Show AFFAiRS AT HOME I CHICAGO Aug 25 Henry Freund and I Michael Caro the two adventurous young men who left this city at 515 Tuesday morning on their long walk of 2500 miles to San Francisco reached Wheaton Ill at noon yesterday in a dilanidated condition Neither of the young men has a cent of money yet they are confident of caching Sa Francisco Fran-cisco within their limit of 100 days unless un-less sickness stops them AUGUSTA Ga Aug 26John T West of McDuffle county was nominated at Harlem yesterday by the Populists of the Tenth congressional district West has been attorney for Thomas E Watson in his contest before congress for the seat occupied by Congressman James C Black WASHINGTON Aug 26A meeting lat night of the executive committee of the silver party decided that arrangements arrange-ments should be made toward holding a silver convention in Chicago September 2 under the auspices of the National Silver party The representation in the convention is to be three delegates from each silver club of twenty members or more AURORA I Aug 25The Eighth district Democratic convention yesterday nominated Simon N Hoover of Aurora for congress TACOMA Wash Aug Temporary Chairman A Cole in his address be fore the state convention today said cmenton Democrats all over the sad nounced al Chicago platform country a un de American On motion of Unued States Unhe Sttes Senator John L Wilson Major MuCin Icy and the Republican state convention conventon of Idaho was notified that Washington would walk between the sea of Populism and the sea of Democracy sa Democray straight into the promised land PHILADELPHIA Pa Aug 26Paul T Brown trad ng a J W Brown Co wholesale grocers has made an assignment assign-ment The failure a due to the tightness tight-ness of the money market The llabli ties will exceed lOCO assets not stated asset R J Allen Son Co dealers in china and onS also assigned Laities and assets not known Stringency in the I money market caused the failure BALTIMORE Md Aug 23 About 300 sound money Democrats met tonight and selected sixteen delegates to represent Maryand at the Indianapolis convention IndIanapls I was not determined however nenton t put a electoral ticket ir the field In this state The resolutions adopted irrevocably irrevoc-ably opposed the flnancal poncy of the < a PlCY Chicago patform and heartily Chcago paorm a hert1y commenu e President Clevelands administration TACOMA Wash Aug 26The Repub lican state convention tonight nominated Samuel Hyde of Spokane and W Y Doe little of Tacoma for congress The fIght over the nomnation for governor Is sill on The platform indorses the St Louis te platform in all its details SPRINGFIELD 0 Aug 26Powder mils a Goes station on the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania railroad blew up with a terrific hock at 910 this morning The report I w heard distinctly here The smoke can be seen thirtyfive miles away Several I Sev-eral men are reported killed IRONWOOD Mich Aug 26The city ct of Hurley Wis just across the Montreal river narrowly escaped total destruction by fire yesterday A ternflc wind from the south started about noon blowing the smouldering forest flres surrounding into flames which soon covered the city with smoke sparks and cinders The fire departments of both cities and < Iti zens turned out in a body and fought the flames for hours Several houses In the outskirts were burned Everything is as dry as tinder here and unless there is rain soon there is danger of both towns being destroyed ST LOUIS Mo Aug 2S Chzrles H Peters St Louis agent of the Pacific Steam WhaJng company San Francisco was arrested at the S1 Nicholas hotel yesterday charged with embezzlemen I of company funds The specific charge on which the warrant is issued Is the em i I bezzlement of 671 The Information is i sworn to by George E Howe of San Francisco bonds Mr Peters Is released on I BOSTON Aug 26The official trial trip of the cruiser Brooklyn will be had Thursday Instead of today the change being made for the purpose of giving the men a complete rest and having everything every-thing put in complete condition I PITTSBURG Pa Aug Information S current today coming It is said from I t iocio Tiost vValv lrorpsted that the I Tin Plate Manufacturers association Is t rujvd hs probable an orjranf3atlon of tin plate manufacturers will b effected ef-fected ait an early date |