MR. PARKER'S LETTER
Democratic Nominee States the Issues
Before the People.
TBATHE WILL DO IF HE IS ELECTED.
Mr. Parker Says Tariff Reform Should Be
Pradeatljr tad Sagaciously Undertaken, oq
Scleallflc Principles, la the Eod Thit There
Shonld Not Be As Immediate Revolution In
Eilsllog Conditions.
New York (Special). The letter of
Judge Alton B. Tarker, accepting the
Democratic nomination for President,
was made public Sunday night. It
is, in part, as follows:
To the Honorable Champ Clark and
Others, Committee, etc.:
Gentlemen In my response to your
Committee, at the formal notification
proceedings, I referred to some mat
ters not mentioned in this letter. I
desire that these be considered as in
corporated herein, and regret that lack
of space prevents specific reference
to them all. I wish here, however,
gain to refer to my views there ex
pressed as to the gold standard, to
declare again my unqualified belief
in said standard, and to express my
appreciation l f the action of the con
vention in reply to my communica
tion upon that subject.
Grave public questions are pressing
for decision. The Democratic party
appeals to the people with confidence
that its position on these questions
will be accepted and indorsed at the
polls. While the issues involved are
numerous, some stand forth pre-emi
tient in the public mind. Among these
are tariff reform, imperialism, eco
nomical administration and honesty in
the public service. I shall briefly con
sider these and some others within
the necessarily prescribed limits of
this letter.
Presidential Prerogatives.
While I presented my views at the
notification proceedings concerning
this vital issue, the overshadowing im
portance of this question impels me
to refer to it again. The issue is oft
entimes referred to as constitutional
ism vs. imperialism.
If we would retain our liberties and
constitutional rights unimpaired, we
cannot permit or tolerate, at any time
or for any purpose, the arrogation of
unconstitutional powers by the execu
tive branch of our arovernment. We
should be ever mindful of the words
cf Webster, "Liberty is only to be
preserved by maintaining ennstitution
al restraints and just divisions of po
litical powers."
Already the national government
las become centralized beyond any
point contemplated or imagined by
the framers of the Constitution. How
tremendously all this has added to
the power of the President. It has
developed from year to year until it
almost equals that of many monarchs.
While the growth of our country and
the magnitude of interstate interests
may seem to furnish a plausible rea
son for this centralization of power,
yet these same facts afford the most
potent reason why the executive
should not be permitted to encroach
upon the other departments of the
government, and assume legislative,
or other powers, nt expressly con
ferred by the Constitution.
The magnitude of the country and
Its diversity of interests and popula
tion would enable a determined, am
bitious and able executive, unmindful
of constitutional limitations and fired
with the lust of power, to go far in
the usurpation of authority and the
aggrandizement of personal power be
fore the situation could be fully ap
preciated or the people be aroused.
In Conclusion.
I have put aside a congenial work,
to which 1 had expected to dete my
life, in order to assume, as best 1
can, the responsibilities your conven
tion put upon me.
I solicit the cordial co-operation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that a change of measures and
of men at this time would be wise,
nd urge harmony of endeavor as
well as vigorous action on the part
of all so minded.
The issues are joined and the peo
ple must render the verdict.
Shall economy of administratis be
demanded or shall extravagance be
encouraged?
Shall the wrongdoer be brought to
lay by the people, or must justice
wait upon political obligarchy?
Shall our government stand for
equal opportunity or for special priv
ilege? Shall it remain a government of law
or become one of individual caprice?
Shall we cling to the rule of the
people, or- shall -we embrace benefi
cent despotism?
With calmness and confidence we
wait the people's verdict.
If called to the office of President,
f shall consider myself the chief mag
istrate of all the people and not of any
(action, and shall ever be mindful of
the fact that on many questions of na
tional policy there are honest differ
tnees of opinion. I believe in the pa
triotism, good sense and absolute sin
lerity of all the people. I shall etrive
to remember that he may serve his
party best who serves his country
best
If it be the wish of the people that
I undertake the duties of the presi
dncy, I pledge myself, with God's
help, to devote all my powers and en
ergy to the duties of tins exalted office.
Very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER.
Hoar Gradually Pissing 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
illness. Only the immediate members
of the Senators family are admitted to
the sick chamber, and he spends most
of his time asleep. The bulletin read.:
"Senator Hoar has been weaker
since Friday, passing most of the time
in sleep and refusing to take his medi
cine or nourishment."
01ft of 15)0,000.
, Philadelphia (Special). The Public
Ledger says that a contribution, sup
posed to amount to $500,000, has been
, made to the University of Pennsyl
vania to form the nucleus of an en
dowment fund to meet the current ex
penses of the institution. The actual
mount of the gift and the identity of
the donor will be announced next Fri
day at the opening exercises. Provost
Harrison and other members of the
faculty, beyond admitting that a large
arift had been presented, would say
aWtbing concerning the contribution.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Litest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.
The special train carrying the Arch
bishop of Canterbury and J. P. Mor
gan, with their party, to Washington
ran into a locomotive at North Brook
field, Mass. The numbers of the
party were shaken up, but nobody was
I1UI I.
A cablecram from Carara -
York says that criminal charges are
to be brought against the Asphalt
iruM, wnicn is accused of fomenting
a revolution in Venezuela.
The First National Bank of Dun
dee, 111., sued Tracy & Co., stock
brokers, of Cilicago, for $41,400 lost
in margins by the bank's cashier, who
cmoczzica tne money.
In a fight at the plant of the Fitt
burg Steel Company, at Ghssport, Pa.,
between strikers and unionists, G. W.
Fidlar, a deputy, was fatally shot.
Senator Gorman had a conference
with Judge Parker at which Dan La
mont was present. General Miles is
to take the stump fr the Democrats.
SebaMion Fasancillo was arrested in
New York on the charge of silling
bogus naturalization certificates.
Final arrangements were completed
for the national Convention of the
Republican Clubs at Indianapolis.
Dr. George S. Cunant, of New York,
willed his brain to the medical faculty
of Cornell University.
The National Council of Good Sa
maritans closed its session in In
dianapolis. A reunion of Wilder's Brigade was
held in Lafayette, Ind.
R. M. Alcivar, a Mexican passener
on the Hamburg - American Line
steamer Prinz Oskar from New York
to Genoa, became insane upon the ar
rival of the ship at Genoa and shot
Captain Dugge, in command of the
steamer, and Frank R. Shattuck, a
prominent Philadelphia lawyer.
Roy Fenton, the driver of the ex
press wagon from which the dynamite
was dropped that caused the blowing
up of a street car in Melrose, Mass ,
was held on the charge of manslaugh
ter. Justice D. Cady Hcrrick, Democrat
ic nominee for governor of New York,
has arranged to resign from the Su
preme Bench as soon as he can finish
the legal work now before him.
Charges of discrimination were filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by John Compton, of Georgia,
against the Seaboard and the South
ern Railroad Companies.
Caspara Lamonica and Restiro
Franch, two Italians, held for passing
counterfeit money, were discharged
by the L'nited States commissioner at
Mobile, Ala.
An attempt was made to dynamite
the residence of President J. C. Ma-
ben, of the Sloss-Shefficld Steel and
Iron Company, in Birmingham, Ala.
The executive committee cf the
Continental party named Austin Hoi
comb, of Georgia, for president, and
A. King, of Missouri, for vice presi
dent. The Erie Railroad Company has
brought non-union men to take the
places of the locked-out boilermakers
at their shops in Susquehanna, Pa.
The Postmaster General has award
ed the contract to supply street lerter
and package boxes to the Van Dorn
Iron Works tf Chicago.
George Vollner, a Brooklyn ma
chinist, and Samuel Schotten, of New
York, both committed suicide because
they could get no work.
In a quarrel over the spoils of a
burglary Frank Shoemaker was fatal
ly shot in Jackson, Mich., by his pal.
Four Egyptian students bound for
the University of Missouri have been
held up by the Italian immigration
authorities at Naples.
The insurance commissioners of the
various states will endeavor to pre
vent the use of the mails by wild
cat insurance companies.
Charles A. Semlcr, assistant cash
ier of an Akron (O.) national bank,
has been arrested at San Francisco for
embezzlement.
The fireman was killed and the en
gineer seriously injured by the derail
ment of the Diamond special at Bar
clay, 111.
One woman was killed and a num
ber had narrow escape- from death in
a tenement-house fire in Jersey City.
Six persons were killed and many
injured by the blowing to pieces of a
trolley near Melrose, Mass.
The State of Tennessee has sued
the Standard Oil Company for vio
lating the Anti-Trust Law.
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows will meet at Washington, D. C,
next year.
Engineer William D. Simonton was
burned to death in a wreck near Lcck
burn, O.
Forty thousand bushels of wheat
were burned in an elevator ?.i St.
Jo!eph, Mo.
Suit was begun by the United States
against the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany of Maryland to recover on the
bond of Charles F. W. Neely.
Forclf a.
The unveiling of the monument to
Catherine the Great, at Vilna, Rus
sia, was a notable event. It is ex
pected that Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky,
the new minister of the interior, will
shortly announce important conces
sions to the Jews.
The Institute of International Law,
at Edinburgh, discussed Sir Thomas
Barclay's proposal for a permanent
committee to deal with questions aris
ing out of practice before The Hague
Court.
The jury in Dover, England, that
inquired into the death of Charles B.
Spt.hr, of New York, brought in a
verdict of "found drowned."
Rev. Samuel Ives Curtiss, of Chi
cago Theological Seminary, died at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in Lon
don. The Congress of Freethinkers, it.
session in Rome, decided to hold their
next meeting in Paris in 1005.
Vesuvius has been more active,
ashes and sparks rising from the
crater to a height of 700 feet.
Count Tisza, the Hungarian minis
ter of the interior, has prohibited Mor
mon propaganda within Hungary. Two
Mormon missionaries from Salt Lake
City have been expelled.
Walter Severn, presUtnt of the
Dudley Gallery Art Society of Lon
don, is dead. He was born in Rome
in 1830.
Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul is unofficial
ly mentioned as the new minister from
Venezuela to the United States.
A supposed anarchist attempted to
shoot the chief of police of Odessa,
Russia, but was seized by Prince Obo
lensky, and after a desperate strug
gle overcome.
The Chinese government has apol
ogized for the assault made upon Cap
tain Laribe. of the French Legation
award, at Peking.
SIXTY-TWO ARE NOW DEAD
Victims of Sonthera Railwaj Wreck May
Even Exceed That Mnmber.
DID ENGINEER DIE IN HIS CAB?
1
The Injured Reach 129 One Conjecture As to
Reason Why He Dlarefardtd Orders Not
to Stop at Newmarket, Tenn Railway's
Loss Estimated at Nearly, $1.000.060-Rljld
Investlf ation to Be Held Traffic Resumed.
Knoxviltc, Tenn. (Special). Run
ning on a roadbed in a supposedly high
condition of maintenance and having
about them every safeguard known to
modern railroading, two trains on the
Southern Railway, carrying heavy
lists of passengers, came together in
a frightful headend collision near
Hodges, Tenn., sending 54 people to
death and injuring 120, several of
whom will probably die.
This appalling loss of life resulted
apparently from the disregarding of
orders given to the two trains tD
meet at a station which has for a
long time been their regular meeting
point. The claim of failure to see
either the station or signals cannot
be set up by the engineer of the west
bound train were he alive to enter
a plea of defense, as the accident hap
pened in broad daylight and, accord
ing to the best information obtain
able, he had the order in a little frame
in front of him as his engine rushed
by Newmarket Station. Soon after
it came full upon an eastbound pas
senger train, making for Newmarket
in compliance with instructions to
meet the westbound train which car
ried the sleepers from the East for
Knoxville, Chattanooga and other
Southern cities.
.Orders Rashly Disobeyed.
The possibilitv exists that the ill-
fated engineer may have been asleep,
but nothing is known save that the
orders were not obtyed. The trains
were en time and r.ot making over 35
raile6 an hour, yet the impact as they
rounded a curve and came sudden'y
upon each other was frightful. Both
engines and the major portion of both
trains were demolished, and why the
orders were disregarded or misinter
preted will probably never be
known, as the engineers of the two
trains were crushed, their bodies re
maining for hours under the wreck
age of the locomotives, which but a
second before had leaped forward at
the touch of their strong hands upon
the throttle.
Some of the bodies have not vet
been recovered and many remain uni
dentified.
CASUALTIES OCCURRED IN HEAVY TRAIN.
Only tie Engine Crew Were Killed on the
Light Local.
Knoxville, Tenn. (Special). The
collision was between eastbound pas
senger train No. 12 and westbound
passenger train No. 15, from Bristol.
No. 12 was a heavy train, carrying
two Pullmans, two day coaches and
a mail and baggage car. No. 15 was
a light local train. The greatest loss
of life o-curred in the eastbound train,
while in the westbound train only the
engine crew were killed. Relief trains
were dispatched from Knoxville with
in an hour, and all physicians in the
vicinity of the wreck were doing what
they could when the local corps ar
rived. An Editor's Story.
John W. Brown, of Rogersville,
Tenn., a newspaper editor, was in the
reat coach aof the westbound train.
When the fearful jolt came, he said,
all the seats in the car were torn
loose, and people and seats were
hurled to the front of the car. When
he recovered from the shock he heard
the screams and groans of the injured
and dying in every direction.
"I left the car," said Mr. Brown,
"as soon as 1 could, and walked jo the
main part of the wreck. It was the
most horrible sight I ever witnessed.
I saw a woman pinioned by a piece
of split timber, which has gone com
pletely through her body. A little
child, quivering in death's agony,
lay beneath Vie wiman. I saw
the child die, and within a few feet
m' her lay a woman's head, while the
decapitated body was several feet
away.
"Another little girl, whose body was
fearfully mangled, was calling for her
mother. I have since learned that
she was Lucille Conner, of Knoxville,
and that both her parents were killed.
I heard one womai., terribly mangled,
praying earnestly to be spared for her
children, but death relieved her suf
fering in a few minutes.
Sleepers Not Damaged.
"Both engines and all of the coaches
of No. 15 were literally demolished,
th? smoker and baggage car com
pletely so. The sleepers remained on
the track undamaged. Both engines
lay to the north of the track, jammed
together into one mass of indescrib
able ruins. The cars which were de
molished were piled on the wrecked
engine.
Congressman Henry R. Gibson,
from the Second congressional dis
trict of Tennessee, was a passenger
in the day coach of the eastbound
train. He and one other man, whose
name is not known, were the only
persons to escape alive from their de
molished car.
One glance at the car showed it to
be a mass of human beings, backs of
ur seats, grips, baskets and wearing
ipparel 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.
Cossal at Geneva Assaulted.
Paris (By Cable). A dispatch from
Geneva says that the report cabled to
the United States by a news agency
of an assault upon H. L. Washing
ton, the American Consul at Geneva,
greatly exaggerated the incident. The
Consul himself says the affair was
unimportant. Mr. Washington drove
his automobile into a herd of cattle
near Coppet, and an enraged herds
man attacked him, injuring him
slightly.
New $40,001 Alrsala.
Berlin (By Cable). Count von Zep
pelin's new sirship, which is building
it Manzell, Wurtemberg, although
smaller than that of 1900, which was
more than oo feet long, will be driven
by an 80-horiepower motor, compared
with a 24-horsepower motor for the
airships of 1000. The Count relies on
the greater horsepower to drrea sue.
cessfully the lighter aluminum car.
The new machine, which closely fol
lows thf Count's previous models, cost
U0.000.
MET Aim DEATH.
K'mt Little Girls Sul(o:attd to School-yard
Vault-Flooring Qave Way.
Cincinnati, (Special). School had
closed but a few minutes at Pleasant
Ridge seven miles north of Cincinnati
at the end of the first quarter of the
session, when, 9 possibly 10, school
girls were suffocated in a vault and a
score of others narrowly escaped the
same horible death.
During the rest of the day the sub-
urD was wild with mingled excitement
sorrow and indignation. At night
those openly charging the calamity to
official negligence are making serious
threats.
The large building is used for a high
school as well as fjr lower depart
ments. All of the victims were from
primary grades.
Girls Made A Rush.
On opposite sides of the spacious
ground in rear of the school are two
outbuildings. When recess was given
about ,10 of the smaller girls went to
the outbuilding assigned to them
when suddenly the floor gave way, pre-
cipitating them into the vault below.
This vault is 12 feet deep and walled
up with stone like a well. The child
ren falling foremost filled up the vault
partially, so that others were not en
tirely submerged. The struggles of
those who were on top kept at least
nine underneath until they were dead.
The frame sheds of these vaults
were about 20 feet square, without
windows and with only one narruw
doorway, so that only one girl escaped
from the door. She ran into the
building and told the teachers what
had happened. The principal and oth
er teachers rushed to the rescue. The
screams of the girls were dimly heard
within the vault, and most of them
were unable to speak when rescued.
The teachers were soon reinforced by
almost the entire population of the
town, the police and fire departments
rendering effective service. The fire
men drained the vault to be sure that
the resuce was complete.
Those engaged in the rescue work
recite the most ghastly experiences.
Even the children rescued alive pre
sented such an apeparance as to make
many in the crowd of spectators faint,
but the sight within the vault beg
gared all description.
Among the first to come to the re
lief of Principal Simmerman were Rev.
Dr. I. D. Lambert, of the Presbyterian
Church, and Frank S. Johnson, of the
Herald and Presbyter, of Cincinnati.
Rescued By Means Of Flag.
James Smith, aged 14 years, one of
the pupils, climed the roof of the
schoolhouse, untied the flag and ran to
the vault. By means of this impromp
tu rope several were rescued. Later
a ladder was Uoed. Marshal Wood
had great difficulty in keeping the
crowd from interfering with the res
cuers. The importunities of friends,
especially of weeping mothers, were
almost beyond the control of the offi
cers. Drs. U. G. Sehour and P. J. Shank,
with their assistants, use.! the school
building for a hospital and a morgue
until the dead and the rescued were
taken to their homes.
Smallest Suffered Most
Frank S. Johnson said:
"I was standing across the street
talking to Dr. Lambert, when a little
girl came crying for help. We found
Principal Simmerman saving lives.
The smaller girls were being forced
to the bottom by the movements and
terrific struggles of the children in the
vault. Up the ladder climbed the VttU
ones, drenched, gasping for breath, and
aiming as soon as taxen out into the
fresh air.
"As fast as thev came within reach
of the door those who stood at the
doorway reached down, lifted -them
from the ladder and passed them to
waiting friends. It was not possi
ble for any outsider to go down into
the vault for the reason that he would
have impeded the little ones who
were climbing out, and then men went
in and rescued those who remained."
Lucky Escape Of A Twin.
William J. Card, of Cincinnati, had
three daughters in the place, of whom
Charmian and'Fausta lost their lives.
Rotha. the twin sister of Fausta. nar
rowly escaped death. When the crowd
of girls rushed into the place Rotlfa
was knocked out of the door irKo the
yard just before the collapse occurred.
Reports about the floor having given
way last year are deniej by the school
trustees, but there .s an angry dispo
sition to blame those who are respon
sible for its condition.
Montreal Has a Big Fire.
Montreal, Quebec (Special). The
buildings of the Canada Hardware
Company, the central agency, which
is the Canadian branch of the London
Thread Trust, and of Oiannt Fit. lb
Co., one of the largest wholesale gro
cery ana liquor nouses in Canada,
were burned early today. The loss
is estimated at $750,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
The Executive Council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has officially
indorsed the strike of the textile oper
ators of Fall River. Mass.
Rear Admiral Ludlow, U. S. N.,
retired, was assigned to duty as gov
ernor of the new naval home, at Phil
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 Postoffice 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
themselves in the Philippines.
The first payment on account of
the purchase of friar lands in the Phil
ippines was authorized by the War
Department.
As a remedy for desertion from the
Army, General Grant recommends that
deserters be sent to military prisons
and put at hard labor.
The War Department has asked the
assistance of the Department of fus
tic in securing the arrest of Capt.
Ira Keithley.
A petition was filed to have the
American German Bank of Sidney, O.,
and all its stockholders declared bankrupt.
GEN. KUROKI ADVANCES
His Purpose Is Believed to Be to Torn
Russian Left Flank.
YENTAI MINES ARE NOW OCCUPIED.
Japanese Capture of Mukden Is Expected Soon
A Detachment of. the Mikado's Soldiers
Makes a Dash lo Tlellng and Drives
Off a Body of the Enemy, Who Leave 19
Dead.
St. Petersburg (By Ctble). A dis
patch received here from Mukden
gives details of the Japanese positions
as follows:
General Kuroki has concentrated
one army with the distance between
Bentsiaputze and Bcnsihu as its ra
dins, and his advance is pushing for
ward along the road leading to Fu
irhun and Fu Pass. The advance
forces of two other armies occupy
the Vcntai mines, the villaee of lcf
tai and Sandenu. The front of these
three armies is protected by an out
post screen, which Chinese are not
allowed to pass. A small Japanese
detachment is moving along the left
bank of the Liao river in order to pro
tect junks.
The same dispatch reports that Chi
nese bandits are openly siding with
the Japanese. The weather at Muk
den is rainy and windy. Cold has pre
maturely set in.
The absence of detailed official re
ports from the seat of war, despite
the important character of events that
are developing around Mukden, leads
to the supposition that General Ku
ropatkin may, after all. not seriously
contest the Japanese advance and that
the long-expected battle at Mukden
may turn out to be merely a rear
guard action upon a large scale.
General Sakharoff reports that the
Japanese army is moving from Bent
siaputze toward Fu Pass, a village six
miles northeast of Mukden and near
the right bank of the Hun river. The
river at that point is shallow, and
probably for this reason the locality
has been selected by the Japanese for
crossing.
If the Japanese succeed in gaining
a foothold at Fu Pass, General Ku
ropatkin's position at Mukden will be
insecure, as the Japanese will be able
to threaten the Russian line of com
munications and turn the left flank.
Fu Pass is only 20 miles north of
Bentsiaputze. but at the present rate
of progress the Japanese will prob
ably occupy four or five days in trav
ersing it.
The Russian force south of Muk
den is believed to consist of only one
army corps, which is acting as a rear
guard and is not intended to. offer a
serious resistance to the Japanese ad-
FIQHT 'JN AT PORT ARTHUR.
Lasd sad Sea Forces Are Endeavoring; fo
Storm Fortress.
Paris (By Cable). The Matin's St.
Petersburg correspondent telegraphs
as follows:
"Telegrams of which the General
Staff have as yet no knowledge reach
ed the Emperor at 4 o'clock A. M. I
can affirm that they concern Port Ar
thur, regarding which place the great
est anxiety prevails at Court.
"The Japanese are now engaged in
a general assault, which is more furi
ous than its predecessors, attacking
the town on three sides simultaneous
ly and employing their whole forces,
being determined to finish the busi
ness. Russian mines blew up whole
battalions. General Fock especially
distinguished himself, directing the
fire from the wall, which the Japanese
reached after indescribable massacre.
"The whole of Admiral Togo's and
Vice Admiral Kamimura's squadrons
are aiding in the struggle, which, i
is feared here, will be final. The be
sieged forces are fighting as in a fur
nace. A perfect storm of shells is fall
ing 011 the town, port and fortress
from the whole hill and roadstead.
General Stoessel is going from fort
to fort encouraging the defenders in
their desperate efforts.
"In St. Petersburg the facts con
cerning the tragic event, which per
haps will terminate by a glorious fall
of Port Arthur, are wholly unknown.
At court hope has not yet been en
tirely abandoned."
Kuropatkla No Longer Chief.
General Kuropatkin's star is set
ting. The Czar appears to have lost faith
in him as the commander-in-chief of
the Manchurian army. Under an im
perial rescript just issued the army
is divided. General Kuropatkin is to
command the first army and Major
General Grippenberg the second army.
Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovitch
will, it is believed, become the commander-in-chief
of the Manchurian
armies, which will be . increased to
700,000 men. Viceroy Alexieff will
likely be recalled.
Accompany the several hundred
thousand more men to be cnt to the
front will be 600 field and rapid-fire
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 Manchurian Army, to
succeed Lieutenant General Linrvitch.
The Russian forces in Manchuria are
thus divided into two armies.
M Years la the Navy.
Washington, I). C. (Special). Ad
miral George Dewey received the con
gratulations of his fellow-otficers and
friends 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 flowers.
Peaesr Breaks Record.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). A special
chartered train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad has broken all previous rec
ords on- that line between Philadelphia
and Chicago, making the 822 miles in
16 hours and 57 minutes. The train
left Philadelphia at 4:08 P. M., arriv
ing in Pittsburg at 12:02 next morning
and Chicago at 9:05 A. M. The train
was chartered by a Chicago business
man desirous of arriving in Chicago
in the quickest possible time to elo.ie
t business transaction said to involve
$250,000.
MR. FAIRBANKS LETTER.
His Formal Acceptaace of the Republican
Nomination.
Indianapolis (Special). The letter
of acceptance of Senator Fairbanks,
Republican nominee for vice presi
dent, is, in part, as follows:
The Hon. Elihu Rott, Chairman of
Notification Committee:
Dear Sir In accordance with the
promise made when you formally noti
fied me of my nomination for vice
president, I avail myself of this op
portunity to submit to you, and
throug;i you to my fellow-citizens,
some further views with respect to
the questions in issue before the peo
ple. The principles which are so frankly
nnd fclicitiously. expressed in the plat
form adopted by the Republican Na
tional Convention meet with my hearti
est approval. In the main, they have
been subjected to the test of actual
experience, and have been found to
be well suited to our industrial and
national needs. They have brought
us to a high state of material devel
opment, and have made the nation's
name respected among the powers of
the earth.
The utterances of political parties
must be interpreted in the light of that
practical construction which they have
put upon them when intrusted with
power. It is not alone what they
say, but what they will do, which
should weigh in determining their ca
pacity to administer public affairs.
We have had two administrations
in the last seven years which have
been governed by the same politics.
We may consult the trade reports in
vain to discover when the one ended
and the other began. Both were
obliged to make vast expenditures for
much-needed, public works. The rap
idly expanding needs of the govern
ment business must be met. The na
tional equipment must keep pace with
our national growth, yet always with
due regard to the principles of sound
economy in public expenditure. We
have pursued no parsimonious policy
on the one hand, nor indulged in ex
travagance on the other. We have
measured the public expense by the
public necessity.
The convention did well in its hearty
commendation of the administration of
President Roosevelt. This is sharply
challenged by the opposition. We ac
cept the issue with confidence. The
President assumed the responsibilities
of chief executive w-ith a pledge to
carry out the policy of his beloved and
lamented predecessor. He kept the
Cabinet of President McKinley, com
posed of statesmen of eminent ability,
in whom the country placed entire
confidence. He carried forward the
uncompleted work faithfully and suc
cessfully. The pledge has been kept
scrupulously; the promise has been
fulfilled. Peace and good order have
been maintained. Domestic and for
eign trade have increased, and rela
tions of amity have been preserved
with foreign powers.
The foreign policy of the adminis
tration has been conservative, just and
firm, and has made for the advance
ment of peace. Time and events have
given us a larger place in interna
tional affairs. While we have 'enlarged
our foreign commerce, we have in
creased our prestige abroad, not with
the sword, but with the peaceful
agency of enlightened diplomacy.
Thirty treaties have been concluded
and proclaimed, and stand to the cred
it of the administration. Some of
these are of far-reaching importance.
Among the number are the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty, superseding the
Clayton-Bulwer convention, which
stood in the way of the construction
of an isthmian canal; the Panama
Canal Treaty, the Alaskan Boundary.
1 reaty, and commercial treaties with
China and with Cuba.
Events in the Far East suggest the
wisdom and necessity of a continu
ance of the present foreign policy. We
have maintained exact neutrality be
tween Russia and Japan. At the be
ginning of the war between them
they assented to the suggestion made
by the administration, limiting tbe
zone of hostilities. This tends to pre
serve the open door in the Orient, so
important and so much desired in the
expansion of our commerce. It is
the policy of the administration, pred
icated upon the soundest national pru
dence, to settle and remove by treaty,
as far as possible, those international
differences which lead to future fric
tion. We favor the adjustment of interna
tional disagreements by an anneal to
reason rather than to arms. X great
majority of the questions which arise
between rations may, without compro
mising the national honor, be sub
mitted to arbitration. The adminis
tration of President McKinley did well
to aid in the creation of The Hague
Tribunal, and President Roosevelt is
entitled to great credit for being the
first to invoke its jurisdiction in the
settlement of the Pious Fund cases.
Our relations with the world were
never better. We have avoided all en
tangling alliances, and, in the lan
guage of the eminent Secretary of
State, "We are without an ally and
without an enemy."
Very respectfully yours,
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS.
FINANCIAL
"If 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 sec
ond preferred stock.
Lehigh Valley's annual statement
will likely "come out this week. It
will show about 12 per cent, earned
on the $40,000,000 of stock.
Since July : this country has ex
ported wheat and wheat flour to the
amount of 15.000,000 bushels, com
pared with .1 j ,000,000 for the same
period in 1003.
Canada's wheat yield is put at 58.
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 import wheat more cheaply
than it can be grown at home,
A new Japanese loan is talked of.
Net earnings in United States Steel
for 1004 will reach $70,000,000. It
takes $35,000,000 to pay the bond in
terest.
Last year the Steel Corporation
made 8,658,301 tons of coke as against
9,5211657 tons in 1002. Estimates of
this years coke production exceed
7,500,000 tons.
There are persistent rumors that
the New York, Philadelphia Nor
folk Railroad is to be absorbed by the.
Philadelphia, Baltimore Washing
ton, or rather that the two are to be
merged into one Company.
BLOWN IIP BY DYNAMITEl
Nme Persons Killed and Many Were)
Injured.
WAS AN APPALLING SPECTACLE.'
Oronnd In the Vlnclnlty of the Accident
Strewn With Less and Arms and Writhing
Mantled Bodies The Force of the Explo
ilia WasSoOieat That the Front Dashboard
Was Hurled More Than Fifty Feet
Melrose, Mass. (Special). An out
ward bound election car, containing 32
persons, was blown to pieces in this
city by striking a 50-pound box of
dynamite that had fallen off an ex
press wagon. Six persons were killed
outright, 3 more died of their injuries
within an hour and 19 others on the
car were taken to the two hospitals,
suffering from severe injuries. At
least a score of persons in the vicinity
of the explosion were hurt by flying
glass and splinters.
So great was the force of the ex
plosion that all but 10 feet of the rear
portion of the car was blown into
small pieces, while windows within a
radius of a quarter of a mile were
shattered.
A Gruesome Scene.
The immediate vicinity of the acci
dent presented a fearful spectacle
when those in the neighborhood
reached the scene. The ground was
strewn with legs, arms and other por
tions of the bodies of those who had
been killed, while shrieks and groans
came from the writhing forms of the
injured.
The car contained mostly men on
their way to their homes, and the in
jured were cared for until the physi
cians, not only from Melrose, but
from Medford, Everett and Maiden
reached the scene.
For more than three hours there
was the greatest confusion, and it
was difficult to obtain the names of
any of the dead or injured, or to ascer
tain the cause of the accident.
Thousands of people rushed about
trying to. find relatives and friends,
and the hospitals were besieged.
The Driver Arrested.
The police arrested Roy Fenton,
driver of an express wagon. Fenton,
it was learned, was carrying two 50
pound boxes of dynamite on his wagon
and did not know until he reached the
express office that one of the boxes
had dropped off. He hurried back in
the hope of picking it up, but the elec
tric car reached the box first.
The force of the explosion was ter
rific, and the report was heard many
miles. Directly opposite the scene
was the Masonic Building, every win
dow of which was shattered, and
through one of the windows a human
foot was blown. A score of persons
within a hundred yards of the car
were knocked down and rendered deaf
by the concussion.
$2,000,000 FOR FRIAR LANDS.
First Payment Made Through the Bank of
foiland.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
first payment of $2,000,000 on account
of the purchase of the friar land in the
Philippines was authorized by the War
Department.
There has been on deposit in New
York since last December the fund
of $7,236,000 realized from the sale of
bonds authorized to be issued in pur
chase of the friars' lands, and a draft
for this first payment will be made
on the Bank of England, which will
pay over the money to the SociedaJ
Agricola del Ultramar. The comple
tion of these purchases was delayed
by the great difficulties experienced in
securing a clear title from the friars,
some of whom attempted to convey
their lands to private individuals and
business corporations to prevent their
seizure during the Philippine insur
rection. Populist Presidential Electors.
Joliet, 111. (Special). The National!
Populist Committee announces that it
will have presidential electors for Wat
son and Tibbies in every state in the;
Union, with the possible exception ofj
two. The electors are already namedj
in all except 10 of these states, and
the work will be completed as rapidly
as possible. The committee hopes to
build up sufficient strength at this elec
tion to make petitions unnecessary
four years hence. !
Spreading Ralls Cause Wreck.
Columbus, Ohio (Special). A pas
senger train on the Norfolk and Western-
road was wrecked at Lockburn by.
spreading rails. The engine, tender,
and baggage car were derailed, but the,
passenger cars remained on the track.l
None of the passengers were injured.'
Engineer William D, Simonton, of this,
city, was burned to death under his!
engine. Fireman Fred W. Kyle, of
Columbus, was fatally scalded. !
t , Mexican Coasal Strickea.
New York (Special). John N. Na-,
varro, Consul General for Mexico in
this city, was stricken with what is
believed to be apoplexy on a New
York Central and Hudson River Rnil-,
road train on his return here after a
trip to his native country. He is it) a
serious condition. Mr. Navarro is 81,
years old. I
Vesuvius Pyrotechnics.
Naples (By Cable). Vesuvius Is,
gradually becoming more active. The!
crust around the crater has broken
away, and produced magnificent flur
ries ,of red hot ashes and sparks of,
fire, -which rise occasionally in im
mense columns to a height of 700
feet, accompanied by loud detona.j
ions and slight .earthquakes, the
sound resembling a bombardment by
artillery.
Dnrilars Oct 14,000. ',
Charleston, S. C, (Special).--It was
discovered that expert safecrackers
entered the postoffice at Kingstree, 5.
r . near this city, and openinar the if
with blacksmith- tools atolen from a!
nearby ' shop extracted a package of
. iwm uMrtaaed to tha Hank I
tree, $jo in postoffice funds, about
$150 worth of stamps and about $500
worth ot jewelry belonging to post-J
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the burglars. The money for the banal
bad been sent from Charleston 00J
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