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