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Show " OHIO GONVENTKON. Gov. Campbell to Be Bitterly Opposed. He Thinks Ha Will Be Re-Nominated Unanimously But He is Likely to Be Opposed by the Heal Hen. Cleveland, Julv 14. Gov. Campbell Camp-bell will be the nominee of the Democratic Demo-cratic Convention to-morrow for governor gover-nor of Ohio. The contest will be short and decisive, and will be concluded with the first ballot. Governor Canip-ncll Canip-ncll will receive far more than enough votes to nominate him, but the anti-Campbell anti-Campbell delegates insist that they w ill go on record in opposition, in order to prevent his unanimous nomination. Thus, so far as the convention is con-crned. con-crned. harmony is deliberately reject ed as an unnecessary political o mmod-i;, mmod-i;, and the only qut-stioii now is will iiio anti-Cauipbe!l factions carry their 'ievan es to the p- lis? There has been many wordy warfares in the hotel ioooies u.-uay, between Cauij bed ueu:-gates ueu:-gates aud their demonstrative opponents, oppo-nents, anil in several cases disputes eut ts such an extent that admirers of the Governor answered with the threais if the Hamilton county delegates, by declaring Campbell could be both nominated nom-inated and elected without the help of Cincinnati. All tln-se d spitles are deprecated de-precated by both Camp'ot 11 and Neal, snt their effect is none the less felt in the party ranks. Vt nile ay angry wr tngb- was in progress pro-gress this rveuuii: in tne bo.it i toe I'luin JMuler olliee, between i'e.t-r Nolan, a Cumpl oil man. and an amateur ama-teur prize fighter, anl William and lames Pattel'.sou, Siir.l de'.eg.itea. hi. understood t j be fi n Cincinnati, a lie was passed and in an instant revolvers re-volvers were drawn. A lively fusilade followed, in which four or live shots were tired w ith mild results. An innocent inno-cent bystander reeeivtd one of the bullets, bul-lets, alter which the weapons were used as clubs with more appreciable effect on the contestants. They all received re-ceived numerous gashes over the head, and were bl-cd;ng profusely when arrested. ar-rested. This unfortunate incident tended at once to restore more philosophical philoso-phical feeling all around. Patty leaders lead-ers of all factions immediately united in a vigorous protest against wrangles, and to-night petty disputes are discountenanced dis-countenanced by all. and a strong attempt at-tempt made to restore partial harmony. The full strength of the Campbell following was not appreciated until the Governor reached the city this afternoon. after-noon. "There is no doubt of my nomination nomina-tion on the first ballot," said he this evening to an Associated Press representative. repre-sentative. "It is a simple question of audition, as I already have assuiances from far more thau enough delegates to insure the nomination. 1 think the result, whatever it may be, will be accepted philosophically by all my worthy competitors, and that the Democracy De-mocracy Of the Htatfi w iiliresetit ' r unbroken front to tha enemy this fall. A mass meetirg of Anti-Campbell delegates was held this afternoon, at Which was discussed the questions whether in the event of Campbill's nomination, the opposition should permit per-mit him to be declared the unanimous nominee, or insist on a Campbell roll call and make the record show opposing op-posing votes. The committee reported this evening in favor of opposing Campbell Camp-bell to the bitter end. This persistant persist-ant opposition is the sensation of the town to-night, and has destroyed the last hope of 'a harmonious convention. conven-tion. The convention has been in session all evening, and the platform is practically practi-cally completed, except on the silver question. The tariff plank is founded n that of last year. It demands a re-duction re-duction of tariff taxes, and denounces the ''so-called protective tariff," etc. The platform pledges the Ohio Democrats Demo-crats will aid in every way in the effort to make 4 suitable exhibit at the World's Fair. It is possible a plank, favoring free silver, will be adopted, but if so a minority report will be presented pre-sented opposing it. X Drunken Man's Spree. Minneapolis, Minn., July 14. A special to tl'Q Tribune frqm Taconia says: Thomas liinckiey, of Seattle, while on a spree here, entered the saloon and called all hands up for a drink. While the bar-keejier was serving serv-ing the crowd, Hinckley pulled a revolver re-volver and began shooting. Wm. Hrannoa, proprietor, and George j Martin, city tax collector, were in-! stantly killed, and seyera) others wounded. ; Hinckley and a man named iniglasri( his companion, were both arrested, An Ogflea Thief Arrested. .Kansas City, July 14. A special from Wichita says: Nelson George, formerly the clerk of the registered letter department at Ogden, Utah, posUjffioe, lias been arrested on a grand jury indictment fof stuping a registered package containing 85.000. tjeorge stole the package from the Ogden office, and re-addressed it to Kansas City, and called for it gl Ue latter place himself. Two Tenement Ilousf f Born Down. New York, July 15. About 1 o'clock this morning a firo totally destroyed two tenement houses on State street, The build in were four stories in height, and were occupied by sixteen families. Many occupants jumped to the ground in their night clothes, and four men were seriously injured. One child is missing and supposed to have perished. Presidential Possibilities, Chicago, July 14. The Daily Xttrs ilf Sijy Jo-morrow: There is a well formulated plan l.ere tp present the name of Chief-Justice Fuller fpr the presidency. The Macs article argues that Hill and Gray may destroy Cleve land, but. if so the choice will fall to a man other than either the New York or Indiana executives. Got the Leader of the Gang;. GiM"iisKATi; Juiy 14. Tom Finn, ggijd IS, the leader of a gang of juvenile burglars, was stint a4 mbrfairywou'nd; ed by a policeman this morning, Tho officer had been looking for him. aud when he halted Finn, the latter tired seteral shots at him without effect. The policeman returned the fire, bring ing down Finn. Gutlty ot Cflipfnl CsretejneNS. Aspbn, Colo., July 14? The inqiu&i on the b Klies of the victims of Sundry's wreck was held to-Jay. The jury found tlie conductor and brakeman of the extra ex-tra train guilty of criminal carelessness, careless-ness, and censure the Midland road for : lijaviiig buildings iu the "'y" obstruct-J obstruct-J Ing the vicwj ' Killed hy Lightning-. Kansas City, July 14. Specials to the 21nis from various poiuts in central cen-tral and western Missouri report disastrous disas-trous storms last night, near Somalis. John Dillard's house was struck by lightning, Dillard being instantly killed and his wife fatally injured. Acquitted fn Gronml of Insanity. London, July 14. The trial of Duncan Dun-can for a murderous assault on his wife in Wales, took place to-day. Duncan Dun-can was acquitted on the ground of insanity, and the court ordered him detained de-tained In custody. Damaging Clutid-'ittrst. Clinton, Mo., July 14. A cloud burst here last nieht which caused creeks in this community to overflow-, doing great damage to grain, and washing wash-ing out Beveral hundred feet of railroad rail-road track. Mt. Vernon KnrncJ. Seattle, Wash., July 14 A special from Mt. Vernon, Wash., says: The Erincipal business portion of this !ovn as been destroyed by fire. Loss is about $50,000. Southern -"iielllo Snle Itu-nid. San FitANCisCi), July 14. Southern Pacific officials here denied all knowledge know-ledge to-day of the alleged sale f the Southern Pacific r;;ilroal to the Standard Stand-ard Oil magnates. |