FIRST DAY'S WORE Continued from Page One. vfution. Be Mia iik part: Since the first party convention in these United States there was never one gather ed together under such hopeful and auspi cious circumstances as those which sur round us today. United, proud of the achievements of the past four years, tur country prosperous and happy, with noth • ins to regret and naught to make us shamed, with a record spotless and clean, the Republican party stands facing the dawn, confident that the ticket it shall present will command public approval and ihui in the declaration of its principles unci its purposes It will voice the aspira tions *nd hopes of the vast majority of American freemen. We need "no omen but our country's cause." yet there Is significance in the fact that the convention is assembled in this historic and beautiful city, where we first assumed territorial responsibilities, when »ur fathers a century and a quarter ago promulgated the Immortal Declara tion of Independence. The spirit of Justice and liberty that ani mated thein found voice three-quarters of a century later in this same City of ltrothfily Love when Fremont led the forlorn hope of united patriots who laid here tlie foundations of our party and put human freedom as its cornerstone. It compelled our ears to listen to the cry of suffering across the shallow waters of the gulf two years ago. While we observe the law of nations and maintain that neutral ity which we owe to a great and friendly government, the same spirit lives today In the genuine feeling of sympathy we cherish for the bravo men now lighting fur their homes in the veldts of South Af rica. It prompts us In our determination to give to the dusky racesof the Philippines the blessings of good government and re puhlican Institutions and finds voice In our Indignant protest against the violent sup pression of the rights of the colored fnan iit the south. That spirit will survive in the breasts of patriotic men as long as the nation endures, and the events of the past have taught us that It can find its fair and free and full expression only in the principles and policy of the Republican pa rty. The first and pleasant duty of this great convention, as well as Its Instinctive im pulse. is to send a message of affectionate greeting to our leader and our country's president. William McKlnley. In all that pertains t;> our welfare in times of peace his genius has directed us. Tie has shown mi unerring mastery of the economic problems which confront us and has guid <<l us out of the slough of financial dis astt r. impaired credit and commercial stagnation up to the high and safe ground of national prosperity and f&ianclal sta bility. Through the delicate and trying events uf the late war he stood firm, courageous and conservative, and under his leadership we have emerged trium phant. our national honor untarnished. our credit unassailed and the equal devo tion of every section of our common coun try to the welfare of the republic cement ed forever. Never in the memory of this generation has there stood at the head of the government a truer patriot, a wiser or more courageous leader or a better exam ple of the highest type of American man hood. The victories of peace and the victories of war are alike inscribed upon his banner. Those of us whose pleasure and whose duty have called us from time to time into his presence know how freely he has spent and been spent in his coun try's service; but the same vigorous man hood snd clear and patriotic vision ani mate him as of old and give us confidence and trust for the future of our republic, because his hand will guide us and his H» nius direct. Mr. Woleott then reviewed the work of the present administration. Speaking of the Porto Iticn-u question, he said: There has been much discussion during the past few months in respect to the ex tent of the power of this country to deal with i'orto Rico and our other posses sions. and It has been frequently cdntend id by the Democracy that as soon as we became the owners of any of these Islands the constitution of the United States at oncu extended over them. or. in tlw* ora torical. but tnlsloading. phrase. "The con stitution fellows the flag." The argument Is specious, but it will not bear investiga tion. The same question was raised in IMW. at the time of the Louisiana pur chase. and the doctrine then established by congress that we could acquire foreign soil by purchase, that congress had the right to establish there such government us it saw fit and thai the constitution did not »112 its »wn force extend over such ter ritory. The doctrine was never questioned until, in Calhoun's lime. It was sought to br deided In the effort to extend human slavery Into the territories. The supreme court of the United States has more than once determined the ques tion. and the contention concerning It now by our opponents is not because anybody believes that the laws we have enacted for the government of the Island are un just. hut in order to embarrass the ad ministration In dealing effectively with our new possessions. The flag went to Mexico In 1848; the constitution did not. Tin- flag went to Cuba, and was carried into Santlagoand Isthere yet. Hut our con stitution not only is not there, but we are busy vnoouraging Cuba to prepare a con stitution of her own. When any portion ' of our territory becomes a sovereign state, then is our constitution its corner stone. In the territory of the United Slates not Included within state bounda ries congress alone determines the extent to which the provisions of the constitution wxtend. In referring to the Philippines ho said: We ale actually owners of the Philip pines by an undisputed and Indubitable iitl>. We are there as the necessary and logical outcome of our victory over Spain. There are upward of a thousand Islands sprinkled upon that southern sea. peo pled by more than 80 tribes of differing race and language and having absolutely nothing In common with each other. Most of these tribes welcome our coming and are grateful for our protection. The Tagal tribe, hostile not only to us, but to most of tha native tribes, are in Insurrec tion against our authority. They have neither a government not the capacity to conduct one and are waging a predatory guecrlUa. warfare which would b« turned against the other dative tribes if we let them alone. What would the Democracy hove us do? Give them up to rapine and bloodshed and leave the islands as flotsam and Jetsam on the face of the waters? * • • The obstacle* to the establishment of a civil governnunt In the Islands are many, hut we shall overcome them. Mistakes will undoubtedly be made, but we shall remedy thfni. We shall In time extend that archipelago tho segis of our pro tection and of free government, and we kK&U gradually but surely lift these alien and savage races into the light of civilization and Christianity. Meanwhile American enterprise and Ingenuity ami juiiih may bo depended upon to develop the resources of the islands and make them an added source of wealth to our country. The wise statesmanship of the president and our able secretary of state lias already brought from the countries of Kurope a recognition of our right to share In tfle vast commercial advantages which will follow the opening of the Chinese em pire t« foreign trade; tho Nlcaraguan ca nal will be soon constructed; Hawaii, with Its valuable harbor, is ours; we possess the best of the Samoan Islands, with Its ipagnlflcent roadway. Tho Philippines are almost at the door of China, and. If coun sels of fear do not prevail, this generation will see the American nation girdling half the globe with its flag, extending Its for 'lS§ sonirneisce to the uttermost parts of tßFeaUii and tiding Its placu among the greatrwerld aaUba*. a Dower for sood. for peace ana ror righteousness. In conclusion he said: The American people are neither pol troons nor pessimists, and they will not signalize the dawn of the new century by the surrender of either convictions or ter ritory. Every soldier back from the Is lands, and they are in almost every ham let in the land, returns an advocate of their retention. Our dead are burled along the sands of Luzon, and on its soil no foreign flag shall ever salute the dawn. Whatever may be In store for us in the new and unbeaten track upon which we are entering, we shall not be found "with the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin." Our way is new, but it Is not dark. In the re adjustment of world conditions, where we must tako our place with the other great nations of the earth, we shall move with caution, but not with fear. We seek only to lift up men to better things, to bless and not to destroy. The fathers of the republic accepted With courage such re sponsibilities as devolved upon them. The same heavens bend over us, and the same power that shielded them will guard and protect us, for what we seek Is to build still more firmly, always upon founda tions of probity and of virtue, the glo rious edifice of the republic. We stand at the dawn of the new centu ry. Before it shall have reached Its merid ian the youngest here will have passed be yond this life or beyond the sphere of usefulness. New recruits will step into the ranks as we fall out. This very year thousands of young men will for the first time exercise tho right of citizenship and cast their ballots at the national election. The safety of this republic must ever rest in"the courage of young hearts and the vigor of a noble manhood." Youth Is buoyant and hopeful. No snarling criti cism or gospel of a little America or prophecy of despair will find response from hearts that beat full and strong with courage and with faith, and whose creed it is that "Clod's In his heaven. All's right with the world." Whatever else in the past has suffered change or decay, the Republican party, which for 40 years has been Identified with everything ennobling and uplifting in our history, was never as vital, as virile and as vigorous as today. And the heritage we shall transmit to the new century, to the coming generation and to their chil dren and to their children's children shall be a record clean and untarnished, an unquenchable faith in free institutions, an unalterable belief in the patriotism of the people and an undying love of liberty and of country. During anil at the conclusion of Sena tor Wolcott's speech he received enthusi astic and long continued applause. The members of the national commit tee and committee on resolutions were then named. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Notable Kventi of the Week Hrlctly and Tersely Told. The steamer Dirigo arrived at Scuttle with $300,000 of gold dust from the Klondike. The federal quarantine at San Pran- j tisco, established because of fears of tile | bubonic plague, has been raised. Thousands of Knglish sparrows have . been found dead in Chicago streets, ha vi ing been poisoned by unknown persons. | Bunker Ilill day was ciithiisiasticull.v j celebrated at t'harlestowii, live vessels of , the north Atlantic squadron taking part. It was reported that the bubonic plague has broken out at Ctinyinns, Mexico, among some Chinese who passed through this country. Walter Is. 1 Miry en of (>lcn Cove, whose recovery from a broken neck is regarded as a marvel of surgery, lias left the hos pital in New York. Kiglit thousand Pima Indians on the (!ila reservation. Arizona, are destitute.! and a like number of Papagns are oil the verge of starvation. Monday, June IN. An uuideutified man jumped from the Brooklyn bridge and was drowned. Moscow, a town uf MMI inhabitants, located in Livingston county, X. V., was nearly destroyed by lire. Two children of .laiues Wilson, aged 111 and !l years, were drowned in tile river near Pulton, N. Y. Pour children were burned to death in a lire which destroyed the Leadville iCnl.I Home Por Priendless Children. The village of Smyrna. X. V.. -Hi miles south <>f Ptiea. was practically wiped out by tire. The property damage will exceed SBO,OOO. Miss Marguerite (last completed lici J.tMKI mile record ride al Valley Stream. N. V..after riding almost continuously for 11,{ hours and I'M minutes. The Uoyul library at Berlin has pur chased the recently discovered corre spondence of Alexander von Humboldt, covering the years from IKIO In IS4O. The Hlbe-Trave canal was opened with j "great ceremonious pageantry in the pies ' ence of the emperor and cabinet and del egates from cities throughout tlerinan.v. Saturday. June It!. Kain lias fallen for three days contiu : uously in the Psrjccliug district of iti dia. Admiral Dewey declared that he would j not accept a nomination for the vice pre#- j ideney. .lames Dunsuniir has accepted the pre- j luiership of British Columbia, resigned by Joseph Martin. The Pnited States legation at Coiistau- : tiuople pressed the porte for u settlement j of the indemnity claims. The native Hawaiian* have decided to j organize ap independent party to oppose ' both Republicans and Democrats. A jury in the Pnited States district ; court awarded Mrs. Phyllis P. Dodge the j worth of jewelry seized a year I ago. Professor Henry Crew of the North- i western university announced that all his eclipse plates had been underexposed and were valueless. Friday. June 15, Six million persons were stated to be receiving famine relief in India. The north Atlantic squadron under : command of Admiral Purquhar has | reached Boston. The motormuu of a car in Chicago fell ' dead at'his post, and the passengers nar rowly escaped destruction on a railroad track. The porte notified tin- embassador# at Constantinople that the application of the new tariff law would be postponed a ' month. The White Star line steamship Ten- | tonic arrived at her dock in New York more than li! hours late because of a dis : arrangement, of the vessel's machinery, Thursday, June 14, ltumorn of trouble among the Indians at Walker, Minn., proved unfounded. Hawaii's delegatos to the I'epublicitu national convention arrived at San Pran cisco. athletic team selected to i compete in IJ upland aud Prance nailed < on.ih6>it. Louis. LOOKTO PEKING Interest Felt In tile Fate of Foreign Ministers. : Report That Japan Will Try to Restore Order. It 13 Said That She Will Act as the Mandatary of the Powers. LONDON, June 19.—Judging from tlu> Gorman official dispatcher, the American ships took no part in the bombardment of the Taku forts. No news has yet been received here of the relief of the legations at Peking, and Europe's attention is centered far less on the overwhelming display of naval force at Taku than on the fate of the diplomatic staffs and <>UO cosmopolitan residents, guarded by a handful of inter national marines, within the legation compounds. There has been no news thence since June 14. Rumors that Japan will, as the man datary of the powers, restore order in China was revived in a dispatch today from Yokohama. Berlin dispatches inti mate that Germany will not object to Japan Bending 18,000 troops, while Great Britain will indorse the plau with avidi ty, though perhaps only secretly. The Japanese legation in London lias official information of the dispatch of 3,000 troops. In the meanwhile the Brit ish are dispatching six native regiments, besides artillery, from India. The revolt is spreading in western China. Tlip representative of Mr. Prltchard Morgan, M. P., at Cheng-Tu, wires that he and his party have been detained there owing to news that the revolution has broken out in Szechuen, which adjoins the province of Yunnan, also in revolt, and official news comes today that the London Missionary socie ty's premises at Tsaoship, central China, west-northwest of Hankow, have been destroyed by a mob. The rising seems to be spreading with rapidity and shows unexpected organiza tion among the antiforeign elements. The missionaries at Tsaoship escaped and reached Hankow in safety. An agency dispatch from Shanghai, dated June 19, says the latest news from Pekiug is that the dowager empress is greatly concerned at the capture of the I Taku forts and that wholesale degradn i tions in the Chinese army, including Gen erals Sung-Ching and Pung-Fu-Siang. the governor of Peking and other high officials who promised in the tsung-li yamen to accomplish the expulsion of the foreigners, have taken place. Three of the Taku forts, it is added, ; were completely destroyed, and most of the garrisons were killed or wounded l>.v a charge of the sailors of the allied fleets. Cable dispatches from Shanghai report that a number of Chinese cruisers are anchored in sight of the foreign settle ments, which are only guarded by a small Japanese gunboat. A thousand Chinese troops, with two 49 ton guns, still hold the forts outside the town. The viceroy of Woo-Suug is reported to have assured the consuls that the for eign settlements at Shanghai will not lie attacked. Death of H. Walter Webb. NEW YORK, June lU.—Henry Wal ter Webb died at 1:45 p. in.yesterday at his residence, Beechwood, Scarboro on-the-Hudsou. His death was due to heart failure. Mr. Webb was the son of the late General Jumes Watson and Lau ra Virginia Webb and the brother of l>r. W. Seward Webb. He was in the folly eighth year of his age. He was ill less than half an hour. His death was whol ly unexpected, although he had Im-«*ii close to dea(h many times during the last few months. Mr. Webb was a di rector in the Wagner Palace Car com pany, the Buffalo Erie Basin Railroad company, the National City Bank and the Oswego and Route Railroad compa ny and was a trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance company. llunortiiK the Father of Printing. BERLIN. June 19.—The five liuti ! dredth anniversary of the birth of John ; Gutenberg, the inventor of cut metal type, was celebrated in Berlin yesterday by an immense gathering of printers and type founders in the Circus Sihiiinun. At Frankfort it wus celebrated by a meeting of the civil and military authori ties, together with a street parade culmi nating in the decoration of the (ititen i berg monument. At Leipsic a prominent ! publishing house marked the anniversary by opening a subscription to the U>cal i Gutenberg fund with 100,000 murks. Gat OC Lucky. MACON, Ga., June 19.—Senator A. O. | Bacon is just recovering from a severe at i tack caused from eating toadstools which ihe mistook for mushrootns. The senator | had thought be was an expert in makiug i the distinction, and as soon as he return ed from Washington a few days ago he j went out into his fields and gathered I quantities of the supposed delicacy. Since his first feast be has had two physicians attending him regularly, but he is now all right. Itallaa Cabinet CrUJa. ROME, June 19.—1n the chamber of i deputies yesterday the premier. General Pelloux, announced that the cabinet had resigned owiug to the deadlock arising from the opposition's uncompromising at ; titude on the question of the rules of procedure. The house adjourned pend -1 ing the formation of u new. ministry. Laporte Borough Statement. J. W- Flynn Treasurer of School Funds for the School year ending June 4, IDOU. By amt due Treaa. last audit 875 M i orders redeemed., liavß» Commission a per oen* on tUMM vo Amt reced from A. Bnxihhauan 475 90 I state appropriation 4341G •• J.W.Wataoo Tre* Lanor* T. 49 Ki " It.Thrasher,Count; Treaa... ft SI - F. W. Meylert, rant 10 00 " A. H.BuschbaMseu Collector 108 7!) same 100 00 Balance due J. W. Flynn Treaa JUM 1588 48 1588 48 I J. W. Flynn Treasurer of Building Fund for the : School year ending June 4, 1900- By amt of orders redeemed lis 7:1 3# bond coupons #7 SO Commission 2 per ceut on 214 1i 4 28 1 Balance due Borough 355 52 I v To balance due last audit 259 92 | Aiut reed A. Biischhausen C 01... 214 51 59 M) 112 ' •' " 40 00 574 01 574 03 | Amt of Musical Kami <IOB 83 A. 11. Buschhausen Collector of School Funds C far the year ending June 1899, L By Treas receipts 11 45 Additional exonerations 3 00 To balance la.-t audit 14 45 14 45 14 45 Building Fund. By Treas. receipts 17 48 '■ Additional exonerations 120 To balance due last audit 1899 18 68 18 08 18 08 A. 11. Buschhausen collector of School Tax for 1899 for year ending June 4,1900. To amt of duplicate 803 47 > By Treas receipts 475 90 h per cent rebait on 516 45 25 82 3 |*r cent commission 011 490 63 14 72 Treas receipts 97 84 ft per cent commission 102 46 ft 12 Treas. receipts 100 00 Land returns 41 17 Kxonerations 22 40 > Balance due Borough 21 00 1 803 47 803 47 1 A. 11. Buschhausen collector of Building Fund for the year ending June 4, 1900. P To amt of duplicate 357 71 1 By Treasurer 1 receipts 214 51 ft |>er cent rebait on 23> 78 11 64 ' 8 '• com. oil 221 14 6 63 I Treas receipt 4212 5 ]>er cent com. on 44 34 '22 Treas receipt 40 00 1 Laud returns 19 26 Kxonerations 7 14 , Balance due Borough 14 19 1 357 71 357 71 Statement of Liabilities and Resources of La - porte Borough School District for the year ending 1 June 4, 1900. r To unit due J. W. Flynn Treas 354 5# BT land returns 1895 15 84 1896 10 77 I •• 18»7 10 97 t " 18»* 6819 A nit due from A. Buschhausen 2100 Linb. In excess of Resources ... 186 65 112 :ift4 59 354 112 9 Building Fund. To 18 bonds at <IOO each 1800 00 • Bv land returns 1895 15 81 1896 10 77 > •• 18»7 10 96 18tf8 25 54 1899 19 26 • Auitdue from J. W. Flynn 355 52 1 " A. Buschhausen C 01... 14 19 . Liab. iu excess of Resources 1347 92 , 1800 00 1800 0O , Musical Fuud > Amtiu hands of J. W. Flynn... <IOB 83 We the undersigned auditors of Laporte Boro. do certify that we have carefully examined the • accounts of the Collector and Treasurer of the 1 fiscal year 1899 aud tlnd them correct as set forth in the foregoing statement. . Witness our hands and seals this sth day of June 1900. TIIOS.K.KKNNKHY, CIIAB. COLKMAN, JACOB H. Fill EH, Auditors. Statement of Laporte Township. , Lee K. Uavitt iu account with Laporte Tvtp as 1 Collector of S|iecial Koad Tax for the year ending . June 4. 1900. ' To amt of duplicate $09241 ' By exonerations 21 43 . Lund returns 4955 A nit collected within 60 days.. 28192 Kelmle on same 15 30 Collectors commission 8 72 1 " 011 face duplicate.. 7974 Comuiissiou 011 same 4 20 Collected 5 per cent udded 14 20 ' Amt. uncollected 117 35 592 41 592 41 ! Cash account. Col. within 60 days 305 94 Collected 011 face duplicate 83 94 " ft per cent added 14 20 I Amt uncollected 117 85 By receipts tiled 379 18 Kelmte allowed 15 30 I Commission 12 92 j Balance due township 114 03 521 43 521 43 ! Kxtra Koad Tax. Ami. duplicate 197 55 1 Exonerations 723 . Ilv land returns.. 17 08 A lilt collected within 80 da>> 06 Itchateou same 521 1 Collector's commission 297 • Collected on faee duplicate 23 03 , Commission on some 121 Collected ft per cent added 4 8C Amt uncollected 39 95 197 55 197 sft - cash account. Col. within 60 days 104 24 . Collected on face duplicate 24 24 Collected 5 percent added 4 86 Amt. uncollected 39 95 1 Bv receipts filed 126 39 - Rebate 521 Commission 4 18 Balance due township 36 51 172 29 172 29 Poor Tux. Amt of duplicate 196 65 By exonerations 7 81 Land Returns 16 56 1 Collected within 60 days 90 66 , Rebute on same 492 Collector's commission 2 80 I ollected oil face dupllcute 22 95 . Collector's commission 120 I Collected 6 per cent added 486 | Amt uncollected 44 89 196 65 196 65 1 Cash Account. Col. within 60days 98 38 Collected ou face duplicate 24 15 Collected 5 per cent added 4 86 ! Amt uncollected 44 89 By receipts tiled 52 06 Rebate 4 92 Commission 4 00 Balance due township 11l 30 172 28 172 28 statement of School Bonn I of Laixirte township for the year ending june 4, 1900. Account of Lee K. liavilt us collector of School Tax. Amount of duplicate 504 34 By exonerations 34 40 By land returns 33 S8 Collected within 60 days 210 74 Rebute on same 11 43 Collector's commission 6 s'.' Collected oil face duplicate 49 3o 1 Commission ou same 2 59 Collected 5 per cent added 9 21 Amt uncollected 146 77 504 34 504 34 ( ash Account. Col. within 60 days 222 78 Collected on face duplicate 51 89 5 per cent added 9 21 Amt. uncollected 146 77 By receipts tiled 339 32 Rebate 11 43 Commission 9 11 Balance due township 717* 431 65 431 65 Account of John Watson as Treasurer of School Funds for the year ending June 4,1900. Balance in hand at last audit 22 28 State appropriation 74> 81 Reod 01 P. Karge collector for 1898... 60 00 Lee R. Gavitt Collector 339 32 ( ounty Treasurer 313 00 By orders redeemed 170 29 Receipts tiled 121826 Treasurer's salary 27 79 Balance in treasurer's hands 62 07 147841 147841 Amt. of orders issued 1309 26 Orders redeemed 1218 26 Orders outstanding 91 00 1309 26 1309 26 Teachers' salary 980 00 Attending Institute 35 00 Kent 15 00 Fuel 69 53 Teat books and stationery 6415 Auditing account and printing... 700 Contingencies 33 03 secretarie's salary 20 00 Treasurer's fees 27 79 Debts 85 53 We, the undersigned auditors aud clerk do here by certify that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. HENRY KARGE, R. E. BOTBFORD. Auditors. E. C. PETERS, Clerk. M. W. BOTSFORD, Sec. ■very body Bays so. 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