MR. PARKER'S LETTER
Democratic Nominee States the Issues
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
SIXTY-TWO ARENOW DEAD
Victims of Sonthern Railway Wreck May
MET AWFUL DEATH.
Little Cirls Suffocatcd in School yard
MR. FAIRBANKS LETTER
His Formal Acceptasce of fhe Republican’
GEN. KUROKI ADVANCES
His Purpose Is Believed to Be to Turn
Na:
Before the People.
WHAT HE WILL DO IF HE IS ELECTED.
Mr. Parker Says Tariff Reform Should Be
Prudeatly and Sagaciously Undertaken, on
Scieatific Principles, to the End That There
Should Not Be An Immediate Revolution ln
Existiog Conditions.
New York (Special).—The letter of
Judge Alton B.
Democratic nomination for President,
Parker, accepting the
was made public Sunday night, It
is, in part, as follows:
To the Honorable Cl
Clark and
Others, ( :
Irritit tee
ommitice,
Gentlemen—In my response to yo
Committee, at the formal notificatio
proceedings, 1 referred
ters not mentioned in
desire that these be considere
corporated herein, and regret that
Of
0
t
this
space prevents specific
to them a I wish
again to refer to my
pressed as to gold
declare again my unqualified
in
appreciation
vention in
tion upon
Grave public que
for m. The
appeals to the peo
il. here,
fe Views the
stand
sad
decisi
that its position
will be accepted
Pe
W hile
numer
Mis,
nent
Mare
nomi
the
sider
ES
ta
the nece
this
. Presidential Prerogatives.
etter
wople be
b
In Conclusion.
generous as
believes
of men at this
and urge harm
well as vigorou
of all so'm
The issues are join
ple must render
Si economy ©
inded
Shall
demanded or
traged?
bay by
wait upon political
Shall our government
equal opportunity or for
lege?
Shall it remain a g
or become one
Shall
pebple, ap
cent desp f18m ?
With
await the
If ¢
I shall
istrate of all
faction, and shail
the fact that on many qt
tional policy there
ences of opinion
triotism, good
cerity of all the people
to remember that
party best who
est.
If it be the wish of the people that
I undertake the duties of the presi
dncy, 1 pledge myself, with God's
help, to devote all my powers and en-
ergy to the duties of this exalted office,
Very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER.
Hoar Gradually Passing Away,
Worcester, Mass. (Special), — The
family of Senator George F. Hoar,
who has’ been lying dangerously ill
for several weeks, issued a bulletin
showing that the Senator is gradually
succumbing to the effects of his long
tliness. Only the immediate members
of the Senators family are admitted to
the sick chamber, and he spends most
of his time asleep. The bulletin reads:
“Senator Hoar has been weaker
since Friday, passing most of the time
in sleep and refusing to take his medi-
cine or nourishment.”
vernment of
of individu
1 caprice?
we cling to the ] ]
ai
ru
emo
shall we
calmness and conhder
people's verdict
ed to the :
the pe ple and n
ever be mindfy
iestions of na
are honest differ
I beli
"
sense and
h
ve in
the pa
absolute sin
I shall stri
may
serves his
ve
he serve his
country
Reading,
i———
Domestic,
The special trair carrying the Arch
bishop of Canterbury and J. P. Mor
gan, with their party, to Washingt
ran into a locomotive at North Bro
field, Mass, The members of the
party were shaken up, but nobody was
hurt, :
A cablegram from Caracas to
York that
be brought against
Trust, which is accused
a revolution in Venezue
The First National
dee, I, sued : Ac)
brokers, of Chicago
in margins by the
embezzled the
In a fight at
burg Steel Com;
between strikers
Fidlar, a deputy, wa
Senator
N CW
Says charges are
the
3
a
$e
tO
{
Gormat
with Judge Par
was present
to take the stump
Seb
yastion
York
angemeoents were
natonal
George S
d his brain
Dr
cornell Uni
National
w nan was
k had narrow es
SET
use
Six
persons
4 f
near
elr
of Odd Fel
D.C
miton
ck near Lock
hels wheat
elevator at
he United States
{elity and Deg a
to recov
W. Neely.
Foreign.
191
unveiling
Catherine the Great.
th
notable
Prince
ia, Was a
pected
the new
hortly announce
ons to the Jews
The Institute of International Law
at Edinburgh, discussed Sir Thomas
Barclay's proposal for a permanent
committee to deal with quest
mg out of practice
Court
The jury in Dover, England, that
inquired into the death of Charles B
Spohr, of New York, brought in a
verdict of "found deowned.”
Rev. Samuel Ives Curtiss, of Chi-
cago Theological Seminary, died at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in Lon
don
The Congress of Freethinkers, in
session in Rome, decided to hold their
next meeting in Paris in 1908.
Vesuvius has been more active,
ashes and sparks rising from the
crater to a height of 700 feet.
Count Tiuza, the Hungarian minis.
ter of the interior, has prohibited Mor.
mon propaganda within Hungary, Two
Mormon missionaries from Salt Lake
City have been expelled.
ions aris
before The Mague
Even Exceed That Mumber.
IN HIS CAB?
Reason Why He Disregarded Orders Not
to Stop at Newmarket, Tenn. Rallway's
Loss Estimated at Nearly $1,000,000 Rigid
Vault Flooring Gave Way.
(Special).—Scho
Knoxville, Te
(Speci:
nn,
(Ge
yi
n of mamtenance and
safeguard know
two trams
In every
Er rT
Orders
eX
fred
CASUALTIES OCCURRED IN HEAVY TRAIN.
Oaly the Engine Crew Were Kilied on the
Light Local
in a few minuy
Sleepers Not Damaged.
oth engines
g and a f the
O. 15
smoker
were literally des
the and
Nagra ore
aK kKAKS
Dietely 80 € sleepers
he track undamaged
to the north of the jammed
mass of indeserit
cars which were
the
nEress dis.
ional
Tennessee, was a
she the
in th ach of
and one other man, whose
not known, the only
escape alive from their de-
molished car
One glance at the car wed it to
se a mass of human beings, backs of
seats, grips, baskets and wearing
apparel of all sorts. There was not
a sign of life except that near his
side a young man who had escaped
death and was struggling to get out.
day
He
is
train
HALE
were
Iersoms to
gh
f
car
Consul at Gemeva Assaulted.
Paris (By Cable) —A dispatch from
Creneva says that the report cabled to
the United States by a news agency
of an assault wpon H. L. Washing.
ton, the American Consul at Geneva,
greatly exaggerated the incident. The
Consul himeelf says the affair was
arffmportant. Mr, Washington drove
his automobile into a herd of cattle
near Coppet, and an enraged herds.
man attacked him, injuring him
slightly.
Wore
r grades
Girls Made A Rush,
it tha
fora 0,
Resc
,
ued
Most,
ed +h
ith
Escape Of Twin.
William J. Card. of Cincinnat
three daughtege in the pl f
an Fausfs
Rotha, the twin sister
Ose tf
Lucky
scaped death
hed
are
bu there
Or 1t. cor
Montreal Has a Big Fire.
Quebec (Special)
of Canada
the
hread Trust, and of Chaput Fils &
one of the largest whole gro.
hquor
early today.
15 estimated at $7%0.000
sale
Canada,
The loss
cery and
AL AFFAIRS.
NATIONAL CAPITA
The Executive Council of the Amer.
ican Federation of Labor has officially
imdorsed the strike of the textile oper-
ators of Fall River, Mass,
Rear Admiral Ludlow, U.
retired, was assigned to duty
ernor of the new naval home,
adelphia.
Members of the interparliamentary
Union visited Mount Vernon and
placed wreaths on Washington's tomb,
United States consuls abroad are
showing up crooked schemes pro.
moted to entrap American investors,
Gen. Harrison Allen, deputy audi.
tor for the Postofice Department,
died suddenly at his residence.
The annual report of the bureau
chiefs of the Navy Department will
be censored because foreign govern.
ments have been obtaining too much
information from them.
Rear Admiral Evans will probably
be appointed to the command of the
North Atlantic Station,
Major General Wade has sent to
the War Department the names of en-
listed men who have distinguished
S. N,
ag gov
at Phil-
| themselves in the Philippines,
Russian Left Hank,
Makes a Dash to Tieling
Dead.
FIGHT ON AT PORT ARTHUR
end Seca Forces Are Endesvering to
Sterm Fortress,
fron
aging the defenders
efforts
Petersburg
#9 res
sTag
the f
event.
term
t inate by
Arthas
i Y
Kuropatkia
No Looger Chief.
yas ®l oy’
Oopatiins star
army. Ul
just issued
the 1
perial rescript
is divided seneral Kuropatkin )
command the first army
General Grippenberg the second army
Grand Duke Nic
will, it believed,
mander-in-chief of
which will
men
likely be recalled.
Accompany the
holas
18 become the
the Manchu
Armies, he increazed
700,000
several
guns,
Meanwhile the Japanese are pre.
paring to send 100,000 more men into
Manchuria
The Czar pays tribute to “the high
warlike qualities displayed by the Jap-
anese” in a letter to General Grip-
penberg, appointing him commander
of the Second Manchuria Army, to
succeed Lieutenant General Linevitch
The Russian forces in Manchuria are
thus divided into two armies,
50 Years in the Navy,
Washington, D. C. (Special).—Ad-
miral George Dewey received the con-
ratulations of his fellow-officers and
riends upon the fiftieth anniversary
of his entry into the naval service. Of
the 73 midshipmen who entered the
Naval Academy on September 23,
1854, the Admiral is the only one on
the active list, and but seven of that
number are on the retired list. The
Admiral is in his sixty-seventh year,
The President sent Admiral Dewey a
letter of congratulation, together with
a handsome bouquet of flowara
Nomiaation,
anapoiis (Speci
agrees
nents
IO great cred
first imvoke ;
settlement of the Pious Fund cases
Our relations with i were
'e have avoided all en.
alliances, and, in the lan-
of the *eminent Secretary of
"We are without an ally and
without an enemy.”
Very respectfully vours,
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS.
FINANCIAL.
to its jurisdiction
the world
tangling
“1f there is no strike United States
Steel preferred will go to 75,” wired
W. L. Bull
China grows about as much cotton,
says one self-styled “expert,” as the
United States.
Reading has declared the usual 2 per
cent. semi-annual dividend on the secs
ond preferred stock, .
Lehigh Valley's annual! statemens
will likely come out this week. Is
will show about 12 per cent. earned
on the $40,000,000 of stock.
Since July 1 this country has ex-
ported wheat and wheat flour to the
amount of 15000000 bushels, com-
pared with 33,000,000 for the same
period in 1003.
Canada’s wheat yield is put ot <8.
000,000 bushels. England's wheat
acreage is only a third as large as it
was a few years ago, which shows that!
she can ifapont wheat more cheaply]
than it can grown at home,