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Republican Convention Adopts a Mod'f
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mea uummirio nan*.
APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT
The Governor Reiterate* Hln View# in Accepting
an Unanimous Kenomination
?The Tariff and Trust flank Ir the
Platform ? Nation Congratulated on
Present Prosperous Era?Ticket Named
Des Moines. Iowa.?The Republican
State Convention nominated the following
ticket: For Governor. Albert B.
Cummins, of Des Moines: LieutenantGovernor,
John Herriott. of Atlantic;
-L IfiiOlirfi, VI. At UUUCUOUU, V/i- wwiiu
Lake; member Supreme Bench. A.
Bishop, of l)es Moines: Railway Commissioner.
D. A. Palmer, of Washington;
Superintendent of Public Instrution.
K. E. Riggs. of Sigouruey.
The nominations of the convrntion
were all made by acclamation, with rhe
exception of that for "State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, for which
three ballots were necessary, and in
which the dark horse wen.
The platform contains a strong indorsement
of President Roosevelt to
succeed himself, recommends self-government
in the Philippines so far as
practicable; indirectly denounces mob
violence, favors good roads and irrigation
and denounces disfranchisement
of the negro in Southern States.
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llJXtMU UL .^pvLIUVUH^ UlUWlClll^ 1*4*"public
utterances" of Governor Cummins.
as the latter desired, the same
resolution as passed last year was
adopted. This indorses his administration
and declares that his devotion to
progressive principles of Republicanism
inspires confidence in the wisdom
and usefulness of his political leadership.
The tariff plank, which was originally
drafted by Governor Cummins aud
altered after conferences with Senator
Allison and others, follows:
"We reiterate our faith in the historic
policy of protection. Under its influence
our country, foremost in the bounties
of nature, has become foremost in
production. It has enabled labor to secure
good wages and has induced capital
to engage in production with a reasonable
hope of fair reward. Its vindication
is found in the history of its
successes and the rapidity with which
our national resources have been de- j
veloped and our industrial independ- j
ence secured, and we heartily renew
our pledge to maintain ir.
,-"Tarijff rates enacted to carry this
policy Into effect should be 'just, fair
and impartial, equally opposed to a
foreign control ana domestic inouopoi.v, >
to sectional discrimination and individual
favoritism.' and must from time to !
time be changed to meet ilie varying '
conditions Incident to the progress of |
-our industries and their changing rela- I
tions to our foreign aud domestic commerce.
Duties that are too low should |
be increased and duties that are too ;
high should be reduced.
"We believe that the large corpora.
tioris commonly called 'trusts' should
v be .so regulated and supervised, both in
their organization and opeiation. that
their evil tendencies may be checked
and their evil practices prevented. In
many instances they are efficient indus- i
trial instruments and the natural outcome
of an inevitable process of economic
evolution. We do not desire
their destruction, but insist that they
shall be so regulated and controlled
as to prevent monopoly and promote ]
competition, and in the fullest measure j
subserve and advance the public good. I
" ? * J JJ I
"ine patriotic auu resumie wmsc
the President of the United States in
tis recommendations to Congress upon
this subject and upon the related sub- i
ject of the furtlier regulations of inter- j
state commerce, commands our confi- !
dence and admiration, and the recent
. legislation of Congress in harmony I
with his recommendation meets our
hearty approval."
In his speech of acceptance Governor j
Cummins declared that he stood for
nothing rndical. and that no more ard
- f it protectionist lived than he. that he
had never said anything contrary to
this and never would, but that he believed
the tariff should be revised from
time to time to meet changed conditions
and to prevent monopolies from taking
advantage of them. He wanted it
understood that he never said anything
on the subject that he wished to
recall and that he wished ndw to say
it all over again.
TO FICHT THE B?EF TRUST.
Hay Build a Million Dollar Plant at
Kaniab City.
Kansas City, Mo.?Representatives of
the United States Tacking Company,
organized under the laws of Colorado
In October. 3002. to compete with the
"Bee' Trust," so-called, arrived
Kan as City to consider the question
uf establishing a million-dollar
packing plant here. According to
Charles P. Martin, Secretary of the
company, $l,7f>0,000 lias already been
w subscribed. James H. Peabody, Governor
of Colorado, is President of the
United States Backing Company.
John Dickey, General Manager of the
new concern, said:
*Wo hnvo tho cnnpprn rm n firm hnsis
Mud) of the $1,750,000 scoured is from
small investors. Many of the wealthiest
stockmen of the West and Southwest
are in ihe concern. I have just
returned from the East, where we
have interested many of the small retailers
and also labor unions. One
labor union in the East subscribed for
$20,000 worth of stock. Thus we have
with us the cattlemen, who produce the
stock, and the retailers and the consumers."
Caterpillar Army MIIn Lone.
An army of caterpillars 200 yards
wide nnd severa' miles Ions is crossing
the Walla Walla Valley. Wash. All
vegetation in its path has been destroyed.
Scuttled a. Lum'ier Steamer.
The lumber steamer Thomas D. Stinson.
valued at .$2.".000. was scuttled and
burned at Detroit, Micli.
Servian Parliament Dissolved.
The Servian National Assembly was
dissolved; a new body will be elected
in September.
The National Game.
Tenney is the only Boston infieldct
hitting at a proper clip.
The New York Americans have taken
a brace since Elborfeld joined the
team.
Fred Clarke lias superseded Bresnahau
as batting leader of the National
League.
With Fred Clarke back in harness the
League champions are going it at their
old pace.
The Worcester Club has signed Second
Baseman DeMontreville, late of
a,.,.-. . .....
KILLED IN MINE DISASTER'
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Only Forty-six Men Rescued al |
Hanna, Wyo.
SCORES ARE BURIED ALIVE j
An Explosion Blocks Exits and Entombj j
All Not Instantly K!!!sd ?Many ol
Those Rescued Uncoiiscisas? Special
Train Bears Relief?Number of Dead
Estimated at 234.
Hanna, Wyo.?Hanna was the scene
of a terrible disaster when an explosion c
of Are damp iu Mine No. 1 of the Union j
Pacific Coal Company snuffed out tne
lives of 234 men, injured scores of
others and caused the destruction of a
vast amount of property.
The mine was not fired, as was stated
in the earlier reports, but the explosion
was terrific and completely shattered
the timbers of the main shaft and numerous
entrances, filling the workings
with debris, aud those of the miners
that were not killed outright by the explosion
were buried alive.
The explosion was heard for many
miles around aud attracted people from
the adjoining settlements. Huge timbers
and railroad iron were hurled 300
feet from the mouth of the shaft.
Superintendent E. S. Brooks and a t
largo force of men began the work of
removing the debris from the shaft f
tLiat they might reach the entombed c
miners. Their progress into the mine
was blocked by the foul gases and sev- j
erla times they were forced to return -v
to the surface. c
All day the rescuing party worked. \
the force being increased from time to r
time uy ilie arrival 01 niucuiueu uuu j
others from nearby settlements and f
by that of a relief train sent out from
Iiawlings, which arrived at 2 o'clock in t
.the afternoon. About 1 o'clock four e
men were takeu out alive, and a half c
hour later they were followed by forty- i
two others. Many were unconscious t
and had to be carried from the work- o
ings. 1
Two hundred and eighty-two men r
went down into the mine at 7 o'clock d
a. m., and up to a iate hour at night t
only forty-eight had been accounted
for. Of this number two were dead. e
Some of the miners who escaped say o
they saw twenty dead bodies in entry P
No. 17. They reported that many of t
the men were crazed by the explosion a
and ran hither and thither in the S
mine.
Many of these could have escaped,
hut they lay down, buried their faces a
in their hands and gave up the fight.
Of the 231 dead about 175 were mar
ried ana leave large tamuies. Auout g
100 were Finlanders. fifty were colored
and the rest were Americans.
The Havana mines are the best on ^
the Union Pacific system, having been n
established in 1878. The town was n
named for Senator Mark Hanua, when
he was a member of the Union Pacific n
Company. Mine No. 1 is practically a j,
new property. It has twenty-six on- ^
tries, fifteen miles of workings, and a ?
main incline shaft of one and one-half c
miles in length.
The mine has been rccoguized as a ^
dangerous property for some time on ^
account of the large amount of gas. u
but the system of ventilation has been 0
so sood that an accident was not an- 0
ticipated. p
TEXAS OFFICIAL MURDERED. *
State Controller Love Shot by Alan He ~
Had Discharged.
Austiu. Texas.?Frenzied bvsunnosed "
wrongs, W. G. Hill, a former attache ^
of the State Controller's office, entered
the private office of Controller R. M.
i Love and shot him to death. f
As Hill turned to flee he was inter!
cepted by Chief Clerk Stevens of the ^
' department, and in the scuffle Hill's t
revolver was accidentally exploded. '
The bullet entered Hill's abdomen and '
j he died three hours later. e
j Hill had been an employe of the office
for ten yeaVs preceding Mr. Love's i
term. He was discharged bv Mr. Love
when the latter took charge, and It is
presumed that this preyed on his mind ?
until he went insane. {,
When Hill entered Mr. Love's office 3
! he spoke to him cheerfully, shook s
| hands and handing him a letter to i
i read, sat down at the invitation of the
Controller. c
No sooner had Mr. Love begun to j
read the letter than Hill sprang to his v
I feet and fired two shnts Mr. T.nve <.
| screamed, dropped the letter, sprang i
| half forward toward his assassin, then ?(
J gasped and fell forward dead. t
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TO PROTECT PAPAL CONCLAVE. t
j t
I Italian Government Preparing For th# ^
Death of Pope Leo. 0
Rome, Italy.?Although the health of t
the Pope is much improved, the Italian
j Government so as to be prepared for
! any eventuality has ordered two regi!
nients in the provinces to be kept ready
! to come to Rome and reinforce the garj
rison In the city so that the authorities
j will have a sufficient force to maintain *
order and insure the liberty of the con- J
I clave should it become necessary to *
hold one. *
If the Cardinals, as after the death ^
of Pius IX., decide to meet at the VatiI
can the Government will surround the f
i nnlnoa with n nni'flnn aP *?T?nno * 1
...... .. lw rlC- vent
any attempt against the freedom J
of the conclave and also the removal
of valuables from the Vatican during J
the interregnum, as was customary be- 1
fore 1870. ^
I
frlnh Land Bill Advanced.
The British House of Commons ad- f
vanced the Irish Land bill, accepting *
several clauses with little alteration.
Will Nominate Prenldentlul Ticket.
The United Christian party has called
I a national convention for May 1. 1904, c
at St. Louis. Mo., to nominate a Presi- c
deutial ticket, with the suggestion that s
the Vice-Presidential candidate be :i t
woman. J
?
Scientific Publication Knrtowed.
A Journal of Infectious Diseases, to
be the only endowed publication of the
kind in the world, will be issued in the >
fall through Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mr- i
Coruiick, of Chicago, 111., giving Si1
000. i i
| Prominent People.
Queen Helena of Italy is expected to
be a mother again in October. 1
Major James B. Pond, for many 1
years the manager of the country's
greatest lecturers, died at his home in 1
Jersey City, N. .T. 1
Felix Weingartuer, the composer and 1
conductor, has announced his engagement
to the Baroness Feedoru von 1
Dreyfus of Munich. <
Tyler Morse, of Boston, has returned '
to London from an eight months' shoot,
ing trip in Abyssinia, bringing with '
him about forty trophies of the expedl- '
tlon. i
fill PLUNGES INTO RIB
Nearly 200 Passengers Killed in
Spanish Railway Wreck.
SCORES OF VICTIMS DROWNED
Some Cars Shattered on the Hirer Bank
by a Fiflj-Foot Fall From a Bridge?
Worit Disaster In Spanish Railroad
History?Only Six of All the Passengers
Escape Injury.
Madrid, Spain.?A shocking accident
iccurred on the railway between Bilbao
ind Saragossa. A heavily laden train
ivas being drawn by two engines when
he coupling between them broke.
One of the engines escaped, but the
>ther was derailed on a bridge and fell
>ver the edge, dragging with it the enire
train to the river below. The train
consisted of sixteen coaches, all of
vhich were destroyed.
Tho accident occurred oa a bridge
>ver the Xajerilla River. The train
>lunged fifty feet. Some of the coaches
lid not go into the water, owing to the
iver being low.
They fell on the bank and were siiat:ered
into splinters. Many of the
>assengers we-e caught under the dejris,
and some of the killed were in
hese cars.
The scene was one of the wildest conusion,
which was added to by the cries
if the injured.
Some of the foremost cars were comdetely
submerged and their occupants
vere drowned, not having any chance
>f escape. The river was tinged red
vith the blood of the injured. The
iver runs through a ravine of wild
icturesqueness. The engineer and
iremau were scalded to death.
It is believed that 170 passengers
vere victims of the disaster; only six
(scaped without injury. It is the worst
lisaster known in the history of Spansh
railroading. Among those on the
rain were' a party of wealthy mine
iwners, who were going from Bilbao to
Peruel to purchase mines. One of the
ailway guards was caught robbing a
lead passenger of a pocketbook conaining
$400.
Differences between the civil and
nllitary authorities rendered the work
f rescue more difficult. That many
irosperous persons are among the vie*
iras is shown by the great quantity of
aoney and jewelry collected by the
endarmes.
HIS WIFE HIS SURGEON.
Ira. Logan Operates oti Her Raiband, a
Missionary iu China.
Bethany, 111.?Advices from China
ay that Dr. W. H. Logan, formerly
f this city, Las entirely recovered from
n attack of appendicitis. The Logans
ave been missionaries in China for a
umber of years. Their station is 800
liles from the nearest physician.
Lately Dr. Logan was attacked by
ppendicitis. Realizing that recovery
iy in an operation involving the reaoval
of the organ, he called his wife
nd Imparted a diagnosis of his own
ase.
Mrs. Logan, unassisted, but guided
y the instructions given before her
usband's relapse into unconsciousness
nder anaesthetics, performed the
peration. Under skilful ministration
f the wife-nurse, such favorable
rogress was made toward recovery in
short time that Mrs. Logan deterlined
to remove him where he could
ave the benefit of skilled surgeons,
he, her husband, and a young baby
ndertook the journey of 800 miles by
ail and wagon, where attention could
e secured.
Dr. Logan had to submit only to a
uperficial treatment, and was confined
i the hospital but a few days.
The same advices that tell of the
eroic work of Mrs. Logan state that
hey have resumed missionary work
mong the Celestials.
CIENTISTS SEE -"MOTHER" EDDY.
'bey of the ClirlHtlan Cult Visit Founder'?
Concord Home in Thousands.
Concord, N. H.?The hundreds of
Ihristlan Scientists who have been visting
this city were swelled to thouands
by those who came here in reponse
to an invitation of Mr?.. Maiy
laker Eddy to visit her home.
This invitation was received by the
ommunicants of the mother cLurch in
Soston at the annual communion serice.
It is estimated that from .12,000
o 15,000 Scientists have responded to
l, ? 4-: Kr,l
UC lil> 1LUUUU. VA1 L14C UCLXony,
Mrs. Eddy spoke to the assembled
hrong, bidding them welcome to Ccnord
and to Pleasant View and wishing
hem a safe journey to their homes
ls she retired the visitors sang two
lymns composed by Mfs. Eddy and she |
ppeared at a window and waved Ler
landkerchief In final farewell.
NEW KENTUCKY FEUD MURDER.
Mtcnailon of the Jett-Whlte Trial Leads
to a Killing.
Jackson, Ky. ? In a fend fipht in
)aisy Dell, Breathitt County, Hiram
Jarteil was killed and John Henry
lecker and Joseph Hecker were
rounded seriously. The men, with
iamuel and Silas Barnett, met in the
tome of Miss Lelia Burns, niece of
iurns Fitzpatrlck, who was the only
nror against the conviction of Curtis
'ett.
While discussing the course of Juror
ntzpntrick, John Henry Hecker, the
riend of Miss Burns, resented what
vas said, and all soon began shooting.
<o one can tell who tired the shots.
For the first time in months evening
hurch services were held. The citi
;ens nave ueen airaia to leave meir
lomes after dark.
'Franklin Syndicate's'* Lnwyer Sentenced
Colonel Robert A. Amnion, convicted
>f receiving $30,00(> of "Franklin Synlicate"
funds, at New York City, was
:enfenced to Sing Sing for uot less than
:our years. His counsel applied to
rustice Truax for a certificate of reasonable
doubt.
"Will He No Financial Legislation.
Representative Cannon, who is to be
Speaker of the next House, at Washington,
has declared that iliere shall
>o no financial legislation, saying it is
ieinandcd only by Wall Street.
i.> C YY S Ui cue xisaacAW.
Clerks at Kingston, Jamaica, have
)cen successful iu a Saturday halfjoliday
movement.
Indianapolis, Ind., Is trying to secure
the removal of the national headquarters
of the Pressmen's Union to that
;ity.
Carpenters' organizations in the
United Kingdom have over $1,000,000
deposited to their credit in English
banks.
Nearly eighty-five per cent, of the
workers of France come under the provision
of the national ten-hour worklay
act.
MISER AMERICA'S CHEST
He Has Luncheon on the Warship
Kearsarge at Kiel.
uic doremit m tuc ci in?U!D
HIO r nC.OC.il I IU lliu I knujun
Emperor William Expraaaaa the Hops
That tha American and German Flaga
Will Meet Only in Friendly Rivalry ?
Oiler* Gift* to Marinea Which, Are Declined?Our
Tara itide in Carriagea.
Kiel. Prussia.?When Emperor William
was co*srra tula ted. at the launchin*
oC the German arm?red cruiser
Roou, on his yacht Mete?r winning the
American cr.p, he replied:
"The American skippers brought me
luck. I would not have won i? they
had not been with me."
The itooa is the eleventh of Germany's
armored cruisers. She "was
christend by Countess von Waldersee.
The American squadron saluted the
new cruiser.
Emperor William and Prince Henry
of Prussia took breakfast with Admiral
Cotton on board the Kearsarge.
In the party also were the German
Admirals, Ambassador Tower, Chaucellor
voy Buelow. Admiral von Tirpitz,
Imperial Secretary of the Navy;
the principal members of the Emperor's
household, all the members of the
United States Embassy, Mr. Meyer, the
American Ambassador to Italy, all the
captains and executive officers of the
American war ships and Admiral Cottou's
staff, Cornelius Vauderbilt, R. W.
Goelet, J. H. Smith, James Lawrence
and Edmund Baylies.
Admiral Cotton referred to the largehearted
hospitality that had made every
hour of the Americans' presence in
German waters pleasant. Since he had
met the Emperor he understood why
his subjects were so devoted to him.
The Admiral then proposed the health
of the Emperor.
Replying, Emperor William said he
hoped, whatever impressions the Admiral
and his officers had received,
| they had been no more than they had
expected. The only thing was the visits
were too far apart He was convinced
that whenever the Stars and
Stripes and the royal standard met
they would together symbolize peace
and civilization.
The Emperor then called for three
cheers for the President and the people
of the United States.
At the conclusion of the breakfast
the Emperor informed Ambassador
Tower that he wished to give a medal
to each of the three marines who had
stood behind his chair.
"I am sorry fo say that our regulations
do not permit it," replied Mr. |
lower.
"Then," replied the Emperor, "I
would like to give them watches, just
as souvenirs."
"That, sir," answered the Ambassador,
"is also impossible. They, equally
with myself, are servants of the country.
and could not accept."
"Then," said Emperor William, "tell
them that I have the disposition to do
30."
The Emperor has presented the Kearsarge
with a silver punch bowl and
cover, about sixteen iuches high and
more than two feet wide.
Thprp wns nntliinc whatever to com
plain of regarding the behavior of the
American sailors who were allowed
iShore. They were welcomed aldng the
water front, and the shops ana restaurants
engaged- interpreters for their
;onvenieuco. Signs were displayed everywhere:
"Americans are welcome
to Kiel." The American tars caused
wonderment to the Germans by driving
around in carriages and cabs. At
least half of Kiel's limited supply of
these vehicles was thus nightly employed.
MEXICAN MINE D/SASTER.
rw?Bty-fonr Killed In aa Explosion and
About Fllty Olheri Injured.
Barratoeran, Coahuila, Mexico.?
Twenty-four miners were killed and
about fifty others injured In an explo
aiuii kjl iuai ua'uuca iu uas juopcAanzas
coal mines, the property of the
Mexican Coal and Coke Company. The
disaster was caused by the ignition of
the gas by the flame from a defective
lamp.
After the shock of the explosion those
who were able to move rushed for the
jxits, but the falling earth and debris
:arried many down to death. Of those
who got out of the mine few escaped
without injury*
SERVIAN ASSASSINS' ODD PLEA.
Claim They Wero Incited to Murder by
King Alexander'* Secretary.
Belgrade, Servia.?King Peter attended
the services at the Cathedral
without any escort. The official account
of the recent assassinations,
based on an investigation made by the
War Minister, is expected to be published
shortly. It is understood that It
will say the conspirators did not intend
to kill their Majesties, but only to de
port them; but they were incited to the
murder by the attack of Lieutenant
Petrovics, the King's Secretary, who
tired the tish shot.
400 Damage! For Being Called a Jack am
It is expensive to call a man a jackass
in Kansas. Robert Sands, n Marion
County farmer, applied this epithet
to his neighbor, Wert Sanders.
Sanders sued him for slander and
$2500, and secured a verdict of $400.
Sands has appealed the case to tile Supreme
Court. Now. that tribunal will
have to fix the proper punishment for
calling a Kansan a jackass.
Three Negroei Lynched In Georgia.
Three negroes, Garfield McCoy, Geo.
McKiuney and Wiley, were taken from
jail at Newton. Baker County, Ga.,
and lynchfd. The three men killed F.
S. Bullard, a white man, who was
called to stop a quarrel at a negro
dance. The negroes were hanged to a
tree and riddled with bullets.
I'oatmaKter-Csneral Will Not Region.
At Washington it was authoritatively
announced that Postmaster-General
Payne will not resign unless his health
breaks down.
Municipal Aid for CoiiauinptlTei.
What is said to be the first municipal
tuberculosis sanitarium in this country
has been opened at Cleveland. Ohio.
All patients in the City Hospital under
treatment for tuberculosis were removed
to the new institution, and they
will be treated according to the latest
scientific methods.
Three Students W?r? Killed.
Three of the students belonging to
the gymnasium of Alrolo, Canton of
Ticino, who were overwhelmed by an
avalanche in the vicinity of Mt. St.
I Gethard, Switzerland, were killed, and
I four were severely injured,
TO"SEND JEWS' PETITION
Prss'dent Decid?^ Upon Bold Course
With the Russian Government.
CASSIN! PROTESTS IN VAIN
An Appeal For Better Treatment of tb*
Knftftian Hebrevrg to Bo Made Directly
to the Czar Through the United States
Diplomatic Representative ? Roosevelt's
Decision a Surprise.
Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt
has determined upon a bold course
toward Russia with regard to the
Kishineff massacre. In spite of the utterances
of Count Cassini, the Russian
Ambassador, that the empire would
not rpjolvp anv rtinlnmatir nrotests.
the President has decided to transmit
the petition to the Czar asking better
treatment for Russian Jews directly
through the United Strftes representative
at St. Petersburg.
Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador,
went to the State Department as
soon as he heard that the President had
determined to take this action, and
said what he had said before, that it
would not be agreeable to the Russian
Government. It is not expected, however,
that it will lead to any rupture
in the diplomatic relations of the United
States and Russia. If the Russian
Government should refuse to receive
it or, receiving it, should officially criticise
our Government for sending it,
disagreeable consequences might follow,
but such a result is not anticipated.
The determination of the President
to send the petition to St. Petersburg
was an agreeable surprise co those who
had made the request, because they
had thought that all that our Government
would be able to do had been
done in publishing the report of what
was said at the conference between
the President and Secretary Hay and
the Executive Council of the B'nai
B'rith. As Secretary Hay says in his
letter, the President hesitated to send
this petition because he feared that it
might do the Jews in Russia more
harm than good, but he has finally concluded
that this is not the case, and
that it will do no harm, even if it'does
no good.
The Russian Ambassador, when he
gees to St. Petersburg will be able to
explain to his Government what is
back of all that has been done officially
and unofficially in this matter, and his
representation of American opinion
may have some effect.
The petition which will be transmitted
to the Russian Government is
the one which the Executive Couucil
f the B'nal B'rith handed to the President
as a tentative document to be
signed by leading citizens of the Uni
lea siaies ouisiae 01 reueiui uiuceholders.
It is expected that it will
take about two weeks to secure these
signatures, work along that line already
being in progress.
Secretary Hay formally notified Simon
Wolf, of Washington, and Leo N.
Levi, of New York City, members of
the Executive Committee of the B'nai
B'rith of the President's Intentions.
REUNITED AFTER FIFTY YEARS.
Flcllan Sarpaucd In the Homecoming of
an Aged Miner.
IndiSnapolis, Ind.?Romantic as the
wildest fiction was the homecoming of
Thomas Noe, who left Indianapolis for
the gold fields of California fifty years
ago. and who has been mourned as
dead for thirty years by his daughter,
Mrs. Margaret Darrow. His wife was
dead.
No qpe was home '.-hen he arrived,
but he went in and took a seat. When
the daughter bustled into the room she
saw me quier ngure in uie corner, auu,
following the natural tendency of a
woman she screamed for help, but the
only answer to her cry was a sob from
the Intruder. She rushed forward, aud
her surprise can only be imagined
when she saw that the man was old
and decrepid, and as harmless as an
Infant.
"What are you doing here?" she
asked.
"MyJlttle one," the figure answered.
In tremulous tones. "I hare a perfect
rfcht here. I am your father."
Then be told the story of his wander'
ings and there was a tearful reunion.
ANARCHISTS FLEE FROM JUSTICE.
Failed to Appear lu Court and Bondsman
Malt Fay 813,000.
Paterson, N. J.?William MacQueen
and Rudolph Grossman, the Anarchists
convicted of having taken part in the
labor riot here last June, failed to ap
pear in court anil their bail bonds of
$G500 each were forfeited. The bondsman
is Philip Geyer. a wealthy resident
of Ha.edon. His son. Robert
Geyer, is counsel for the two Anarchists.
The men were sentenced last July to
five years' imprisonment. They took an
appeal to the Supreme Court, which decided
against them three weeks ago.
It is thought they have fled the country.
ROASTED A GIRL TO DEATH.
Stepmother Built a Fire and Satpended
the Child Abore It.
New Orleans, La.?Mrs. Mary Patterson
is under arrest in New Iberia,
charged with murder. The woman became
enraged at her stepchild, a girl of
ten years, and after beating her tied
her in a corn sack and suspended her
to a limb of a tree.
She made a lire beneath the tree and
piled on a lot of paper to intensify the
heat and siuoke and went away. The
sack caught fire, and the body, falling
out, was burned beyouud recognition.
Preached. Then Tried to Drawn.
Crazed and imbued with religious fever,
Fred Jennings, aged thirty-eight,
preached ou the street at Bangor. 'I'a..
and then jumped into Martin's Creek
an<l on mo near being drowned. lie was
finally captured and locked up.
New Acre Trouble Feared.
At Rio Janeiro, Brazil, the news that
Plac-ido Castro had started in haste to
the Territory of Acre caused much
surprise. New complications were
(cured.
The National Game.
Brockton lias a lino pitcher in Joslyn.
Buck Freeman is going after ii--home
run honors again.
Louisville has picked up a crack
pitcher in Albert Eagan.
Twenty-six men are batting .">00 01
better in the National League.
McCrooclie's all-round piay is iiiumg
off. and the Brooklyn fans no longei
tliiuk him a star successor to Billj
Keeler.
Neil Hanlon says that when I ittei
gets the knack of getting under "ou
balls he will be one of the star c ..
of the League.
'WrefffiE
Oyster Bay Citizens Give Him a
Rousing Welcome,
UWVEILS A TROPHY CANNON
I
Tha Warm Xf elcome Had* Mora Damon
atiatiTe by Rival Committee*? Roosevelt,
In a Speech, Says Ha la Just a
N?J|i.b)r, and Allndea to HI* Trip
\
Across the Continent*
Oygter Bay, N. Y.?President Roosevelt
returned to Oyster Bay, amid lntaense
enthusiasm, and the "summer
capital" of the United?States is now established
at Sagamore Hill.
Two rival sets of citizens of this
ordinarily quiet village vied for the
honor of first greeting him. There were
two bands, which sometimes played
different tuaes at the game time; two
marshals, two well-defined parts in the
parade, and two baseball games.
The Presidential special got in at
4.30 o'clock, live minutes late. The
station platform and the space for a
considerable distance near It were
packed with people. When Secret
Service men and detectives piled off
and got busy with the crowd, the
President, accompanied by Secretary
Loeb, appeared on the rear platform
of the train. A mighty shout went up
and the air was tilled with fluttering
handkerchiefs and swinging hats.
More than 600-children from the Cove
school, which President Roosevelt'H
children attend, and from the High
School here were drawn up before the
train iarrlved in two lines along the avenue.
The girls were all dressed in
white and each carried an American
flag. The two brass bands also were
there. One in military uniform played
for the Board of Trade, the school
teachers and the school trustees. The
other band belonged to Maurice E.
Townsend's staff.
Townseud announced a few days ago
that the Board of Trade committee
for the celebration did not coijjaln representative
men. He proposeu, he said
to get up a celebration that would be
I me people, tie naa seven coioreu
veterans of the Civil War and about
as many old white soldiers, besides
himself, backed up in front of bis band
at the entrance to the station as'the
President, flanked by the Secret Service
men and the detectives, started
off on foot through sand several inches
deep up Andria avenue. Townsend's
tooters didn't toot, and the Board of
Trade's uniformed musicians fell In
behind the President in the place of*
honor.
But they didn't plar, either, and it
was said that this was a part of the
compromise effected between the factions?that
the Board of Trade's baud
should lead the way up to the Town,
Clerk's office, bat that neither should
play during the trip up, and that Townsend's
band should furnish the music
on the march toward Sagamore Hill
after the exercises.
The President and his escort had not
gone far between the lines of cheering
eohnnl nhilririm when n ehnrf thirlfRPt
man, without hat or coat, rushed out
and made for the President with outstretched
arms. The Secret Service
men sprang at him. One landed with
lxis fist on the man's jaw and knocked
him completely over the rope at the
side of the road. As the intruder fell
his shoulder struok a little girl in the
chest and she went down, too. The
breath was knocked out of her, and it
took' several minutes to bring her
around. The man who ran into the
road said he only wanted to shake
hands with the President.
Mrs. Roosevelt and five of her children,
Quentin, Kermit, Archie, Ethel
and Theodore, Jr., with Mrs. J. West
Roosevelt, were at the Town Clerk's
ffice waiting for the President. /The
President waved to them as he came
up. There he stepped over quickly to
the old Civil War cannon which the
Navy Department recently presented to
the Oyster Bay Board of Education
1 and unveiled it. Turning, he greeted
| his family and then called loudly for a
' chair to stand on. Everybody was
i cheering when he began to speak and
I ue uaa to maKe two or mree sums utrI
fore he could make himself heard.
President Roosevelt began by saying
that'he thanked his friends and neighbors
more heartily than he could express
for coming out to greet him. He
ferred to his recent trip across the conj
tinent, and what impressed him most
on that journey, he said, was the es|
sential unity of the American people.
He was glad to be back among those
whom he knew so well, and to-whom
he is not the President, but their old
neighbor and friend. He was particularly
pleased to see the children, in
whom he believes, and those of Oyster
Bay seemed to be all right in both
quality and quantity. In closing he
said he was deeply touched by the
warm greeting which he had received.
The President and his family started
for Sagamore Hill in two open carriaeea.
Immediately after the exer
cises Townseud and his band started
right in behind the President's carriage.
"Marty" tried to shake hands
with the President over the carriage
wheej. A Secret-Service man connected
"with him and Townsend went to the
roadside. The President saw him,
beckoned to him and "Marty" got his
shake.
On Sunday the Presidest and his
family attended the Christ Episcopal
Church, of which the Rev. Dr. Washburn
is pastor. The President spent
|the greater part of the afternoon strollJcg;
about the grounds of his home. He
Bat on the piazza and later took a short
drive. The President will spend much
of Ills time driving with his famiiy.
BIC IRRICRATION SCHEME.
Xearly 3,000,000 Acre* Set Aside In the
State of Washington.
Washington. D. C.?The Interior De- :
partment has withdrawn from all j
forms of settlement except homestead j
entry 327 townships in the Walla Walla, I
Waterville ancl Yakima land district, /
in Washington State, under the Ilee!aniation
act. This withdrawal, involv*
ins almost 3.000,000 acres, is the larg- (
est in the recollection of officials here, i
and is for irrigation purposes in what
is known as the Big Bend project.
Sportiaz Brevities.
Hood jockeys are very scarce now in
the West.
The sporting camps in Maine were
not damaged by the recent forest fires.
The Yale 'Varsity eight rowed five j
miles at Gales Ferry in 19m. 53s., a !
record for the course.
It is renorted that $12,000 has been I
refused by James Gatcomb for the
pacer, Audubon Boy, 2.02*4.
Africander, a leng shot, won the Suburban
Handicap at the opening of the
Sheepshead Bay track, New York City.
Herbert was second and Hunter Raine
third.
iiEEvroniiffl J
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
As an evidence that the Nicaragua^ |jj
Legation at Washington is to be co?- '&
tinued the State Department was notl- S
fled that Minister Corea is returning. ; ?
Weaknesses in the turret of the mon- >^-1
itor, Arkansas similar to those in tne a
monitor Nevada were discovered during
a sea test. . -' -"Jj
Naval. officers in Washingtdn said .
Emperor' William was guilty of a
breach of naval etiquette in asking to
inspect the Kearsarge at Kiel.
It is said at the State Department
that rejection of the petition regarding
the Kishineff massacre will not be con-' ^
sidered cause for a quarrel with Bussia.
An investigation of the business
methods of the Bureau of Ethnology . )%
in the Smithsonian Institution is to b^
made. Senator
Lodge denies the report that
he will be the Republican campaign ?
manager in 1904. and thinks Senator ->
Hanna will continue the work.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
One department of the new Unfverf- . '
ity of Porto Rleo was opened.
Waiving extradition proceedings,
Charles G. Taylor, held at San Fran- *
cisco. Cat., for embezzling $5590 from a
firm in Manila, will return to tbe Phil' f,''
Ipplnes.
DOMESTIC.
The explosion of ninety pounds o^^Hj
flashlight powder iu a residence at
Berwyn, Hl? tailed Mrs. Mary Wilson, M,
besides wrecking the house.
Orders were given in Jackson, Ky., * .V?
making the military rule of the fend
town more strict.
A murderer who killed a fellow prl?-, /I
oner in the jail at Hot Springs, Art, ; '?
committed suicid.' to escape lynching S
by a mob which threatened the jaiL$ ; 8
vTwo railroad wrecks occurred in Vfiv
ginia, engineers and firemen being <J
killed.
Lawyers were hunting (or an alleged
son and heir of Jacob S. Rogers, who ^
bequeathed most of his wealth to th6
Metropolitan Museum of Art at New
York O'.ty.
Fourteen firemen were overcome
while fighting flames in a bnsineai
building in Brooklyn. N.. Y.
Thomas B. Hooiey and SamiiQl ,
Marsh were fatally burned while experimenting
with chemicals in' their ' Sj
leather factory in the Williamsburg V|
section of Brooklyn, N. Y.
High water on the Rio Grande 'j'4,
north of El Paso. Texas, but ovef tlifc 1
line of New Mexico, forced hundreds
of families from their homes into the 'i
foothills. r v - C/.
While trying *o escape the law at
Gadsden, Ala., Gus Stedman ^vas shdt ^
and killed by Officers Jarrard and . - $
Barnes/
After killing his two-year-old baby,
Orim Price, a stage driver, shot hi ,v '*?
wife and Ed. Leach because of jealousy,
at Stites, Idaho.
Sir Michael Herbert. British Ambassador
to" the Iftilted States, sailed
from New York City with Lady 'Heir- ~|g
bert for his vacation in England. ;? ':%&
Negroes in Wilmington, DeL, were
excited by the pastor of of their M
churches, who urged them to be a law n
unto themselves when attacked *>y M
white men.
Twelve leading-exchanges organized v '['M
at Chicago the Associated Exchanges
of the United States to war upon btfck- ^
et shops and other illegitimate concerns.
,. N .
A Nome treasure targo of $265,000
reached Seattle, Wash., on the steamer
Ohio. ?
Charged with embezzling $538 from .
the Canadian Batik of Gommerce, at >*
Sarnia, Ont., Hamilton C. Wallace, formerly
cashier of the bank, was arrested V .
at New York City.Sculptors
and artist architects are al- *
ready inquiring at Canton, Ohio, concerning
details of the monument to be V
erected by the McKinley Memorial As-. f
sociation.
For the larceny of a diamond ring
and other property. Policeman Walter
C. Handy, of Baltimore, Md., was sentenced
to six year? in the penitentiary.
The Grand Jury at Montgomery, w*
Ala., returned ninety-nine indictments v
for peonage and a trial jury was Impaneled
and instructed/
FOREIGN.
Russian soldiers crossed the Yalu
River and established stations on the Jflf
Korean side.
A Corot landscape was__sold at
Christie's, London, ror $yy<o ana a
Turner for $5773. *
Lancashire, England, has shut down
its spinning mills, and fears for Its in*
dustry, owing to the American corner
In cotton. %
Several houses in the suburbs of Erlau,
Hungary, were destroyed and
nearly all the buildings In the town J
were more or less damaged by fonr 4H
violent earthquake shocks. g
At the presentation of an address to |
Mr. Chamberlain at the Constitutional
Club, in London, the Colonial Seere- J
tary and the Premier made speeches M
which showed that they were in entire
accord regarding the scheme of fiscal ,4H
revision.
King Edward's Mrthday was celebrated
in Great Britain and the colonies;
his majesty attended on horseback
the ceremony of the trooping of the
rt/O.vno nn + h?x nnvflflp
El Menebhi's defeat at Arnuledinna
was confirmed, but his loss was 600,.
instead of 0000 as reported.
A reported severe defeat of General
Manning's forces in Somaliland was
denied at the British War Office.
Socialists in the ieccnd German elec- *
tio.>:s increased their representation la
the Reichstag by twenty-three seats.
King Christian has issued a decree
declaring the adherence of Denmark
to the Bern International Copyright
Convention of li&U, to become operative
July 1.
At the unveiling at Arklow, Ireland,
of a monument to the rebels who fell 4'
in the battle of Arklow in 1798. thirty
thousand Nationalists were present
some of whom came into collision
with a band of street preachers. One
of the preachers narrowly escaped
death at the hands of the mob.
The independent cigarmakers in ^
Cuba have agreed not to sell or lease
their factories or brands.
The London correspondent of th
1 lilies Ul Loiisuuiuiiui'ic suiu iiic ?rn*
rnenian situation was becoming critical.
Advices from Russia said that the
revolutionary movenic-u. was spread- .
ing, and there fvere fears of further J
uprisings against the Jews. ;??^l
Count Boni de Castellane was elect- *. J
ed to the French Chamber of Deputies Jk
from the department of the Basses V
Aipcs. He was elected last January, j
but his return was declared invalid . j
because of irreeularltles. "