Show A MAN KILLS HIS WIPE BECAUSE SUE WANTED TO GO TO A DANCE the new york delegation go solid or cleveland ELYRIA ohio may 15 james smith has boon jailed for beating his wife to death smith is 20 years old and his wife was but 15 smith assaulted bis wife because she wanted to go to a dince BOSTON may 15 tho long looked for break between sullivan and his manager phillips occurred last night Phillips found sullivan in a barroom and went to talk to him sullivan ordered him out and threatened to put him out phillips asked for an explanation and sullivan said youre no friend of mine any more than that sucker holske I 1 dont want anything more to do with you I 1 owe you 1820 after tomorrow to morrow nights benefit I 1 will pay you every cent and then I 1 dont want to see you again all right said phillips and the two separated yer ICil leil ST may 15 eleven persons have been killed and thirty injured by a collison on the moscow and bursk railway candle factory IIii rued CHICAGO may 15 tho candle factory of fitzgerald co burned estimated loss into K DENVER may 15 the news clayton N M the southbound south bound express on the port worth road fifty miles south of hero last night plunged into a washout caused by the breaking of a waterspout killing the engineer and fireman sam bush none of the passengers were injured A cyclone ST louis may 15 A destructive cyclone passed over baxter county arkansas yesterday several farms were swept clean but no lives were lost that NEW may 15 the theory broker batoh was killed by accident is becoming improbable at the inquest today to day mrs Sc account of how she let hatch into the bathroom and then went down the stairs slightly clashed with her former statements an anonymous telegram was received from san francisco by the coroner saying hold neld bad woman particulars by mail press maker after the inquest ferns was put under arrest and held in bonds he was taken to the house of detention american consul SAN FRANCISCO may 15 the now zealand herald heraldo o april which arrived here on the almida contains an account of the burdor of the american consul the new britain natives had been fighting and they asked the chancil to arbitrate he attempted to do so he was attacked by one of the party and had a narrow escape retreating through tho brush the natives kept after him and final ly killed him it is said he was a new man there A tramp FOUNTAIN col may 15 the coro ners jury after viewing the dead last night adjourned to meet at colorado springs tomorrow to morrow the loss to the town is estimated at the kail road companas Comp anys loss is estimated from to officers of tho santa fe company insist that the brakes on the cars which caused the explosion were released by a tramp A tonu ailt ii lt anay may 15 dispatches from ludington says that the dam on the hamlin river near that place gave way carrying with it twenty three houses into lake michigan all the inhabitants escaped alie DL may 15 the flood situation grow today to day and it is almost certain that indian grove district will be abandoned for years to come the people in the doomed region made a hurried and disorderly retreat for the bluffs a pouring rain adding to tho miseries of the unfortunates the entire indian grove region is completely covered with water this evening a crevasse in the levee below the city is flooding the lower half of district twenty civo miles in length and tho people are abandoning everything in their flight still another crevasse is threatened between quincy and hannibal no loss of life has been us yet reported but tho damage to property in the two districts is known to be notkar from baw the democratic state convention to chioso delegates to st louis was called to order at quarter before one in tho academy of music and fred crick B coudert was chosen temporary chairman the building was crowded with prominent democrats coudert in the chair made a brief speech he said how different the outlook to what it was oven with our sanguine hopes of 1884 then wo could only mako promises now we can stand upon facts and we say to all our fellow citizens of the coun try to whom we made the pledges point out a single ono wo have broken applause you told that a democratic victory meant financial distress and ruin look about you now when has our been more honored at homo or abroad when has our treasury been guarded more intelligently or honestly I 1 ask what promise wo have broken or pledges we have left unfulfilled I 1 refer you to the history of the last tareo years it is easy to draw platforms and prato nebout moral ideas tho speaker saoko in terms of paraiso of the courage and honesty of president cleveland as exemplified in his tariff message i at the conclusion of chairman Couder ts address tho usual committees were appointed and a recess taken until 7 tho recess iho committee 02 delegates and electors proceeded first to select delegates at large gov embr kills namo was first proposed but only five votes the delegates at largo finally chosen or submission to tho convention wore alfred cooper new yorla george C eaines rochester and boswell P flower new york the selection of congressional delegates followed oswald and wilson T JB issell being chosen electors at barge the committee completed the work by selecting district electors at the assembling reassembling re of the delegates at chairman coudert came in arm and arm with mayor grace mayor name brought down a storm of hisses but they were soon drowned by cheers for the american mayor cheers that shook the house greeted the mention of hills name the convention formally opened at when the reports of committees were heard and the temporary organization made permanent the platform was then reported and adopted the platform congratulates the party that all the pledges made at the last national convention had been fully kept and realized allegiance and adherence of the state to the principles announced by the convention of 1887 are again declared with explicit approval of the doctrines affirmed in the last annual message of the president to congress that unnecessary taxation is unjust that taxation for the mere purpose of unfairly benefit ting the few at the expense of the many is a perversion of national power that the large surplus in the national treasury drawn by vicious taxation from the channels of trade is a dangerous and indefensible abuse and that reducing taxation in the interest of american labor should bo carefully regarded the platform then points with pride that the victor of the last presidential campaign is a member of the democracy of new york state and says of the president that his wise guidance and administration of public affairs as chief executive of the nation has exhibited to the democracy of I 1 the land and to all its citizens the value and results of the faithful discharge of public duty during his incumbency our system of government has been restored to the honest simplicity impressed upon it baits founders integrity and ability have been substituted for artifice and incapacity in public places the civil service has been purified elevated and improved economies have been inaugurated useless offices have been abolished and business methods have been introduced in the manage ment of government affairs millions of acres of tho public domain have been wrested from foreign and domestic speculators and restored to settlers settlors sett lors seeking homes the waste and corrupt misuse of funds appropriated for the rebuilding of our navy have been exposed and corrected and the scandals arising no longer offend the moral sense of the people thousands of names of deserving union veterans have been added to the pension rolls the right i of every citizen has been maintained at home and abroad sectional hate has been discouraged and friendly relations among our people have been promoted in the light of such achievements in recognition of faithful public service and to the end that reforms already be fully completed and in strict obedience to the mandate of the democratic and independent voters of tho state delegates selected to this convention are instructed to present to the national democratic convention tho name of gravor cleveland as their candidate for the president of the united states and said delegates are further instructed to act as a anu unu in all matters entrusted to their charge said action to bo determined by vote of said delegates the platform was unanimously adopted as were the resolutions committing the party to uncompromising warfare on trusts and commending the administration of governor hill the names of the delegates and the electors were then approved and after listening to short speeches from daniel dougherty and congressman cochran the convention adjourned siw die tho senate and llie varler washington may 15 the senate committee on finance the chairman to appoint a committee subcommittee sub to investigate tariff matter the action of the committee is understood to look to a thorough inquiry into the subject of tariff the probability is that if the house sends over tho tariff bill the committee will hear testimony up on the interest to bo affected and in the falness of time will report a tariff bill to the senate inquiries will if authorized by ane senate begin at once in fact a considerable store of date has already been laid in as a foundation |