Show IMPORTANT EVENTS review of important events of home and abroad As the date for the fall elections draws near inter st increases in politics the event of greatest general interest during the past week was the holding of the new york Democrat io convention before the convention was held the name of john boyd thacher was most mentioned on the eve of the convention a boom set in for ex secretary wm win C whitney the adjournment of the convention from tuesday until after mr whitney was expected tp to arrive from europe on wednesday looked as if it were done to await his decision before making up the ticket when the d legates delegates e were informed that he be pos refused to have bavo his name considered si the tide suddenly set toward senator hill who ho was chairman of the convention conventions 7 ile he refused to be a candidate but the convention got be yond his control and he was nominated by acclamation two of the leading candidates for the nomination congressman Lock lockwood woodit and judge gaynor were put on the ticket with him governor mckinley opened the republican campaign in ohio with a de defense fenie of his tariff bill at findlay J before a large gathering the N nebraska e democratic convention at atna ha ba split on the silver question and two tickets were named governor mckinley also opened the ri republican publican campaign in indiana speaking at in dian dia napoli ex pr president eileent harridon Har rilon in trod reduced him the anti tillman democratic convention at Colum columbia biaS S C adjourned without nominating a ticket captain howgate formerly of the weather bureau who escaped from the authorities in anis city washington D C in 1882 was captured in new york he was under indictment or embezzling government funds fund S fitzsimmons knocked out dan D an creedon in a fight tor for the middle weight championship leip at new orleans F fitzsimmons i t z sa s1 m m on s i immediately m m e d i a te 1 y eb challenged a 1 le n g e d C corbet 0 r b e t th the e 1 latter a tt e r r regards e g a r ds tl the i e c challenge h al 1 with disdain says fitzsimmons is a not in his class the battle ship maine made a successful trial trip directum Di rectum defeated arlon arion and nelson in a race for at boston prof of media penn who killed his young wife while insane was acquitted of murder the naming of appomattox court Hou house seVa va surrender by the post office department has stirred up considerable sid erable feeling in virginia general ezeta of sari san salvador was released at san francisco and started for mexico it is claimed to indulge in a fresh plotting A tornado swept up the coast doing damage t in Flo florida rids many sugar refineries were closed FOREIGN the ministry of victoria australia has resi resigned 9 tied in of recent defeat in the elections A japanese army of has sailed from it is said to take part in an advance on pekin japanese success in in the chinese province of manchuria is reported distributors of leaf leaflets lets advocating universal suffrage were seized in vienna egusquiza was elected president of uruguay Ur aguay the french legislative chambers have been convoked for october 23 the irish national league of great britain returned the contributions to the parliamentary ing ing 0 that they were obtained without authority the london chamber of commerce dined congressman W wa L wilson who described the probable effect of the new tariff IPA |