The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 08, 1904, Image 1
VOLUME XV.
CAMDEN, S, C., FRIDAY, -I IjI(V 8. 1904.
NO/ 26
A FULL MEETING .OF DEMOCRATIC HOSTS
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Tremendous Outpouring of Followers of Jefferson and Jackso?> That
Seek The Democratic Winner
.TO WliSMU IS HARD TO PICK!
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Nine Out of Ten Think the New York
Judge Will Be Nominated by the
Second or Third Ballot, but there l?
a Strong Undercurrent Aflalnet \
Him. '
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A Monday- special from St. Loula
by Uio Associated l'ress, speaking of
the political ouiloOH at the national
Democratic convention,' says:
*'It looks llko Parker. Nine out of
GEOIIGE B. M' CLE LEAN
every ton mon who havo been closely
watehlrg the situation think tfiat Par
Iter will bo nominated by the second
or not tyter than the third ballot. At
the same time, there is enough uncer
JOHN \Y. FOLK.
tnlnty to make the situation interest
ing. The balloting is flvo daya /away,
ALTON B. PARKER.
fulfilled after one or two ballots,
coupled .with tho fact that there is
a strong undercurrent against the
leading candidate, much might hap
pen.
The opponents, of Parker ralso a
number of objections. Mr. Hill, as
!<la political backer, and August Bel
mont, as. a representative of the bust
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ness Interests behind him, are said
to be obnoxious to many Democrats.
The opposition of Tammany in ftew
York and of Bryan and Hearst in oth
er parts of tho country have some ef
fect. Of all the candidates suggested,
Bryan and Hearst than any other man,
Cleveland ^ilone excepted. Yet sever
al of tlie delegations , under Instruc
tions for Hearst' freoly announce their
preference for Parker and expect to
vote for him on thV^econdvballot.
^ The Cleveland talk has been pn the
wane, but there Is quite a contingent
that la watching the situation with a
hope that a condition may arlBe which
will make Cleveland's nomination ad- |
ST. LOUIS COL^EUM.
Pointed Paragraphs.
A woman's idea of a rich man is one
who has everything sho wants.
No man enjoys kissing a girl who
has her hair done up in curl paperA.
Every year of a woman's age con
tains from 18 to 20 months..
A man thinks lon'g and speaks .short;
a woman thinks sllort and speaks long.
Many a truthful woman travel^ ?un
der false colors. ?'
JOHN snARP WILLIAMS.
If there is anything a man detests
more than another it is a speaking por
trait of his wife's mother.
MEETING PLACE OF THfS 4^MOCR^TIC NATIONAL. CONVENTION.
r and with ipany unpledged. and untn
structeM delegations, with delegation*
that will consider their Instructioca
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Ncws in Notes.
Japanese drove the Russians from
cue of the outposts of Port Arthur, 15
tnllea distant.
The National Education Association
' held fts final session at St. Louis, Cardt
-,i*al.a?tpili being one of those who
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The Central Conference of Afberi>an
~:lUhhts iMund ? plea for the JeWs in
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,? H. Owen and his Wife we: e
lead ts tto?ir home at Klmirj,
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vUable, but this cculd not f&itirought
afcrout except after an exciting and
bitter gtruggie.
, - Telegraphic Brief*.
Banfcfl t5peck von Sternberg delivered
an ^dreas at the University of the
Sou ft Sewanee. Tenn.
llev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, who wbb
nominated for President by the Proht
blUpnfjfcTiy.' WQnrot decMcd -wheth?r
lie wilt accept the nomination.
An important naval battle; accordtns
to advice* from Chefu, Is In progrtsn
midway between Port - Arthur and
Chefu.
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An old bachelor says that young
ladles who sVudy law expect to lay
xlown the law to their husbands alter
?hey are graduated.
* Nawf.pl ?he Day.
Rome, By Cable. ? Several of the
morning papers state that tho powers
arc exchanging views with the object
of taking advantago of tho nccessary
aifspenaion cf hostlltlos in tho far Efest
during . the rainy sgaaon, to attempt
friendly intervention. Kind Bdward
and Emperor William .ate known to
have discussed the matter at Kiel,
but the result of thalr discussion is
not known.
LIBERTY OP THE PRESS
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Ho says that Abuse of Liberty of the
Pr??e is Rars ? Punishable Contempt
I? Defined,
Asheville, N. C., Special.? Judge J. C.
Pritchard, of the United States Circuit
Court, hua filed hits opinion In the rauo
of Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the
Jtelelgh News arid' Of;B?rV*r, who had
befcn fined $2,000 for contempt of court
by District Judge Thomas R, l'urnell.
The case came up on a writ of habeas
corpus sued out by Mr. Daniels, who
refused to pay the fine and wan ordered
committed.
Judge Prltchard's opinion 1h u careful
and comprehensive review of (he law as
tif^Hed to newspaper utterances that
might bo construed as contempt of
court. The opinion says that in order
to determine whether the petitioner Is
?ttitled to the relief prayed for In his
writ it is necessary to determine two
questions: (1) Did the court which Im
posed the sentence in his caao havo
jurisdiction and (2) Does this court
lyivo jurisdiction to hear ond determine
This case on a writ of habeas corpus?
"Tho force of public opinion in this
country In favor of the freedom of tho
pit'ss has restrained the free exerclsq
of tho power to punish this class of
contempts, and !n man? jurisdictions
statutes havo boon enacted depriving
the court of the power to punish them.
It wa? taken from the Federal courts
by the act of Congress of 1831, which
act deprives these courts of the com
men-law power to protect by this pro
cess their suitors, witnesses, officers
and themselves against the libel of the
press, though published and circulated
ourhyj tho trial of a case therein.
Tho newspapers sometimes engage
I* unwarrantable criticism of the
court" "annot be denied," continues the
Judge, "in Home instances they con
strue the liberty of the press as a li
cense to authorize then} to engage In
wholesale abuse of the court, but these
instances are raro and do not warrant
a. departure from the well-settled prin
ciples of the law as declared by Con
gress and construed by the courts. If
judges charged with the administra
tion of the law aro not to be criticised
an account of their own conduct the
liberty of the preset ia abridged and
the rights of individuals imperiled.
"There may be instances whero the
publication .of editorials' or other mat
ter in newspapers wotild bring thw au
thor within the limitations of the stat
l!i!? ' .^or 'nstaoce, -tif a newspaper
should publish an article concerning a
Irlal which was being considered by a
)ury and should send a copy of the
paper containing such article to the
Jury or a member thereof during?the
pi ogress of the trial for the purpose of
influencing them in their decision, it
would prosent a question whether such
conduct would not be misbehavior in
the presence of tho court or so near
thereto as to obstruct the administra
tion of Justice.
""It appears that the distinguished
TrnTgo-w-hty-Httjndged the-pet4?oiwr-4o~ .
be In contempt of court," he concludes
exceeded the authority granted In the
41?31, and that ^ Cour* w?8
without jurisdiction^ -Such being the
case, the judgment- of the court is void
and thfcrefortr n Nullity.
&n view of th ?-foregoing, the Court
finds that the petitioner is unlawfully
.restrained of his liberty, and ft is there
core^ considered and ordered by the
court that tho said Josephus Daniols
be- discharged from the custody of the
Marshal of tho United States and that
he go henco without day."
Good, if Not Popular Teaching.
In his address to the young Black
*lonc8 and Mansflelds of Maryland Uni
versity's Law School John Brooks
Leavltt taught a doctrine that will not
c-Grbuienu itself to some vory eminent
and opulent members of the profession.
"No lawyer," ho said, "is justified in
W"?ovlsing schemes by which, under the
fcuise of evasions, his clients may real
ly commit brcachcs of the lanr."
No Peace Overtures.
Washington, Special. ? While the of
ficials hero aro satisfied from their pri
vate advice** that the recent visit of
King Edward to his nephow. Emperor
William, was not brought about by a
purpose to initiate a movement toward
the restoration of peaco between Rus
sia and Japan, there is reason to be
lieve that somo very careful and dis
creet inquiries as to the opportunities
of some! such overtures at this time
have emanated, from Washington. It
may be stated that the result has been
to disclose the fact that neither oj the
belligerent powers is yot in a humor to
sue for peace, nor even to entertain
overtures from any third power on that
subject.
Life "insurance for Cretktore.
Macon. Ga., Special.? The extouitors
of the Plant ttatatfl having cndorscOa^r
cording to the order of the United*
States court, the life insurance checks
payable to creditors, "Receiver Corbln
was put In possgydon of $736,484. The
eburt ordered thlsNgmey deposited in
13 banks in different parts of th$ State,
dt the amount, about f 4vO.OO<Hg placed
in Macon banks, and the remainder In
Augusta, Savannah anrf Valdoata.
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Tax Rate Reduced.
Tallahassee, Fla., Special.? Governor
Jennings, by proclamation, orders a re
duction on State tax proper from three
mllta on the dollar, as provided by leg
islative enactment, to ono-hslf of one
tnlil on the dollar, the lowest tn the
.hlatory of Elorlda. made possible b r
the splendid flnaaelol condition of- the
sue* f
- Oovernor Jennings left today for St. .
Lottia, where he Will take part la Flor
ida day eiesdiwa, ?Mek till be held
Saturday, July f. . . V
700 PEOPLE DROWN:
Another Frightful Horror of the Deep
With Terrible Loss of Life
PASSONGMS MOSTLY t MIGRANTS
The Duiiiii'i Steamer Norys, Bound
to New York, With Nearly 800 Dan
ish and Norwegian Emigrants
Strikes a Reek in the North At
lantic and Sinks.
I?ndon, j)y Cable.? Over 700 Danish
aud Norwegian emigrants bound for
New York arc believed to have been
drowned in the North Atlantic on Jnne
28. Out of nearly 800 souls on board
the Danikh steanjer Nor go, which l^ft
Copenhagen June 22, only 27 are known
to be alive and for the rent no hopo Is
held out.
When last seen the Norge was sink
ing where she Htruek on tho Islet of
Hockall, whose Isolated peak raisoB lt
Bell from a deadly Atlantic reef, some
290 miles off the west coast of Scotland.
ICarly on the morning of last Tuesday
the Norge, whieh was out of her course
In heavy weather, ran onto the llockall
reef. The Norge was quickly backed off
but the heavy aeas poured In through
a rent in her bow a.
The emigrants, who were then await
ing their breakfast, rf.n on deck. The
hatchways were scarcely built for those
hundreds of souls and became cloggod.
The Norge (j nick 1 y began to' go down
by the head. lClght boats were lowered
and into these the women and children
were hurriedly put. Six of these boats
smash*?! against the side Of tho Norgo
and their helpless Inmates^ \ver? caught
up by the heavy ?eas. Two boat loads
got away safely from the side of the
Blnking ship and many of the emi
grants who were left Oil board seizing
life belts, threw themselves into the
sea and were drowned. Captain Gun
del, so say the survivors, stood on the
bridge of the doomed vessel until it
could bo seen no more.
'I he boats kept together some hours.
Practically all of their occupants wero
passengers and not used to handling
such craft. Tho boat occupied by the
survivors landed at Grimsby was a life
boat. One account says that throe boats
were successfully launched, the other
two holding about ten persons oach.
Tho lifeboat made faster* progresft and
fell in with the Salvia. What became of
the other boats is not known. The res
cue of those on thejlfeboat took place
at 8 o'clock on the morning of June 29,
the survivors consisting of 20 men, one
of them a seaman, six women and a
girl.
One of the survivorb said that when
he got on deck tho Norge wae half sub
merged and was rapidly getting low:or
In tho water. Half mad with fright the
survivors all struggled for places In
the boats. They fought their way to
the big lifeboat and an officer stowed
in tho six women land the girl and then
told the men to gtft in. The officer therf1
took charge and got tho boat to the
side of tho Norge. Selng that the boat '
was already overladen, the officer with
great h^olsin jumped Into tho water
and tried to board another boat which
was not sovfull. He failed and wiu?
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In the sea by thfs t FnTe~" was ITlmrgs
of struggling men, women and children
grasping and choking from the effects
of the water. They tried to got In the!,,1
already overladen boats, hut wero beat
en off with oars. Tho boat rowed clear
of this seething mass and Just aa she
drew away the Norge went down.
Peter Nelson, one of tho survivors,
'd escribed *e a young American, said:
"For some r^ours wo rowed In company
with the other ly>ats, but the ,-titrong
tide drifted us away from tho others
and nothing haa been seen of them
since. The Salvia picked us up and wo
were well cared for on board the Traw
ler. All of us lost our entire belong
ings. He had no tltfto In that' flefoe
light for life to think of anything but
the getting of seats In the boat." ""
The only hope except for thoso
known to have escaped la that somo
few of the emigrants might have beea
washed upon tho barren rocks. Their
chance of being rescued even then is
practically nil. for vessels sailing tho
North Atlantic glvo Rockall a wide
birth as possible.
Prominent Attorney Dead.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? Capt.
Edward Alfred Graham, district attor
ney for the Bou thorn and Seaboard Air
Line Railways, a farther tnomber ^e
State Senato and of the constitutional
convention, died here early Friday, lie
also nerved as mayor of the city and
city recorder, and wan a prominent
member of secret orders.
News by Wire.
? A Russian torpedo boat destroyer,
damaged and crowded with men,
reached Niuchwang from I'ort Arthur.
The Japanese took the Fen Shin Pass
after- a hard fight, In which the Rus
sians were outmanoeuvred.
A tornado that passed ovor Moscow.
Russia, caused 195 deaths, hundreds of
*4qiurles and a vast amount of damage.
TTta^da ughter of Levi P. Morton se
cured a*"t$vorce from the Duke of Val
encay In Paris. s
A F/ench warship arrived In Haiti,
but tlie-recent stoning has been atoned
for by apology.
King Edward sailed for England
from Kiel?
Without tke canal and St. Louis Fair
expenditures the Treasury closes the
fiscal year with $13,247,674 surplus, but
Including these expenditure* the deficit
will be $41,352,826.
Lou Payn. of New York, discussed
the political situation In tfcat State
with the President and Chairman Cor
t el yon.
The Prohibition Hallona] Convention
nominated Jlev. Dr, Silas C. Swallow,
of Pemwylranta, for President, and Dr.
George W. Carroll, of Texas, for Vice
President.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
Assaults on Various Positions
Around tho Beleagured City ? Re
pulsed Last Saturday.
8t. Petersburg, lly Cable.? The fol
lowing dlnpatch has been received ut
the War Ottlco from General ZillnHky:
"The following reports have reach
ed here (Llao Yang) from Port Ar
thur: 'On June 20th the Japancao dis
played great activity ut all their out
peats, and In the hope of recapturing
the Mountains of War-Tftol-Laza (?)
which had been taken from them,
they attacked, but were again repulsed
and our troops now occupy the vlllago
of Helkhohoon, northeast of Sla-Plng
Tao. Tho enemy maintained a heavy
fire ut long range on our left flank
from their squadron, which lloca In
Tallen-Wan Hay, in full view of Port
Arthur. It consists of a cruiser, two
torpedo boat dostroyers, and Beven
merchant ships, which evidently
Tjroij^nt cargoes Into the buy.
"'On the night of June 24tli-Juno
26th tho Japanese torpedo boats re
approached the fortroBs, and at four
In the morning of Juno 26th the ene
my began to cannonade from their
vessels In Slao-Ping-Tao Hay, direct
ing their Are towards tho whole coast
towards the north, from tho hay to
Mount Ult-Solo, and then attacked In
great force, firstly height No. 131;
secondly, height No. 126.
" 'The ? hitter wore attacked by a
small detachment landed for thla pur
pose. These two positions were held
by our riflemen, who, after driving
off three attack* with heavy losses,
retired, and, being proaacd by tho en
emy, sought refuge on the heights of
lionn-Van-Tlan. Tho enemy attacked
this position In groat force, employing
ut leant a division, but tho assaults
were repulsed.
"'At 3:30 p. m. tho Japanese ap
peared on tho Port Arthur road In
great strength and attacked Kwln
Shan (Guln-San-Shan). Tho riflemen
who held the right with two battal
ions, retired. Tho Japanese turned
them from tho rear, losing heavily in
tho manoeuvre. Our torpedo boats
wcro of small assistance to us, advan
cing on Loun-Van-Tlan and bombaid*
ing the coast occupied by tho onemy.
" 'Our losses woro seven ofHcors
and about two hundred soldiers klllod
or wounded. Our mines exploded at
tho proper time, blowing up at least
fifty Japanese. Tholr losses wore evi
dently considerable. <
" 'According to the latest advices,
large columns of the enemy are
marching from Dalny towards the vil
lage of Suan-Tsan-Hon and Khoulnt
Mountain.
/"On Juno 27 there was a fusiladp
at. tha Japanese outposts/ due to the
Japanese establishing themselves on
tJio summit of Luon-Vari-Tran Mofln:'
TaTn "OifF guTTBffR w prcurujaua yuytur
day towards Loun-Van-Tlanand bom
barded tho shore.
" * Yesterday evening the forts ajid
batteries at Port Arthur opened flr*
on tho Japanese torpedo tySats.' " '
Arrested In Atlanta. ?
Atlanta, Ga*., Special. ? Jack T. Bone,
who shot and killed Z. T. Hall, in
Floyd county, near Rome, Ga., Juue 9,
and who was supposed to be hiding
on Rock Mountain, was .arrested in
thin city Sunday. Bone stated . that
he had been with his people here (or
throo weeks and denied the reports
that hntf been circulated to the offect
that he had fortified a position on
Rock Mountain and was prepared to
resist arrest. He was placed in jail
to await the coming of the sheriff of
Floyd county.
No AmBassy at Vatican.
Paris, By Cable.? The budget cpm
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies
voted Friday for the suppression of
the appropriation for the Freneh em
bassy at the Vatican and also passed a
resolution which will be incorporated
in the committee's report to the Cham
ber censuring Premier Combes for hlS(
rofuaal to express the views of the qfof> )
crnment on the subject. . .
Tele graph!* Brief *.
Joseph R. Ryan, National Democratic
Committeeman from Nevada and head
of the Nevada delegation to Hho Demo
cratic National Convention, died at .the
Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, of pneu
monia.
Rev. Wilbur F. Corkran and Rev. C.
5. Baker, of the Wilmington Methodist
Episcopal Conference, wefe convicted
of gamblihg in stocks by a special
committee and were suspended until
the next session of conference.
Booker Washington was the princi
pal speaker at the National- Education
al Association.
Baron Speck von Sternberg delivered
an address at the University of the
South, 8ewanee, Tenn.
Justice Robert W. Steele, of the Col
orado Supreme Court, filed an opinion
dissenting' from his coltoagqee who sus
tained Governor Pea body In the Moyer
rase and declaring Stmt the Governor
by his course hna Violated the Consti
tution. ' xs.
An Important; liavjy battle, According
to advices froM^pMHy.is In progrew
jr^dway Arthur and
j Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow,, who wmi
noulnated Mr President mr tbaJWhb.
Ititu* party, he* not AeeMM whettwr
he will neeept "
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TREASURY MATTERS
Condition of Government's Finances
' At Close of Fiscal Year
SECRETARY SHAW'S STATEMENT
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Comparison Between Estimated an^l
Actual Receipts and Expenditure#
? Actual Receipts, $541,186,745; Ac
tual Expenditures, $527,989,071 ?
Available Cash. . < J
Washlbgton, Hpoclal, ? Secretary' -
Shaw gave out a statement showing
the comparison between the QgUinfttci*. _r tcj , _
whlcli ho submitted to Congress In Mb
last annual report and the actual re
^c^lpt a and disbursements during th?
fiscal year from which It appears that *
(ho actual surplus is only about three
fourths of a million lens than the esti
mated surplus, when account la takou
only of expenditures which were con
sidered In submitting the estimate.
In tho estimate submitted to Congress, ,
no account was taken of possiblo ex
penditures In securing the right of - -------
way for the Isthmian canal, nor of
the loan of $4,600,000 to the Louisiana
Purchaso Exposition Company.
The estimated receipts of. the gov
ernment for tUo fiscal year wero $530 -
000,000 j actual receipts, $541,180,745.
The estimated expenditures wore
$516,000,000; actual expenditures,
$527,939,071. Surplus, estimated, $14,*
000,000;. actual, $13,247,674. *
Tho expenditures are .exclusive of :
$54,000,000 paid on account ot tho Pnn%->?
ama canal and the loan to the Louis
iana Purchase ^Exposition.
Tho available cash, June 30^1904,
amounted to $166,965,872.
Ah compared with the fiscal year
ended July 1, 1903, those figures
show Increases and decreases In roj
celpts as follows: f'\
Customs, decrease $21,8^3,235; In
ternal rovtmue, Incroase $2,320,440;
miscellaneous Increase, $1,802,014.
Tho civil and miscellaneous expen
ditures for tho year just ended ox
ccodGd tho. so for the year 1903, Includ
ing payments on account of the Pana- ,
ma canal purchase and the St, Louis
Exposition loan by $61,813,602.7 The
expenditures on account ofthelWiir St
Department wore $3,211,897 lass than,
for 1903, and the expenditures on ac
count of tho navy were $20,060,271
groater than for 1903.
Pensions show an Increase* of over
$4,000,000 as compared '
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The ProhlbitloN Ticket*
Indianapolis, Special. ? The Prohlbi*
tlon party in * national convention
Thursday nominated Silas C. Swal- r
low, of Pennsylvania, for President,
and George W. Carroll, 'ol.Teyas, for
Vlcc-Pifoident. The platform was
adopted without argument after a long
deadlock in the resolutions committee.
It was described by A. H. Ames c$ Ore
gon, secretary of the committee as the
broadest platform ever put. before the
people by the* party. In addition to
the plariks on the liquor question* )t
declares the party to b* in w * w- o? :^/raa&jM?gj
international arbitration, ft suffrage
law based on moral and mental qnaU- ? ___
flcations, uniform laws for the coun
try and dependencies, popular election
of Sonators, civil service extension
and the initiative,, and referenda'
The trust question was recognised by
a rigid demand for the application of
the principles of Justice to *U organ
isations of capital and labor. A re
form of divorco laws is demanded.
and polygamy denounce cL ~ .
?ps jj, .
Gen, Miles put an endt&the move
ment to nominate him for President
by sending to John G. Woolley *
telegram from New York, asking that
his name bo not presented. The tel. .
egram read;
"Appreciating the good Witt of your ? ? ~
self and fjlends, i must earnestly- ???
quept that my name be not used In
the convention, and that my letter
of June 20 be considered as final.
"KSLSCN A. MILES'
This was considered final and, the
movement to Mr. Swallow was unan
imous, no other name being consider
ed. **
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Smallpox In Freight Car. .
Winchester, Special.? C. H. Jaoksoo,
colored, said to be from Martinsburg,
W. ^a., who.arrivei Eeie^on a Cumber
land galley train; was-found to havfr a
virulent case of kmallpox. Ho was
arrested aytffl taken to the pest house.
This Jevjtilng he was placed In the
samo1 cat he Mime here in, which had
beenlftoetraoked to be fumigated, ?nd ?
was sent back to Martinsburg. .
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News of the Day.
In a formalv#t?tement Senator Gof
.nan denied that he is to enter * eow
ui nation against Judge Parker or any j
other candidate for the Democratic- ;
nomination. *
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The Navy Department has acquired ?
Ave of tho longest wireless telegraplT '
circuits in tho world.
. Blain W. Taylor, a Democrat, and
West Virginian, will resign as eh
-?lerk of tho Postoftjce Department*
A t torocy-GeaerarKnox and~" Sccre*
tary of Commerce and Labor Curtlyou
ittonded their last meeting of the Otto-: -
inet. " ?
The Bureau Labor Is
the labor trofiW** In
' President Roosevelt wOl
Of hts nomination for the
July t? at Oyster ^' f ^
It is stated in Wilmington.
dent at ^Iwls
Jersey; ; -^v .y ^
/ Secretary of