^ r;; ' ?' * f ?"-* '"^7 :**v--xvrr . ' Mcratic Cnflhtn hr fmMry IMfle4 if lb Sine CEMBOMES AT MSEMVHT. Tfce Nattflcatlaa Waa Bfw?M to Jaiga Parker bJ Rtpraatstollve Chf Clark, ?( Mis ?rt, aa Ckakmm af a CamaHtoc tbtfn ??"Uaf Etcry Stale aai Territory la the Uaica. Esopus, N. Y., (Special). ? Alton Brooks Parker, whose home is at Rosemont, near this village, was Wed nesday afternoon formally notified of his nomination for the Prcsidcncy by the Democratic party. Accompanied by other prominent Democrats, a committee of one from each State and Territory, appointed by the recent Convention in St. Louis, came to Esopus on the steamboat Sagamore, from New York, and took part in the exercises. The party num bered more than 500. They were joined by relatives and neighbors of Judge Parker. ? ' The programme of notification was a simple one. Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri, chairman of the committee, addressed the candidate, and handed him a written notification, signed individually by the members of the committee. Judge Farker re sponded with a spccch which was the first since his nomination, and is of greatest importance, because it declar es his views on the great public ques tions before the country in this cam paign. Esopus, N. Y., (Special).?When formally notified that he had been nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic party, Judge Parker ad dressed the notification committee and others present part as follows: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlement of the Committee: "I have resigned the office of Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of this State in order that I may accept the responsibility that the great Conven tion you represent has put upon me, without possible prejudice to the Court to which I had the honor to belong, or to the _ eminent members of the judiciary of this State, of whom I may now say as a private citizen I am just ly proud. - - Famous Message Recalled. * "At the very threshold of this re sponse, and before dealing with other aubjects, I must, in justice to myself and to relieve my sense of gratitude, express my profound appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by the Convention. After ndminating me tnd subsequently receiving a commun :ation declaring that I regarded the gold standard as firmly and irrevoca ly established, a matter concerning which I felt it incumbent upon me to make known my attitude so that here after no man could justly say that his support had been secured through in direction or mistake, the Convention reiterated its determination that I should be the standard-bearer of the party in the present contest. This mark of trust and confidence I shall ever esteem as the highest honor that could be conferred upon me?an hon or that, whatever may be the fate of the campaign, the future can in no degree lessen or impair. The Platform. "The admirable platform upon which the partv appeals to the country for its confidence and support clearly states the principles which were so well condensed in the first inaugual address of President Jefferson, and points out with force and directness the course to be pursued through their proper ap F'lication in order to insure needed re orms in both the legislative and ad ministrative departments.of the Gov ernment. Executive Power Usurped. Occasionally, by reason of unnec essary or impatient agitation for re forms. or because the limitations plac ed upon the departments of Govern ment bv the Constitution are disre garded by officials desiring to accom plish that which to them seems gnod, whether the power exists in them or not. it becomes desirable to call at tention to the fact that the people, in whom all power resides, have seen fit. through the medium of the Con stitution, to limit the governmental powers conferred and to sav to de partments created by it: 'Thus far shalt thou go and no farther' To secure the ends sought the people have by the Constitution, separated and distributed among the three depart ments of Government?the executive legislative and judicial?certain pow ers, and it is the duty of those admin istering each department so to act as to preserve, rather than to destroy, tne potency of the co-ordinate branch es of the Government, and thus se cure the exercise of .-?!! the powers conferred by the people. Tariff Law. The present tariff law Is unjust in its operation, excessive in many of its rates, and ?o framed in particular in stances as to exact inordinate profits from the people. So well understood has this view become that many prominent members of the Republican party and at least two of its State Con ventions, have dared to voice the general sentiment on that subject 1 .? party seem* however, to be col lectively able to harmonize only upon a plank that admits that revision may from time to time be necessary, but it is so phrased that it is expected to Eiplaslaa Pelt Twtlrc Miles. Wilkesbarre, Pa., (Special).?By an explosion in the Oliver Dynamite Company's plant, controlled by the Dupont-De Ne Mours Company, at Laurel Run, one man was killed and two girls were injured by flying glass. The force of the concussion was felt twelve miles away. A hole fifteen feet deep and nearly as wide was torn out under the site of the mill and not a vestige of the body of the dead man can be found. be satisfactory to those in favor of an increase of duty, to those who favor s reduction thereof, and to those opposed to any change whatever. Common Law Controls Trusts. "The combinations, popularly called trusts, which aim to secure a monop oly of trade in the necessaries of life, as well as in those things that are employed upon the farm, in the factory and in many other fields of industry, have been encouraged and stimulated by excessive tariff duties. These op erate to furnish a substantial market in the necessaries of 80,000,000 people, by practically excluding competition. With so large a market and highly remunerative prices continuing long after the line of possible competition would naturally be reached, the temp tation of all engaged in the same bus iness to combine so as to prevent com petition at home and a resulting re duction of prices, has proved irresisti ble in a number of cases. All men must agree that the net result of en acting laws that foster such inequi table conditions is most unfortunate for the people as a whole, and it would seem as if all Qught to agree that the effective rcmemdy would be to appropriately modify the offending law. Long a World Power. "Ours is a world power, and as such it must be maintained, but I deny that it is at all recently that the United States has attained that eminence. Our country became a world power over a century ago, when, having thrown off foreign domination, the people established a free government, the sourcc of whose authority sprung, and was continuously to proceed, from the will of the people themselves. Will not be a Candidate for Re-elec tion. "I accept, gentlemen of the commit tee, the nomination, and if the action of the Convention shall be indorsed by an election by the people, I will, Cod helping me, give to the discharge of the duties of that exalted office the best service of which I am capable and at the end of the term retire to private life. I shall not be a candidate for, nor shall I accept, a renomina tion." tiEOME C. TESTIS DEAD. Had Beca Critically III a Long Time at Sweet Sprlags, Mo. Sweet Springs, Mo., (Special).?Af ter lingering for weeks between life and death former United States Sena tor George G. Vest passed peacefully away Tuesday. He had been so near death for the past three days that the end came without a struggle. Mr. Vest was conscious until about 2 o'clock A. M. Sunday morning, when he sank into a state of coma, from which he never aroused. The power of speech left him on Saturday morn ing, and during, the last 36 hour? of his1 life His bi^Affltf^wa^cely per ceptible. At the bedside when the end came was his wife, Dr. Jarvis, the family physician; Senator Vest's son, Alex ander, his daughter, Mrs. George P. B. Jackson, and her husbafid. and Mrs. Thompson, a niece of Mrs. Vest. The hpdy was taken In a private car of Mr. A. A. Allen, vice-president and general manager of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, to St. Louis, where the interment will take place. George Graham Vest was born at Frankfort, Ky., December 6, 1830, of Virginia parents. Fdueated at Centre College, Dan ville, Ky., graduating in 1848. Studied law under James Harlan, Attorney-General of Kentucky, and at Transylvania University, Kentucky, being admitted to the bar in 1853. J'l 1853 moved to Georgetown, Mis souri. In i860 elected to Missouri Legis lature. Joined Confederates under General Price in 1861, but chosen to Confeder ate Congress in the fall and later elected Senator. Resumed law practice at Sedalia, Mo., in 1865. Fleeted United States Senator in T878 and served continuously until March 4. 1003. Married .in 18^4 to Miss Sallie F.. Speed, of Danville. Ky , who survives him, with three children. THE SLOCUM DISASTER. Informal Meeting of liivestfgatlag Commission HeM la Washington. Washington, D. C., (Special).?An informal meeting of the commission appointed to investigate the General Slocuin disaster in New York was held at the Department of Commerce and Labor. All the members of the com mission were present except Comman der Winslow. Thus far the commission has taken 350.000 words of testimony. The meet ing indicated that probably no more oral testimony would be taken. It will l>e necessary, however, before the commission's report can be prepared to await certain exhibits which are to be incorporated in the findings of the commission. These relate to the re inspection of passenger steamboats which is now in progress in New York. About 500 ?essels are to be re inspected, and the commission feels that it must await the results of this examination before it properly can make its report and its recommenda tions. It is probable that from time to time meetings of the commission will be held here to consider their re port. but the meetings will be mostly executive. Atrecltlss Dees ee Both Sltfts. London, (By Cable),?The Tabriz (Persia) cot respondent of the Daily News in a dispatch dated August 0 says: "On July 13 a band of Armen ian revolutionists appeared near Oiitrh kilissa. Turkish soldiers and Kurds finding an excuse, attacked and de stroyed the villages of Outchkiliss.i, Koom'ouboujak, Gougan, Karabazar and Sayto, butchering men and out raging women. BATTLE AT PORT ARTHUR ?mtMRettSalM Fartkaaf Eagi(c4 h ill jgr hate. MTTlBBfSAH>CB)lSBSlAIEMSl Osaeral KmnlUi Mm Nor Withdrawn (fee Baft af His Army Safety Nsrtfc *1 Uh yaag. Leavtef 0*y a StrMf Rear Qaart Uae Saatfccaat al Uaayaaf la Caatcst the Adraacc Wfcca it Caan. Tokyo, (By Cable).?The Russian fleet emerged from Port Arthur Wed-! nesday and a severe engagement with the Japanese fleet, lasting all day, fol lowed. The Japanese destroyers attacked the Russians at night. The results of the engagements are unknown. The Russian battleships Retvizan and Pobieda were seen outside Port Arthur Thursday morning. POCKETED BY JAPANESE CORDON. Experts Say KivapatUa Caaaot New With draw iN Mast Otve Battle. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?Nerv ousness over the situation at* the frbnt seems to be increasing since the oc cupation by the Japanese of the Wolf hills, before Port Arthur. It is ad mitted that the besiegers have 'an elevated position, whence emplaced guns can command the fortress, and while still professing confidence that General Stoessel will be able to hold out with his comparatively small gar rison against the enormous number of the attackers, and their evident dis regard of men, indicated by the reck less manner in which they stormed the outer positions, the state of affairs creates more apprehension than the war office or admiralty care to ac knowledge. Similar misgivings exist regarding General Kuropatkin's position, the ad vantages of the new Japanese base at Niuchwang is greatly simplifying the problem of provisioning their army being fully realized. But it is the report that the Japanese are working up westward of the main Russian army which occasions the greatest uneasi ness. The rumor that they are moving up toward Simintin, a short distance west of Mukden, from Niuchwang is generally believed. With the Japanese cordon tighten ing south and cast and a column threatening the Russian line of com munications in the rear, toward MtSk den, the appearance of the Japanese j on the other side of Mukden would I almost pocket General Kuropatkin :f he has resolved to accept battle with his whole army at Liaoyang. Shrewd military attaches are extremely doubt ful whether General Kuropatkin could .now withdraw jven if he so desired. ,< . Anothlf alarming feature of the sit uation in conncction with the Japanese western column is the report that it includes many Chinese, who are Jap anese subjects, from the Island of hormosa. whose influence on the local Chinese and the soldiers of General Ma and Viceroy Yuanshikai is feared. PORTE DOESNT LIKE OUR SQUADRON. ? ? - i ? Preseace ef Aasrfcsa Warships Will Danfct leu Brtaf a Satlsfactary Reply. Constantinople, (By Cable).?The announcement of the dispatch of the American European sqadron to Smyr j na has perturbed the Porte, and will, ; doubtless, hasten the solution of the j questions at issue between the United ; States and Turkey in a manner satis ; factory to the former. The Porte : promised American Minister Leish? | man that a reply favorable to the , American demand for the same fav I ored treatment in the mfitter of schools, | ! hospitals and charitable institutions as ! is accorded to other powers Would be i given August 2. The giving of the | answer was then postponed to Au ' gust 4. but up to the present time no ? answer has been received. [ The Porte recognized the demand ; in principle, but thus far has failed to j execute the necessary measures, and ? the American legation has now sent ! a communication to the Porte pointed ! ly demanding a speedy and final settle i nient, the issuance of the necessary orders and official acknowledgement by Turkey of the American demands. There is no monetary claims. JOHN LYONS HANOED. Paid ibe Destb Penalty for Murdering ao Aged Watchman. Patcrson. N. J. (Special).?John Ly ons was hanged in the county jail here for the murder of John Christian, an aged watchman, who was beaten to death when he detected Lyons and William Allen robbing a Pater.son silk mill four years ago. I he last effort to save l.yons was made Wednesday, when counsel for the condemned man applied to Judge Pitney, at Morristown, for a writ of habeas corpus for Lyons, alleging that as Lyons v.as not hanged on March 4. the day first set for the execution, he was legally dead, the court that grant ed the delay having no power to do so, that authority being vested in the Gov ernor alone. No word was received from Justice Pitney If he had refused to grant the writ of habca* corpus demanded by the prisoner's lawyers his action would have afforded counsel an opportuni ty to carry the case to the United i State* Supreme Court and thus delay I Mie execution. ? Allen is serving a .10-year sentence ! for his share in the murder. Mosqaltses Stap s Rallraad. New Orleans. La., (Special).?Th^ men employed on the Sabine branch of the Texas and New Orleans or Southern Pacific Railroad, between Rcaumont and Selma, have quit work i and returned with their families to Beaumont, stating that.it is impossible for them to endure the sufferings caus ed by the myriads of mosquitoes in Miat section. It is probable that the oneration of the branch road will be tusoended until the plague has abated uutm maris senumrr. TMtey UmmI !M i Steady ail HmI R?f4r It Awaited. Constantinople, (By Cable).?The announcement of the dispatch of the American European squadron to Smyrna has perturbed the Porte and will doubtless hasten the solution of the questions at issue between the United States and Turkey in a manner satisfactory to the former. The Porte promised American Min ister Leishman that a reply favorable to the American demand for the same favored treatment in the matter of schools, hospitals and charitable in stitutions as is accorded to other pow ers would be given August 2. The giv ing of the answer was then postponed to August 4, but up to the present time no answer has been received. The Porte recognized the demand in principle, but thus far has failed to execute the necessary measures, and the American legation has now sent a communication to the Porte point edly demanding a speedy and final settlement, the Issuance of the nec cesary orders and the official acknow ledgement by Turkey of the Ameri can demands. There are no monetary claims. Disgust is manifested in official cir cles here over the coming of the American war vessels for the purpose of making a demonstration. It is claimed that the Jfc'holc trouble with America is due to the Armenians, who remain just long enough in America to get naturalized and then return and agitate against the Sultan. Ac cording to officials, the claim of these people to protection is the principal demand made by the American gov ernment. Turkish Minister Concerned. Washington, D. C, (Special).?Che i kib Bey, Turkish minister to the Uni ted States, called at the state depart ment to inquire whether or not the published statements that the Euro pean squadron of the United States Navy had been ordered to Smyrna, as a menace to Turkey, were correct. Me was informed that the visit of Rear Admiral Jewell's ships to Turk ish waters was in accordance with a prearranged schedule, and should not be considered a menace to the Otto man government. In addition, how ever, he was told that the United States would insist strenuously upon her rights, and upon compliance with h*r requests with reference to trading claims and proper protection of Ameri can interests. Chekib Bey did not care to make any statement himself as to the*nature of his interview with Secretary Hay. There appeared ;to be an impression in the mind of tile Turkish statesman that because the President of the United States could not make war without the Coinyent of Congress he thereby was .stopped fipm indulging u* a navaf dembnV hat 1<^*to*MT7 Trail fhages Tknagk ? IrMge bte Crack. TIE MSASTEK MEM PlIEUO, COL T** Cm POM Whh Paaacafera Fsltow Ucwthra late a Tarrcat SwUem by a ? CMknt Which tlatf Weakeac4 Fm^i ?* BfMfe?Oaly Faar Paucagcra Weia Savti Pueblo, Col., (Special).?Two car loads of human freight plunged into the raging torrent that destroyed the trestle over the usually dry Arroyo, known as Steeles Hollow and as Dry Creek, near Eden, about 8 o'clock P. M. Two sleeping cars and the dining caJ". stopped at the brink of the chasm, which was filled with a boiling cur rent that quickly engulfed probably ioo lives. Only three of the occu pants of the ill-fated cars escaped death. How many perished probably never will be definitely ascertained, for the treacherous sands %rc drifting over the bodies. Searching for the dead was begun at midnight on an extensive scale and still is in progress. All corpses found were brought to Pueb lo and placed in four morgues here. At 8 o clock 76 bodies had been re covered, and of these 50 had been identified. During the day bodies were recovered all the way along Fountain River from the scene of the wreck to this city. At 1 o'clock two bodies were taken from the stream at First street. Pueb lo. more than eight miles from the point where the disaster occurred, and it is probable that some may even be recovered further down stream. None of the bodies is badly mutilated, and all are in such condition as to be rec ognizable. Many identifications have been made by articles found on the bodies, no persons who viewed them recognizing the features. Bridge Gives Way. So quitely had the catastrophe been enacted that the occupants of the three cars remaining on the track did not realize that an accident had oc curred until they alighted from the tram. Then they were utterly pow erless to render assistance to the vic tims jvho had disappeared in the rush ing waters. On the lookout for danger, warned 'l sQ,,aHy clouds and heavy rains to the north, Engineer Charles Hind man was running cautiously about 15 miles an hour as he approached the Arroyo, which was spanned by a bridge 96 feet in length. The condi tion of the bridge was not known until the locomotive, one of the mon # jCr P*ssenKer type, had nearly cross ed. Fireman Frank Mayfield, with a torch that the engineer and fireman >??*! Mrning tp ascertain the condition* of-th*. WneiT Engineer Hindtnan felt the tremor in the great machine and caught a glimmer on the water he shouted his last words: "Put out that torch." evidently think ing that in the accident he felt cer tain was coming the flames would serve to spread fire. But before Mayfield could obey, while the words were still on the lips of the doomed man. and his hand seeking the mechanism controlling the air, the bridge gave way. as though it had been a stack of kindling wood, and the locomotive dropped, with the hissing steam, 30 feet to the bottom ?? the Arroyo, crosswise to the track. The baggage car, smoking car and c?air car followed the locomotive into the stream and were swept away. All the occupants of these cars, except three men, perished, and had not the roof of the chair car burst asunder none would have escaped. The fire man, as the locomotive went over, was thrown out, and managing to grasp a piece of wreckage from the bridge, floated with that to a curve made by the caving bank and crept out of the water. He ran toward Eden meeting on the way operator F. M. Jones and his wife, who already had started up the track. Notify Pueblo," came the voire of the running man: "the tram's gone down and everybody is killed." Even as he spoke, relates the oper ator, there were cries coming from tlic distance. The two men r?in to where the bridge had been to search, but in vain for victitp* r?f the disaster. When they reached the spot all cries for help had ceased. A Dismal Scene. Relief trains with physicians, wreck and pile driving outfits and scorcs of workmen were hurried from the city, riic first train from the wreck came in shortly after midnight with J. M Kalian, of Pueblo; II. S. Gilbert, Tony risher and Fireman Mayfield. These were four men in the midst of the wreck who escaped. When dawn came the wonder grew that four had been permitted to emerge from the raging torrent with breath still in their bodies. T he great locomotive, the boiler free of the trucks, the cab and tank gone, lies where it fell. A quarter of a mile to the east, . where this gorge of death debouched into the fountain, lay the chair car. windows gone, three-fourths filled with mud and sand. A hundred feet farther on was the smoker, bot tom up against a sand bar A hund red and fifty feet farther on In the bed of the fountain was the coal tender of the engine, and from that point on for four or five miles vestiges of the roaches, the engine and tender stuck up from the bed of the stream or la> along the shore or on the island* Red plush ?eats of the smoker were strewn all along the stream. FINANCIAL Money continues to be a drug on the market. The banks hold more than thev desire. Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway Company, sailed for Europe. P W. Harding is dead Hp was th* "specialist" in Kric 0:1 the New York St ftafe* oT I^Sns^va^ST Verne Lowe died in Dresden, O.. froin the effects of an injury causea ! by his being struck by a pitched ball during a same. ! The will of Bertha Dolbeer, the San Francisco heiress, who commit tod suicide in New York, will be at ! tacked. The United States transport Buford arrived at Seattle, Wash., with troops from Nome and Skagvvay, Alaska. The attendance at the World's Fail during the past week was 601411, a ' new record being made. The new Republic of Panama has invested $4,000,000 in New York real estate mortgages. I C. M. Alexander, a Chicago evange list, married Miss Helen Cadbury, an i-English heiress. Indiana teachers are raising $20,000 ; to bring the murderer of Sarah Schaf* , er to justice. j Abraham B. Myers, of Hanover, Pa., has no hands, but he is an expert pool player. j Michael Caficry, of Plaitifield, N. J., j was shockd by 2,000 volts and still i lives. Max Arnold Hess, the blind com : edian, died at a sanitarium in Phila delphia. Joseph Shearer and his wife, Eliza betlu who were married about a month ago, were shot and killed by Harry j Fisher, aged .10 years, the woman'* , brother, in their home, in Philadelphia, j Fisher also shot himself and died , later. The motive for the crime waf robbery. Benjamin Brown, o< Philadelphia, aged 72 years, will wed a widow aged 65 years. This will be his fourth mat ' rimonial venture. Brown has figured 1 in several accidents and on three oc ' casions had b*en pronounced dead. There was a run on the Drovers' ; Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago by 1 strikers in retaliation for the action j of one of the packing firms in making ! the bank an adjunct to its pay de 1 partment. Rear Admiral Rivet and a party of officer* from the French cruiser Du? 1 nlrix visited the statehouoo,ooo for the irrigation of Egypt and the Soudan The approval of King Edward of the re-npointmcnt of Lord Curton , of the metal. One experimenter consequently placed the least pinch of radium bromide in a glass tube, and screwed It tightly Inside of a rubber thermometer-case. This he put In an iron box, with a silver soup-tureen and four sheets of copper above it. yet in some ways the rays got out. After all. I 'don't know that it is any more difficult to understand why this light goes through iron than why the light of a candle goes through glass. But. a piece of radium, in addition to giving off these peculiar rays, sends out such a shower of particles t!*at it is like a sort of exploding battery of tiny rapid-tire guns. These, as 1 said at the beginning, are of two sizes. The smallest are the smallest particles known to science. Indeed, as they travel some two hundred times taster than a bullet from a rifle, they must needs be pretty small not to wipe out everything within range. The others are much larger, perhaps by a thousand times, and they