——————— MR. DAVIS ON THE ISSUES ' Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Accep ts Nomination. HIS LETTER NOT A LONG ONE Expenditures of the Government and lucrease of the Army--The Panama Canal and Im- perialism — His Opinions on the Tariff and the Trusts Plea for Local Seligovernment ~ Fraud in the Public Service. Elki Henry following Va Gassaway Davis has I accepting 1Qr vice presi Expenses of Government. 2am - oem rd T 3 od he rroe.l sed HTECd £¢. 1 and Dem the Republic date, the frat; than : years, r of prevent: question, expenses With unabated trust in the efficien- cy of the cardinal principles of our! great party, when applied to the prac- tical administration of government, tol realize the blessings of peace and prosperity for all, and believing that | the people will correct the present! abuses of administration by a change of party in power, 1 await with con-| fidence the result of their judgment at the polls. Very truly yours, H. G. DAVIS, Leaped From Trala Buffalo, N. Y., (Special). » Alonzo J. Whiteman, who was arrested in St. Louis on September 25, on a charge of forgery and was being brought to this city by detectives, jumped from the fast mail some distance east of here and escaped. The conductor, it is re- ported, refused to stop the train until it reached a suburb of this city. The detectives who had Whiteman in charge went back to search for their adminis earlier for many believed, | g further agitation of the | and in an effort to curtail it 1s believed, n . id iourned at f purps S¢, It is 3 NEWS IN SHORT ORDEP, The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading, Domestic, if the eri a4 statement "he nt the charges that had 11 1118 fraudulent up leaders secured. Virginia H. Bo entered 186€¢8 not heen prosecuted statements combine the ne and indictinent ' as sit prisoner. aries S. Johnson, Sie om Foreign. Cr against Professor Case { i York, specialist, to leged exorbitant fee, is attracting the interest of members of the Ameri can colony in Paris against the tice of charging Americans ively, Investigations cker, of D an . il (seorge New recover al ira EXCess of the recent rob Paris and Havre disclose handling of the American mails, which are forwarded in ordi nary freight cars without guards, between ter regretting that ill health prevents his assisting at the celebrations at Paris in honor of the second anni versary of the death of Zola. Prince George of Schaumburg. Lippe, in a protest to the Federal Council of Germany against the suc- cession of Count Leopold, son of the late Count Ernest, to the regency of Lippe-Dettmold, affirms that the en- tire Lippe-Biesterfeld line lost its right of succession because Modeste von Unruh, great-grandmother of Count Leopold, was not legitimately descended from the noble family. M. Jaures and other French social ist leaders are urging the govern. ment to bring about an early recon: ciliation of France and Germany. FIGHTING NEAR MUKDEN Japanese Advance Guard Driven Back Near Yental, A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE RUSSIANS. i BAR IRON FOR LIFEBELTS. Metal Used. to Bring Them to Standard- Arrests Made, 4 An { Sn¢ been de irepart i lng Section of Mauchuria ditions Existiog at Mukden, Strength of the J chil Wh he was notified of He br his cided to kill himself iren her deeds, oded over Condolence From President. Mass of Rock- late Senator Worcester, (Special) son the from President Roosevelt: “Gen, Rockwood Hoar: “Accept my most profound sympa- thy. The loss is not yours only, but of all those who believe in the lofty lessnegs in public life “THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” Fifteen Millions Capital, Hartford, Ct. (Special) ~<~The Sier- ra Madre Land Company, of Stam- ford, with a capital of $15,000,000, ap- plied for incorporation papers at the office of the Secretary of State. This is the largest corporation ever formed in this state under the general law, other companies of yery large capi- talization baving been formed under special acts of the legislature, The company is empowered to buy and sell timberlands, deal in lumber, make paper, own and operate railroads r¥ 3 » £ i { pre “r Suspicious of Weight, ¥ Fatal Ptomaine Poisoning. Wv] ch Ne ' : Ke 4 Pe 18{ ng her H. Keddy, and her brother Teddy are in a serious ¢ The entire family taken sick = the little girl d Prompt medics lives of the others FINANCIAL. Six-vear and maine bert mother and : A Tennessee court fined Standard | Oil $5000 for violating an anti-trust | law, J. P. Morgan issued an official no- | tice saying he didn't expect to retire | in favor of his son Imports of dry goods are running about even with last year. The Crucible Steel Company, in its statement of the sale of the Clairton Steel Company to the United States Steel Corporation, puts the total amount realized as $12682051. The Crucible Company estimates its own logge on the Clairton investment at $4,013,417. The gross earnings from traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com. pany for August were $5.870,152, a de- crease of $110,006 compared with Au- gust, 1003. The expenses were $3,486, 112, a decrease of $70,514, and the net earnings from traffic were $2384 240. Venerable Statesman Died at His Home in Worcester, Mass. tii. § : | Destructive in Northern Section of Country i Favorable 10 Late Corn. 1877, and His Fourth Successive Term Would Have Expired in 1907 the Eiectoral Commission of 15676 of Maoy Historical Societies. President ten TUNNEL UNDER DELAWARE RIVER. A Great Scheme Advanced in Philadelphia By Intercity Link Railroad. } 1} ie sing under dary state 1 oran of the and the middle Delaware iver “or the Penn:yl vania side have to be obtained from icils here, the city } jong the riv er n permits tunnel of t be lie “ brokers, together with street | men, wondered how the new | corporation proposed to fight the Pennsylvania, it being generally agreed | under the circumstances. A few men | are inclined to hazard a guess that the | ” or expected to “buy out” the company in the future new | Mobile's Chief of Police Out. Mobile, Ala. (Special). — Because of circumstances attending an alleged shortage in his accounts, as county tax collector for 1800, John Case has resigned as chief of police of Mobile. Case's alleged shortage has been acted upon by the Governor. Case was bonded by a Baltimore company. He says the books were accepted as cor rect by the state when he settled at the close of his term as collector A BRIDE'S FATAL FALL. Was Haoging Lace Curtaing When She Lost Her Balasce. Murdered By Moors. ’ LY | Ner«-1M«