PARKER AND DAVIS
Nominated for President and Vice-President
By National Contention.
JUDGE PARKER DECLARES FOR GOLD.
Seeds Message Notifying the St. Louis Con
tention ol His Views on That Subject
Ctoici Tremendous Political Sensation
Coaveutlon Adopts a Sympathetic Reply By
An Overwhelming Vote.
St. Louis, (Special). One of the
greatest sensations in American po
litical history was created here late
Saturday afternoon by the reception
from Judge Alton Hrooks I'arkcr,
whom the Democratic National Cor
vention nominated (or the Presidency
at 545 o'clock Saturday morning, of
the following telegram:
"I regard the gold standard as firm
ly and irrevocably established and
shall act accordingly if the action of
the convention today shall be ratified
by the people. As the platform is
silent on the subject my views should
be made known to the convention,
and if they are proved to be unsatis
factory to the majority i request you
to decline the nomination for me at
once, so that another may be nom
inated before adjournment."
When the telegram came hurried
eonferences of the leaders were held.
The following message, to Judge
lrker, was framed:
"The platform adopted by this con
vention is silent on the question of
the monetary standard, because it is
Hot regarded by us a a possible issue
In this campaign, and only campaign
issues were mentioned in the plat
form. Therefore, there is nothing in
the views expressed by you in the
telegram just received which would
preclude a man entertaining them
from accepting a nomination on said
iktform."
When the convention met at night
Judge barkers telegram was read
from the platform by Gov. J. K. Var
daman, of Mississippi, to whom it
handed for the purpose bv John
Srlarp Williams. It was addressed to
w. F. Shechank former Lieutenant-
CiPvernor of New York. Judge Park
78 personal representative at St.
Louis. The proposed reply was reid
Dy senator 1 illman.
Debate began at once. William T
Bryan, who had been stricken with
What was considered a light attack of
pneumonia in the afternoon, rose from
his sickbed and entered the conven
tion hall. He made a speech to the
delegates, urging that if the question
was brought up again it should be
fully gone into. If the convention
thought the gold standard was right,
tie said, is should adopt a gold plunk,
and he would not speak on the propo
sition, though he would vote against
it.
The debate continued. Senators
Daniel, Carmack and others speak
ing. John Sharp Williams made a hot
reply to Bryan, declaring that in
spite of his protestation Mr. Bryan
was the one man in the convention
who was preventing harmony.
The reply to Judge Parker was
adopted by the convention by a vote
of 774 to igi.
The convention having held an all
night session the night before, had
reassembled a 2 P. M. Saturday to
nominate a candidate for the Vice
Fresideney, but adjourned until 5.20
so that the leaders might discuss the
availability of the various candidates.
It met at the latter hour and ex
Senators Henry G. Davis, of West
Virginia: George Turner, of Wash
ington State, and William A. Harris,
of Kansas, and Representative James
R. Williams, of Illinois, were put in
nomination for second place.
About this time hints of the Parker
telegram began to circulate, and this
created such a sensation that a re
cess was takfn until 830 o'clock to
jive an opportunity for conferences.
In considering material for the
Vice-Presidency Messrs Sheehan and
Hill at first were inclined toward the
election of Judge Judson Harmon,
but the factional fight in Ohio be
tween the friends of Harmon and
those of John R. McLean was con
sidered too great an obstacle. Sen
ator Daniel was asked to take the
nomination, but was reluctant to do
SO unless it could be demonstrated
that no candidate would be more
available.
On the first ballot for the Presi
dency, early Saturday morning, Judge
Parker received 658 votes and Hearst
800. Scattering votes were cast for
Olney, McClellan, Cockrell, Fattison,
Cray, Gorman, Wall, Towne, Miles.
Colcr and John Sharp Williams. Idaho
and West Virginia quickly changed
enough votes to give Parker the
needed two-thirds majority, and then
the nomination was made unanimous.
Hon. Henry G. Davis, of West
Virginia, was nominated for Vice-,
President by acclamation.
Following the passage of John
Sharp Williams' resolution the vote
for Vice-Presidential candidate was
begun. The first ballot resulted in
Davis receiving 652, being 15 less than
the necessary two-thirds, Turner,
Williams, of Illinois, and others be
ing voted for.
Then the States began changing
their votes, and in a burst of en
thusiasm the nomination was made
unanimous.
Chairman Clark at l is o'clock Sun
day morning deHared the convention
adjourned without date.
First Day.
St. Louis. Mo., (Special). Exactly
at noon Wednesday Chairman J. K.
Jones of the national committee called
Cut Woman's Throat.
St. Loius, (Special). After cut
ting the throat of Mrs. Marcella Kerr,
with whom lie had been living for a
year, Edgar I. Evans, 23 years old,
slashed hit wrist with the same razor,
and then cut hi own throat. The
tragedy was enacted in front of the
bouse where they were stopping.
Jealousy is ascribed by Evans as the
cause for his act. The woman died
almost immediately. Evans is at the
City Hospital. Hit condition ia
serious.
Harrison's Widow Wins.
Indianapolis, Ind., (Special). Rus
sell Harrison and Mrs. Mary Harri
son McKee, son and daughter of the
deceased ex-President, have lost their
rase against their stepmother, Mrs.
Mary Lord Harmon. The plantifTs
excepted to report of the executor of
the estate, charging that n trustee
under the will securities had been set
aside in excess of the $125,000 de
signed s s trust funJ for the widow.
The Camp expedition sailed from
Tronnoe, Norway, for the relief of
the Ziegier-Fiala polar expedition, st
(ran Josef Land.
ALTON B. PARKER.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PKE8IDENT.
the convention to order. His ap
pearance on the platform and the
sound of his gavel brought forth a
cheer lrom the floor and galleries.
Chairman Jones directed the sergeant-at-arms
to secure order. lie con
tinued belaboring the table with his
gavel, but it was some time before
quiet reigned.
California's appearance with a huge
silk banner and silk American flags
and a yell "California! California!
Hearst! Hearst! Hearst!" caused
cheering.
Just as the California delegation
reached its reservation after marching
up and down the center aisle William
J. Bryan, who had come 111 unnoticed,
arose in his place and was given a
cheer. Then an enterprising member
among the delegation created a diver
sion by vigorously ringing of a cow
bell.
Again Chairman Jones demanded
that the convention be in orcler and at
once directed the secretary to read
the call for the convention.
Applause followed the reading of
the call. After quiet was restored
Chairman Jones announced that the
convention would be opened by prayer
by Rev. John F. Cannon, pastor of
Grand Avenue Baptist Church, of St.
Louis.
During the invocation the conven
tion stood. Dr Cannon's voice was
entirely inadequate to reach even the
center of the hall.
Enthusiastic cheering greeted the
chairman's announcement that he was
directed by the national committee to
appoint John S. Williams temporary
chairman and C. W. Walsh temporary
secretary and John I. Martin tem
porary sergeant-at-arms.
The chairman appointed Col. J. M.
Guffey, of Pennsylvania, and M. 1".
Tarpey, of California, to escort Mr.
Williams to the chair. As the plat
form was enclosed by a railing it was
necessary for the committee and Mr.
Williams to climb over the railing.
The committee lifted Mr. Williams
safely over, and the entire convention
burst into cheers as he ascended the
platform.
"I have the honor to introduce to
you John S. Williams as temporary
chairman," said Chairman Jones, and
again the convention cheered.
Mr. Williams was attired in a light
gray suit and white waistcoat. He
delivered his address calmly and with
out gestures. Several cries of
"Louder, louder!" interrupted Mr.
Williams as he began, his clear but
not powerful voice at first failing to
reach all parts of the hall.
As Mr. Williams proceeded his
voice increased in volume and the
delegates listened attentively.
A great part of Mr. Williams'
speech was delivered under great
difficulties for the speaker and those
of his hearers who were .-upposed to
be most directly interested in his re
marks. Several times the speaker
stopped and asked that the talking
cease in ordtr that he might make
himself better understood.
Passing from the discussios of Mr.
Root's speech the speaker took up
the republican platform.
Mr. Williams drew a picture of the
country's condition at the time of
President Cleveland's first inaugura
tion, declaring that much of the dis
tress that came in the early nineties
were due to republican misrule that
had gone before. Under Harrison,
he said, for three years all hope had
well nigh vanished from the business
world. He scored the attitude of the
republican party on the financial ques
tion, declaring that it had been full
of inconsistencies and ab.-urditic. He
mentioned the name of Mr. Bryan in
i.ncussing the price of wheat durinr
the first Bryan-McKinley campaign.
The utterance of the name called forth
a little applause and some cheers. A
second later he mentioned the name
again and the applause was not re-,
peated.
FINANCIAL
The city 01 Portland, Me., has bor.
rowed $4,100,000 for three months,
paying 2 7 per cent, interest for it.
American Car & Foundry directors
were re-elected. The net earnings for
the year were $4,080,000, compared
with $7,402,000 the previous year and
$4,68(1,000 in igos.
If it had not been for the efforts of
E. B. Smith, Lehigh Valley directors
would not have declared any divid
end. Charles M. Schwab has resigned
as a director of the United States
Steel Corporation. W. P. Snyder it
slated to succeed him.
This from a director of the Lehigh
Valley: "I don't ' know and no one
knows when the next dividend on
Lehigh Valley will be declared."
The latest Winter wheat estimate
puis the crop at 342,000000 bushels,
which is 59,000,000 bushels below last
year's estimate at thit time.
"Things will mend,'' says Russell
SSje. He is anxious to losn some of
his money st better than a I per cent
rate.
a
A mention of the name of Grovcr
Cleveland was cheered lustily. A
moment latex the first scene of the
session occurred. Mr. Williams de
clared that it was brazen effrontery
for the republican party to attempt to
seize the laurels 01 Grover Cleveland.
A genuine outburst of applause fol
lowed. Cheer after cheer rolled
through the hall and, although the
chairman used the gavel vigorously,
the convention was soon beyond his
control.
As he finished, after speaking for
one hour and forty minutes, the band
struck up a medley of patriotic airs,
the stirring strains of "Dixie" calling
forth the wild cheers that never fail
to follow the song, no matter when or
where rendered.
"The delegates are invited to visit
the exposition," said Mr. Williams,
"and the clerk will read the invita
tion." The last few words were lost in
cries of "Bryan," Bryan," that came
swift and thick from dfticrent parts
of the hall.
Cheers mingled with the calls, and
it was fully a minute before the voice
of the clerk was able to raise above
the tumult. Mr. Bryan remained
quietly in his seat during the demon
stration made by his friends and gave
no outward sign of his recognition of
the appluase that had greeted his
name.
Delegate Powers, of Michigan, was
recognized by Chairman Williams to
return the thanks of the convention
to the exposition officials for the
courtesy shown and made a brief
speech of acknowledgment.
The motion to accept the invitation
with which Mr. Powers concluded
was adopted unanimously.
When the ticket passers had nearly
finished their task, the chairman an
nounced that the roll of states would
be called, each state as its name was
called to send up to the chairman's
desk the names of its committeemen
selected in caucus.
While the roll call was in progress
the spectators, concluding that the
interesting scenes oi the convention
were finished for the day, streamed
out by thousands.
Announcment of Mr. Bryan as a
member of the resolutions committee
from Nebraska called forth a cheer
from such of his friends as were
able to hear the announcement.
David B. Hill's name as a member
from New York also brought a shout
of applause.
As the roll was finished and the
call was began for the "states which
had not answered on the first call,
Chairman Williams drew a cigar from
his pocket, lighted it and commenced
to smoke with great satisfaction, not
withstanding the fact that numerous
signs prohibiting the indulgence were
posted all around the building.
After announcing the time and
places for the various committee meet
ings, a motion was made by Bourke
Cockran that the convention adjourn
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The motion was adopted and the con
vention adjourned at 2 50 o'clock.
Second Day.
St Louis, (Special). The Demo
cratic National Convention held two
sessions in St. .Louis Thursday. '
Late at night the full text of the
platform, as agreed upon by the sub
committee of the platform committee,
was made public. Its adoption by the
full committee without change is ex
pected. The financial plank declares
that the greatly increased production
of gold h.as "contributed to the main
tenance of a money standard of value,
no longer open to question, removing
that issue from the field of political
contention." The plank is exceed
ingly brief.
1 he early session of the convention.
which began shortly after 10 o'clock,
was brief. Its only important in-
Slaughter of th Achlocse.
Amsterdam, (Special). A dispatch
from .Batavia, capital of t lit Dutch
East Indies, says that the commander
of the expedition to North Achin,
Northern Sumartra, attacked Likat, on
June 20. The Achinese losses were
432 killed, including 281 women and
88 children, and 54 wounded. Seven
teen prisoners were taken. The Dutch
casualties included the commander, a
lieutenant, two sergeant and 13
soldiers wounded.
Say Swallow Will Accept.
Chicago, (Special). Oliver. W.
Stewar.t, chairman of the Prohibition
National Committee, made a state
ment positively denying that Dr. Silas
C. Swallow had declined the Prohibi
tion nomination for President. He
was equally positive in denying the
rumor that the party managers haJ
re-engaged Tomlinson Hall, at
Indianapolis, and that the delegate to
the national convention were to be re
assembled. Mr. Stewart in his state
ment say: "Since there is no va
cancy on our ticket and not likely to
be one, 'here is no room for the nomi
nation of General Miles."
cident was the adoption of the report
of the committee on rules and order
of business, which accorded the dele
gates from i'orto Kico six seats and
votes in the convention, but denied
seats and votes to the delegates from
the Philippines on the ground that
the Supreme Court had decided Porto
Rico to be a part of the territory of
the United States, but the Philippines
not a part.
The failure of the credentials com
mittee to report caused adjournment
at 11.04 o'clock until 2 P. M
When the convention reassembled
a stormy, exciting session began. As
Mr. Bryan entered the hail an ovation
was started and lasted half an hour.
The Parker men declared this out
burst had been prearranged by the
Hearst men and Tammany, so they
started a counter-demonstration, but
the main demonstration was intended
for Mr. Bryan, and his name Bounded
above everything else.
After the convention resumed busi
ness the report of the credentials
committee was presented by Chair
man James M. Head, of Tennessee.
This declared in favor of all the sit
ting delegates, except the one from
the Twenty-first Illinois district. It
sustained the rights of the Porto
Kican delegates and also gave those
from the Philippines seats and votes,
reversing the action of the committee
on rules.
Mr. Bryan rsounted the platform to
read a minority report in favor of
seating the Harrison and Hearst dclc
gayis in the other Illinois contest.
He also made a speech in support of
his attitude, declaring the men who
ran the State convention in Illinois
were on a level with train robbers.
There was further debate, which
led Mr. Bryan to make a second
speech. The convention voted, 647
to 209, against him and in favor of
the full majority report, thus showing
that while it gave him the tribute of
a great demonstration, things "were
different as far as votes were con
cerned. The committee on permanent or
ganization reported recommiending
Representative Champ Clark, of Mis
souri, for permanent chairman. He
took the chair and made a speech,
discussing the issues of the campaign.
The convention then adjourned un
til 10 o'clock Friday morning, when
it is expected the platform will be pre
sented and debated.
Third Day.
St. Louis, (Special). The third day
of the Democratic National Conven
tion in St. Louis, after a fruitless
morning session, reconvened at 8
o'clock P. M. and adopted without
debate the platform as revised by the
full committee on resolutions, omit
ting all reference to the money ques
tion. Nominating speeches were then be
gun. Alabama yielded to New York,
and Martin W. Littleton, of the lat
ter State, placed Judge Alton Brooks
Parker in nomination for the Presi
dency. A great demonstration last
ing 25 minutes followed his address.
Senator Carmack. of Tennessee,
seconded the nomination of Parker.
D. M. Delmas, of California, placed
William R. Hearst in nomination.
A Hearst demonstration was started
and la.ited 35 minutes, Mr. Bryan
being one of the central figures in it.
E. J. O'Donnell, of Colorado, sec
onded the nomination of Parker.
When Delaware was called L.
Irving Handy, of that State, put
Judge George Gray in nomination.
Samuel S. Wright, of Iowa, sec
onded Parker "on behalf of the un
botight and unpurchasable delegates"
from that State. This made his col
leagues angry and created a scene.
David Overmeyer, of Kansas, nomi
nated Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, put
ficnator Lockrell in nomination.
The convention was still in session
at 2.30 A. M., with prospects of an
all-night session. It was reported
that Mr. Bryan had formed a coa
lition of the unti-Parker forces.
The morning session of the conven
tion resolved itself into a wait for
the report of the committee on reso
lutions. To fill in the time Cant.
Richmond P. Hobson was called to
the platform and made a speech. At
last the committee notified the con
vention that it would not be ready to
report for some hours, and an ad
journment was taken at 1 1.58 o'clock
until 8 P. M.
The committee on resolutions was
in continuous session 16 hours, in
cluding all of Thursday night. Mr.
Bryan made speech after speech,
swaying the committee by the sheer
force of his magnetic personality and
oratory. Senator Daniel, the chair
man; ex-Senator David B. Hill, and
Mr. John P. Foe, of Maryland, meas
ured swords with him, and Mr. Daniel
plainly declared that he questioned
the propriety of a man who had twice
led the party to defeat attempting to
force his leadership on it again.
But in the excitement of the long
committee meeting, when nerves were
on edge, Mr. Bryan proved a giant
in power and won command. It
had been supposed before the meeting
began that the platform as framed
by the subcommittee would be
adopted, but it was changed in many
material points, the gold-standard
plank being stricken out and no refer
ence being made to the money ques
tion in the revised draft. The vote
on striking out the gold plank war
35 to is.
Edmund Btrsch, who pleaded guilty
of accepting a bribe while a member
of the House of Delegates of St.
Louis, was sentenced to two years it:
the penitentiary.
Three boxes containing jewtl?
valued at $50,000, belonging Wi tin
wife of Bishop Potter, were stolen ut
Cooperstown, N. Y.
Budding at the World's Fair has
again, been postponed.
KEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Frank E. Randall, president of the
Miami Valley Gas and Fuel Com
pany, was adjudged in contempt by
Justice Blanchard.
Mrs. Nancy May, who was convicted
of murder, was pardoned just as she
was about to enter the Kentucky state
prison.
Two negro boy were killed by
lightning at Raleigh N. C, and a man
near Camden, S. C.
Margaret O'Connor was found
strangled to death in a furnished room
in New York. .
Mr. Smith, the sister of Nan Pat
terson, is seeking to be reinstated to
her old position in the War Depart
ment. The Rhode Island State Building
has beerv sold to a St. Louis man,
who will use it for a country borne.
W. H. Morgan, a deported miner,
committer suicide at Denver because
of threats he hadreceived.
Three men have been arrested in
Chicago for crimes which rival those
of the car-barn bandits.
Dr. Julia Ficdellman committed
suicide in New York because she
thought her face too pretty for oro-
I fessional success.
17 KILLED; 50 INJURED
A Passenger Train Crashes Into An
Excursion.
THE OPERATOR GAVE WRONG SIGNAL.
Accident on the Greenwood Lake Branch
of the Erie Railroad at Mldvale, N. J
Locomotive of the Passenger Crashed
Into the Rear Coach of Excur,lon and
Plowed Its Way Entirely Through.
New York, (Special). Seventeen
persons were killed and about fifty
injured in a collision which occurrcj
at Midvalc, N. J., just before noon,
when a regular passenger train on the
Greenwood Lake branch of the Erie
railroad ran into an excursion train
that had stopped to take water. All
the dead and injured lived in Ho
boken, Jersey City and New York.
The accident is believed to have re
sulted from a tower operator hav
ing lowered his signal too soon, and
this was admitted by D. W. Cooke,
general passenger agent of the Erie
Railroad, who gave out a statement
in which he said:
"The operator in the tower failed
to set the block signal against the
train following."
The train which was run into was
a special carrying members of the
First Plattdeutcher Association of
Hoboken on their annual outing, and
had 800 passengers. It consisted of
twelve cars and two engines. The
first engine had taken water and the
train moved up and stopped with the
second engine beside the tank, when
the regular train drew near.
The flagman of the special signalled
the engineer of the oncoming train,
but, owing to a curve in the road,
his flag was not seen until too late.
It is claimed that the engineer of
the regular train had slowed down to
about ten miles an hour before he
crashed into the special, but his en
gine tore throimh the rear car the
greater part of its length, and drove
the forward end of that car into the
car ahead. The killed and injured
were in these two cars.
The wreckage did r.ot catch fir?,
and the work of taking out the dead
and maimed was accomplished quick
ly. '
The passcnirers from the uninjured
coaches ran back and joined in the
work, and . the residents of Midvale.
many of whom had heard the crash,
assisted them.
The fourteen dead were soon laid
beside the track, and the injured
were carried to the nearby houses.
While physicians were being sent
for women of MidvaJe brought
bandages and other articles to be
used in caring for the injured.
An engine and cars were sent from
Little Falls to the scene of the wreck,
and as rapidly as possible the most
seriously hurt were prepared for
transportation by tram to Little Fllf
and thence to Jersey City or Ho
boken. The less severely hurt were con
tinued under treatment in Mid
vale until later in the day. All those
hurt were eventually taken either to
their homes or to hospitals.
WESTERN FLOODS KECEDINQ.
War Department Sends Tents and Food for
Suffers.
Kansas City. Mo., (Special). The
flood at Armourdale, Argentine and
Lower Kansas City, Kan., on the
Kaw river, and to Manhattan .half
way across Kansas, has fallen steadily
since late Saturday.
The waters at Manhattan became
stationary at midnight, after rising
steadily all day, and then began to
go down, eliminating the last danger
of further damage at the mouth of
the Kaw or along its course.
The Missouri river at Kansas City
and north also receded fast and no
additional dama"e to Harlem or the
East Bottom will result from the
overflow of that stream. At the
stockyards the fall was slow and con
ditions were still bad. Most of the
pens were flooded. Railroad and
business men say the damage locally
is insignificant, when compared with
last year's losses.
The relief committee of Kansas
City, Kan., which are caring for the
b.000 homeless in the suburbs of that
city, has decided to accept the aid
granted by the War Department.
Lieut. R. S. Loughborough, of Fort
Leavenworth, Ks.il., who was, sent by
the War Department to investigate
the situation, recommended that 2,000
rations be given the city and addi
tional food supplies be sct.t each day as
needed. A refuge camp has been
opened as last year, and all the suf
ferers are being well taken care of.
Washington. Acting upon a report
from General Bell, who investi
gated the conditions at Kansas Citv
Kan., growing o"t "f the flood, Act
irg Secretary of War Oliver tele
graphed General Bell to issue 1,00c
tents and five days' rations for the
flood sufferers.
Cholera in Manchuria.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
cable report from Minister Allen ct
Seoul points to the existence of great
danger to both belligerent armies in
Manchuria. He says that he has
learned from a missionary surgeon
that cholera has crossed Manchuria
and appeared at Antung.
Shot Bloodthirsty Son.
Owingsville, Ky., (Special). Nim
rod Byrd, 30 years old, came from
Lexington to his home, near Stoops
intoxicated, and set fire to his bed
and attempted to burn the house
Failing in this, he tried to murder
his parents, wife and child. He was
finally disarmed and locked in a
room. Byrd then broke open the
door, seized a butcher knife and was
rushing at his father, Almaza Byrd,
70 years old, when the father shot him
dead. The father then gave himself
up-
Settles for Ettel's Death.
Washington, (Special). -The Chi
nese Government has settled the claim
growing out of the killing of Loui
Etzel, the newspaper correspondent,
in a manner regarded by the State
Department as highly honorable and
satisfactory. Minister Conger has
cabled the department that the Chi
nese Government, after making an
investigation, has ordered the punish
ment of the officer and soldiers that
killed Ettel. China has undertaken
to psy an indemnity of $25,000 (Mexi
can), which will be given to the
widowed mother of Etasl in Denver
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. ,
' W ekly Crop Report.
The Weather Bureau's weekly sum
mary of crop conditions is as follows:
"In the Lake region and central
valleys the week just ended was un
seasonably cool and unfavorable for
rapid growth, but highly favorable
temperature prevails in the Southern
States and in the Rocky Mountiang
and Pacific Coatt districts. In the
districts eat of the Rocky Mountains
the rainfall, as a whole, was well
distributed and ample, too much oc
curring in the lower Missouri and Red
River of the North valleys. Por
tions of. the South Atlantic and east
Gulf States continue to need rain, al
though droughty conditions in these
districts have been largely relieved.
Rain in much needed on the im
mediate North Pacific Coast.
"In Nebraska and Kansas corn has
grown well, but in the central and
eastern portions of the corn belt
growth has been slow, as a result of
cool weather. Except in portions of
Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri,
where fields arc weedy, the crop is
in a pood state of cultivation.
'Winter wheat harvest has made
slow j rogrcss in Missouri and Kansas,
j and damage to wheat in shocks is re
! ported from the first named State
j Complaints of rust are also received
I from portions of Missouri and from
I Nebraska and Kansas. East of the
Mississippi River belter harvesting
! weather has prevailed, and this work,
as a whole, has advanced satisfactorily,
! Laving begun in Oregon and will
I soon begin in Washington.
"In the northern portion of the
spring wheat region cod wet weather
has checked rapid advancement of
I spring wheat, which, however, is gen
I erally doing well. Over the southern
I portion of the spring wheat region
i the reports indicate an improvement
' over the previous week. An improve
ment is also reported trom Washing
ton, but in Oregon the crop is heading
short, and light yields are expected.
"The general outlook for oats is
promising, but this crop has suffered
from excessive moisture on lowlands
in Minnesota and in portions of Mis
souri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. East
of the Mississippi harvesting has
made good progress in tlie more
southerly districts, but to the west
ward this work has been interrupted
by rains in Missouri and southern
Kansas.
"An improvement in cotton is gen
erally indicated throughout the cot
ton belt, and while the plant continues
small in the central and eastern dis
tricts it is now making rapid growth
throughout the belt, especially in the
central and western districts. The
crop is generally well cultivated, al
though some fields in Oklahoma and
northeastern Texas are foul. Cotton
is beginning to open in the extreme
southwestern coast counties of Texas.
"All reports respecting tobacco in
dicate that the crop is growins nicely
and is in very promising condition.
Mr. Moody WlFbeclde.
Attorney-General Moody will be
called upon to settle a question of
military law that arose in his admin
istration as Secretary of the Navy.
The question is as to whether of
ficers of the Marine Corps on the re
tired list who served with credit dur
ing the Civil War are entitled to the
benefits of advanced rank nad pay- on
the retired list, under the provisions of
the veteran retirement section of the
Army Appropriation act of April 33,
1004. Two retired marine officers
have made formal application for ad
vancement on the retired list under
the provisions of the act in question,
and a brief has been submitted to the
Navy Department in support of their
claim. Generally the laws relating to
retirements in the army apply to re
tirements in the Marine Corps, and
the only question in doubt is as to
the applicability to officers of the Ma
rine Corps of the beneficial provis
ions of the act of April 23, 1904. .
Mr. Moody declined to decide the
question while Secretary of the Navy,
but will be called upon to do so in
his new capacity as Attorney-General.
Observatory la Samoa.
Preparations are being made by the
Navy Department for the establish
ment of a branch of the United States
Naval Observatory at Tutuila, Sa
moa. This will be in charge of Profs.
John C. Hammond and Gustave Har
rison, and will be used for the ob
servations of a list of soo of the 1,507
stars adopted lor publication in nau
tical almanacs of the United States,
Great Britain, 1' ranee and Germany
This list was recommended at a con
ference in 1806 for the accurate de
termination of time. Tutuila is in
latitude 1 5 degrees south and long
itude 168 degrees west, and is consid
cred an ideal location for an obser
vatory by astronomers of this country
and Europe. A magnetic observatory
is also to be a part ot tlie proposed
Government establishment on the Tu
tuila station.
To Aid al White Honie.
First Lieutenant "Dan" T. Moore,
of the Eighteenth Battery, Field Ar
tillery, stationed at Fort Monroe, Va.,
who has been granted leave of
absence from August 16 until October
16, has been ordered on the expiration
of his leave to report to Col. Charles
S. Bromwell, Superintendent of Pub
lic Buildings and Grounds, for duty
nt the White House as one of the
military aids of President Roosevelt.
Lieutenant Moore is a native of
Alabama, but was appointed to the
Tiny from New York. During the
Spanish War he served as second
lieutenant of the Third Connecticut
Volunteer Infantry, and in April, 1899,
he was appointed second lieutenant of
the Fifteenth Regular Infantry. In
April, 1001, he was transferred to
lie Artillery Corps and became a first
lieutenant in that arm in May, 1901.
J Oirls Burned to Death.
Rajeigh, N. C, (Special). Three
girls, with age ranging from 4 to 12
year, were burned to death at Car
leigh Cotton Mill, near this city.
They were the daughters of John T.
Cole, a boss spinner. The father,
mother and two children escaped, one
of the latter, a boy, being terribly
burned. The father made frantic but
ineffectual attempts to rescue hi chil
dren. The place is isolated and had
no fire protection.
Sully Offers 40 Ccals sa tb $1.
New York, (Special). Creditors of
Daniel J. Sully & Co. met here to con
sider a new settlement proposition. It
was reported after the meeting that
the offer would involve the payment
of 40 cents on the dollar and the sug-
f estion that the legal proceedings for
urther recovery be continued on a
friendly basis. It was stated also tiiat
the assets of the Sully firm are suf
ficient to pay about 3' cents on the
dollar and that the balance of a 40
cent cash settlement will come from
interests friendly Uy a Co,
: " .
GENERAL ADVANCE BEGUN
Japanese Forcing Back (he Russians
AH Along (he Line.
FIGHTING KEiR TORT ARTHUR.
Oeneral Sakharoff Report to the Ciar That
the Jap Are Taking the Offensive Simul
taneously Along His Entire Front From the
Starhere to the Valley ol the Chinchan
River Thirty Thousand Meo la Movement
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). Gen.
cral Sakharotl, commander of th
Eastern army, in n long dispatch to
the, general sn.:T, reports outpost
skirmishes ovtr a wide territor
throughout Jr.ly r, :,d July 6, which
indicated a cer.e-:.l advance of the
Japanere, who : re driving back the
Russian ad
says the Kr.
fighting J;:!y
nitely ascer.;.
2 officers t :.
. ..c p:s'.s. Sakharofl
: l.-.sscs during the
o 1 ;.ve not been defi-
:ivd. but it is known that
t men were killed ot
wounded. He savs:
"In general we observed, July 6
that the enemy was taking the of
fensive simultaneously along his
whole front, extending from the sea
shore as far as the valley of the Chin
chan River. On the morning of July
7 a vast camp of the enemy was dis
covered in the neighborhood of Siao
Khetzza. At 8 A. M., July 7, the
enemy occupied the heights near
Baositchja.
"No rains have fallen recently."
A dispatch from Niuchwang says
General Kuroki is advancing all
along the line, and adds that Jap
anese officers are organizing Chinese
bandit bands throughout the Liao
Valley for an attack on Mukden.
The strategic plans of the Japanese,
as well as the location of their main
force and the place where their chief
blow will be struck, whether at Kai
chou, Haicheng, Liaoyang, or even
at Mukden, are still puzzling the
Russian authorities. In a general way
the Japanese seem to be withdrawing
tneir pressure southwest of Kaichou
and Liaoyang but to be maintaining
it northeast, as if contemplating a
combined attack on Ta Tche Kiao and
Liaoyang.-
The success of the Japanese flank
ing operations is disconcerting th
Russians. One by one the passes in
the mountains which the Russians had
fortified in advance with infinite pain
have been attacked by the Japanese,
who have always managed, by trails
not marked on the maps, to circum
vent the Russians. When operating
along the interior lines, with the rail
road to fecilitate the movement of
troops, the Russian general staff be
lieves this fine quality of the Japanese
will disappear, and that when the
Japanese debouch into the plains the
Russians, who are accustomed to
maneuvers in a flat country, will be
completely at home.
Later reports from the front in
dicate that the continued and increas
ing activity of the Japanese is all-important.
The advance posts of Lieu
tenant General Count Keller's force,
holding the Feng Wang Cheng road
converging on Liaoyang are faced by
a heavy Japanese force and there i
constant skirmishing in the region of
Dalin Pass. General Kuroki' blow
at the, railway which every one at the
front is expecting, may fall anywhere
between Kaichou and Liaoyang.
It .is believed that the Japanese are
?ilanning an attack of some tort be
ore the rains begin again.
Mad Mullah Fighting Again.
London, (By Cable). The Daily
Mail' Aden correspondent, under
date of July 6, says that the Mad
Mullah's forces have attacked the
Somali, killing 50, levying on the na
tives friendly to the British and steal,
ing about 1,000 sheep and 50 cattle.'
They then retired, pursued by
pioneers, who shot down 20 of the)
Mullah s men. The Daily Mail s cor
respondent at Berbera. the capital
of Somaliland, maintains that the
whole of the Somaliland campaign
has been fruitless, the Mullah retain
ing full control of his particular re
gion. Rockets Hembard Audience.
Tacoma, Wash., (Special). Fire
works which were to have been set off
in Wright Park as a final to a big;
Fourth of July celebration caught first
from almost Uie first rocket that was
sent up, and in an instant the entire
heap of explosives was flying in every
direction. About four dozen eight
pound rockets flew through the
audience of 30,000 persons, creating
a panic in which many were injured.:
Others were struck by the flying ex
plosives, and it was estimated that
as many as 50 vere injured but noils'
fatally.
For Corregan and Cox.
New York, (Special). Charles H.
Corregan of New York and William
W. Cox of Illinois were chosen as
candidates for President and Vice
President, respectively, by the Na
tional Convention of the Socialist
Labor partV, in session here. The
candidates, both of whom were mem
bers of the Convention, each re
sponded to demands for a speech.
George F. Kroehl, president of the
First National Bank of Asbury Park,
was acquitted of the charge of mak
ing false entries in the book of the
bank.
Rev. Silas C. Swallow, the Prohi
bition candidate for president, will
be officially notified July 22, at Indian
apolis. Talked About His Mother.
Hopkinsville, Ky., (Special). Mack
Hern, of Paducah, aged 28, shot and
killed his father, James Hern, aged
60, a barkeeper. The dead man had"
been divorced and married again, and
the son took offence at remark made
against his mother and they exchanged
blows. Later young Hern walked into
the saloon and shot his father, "I'd
kill two fathers if they talked about
my mothcrl" is his explanation. ( .
Twlas Roach Age at 7. I 1 I
Bridgeport, Conn., (Special).-
Julius H. and Junius N. Benham
probably the oldest twin in the Uni.
ted State, celebrated the eighty,
leventb anniversary of their birth with
a shore dinner, which they gave to
several of their friends at a summer
retort near this city. The two halt
old men look alike, dress alike, speak)
alike, and some of their friends say.
think alike. They were born on July
B. 11 7. in Middlebnry, Conn. Botht
are builders, and have erected many
of Bridgeport's important structures!
including three churches.