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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
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rd
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od he
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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
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purps S¢, It is
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NEWS IN SHORT ORDEP,
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading,
Domestic,
if the eri
a4 statement
"he
nt
the charges that
had
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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.
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:
| 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
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TUNNEL UNDER DELAWARE RIVER.
A Great Scheme Advanced in Philadelphia By
Intercity Link Railroad.
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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«<iaw wim
Meneh
by
3
ister, El has beer
at Arzil ple of
ing tribes The murder
mitted out of revenge for the action
of the Governor in imprisoning mem-
bers of the tribes. The murderers
reicased the prisoners at Arzila and’
killed many of the townspeople.
murdered]
peop he surround-
SES.
a
was ©
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
A petition asking the President to-
intervene in behalf of the natives of
the Congo Free State was presented!
to President Roosevelt
The Navy Department has accept
ed the cruiser Des Moines
The State Department has refosedi
to recognize the independence of the
“Free State of Connani,” which is ree
garded as belonging to Brazil
The Secretary of the Treasury hag
decided the tobacco stamp case, hold.
ing that the importers can put thei
stamp on the box, but reduced the
size and required it to be placed om
a less conspicous part of the box.
A cablegram has been sent to Cone
sul General Goodnow, at Shanghai,
directing him to return to the United
States and answer charge: preferred
against him,