.'ks resembling ashes The cvclutie did not ssrikethe court House or .ill, but followed ap Tost ik creek. The roariti'tr. !id not continue over 2 or 3 e.r.uMes i' iniu' all this time it- rained ai.i :' t.vem.nutes rumors began that umnv iivt s had been lost. and " L're .v w. i-e and worse as time '.y ut -i b i'ftv A bodies had lldings and g for more.'' I-.. Haies, a delivery man. drove down )-ton avenue, directly after the cyclone, -luted that he saw at least seven men, hai .l I n !o spread 1 he repi pas i d. been brotudit into 1," pi: scan ling parties are out mi-, ran t in M uiitaiii Ji Ao. !.- it ir l.vd.-y i N 111... 'at Dr. B'ue ' t Contest i)e- . 1 ngreniloiial cldetl. v,' iiiNi i.'S. Mav l." The ilouse com-Miit-p No. 1 iitirtuiiuously decided th.e t -)tl-: -ie,i election ea"-e- of (.eorje JVnnv. .Ir. f'iidiean.'v-. Will'. am ' Jl't!'-. 1 lemo : .it. in. lavor'of the sitting memoer. 1 1 sens ! he 1 ae came uplrom l!ie Seventh Ken 1 .'ky district, n-pre-i -nte 1 for a (lu,:an vea r 1 'rev ions to t he 1 ii''. v 'fourth Congress 'i.v W, I". '. I'.-ci k;iiri(!.:e. ;s ho was defea'ed lor re-tioiniiiHt:ou bv 1 '-ac'is. 1 1 M..wnt;, d t l'r, l'.bn l ul'nr 's .iini- of it. Jinlt;:-i -tirement. I. 11 in. yunn . Mav 1 .".There was con sideratiie surprive in the I ' n ited Sia'es court. 10 il.i over iu' leiirenier.t of .I :u!ge Nelson. !e was in the ntid-t of a trial when he as tonished every one by .Ibmisssrg the jury, adjourning court and announcing his re i.rei.uent lo private life. Judge Nelson is '.he oldest judge iu point of service on the J'edcral bench, having been appointed early forty years ao li-atio. rntinoe to dy MoUiitiitii Jooli at'o p. in. it Dr. Blue "t 'c pittoi; f or Czir's Coroa t lid tlon. .. II TKi;.-i:fi:o. May All o'f me for 1 diplomats accredited to the ltussian It started forMoscow to day to be pres- af the ceremotiie3 connected with the ...nation of the Cur. w hich will formally :i on May 1Mb. The Cz. and Czarina ,-r, 1 up prayers at the' tomb of the late iauiie." 1 1 1. preliminary to their starting Mo ow u? eDgage in the coronation fttes 1 M.leiun ntes". "' - rind mutinee iruin Jo.' s at 3 p. in. nt Dr. J '.iu. 1 iTcrttoii K:opir J to iBlamloUi t;d l:e e aiiii v'".' X1' t thf "... NO.i r.. M;, 15 As a result of us action of the foreign Ambassa Muiisters. the Porte 'ha ordered niorced conversion of Christians in t l.iredjik be stopped. The creed that a commission-pro- Hiredjlkto arrange for the A; ' moniue and thu Christian ere destroyed in tue recent HJa Vote Barely Sufliplent to Secure the Nomination HU Address to tba " Convent ion Other Nom- . intloDs Tbe Fl&bc Bitter. Xhe Proceeding Most Exciting Uolton'u lie-Election m 8!re ChAlr a, man. 3p9clal to the Messenger It waa 10 o'clock this morning when the delegates to the Republican 8tate convention were all in their seats. The first speaker wasA.D. Cowles, of Statesville. People chatted and said that the decision ohe credential committee waa mighty fayorble to Dockery; in fact, the Donkery stock was away above par, With Boyd as everybody's second choice. Secretary Harris announced that the committee on credentials ' would report by noon and the convention took a recess until then. - As soon as the recess was taken the Bus sell delegates got together to do some figur ing. At noon W. H.Chadbourn said: "We make up thefote on x first ballot thua Russell 101, Dockery 89? Boyd 21, Moody 16, LuskG; total 236. Cherokee- and Macon with two votes each are not represented. We declare that a vote in favor of the minority report will favor the regular delegates" (Ilussell men.) The convention filled rapidly at noon.. Chairman Holton called it to order. The first thing in order ' was "the report of the credentials committee. Ita chairman, Rey nolds; read the report, saying all counties save Macon are represented. The report is given iu the, Raleigh letter save as to Per quimans, where Dockery delegates were seated and Edgecombe, which was divided. J THE 1IIJ11T OVER CONTESTS. Wheeler Martin read the minority report, disstnting as to Edgecombe, Craven, Frank lin, -Halifax, Mecklenburg, Wake andf Wil son. .'-. French said the Question was first upon the adoption of the minority report. C. A. Cook spoke in support of the minor ity report and declared the reports were not intelligent; that the member of the commit tee from the Second district was from, a-con-tested county. He declared this was unfair.' He moved that each contestant and each con testee be allowed ten minutes on the platform to present his case. He moved the adoption of the minority report in order to get a hear ing of the "whole matter. Thos. Settle said the proposed method was not orderly. There was a- great cheering at this, as at Cook's remarks. Holton said; "We must haye order in court.'' At this moment Pritchard walked forward and said: "Judge I want a drink of water." Settle said the ten minute speech plan ought to have been voted on before the cre dentials committee was appointed. He eulogized the committee a's composeU of as good Republicans as Cook. He moved that Cooks motion for ten minute speeches be tabled. - Ctiok, amid a great hubbub, demanded the yeas and nays. The vote was taken by counties'. Halifax voted, but -Cook con tested it, saying there was a contest there. Chairman Holton said there was nothing in the committee's report to show Halifax was contested. ' French backed up Cook. Holton passed it over. cue Russell delegate shouted at Holton, "Do your dirty work."' New Hanover voted "No,!" The supporters of each .Bide cheered eaclivote, for this was a Dockery Russell fight without gloves. Holton said W.arren had. sent in two sets of credentials 'to him, and that no notice was " taken of them. He ruled Halifax could vote. Then a rush of changes from aye to no began. The chairman was asked what was the use of. having a returning board. He was openly insulted. ' French said it was evident that the majority were in favor of the minority report, and of havint full discussion. The house was in great, disorder, there were Bhouts. for Pritchard'. One delegate from Jackson said this was an attack on Pritchard and voted "Xo." Settle tried to speak, but there were liisses and shouts of "sit down." Holton rapped for order. , No one noticed his demands for it. Pritchard waved his hands, motioning the convention to be quiet. Settle went on and made a speech to half the convention with his back to the chairman and standing half way up the aisle. Holton asked Pritchard to. liuiet the convention and make a state ment. Instantly there was peace. Pritch ard asked the convention to be . orderly. "For God s sake let's carry the State," said a delegate. Pritchard pleaded for order and decency. Settle said the vote could not in any way be construed as anattack on Senator Pritchard. The tellers' list of the vote was so mixed it was read over and corrections made. Cook at this point withdrew his motion for ten minutes speeches and said the point was to get a vote on the minority report. ' The vote on Settle's motion was 105 for and' 'do against it. : Pearson insisted that the contest' in each county be voted on and settled upon its merits. This was adopted -by an' over whtlming majority. 1-rench said there was no adverse repoit as to Wilkes and movod that its delegates be seated at once. . . Holton said Wilkes contest having been rtg ulariy made must be regularly heard. Marshall Mott, of Wilkes, said he hoped his county would not be left out. ' French moved to dispense with the regu lar order of cases and take up that from Wilkes. This preyailed without a dissent ing vote. A motion was made that Wilson, Union, and Per.juimans be also acted on at once. French accepted this amendment. ' The delegations from the - four counties were then seated by a unanimous vote. This was a gain of two votes for Dockery. THE MINORITY KKPOKT ADOPTED. Then the hearing of the contests began The tirst. county taken up was Craven and a statement by both sides began. The con vention was nov oraeriy. The vote was taken on whether the minority report on Craven should be adopted. J. R.. Wray, of Rockingham, asked if "eastern methods" had not been followed by the Craven cocnty convention. This was denied. H. 0- Dockeiy said: "A vote for the minority -uoiains one man . a vote for the majority sus tains eight honorable men." There was deep 136; noes, 76. When Franklin county waa taken up, Richmond Pearson asked regard ing J no. H. Williamson, if Chairman Holton bad not distrusted him so much that lie declined to trust him with tickets. V. 8. Lnsk asked if Williamson did not vote the Democratic ticket two years ago. At this inquiry there was a great yell. Chairman Holton said re garding the Franklin contestant that the convention had to-day stated and recog nized that he had two years ago been turned down as chairman. A negro delegate shouted: "Yes, Mr. Clowes sold out toj the Democrats, and you have 'seated his delega tion here.'-'- There were howls and jeers, while Helton spoke in the most excited fashion. He was evidently pretty mad. It was quite clear that the votes on the com mittee reports were to finish him. This was current report. A Wilkes delegate voted four ayes to put John Williamson out. The result of this vote was ayes, 136; noes, 78. The Russell men grew more and more jubilant. "We are running away with this convention," they said. John- Williamson was jeered and told to "get out." When Mecklenburg county was reached Chairman Reynolds rebuked those members of the convention who had cast aspersions upon him and the other members of the cre dentials committee and had said they were not to be trusted. He declared all nine of the members of the committee had done their duty and he denounced those, who had to-day attempted to traduce him and the rest of the majority; he said he'd be damned if he wasn't tired of it. . .When. Wheeler Martin, who made the minority report, went to speak Marshall Mott asked him if the committee had not decided as to Mecklenburg last night and this morn ing reversed its decision? Martin declined to answer this or other questions. Rich mond Pearson tookhe stand and apolo gized to Reynolds saying he was the man who had made the remark, but that it did not apply to Reynolds but to the policy of stirring up contests. Reynolds said he accepted the apology because he knew Pearson to be a gentleman. The minority report as to Mecklenburg was "adopted 128 to 86. . . The last case of the contest was "Wake Chairman Reynolds said Loge Harris did not even put the names of the Dockery can didates "before the Wake conyention, but declared the Russell men elected on a viva voce vote without even putting the negative All these things Wheeler Martin denied The minority report was adopted 143 to 81 The Boyd, men seemed to line np with the Russell men and this caused the rumor that they were planning to unite on Boyd. ' PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. . John-C. Dahcy moved that Jeter C, Pritchard be elected permanent chairman Pritchard said he did not want to be chair- man, there were cries of "we want you.; G. Z. French nominated W. L. Mott. Pritchard asked Dancy to withdraw his name and refused to allow it to be used. Chairman Holton's brother nominated V. S. Lusk, French was also nominated, but de clined. The vote was Mott 141; Lusk 97. The election of Mott was made unanimous and French and Pritchard and Pearson es corted him to the platform.. He said he addressed "the greatest convention ever held in North Carolina." There was great applause when he mentioned the names of Dockery and Russell. He spoke kind words of each candidate. . J. C. L. Harris, J..C. Dancy, and J. E. Dollinger f were elected permanent secre- Tyre Glenn, R. M. Norment, J. A. Reynolds, R. M. Pearson. ELECTORS CHOSEN. ' H. A. Gudger was, by acclamation, nomi nated for elector at large. Oscar J. Spears and Isaac M. Meekins were placed in nomi nation for electors. 8pears was elected by acclamation, Meekins' name being with drawn. PLACING THE CANDIDATES IN NOMINATION. The next business was the nomination of candidates for Governor. The moment this announcement was made the conven tion became a bedlam. There were screams, yells and shouts of. "Russell," "Dockery," Boyd." G. Z. French placed Russell in nomination and seconding speeches were made by J. B. .Fortune, Cox of Pitt and Sut ton of Wilmington. Moody said he wanted him for Governor because the Democrats did not want him, and the negroes did want him and because 95 per cent of the Populists wanted him. There was immense cheering "both from the floor and densely packed gal leries. Robert M. Douglass, in a speech really elo quent, placed in nomination James E. Boyd. There waa a very weak cheer when he called Boyd's name. He asked if Boyd was not the second choice of nine-tenths ot the con vention, and if his nomination would not heal every breach in the party Settle sec oned the nomination of Boyd. Oscar P. Spears put Dockery in nomina tion. He said Dockery was the morning star of the Republican party in North Caro lina. and its strongest man. He said that to-day "a political combination had been made against Dockery : that this was not unholy, but good politics. Seyeral speeches seconding the nomina. tion were made and one negro speaker raised a row by saying Dockery was not in the machine and that all the negroes were for him, save those who were paid. The speaker was hissed down. Chairman Mott said he hoped this scene would hot be re peated. Spencer Blackburn, spoke for Dockery and got great applause when he termed him the James G. IJlaine, of North Carolina. John C. Dancy declared Dockery could poll 10,000 more votes than any other candidate. H. A..Gudger placed V. 8. Lusk in nomi nation and W. W. Rollins seconded it. Georee H. Smathers presented the name of J. M.Moody. Chas. A. Cook eulogized Russell and won great applause. The funniest speech of the entire session was that made by Jno. C. Poole, who was a Moody marr from McDowell. Jim Young, colored, was given an ovation when he spoke for Russell as the friend of the negro whose nomination would carry terror to Democrats, ensue fusion and fusion would protect the rights of the. negroes. Spears said Dockery was as dear to the Populist heart as Russell or any other Republican. At 10:30 o'plock balloting began, ij FIRLT BALLOT. C. Dancy, I CONTESTING- DELKGr A.TE3 In the Republican State Convention, Tbe DecUtona of the CredentiaJ Committee District Delegate to tbe National Convention. Death of G. N. Folk, Eq. Mxsskngeb Bureau, Park Hotel, 1 Raleigh. N. O.. May 15. 1 It waa 2:30 o'clock this morning when the committee on credentials of the Republican State convention took a rest Thirty-six seats were contested. The committee had. been in session twelve hours. It made up- its report on all but the Perquimans case complete. The result was: Craven, dele gation divided between the Dockery and Russell delegates; Cumberland, the same; Fdgecombe. Russell delegates seated; Franklin, Dockery men seated; Halifax, conteBt withdrawn; Mecklenburg, delega tion divided between Russell and Dockery; Wake, Dockery delegates seated; union, Dockery men seated; Wilson, the same; Wilxes, the MOttmen seatea; inese are ior Russell, it is said, but appear to be a sort of unknown quantity. The committee met asain early tnia morning, wneu me con vention oujuuriieu itaai, ujui iw tt ao w uicci at 9 o'clocka-mbut the hall was vacant at that hour. Only delegates and alternates were admitted to the floor. Admission to the galleries was by ticket; a new plan, which worked weiu It is now said by mends of ex-Judge Whit8ker that they hope to see him get the Free Silver-Populist-Democratic nomination for uovernor. The make-up of the North Carolina dele gation of Republican delegates to the Na tional convention is astollows by districts- First. E C. Duncan, J. B. Butler; Second, H. L. Grant, John Hannan; Third. A. R. Middleton, C. D. Waddell; Fourth, W. H. Martin. E. A. Johnson; Fifth, J. H. Holt, Jr., James O'Brien; Sixth, J. M. Goode, Z. F. Long, (contestants, J. B. Dudley, J. W. Mullen): Seventh, James H. Ramsey, C. F. Bailey : Eiehth. M. L. Mott. J. B. Fortune; Ninth, J. G.Grant, Charles J. Harris. Those from the Second, Third, seventh, iughtn and Ninth are . instructed for McKinley. Those from the First favor him. Those from the Fourth are not instructed. They say they are for him. but it is a sort of be lief that at heart they are Reed men. Holt, from the J?irth. is ior aiciviniev, wniie O'Brien la said to favor Reed. Goode and Long, from the Sixth, are Allison men, while the contestants are for McKinley . Col. Georee N. Folk, who died yesterday at tbe Keeley institute at Greensboro, was a native ot umithneia, iste oi wignt county, a., and during the war was a well known cavalry officer in North Carolina. His home was at .Lenoir, uaiawen county, ana for many years he was regarded as one of the ablest la wyers in this State. THE DUPONT GftSE DECIDED ADVERSELY TO THE WOULD-BE SENATOR. ee to-aay t 3 p. m. at Dr. B'ue 1 Co red Jin a Day ir Rheumatism and Nen red in 1 to 3 days. Its jtem is remarkable and ijioes at once me cause ase oi;mmediareiy disappears. ' (r. eatly benefits; 75 cents, tlardin, Drugist,:i38 South 'mington. . taries. ; . H. G. E wart offered a resolution nominat ing and endorsing Pritchard, which was adopted by acclamation and by a rising vote, thcfBgh not all rose. ,: Therefwere calls for Pritchard. He de clared the last Legislature was the only one in years which kept ita pledges. He said : "We will declare here that we are willing to take Populists by the hand and march with them. They can't be hoodwinked." A negro delegate cried out : "We'll beat the old Dem ocrats." Pritchard spoke of the Assignment act saying that as long as it was said it ap plied only to poor farmers ;Goyernor Carr took no steps, but when he found it applied to merchants who wanted to swindle their creditors, he took action and employed, counsel to nullify it. Pritchard entreated the Republicans to , be harmonious. He offered the McKinley resolution as follows: 'lUiolKd, That the delegates elected by this conyention to the National convention be instructed and directed to vote for that typical American and ideal citizen. William McKinley, of Ohio, for President, so long as 1 - - i r . . - uia name in oeiore me convention This was adopted by a rising vote though not nearly all the delegates rose. About one -sixth not doing so. The following were appointed .on the com mittee on order of business: Pearson, Settle, French, H. L. Grant and James H. Young, At 5:40 o clock the convention took a re cess until 7 o'clock. After the convention took its recess there were several conferences. To-day it was the field against, Dockery and to-nigh.t it was remarked that it was the field against Rus sell. Dockery men were, in some cases, very cool towards Boyd and one of the Dockery family said that rather than vote for Boyd some of his people would yote for Russell. At 8:lo o clock Chairman Mott called the convention to order. The delegates wh won in tqfday's grand fight for seats were joyous In their admission. RusseL. had made a big gain. There was applause Pritchard and Settle entered the hall side by side. Chairman Mott called for the report of the committee on business, and Richmond Pearson as-chairman of that committee sub mitted its report. Lusk asked that the length of speeches be limited to five mem bers. FUSION ENDORSED. Senator Pritchard's report as chairman of the conference committee, which April 18th met with the Populist committee, was read. It is the same as was printed at that time and waa the proposition of the Republicans lur. luaiuu uu lae oasis OI division OI offices, the Republicans to nominate the Governor, Attorney General and one Justice of the (supreme court, the Populists to nominate the Lieutenant Governor, Secret tary of State, Treasurer, Superintendent of 1 ublie Instruction and one Justice; for co operation on Congressional and Legislative tickets as it was two years ago, each party 10 nave its own electoral ticket. The reso lution goes on to say: Whereas, At that time the same propo Biuou was ueennea Dy the Populist com mittee; and W iiereas. bmce then, towit. Mav 14th it nas been officially communicated to the Re- puDiican conyention by Populists that they favor co operation with the Republicans on State and Congressional and local affairs in accordance with the proposition submitted by the KepuDiicans; therefore Mesowea mat me .Republicans in conven tion," assembled ratify and confirm that interest in the vote, as it was deemed I Proposition and wilt nominate candidates 0fKusSeu 8;tren?th a8 sustaining Wheeler WpJ aiarun, ivussen omy mm me creuen- nominate candidates in aceordgnca with the tiars committee. The vote was ayes, 120; n-ea. 90. At this there was a great demon stration oi applause by the Russellites. "Tie. next county takeii jip was Cumberland, and the minority report waa aUopted 122 to 90.- There was another big demonstration at this. Edgecombe was then taken' up. The vote on the minority report was ayes, Russell . . . Dockery.. Boyd...... Moody. . . . Lusk Russ?ll ..... Dockery . . . . Boyd.; Moody. 3-7 4-7 SECOND BALLOT. 97 9G 20 13 4 ioi 3 ; 90 4-7 22 22 THIRD BALLOT. ussell Dockery... lioya . . Moody A Russell demonstration io: 90 20 18 was followed by others for DocEery and Boyd and the con vention yelled itself hoarse. The excitement was intense, l oung Dockery shouted to his men "Stand by - your guns." A moment later a big Russell banner was brought in with his portrait and the words "Our Choice, uaniei l,. nusseii on it. Then the conven tion went wild. After many minutes of disorder and noise. Moody at midnight took the platform and withdrew from the contest, endorsed Dock ery and called on his supporters to vote for uocKery. jl Dig demonstration followed. Russell . . . Dockery. . Boyd FOURTH uallot. FIFTH BALLOT. Ill 101 19 Ksssell 115 Dockery. 105 Boyd... .. ...V 15 SIXTH BALLOT. On this ballot there was a sensation when Alamance changed from Boyd to Dockery, Russell H6 Dockery 114 lioyd 5 THE LAST BALLOT. The seventh ballot was taken amid much confusion. Russell men shouted: "Vote for Russell. We will get it this pop." The result was: Russell 119 3-7 Dockery , 103 4 7 Boyd ..... 13 Settle challenged the vote of Dare, savine 11 naa no aeiegats present. Terrible disor der followed. There was tremendous cheer Ing at Russell s nomination bcenes of disorder after the result was an- nounced were digraceful. Moody made the statement that Graham's vote was illegally cast by a delegate from Swain." It was later announced that the delegate from "Swam was entitled to represent Grabam. Oscar Spears took the stand and moved to mage tne nomination of Russell, unani. moos. There were loud cries of "no, some from the gallery. Chairman Mott gave notice if this were repeated he would clear the galleries. Boyd then moved to make the nomina tion unanimous and thanked Jus friends for their support. Moody, Boyd and Spears were appointed vo esuuri xiusaen 10 tne nail. Moody moved 10 maie ttusBeu s nomination unanimous and said his services were at Russell's dis posal. JUDGE RUSSELL BEFORE THE COKVENTION, At i:dO o'clock Russell entered the hall amid great applause. He said he had been on the ragged edge for the past forty-eight uours; aaiu ne manseo nia white mends, but owed a debt of deepest gratitude to the negro voters. He declared he was not in favor of putting property interests under the control entirely of non-oronertv holdintr In terests. He declared he stood for the rights n .1 1 : u . : a xi -n ami uuorues oi me negroes. ie had oeen cradled in the lap of a negro woman and fed on her milk, both nutritious and plentiful. Me iaid all the negroes wanted was fair play and a white man's chance. He hoped mai me iaci wouio pe snown that co-opera. tion was not a failure, and called on the Republicans to appeal from the Populist committee j me ropuiist people of the State. He said: "With the latter we can and will fuse. ine tact that their cnmmiltpa roiantaH fusion does not show that their people will uoi. luse. ne nopea measures looking to co-opration would be adopted; that the roputist leaders had taken an untenable position, and however irritating might be men uuuuiici, ne couia never torget that mey gave the Republicans their franbiso that the Republican party was one of great Base Bali. KATIOKAL LEAGUE St. Lons, Mo., May 15 The best game of the season here to day resulted in a vie tory for the Browns. But one hit was made off Breitenstem up to the ninth inning, when a two base hit by Lush and Niland's error and McCauIey's single gave the Wash tons two runs. Mercer's pitching was fine. and the game was sharp. The attendance was 1,500. Score; SHI St. Louis 2 0 001020 5 4 2 Washington 0 000000022 2 2 Batteries: Breitenstem and McJrariana Mercer and McGuire. Chicago. May 15 Chicago batted Mc- Mahon hard all the way through to day. and had no trouble in winning. Friend was a puzzle to the Orioles, but they succeeded in bunchmg hits at times when the (Jolts were making their errors, it was a fast game but marred by almost continual Sicking on both sides. The attendance was d.uuu. Score: K H E Chicago 1 0303100 8 12 3 Baltimore dhuuuuzu- 0 Batteries: Friend and Kittredge; Mc Mahon and Robinson. Pittsburg. Pa., May 15 Boston won from Pittsburg to-day because they were fortunate in hitting, and because tr lttsourg could not bat IS ichols at critical stages. The latter was touched up in the eighth inning, but that was me only lime, xne attendance was 2,200. Score: B H E Pittsburg... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 16 13 3 Boston 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 8 12 0 Batteries: Hawley and Sugden: Nichols and uanzei. Cleveland, May 15 Cleveland batted out a victory to-day and defeated New York. although the latter put up a good game. xne game was tuu of good neiding piays Dy Dotn teams, xne attendance was i,ow. Score; R H E Cleveland 0 2300300 210 14 2 New York 0 103000004 8 2 Batteries: Wilson and Zimmer: Doheny, uantrieiu and i? arreil, Louisville. May 15 McGill's wildness and timely hitting gave Louisville the game Capt Nash was hit over the eye by a pitched ball in the second inning and forced to re tire. The attendance was 2,200. Score : B H E Louisville 05020020 9 9 2 Philadelphia.. . .2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 3 uatteries: bmith and Dexter: ileum and tsoyle. - - THE VIRGINIA LEAGUE. At Richmond Richmond 1 0 0 0 Petersburg.. 0 0 0 0 At Roanoke Lynchburg 1 0 10 Roanoke 2 0 10 At Portsmouth Portsmouth ". 1 0 Norfolk 2 1 . COLLEGE GAMES, At Washington Georgetown .... .T10 7103 Virginia 3 112 1 SOUTHERN LEAGUE. At Mobile- Mobile.. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 At New Orleans 3 0 2 3 09 0 10 3-04 0 0 0 103 13 1109 4 4 0 0 0- 0 2 5 131 111 B 0 2 - 7 New Orleans... Birmingham . . .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .0 000000000 H 10 12 H 8 4 Cuban Peasants Not Allowed to Keep Any Grain. Havaka, May 15 Capt. Gen. Weyler has issued a proclamation, ordering the farmers and peasantry .daring the next twenty days, to transport to the towns in their vicinities all of the corn and other grain stored upon their farms. This order applies to the prov inces of Pinar del Rio, Havana and Matan zas. The military quartermasters are au thorized by this order to purchase the grain orougnt to tne towns by the farmers at the current price and 11 tne grain is not re quired by the Government it will be stored for tbe account of its owners. After the period of twenty days has elapsed, the proc lamation declares, any grain found upon farms in the provinces mentioned will be regarded as contraband of war and will be seized, and the owners thereof subjected to ine re Dei leader. Manuel Komero. was shot this morning atCienfuegoes. Tbe Vote Strictly Partisan, tne Pop- nliata Veting With the Demoa crata Information aa to Our Spanish Treaties Wanted. The Anti-Bond Issue BUI Mr. Howard's Q uestlon of Prlv- ilege Pen sion Bills. SENATE. Washington, May 15 Senator Morgan, offered a resolution, which went over until to-morrow, instructing the' Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire as to the rights of the United States nnder treaties with Spain in respect to the treatment of Amer ican citizens arrested in Cuba and under sentence of death by the Spanish military tribunals, and also directing the Secretary of State to send to the Senate literal copies of the original text of the Cashing protocol of July 12, 1877, and copies of correspondence on such protocol and on its" bearing towards the persons captured on the Competitor. Senator Gallinger offered a resolution de claring that the widespread business depres sion' and rapid increase of the public debt demonstrates that the existing Tariff law does not produce sufficient revenue, and that a revision of the law is imperitiyely demanded in the interests of people of the United States. He asked that it be laid on the table, subiect to his call, as he desired to address the senate later on the resolution or on some bill that mav be before the Senate before the adjournment of -the present session. A resolution neretoiore onerea oy senator Aldricb. KepuDUcan, 01 linoae island directing the Finance committee to inquire whether American labor and industries are suffering from, or are threatened with in inrious competition through importations of oriental products, and if so, to investigate the causes wmcn naye maae Bucn competi tion possible was taken np and agreed to. with an amendment onerea oy senator Mills, instructing the committee to report also the labor or cost 01 products by tne unit of quantity in both countries. in pursuance 01 previous nouce, senator Beacon. Democrat 01 Georgia, addressed the Senate in favor of the bill to prohibit the issuance of bonds or other interest bearing obligations of tne uovernment dv me oecre tary of the Treasury or officers of the Gov ernment without the authority of Congress He argued that Congress, either by action or non-action, wouio De responsiDie 11 more bonds were issued under the law by which $262,000,000 of bonds had been sold in the last three years. If the session closed with that law unrepealed, Congress would be Bay ing to the people that it approved of the law. Senator nutier. xopuusl. 01 norm Caro lina, commended Senator Bacon's speech and called attention to a 0111 wnicnne (Uut ler.1 had introduced early in the session prohibiting the issue of bonds without the consent 01 uongress. ne gave nouce mat he would on some tuture aay ask me sen ate to take up that bill for consideration. The Dapont election case, ironi me state of Delaware, was taken up and debated until 5 o'clock. The result of all the legal and constitutional arguments for and against was that the Republican senators, to a man voted in favor of the claim; that the Demo crafco."ied dust as unanimously against it. and that the repniists allied themselves solidlv on the Democratic side making the vote on the amendment which declared that Mr. Dapont was not entitled to the seat, 31 to 30. A second vote on the resolution thaa amended resulted in exactly the same fig ures. There was no attempt on the part of the Republicans to postpone a decisive issue, At 5:4U o ciock me senate aaiournea until to morrow." HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVKS. Mr. Howard, Populist, of Alabama, sig nalized his return to Congress after an ab sence of several months to day, by rising to a question of personal privilege immediately after the reading of the journal. He said that when last present in the House, his ap pearance nad been made me occasion ot a cruel, baseless attack by the press of tne country. The article in the St. Louis Repub lic, he said, was a specimen of the general onslaught, and he read that. It stated that Mr. Howard had come on tne noor ot me House in a state of intoxication after a de bauch of several days, his appearance re sembling that of a tramp. He had gone to sleep, it said, on a lounge and had thence been removed by two colored porters 01 me House. "This is the consummation of Howard's career," was the closing sentence. Mr. Howard went on to explain that he came to the House to vote on the Silver bill. He: had come against the advice of his physician, accompanied by his wife and the wtte ot representative otroua. memDers about him, Mr. McLaurin and others, saw that he was desperately sick and they ad vised his removal for that reason. Since then, Mr. Howard said, he had been con fined to his room, at times near death's door, and only yesterday had been able to resume his duties on the floor. "I should not trouble the House about this matter" he continued, "but I believe it to be due to the people who sent me here and the children who bear my name, to denounce the charge as willfuly and maliciously false." Mr. DeArmond called np the unanimous report of Elections Committee No. 3 upon the contested election case of J. Hampton Hoge, Republican, vs. Peter J. Otey, Demo crat, from the Sixth Virginia district, con firming the title of tey to the seat which he occupies, and it was agree to. The House then proceeded to read and pass the private pension bills favorably acted upon by the Committee of the Whole daring the past week, there being about 00 in all on the calendar. When the bill was reached to pension the widow of the late Secretary Gresham, at the rate of 100 a month, Mr. Talbert, Democrat, of South Carolina, made the point that no quorum had voted on its passage, and the Speaker was compelled to count a quorum The vote by which the bill passed was 1?Q to 15. Mr. Talbert also endeavored to secure a recommittal of the bill granting a pension ot $75 a month to the widow of the late Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., with instructions to re duce the amount to $50 a month, but the motion failed 55 to 16. At 5 o'clock the House, under the rules, took a recess until 8 o'clock, (after which session it adiourned until Monday) having passed 101 bills. Thirty-four bills were laid aside to await formal engrossment before final action, upon the demand of Messrs, Erdman and Talbert. 8PAIN TO PROTEST Against the Attiiuae 01 tne united States Toward Cuba Minister Deliome Denies the Rumor. Madrid, May 15 At a Cabinet Council the Minister of Foreign Affairs waa author ized to draft a formal remonstrance against the attitudesof the United States toward Cuba, whichwill be presented to the Gov ernment at Washington, and it is probable that Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Minister at Washington, will also be, in structed to protest personally against the policy being pursued by the American Government. It is also decided that the Government send au.uuu troops to uudb ,in September. - - mio Washington, juay is iu opauiou aimia ter Mr. Dupuy de Lome, being show this morning the dispatch from Madrid, assert ing that the Spanish CabineJ had authorized a formal remonstance to be presented against the attitude of the United States in regard to uuds, repueu moi wia -wm directly contrary to all his information and to the explicit statement contained in the Queen's speech. He said that his Govern mnt "had warned him to pay no attention to the disturbing dispatches in the press, as they would keep him fully adyised on all points ine relations ixjiwwju opnui uu the United States, he added, were entirely cordial and there was no friction of any kind. Consuls Appointed. Washington. May 15 The President sent to the Senate the following nominations .Tnhn T?nwier. of Massachusetts, to be con snl nf the United States at Chefoo, China : Robert Lee Jenkins, or worm uaronna, to be consul 01 tne unicea ciaies at r-atras, Greece. Consul General Lee Receiving Final Instruction. Washington. Mav 15 General Fit"hn?rh Lee has returned to Washington to receive final instructions from the President and Secretary of the Navy before leaving for nayana to succeed Mr. itamon . Wil liams as United States consul general there. The Cabinet was in session when Gen. l ee Tbe Bermuda's Trip Unsuccessful. Washington, May 15 A cablegram from the Spanish consul at Truxillo, to Minister Dupuy de Lome confirms the failure of the Bermuda to land her arms and men in Cuba on her last trip. The consul says on the arrival of the Bermuda in Truxillo, the captain declared at the customs house that he had twenty seven in crew, eleven pas sengers and 100 tons of coal Subseqently he admitted having on board thirty "Work men," making a total of sixty-eight inen. The authorities found the hold apparently .fall of coal, which made it impossible for them to search for the alleged arms, - which, if oh board. wee covered no by the coal. Without waiting for a permit, the Bermuda left port and landed sixty men thirty miles down the coast and then proceeded to Puerto Cortez. principles and would hot be absorbed by the V181tea 1116 Btate Department eq he did hot Populist party or any other nartv - H have an opportunity to see Mr. Olney. The President and the Secretary of State, Gen. Lee has no idea as to when he will start, ex cept that it will be in a very short time. His stay in Washington will probably be brief and when it is concluded he desires a few days for the purposi of visiting his mother in Fredericksburg, Va. spote in iavor or protection, Pritchard said there was no contest for Attorney General and placed in nomination .eo v ance Walser, who was nominated by vtiiauiauuUi J. C. Pritchard, James E. Boyd, C. M .Bernard and Geo. H. White were elected delegates and Henry Dennv. J. Kd wnnH Pnr 9c T Biley and W. 8. Hogans alternates to tbe National convention.--R M, Douglas was nominated for associate justice 01 tne supreme court by acclama- - Republican Senators in Caucus. Washington, May 15 The Republicans ot the senate were in caucus this morning for a little more than an hour, but adjourned without having taken aotion of a positive character on anv of the matters that came before them. 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