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Sr. Louis, November 27.—The chair- man announced the convention would be addressed by Congressman R. P. Bland, of Missouri. Bland was received with a storm of applause. In the course of his speech he said: -The free coinage of silver will settle this sale of products for returns for their la- bor. That we believe the certificate of the government backed dollar for dollar by at once repeal our demonetization laws gold and silver coin, or payment of pro- er watt for the concurrence of other pow - duct into the treasury of tne United eN, including Great Britain. It is a sig- States, is a safe and sound currency and niticant fact you will scarcely find a man has been approved by the people. in public life to -day who will assume the That considering the contraction caus- reeponsibility of contending for a single ed by the surrender of national bank notes during the past three years and the gold standard. I am in favor of paddling our usn canoe in this, as well as all other vast sums that must be collected by the subjects. If we have enacted bad laws cancellation of government bonds during et us repeal them; especially should we the next three years the question of re - repeal the law that has been so universal- t.storing silver is as manifest as is the jus- I ty condemned as the demonetization act tice of such a policy. That the gold and silver of the west, pouring in a steady stream upon the east for 40 years vitalized every form of busi- ness there and steadied and upheld the credit of the nation through the great war and made resumption possible, and that what we now demand is as much :he legislation of 1873 and added: \It more to the interest of the east than of is not claimed that the demonetization of the west 58 the productions of the east ! silver alone caused this panic; there were exceed in value the productions of thewest. other contractions of the currency in That we believe in equal rights of gold progress, but the probabilities are had we :eft the mint open to the free coinage of silver there would have been a constitu- tional and heavy increase in the coinage of silver dollars to counteract the effect of paper contraction. On the continent to the south of us, and to the west in Asia, there are 800,000,000 people who use only silver as money. They are the best cus tomers for the manufacturers and the chief source of foreign trade. We ought to have this trade and proper legislation on the silver question will greatly aid us in securing it. By the free coinage of silver and gold New York and not London and Paris would be the money center for the exchanges of the world. Congressman Symmes was followed by Senator Stewart, of Nevada. whose re- marks evoked frequent outbursts of ap- plause. The senator's address was an off hand talk and seemed to suit the dele- gates better than the printed papers to which they had previously listened. In the course of his remarks Stewart said that nations had tried lead, iron and cop- per, but finally all civilized and semi -civ- ilized people had decided on silver. The use of silver is prehistoric. The first we neard of the use of silver was as money, an ornament thousand , sae' THE RIVER PRESS. Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, :December 4, 1889. INTO. 6. THE SILVER CONVENTION. Addresses by Congressman Bland and Sena- tor Stewart. silver question and greatly relieve the poor. The only question with the biniet- &Diets in our country is whether we should of 1873. No matter whether the interest- ed few who engineered this legislation ateant well or not, it was practically a fraud upon congress and the American people.\ Bland spoke at some length of business depression and financial panic following worked a practical violation of every con- tract then existing in the United States; entailed uncounted losses, reduced prices more than 30 per cent. and its effect is practically to make debts perpetual, as it takes from the debtor the ability to pay; that it causes contraction in the curren- cy which reduces the value until there IR ao profit left to the farmeaplanter or men of small capital who depend upon the and silver, and free coinage for both, and that no nation ever had or ever will have too much gold and silver coins. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Fifty-first congress be requested by this convention to pro- vide at its first session for opening the mints of the United States to the free and unlimited coinage of standard silver dol- lars of the present weight and fineness, to be legal tender for all debts public or pri- vate, equal with gold, and that until such a provision is made the secretary of the treasury be required to coin the maxi- mum 84,000,000 worth of silver per month as now authorized by law. A NOVEL SCHEME. That is What Congressmen from the New States Have Entered Into. WASHINGTON, November 28.—The con- gressmen from the four new states and Idaho at a meeting to day developed a model scheme in the way of working for their respective states, and they at once begin to put it in practical shape. They propose to advertise the states from which they hail, with their resources, while gold was first used as both natural and acquired. It was and later as money. For three agreed to hire a building, tit it up corn - years. or more these have been the metals fortably and e,stablish it as a northwest - out of which money could be manufac- ern headquarters, with the latch string tured. I say as long as S dollar can be s , always out. They are willing to put up $200 a month to do this. They/propose to hang out a sign bearing the words, \Northwestern IIeadquarters.\ The building will have tables for writing, files of the newspapers, some comfortable chairs to lounge an and a grate fire on chilly evenings. The congressmen will ask the boards of trade in their respec- tive states to send, express prepaid, sam- ples of articles showing the resources of the states, TO BE PLACED ON EXHIBITION at the headquarters. Maps of the recent- ly admitted territories, with full informa- tion concerning it, will be on exhibition for it is the prime object to give all pos- sible information. Another object is to entertain north westerners, and the new members prbpose to set an example to the world of genuine hospitality. \We will have a man in our employ whose bus- iness it will be to act as a guide in the manufactured out of a given quantity of gold or silver, it makes no difference to the owner what bullion he has. With ei- ther he can get a dollar and with that dollar buy the same amount of labor or - property. There is nothing like the sCARCITY OF MONEY. Poverty, inability to pay debts, inabili- 's to support a family will make men eowards. . The creation of the great mid - lie classes in England was brought about by the discovery of gold in Mexico and .-4outh America. Free silver in Europe .vas the cause of people having some money and becoming independent. The farmers of our country to -day, in conse- quence of the machinations of -the money kings and gold monometallists, are losing the independence of character for which tney have been noted. Their mortgages are naakinithem cowards. I will not .. , :top to explain how this silver DEMONETIZATION FRAUD NaS committed; there was no discussion in the senate, not a word, not a sugges- 7ion in the senate that a dollar was to be omitted. There is nothing in the record sf the senate to show how that dollar got out. The conferences of the eommit- `ee do not show it, but we find the fact to tal that silver was omitted. I call upon *se people to explain-allow — it - occurred. ..here is as25,((X),000 of national debt we know of, and it is estimated there is at :e-- it will be backed by senators and repre- ast three ti mes as much other debt fxtunty, municipal, corporation, etc.-- sentatiyes from the new states, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. The building will making a hundred thousand millions in be chosen within three or four blocks of all. Two millions of gold and silver was L ing manufactured a month. People the White house, to be centrally located. aad a right to rely on that. Now this An agent was given the description of the this afternoon, with scheme cut off one half of that supply, kind of house wanted instructions to have it ready the last of !i . sil the debtor is bound by that contract, of \\ week it possible. senator Stewrat closed by urging that there be a plain demand upon congress to _, Three Afore Robbers I 7 rnOneti7.0 silver, no dallying, no coin- , promise, but a straight demand. \Meet the creditor,\ he said, \face to face, for if Yo . 0 must yield him your property you might as well do it now as in the future.'' Congressman Bland, chairman of the 1 :arnmittee on resolutions, presented the following report. :tn. national silver convention, held in ht. Louis, Mo., Nov. 'a:, t.7 and '29, 1889, iMlQjteal this preamble and resolution as t h*i deliberate Opinion: at the dentonetizatioii of silver ha' city to all who come from our states,\ Congressman Hansbrough said in speak- ing of the enterprise. Another man will be on duty at the rooms who is familiar with the north west, and who can answer any questions that strangers may ask.\ They will also see that a stock of public doeuments is kept on hand, and in every way possible will try to make it a con- genial home for northwestern men. If made as complete as the originators hope Caught. GAINESVILLE, Tex., December 1. --City afarshall Honeycutt has received infor- mation that three Santa Fe train robbers have been captured in Oklahoma City, I. T. The arrest of these parties makes al- most a clean sweep of the entire party, with those now under arrest. Several are well known in Gainesville. The e*. tire gang will be taken to Purcell, I. T. and have a .prt9litninrry hearing before the a:nited States commission to -morrow. VERITABLE FIRE TRAP, and the danger to those located there had often been commented upon. The fire broke out on the third floor and soon the upper floors were cut off from the street. The building was on the corner and the adjoining buildings were only one story in height, so no means of escape was af- forded in that direction. The flames cut off the escape of the Pioneer Press force on the sixth floor as well as the Tribune his address to the jury. He went over the folks on the seventh and eighth. Report- testimony regarding the meeting of Camp er Barnes of the Pioneer Press. had a 20 of the Clan-na-Gael at which it was narrow escape from the building and left charged Cronin was a spy, of Beggs' de - behind him Milton Pickett, the assistant fense of Alexander Sullivan and Cough - city editor, and one of the oldest men in lin trying to poison the minds of Patriot- ic Irishtnen against Cronin. Summing the service of the paper. Pickett wets' up this section of- the case he said: \Sin - lost in the burning building. The Trill: une folks suffered most, they being high- ; gular, it not that on the eighth day of er up and having less warning of their February a motion is made for a commit- tee in Camp twenty; on the 16th of Feb- ruary Senior Guardian Beggs is writing about the matter to Edward Spellman; on the 17th he again writes about it, on the 19th the flat is rented at 119 Clark st. and immediately opened the key stating on the 20th a carpet is nailed down, on e the fact to the head office in Chicago and on the 1st day of March this man Cough - 22d Beggs defends the triangle, and Soon he returned to the instrument, ap- th asking for a minute's time to investigate. • lin who is on trial for his life, denouncee Dr. Cronin as a spy?\ The states attorney proceeded, saying it was in evidence that Beggs reported to and found too late that escape was cut off. Spellman on April 29 saying the Cronin parently thinking he was safe, and told the sending operator to continue. In a moment he said he would have to skip, A MINNEAPOLIS HOLOCAUST. Burnin g of the Tribune Office and Crenka- t ion of Employes ---Loss $1,000,000. part in the proceedings. It was resolved that balloting should begin at once. The first ballot resulted: Reed 78; McKinley, 39; Cannon, 22; Burrows, 10: Henderson, MINNEAPOLIS, November 30.—Fire 16. Before the second ballot was called was one of the absentees, Ilermann, entered, bune building at 10:45 to -night, and soon discovered on the third floor of the Tri- and on the second ballot voted for Reed. the entire building was wrapped in The following changes were recorded: McKinley to Reed; Culbertson and Hen - Fourth street.. It is occupied by the A. J. Holmes, ex -member of congress ! Tribune, the Tribune -Star, the evehing from Iowa, and A. H. Reed, of Minnesota, I edition of the Tribune; The Minneapolis were candidates for sergeant -at -arms, office of the Pioneer Press and the even- ' and Holmes was elected 142 to 13. ing Journal, besides a large number of . The contest over the door keepership other offices. The Tribune editorial force was very animated, the candidates being is on the seventh floor and their compos- Charles W. Adams of Maryland, and Jas. lag rooms above it. On these two floors A. Wheat, of Wisconsin. Adams was there were nearly 100 persons employed elected by a bare majority of 83 to 82. when the fire broke out. Access to the Wheat, however, was immediately norm- buildieg was by way of an elevator. nated for postmaster, receiving 99 votes . around which a nar Ow and dark stair- against 13 for Lsita, 20 for Worrel and way was the only means of ingress and 16 for McKee. egress. 'Fite building might be called a Rev. Charles B. Ramsdell, of the North 1 . SULLIVAN SATISFIED. He Receives a $315,000 Invitation to a Sett° With Jackson. BOSTON, November 30. John L. Sulli- van was met at the scene of the great fire this morning. In his waistcoat pocket he had a dispatch, just received from Cali - for a large force of skilled American em- ployes. Desperate Fight. IIEPPNER, Or., Nove: iber 30.--A gam- bling quarrel occurred between Hiram Harper and Edward and ,Newton Jones, brothers. Both Jones' jumped on Har- ernes. On the seventh floor were totu- fornia, but already wrinkled and soiled Per and beat him most brutally. Harper derson to Reed; Gifford, Lind and Can - from handling and reading. \Loik at finally managed to get behind the bar ated many offices, the Tribune staff edi- non to Henderson; Bergen, Hansbrough, tors, reporters and compositors. A nunu- be room stove. He warned the Jones boys that,\ said the proud champion. \May m Rickler a.al Cannon to Reed. This made not to approach or he would shout, but her of employes in attempting to escape the people who think I am played out m s , the total stand: Reed, 85; McKinley, 38; j both advanced to renew the fight, when jumped fro the windos, and at mitt- Will change their minds. Nobody in this night seven bodies had been taken out of Cannon, 19; Henderson, 14; Burrows, lit world ever had admirers willing to put he tired two shots from a revolver, one Announcement of the vote which gave ball taking effect in the groin of Edward the ruins. Only one is yet identified as ' up $35,0o0 to see him ffght, and no one Jones, producing death in a few minutes. Reed the republican nomination wasi that of Professor Olsen, of the Vermillion, . ever will •after I'm dead.\ The dispatch Bystanders interfered or Harper would Dakota, uutversisy, who had gone to see greeted with applause, and the candidate' have killed the other brother. . . was from the president of the Pacheco returned. a friend. • He jumped from the top floor , • (California) Athletic club, guaranteeing Car - and I Edward McPherson and John M. Car- - eas s 000 to she a inner of a finish fight be- ' WAS INSTANTLY KILLED. i son were placed in nomination for the i tween himself, the great John L. SUill- That is the all Important QueAtion Says Con - The Tribune building is an eignt story 1 clerkship, and McPiterson was elected, 116 to 50. I van, and Jackson, the negro fighting . ' ! gresstnan Hausbrough. one, at the corner of first avenue and ! prodigy. \Now said Sullivan, \this is , the kind of a thing I like. It shows there ! . I is some appreciation of I REAL FIGHTING LEFT I in this country. In fact it proves that. I , the ring is growing in favor instead of declining. Why, if it was not for thei laws that people make to get Sunday , school votes there would be such a tight- ' iota enthusiasm in this country as the , old timers never dreamed of. why do they offer inc such money to fight? Well I will tell you. You see I've been licking pretty nearly everybody so easily, that: honestly, I must confess, folks hardly got i chaplain and the meeting adjourned. Presbyterian church, was nominated for . their money's worth. If a man stood up to fight me,- why he always went to sleep TO THE JURY. before the fun had really time to begin. Men who have stayed in the ring for awhile have done it by running all the, time and of course it is hardly worth thou- sandsof dollars to see ONE MAN RUN A WAY from another. Now, you see, they think they have got a really great man in the black fellow, and that he is going to make me work and do a big fight. I hope they have—a good fight is a good thing. I'd like to get a man who really can fight. What's my opinion about Jackson? Well, I don't want to kill interest in the tight, but I guess it won't be as hard as they think to make a 'has been' of him. They bank too much on his having done Smith. Smith was a good one to look at and a good one to stand punishment, but he could not hurt anybody. To make a black man lose interest you want to hurt him. Of course I'll accept this $35,000 in- vitation if Jackson can get out of his ri- diculous contract with the California Athletic club. That was not the contract of a great man. A great man in any line, acting or fighting, like me or Booth, doesn't tie himself up. He knows his own importance.\ The Cronin Murder Trial Closed and the Case Soon to Be Chen to the Jury. danger. James F. Igoe, night operator of the associated press, met with A SAD Deana He was at work on the seventh floor when the report of the fire was received He jumped from the seventh story win- dow and was so badly injured he died be- fore reaching the hospital. He leaves a family. Old man Pierce, a printer, was also killed. It was reported that ten had been killed but up till midnight only six hodies had been taken from the ruins which were then falling in. Those KNOWN TO BE DEAD are: Assistant City Editor Pickett; W. E. Miles, agent Associated Press; James F. Igoe, associated press operator; John Olsen, president of the Vermillion, Dak., CHICAGO, November 30. ----At the open- ing of the Cronin trial this morning States Attorney Longenecker resumed matter had been amicably settled, and proceeded to point out this amicable set- tlement meant that arrangements were completed for the murder. Proceeding to trace the hiring of the flat on Clark street he showed the con- nection of Burke and Kunze therewith. During this Kunze rose and said: \That's A a lie.\ Judge Longenecker continued to trace the story of the crime, dwelling upon va- rious links in the chain of evidence which connects the prisoner with it down to the defense that the blood in the cottage was not human, the states attorney said the ingly for aid. 'Hurry ladders for God's evidence all tended to show it was human sake was shrieked with all the vehem- blood. Why was the floor painted if it once and power that the anguished doz- was not? He would not take up the ens in peril of their lives could muster. time to argue that it was anything else A vast crowd from the opposite side view- than the blood of Dr. Cronin. ed the fire wreak its work and In closing the states attorney said: SHOUTED WORDS \When you come to consider the verdict, of encouragement and good spirit to the think of that man (Cronin) in the cottage d university; Harry Colwell. McCutcheonriving away of Cronin to the Carlson and Pierce, printers. A general alarm cottage and the part the different prison - was turned in and the engines of the city era bore in the disposition of the body. C responded to the call. The imPrisonedoming down to the contention of the printers gathered at the windows at the south end shrieking wildly and dispair- men in strenuous endeavors to hurry them up. The long ladders seemed to move up at a snail's pace but was finally rested in position and the crowd began to descend, the flames making steady en- croachments on the corner where the frightened men had huddled. Life nets were brought and some were saved by this means. The entire building is a mass of ruins. Sparks are flying in all directions and adjoining buildings occu- pied by a restaurant, saloon and tailor shop are doomed. The Tribune building was five years old; a brick structure and valued at $300,000. The loss will proba- bly reach 81,000,000. The insurance is not ascertained. REED THE MAN. Me IS Nominated for Speaker of the litHlse of Repre4entatives. -- WASHINGTON, November 30. --The re- publican caucus was called to order promptly at noon to -day. Cannon, chair- man of the caucus, resigned his place, be- ing a candidate for the speakership, and Henderson of Iowa, was chosen chairman. The call of the roll developed the pres- ence of 165 members, four less than the republican strength in the house. Mr. Mudd, contestant for Catinptonai seat front the lifth Maryland district, took no and when you think' of him, there may - then reverberate through your ears the death cries of this man who in his last moments called upon his God and his Jesus. Think of these men, who without giving him time to pronodnce the other Trinity name, felled him to the floor with their death blows. Think of all this and, in the end, there will be such a verdict, that when his honor pronounces judg- ment upon it, that having his heart and eye to God, will say, \May the Lord have mercy on your souls.\ Judge Wing then began his address for the defense, commencing with Coughlin's defense. He referred to the vast amount of evidence produced in the case, all of it circumstantial and explained the differ- ent light in which such evidence must be considered from that accorded direct evi- dence. He dwelt upon the necessity that jurors should put aside their natural prej- udices against these men on account of their nationality and religion and remem- ber it was natural for them to love the land of their birth. At this point the court adjourned until Monday. CARTER'S MODESTY. He Wants a Place on the Committee on Mines and Mining. WASHINGTON, December 1.—The new state delegations are figuring on the places they will get on the committees of the house. Carter, of Montana has an idea that he should be given a place on mines and mining, and although it is said that Reed has made no pledges, it is more than probable that he recognizes the de- sire of the Montana man and will gratify it. Mr. Carter intends to give considera- ble attention to mining legislation, this winter, and will want to be on that com- mittee to look after such bills as are in- troduced, and also to see that his own measures are taken care of. Carter is ambitious and will be willing to serve on other committees, and if he sees anything he wants particularly he will not hesitate to ask for it. - BLOWN TO PIECES. Terrible Explosion of Glycerine near Oil City, Pa. OIL CITY, Pa., December 1. -An explo- sion of nitro-glycerine occurred in the suburbs yesterday afternoon in which two brothers named James and Charles Fisher and Ed Horstman were killed. Five tons of glycerine owned by the tor- pedo company were being unloaded from a boat and placed in the magazine. While the men were away the boys were seen approaching in a boat, and it is sup posed that in some manner they caused the accident. The shock was tremendous. Farm houses and barns near by were shattered and blown to pieces: An ice house a building 200 feet square, was re- duced to kindling .wood, The windows in the postoffice at the depot two miles away were shattered by the shock. To Compete With Liebig. Umtata), December 1. - -George Brough- ton, one of Chicago's prominent meat packers, said to -night that he had dis- posed of all his pecuniary interests in Epidemic of Diphtheria. Chicago and will sail from New York soon for Buenos Ayres for the purpose of es- tablishing a monster meat packing and beef extract concern to compete with Liebig's enormous works in the Argen- tine republic. Broughton will act as man- ager of the business for an English syn- dicate of capitalists. He has arranged BURLINGTON, Ia., December 1. --Diph- theria to an alarming extent prevails in this city and the country adjacent. There have been several deaths this week and many children are down with the disease. Precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. \LET US IRRIGATE.\ WASHINGTON, November 30. --Hon. C. Hansbrough of North Dakota in reply toa request for his views as to what measures a interest to the northwest should be considered by congress said: \Let me say briefly that with reference to North Dakota the question of para- mount important*, it seems to me, is irri- gation. We shall ask for an appropria- tion to defray the expense of experi- ments to be made on the one saggested in the practical pro;tositions offered at the recent convention held at limed Forks, and those which are to be sug- gested in the forthcoming report of the senate committee, providing the latter of- fers anything practical, which I have no doubt it will. Western senators and con- gressmen who have arrived here seem to be unanimously of the opinion that SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. The congress is an unwieldly body and we anticipate some opposition from mem- bers who come from eastern states, which have been deluged with water the past two seasons. An effort will be made, or should be, to have each house appoint a special committee on irrigation. The committees on public lands, however, may think this an infringement on their prerogative. If so, we can at least ask for suitable subcommittees to consider the question. Meantime I hope the North Dakota citizens committee will continue its good work of investigation and agita- tion. 'There are many other measures of in- terest to the northwest that will be brought forward in the session, mention and discussion of which, it seems to me, would be more appropriate a little later on. MURDERERS LET LOOSE. Governer Foraker Pardons a Brace of Man - Killers. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 27.—Gov. Foraker to-night granted a pardon to Wm. Carroll who was serving a life sen- tence in the Ohio penitentiary, Carroll was convicted twenty two years ago of the murder of Adam Cose, watchman of the Brown county court house. The crime was committed in an attempt to rob the treasury vaults of that county. The history of Carroll is one of the most dramatic and intensely interesting chapters in the criminal annals of this country. HE ESCAPED THE DETECTIVES after arrest, went west, married a daugh- ter of Major Armstrong, of the United States army, ano became a resident of Illinois. In that state he was captured after he had served in the war of the rebellion. Since his incarceration in the Ohio penitentiary he murdered a fel- low prisoner in a burst of passion. There has always been much doubt as to the identity of the noted prisoner, as he was convicted entirely on circumstantial evi- dence, and this, with his usual good be- havior in prison, caused his pardon. The governor also pardoned Anthony Roccin- co, an ex -policeman of Cincinnati, vs.. was serving a life sentence for shooting to death a saloonist named Adam Dollar. THE LATEST MOVE. W, H. Watson on Hand ---Will the state stealers Use Him? Special to the River Press. HFLF.NA, November 30.—The latest de- velopment in the political situation is the arrival of W. A. Watson, of Fergus, the defeated republican candidate for senator. It is said he was sent for by the republi- can politicians, and is here to use in run- ning a bluff on the democrats. Your cor- respondent has not seen Watson and cannot say whether he is here' for the purpose of allowing himself to be made A CATS'PAW oF or not. It is hard to believe that an ex - member of the constitutional convention would stoop so low, but such is common street talk. What the conspirators hope to accomplish is not apparent. As long as there is no contest in t' - ìe senate no con . - test can be inaugurated or any other bus- iness done. It is supposed the oily gam- mons will try to induce democrats to go into the senate and organize for the pur- pose of deciding contests. The democrats are on their guard and will not be caught - by such chaff. They are ii pseieiiiell of the key to the situation and propose to hold it.
