FORMAL NOTICE. liven to Bryan and Stevenson ol Their Nomination. Tli« Ceremony Takes Place In a Park al Indianapolis In (he Pre»euce ol a Large Assemblage ol* People Bryan'* Tbenie wa> "Imperialism." Indianapolis, Aug 1 . 9.—William Jen nings Bryan and Adlai K. Stevenson were yesterday, in this city, officially notified of their nominations by the leniocrats at their recent Kansas Cit v convention, tti the offices of president and vice president of the L'niteu Stutes. The ceremony was mad« the occasion of a demonstration with which the democrats may be fairh said to have begun their nation,) campaign. The notification occurred in Mili tary 'park, a beautifully shaded tract of ground in the center of the city The park contains probably :}0 acre of ground and it was well coveret with people. The ceremony was preceded by oarade which was participated in In * number of democratic clubs. Thesi acted as an escort to the noliticatioi ,party, and the cavalcade was an itn posing one. The meeting began i few minutes after 3 o'clock and con eluded at 5:40 p. m. Five speeche were made. Mayor Taggart add.ng r. welcoming address to the notification speeches of Representative Richard son and (iov. Thomas anil there sponses made by Mr. Bryan and Mr Stevenson. The weather was hot. but toward the close of the ceremonies a slight breeze alleviated the suffering occa sioned by the high temperature. At one time it appeared as if actual suf focation might be the result of the terrific crowding in' front of ih» stand where the ceremonies occurred, but beyond a few fainting 1 attacks and personal discomfort no evil re sulted. The platform on which the speeches were made was elevated about si\ feet above the park lawn and upon it sat the candidates and their families and the members of the national committee and of the two notification •committees. The meeting was called to order in a brief speech of welcome bv Mayor Taggart, of this city. Senator Jones made no speech upon -taking tlie chair, but confined h ere. marks to the introduction of the •speakers to the audience. Congressman Richardson, of Ten nessee, to whose lot. as permanent •chairman of the national convention, fell the duty of notifying Mr. Bryan of his norninaton, made the first of the notification addresses. Mr. Bryan read his speech, depart ing not from his manuscript except in a word of explanation at the be ginning of his address. Mr. Bryan never appeared to better advantage. His voice was far-reaching and that he was heard at a great distance was made evident by the fact Unit people far out in the crowd listened appar ently as intently as did those who sat on the platform. Among the sentiments of the speech which were applauded with especial zest were those declaring that under existing circumstances "we dare not educate the Filipinos lest they learn to read the Declaration of Independ enee and the constitution of the Uni ted States;'' and that "we would never agree to exchange the glory of tiiis country for that of all the em pires:" that "it is not necessary to own a people in order to trade with them," and that "the command 'n * sidered would mean certain death, brought matters to an acute stage. Yesterday the cabinet officers who are in town consulted with each othor and the president was communicated with. As a result of these consulta tions it was announced that a mes sage to the imperial government at Pekin had been delivered to Minister Wu for transmission to his govern ment. The message sent to the Chinese government informs that government that the removal of the restrictions upon communication with our minis ter, evidenced both by the receipt of Mr. Conger's message and the edict, of the sth, is very gratifying, but is not an entire compliance With the or iginal demands of the president in his reply to the appeal for mediation. The president in his original commu nication to the emperor of China laid down three conditions precedent to anv action looking to negotiations for the settlement of difficulties be tween China and the powers. These conditions, in the president's own words, were as follows: "I urge upon your majesty's gov ernment to give public assurance whether the foreign ministers are alive, and if so in what condition. "To put the diplomatic representa tives of the powers in immediate and free communication with their re spective governments, and to remove all danger to their lives and liberty. "To place th - imperial authorities of China in communication with the relief expedition, so that co-operation may be secured between them for the liberation of the legations and the protection of foreigners, and the re storation of order." The new demand upon the Chinese government, is for square-toed com pliance with these conditions. There is hope, growing out of the fact that the Chinese government has yielded partially, that when confronted with the firm position taken by the I nited States it will make complete acquies cence. THEY ARE "SEA DOGS" NOW. Parm Hand* are Tranoforiurd Into l,oiid Sailor* Hurling a Short < rulne on a Training Ship. Xew York, A.ig. 9. —The United States auxiliary cruiser and training ship Dixie, which left here on Decern, bcr 2ti for a cruise in the West Indies, which ultimately extended to Manila, returned to port yesterday. The Dixie carried away with her 40(i landsmen, recruited from inland villages. They were mostly farm hands. After getting her orders at Hampton Roads, she went to San Juan and St. Thomas. Leaving the latter place about February 20, after a stay of nine days, she went to i'un elial, Algiers and Xaples. At Naples, after a stay of a week, she was or dered to cruise about the Mediterra nean and through the Suez canal to Manila, which was reached on May 11. There her new sailors were distrib uted among the vessels of the fleet in the harbor. The home voyage was made with a crew made up of men whose terms of enlistment had nearly expired. When the Dixie had been docked at the navy yard (apt. Belknap went ashore to report. "What has become of the green horns you had when you left here?" the captain was asked. "Greenhorns? I guess not," he an swered. "There wasn't a greenhorn or landsman left in that lot when I had done with them. Call them sea dogs now. and good, contented sea dogs at that." ORIENTAL CRUELTY. .TTlkKlonarlcft Tell ol' Shocking llnrl>ur ltic* Indicted by 4 bincae. Victoria, B. C„ Aug. 9. Among ihe passengers on the steamer Empress of Japan, which arrived from the Orient. Wednesday, were W) mission aries who were fugitives from North China. Many of them had narrow escapes. < hie of the number, a Miss Hawes. was in the compound at Wein Shan when it was rushed by '.he Box ers. In company with several others she escaped over a rear wall by means of a ladder. Rev. Jonathan Lee, Mrs. Lee. Cor poral Kennedy and Private Scott, who are among the Empress's pas sengers. were present at the siege of Tien Tsin. Mr. Lee sustained a wound during the fight. Stories of atrocities of shocking horror are related by Kennedy and Scott. Among them is a tale of the slaughter of 200 helpless eoolies who were going up the Pei-lfo on a light er under an engagement to <'o trans porting for British parties. Another harrowing story is related in connec tion with the fate of a party of Brit ish under command of ("apt. Bates, which was cut off from A<*:niral Sey mour's column. According to the ac count the captain and his men were hacked to pieces and the reeking flesh of those first slain was forced into tbe months of those not yet put to the sword. Another Vanderbllt Victory. New London, Conn., Aug. 9. Sheer ed by her owner. William K. Yander bilt, jr., the 70-foot sloop Virginia was the first yacht to cross the finish line in the 39-mile race from New Haven to this port yesterday. If was her first victory over her classmates since she was laun.hed. The yacht was not only a winner in her class by five miles in distano® and by min utes, 41 seconds in time, but she was the leader of the entire fleet hf ::i yachts that started from Xew Haven in the third day's run of the New York Yacht club's annual cruise. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST T6, 1900. A CALL TO DEMOCRATS. Party Leader* Appeal to tbe Bunk arid Pile to Organize In Kvcrj Precinct lor tbe Campaign. Chicago, Aug. 10.— W. J. Bryan, his wife and son, the Stevenson party, (iov. and Mrs. Thomas, of Colorado, and Col.Olohn I. Martin, sergeant-at arms of the national committee, ar rived here Thursday over the Big Four. Mr. Bryan and party were driven to the Auditorium, where Mi*. Bryan will remain for several days for the purpose of consulting witii Chairman Jones and members of the national committee regarding the conduct of the campaign. When Mr. Bryan leaves here he will goto Lin coln. where he will remain during the balance of the month. fo-dav Mr. Stevenson will proceed to Lake Min netonka with his family, where he will remain for some weeks. The following address was issued last night: "To the Democrats of the United States: The democratic party and its friends must meet the forces of corruption and intimidation in poli tics this year by thorough organiza tion. A democratic club or society should be organized in every city, town, village and precinct in the Uni ted States. Democrats and all men who are in sympathy with the princi ples set forth in the Kansas City platform are earnestly urged to join democratic clubs, or. when none ex ists. to assist in organizing them. This work of uniting the forces of law and liberty into one great sys tematized civic army should be car ried fin simultaneously in ev ry part of the country and without delay. The friends of government according to the hitherto unchallenged Ameri can theory of political equality every where under our Hey. cannot afford to be less zealous or less active than thp advocates of an Aaierican colon ial empire supported by rifies. "No patriotic citizen can ignore the attacks which are being made upon the very foundation of our present irreproachable form of go 'eminent. This year every citizen should be a politician. Clubs and societies snouid at once communicate wtli the secre tary of the National \ssociation of Democratic Clubs. 1.170 Brotulway. Xew York City, so that the . membership may work systematically in defense of the republic as the fath er!ll made it. All democratic commit tees. state and local, are requested to aid the Xational Association of Dem ocratic Clubs in this work. "W J. Bryan, "Adlai F. Stevenson. "James I\. .Tones, chairman, "William R. Hearst, president Xa tional Association of Democratic Clubs." DEWEY TALKS. lie <>lvc4 Out a Statement 11.-ijiir«lin; tbe Situation in tbe Philippine* and in 4 hina, Xew York, Vug. 10. —A Washington dispatch to the Brooklyn Eagle says that Admiral Dewey came to town Thursday from his country home in the suburbs of Washington. "I regard the news from the Piiil ippiues as particularly encouraging." the admiral is quoted as saying to the Eagle correspondent. "Aguinal do's lieutenants are surrendering one after another. Whatever show of re sistance to our authority there is at tlie present time in the Philippines will be kept up until after our elec tion (*i November. The insurrection is kept alive by the leaders, who hold out to the soldiers the hope of Bry an's election. "I regard the situation in China as exceedingly grave. The difficulties that our soldiers will have to con tend against are many and various. The conditions that exist there are very much the same as those in the Philippine islands." When asked whether in his opinion there was really a condition of war now existing between this country and China, lie said: "1 should say most assuredly y - s. They are killing our people and our soldiers are fighting' hard for their lives. "The navy can be of little service in this Chinese difficulty. Our war ships. can, however, keep things quiet at Hong Kong and Shanghai. Our naval commanders can do just as I did at Manila when Aguinaldo said he was going to take the city. Is, nr him word that if he did. he would not find one brick upon •mother, and that I would raze the city to the ground. '1 his I certainly should hive done, it lie had persisted in his pur pose. The warships of the allies ought to be able to keep things straight in those cities within the reach of their guns." t'laliuM la«cli lln* 111* Price. London, Aug. 10.—Malatesta, the an archist who is considered the iemler of the regicide conspiracy, was inter viewed in London yestertlay. lie is represented as having said: "Signor Sarraco (the Italian premier) is our best friend. He pays the detectives such small salaries that we can buy them cheaply. \ few francs and a handful of cigarettes and you can buy an Italian defective. The Spanish police are the cheapest; the Italians come next and then the Russian, American, French and English in that order. The German detectives s-re the dearest because they are the most stupid." Kllled iOO Coolie*. Vancouver, l>. C.. Aug. 10.— A re markable story is brought by the steamer Empress of Japan, to the ef fect that a number of Russian ex officers and privates from Siberia joined the ranks of the Boxers and that, having reason to suspect ihe fidelity of their Chinese transport collies, the Russians killed 2T)O of the Chinese and then loaded their b.idi«s into a junk, which they set on fire and sent drifting down the Pei-Ho. The "t the ministers have either left or are intending to leave Pekin. Several dispatches are printed giv ing hearsay accounts of Sunday's bat tle. The Daily Mail's correspondent says: "The fighting lasted seven hours, and the allies, when my report left, were pursuing the Chinese; but, ow ing to the floods, progress was difli cult. "Thus the Chinese will have time to re-form and to recover from the ef fects of battle. Only a small garri son, with 11 guns, remains at Tien Tsin, where some anxiety is felt be. cause of a report that 15,000 Chines*! are said to be moving to the south east ." Washington, Aug. 10.—The capture of Vangtsun, the first objective point of the international forces, was the news of importance received Thurs day on the ( liinese situation. The first word of this capture, effected last Monday, came in a brief dispatch to the signal office at the war depart ment from Col. Scrivcn. the signal officer at < he Poo. Half an hour after this message a cablegram came from Gen. Chaffee, giving additional de tails of the capture, I »' showing that it had been at the cost of about 00 casualties among the American troops. Hardly less important was a (lis. patch from Gen. Terauehi, second in command on the Japanese staff, sent to the war office of Japan anil trans mitted to the legation here, stating that the international army would total 50,000 men on August 15. at which time the real advance on Pekin would begin. The present movement of some 16,- 000 men doubtless is viewed in the light of a reconnoissance in force, the main movement of the army of 50,000 to follow on the 15th. This makes clear the meaning of Gen. Chaffee's dispatch that Vangtsun was the ob jective point. The war department here has been puzzled over this state ment of an objective point, far short of Pekin. If would appear, however, from Gen. Terauchi's dispatch that the first force of 10,000 men. having opened up communications to Vang tsun, brought forward supplies and established this advance base, the way would thc.n be clear for the ad vance of the larger force on the 15th. The capture of Yangtsun is therefore important. I'll.' place is about Is •miles beyond Tien Tsin, and littie less than a quarter of the way to Pekin. Col. Scriven's statement "wire up" contains much meaning, as it is accepted as showing thaf there is di reet telegraphic communication with the army in the field. Aside from the military develop ments of ihe day.the diplomatic as pect of the crisis was made more clear bv the publication of the de maud made In the United Slates on the imperial government of China and transmitted to Minister Wu. The dispatch is not in the form or nature of an ultimatum. It insists, however, that the firing on the lega tions cease and lhat the imperial gov ernment, if it desires to show its friendliness, shall co-operate with the relieving column. A llit of Mimic War. London, Aug. 7.—Maj. Gen. Maurice, commanding the Woolwich district, who superintended the experiment, in connection with the volunteer maneu vers which began Saturday,of holding 40 roads iu the north of Sussex with several thousand cyclists—the idea being to check an invading army itn. til British troops of all arms could collect in large numbers nearer Lon don—reports that the cyclist defend ers successfully repelled the supposi tious invaders. The result is regardp ed as establishing the superior mo* bility of cycle forces. A WAVE OF DEADLY HEAT. Itfovrr* a Portion ol llm I nitril Mall" Nume llctunU llroken lu «lil< 'ago. Chicago, Aug. 10.—Hot weather records for this city wen broken yesterday and will l»e broken again to-day and to-morrow, and probably for several more days. The local forecaster will not hazard a guess after the next three days, all of which he says will be of the same torrid nature a* the last six days, and he has fears of the weather after the next three days have gone. For 23 years, or since t he weather bureau was established, there has been but one term of hot weather in which the mercury reached 90 for five consecutive days. The average maximum temperature for those Sve days was 02. There have now been six days on which the temperature has gone above 90 and the average maximum for the six days has been 93.5. Thursday was the hottest of the present heated spell, the mercury reacning or, in the Auditorium tower at. > o'clock. On the street level, where brick walls and sidew::iks were given a chance to radiate, it was two degrees warmer than in the tower. There were four deaths yesterday due to heat, and 29 prostrations, three of which arc expected to prove fatal. The prolonged heat is having a seri ous effect on business. All of thos<; who can leave the city for poin's along the lake shore and in the wood* are going and many ha\'» curtailed their hours of labor. This is especial ly true in the large oflice buildings. Gangs of laborers all over the city laid off during the afternoon. For the week the mortality list has been mounting with great rapidity, the increase being attribution entirely to the heat. There were 4G3 deaths last week and at the present ratio of increase there will be 090 this week. The ratio of deaths, according to rh coroner, will increase steadily as long as the hot weather continues, Philadelphia, Aug. 10.—Three deaths and 20 prostrations occurred in this city Thursday from heat. The ma.vimunt temperature was reached at 4 p. m., when 94 2-10 de grees were registered on the govern ment thermometer on top of the post office building. In the streets, how ever, it was much hotter and ther mometers pbiced in the sun register ed as high as 120 degrees. There was less humidity than on any previous day during the present hot spell, which made the weather more beat able. Reports from many part-, of the state tell of numerous pro-Irations. At Kaston Samuel Xevin. a prominent merchant, died front the effects of the heat. He was S3 years old. At Chester nine men were overcome and there was it genera I cessation from work in the iron mills of the city. There were six prostrations at Kas ton and it is Irelieved seme of the cu -»'s will prme fatal. Pittsburg. Aug. 10.- The torrid wave shows no signs of abatement. Four dead and seven prostratioiis \\ 'ie reported yesterday. \ew York. Aug. 10.— The hot wave that arrived here several days ago continued yesterday and the local forecaster gives no promise of early relief. At 3 o'clock last night ilie temperature reached 93 degrees, two degrees higher than ever before re corded here on this date. Front 5 o'clock the temperature di minished and at 10 p. in.was down to -■'* degrees. There were but few prostrations during the day, and only one death was reported. OUR NEW NAVY. A Ri-iiftrl »n tl»»> I'rosrtvM tlado in (uiittrut llni; Wumlilix. Washington, Aug. 10.—Admiral Hichborn, chief of the bureau of con struction and repair, lias issued a statement concerning the degree of completion of the vessels now under construction for the navy at ship yards all over the country. Of the big battleships the Alabama and the Wisconsin are very nearly finished, standing at 9S and 94 per cent, re spectively towards final completion. The Mabama. building at the Cramp yards, is shortly to have her initial trial trip. The Illinois, building at Newport News, is K4 per cent, com pleted. Very little work on the six sheath ed protected cruisers now building has been done. The Denver is he nearest completed at 20 per cent., while no work has progressed so far on the Galveston and the Taeoma. The four monitors Arkansas, Connect icut. Florida and Wyoming are each about half finished. Of the torpedo boat destroyers, the Lawrence and the Maclionough stand well toward completion, tit 96 anil 94 per cent. The torpedo boats Stringham, Golds borough. 1 !ailey. Harney and Stock ton are all set down at over 90 per cent, completed. The submarine tor pedo boat- stands at 83 per cent. tlantln *ity* Silver looitt- I* Drait. Ilut*e. Mont., Aug. 10.—F.x-l'nited States Senator Lee Manile. in a let ter withdrawing from tin silver re publican party, says that the silver question is dead and adds: "To my mind the paramount issue is that of maintaining the honor and dignitv of the nation and the supremacy of its flag wherever it is rightfully float ing." I'opiilint I,fader* in l*ouniili Chicago. Aug. 10.—The populist na tional executive committee held two sessions here Thursday. The commit tee discussed the withdrawal of Jharles A. Towite, populist candidate for vice president, but the members did not fix upon a date for the calling together of the entire national com mittee. The executive committee has no power to fill the vacancy. This •nay be done by the national com iiittee and it is apparently expected hat it will meet before long and se eet Adlai IC. Stevenson as the pope. Ist candidate for vice president. ARMOR COMBINE. Existence Thereof Is Shown by liiils Furnished. TWO ARE EXACTLY ALIKE Bethlehem .and Carnegie Coin panics Ask the Same l'rice. . THEY HAVE BUTOXE.IUVAL» Tlir "Midvale, Pa., Steel to. I nderbidf the Otlicr Two i iincernt, but ( unuol l-'uen Armor Plate a* (tulckl) u It* etltorn. Washington. Any. 11.—Bids for tho» armor for tin- fix-lit battleships, six armored cruisers and three protected cruisers authorized by the last twi* sessions of congress were opened Fri day at. the navy department. Thu armor advertised for aggregates r>s,- '.>"»(> tons and constitutes the largest item of its character ever opened tf» competition by the navy department. The Carnegie and Bethlehem steel companies, which have heretofore mo nopolized the production of armor plate for the use of the government, liad a rival in the Midvale (Pa.) Steel Co. These three companies were thi» only bidders for armor plate, but, there were two minor bidders for tin* bolts and nuts, amounting to W) tons, which are to be furnished in. connection with the armor plate. ' The Bethlehem and Carnegie com panies each bid for only half the ar mor to be furnished and their bids wore identical in amount, terms of delivery and other features. The .Midvale Co. bid for the entire amount of armor at a price considerably be low that of the other companies and also included in their bids a sliding upward scale for lesser amounts than the total aggregate, with the condi tion, however, lhat the bid should not be considered unless 20,000 tons eir more should be awarded to them. While their bid for the aggregate amount, is lower, the period which must elapse before deliveries are to begin is much longer. in the letters 01' transmittal that accompanied the bids for both tht* liethlehem and Carnegie companies it was stated that the navy depart ment's conditions as laid down in tha advertisement were "not, applicable n> the production of Krupp armor" and that the bidders should expect "such reasonable modifications of tli*» department's conditions as would be necessary." This means that the companies will not allow Ihe naval ollicers detailed on inspection duty to watch the man ufacture oi' the Krupp plates through tin 1 entire process. The companion claim that this was among the con ditions on which the secret of tins process was purchased abroad. The rates of delivery named by the several bidders would make the Mid vale Co. eight years in lurnishing the armor for which Ihey bid and the other two companies five years each. As the ships are under contract to he finished in three years and the gov ernment is under obligation to fur nish the armor to the builders as they need it.this delay in armor de liveries probably would give rise 10 numerous claims for overtime uu tha part of the ship builders. Xo action will be taken upon tii« bids until the return of Secretary 1.011 g, when he will diM'ide* whether he will accept them o.- pursue the al ternative course of erecting a, govern ment armor plant. „ A Itattlc with Train It oh hem. Goodland, Ivan:. A*w. 11.--Two men who on Sunday last robbed a t'nio.t Pacific train in Colorado and killed a passenger were yesterday surrounded in a ranch house near here. During the fight which followed one of the robbers was killed. Two of the posse men were perhaps fatally wounded. Another of the pin-suing party was wounded slightly. The second rob- Der is still in the house, which is sur rounded by 50 men. The I'nion Pa cific Kansas City-Denver train was robbed between l.iinon Junction and Hugo. Col.. '■•<> miles east of Denver, last Sunday, many relieved of their money and W. J. Fay., who resisted* was killed. Allow* an Appeal lor Neely. New ork, Aug. 11.- John 1). Ltnd-» <=av. counsel for Charles F. \V. Xeely, who is accused of the embezzlement of Cuban postal finds and »gainst whom there h;tr- been proceedings, for extradition to Culm, said Friday that ho had made application t.r* Judge Wallace, of the circuit courT, at Albany, for n writ of habeas cor pus for Xeely. Tin's Justice Wallaca denied.. .Tudgs* Wallace did. however, allow an appeai't the Order. Constantinople. Aug. ll.—As a re sult of a recent trip to the Lnited States of Admiral Ahmed Pasha, of the Turkish navy, the sultan has is sued orders to the minister of marine to negotiate for the construction oC six cruisers at the (iermania work Kiel. Mine l»eatli» in ( hlea£<>. Chicago. \ug. ll.—Xine deaths and l."» prostrations resulted from Fri day's heat. The temperature was above Hi) the greater part of the day and for one hour during the after* uoou touched 35 degrees. 3