Democratic Convention

The Democrats of Washtenaw County wlll meet in convention at the Court House in the City of Ann Arbor cm Wednesday, June 15, 1898, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of elecüng 23 delegates to attend the State Convention called to meet at the City of Grand Rapids on June 22, and for the purpose of electing 23 delegates to Congressional Convention to be hereafter called, and for the purpose of electing 23 delegatea to attend the Senatorial Cuuvenlion when called, and to transact sueh other business, mcluding the election of a chairman of the County, Commlttee, as shall come before the convention. The different townships and wards in the county are entitled to representación as fnllosvs: Ann ArborOity. NTtbfle)d 7 l'nsl wuid 8 l'ittsBeld 6 Second ward 1') Balem ö Tliird ward ---10 Saline 9 Eouvth vara 9 bdo 10 Kifth ward 5 Sharon 5 Blxth ward 6 Superior 6 Seveuta ward 4 Syivan 13 Ann Arbjr Town.. 7 webster 5 Aususia 9 York 11 Bridnewater --6 Ypsilant.1 town 7 Je.ter + YpBilttuti C.tJ Freodotn. (i 1'irsL watd S Lima -- 5 Second ward 8 Lodi 7 Thlrd ward ' Lyndou 4 Koiu'lh WhI'O 5 Manchester 12 Fifi h ward 7 M. J. CAVANAUGH, CHAS. A. WARD, Chairman. Secretaiy. Dexter people are pushing R. C. Reeves for the Democratie nomination for ï'epresentative to the legislature from the First district of Washtenaw county. JTr. Reeves is qualifled in every way to make a cerditable representative. The Leiter wheat deal has closcd. It has been under way for a year. The largest interest at any one Unie was 35,000,000, bushsls; the largest amount of cash wheat possessed by him, 14,000,000. Total profit approximately, $4,500,000. When the board of supervisors -organize in October, Supervisor B. C. Whittaker, of Soio, wlll undoubtedly be made the chairman. Mr. Whittaker's long and faithful service upon the board entitles him to this honar. There is a run on the Bank of Spain, at Madrid, to have its notes changed into silver, the people fearing the notes ■yvill soon be subject to discount. It is dreaded a resort will be had to an issue of forced eurrency. Tho governnent has asked the Bank if Spain to procure a loan of $200,000,000. It laoks dark for old Spain. There can be no doubt that Spanish diplomats are plotting to extend the conflict with the United States as long as possible in ttie hope that Europenn complications may be caused which wlll bring about intervention. Dispatches from Madrid say: "There is a theory in poliücal and diplomatic circles here and in other countries that some power is behind the scènes prompting Spain to piek a Quarrel with England and provoke European complications that might redound to the benefit of Spain in her struggle with the United States. The Universal, Peace unión, of Philadelphia, of which Alfred H. Love is president, and who wrote an unKiüi otic letter to Premier Sagasta and the queen regent, has left its rent-free quarters in Independence hall at the request of the city authorities. Let's see, what's this they say of love, hope and charity, and the greatest of these being love? It isn't always true, is it? Republicans are all tangled up over the proposition to annex Hawaii. Speaker Reed persists in his oppositlon and refuses to declare a rule allowing the matter to be taken up in the house. It is alleged by the annexationists that unless Reed and his committee report a rule setting a date for consideration, he will be overridden by his party at the caucus to be held the latter part of this week. The Frozen Truth detective is in jail. Caesar faid he loved the treason but hted the traitor. "It appears to be the general feeling of all who have occasion for the service of wicked men," says Plutarch, "as people have for the poison of venomous beasts; they are glad of them while they are of use, and abhor their baseness when it is over." There are many people in Modern Athens who agree with these old Romans. The fact that Lieut.-Col Mans, U. S. A., head of the enlisting bureau, found that it was necessary to examine 17,000 applicants in order to obtain 12,000 who were fit for field duty, has been variously commented on by the public press. It is asserted that the influences of city life is causing a lack of physical development and vital power are plainly manifested in contrasting the number. of acceptances from country regiments as compared with those After four years of most efficiënt service, Postmaster Beakes turned over the Ann Arbor postoffice to Postmaster Pond at midnigtit, Tuesday, and has resumed editorial charge of his newspaper, the Argus. Mr. Beakes is to be congratulated upon the eminently successful and satisfactory administration whieh he gave the office, and if Bre'r Pond succeeds as well the people will have no reason to complain. More than a million men and women have had their wages reduced since the election of "The Advance Agent of Prosperity." Among the latest to realize what the "sound money" victory really meant are the 225 girl employés of the Western Knitting works at Rochester. A dispatch from Rochester May 20th reports a riot caused by a sweeping reduction of their wages, the girls rotten-egging the business manager who advised the reduetion, and eompelling him to seek the sheriff's protection.- Petoskey Democrat. The soldiers' monument whieh the citizens of Dexter have erected on their public park at a cost of $900 was forinally dedicated Decoration day. The exerötses began at the opera house where Rev. H. W. Hicks offered the invocation and Rev. C. T. Allen, of ïpsilanti, made the address. The audience th-en adjourned to the park where Prof. A. D. DeWïtt, unveiled the monument and formally dedicated it to the "Héroes who fought and the martyrs who died that the Republic might live." The exercises in the park closed with a characteristic speech by Judge Newkirk of Ann Arbor. Thomas W. Keene, the well known actor, died at New Brighton, S. I., yesterday. Mr. Keene was one of the most popular members of his profession, as well as one of the greatest Shakespearean actors the stage ever produced. In the modern drama he won much recognition while playing opposites with Clara Morris, but his great triumphs were achieved during the notable Booth engagement in California, lasting eight weeks, during whlch he played the opposite parts. McCullough. alluding to this great engagement (and great engagement it was, the reeeipts netting $102,000) some time after in the city of New York, said of Mr. Keene: "There is the actor who is going to astound you all, for I have never heard such applause, never witnessed such numerous recalls as he received and honestly earned and deserved in all my experience."