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pn Hear Neb. ^^^pP^IATiON, NOT REVOLUTION iSisP^ Condemns Taft For Stand on Cam paign Publicity ? Republican Party Impotent to Secure Relief ?Will Convene Congress. Lincoln, Xeb.?In the presence of over 20,000 people, William J. Bryan was informed tbat he is the Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Hon. Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama, chairman o? the Notification Committee, said the Democratic convention stood for the conservatism of government under a written Constitution. Where the notification speech was not controversial Mr. Bryan confined Tiimoolf tViroo nneitivp rlpolaratinns The immediate convening of Congress in extraordinary session following his inauguration, if elected, to pass a measure for the election of United States Senators by popular vote. The radical amendment of rules of procedure in the House of Representatives to bring it '"into harmony with the ideas of those who framed our Constitution and founded our Government." A promise that if the reforms proposed by the Democratic platform are not applied to the Federal Government now, other reforms will have to be applied at some time in the future. Nomination Accepted. In reply to Mr. Clayton, Mr. Bryan said: Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee?I cannot accept the nomination which you officially tender without first acknowledging my deep indebtedness to the Democratic party for the extraordinary honor which it has conferred upon me. Having twice before been a candidate for the Presidency, in campaigns which ended in defeat, a third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in the principles and policies for which I, with a multitude of others, have contended. As these principles and policies have given me whatever political strength I possess, the action of the convention not only renews my faith in them, but strengthens my attachment to them. A Platform is Binding. I shall, in the near future, prepare a more formal reply to your notification, and, in that letter of acceptance, will deal with the platform in detail. It is sufficient, at this time, to assure you that I am in hearty accord with Dotn tne letter ana me spirit 01 tne platform. I indorse it as a whole and in part, and shall, if elected, regard its declarations as binding upon me. And, I may add, a platform is binding as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. According to the Democratic idea, the people think for themselves and select officials to carry out their wishes. The voters are the sovereigns, the officials are the servants, employed for a fixed time and at a stated salary to do what the sovereigns want done, and to do it in a way the sovereigns want it done. Platforms are entirely in harmony with this Democratic idea. A platform announces the party's position on the questions which are at issue; and an official is not at liberty to use the authority vested in him to urge personal views which have not been submitted to the voters for their approval. If one is nominated upon a platform which is not satisfactory to him, he must, if candid, either decline the nomination or. in accepting 1+ yyr?r\r\r\c:(\ on omonrlorl nloffnrm in IV) UU UUi^UUVU ^iUVlVlUi *u lieu of the one adopted by the convention. No such situation, however, confronts your candidate, for the platform upon which I was nominated not only contains nothing from which I dissent, but it specifically outlines all the remedial legislation which we can hope to secure during the nest four years. Republican Challenge Accepted. The distinguished statesman who received the Republican nomination for President said in his notification speech: "The strength of the Republican cause in the campaign at hand is the fact that we represent the policies essential to the reform op known abuses, to the continuance o? liberty and true prosperity, and that we are determined, as our platform unequivocally declares, to maintain them and carry them on." In the name of the Democratic party, I accept the challenge, and charge that the Republican party is responsible for all the abuses which now exist in the Federal Government, and that it is impotent to accomplish the reforms which are imperatively needed. Further, I cannot concur in the statement that the Republican platform unequivocally declares for the reforms that are necessary; on the contrary. I affirm that it onenlv and notoriously disappoints the hopes and expectations of reformers, whether those reformers be Republicans ov Democrats. So far did the Republican convention fall short of its duty that the Republican candidate felt it necessary to add to his platform in several important particulars, thus rebuking the leaders of the party, upon whose co-operation he ( must CHINA GRABS 10,000 RIFLES. Believes Japanese Were Trying tc Arm the Rebels With Them. Hongkong, China.?The Chinese authorities have seized 10,000 rifles and 2,000,000 cartridges in the harbor of Chin-chau. Japanese merchants have filed a protest, claiming that the rifles and cartridges belong to them. It is probable that a serious international question will arise out of the incident, as the Chinese believe that the niuuitions of war were intended for the rebels. About .Noted People. Ex-Judge Roger A. Pryor, of New York City, celebrated his eightieth birthday. President Roosevelt held a conference with the Dean of Harvard to arrange a course for his son Kermit's iresnman year. Prince August, fourth son of Emperor William of Germany, is the first Hohenzollern to take the degree of doctor. President Hadley announces thai the year's contributions to Yale were ?1,250,000, exclusive of $200,00( given to the scientific schooi. enactment of rcmed! jHSHfficm. SpPPfs I shall, in separate speechf Ituscuss the leading questions at issu f I shall at this time confine myself 1 the paramount questions, and to t' far reaching purpose of our party, that purpose is set forth in the pla ' form. Shall the People Rule? + nnlor^o t h fif tl VUl piaiiUl U1 vuu W VI overshadowing issue which manifes itself In all the questions now und I discussion is "Shall the people rule' No matter which way we turn; i matter to what subject we addre ourselves, the same questions co fronts us: Shall the people contr their own government, and use th government for the protection their rights and for the promotion < their welfare? or shall the represe tatives of predatory wealth prey upc a defenseless public, while the offe ders secure immunity from subser ient officials whom they raise to pot er by unscrupulous methods? Th is the issue raised by the "kno^ abuses" to which Mr. Taft refers. Poplar Election of Senators. Next to the corrupt use of mom the present method of electing Unite States Senators is most responsib for the obstruction of reforms. F< 100 years after the adoption of tl Constitution the demand for the po ular election of Senators, while fini ing increased expression, did not b come a dominant sentiment. A coi stitutional amendment had from tin to time been suggested, and the ma ter had been more or less discuss? in few of the States, but the movment had not reached a point whei it manifested itself through Congre sional action. In the Fifty-secor Congress, however, a resolution wj reported from a House commits proposing the necessary constitute al amendment, and the resolutic passed the House of Representativi by a vote which was practically unai imous. In the Fifty-third Congrei a similar resolution was reported 1 and adopted by the House of Repn sentatives. Both the Fifty-second ac Fifty-third Congresses were Demi cratic. The Republicans gained coi trol of the House as a result of election of 1894, and in the Fift: fourth Congress the proposition die in committee. As time went on, ho-? ever, sentiment grew among the pei pie until it iorcea a uepuDiican v^oi gress to follow the example set t the Democrats, and then another ar another Republican Congress act* favorably. State after State has ii dorsed this reform, until nearly twi thirds of the States have recorde themselves in its favor. The Unite States Senate, however, impudent! and arrogantly obstructs the passaj of the resolution, notwithstandiE the fact that the voters of the Unite States, by an overwhelming majorit demand it. And this refusal-is tt more significant when it is remec bered that a number of Senators ov their election to great corporate ii terests. Three Democratic nation platforms ? the platforms of 190 1904 and 1908?specifically call f< a change in the Constitution whit will put the election of Senators i the hands of the voters, and tl proposition lias been indorsed by number of the smaller parties, bi the Republican National Conventic has not been willing to champion tt cause of the people on this subjec The subject was ignored by the E publican National Convention 1900; it was ignored in 1904, ar the proposition was explicitly rep' diated in 1908, for the recent Repul lican National Convention, by a vo of 866 to 114, rejected the plank i] dorsing the popular election of Sen tors?and this was done in the co: vention which nominated Mr. Tai few delegates from his own Sta voting for the plank. Personal Inclination Insufficient. In his notification speech the R publican candidate, speaking of tl election of Senators by the peopl says: "Personally, I am inclined 1 favor it, but it is hardly a pan question." What is necessary make this a party question? Whe the Democratic convention indorses proposition by unanimous vote, ar the Republican convention rejec the proposition by a vote of 7 to does it not become an issue betwe? \Tr Toff nannnt r IU7 & xuib vuuuw * move the question from the arena < politics by expressing a personal i: clination toward the Democratic p sition. For several years he hi been connected with the administr tion. What has he ever said or doi to bring this question before tt public? What enthusiasm has 1 shown in the reformation of the Se: ate? What influence could he exe in behalf of a reform which his par1 has openly and notoriously co demned in its convention, and i which he is attached only by a b lated expression of personal inclin tion? The Gateway to Other Reforms. "Shall the people rule?" Eve: remedial measure of a national cha acter must run the gauntlet of tl Senate. The President may perso ally incline toward a reform; tl House may consent to it; but as loi as the Senate obstructs the refori the people must wait. The Preside may heed a popular demand; .tl I Rouse may yield to public opinio] but as long as the Senate is defia the rule of the people is defeate The Democratic platform very pro erly describes the popular election Senators as "the gateway to oth 1 national reforms." Shall we open t! gate, or shall we allow the explo ing interests to bar the way by t: control of this branch of the Feder Legislature? Through a Democrat victory, and through a Democrat victory only, can the people secure t popular election of Senators. T! smaller parties are unable to secu i this reform; the Republican part under its present leadership, is res lutely opposed to it; the Democrat ci.-i *f? uri? ujn OI1UL IUmKI 11U OIU1L- 1113 1111V. , Abe W. Cohn was shot and kill by Charles W. Moore when about leave Trinidad, Col., in company wi J Mrs. Moore on a train. He was 1 son of a Jewish rabbi, formerly ' resident of Chicago, Mrs. Moore sai Alleged Deserter Killed. William F. English, a private Company 115, Coast Artillery, awa ! ing trial for desertion, was shot ai : killed by a guard at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., while trying cseape. Fifty Autos Burned in Chicago. Fifty automobiles and taxica 1 were destroyed at Chicago in a fi which consumed the building occ pied by C. A. Coe.v & Co. as a gj age. The fire started with an eipl ! siou. and spread so rapidly that t building was almost entirely d stroyed before the arrival of the fii i men. The loss is estimated at ?50 i 000. i t Harry Thaw Bankrupt. } Harry K. Thaw was declared l bankrupt by the referee in the pi ceedings brought in Pittsburg, Pa. ial party stands for It and has boldly di manded it. If I am elected to tt ?s, Presidency, those who are electe ie, upon the ticket with me will be, lit to myself, pledged to this reform, and lie shall convene Congress in extrao: as dinarv session immediately after ii it- auguration, and ask, among oth( things, for the fulfillment of this pla i'orm pledge. kg House Rules Despotic. tg The third instrumentality employe er to defeat the will of the people ] ?? found in the rules of the House c 10 Representatives. Our platform poinl sg out that "the House of Represent? n. tives was designed by the fathers c ol the Constitution, to be the popula at branch of our Government, responsiv 0f to the public will," and adds: 0f "The House of Representatives, a Q. controlled in recent years by the R< )n publican party, has ceased to be a d< a? liberative and legislative body, r< v_ sponsive to the will of a majority c v. the members, but has come under th i3 absolute domination of the Speakei n who has entire control of its deliber? tions and powers of legislation. "We have observed with amaze ment the popular branch or our fee eral Government helpless to obtai either the consideration or enactmen le of measures desired by a majority c 5r its members." ie This arraignment is fully justified P" The reform Republicans in the Hous 3" of Representatives, when in th e" minorLty in their own party, are a a" helpless to obtain a hearing or t ie secure a vote upon a measure as ar the Democrats. In the recent sessio !C* of the present Congress there was e~ considerable element in thy Republi re can party favorable to remedial legis s" lation; but a few leaders, in contrc l<* of the organization, despotically sur ls pressed these members, and thu ;e forced a real majority in the Hous to submit to a well organized minoi ,n ity. The Republican National Cor 53rvention, instead of rebuking this al tack upon popular government, eulc p9 gized Congress and nominated as th ? Republican candidate for Vice-Pres: e" dent one of the men who shared i l? the responsibility for the coercion c 3" the House. Our party demands tha a" "the House of Representatives sha 16 again become a deliberative bodj Y' controlled by a majority of the pec pie's representatives, and not by th v~ Speaker," and is pledged to adop "such rules and regulations to gover a" the House of Representatives as wi' 'J enable a majority of its members t L5 direct its deliberations and contrc !d legislation." "Shall the people rule?" They can not do so unless they can control th House of Representatives, an through their representatives in th ly House give expression to their pui >e poses and their desires. The Reput lican party is committed to the met! !(1 ods now in vogue in the House c Y> Representatives; the Democratl ie nartv is nledeed to such a revision c a" the rules as will bring the popula 76 branch of the Federal GovernmeE tt" into harmony with the ideas of thos al ?? who framed our Constitution an ^ founded our Government. ' Other Issues Discussed Later. ie "Shall the people rule?" I repea a is declared by our platform to be tb ut overshadowing question, and as tli in campaign progresses I shall take o< ie casion to discuss this question as it. manifests itself in other issues; fo: e- whether we consider the tariff quei In tion, the trust question, the railroa id question, the banking question, tb a- labor question, the question of in b- perialism, the development of ou te waterways, or any other of the ni a- merous problems which press for s< a- lution, we shall find the real questio n- involved in each is whether the Go^ It, ernment shall remain a mere buslnes te asset of favor-seeking corporation or be an instrument in the hands ( the people for the advancement t the common weal. e10 Party Has Earned Confidence, e, If the voters are satisfied with tb to record of the Republican party an ty with its management of public a to fairs we cannot reasonably ask for >n change In administration; if, hov a ever, the voters feel that the peopl id as a whole, have too little influent ts in shaping the policies of the Go' 1, ernment; if they feel that great con ;n blnations of capital have encroache e- upon the rights of the masses, an ot employed the instrumentalities < a- Government to secure an unfair shai n- of the total wealth produced, the is we have a right to etpect a verdii a- against the Republican party and 1 ie favor of the Democratic party; f( te our party has risked defeat ? ay ie suffered defeat ? in its effort t q- arouse the conscience of the publi rt and to bring about that very awal ty ening to which Mr. Taft has referre< n- Only those who are worthy to t to entrusted with leadership in a grei e- cause, who are willing to die for 1 a- and the Democratic party has prove its worthiness by its refusal to pu chase victory by delivering the pei ry pie into the hands of those who ha^ r_ despoiled them. In this contest b' 3e tween Democracy on the one side an n. plutocracy on the other, the Demi kg cratic party has taken its position c jg the side of equal rights, and inviti B the opposition of those who use po itics to secure special privileges at tie governmental favoritism. Gaugir a. the progress of the nation, not I the happiness or wealth or refin h ment of a few, but "by the prospe pi ity and advancement of the a vera? 0j man," the Democratic party chargi er the Republican party with being t! i10 promoter of present abuses, the o ponent of necessary remedies and tl [je only bulwark of private monopol ,al The Democratic party affirms that i jc this campaign it is the only part jc having a prospect of success, whic he stands for justice in government ar he for equity in the division of the frui re of industry. ;y, Defender of Honest Wealth. 10- We may expect those who liai tic committed larceny by'law and pu JUDGE KILLS WIFE AND SELF =d Got Her Through Matrimonial Agen< a ?Courtship by Correspondence, a Cody, Wyo.?Domestic difficulty * Pa'.I r\nr ! r? er Q inarria^ nrmTiPf !C1. luuu " ?"b " othrough a matrimonial agency are a signed as the cause of a double kil ing, in which Judge A. E. Swansc in shot his wife, Rose Browning Swa: it- son, as she lay sleeping, and then pi nd a bullet through his own head, in The tragedy occurred at Ishawo to a mountain settlement near the Ye lowstone national forest. Judge Swanson married a 3t. Lou woman two years ago, after a cour ship by correspondence. The pair d "s not live happily together, re _______________ ' Newsy Gleanings. lo- The Culebra cut in the Panan 1 Ponnl ic n 1 ? finish Pfl. ie- Persia can muster an army of 50C *e- 000 men on short notice. >" Messrs. Bryan and Kern issued : appeal to farmers for contributio: j to the campaign fund. ! It was announced that the Pennsj a ' vania Railroad would purchase tl *0-1 New York, Philadelphia and Norfo [ line. [ I rAHPi* mi i nniinu on i n e- chased Immunity with their politics' ie influence, to attempt to raise false is id sues, and to employ "the livery 01 :e heaven" to conceal their evil pur I poses, but they can no longer dev r- ceive. The Democratic party i3 nol i- the enemy of any legitimate industry >r or of honest accumulations. It is, or t- the contrary, a friend of industry and the steadfast protector of that wealth which represents a service to society d The Democratic party does not seek Is to annihilate all corporations; it sim)f ply asserts that as the Government :s creates corporations it must retain i- the power to regulate and to control )f them, and that it should not permit kr any corporation to convert itsell e Into a monopoly. Surely we should have the co-operation of all legitl,s mate corporations in our effort tc 3. protect business and industry from > the odium which lawless combina> tions of capital will, if unchecked, >f cast upon them. Only by the separae tion of the good from the bad can the r, good be made secure. i- Not Revolution, But Reformation. The Democratic party seeks not I" revolution but reformation, and 3 need hardly remind the student oi n history that cures are mildest when l? applied at once; that remedies in,f crease In severity as .their application Is postponed. Blood poisoning may ' be stopped by the loss of a finger to c day; it may cost, au arm wmunuw yi e a life the next day. So poison in the 3 body politic cannot be removed too 0 soon, for the evils produced by it ine crease with the lapse of time. That n there are abuses which need to be ,a remedied, even the Republican candidate admits; that his party is unable to remedy them, has been fully dernonstrated during the last ten years. I have such confidence in the intftlli3 gence as well as the patriotism of the e people, that I can not doubt theii readiness to accept the reasonable rel" forms which our party proposes, rather than permit the continued growth of existing abuses to hurry the e country on to remedies more radical l" and more drastic. ? Our Party's Ideal. t The platform of our party closes il with a brief statement of the party's r ideal. It favors "such an administration of the Government as will insure, e as far as human wisdom can, that each citizen shall draw from society a n reward commensurate with his con[j tribution to the welfare of society.' o Governments are good in propor,1 tion as they assure to each membei of society, as far as governments can, t. a return commensurate with indie vidual merit. d The Divine Law of Rewards. e This is a divine law of rewards, When the Creator gave us the earth ?- with its fruitful soil, the sunshine l" with its warmth, and the rains with their moisture, He proclaimed, as c clearly as if His voice had thundered from the clouds, "Go work, and aC' r cording to your industry and your in lt telllgence, so shall be your reward.' >e Only where might has overthrown cunning undermined or governmenl d suspended this law, has a differenl law prevailed. To conform the Gov ernment to this law ought to be the t ambition of statesmen; and no partj g can have a higher mission than tc e make it a reality wherever govern i. ments can legitimately operate. It Justice to All. r> Recognizing'that I am indebtec 3_ for my nomination to the rank anc d file of our party, and that my electior must come, if it comes at all, fron i- the unpurchased and unpurchasabli ir suffrages of the American people, ! i- promise, if entrusted with the re > sponsibilities of this high office, t< n consecrate whatever ability I have t< ' the one purpose of making this, ii SQ r\ rrAnflrnm onf t T? TIT Vl f O Vl tVl Q T\ftn ICIUI) U gUTCiUlitV/UV tu >? u?vu vuv |/vw s. pie rule?a government which wll do justice to all, and offer to ever: one the highest possible stimulus t< great and persistent effort, by assur ing to each the enjoyment of his jus l8 share of the proceeds of his toil, n< (2 matter in what part of the vineyan f_ he labors, or to what occupation, pro a fession or calling he devotes himself. e" SIX DEAD ON SCHOOLSHTP. :e i'- Shell Bursts Among Frcnch Artiller; i- Students?Eighteen Hurt. d Toulon, France.?Six students o d the French Artillery School wer killed and eighteen were hurt by th< *e explosion of a shell on the gunner; n schoolship Couronne. it They were gathered about a gui n and were being shown how to pusl the shell home when it flew to pieces e, All the men in the turret wer -- * J P 4-U -u more or less lujureu. oumc ui i.ucu c, were blinded. ?- Decomposition of powder is th i- cause of the accident, as given by ex >e perts, but the men who were in th it turret say the gun was overheated, t, This is the third fatal accident oi the Couronne in eight months. A1 r- of the three occurred off Les Salin > d'Hyeres. the seat of the French ar re tillery school, e- ? ld J. MONTGOMERY SEARS KILLED 3 in Sends Auto at 00 Miles an Hour Fron 3S Road Into Meadow. Providence, R. I.?J. Montgomer; Sears, of Bo3ton, received injurie ? from which he died later, and hi p companion, George Saunders, of thi city, was seriously hurt when Mi " Sears' automobile, driven at sixt; ^ miles an hour along the Apponaui road at Norwood, just outside thi J? city, left the highway at a righ ' +i?i?n n nrl Prtm orca 11 11 \ n C flflW! ciiifeiCU tui 11 auu ouiu^' a six foot declivity, landed bottor ' up in a meadow. Mr. Sears was on of Boston's richest young men. Ainsworth R. Spofford Dead. t Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Li brarian of Congress from 1864 t 1897, and since 1897 Chief Assistan Librarian, died at Shepard Hil! .re Holderness, N. H. He was eighty r- three years old. Rods to Play in Cuba in Winter. After the close of the baseball sea son in this country the Cincinnat National League Club will play ii Cuba, contracts having been signei for a series of games during Novem ber next. s1 * >n Cape May Surf Claims iwo. n" At Cape May, N. J., Margaret Mas at terson and Katie Charles, each abou thirty-five years old, waitresses a *? the Hotel Caps May, were drownei !l" in the surf by going beyond tliei depth. _______________ tid Among the Workers. In their call for a New York Stat convention officials of the Working men's Federation declared unionist is facing a fight for its existence. Ill m 1 - ot St .Tnspnh Afn I iiauu umuuidio ia.o wv. vwMWJC? , are working hard to send member from their own ranks as Represents tives to the Legislature and othe in offices. QS Through its political organizatio the Minnesota State Federation c rl- Labor is working to secure the adoi tie tion of the eight-hour day, municips lk ownership of public service utilitie and payment of m&eg weekly. I mil rlLLSBUfl! HULLS ; IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS r L 1 World's Largest Flour Manufacturing Company In Trouble. ; GRAIN SPECULATION REASON i * Concern is an English Corporation? I Mills to Continue to Run?Rc* ceivership Saiil to Be a Step Toward Reorganization. Minneapolis, Minn.?A. C. Loring, ! head of the Northwestern Consoli aaiea Aiming company; a. rmsbury, son of the late Charles A. Pillsbury, and A. C. Cobb, a lawyer, were ; appointed receivers of the PillsburyWashburn Flour Milling Company, Limited, on a petition of stockholders and holders of the company's paper. These petitioners were the Northwestern National Bank, the First National^ the Swedish American National, of Minneapolis, and the Second National Bank, of St. Paul, together with J. S. Pillsbury. The company made no opposition, and the proceeding is said to be a step toward a reorganization of the company. Rumor has added these reasons for the application: Lack of ready cash, an alleged attempt on the I part of English shareholders to freeze I out American interests, and alleged mismanacement. The court fixed the . receivers' joint bond at $500,000, to ! , be filed within five days. The manager of the business since ! i the death of C. A. Pillsbury ten years [ ago has been Henry L. Little. The company is a British corporation, organized in 1S89 under the laws of Great Britain. It operates | Pillsbury Mills A, B and C, with their 1 elevators, of which Mill A is the larg' est in the world; the Palisade and ; Anchor Mills and elevators and the Lincoln Mill at Anoka. The com1 pany's output is 40,000 barrels of I iflour - daily, which it distributes throughout the world by means of | 6000 agencies. The company is practically owner ? of the stock of the Minneapolis Mill " Company, of Minnesota, and the St. 'Anthony Water Power Company, of [Minnesota, with water rights. The [Minneapolis Mill Company, of New , Jersey, practically owns the capital i Btock of the Pillsbury-Washburn i Flour Mills Company, and the Minne\ apolls Mill Company owns the stock [ of the Minneapolis and Northern Ele. vator Company, controlling 100 grain elevators. ? It was asserted at the hearing that the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company had done a business of 322,000,000 in the last fiscal year, but the net earnings of the company have been decreasing ever since it came into Englis'* hands. In the last ten years they have declined from '?672,590 to $461,000. | The unsecured indebtedness of the company is set at more than $5,000,000. The assets are estimated at I ($3,500,000. The company has $800,1 ,000 of its product stored in twentyi fivA States outside of Minnesota. The 1 ibook value of Its assets exceeds $15,| 000,000. " ; Speculation in Wheat ) Responsible For Failure 1 Chicago.?Speculation in wheat is " said to have been in part at least re1 sponsible for the troubles of the Pillsbury Company at Minneapolis, } and in part also a heavy decline in " the sale of American flour abroad. t Members of the company have J been prominently identified with * mammoth wheat deals in the Minneapolis and Chicago markets for years. Four years ago, when black rust se. riously .damaged the spring jyheat crop, ' the Pillsbury syndicate was caught largely short and lost nearly p 81,000,000. Two years ago the same syndicate was whipsawed, being long f on a declining market, and last year e it guessed the market wrong again, e This summer when crop conditions y In the Northwest were brilliant, the Pillsburys sold September short; a against their holdings of old spring h wheat, but the sensational reports i. concerning damage by rust and blight e caused the market to rise suddenly. FOUR PERISH IN FIRE, e i Flames Sweep Tenement House in e Sicilian Quarter, New York. . New York City. ? In a fire that ^ swept the four-story brick tenement I (house at No. 332 East 112th street, 3 inUhe heart of the Sicilian colony, four, children lost their lives and a score'or more persons were injured. In less than five minutes from the ' time the fire was discovered the whole building was in a blaze, and II those living on the upper floors had | little chance to escape. The injured V were hurt by jumping from windows, s The dead are: Antonio Fousto, nine s years; Rosie Fousto, ten years; Jos. s Fousto, six years; Angeline Fousto, i . sixteen months. y -.r 5 Free Pass Cost Him $800. ^ i , Convicted on a charge of violating fcha anti-pass law, S. C. Watts was 11 fined 3800 and "Gertie" Williams n S100 in the Federal Court at Helena, e Mont. Watts, who was a Great Northern brakeman, obtained a pass for his wife and gave it to Miss Williams. i- . ? Maker of First Airbrake Dead. I Gsorge F. Larimer, seventy-three, ,'m who made the first Westinghouse air- i brake, died at Pittsburg, Pa. Georgia Promoter a Suiciae. Captain D. G. Purse, well known I as a developer, industrial writer and a promoter, and having connections in j New York, Pittsburg and other cities, committed suicide at Savannah, Ga., ' "" ?1-~?IrnAtiin f ! uy SilUUUilg. nu UUOC 10 auv tY u A.XJI the deed. Morse Banks Liquidated. The Federal Government has det cided to liquidate completely two of j t Morse's banks in New York City, the 3 New Amsterdam and the Bank of ' r North America. . I c The National Game. The Clevelands have played In e fifteen extra games so Jar this season. '* For a little man Bobby Byrne, of Q the Cardinals, hits the ball mighty hard. ? There are now three left handed s throwers in the New York National L* nnfflolV) r The indifferent appearing ball player isn't always so in reality. There's n Lajoje, for instance. Walter Johnson, of the Washing? tons, is again pitching the kind of_ b^ll that made him famous last sea-, ? eon^ ' - " V ^ iiiinspim MI -J AI i. i II/mji. n:? stayer gt oiamoru wmie deputes Many Accounts. Cost of Saving Him Ftohi the Chair Roaches a Startling FigureOwes $453,140. Pittsburg, Pa.?Alleging that his creditors are pressing unjust claims against him, and that he is unable to pay, Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, through his attorney, Charles Morschauser, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and ex-Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court. Detective Roger O'Mara was named as receiver for Thaw's estate and gave bond of $200,000. In his bankruptcy papers, which were signed by Thaw while outside the Poughlreepsie Jail, he showed startling figures. He places his assets at $128,012 and his liabilities at $100,111;, illiu. usssria uai uc uucs not believe he owes the $453,140. He names thirteen unsecured creditors, and gives the amount which each one claims he owe3. Of this number only two claims are undisputed. There are also several secured creditors, who are not named. He admits to owing Mrs. Mary C. Thaw, his mother, $191,500, and b3 also approves the claim of Roger O'Mara for 5400 fees as a detective. There then follows a list of creditors and their amounts. Thaw will insist that O'Mara sift the claims to the bottom. The list o! the claims which Thaw declares unjust is as follows: James G. Graham, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., $2954; Dr. Graeme Hammond, New York, $1000; Dr. Charles G. ! Wagner, New York,$4000; Dr. Smith i E. Jelliffe, New York. $5200; Dr. Britton Evans, New York, $6000; Martin W. Littleton, $8000; Hartridge & Peabody, $6000; John B. Gleason, New York, $S0,000; Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, New York, i $12,000; Dr. Dana, New Yo?k, $1600; Dr. John P. Wilson, New York, $600. Total, $453,140. CROPS BELOW 10-YEAR AVERAGE Corn, Wheat, Oats and Potatoes Not so Good as Usual. Washington, D. C.?The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, in a bulletin, says the condition of corn on August 1 wa3 82.5 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 82.8 last month, 82.8 on August 1, 1907, and 83.1, the ten-year average on August 1. Preliminary returns indicate a yield of winter wheat of about 14.3 bushels an acre, or a total of 425,940,000 bushels, which compares with 14.6 bushels and 409,442,000 bushels, respectively, the final estimates of last year's crop. The average quality of the crop is 90.1, against 90.5 last year. The average condition of spring wheat on August 1 was 80.7 per cept. of a normal, as compared with 89.4 a month ago, 79.4 on August 1. 1807, 86.9 on August 1, 1906, and 82.7, the ten-year average on August 1. The condition of .the oats crop on August 1 was 76.8 per cent., as compared with 83.8 the ten-year average on August 1. The average condition of barley on August 1 was 83.1 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 85.7, the ten-year average. The condition of rye on August 1, or at time of harvest, was 88.3 per cent, of a normal, a3 compared with 88.4, the ten-year averaged The average condition of white potatoes on August 1 was 82.9 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 86.8, the ten-year average. The average condition of tobacco on August 1 was 85.8, as compared with 82.3, the ten-year average. The condition of the hay crop on August 1 was 92.1, as compared with a ten-year average of approximately 88. WEIGHT'S 2-MILE FLIGHT. "Now Begins a New Era in Air Navh j gation," is Comment. Le Mans, France.?In his aeroplane Wilbur Wright made a most successful flight, the distance being estimated variously at from one and fourfifths to two and a quarter miles. The aeroplane moved so rapidly that it was difficult to determine accurately how far it flew and the length of i time th9 flight occupied. Hart 0. ; Berg, Wright brothers' manager, an- j nounced the "official" time as 1 min- : ute and 46 seconds; other persons thought the aeroplane did not travel ' faster than thirty milea an hour. I But whatever the time or distance, i the flight astonished and delighted j all who saw it, including such an e::- j pert on heavier than air machines as j Archdeacon, who exclaimed enthusi- | astically: ' Now, indeed, begins a naw era in I air navigation." Wright did not try to fly a long distance; his purpose was oniy.to try out his aeroplane in public. His perfect i mastery of the aeroplane, its obedi- j ence to him, most impressed the few spectators who were invited to the I test, among them being several j French aeronauts and .two Russian | army officers. Sausage Gives Woman $2000. Because she bit on a tack and j broke a front tooth in eating a sau- I sage, Mrs. Margaret Sampson, of j Wakefield, Mass., received $2000 damages in the Superior Court from i a packing company of Somerville. Bronco Kills Two Men. At Bloomington, Ind., John Mullia and his son-in-law, Isaac Fox, were j killed by a bronco which they were | driving. The animal suddenly ! stopped and began to kick, his heels | going through the dashboard and 1 crushing the skulls of both men. War Against Mosquitoes. Dr. Doty, Health Officer of the ' Port of New York, said that Scaten : Island was now practically rid of ! mosquitoes, after six years of ester- j ruination work. The Labor World. A delegation of French leather j workers is making a tour of American j factories. Hebrew painters and paper hang- 1 ers of Boston. Mass., are reforming j thpir nlrl lirHnn. San Francisco (Cai.) Building i Trades Council has organized an alii- i letic association. The unions of the men of the trolley liijes'of the New York, New Haven : and Hartford Railroad have been ad- , mitted to membership in the fedcr- i ated council of the organizations o? j the men of the shop, mechanjcfU Qnd i oth?r branches of the rcifti'a service, 1 ! - * SCMO GREETS _ FLEET'S OFFICERS New Zealand's Prime Minister presents Amum to Kooseverc. FINE RECORD FOR BATTLESHIPS American Commander, Admiral Sperry, Says Meeting of Atlantic and British Fleets Makes For tho Maintenance of Peace. Auckland, New Zealand.?Cloudy weather greeted the landing of Admiral Sperry, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Atlantic fleet, and his officers to receive official welcome to Australasian waters at the hands of Sir Joseph George Ward on behalf of the Government. Battered by Pacific gales, washed by seas that swept the decks and shook the great masses of steel like chips on a pond, the battleships looked as fresh and clean as though they had just completed a cruise around the harbor, instead of a gruelling grind of 3850 miles .through the wastes of the Pacific. Never has such a record been made by a modern na^y. Without once stopping, without once adding to the coal supply or equipment with which they left Honolulu, the hattleahlpa have plowed through waters which never before held such an-aggregation of sea power, to be received in a foreign port hours ahead of the time planned. i The landing was made at the newly \ erected quay at the foot Queen street, the city's principal thoroughfare, at the shore end of which an elaborately decorated stand had been erected for the reception. Grouped about the Prime Minister were the members of the Cabinet and representatives of the various town, bor-? ough and country districts of the dominion, Immense crowds thronged the streets, and the roofs and verandas of housefo adjacent were moving masses of" humanity. It was a great reception and unbounded enthusiasm prevailed. ?-Ib hi? address Sir Joseph eulogized President Roosevelt as representing the best .traditions of the common blood of civilization. He then preBepted to Admiral Sperry for President Roosevelt a decorated gold and Silver album suitably Inscribed as a' cniitronfr* r\t fha rlalf r\f ffiA Amarioon fleet to New Zealand. Admiral Sperry, deceived a beautifully Illuminated address of welcome enclosed In a handsome casket of wood with an Inlaid cover having a design emblematic of New Zealand. i * The" ~ American Commander-inChief, In replying to the Prime Minister, said that no greeting would appeal more strongly to President Roosevelt than that coming from a people small in number, but great in ^chldvefrients. The reception of the 'American fleet, the Admiral continued, showed that the ties of blood and friendship meant more than people understood. 1 He described Auckland Harbor as magnificent and safe, and as excelling any harbor in the Pacific, except that / at Sydney,- and perhaps Manila. Every, facility the naval commander might desire was to be had here. ' In his address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of New Zealand, Lord Pjunkitt, the Governor, said that King Xdward an(* President Roosevelt were honored, not because of their positions, but for the noble work they had done and were doing for their countries and for humanity. STRIKERS FIRE AT CARS. ; \ Men In Ambush Shoot at Non-Union Men in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.?A special passenger train on the Birmingham Mineral Road, bearing non-union miners under protection of the Alabama Na? tlonal Guard and deputy sheriffs to the coal mines at Blocton, was fired on at 2 o'clock in the morning. Three men were kijled and eleven wounded, two' of whom'probably will die. Tne miiea: jonn t. uoiuns, conductor; O. Z. Dent,- deputy sheriff; Willard Howell, non-union miner. The wounded: A. C. Bryant, deputy sheriff; J. B. Cornett, deputy sheriff; E. E. Cox, superintendent of mines"; A. E. Cross, chief clerk; Major F. H.Dodge, superintendent of safety; J. C. Johnson, deputy sheriff; J. C. "Martin, wounded in head; W. H. Mc'Auly, soldier; A. J. Myer, laborer; M. A. Pearson, soldier; Robsrt Sigmon. Dogs were hurried to the scenc and took trajls through the woods directly to the union quarters. Eight negross were arrested and other arrests are expected. Tho affair has caused widespread indignation, and a general demand is being made that vigorous steps be taken looking to the preservation of order. HORSE FELL; JOCKEY KILLEiJ. J. Boadwee, Rider of Rufus, Died in Saratoga Hospital. Saratoga, N. Y.?Jockey J. Boadwee,' who was thrown while riding Rufus in the Beverwyck Steeplechase at the race track, died at the Saratoga Hospital several hours later. Boadwee was picked up after his fall and taken to the hospital unconscious. Rufus was remounted after throwing Boadwee and finished third in the race. Pythians March, 10,000 Strong. Ten thousand members of the Unl* form Lodge, Knights of Pythias, resplendent in uniform, and led by, bands, marched through the streets of Boston. The parade was composed of twenty-five brigades cf Pythians from every section of the country, as well as Canada. . : j Priest and Mercliant Kille?3. : Father Vahey, a priest, and C. W. Fostman, an importer, both of Cleveland. wero killed In an automobile accident near syivania, umo. Jottings About Sports. John Sanford's Mohawk II. brcka, down when leading in a race at Saratoga. j Leander Boat Club representatives aud the Eelgian eight qualified fori the final in the Olympic regatta &t> Henley on Thames, England. *, Jack Gilday, an oighteen-yeor-ol(l| life-saver, swam Ayo and a half mtles' through Hell Gate, N. Y., in 1 hour, and 22 miijutes, a record. v Arrangements havo b'oen mado whoreby there will be a race between German and America^ SondorklasoQ K&chta off Marbleh'ead.next year.