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NOTIFICATION OF BRIAN.
He and Mr. Stevenson Officially In/%
f TU aiw M A rv? moliAnP
IUIIIICU Ui IIICII iiuiiiiiiaiiuiui
CEREMONIES AT INDIANAPOLIS.
JLarce Crowd In Attendance ? Uryau'i
Speech is Devoted to Imperialists?
He Promises a Discussion of Other
Issues In His Letter of AcceptanceStevenson
Toadies Upon All the Issues
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).?William
J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson were
officially and formally notified of their
nomination by the Democrats at their
rerent Kansas City Convention to the
offices respectively of President and
Vice-President of the United States.
The notification occurred in the Military
Park, a beautifully shaded tract
of land in the centre of the city. The
park contains probably thirty acres
of ground, and it was well covered
with people.
The ceremony was preceded 1?y a
parade through the principal streets
of the city, which was participated in
by a number of visiting and local Democratic
clubs. The meeting began a
few minutes after .'} o'clocK ana concluded
at 5.40 p. m. Five speeches
were made. Mayor Taggart. of Indianapolis.
adding a welcoming address to
the norilieation speeches of Representative
Richardson and Governor Thomas.
and responses were made by Mr.
Bvy.-iU and Mr. Stevenson.
The platform on which the speeches
" were made was elevated about six
feet above the park lawn, and upon it
sat the candidates and their families,
the members of the National Committee
and of the two notification committees.
as well as a few invited
guests. The meeting was called to order
in a brief speech of welcome by
Mayor Taggart, of this citj*. and who
introduced Senator Jones as the Permanent
Chairman of the meeting.
Senator Jones made no speech upon
taking the chair, but confined his remarks
to the simple introduction of
the speakers to the audience.
Congressman James D. Richardson,
jf Tenuessee, to whose lot. as Permanent
Chairman of the National
Convontion. fell the duty of informing
Mr. Bryan of his nomination, made the
fii-ct <->f thn nntitii'.-itinn :i?I<lrossoS.
Mr. Bryan was then introduced by
Senator Jones. He read his speech,
ieparting not from his manuscript except
in a word of explanation at the
beginning of his address. He never
appeared to better advantage. His
face was slightly flushed, but his eye
was clear and calm, and his voice was
never more" completely at his command.
The closing sentences were repeated
from memory in a most effective
manner. The speech took one hour
and ten minutes to deliver.
Mr. Bryan's speech was devoted to
Imperialism. He promised a discussion
of all the other issues in his letter
of acceptance. In regard to a solution
of the Philippine question, he said:
"This plan I unreservedly indorse,
[f elected, I shall convene Congress
in extraordinary session as soon as I
im inaugurated, and recommend ai
immediate declaration of the nation's
purpose, first, to establish a stable
form of government in the Philippine
Islands, just as we are now establish
ing a stable form of government in
the island of Cuba; second, to give in
dependence to the Filipinos, just as
we have promised to give independence
to the Cubans: third, to protect
:he Filipinos from outside interfer
?nce while tney work out tneir ups:iny.
just as we have protected the republics
of Central and South America,
ind are. by the Monroe Doctrine,
to protect Cuba."
Mr. Bryan was promptly followed 1 ?y
Governor Thomas. <>r Oilorndo, who
ntroduccd Mr. Stevenson, tlovernoi
Thomas spoke only ten minutes.
Mr. Stevenson was apparently slight
y nervous as the time approached
*or him to take the staud. but lie soon
gained confidence as he proceeded. He
read from his manuscript, but held
:he majority of his audience to the
?nd.
Mr. Stevenson discussed many subjects
before touching upou imperialsm,
which he then declared was the
oaramount issue. The tariff law was
condemned and held responsible for
:he existence of tnrentening trusts.
The construction of the Nicaraguau
Oanal was declared necessary and the
:reatment of Tor to Rico was dea1a?a.1
uiuiru. 9
At the close of Mr. Stevenson's
?peech Chairman Jones adjourned the
oieeting.
Sew York's Tuberculosis Experiments.
The Tuberculosis Committee of the
State Board of Health is at present
?ouducting interesting experiments
with the milk of the tuberculous cow.
This milk is being fed to pens of rubaits,
and they are also being inoculated
with it. Besides the rabbits, some
suinoa pigs will be inoculated with
the milk of the tuberculous cow, and
ilso with the human tubercle bacilli,
and the result carefully noted. By
these experiments it is hoped to a seertan
whether the milk from a diseased
cow will carry the disease into any
animal partaking of the lacteal fluid.
Groat Britain's Warning to Clilna.
Replying to a question on the subjei
in the House of Commons, at London,
the Itight Uou. W. St. John Brodrick,
Parliamentary Secretary of the For
eign Office, said that the British Government
had informed the Chinese
Government that they would be held
personally guilty if any members of
the legations or other foreigners in
Pekin suffered injury.
Plan to Suppress Anarchists. .
Although no plan has yet been
adopted for international protection
against Anarchists, the German Foreign
Office is authority for the statement
mat it is probable that a scheme
will be devised and that the preliminary
steps have already been taken.
New York's Gixpo Crop.
At a meeting of grape shippers at
Dunkirk. X. Y.. it was estimated that
this season's growth would aggregate
car.*.
Chinese AVar Notes.
Korean advices report the killing ot
eighty.Russians at An Tong by Boxers.
The Austrian war ships Kaiseriu
Elizabeth and Aspern have sailed for
China.
A second Japanese division is mobilizing
at Tokio, ready to embark for
China.
Placards posted in Canton call upon
the Chinese to slaughter the officers
and foreigners.
Secretary of State Hay. at Washington.
says the Government favors immediate
action in China.
BRITISH MEET A REVERSE.
Boers Capture Eland's River Garrison
After a Ten Days' Fight.
General De Wet GeU Oot of a Trap,
Uut Two Columns Were Sent
In Pnrsnit of Htin.
London (By Cable).?(Jcnernl Roberts
has sent the followiug gispatcli
X- Xl. ^ UTn n
IU lilt* tYi(i viuv?>
"Pretoria.?Delarey, hearing of Ian
Hamilton's approach toward Rustenberg.
and seeing that he had no chance
of capturing Baden-Powell, hurried off
to Eland's River. Hamilton reported
that firing In the Eland's River direction
.has ceased and that LieutenantColoiiel
Hoare's garrison had evidently
been captured.
GENERAL CHRISTIAN DE WET.
(The Boar leader who has prolonged the
war by his guerilla tactics.)
"Hamilton loft Rustenberg Tuesday
morniug,bringing Baden-Powell's force
with him.
"Pe Wet commenced crossing the
Waal River Monday. Kitchener is now
moving in pursuit. M&thuen. on the
right bank of the Waal, has evidently
come into contact with De Wet's advance
guard, as his guns were heard
Dy ivucneiier xutrsuaj niuimu^.
GENERAL WAKRfN RELIEVED.
General Forettler.Wulker Aiiumei Coin- j
' inund of tlie Troup* in tbe Colony. '
London (By Cable).?The following j
dispatch from Lord Roberts has been
received at the War Office:
"As Warren has pacified the Western
districts of Cape Colony. I am allowing
him to return home and am placing
the whole of the troops in the
colony under Forestier-Walker."
Since the disastrous defeat at Spion
Kop. where the attacking party of
British were under the command of
Sir Charles Warren, this hitherto esteemed
army leader has been in semidisgrace.
Severely rebuked by General
Roberts for his part in the fiasco,
he was naturally thought to be doomed
to recall, but was instead transferred
to Bechuanaland to act as administrator.
Boer Edtot* in Berlin.
Berlin (By Cable).?The Boer delegation
and Dr. Leyds arrived here and
were received at the Foreign Office by
Herr von der Enthal, Count von Buelow's
representative. It Is understood
that the purpose of their visit to Berlin
and also to St. Petersburg, where
they will go next, is to induce Germany
and Russia. when peace comes,
to try to get some measures of independence
for the Boers.
" DISPOSED OF BABY FOR SI.
Rochester Man, Too Poor to Support It
Transfers Hi* Child.
Rochester, N. Y. (Special).?Unable
j to support his child and arrested twice l
I fnr failure to nronerlv nrovide for it,
John A. Cannon, of this city, has transferred
his baby girl to near relatives.
The transfer price was $1. Cannon
got the money and signed a receipt
for the child, surrendering it to the
purchaser, Mrs. Eva C. Simpson.
Cannon's wife is dead. The person
to whom baby was transferred is its
grandmother, being the mother of the
child's dead mother. The paper giving
up possession of the infant has
been tiled in the County Clerk's office.
Lawyers say tnat it only represents
another form of adoption and is perfectly
legal in that sense.
AMERICAN DESERTER ABROAC..
Brought From Manila on the Transport
Sherman to Serve Forty Yeara in Priaon.
San Francisco (Special).?The transport
Sherman has arrived from Ma
uila. The Sherman brought fifty-three
cabin passengers, 138 invalid soldiers,
four discharged marines, ten civilians
and twelve prisoners. One of the prisoners
is Private Holt, a deserter, who
was captured in a Filipino cainp. nu
will serve forty years on Alcatraz Island.
M[?Hf?Kl|ipi Valley Cotton Crop.
It is stated that on present conditions
of the cotton crop in the Mississippi
Valley that section now promises
to exceed last year's yield by 1,000,ooo
bales.
Aoronaut Daahed to Death.
Johnnie Dew. an aeronaut, of Grand
Rapids. made a balloon ascension at
Ottawa Beach, Mich. Nearly half a
mile up the performer began his descent.
His parachute did not work
properly, and lie was dashed to death
in the lake below.
Wisconsin Republican Ticket.
The Republicans of Wisconsin have
I ? ,-?li Klnt,, ti, !.-(.* Imndcd
IKMlJItl.l irw ?i nut ?j?hh
l?v Hubert M. Lafayette. of Madiso.
for iJovornor.
Sewiy Gleanmc*.
Sailing vessels suitable for long voyages
are in demand.
Soft coal is now being shipped from
this country to England.
The water system of Atlanta. Ga..
has failed twice within two weeks.
Illinois apples have been awarded
the first prize at the Paris Exposition
Cheap lands in Nebraska have beer
taken up so rapidly that few desirablt.
acres remain.
American owners have entered thirty-four
horses for the English Perbj
of 1002.
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MILLIONS III MVIMDSJ
The Enormous Earnings of the Standard
Oil Trust This Year.
ROCKEFELLER GETS $12,000,000.
The OH Tract Declare* a Dividend ol
fight Per Cent.?18,000,000 Will 1!<
Distributed Among the Stockholder*
?John L>. Rockefeller'* Share of tin
Profit*?He Kecelve* 8104,383 a Day
Nnm V/\rlr flit-ir fSnof>lnU 1TllP Stnn?
dard Oil Company of New Jersey, the
Standard Oil Trust, has declared a dividend
of eight per cent. \>n the capital
stock of $100,000,000. This is the
third dividend to be declared-this year.
The first dividend was paid on March
1"?, of twenty per cent.; the second on
June 15, of ten per cent., and the
third will be paid September 15. This
makes a total since March, 1899, of
seventy-one per ceat, or about $71,000,000,
or more than two-thirds of
the capital of almost $100,000,000. And
it is expected that one more quarterly
dividend will be paid.
Some persons thought that ten pel
cent, would have been declared had
it not been for the Bayonne fire, that
cost alout $1,500,000. That fire was
disregarded by the Standard Oil managers.
The loss of one or two millions
of dollars was expected. The
company does not ifcsure its property,
but sets aside so much of its earnings
to pay fire losses. Dividends are distributed
regardless of the profit or
loss in that account.
Tlie wealth of John D. Rockefeller,
president, of the Standard Oil Compnuy,
is growing at a rate incomprehensible
to the average mind. He is
being submerged in his downpour of
riches. He could not dodge the
steady, persistent influx of wealth If
he wished. Every instant the clock
ticks off a second, day and night, Sundays
and holidays, he gets more
money than the average man earns in
a week.
He owns thirty-one per cent, of the
capital stock of the Standard Oil Company
of New'Jersey. This Is merely
the parent corporation of the Innumerable
subsidiary companies which
compose the trust.* Each of these companies
makes its own profits and the
trust gets its share from the ownership
of stock in them.
The trust owns fifty-one per cent, of
tne SIOCK Ol an tuese sunsiuwiry companies,
and it has made $38,000,000 so
far this year out of that ownership.
The remaining forty-nine per cent, of
the stock of the subsidiary companies
is owned by John D. Rockefeller outright
in addition to his thirty-one per
cent inter.est in the parent corporation.
His share of the dividends so far
declared this year by the parent trust
is $11,780,000. His .forty-nine per
cent, share of the profits of the subsidiary
companies is ?oG,510.000, making
in all $48,290,000 that he has received
so far this year from his Interests
in oil.
But this man's wealth is so great
that the oil iudstry, immense as it is,
is not large enough to employ his
riches. He owns an interest in innumerable
railroads, banks, insurance
and trust companies, mining corporations
and industrial enterprises.
His investments in these corporawill
l*lo fnfr? 1 {nnnmn fliio
IiUIia um UUUJj UIO lUiiu ui\.uiuv V?.?i7
rear up to at least $G0,000,000, and
perhaps to $75,000,000. Based upon
?(>0,000,000 his dally income for every
:>ne of the 3ft"> days In the year Is
?104,383, one-fourth of which would
be deemed an independent fortune by
the average family.
CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS
IgXrejrate AoaeU 85,00^,
000,000?3733 Banks
Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The
Controller of the Currency has com-'
)lfted a summary of the condition of
ill the national banks in the United
States on June 20. 1900. There were
17M2 Imnks. an increase of 149 durincr
he year. Their aggregate assets
vere $4,944,905,023, the highest ever
eached in the history of the national
tanking system, and $235,331,719 more
ban <n June 30, 1899, which had
>een the record.
The increase in assets was in loans
ind discounts, the increase being
ibout one-half of the total amount,
:he remainder consisting of Uniied
States bonds and cash held by the
oanks.
There was an increase in the circulating
medium of $05,944,035. The
circulation is now shown to be $205,*03.018,
as against $199,35S,3S2 one
rear ago.
"KISSING BUG" CAUSED DEATH.
A Bite on the Lip l'roduced UIooil Pol?.
oiling in a Jacksonville Woman.
Jacksonville, Fin. (Special).?Sirs. M.
Burt, the wife of a jeweler here, died
f-om the effect of a kissing bug's
sting. A few days ago while sitting
on the porch of her house she felt the
insect's bite on her lip, but thought
i!Mir> <-.f it Two dnvs after it began
I to pain her. and while out driving she
I fainted. Doctors were called in, but
I thpv could do nothing, and she died
after suffering agony all the week.
Physicians say the bug's bite cans-1
blood poisoning.
Full Amnesty in Peru.
The Peruvian Congress has declared
full amnesty for all political offenders
Heary Artillery For China.
Battery 0, of the Seventh Artillery,
with its seven-inch siege guns, among
the largest in the army, and 17."> men,
started from Fort lliley, Kan., for
San Francisco on hurry orders to proceed
to China.
Says Kruger is Willing fo filTe Up.
It was asserted positively in Pretoria,
Soutli Africa, that President KmI
irer is willinc and anxious to surren
der, provided a satisfactory promise
is given as to liis ultimate destination
A Monument (<> (JtMitral Stark.
A granite monument, erected on the
site of the camping ground of General j
lolin Stark, as he passed from |
Cliarlestowu, N. H.t to the battle of
Bennington, in 1777, was dedicated at
Peru, Vt. . .
Killed In a Coal Mine.
William Gilbert, aged fifteen, was
killed, and Andrew Davis, another
boy. ^as seriously injured l?y a part
of the roof of t^^Mouut Pleasant
Coal Mine. full
'"iMk
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Waahlnsrton
The War Department has asked Chicago
packers to submit bids for fur
nishing 1,000.000 pounds of fresh,
salted and canned meats for the American
soldiers in the Philippines and
China.
The War Department ha* begun
preparations to regulate the action of
Manila banks in their arbitrary, reduction
of exchange rates on American
gold.
The War Department announces that
mail for qur soldiers in China should
??? o.MmccoH with tho full nntne of tile
Ul* ?UUICDW\,V? " ? ?..v. soldier,
his company and regiment,
with the words: "China, via San Fror
cisco."
Since March 14 last 42G 'applications
to organize national banks have been
approved by the Controller of the Currency.
A telegram has been received at th.e
Treasury Department from Lieutenant
Jarvis, at Cape Nome, Alaska,
which indicates that the situation
there is improving.
Our Adopted IiUndi.
The American customs service is
now In force in Hawaii.
The proposed change in currency in
Porto Rico has caused a corner and
a sudden rise in prices in all the
necessaries of life.
Captain Richard P. Leary, the former
Governor of Guam, has sailed for
the United States.
Fifty cases of yellow fever are now
under treatment in Havana, and the
disease in on the increase in Pinar del
Rio, Cuba.
There has been an increase of insurgent
activity in the Philippines during
the last t'.ree weeks, especially in the
way of ambushes and attacks upon
small parties.
Forty-six fourth-class postmasters
have been appointed In Hawaii.
First-Lieutenant Alstaetter, of the
Engineer Corps, with an escort of fifteen
men, was ambushed and captured
in the province of Nuetfa Eclja, Luzon.
I\ I., by a large forced
l)om?Wie. ' 'L
The number of deathaipaused by
electricity from the "thlpd rail"; .In
Brooklyn may lead to a ](j?al Inquiry
as to the railroad company's rl^ht to
use that system.
Miss Catherine M. West, a young
teacher, committed suicide in an asylum
In Ossawattomie, Kan., by hanging
herself.
President McKinley has granted a
respite of eight weeks in the case of
the Halderman brothers, sentenced
be hanged August 10 at Tombstone,
Ariz.
At South Raub, Ind., a passenger
train ran into a freight engine and caboose.
The freight engineer
man and the passenger:fireman Were
tniaii BHHBlF :
Edward L. McWllliams, former
Chief of the Jersey City police force,
committed suicide in New York City
by shooting himself with a pistol.
The National Government has instructed
the Forest Supervisor In New
Mexico to protect the cliff-dwellers in
that Territory from vandalism.
Right Rev. Augustine Healy, Catholic
Bishop of Maine, died suddenly at
Portland.
Charged with embezzling 511,000,
.Toseph Virtul, formerly a bookkeeper
In the Occidental Hotel, at New York
Tity, was held without bail for court.
Delbert Grimes and Alvin Speakman
were instantly killed by an embankment
caving in upon them at Toledo,
Ohio.
While walking on the New York
Central tracks near Rochester, N. Y.,
William Morrison and Thomas Smith
wei'e struck by a passenger train and
killed.
Albert Fowler, of St. Louis, Mo., and
Victor H. Chase, of Chicago, were
drowned while bathing at G#and Haven^Mich.
" ^TTwrific cloudburst in the valley of
the Verd"? River, in Arizona, though
it drowned two men, was welcomed
as a godsend because of.: a long
drought.
The Novelty mills of W. B. EarthanV
& Co., and the warehouse of J. P.
Hale & Sons, at Murfreesboro, Tenu.,
were destroyed by fire. A negro boy
was burned to death. The losses aggregate
$100,000, with two-thirds insurance.
Foreign.
Tile uongo r ree oune uutuunui-s
have apologized to Great Britain for
a raid on British African territory
above Lake Nyanza.
Conditions In the famine provinces
of India have improved in the last few
days, more rain falling and sowing
being carried on.
Surgeon Stoughton, of the United
States gunboat Castine, was drowned
at Shanghai. China.
General Roberts, at Pretoria, reports
the capture of Harrismith by General
MacDonald.
The Hon. Hugh Grosvenor, secoud
secretary of the British Embassy in
Vienna, Austria, and a son of Lord
Ebury, killed himself in that city.
Yellow fever is on the increase and
very virulent at Merida, the capital of
Yucatan, Mexico.
Dr. Liebkuecht, the well-known
member of the Reichstag, and one of
the leaders of Socialism in Germany,
is dead.
Malay potentates are said to be negotiating
with German syndicates'that
wish to buy the islaud of Poolo Lon
tar.
The Sultan of Turkey has ordered
that all Italians employed about the
palace be discharged. He is said to be
in constant dread of an attack by An
archists.
The British war loan has been issued
in the form of $.")().<)00.000 three pet
cent, exchequer bouds at 5)8, repayable
at par in 1003.
Transvaal advices state that General
Baden-Powell was wounded during an
engagement at Ilustenburg, when the
Boers, according to their account, took
some prisoners and captured 324 wagons.
The trade of Cape Colony, South Africa,
shows a falling oft' of nearly $12,
000.000 compared with the returns foi
the same period last year as a resull
of the war.
Charge d'AH'aircs at Constantinopk',
renewed his demands upon the Ottoman
Government for compensation
for the losses of American citizens
during tlie Armenian massacres. He
insisted upon a prompt decision.
The civilian surgeons employed in
the military hospitals have been required
by the British Medical Department
to sign a contract not to divulge
in any way what their impressions
may bo on hospital matters.
Lord Curzon, of Kedleston, Viceroy
of India, visited Dohad, one of thi
worst famine and ch?'',r.i districts ii
the_country. , . |
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? ADYABCE ON PEM.
Alllied Forces Defeat Chinese In a
Stubbornly Contested Battle.
IMPERIAL TROOPS LOSE HEAVILY
Sixteen Thousand of tlie Allied Troops At.
tack the Chinese Position and the Fight
Continued For Over Seven Hours?
Losses Are 1200 Killed and Wounded?
Japanese and Kasslans Greatest Losers.
?7asbington, D. C. (Special).?A battle
lasting seven and a half bours was
fought between tbe allied forces advancing
to Pekin and tbe Chinese at
Pei-Tsang, eight miles from Tien-Tsin,
on Suuday. Tbe allies, about 16,000
strong, arc reported to have lost 1200
In killed and wounded, chiefly among
tbe Russians and Japanese. Tbe Chi*,
nese retreated. *
Word of the sanguinary conflict
reached Washington in two official
dispatches, one from Commander
Taussig, of the Yorktown, and the
other from Rear-Admiral Remey. That
from Taussig was dated Chefoo and
said; .V- ;
"British Fame reports, unofficial -engagement
at Pei-Tsang Sunday morning,
three to half-past ten. Allied loss,
killed and wounded, 1200, chiefly Russians
and Japanese. Chinese retreating.
Rear-Admiral Remey cabled:
"Unofficial report believed reliable.
About 10,000 allies heavily engaged
Chinese at Pei-Tsang daylight of the
oin.
Although a heavy price has been
paid, the victory of the allies Is regarded
here as fully compensating for
the losses. Had the foreign troops
been forced to retire, it is felt that all
China would have risen to drive out
the invaders. The allies,, from the
point of view of the officials and diplomats
bete, cannot afford to be defeated.
They must strike a heavy
blow, not only to demoralize the Chl:
nese troops opposing them, but to deter
the rest of China from joining in
the hostilities.
Pei-Tsang is eleven or twelve miles
from Tien-Tsin, and in its normal state
is a village of mud huts, not without
natural dffensive strength. The Chi-V
nese forces, however, as shown by a
Japanese reconnoissance, had dug
trenches and loopholed houses. The
county is broken, which makes the
heq,vj fosses a sure index of very seM'
O&tfers of the army estimate that
1; the Chinese losses were at least three
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Slieng r?an For Hla Head.
London (By Cable).?A dispatch from
Shanghai 9ays that Sheng.the Director
of Telegraphs and Railroads, who
fears that he will be beheaded, has
applied for refuge on a British warship.
He has received a promise that
his request will be granted.
WOLCOTT AMBASSADOR TO ITALY
He Succeed* General Draper ai Oar
ltepreientatlve at the Qnlrlnal.
Washington, D. C. (Special). ? Former
Governor Roger Wolcott, of Massachusetts,
has accepted the President's
tender of the post of Ambassador to
Italy, vice General William F. Draper,
BOGER WOLCOTT.
(The new American Minister to Italy.)
resigned, and his commission as 6uch
has been issued. Mr. Draper's resignation
does not take effect for about
six weeks, so that the new Ambassador
will not assume his office until
fall. Mr. Wolcott is now in Paris with
his family.
'*- ALABAMA GOES DEMOCRATIC.
A Plur>tlit>-jof 7(5,000?Jolin T. Morgan
to Be Senator.
BirminghamfPJP. (Special).?A general
election for State and county officials
and for members of the General
I Assembly was held in Alabama, and a
large majority was returned for the
Democratic ticket, headed by William
J. Samford, of Lee Couuty. whc
will be inaugurated as Governor on
December 1.
The new Legislature consists of 120
Democrats and thirteen Populists and
Republicans. It will re-elect John T.
Morgan to the United States Senate.
It is estimated that the Democratic
plurality is about 75.0U0. The only
issue was the question of holding a
constitutional convention which will
eliminate the negro from politics. It
was carricd by a large vote.
In the Eighth Congressional District
Judge William Richardson, of Madison
County, was elected to succeed
General Joe Wheeler.
Killed by PoUon In 1'ea Soup.
As the result of oil ting pen soup
which had been cooked in a new tin
vessel two children of the family of
Lewis Connor, a farmer, ol* Irwinsville,
Ga., are dead, and Mrs. Connor
and a third child are seriously ill. They
were poisoned and physicians say the
poison was metallic.
Destructive Tornado In North Dakota
Great damasre was done to crops and
many people were injured by a tornado
iu North Dakota.
The Labor World.
The mines of South Africa give work
to between 00,000 and 70,000 men.
Nearly al! the striking fishermen on
the Frazer River, li. C., have returned
to work.
Carroll D. Wright estimates 1.SOS,COO
wage workers in labor organizations
in the United States.
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Employes of the Jersey Central Railroad
have asked for an increase in
wages of from five to fifteen per cent.
Two hundred women are employed
as feeders in the press rooms of the
Government liur Ofliee at Wa*3h.iagtoiL
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SINGULAR'OCCURRENCES.
flnusual Invents Reported From Various
Sections of the Country.]
4Cinn??ota Mllllia^i Pursuit or a Circuit
Convict* Who nolit Up a Slierlfl
But Do Not Encape.
Duluth, Minn. (Special).?One liundred
militia men left here for Cloquet,
Minn., to capture the circus followers
who have been terrorizing the small
towns in Northern Minnesota. They
arrived there during the night and
when the circus train pulled In quietly
surrounded it and waited for daylight
The circus peqgtifckntw nothing
of the soldiers' n^piw. until they
awoke in the mojfcjgfc.*x
The Sheriffs ofiBayand Hubbard
Counties, who waSHpffeaulted by the
toughs several dJK agp;^!?fere there
and picked out tfli men tig*'wanted
They were taken tOK.Casg Igpte. Mosi
of them were arme(Mk&ff>y offered
no resistance to the uppj|jprce of solc
o ,v v i l p pfr JmEK.
Take HI* K<^MfcKB^nn> T^igm When
| experience nBu^Wd . up by his
own pnsonea?B8B> PfflSrlater-recoDsld
ered tiik^T . keys to him,
1 Otero (^^^^^W^^iiiBpecting the
cells alHHpiPHwwtered those oc
cupied by^Snes B. oIe, charged witt.
murder. ann a convict named. PIggs,
The two men scared the jailer's
gun, forded him to bands.
and then procecaea .waitwre IMJftll
keys. Still kecping^t&ejafer covered,
escape, at^ulI decidinglm"My
boy," said Lleutenat O'Brien,'!
when the recaptured prisoner
turned, "I will give you your neoRK
If jou will tell me how you escaped.*
"I crawled under the door," siu?3r>- i
The space is exactly five inches frfjjit.
Dawson threw himself on the floor
and without any dhficultir slid under
the door. Then he showed- how be
had made his way over the cells, ofct
of a window, and down a tope to the,
ground. He was allowed,.t#|fo.
BOLLS INTO A SIZING.KRTLE.
A Hotter While Sleeping Filh Into
Volllng Water. y
Orange, N. J. (Special).?Charles
Young, a hatter employed in John
Ward's hat factory, while working in
the shop, lay down on the top of one
of tlie string Ketnes m tue auuy ?.*.
take a nap. These kettles are octagonal
in shape, with a wooden cover,
which slopes toward the centre of the
Kettle, in which the water is kept
boiling to be used in sizing hat bodies,
Young had been asleep some time,
when other workmen heard a splash
and a scroam and saw fclni floundering
in the hot water, having rolled in
while asleep. Young was pulled out
of tho kettle. He was badly scalded
about the left side and arm.
NEW GOVERNMENT AT MANILA.
Civil CotnuiUsIon Will liecome the Leg.
illative Bodr After September 1.
Manila (By Cable).?On September 1
the commission headed by Judge Tafl
will become tho legislative body of the
Philippines, with powefr to take nnc
appropriate insular moneys, to estab
lisii judicial and educational systems
and to make and pass all laws.
No money will be permitted to bf .
drawn from the insular funds except
by authorization of the commission
Judge Taft and his colleagues will alsc
exercise certain executive functions
For instance, they will appoint judges
officials in the educational department
and officer3 of municipalities, whict
the commission will establish pending
elections.
General MacArthur will be the ex-'
ecutive head to enforce the laws ol
the commission, and he will conduC
the Government in accordance witi
the same until the commission recom
mends to President McKinley the ap
pointment of a Civil Governor.
IMMIGRANTS, 1000 A DAY.
Foreigner* Pouring Into the
State* at a Great Rate.
New York City (Special). ? Figures
concerning the increase of immigration
at this port just tabulated show
that in the fiscal year ended June 3G
there arrived here 341,711 immigrants,
which is the greatest number since
1S93. '
The groat Increase has been during
the last three months. The immigration
authorities believe, from the rate
at which the numbers are growing
now?over 1000 immigrants a day?
that the next year will far exceed the
record made in 1809-1000. The immigration
at this port alone for the yeai
ISOO-iytjO is greater than at the othei
twenty-one cities at which aliens are
received.
Kubonlc riague in liainburc.
A casp of bubonic plague has bc-ei.
discovered in a vessel in the harbor ai I
Ham bur.?. Germany. All possible pre- j
cautions have been taken to prevent
the spread of the disease.
Killed by a Hornet'* Sting.
Frank Barton, a farmer, seventy
years old. of Woodsville, It. I., whllt
mowing, was sum;; by a black home'
aud died four hours afterward.
Prominent 1'eopti*.
The Prince of Wales has been math
a member of the lloyal College of Sur
goons.
The rope has written a Latin hynu
in memory of all the martyrs win
have died in advancing the clvlliza
tion of the world.
.1 udge William A. Holt, of Kentucky
who has been appointed Chief Justic<
of Porto Ivico, is one of the best knowr
lawyers in his State.
Trinee Sheng, the Chinese directoi
of telegraphs, is said to be 'one of the
besttelegniphicexperts In the Eiustand
has had a long. pragtlca^espQrlQnce.
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PLOT TO IILL HDMBBRT.
It Was Conceived in Paterson, N. J.,
Ambassador Fava Declares.
INFORMS STATE DEPARTMENT,
Th? Italian Minister Officially State* Hi*
Belief About the A**assiuatlon of King
Humbert?A Gigantic Conspiracy to
Kill All Europe'* Monarch*?New Jersey
Uses E?ery Effort to Get Proof<
Washington, D. C. (Spccial).?Baron
Fava, tljc Italian Ambassador, has
communicated to the State Department
Information showing that he believes
a band of anarchists in Pater- i
son, N. J? conspired to assassinate all,
the browned heads of Europe.
According to the Governor of New
Jersey, every effort is being made by
the State police authorities to assist
the detectives employed by the ItaliaD
officials to ascertain if such a band ex
ists, and its membership. The department
has come to the conclusion thatwhen
the Investigation is concluded
It can do no more than urge upon th& *
State authorities that the conspirators
be punished. The federal government ,r
has no authority to interfere with the
State, and the Governor must be depended
nwjtf to spe that the persons
Involved ia -the plat to kill Humbert'
are held to< strict a<;cjai?ntabllity.
New York%$Jr<i(gpecial}.?Neither the
police of tfljk 'fclty ^nor of West Ho- .?
, bokei* have'given in> hope of putting 7
together all the* ends of the plot
botched in thi?;totintry to slay King Humbert.
Tbe^fw York police are
vtfclfag assisted Jn their work by Itajlan
.Gonstil Brahchl, wjbo has given.much
valuable information to "both depart- ,
ments. The killlng of King Humbert
Eised the loyal Italians here,'
fvorking.to&ld the Consul-in': /
s to obtain evidence 'against'
of assassins.
D Of ASSASSIN CAUGHT,j,1/ - :
L Anarchist From the UnlleA .*
tM Arreitod In Italy. * ?' *
(#y^6able).r-A dispatch from' '
S that Guissani, editor.of the
paper Combattiamo, has
rted u: -Genoa. Several letPaterson,
N. J., were found *' -
l named Defu8C0 has been ar- <
tXaserta, where he has just
from America. He has conbat,
he was aware of Bresci's
i^to kill King Humbert. He
that it was expected that a
revolution would folio w the assassination.
He possessed an American revolver
and Important documents.
Uaninroni Anarch 1st Arrested.
Paris (J*/ Cable).?The French! police
have' arretted at Abbeville Auguste
Yalette, &^Smgerous Anarchist, who is
BupposedS^o nave been the instigator
of Saison*s attempt npon the Shah of
Persia. Valette left Paris Immediately
after the crime.
ANARCHIST_RlOT IN CHICACO.
Lucy Parsons and Four Others Arrested
?Police Were Called Oat.
Chicago (Special).?An Anarchist riot
occurred at the corner of Twelfth and
Halstead streets, in which twenty-five
persons were bruised in a struggle with
forty-five policemen summoned' toquell
the disturbance.. Five persons4
were arrested, among them being Mrs.'
Lucy Parsons, widow of Albert'R. Parsons,
who was executed November 14,
1887, in Chicago for aiding and abetting
the bomb throwing in the Haymnnlrof
rlnf Slio irna nrlfh
disorderly conduct, obstructing the ' \k
street, and resisting an officer. .Her
bail was fixed at $1100.
The others arrested were Paul Vanf' .
dree, charged with distributing incendiary
literature, bail fixed at $2000;
Clement Pfuitsener, charged with assault,
disorderly conduct, and obstructing
the street; Herman Goodman, > ;
charged with distributing incendiary
literatuce, ball -fixed- at $2000; Abra- '
ham Edelstad^ &ar?ed with disorderly
conduct, obstructing the street, and,
resisting an officer; release! on $1100
baH.
After the -Tiffray numerous small
cards .were found in the street and in -'?
the Vicinity containing two verses of ' ~
poetry, urging the workingmeu to be j
free, to throw off the yoke of bondage
and fight for liberty and to lay down
their lives if necessary to overthrow
lue uuvnuuicui auu uiiam ireuuuiu.
The card bore the heading: "Workingmen,
Emancipate Yourselves!"
The police assert that these cards
were printed in San Francisco, and
were received here by the Anatchists
several days ago, and have been secretly
distributed. * .? /
A large quantity of literature advocating
anarchy, and a book containing
the names and addresses of several
hundred Anarchist sympathizers were
secured by the police..
K1NC ALEXANDER WEDDED*
Hla Marriage to Mine, I)rnga Blaachla 7"
Celebrated With Pomp.
Belgrade, Servla (By Cable). ? King
Alexander wedded Mme. Draga Maschin,
the ceremony being performed
with great pomp.
In honor of the event the King
granted amnesty, together with numerous
political pardons, including the
former Radical Premier, Tauschanovich.
It is estimated that no fewer than
30,000 persons came from the provinces
and from abroad to see the wedding
nn<?pnnt.
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KILLED IN AN ELECTION ROW.
Four Men Dead a? the Kernilt of a Fight
In Hancock County, Tenn.
Middlesboro. Ky. (SpecialIn Hancock
County. Tenn.. at Howard's cross
roads, on the day of the Tennessee i
elections, four men were killed in a
general light ami many more wounded,
two of whom will die. The dead are
Deputy Sheriff John Lamb, Hill Collins,
Phil Collins and Wiley Brewer.
The scene of the battle is in the wilds
of llaucock County, lil'ty utiles from
a railroad. ?
\,yci IIIIJ
According to a veteran dealer one of
the crude devices of ilie modern bicycle
which may prove troublesome is
the cot torpin. which secures the crpuk
to the spindle.
Riders of coaster-brake wlieelsshould
he particularly careful that the elucch
is Kept clean and well lubricated, as
otherwise Hie friction generated will
retard the speed. ?
Whatever the reasons may bC; bicycles
and their riders are not nearly
so numerous this year as in years past.
This is especially noticeable at the
popular summer resorts. - - - -