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tian tn i-untfoKtiii or Bava wiiu ?,??-r> tfi? same fiiltti na waa m their ra tilers in this immortal instrument. As tho re affirmation of Democratic fealty to the fundamental principles of Ameri can liberty, I move, Mr. Chairman, that the clerk be directed to read the glorious Declaration of Independence, drafted by that Democrat, of all Dem ocrats, Thomas Jefferson, and adopted 124 years ago to-day." "With cheers and applause the resolu tion was adopted while the band in the south gallery played patriotic airs. Then a dramatic scene occurred. As the vast audience was qnieting down to listening to the reading of the read ing of the Declaration two men appear ed on the platform, bearing carefully In their arms two large objects, each completely shrouded in the Stars and Stripes. They were placed the one up * on the other immediately to the right and front of the chairman. Del egates and spectators craned their necks to see what was about to occur. Quickly advancing to tho flag-draped objects, a handsome man deftly lift ed tho fine from a splendid bust of Mr. "Bryan. As the familiar features of their leader were recognized by the del egates and spectators a tornado of ap plause ?wept over the audience. From side to side the bust was turned, that all might know whom it represented, j When the applause had subsided j Chas. Hampton, of Petoskey, Mich., j road in magnificent voice the immortal I Declaration of Independence. As the j full and rounded sentences of the great ! State paper rolled through the hall, the ! cheering and enthusiasm increased and ; ?when .Mr. Hampton had concluded the : tremendous applause fairly shook thc I building. When the orator had finished I tho Declaration of Independence and ' the applause had ceased, Miss Fulton was introduced and sang "The Star Spangled Banner," thc audience stand ing and cheering and applauding after each verse. It was an innovation at a national convention. Then as she fln ished thc last strain, the band took up "America." and led by Miss Fulton, the great mass of 20,000 people broke into ! the stirring strains of "My Country, j 'Tis of Thee." singing it through with ? unison ard closing with a cheer. 'l hi re were vociferous calls for Hill. ? and ranch enthusiasm was shown for ? the Now Yorker, but he declined to j speak. li was moved and carried that Mr. Bryan be invitee! to attend the con vention, and iu the confusion follow ing the announcement a recess was taken. The convention reassembled at 4:30 ? p. m. Thc afternoon and night sessions | .were devoid of incidents except the; spontaneous outbursts of enthusiasm when the names of the great Demo- ' eratic leadi rs were mentioned. Hon. James D. Richardson, of Ten- | EV- see. was made permanent chairman \ of the convention. Dtu lng the night session a speech by Governor Altgeld of Illinois, was attentively listened to. j The conclusion of Chairman Rich ardson's speech, which he had ar- [ ranged under sixteen separate heads, was thc signal for terrific applause | and cheers. His mention of the name of W. J. Bryan brought the convention | .c. its feet in a frenzy of enthusiasm, j Delegates sprang up on their chairs, waving hats handkerchiefs, umbrellas ; in tl wildest fashion. By common i impulse the poles bearing the names i I irillirjwo. Str. "?onrvf" nott Afr. Camti [ puahocl their way ttirougb tho <Ioi throng and proceeding to the platfo Mr. Richardson appealed long a vainly for order. The portly form Senator Jones, silver-haired and se ous, advanced to the front of the stai He held a roll of manuscript in 1 hands. But it was useless to ta against such a tumult and he dropp back in his seat until order was bell restored. At last th? noise subsld and Mr. Jones, in a clear voice, a nounced: "I am instructed to present the pla .form agreed upon and I will yield the Senator from South Carolina, W Tillman to read the document." Mr. Tillman stepped to the front at with the public affairs of the people, i to control the sovereignty which cr was greeted with a cheer. He read tl pratform in a full, round voice, easi heard throughout the hall. As he proceeded each plank wt greeted with applause. The Senatt accompanied his reading with empha ic gestures, striding up and down tr. platform, turning this way and tha after his manner in the Senate. Thei was a howl of approval as he clenche his fist and flrecely arraigned th course of the administration in Cub; But it remained f - h'e reading of tt declaration that "imperialism is th paramount issue of this campaign" t evoke a storm of applause. Th? deb pates sprang to their feet, standing o their chairs, waving hats, handket chiefs, umbrellas and flags, while th galleries took up thc chorus and cai ried it along for many minute?. Sena tor Hill could been seen marshalin the hosts to cheer. He hel 1 a fa: high above his head and added hi voice to the shouting. A second tim Senator Tillman read this declaration and now even a greater demonstratio! than before carried the convention oj their feet. Suddenly hundtcds. thei thousands, of miniature Americai flags were passed among the delegates and the whole floor of the vast, struc ture became a sea of flags. Aa instan later the flags swept over j he galleriei like a mass of flame, ?imdlcs of then were tossed upon tho scats and distrlb uted. The scene was magnificently in spiring and the great audience wa< worked up to a fever heat. On eact flag was the device, "The Constitutior and the Flag are Inseparably Now am Forever. The Flag of tho Republi: Forever; of au Empire, Never." Senator Tillman stood surveying thc storm and awaiting an opportunity tc proceed. The chairman pounded his gavel and appealed for order. But th? march of the del?gates bearing theit standards and banners ran on inter ruptedly for two minutes. As Senator Tillman w;is about to resume, he re marked that the thread of bis discourse had been broken, and down South. a?? they were in the habit of saying. "Hell had" broken loose in Georgia." "And," added the Senator, vociferously, "Tif Mark Hanna had be^n herc a few min utes ago he would have thought hell had broken loose in Missouri." There were cries of 'Good!" "'Jood!" when the trust plan* was read. When the Senator reached ihe re-affirmation of the Chicago platform with the declara tion for free silver coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1, pjandemonum again broke loose. But the demonstration was faint In comparison to what "had just oc curred when imperialism was announc ed as the "paramount issue." Many of the delegates stood on their chairs and waved !?;igs and cheered, but a very / Tim plank In Caa platform dnnouno I England's policy toward tho Hoer? 1 called ont immense applause, but wi it was announced by Chairman. Ri ardson that the convention would addressed by Hon. Webster Davis, f mer Assistant Secretary of the Int lor, the crowd molested its enthu asm by cheering for two minutes. Tl the former Republican leader ascent the platform and stood facing 1 thousands of spectators. THE NOMINATION OF MR. BRYA Sergeant-at-arms Martin rose to 1 feet and waved desperately for eilen When a few delegates of confusion h been eliminated h?>said: "The ne business before the convention is t nomination of a candidate for t presidency of the United States. T secretary will call the roll of States." Before doing so, the secretary re the names of the members of Ide coi i mittee appointed by the chair lc. conf with the Silver Republicans and Pop lists In accordance with the resolutio introduced by George Fred Will lan of Massachusetts, at tho morning se sion.. They are: George Fred "iVlllian of Massachusetts; J. C. Berry, of A kansas; W. H. Thompson, of Nebrn ka; Chas. Thomas, of Colorado; J. Rose, of Wisconsin; Thomas H. Ma tin, of Virginia; J. C. McGuire, of Ca ifornia; B. R. Tillman, of South Car lina; Carter H. Harrison, of Illinol "Alabama!" the secretary the shouted, commencing the call nf tl roll. "The State of Alabama!" said tl chairman of the delegation of thi State, "yields to Nebraska the prlv lege of naming the next President < the United States." OLDHAM PRESENTS BRYAN. W. D. Oldham, of Nebraska, who wa to present the name of Bryan to th convention, was waiting by tho chan man's desk, and as the chairman of th Alabama delegation resumed his sea he came forward nd In a few gracefi woids expressed his ppreciation of th favor extended by Alabama ir, stirrer dering its time to the State of Mr. Br? an. Mr. Oldham delivered his eulogy c Mr. Bryan with impassioned fervor. A he approached the close of his address he raised both hands high over ni head and spoke slowly and with an en ergy that caused his voice ts p?n?tr?t into every corner of the hall. "And that man is-William Jennings Bry an," he concluded, bringing his l:and lower with each word until the last l a, been uttered when he brought then up with a sweep, but quicker lhan hi: motion was that answering cheer tha swept across the convention. It was ; simultaneous roar from all parts of th< hall. Up went the delegates on ?hen chairs, over their heads went the tag! and above them all soared and rani the cheers for Bryan. The band loyal ly performed its share, but the nojse ol its creation was but a drop in the tor rent. The men from the otate of Ne raska flung up a large banner bearing likenesses of Mr. Bryan :>n one side and on the other pide "Nebraska," and a smaller portrc.it of Mr. Bryan en closed in a star of blue. DAVE HILL UTTERS A WAR WHOOP. Whatever may have been the differ ences of delegates over the platform, they seemed to have forgotten them, and all were os one in favor of the man. New York vied with Nebraska and Kansas in venting its enthusl* ADLAI E. STBVB?80S, O? IIXIWOIS. platform, and in a telling speech pledged the undivided support of the party In New York, and the 36 electo r?a! vate3, of that Stute to the nomi nee. This speech" was greeted with the wildest applause. Third Day. Kansas City. Special-The National Democratic Convention met Friday I m arning to complete its work by j nominating a candidate for the Vice j Presidency. I The chairman ordered the roll of ? States called for nominations. Call j fornia yielded to Illinois, which pre sented the name of Adlai E. Steven son, of Illinois, who was Vice Presi dent in Cleveland's second adminis tration. Connecticut yielded to'Min nesota, which placed in nomination Charles A. Towne, the Silver Repub lican who was nominated by the "Popu list convention. Senator Grady presented the name of David B. Hill. Mr. Hill, in a speech declined the nomination, saying he did not desire the nomination. Gen. Carr, of Karto Carolina, .waa 1 put in nomination. Stevenson rece.'ved 688 1-2 votes on first ballot, and d' motion ot Senit'?* Tillman, of South Laic'ina. his nomi nation was made unanimous. Brevities. Receipts of the Philippine Treasury during April last were $786,367.87. Secretary Root is back at his desk, and Assistant Meiklejohn has gone to Nebraska. Senor Alejandrio Eodriguez was in augurated Mayor of Havana Tuesday. The British have reached Machado? dorp, in the TransvafJ. General Wood has ordered an inves tigation of thc case of a Cuban police man who was acquired at Havana after murdering an American. Germany's torpedo boat flotilla, by command of the Emperor, recently took a trip up the Rhine and back that lasted a month. Officers and men were feasted at every town and vil lage on the river. The Times reports that on over fifty occasions they were treated to ham and asparagus with their Rhine wine. The healthiest spot in the -2-hole world is Aum?ne, a French village, containing forty peop.e. Twenty eight of the inhabitants are over 80 years of age and throe have passed a century. ToVe are no graves in the local cemetery and tile oldest inhabi tant cannot remember seeing a fun eral. To escape detectives of ten cities, who had all but run him down, Her mann Kurth, accused cf swindling, committed suicide at St. Paul, Mian. J vi red In n. wmr.lt on t,li?i Montnnu Ccm trnl Railroad, near Butte, Mont. Henry Bond and Michael Pontello were killed in the electric power house at Hartford, Conn., the former hy a falling clutch; the latter by touching a live wire. Owing to the fact that the German meat law goes into effect on October 5, packers at Chicago, 111., get daily or ders from Germany for 100,000 pounds ot sausage. Alfred R. Goslin, Eugene L. Parker and Charles T. Daviis, convicted of con spiracy to depress Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock, were sentenced to terms in prison at New York. A London doctor was sent for by a lady in Chelsea. The lady apologized distance, when the doctor unguardedly for asking the doctor to come such a said: "Don't speak of it. I happened to have another patient in the neigh borhood and can thus kill two birds with one stone." A year or two ago the students ot Tufts College submitted to the fucuiiy of that institution, a proposition that all violators of the college rules should be tried by a student jury, which should have absolute jurisdiction, but which should look to the president of Tufts for guidance. The faculty carefully considerer1 the scheme, but have now rejected it .s impracticable. London society women have broken out in a new direction. A number of them will appear aji supernumeraries at the Empire Muwic Hall, according to the Daily Mail. "They will not go on in the regulation tights and ballet dress, they will just wear their fash ionable dresses, walking costumes, tea gowns and so on," The batch of ap plicants includes several peerages and some real society beauties. Anyone in this country can now write to his friends In the Philippines* Guam, Tutuila and any other island of the Samoan group owned by Uncle Sam. Hawaii or Porto Rico, anu a pretty, rose-colored, two-cent stamp will carry the letter, subject, of course, to the usual regulations regarding weight. Cuba doesn't come in on this, as she isn't at present a part of the United States. Germany's official catalogue for the Paris Exposition is printed in a new type, the inventor <?? which ls said to he the Kaiser himself. Tbr letters are the ordinary Raman letters with Gothic decorations. The intentton is to substitute the new alphabet for the present German type, and to accom plish thia object fonts of the new type will be offered to Gunnan printing es tablishments at very low prices. Between 1870 and 1897 119 women obtained degrees fren Italian univer* sities. Of these sixty-four were grad uated in arts, fifteen in physical science, fourteen In mathematics, seven in philosophy, four in law and fifteen in medicine. Last year the number o? women students at the sev eral Italian universities was 261, Saturday's dispatches Irosa "Washing ton, and messages from other sources indicating' that the legations were still standing on July 3 and that recent at tacks by the Boxers had been slight News from other points was dis tinctly disquieting. A report from Chefoo dated July 7 says trmt a Catholic bishop, two priests and two nuns were murdered. A report from Moukden, dated July 5, says that a Danish'mission at Hiny ung had been surrounded by Boxers. According to the report it wonld be possible to -hold out only two days. A party of Cossacks, residents of Mouk den, and the British consul 'had start ed for the relief of those besieged at the Danish mission. The situation at Tien Tsin on July 3. is said to have been most serious. Japanese and Rus sian forces are reported to have been hurrying ther? from aku, but accord ing to some accounts mutual distrust exists between the allies. A report j from Srangbai, dated July 6, says that f'he British warships are vigilantly ? watching, with the purpose of prevent I lng any attempt, to the Chinese to cross i the Yang Tse Klang. 6,apo Men tc China. Washington, D. C., Special.-As a result of a thorough consideration of the subject by the secretary of war, Lieut. Gen. Miles and Adjt. Gen. Cor bin orders were issued by the war de partment Saturday afternoon for thc dispatch of 6,264 regular troops to the Philippines wlfh a view to utilization in China. The force is made up. of two battalions each ol' the Fifteenth, Second, Fifth and Eighth and two squadrons each of the First and Ninth cavalry, one squadron of the Third cavalry and a company of engineers. These troops will be forwarded as rapidly as possible and as soon as transportation arrangements can be perfected Large Stamp Issue. Washington, D. C., Special.-The re cords of the postoffice department for;, the year past show a total stamp issue of 3,963,374,310, aggregating in value $76,276,804. This is an increase over 1899 of 467,417,460, and an increase of value of $9.474,413. The new siamp books issued by the department late in the fiscal year proved to be in great demand. There were over two and a half million sold, aggregating in value $830,648. Committee to Notify ftcKlnley. Cleveland, Special.-The coming of the committee of the National Re publican convention that is to notify President McKinley of his nomination n??.\t Thursday is being looked for ward to with a grra' deal of interest. The committee proper is composed of one representative from each State and Territory and is headed by Sena tor Lodge, of Massachusetts. Nation n* Chairman Hanna, secretary Dick and many members of the committee will leave for Canton on a special tr Un at ll o'clock Thursday morning. .wherever ttr?re'aro native Christian? th? scenes enacted lu the capital are rer^t?tu.. The Chinese commanders are pre paring'"tot .a long and arduous cam poJgrc&?fif?y ore putting into opera tions plain ptepared l>y German otB cejalast year, when ac invasion by Russia wau .feared. More than two million dollars' worth of arms ai d ammunition of the most modern type have been destroyed in three arsenals outside. Tlen-TSIn. v," Emperor William's Offer. BerUft (By Cable).-Emperor William has nudged his imperial word to pay 1000 t?ela (about $720) to any one ac complishing; the deliverance of any foreigner of any nationality who Jr cow shelf mp in Pekin and who shall be bonded over alive to a German or / other foreign Magistrate. News Items. Sir Frederick M. Hodgson, Governor of the African Gold Coast, has cent a . dispatch to London saying that he abandoned Comassie because of short age of supplies. The new leaf house being built at Danvlle by the R. J. Reynolds Tob&c?o Company, Winston, will be of brick, 82x170 feet, three stories. Shot by a Jealous Husband. Bristol, Va., Special.-In the post office at Ellisabethton, Tenn., John H. Tipton, a prominent young lawyer, fired three shots from a revolver into :he back of George Swift, a young man whom Tipton suspected of being on too intimate terms with Mrs. Tip ton, a young and beau'Jiu! woman. Swift's won nc s are not fatal. Tipton, on account of his suspicion, had pre viously sent his wife to her parents in McMlnn county. The aggrieved hus band was placed under, arrest, but gave bond in the sum of 92,000 for his appearance for trial. Swift. recently came to Emt Tennessee from New York to be secretary o' the Tennessee Mineral Company. Woriklng In Harmony. Kansas City, Mo., Special.-The con ference committee from the Sliver Re publicans, the Democrats and the Pop ulists, in session, finally came to an amicable agreement on a plan of cam paign whereby political work will be run on lines entirely harmonious lo the declaration of the Democratic con vention. Their Mea will be worked out in every district. An advisory committee of three members ft om each of the taree parties was appoint? ed The dermis Emperor. Berlin, By Cable.-The news from China overshadows everything hero. The usually quiet, self-contained Ger man nation, both high and tow, ha3 become deeply nervous. Every bit of news from China is instantly com mented upon heatedly everywhere. Opinions withal, differ radically among the mosses, but the majority believes what the government that the Chinese situation is most serious.