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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, ?l U l.\ i.>, l'JOI. M>. 27. PARKER AND DAVIS NOMINATED Chosen Stancard-Bearers By tise Democratic j-* National Convention at St. Louis CONVENTION WAS ENTHUSIASTIC Eminent New York Jurist Win# the Nomination on First Ballot Amid Qreat Enthusiasm ? ? FOR PRESIDENT AI/TON BROOKS PARKER of Now York. For Vice-President HENRY Q. DAVIS of Went Virginia. The above Is p(e ticket, nominated by the Domocjrattc Na..onal Convention at St. Ixmis last. week. The queBtlons were all goafe over thoroughly and the standard-bearers were chosen after maturo deliberation and thorough dis cussion. The different elements of the Demo cratic party have agreed to harmonious action. Tho support of Hearst, Bryan, CleYoland and Tammany has been as sured by those in position to speak. St. I/>uis, Special. ? Judge Alton B. Parker was nominated for President by tho National Democratic Convention on Saturday morning at 5:40, central time. On tho first ballot he received CG7 ballots ? more than the two-thirds necessary to a choice. There was unbounded enthusiasm among the delegates when the result of the vote was announced. The Democratic National Convention which assembled in St. Louis on July 6th was one of tho largest representa tive bodies that ever graced a conven tion hall since the beglnlng of the re public. John Sl?ari? Williams was temporary chairman, and mado a vigorous speech, arraigning the Republican position on al] questions. Tho committee on permanent or ganization nominated Champ Cl^sk, of Missouri, for xwrmaneut chairman. The platform was adopted on Friday flight, and Parker, Bryan and Gray Were each placed in nomination. The following --to taken from the nomination speech of Mr. Littleton who placod Judge Parker's name beforo the convention: ?r "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: "We do not expect here that stupid peace which smells of chloroform. We do not wish that unctuous unanlfnity which springs from the uaconfllctilig emotions of a solitary man. We would not have our harmony in a single har litffce. We, too, lovo the stir of a strenu ous life; but we believe in equal strenu ousncea for all and special strenuous nesB for none. Wo do not derive our power from tho seats of the mighty, but from tho eouls of the humble, We do not ask for lnsanQ agrooment springing from faithless fire; but rather out burst ft of dissonslon issuing from ro bust freedom. We are not in executive pesBlon, but rather in the committee of the^whole. Wo were sent here by the people to select a candidate, We were not sent hore by the candidate to notify the people. Our adversaries, by dwell ing tenderly on the simplicity of the la monted McKinley, managed to endure fof three days the strenuoslty of Roose velt. By recounting in affectionate terms the achievements of the one, they evoked an enthusiasm which they Immediately credited to the other. Through tears that were shed for the noblo dead, they saw a larger outline of the living. Driven by lash and lured by luck, they called on all the sacred dust to kep their spirits up. Set to run for fhree full days, the pendulum petered out, the hand3 stuck faat, and only a strenuous shake could make the wheels go round. Spiritless in tho sullen task, they worked uphill 'the grain and grav- , jty of the hour. Without the master whom they had learned to love, they lingered under the whip of one whom they have learned to fear. Stripped of premedlatatcd pomp and shorn of soothing phrase, the occasion meant no more or less than an era of boots and spurs. Take away the tribute to the dead and all that is left is a horseman oirthe slopes of San Juan. Remove the reverend black that tells of a nation's grief, and underneath is a khaki uni form. Withold the record made by hands and hearts now still, and all that Is left is usurpation's bold account. Pull off the mask that wears the kindly smile of peace and see the grim and flrm get teelh of war. It waa tho change from sure and certain .ways to the shifting, eddying current* of t*V? wll<j unknown. It wan a leap In Os darkness of Republican eclipse, and four /ears hence will find them vainly looking for the light. It marks tho place where a party, in a year's time, foraook the beaten path and went on a winding way of untteveled road*. It makes the gap between the era of the conservative and the radical. It looks ^ good now because they do not see whore the old force ends and the new begins. *??,??? | 4 ? "We appeal to evory Democrat from everywhere to forget the bitter war fare of the past; forget the strife and anger of the older, other days; abandon all the grudge and rancor of party dis content, and, recalling with ever-in creasing pride, the triumphs of our fif ty years of a constitutional government of liberty and peace? here and now re solve to make the future record that re splendent reach of time In which liber ty and peace went up and down the na tions of fche earth, building their king dom in the hearts of men and gathering the harvest of genius and toll; in which reason struck from the hand of force the sword of hate and plucked from the hoart of war the germ of greed; In which conscience smote the thoughts of wrong and filled the mind with mer cy's sweot restraint; in which power grew In the human brain, but refused the shelter of a glittering crowd; In which the people of all lands and ton gues, awakoned to hope by the inspira tion of our example, followed with the march of years the luminous pathway leading to a destiny beyond the reach of vision and within the providence of God. In this spirit, New York nomi nates for President of tho United States Alton B. Parker." Mr. Littleton's speech dealt at length with Republican claims, and he grew eloquent in his peroration In which he named the New York Jurist for the standard hearer. He was liberally ap plauded. The nominations of both Hearst and Gray were well received and liberally applauded. * The Presidential nomination was made early Saturday morning, and it was expocted that when the convention reassembled at 2 p. m. the vice-presi dential matter would be settled quiet ly and an adjournment reached. But in the interim a telegram had been re ceived from Judge Parker that threw the maas of delegates into a temporary state of great excitement. The Uro gram follows: - j "Hon. W. F. Sheehan, Hotel Jefferson, St. Louis: "I regard the gold standard as firm ly and irrevocuuiy established, and shall act accorumgly If the action of the convention of today shall bo rati fied by the people. As tho platform Is silent on the subject, my view should be made known to the convention, and I if it is proved to be unsatisfactory to the majority, I request you to decline 1 the nomination for me at once, bo that another may be nominated before ad journment. A* B. PARKER." Tho reading of thla message and Its explanation by- John Sharp Williams put the delegates back into a satisfied Btate of mind, and the work of the body was then closed up anu an adjournment reached amid much cheering. Following wafe the detailed vote on the first ballot, which gave Parker the nomination: Alabama, Parker, 22; Ar kansas, Parker, 18; California, Hearet, 20;?0olorado. Parker, 4; Hearst, 5; Mc Clellan, 1; Connecticut, Parker, 14; Delaware, Gray, 6; Florida, Parker, 6; Hearst, 4; Georgia, Parker, 26; Idaho, Hearst, 6; Illinois, Hearst, 54; Indiana, Parker, 80; Iowa, Hearst, 26; Kansas, Hearst, 10; Parker, 7; Miles, 2; Cock rell, 1; Kentucky, Parker, 2 ?; Ixnilsl ana, Parker, 18; Maine, Parker; 7; Hearst, 1; Olney, 4; Maryland, Parker, 16; Massachusetts, Olney, 32; Michigan, Parker, 28; Minnesota, Parker, 9; Hearst, 9; Cockrell, 1; Towne, 2; Gray, 1; Mississippi, Parker, 20; Missouri, Cockrell, 36; Montana. Parker, 6; Ne braska, Cockrell, 4; Hearst, 4; Olney, 1; Gray, 1; Watt, 1; Patlson, 1; Miles, rV Nevada, Hearst, 6; New Hampshire Parker, 8; New Jersey, Park?r,'24; New York, Parker. 78; North Carolina, Par ker, 24; North Dakota, Williams, 8; Ohio, Parker, 46; Oregon. Parker, 4; Hearst, 2; McClelland, 1; Coler, 1; Pennsylvania, Parker, 66; Rhode It-land, Hearst. 6 Parker, 2; South Caro lina, Parker, 18; South Dakota, Hearst, S; Tennessee, Parker 24; Texas, Par ker, 36; Utah, Parker, 6;^y?rmont, Parker, S; Virginia, ParksrTzf; West A $400,000 Fir*. New York, Special. ? A lowi of nearly $400,000 resulted from a Are which de stroyed th? Electric Vehicle Equipment Compiar* fwrtotT la Brooklyn Tuaa. day. The building covered nearly two ? acrea and waa owned by the Edison Company, which leaned It to the Ve hicle Btalpmeat Company, manufactur ara of comm^rdai tehlclea and automo ssa&l&x,: Georgia Railroad Sold. Gainesville, Oa-.^paclal? The Gaines ville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad was sold In this city by 8amuel C. Dun lap, special roaster. 'The road was first offered as a whole, but there were no iridder*. The road was then sold In seetkma, the . first, pert put upon the block being 55 utiles, running from od from Del Virginia, Parker, 10; Hearat, 2; Gor man, 8; Washington, Hearst, 10; Wis consin, Wall, 26; Wyoming, Hearfit, 6; Alaaka, Parker, 6; Arizona, Hearst, 6; District, of Columbia, Parker, 6; Indian Territory, Parker, 6; Hearst, 1; Haw all, Hearst, 6; New Mexico, Hearst, 6; Oklahoma, Parker, 2; Hearst, 2; Mc Clelland, 1; Olney, 1; Porto Rico, Par ker, 2; Hearst, 4. The foregoing la a total of 658 votes for Parker. Idaho, Washington and WeBt Virginia then changed to the Par ker column, giving bis a clear plural ity and Governor Dockery moved to make the nomination unanimous. Hcar6t Pledges Support. Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, sc-cured recognition for A. M. I/xwrenco, of that State to read a telegram from the platform. The telegram was from William R. Hearst. The reading was warmly applauded. Mr. Hear&t'a tele gram was as follows: "A. M. Ixiwrenco, Bt. I/ouls: I wish to thank my to^ends for their unfalter ing support. r^kjnk I can best ex press my appreciation^ their loyalty t>y continued devotion to tho principles of true Democracy, for which we havo fought, and by loyal support of the man chosen by the invention to lead the Democratic party. "WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEAIiST." Roll Call For Vice President. Tho roll of States was callcd for the pifcjsentatlon of candidates for vleo president. EvOp at this time, tho gal lcrlerf^fcero less^tiian half filled, and great areas of vacSnt^oals wore visi ble. X Alabama wbb called ^veral times with no response, but finally Mr. Rus sell, of th$t State, announced that Alabama would give way to Illinois, Samuel Alschuler, of Illinois, an nounced that Freeman B. Morris would speak for that State. Mr. Mor ris took the platform to name James R Williams, of Illinois. Cheers greet ed the mention of Mr. Williams' name, hut they did not come in great incisure from the delegates. Colorado yielded to Washington , and Chairman Clark recognized Frederick C. Robertson, of (hat State, who spoko for ex-Senator George Turner. Connecticut yielded to Indiana and Delegate Spencer, of that State, sec ored the nomination of Williams, of | Illinois. By this time a report that a t<d?v gram had been received frohi Jiitfge Parker, declnrlug his position on tho financial quostlon, had become general. A crowd of delegates liurridly gather ed around Slieehan, of New Tbrlt; and Tillman, of South Carolina. Little conferences began to occin and the orr.tors did not recolvo much attention except from tho galleries and tho small fry, who did not know that a probable sensation wao ripening all about them. Deleware gave her place In tho call to West Virginia, and the chair recognized John D. Alderson, of that State, who placod In nomination Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia. A vigorous round of applauso came from tho delegates when Mr. Davis' name was mentioned, but llttlo from tho gal leries. Senator DuBols, of Idaho, seconded tho nomination of tJeorgc Turner, of W ashington." David Overmycr, of Kansas, placod former Senator William A. Harris, of that State, in nomination in a brief speech from tho floor. Davis by Acclamation. After tho nomination speeches for Vleo President had all been made and the nominations duly seconded the proposition was mado to ' place Mr. Davis on tho ticket by acclamation. This action was taken. The following brief sketch of Mr. Davis' life is glvon. Henry Gasaaway Davis was bOrn in Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland, or. Novenmber 16, 1823. He was rear ed and educated in Maryland, but later in life moved to Wost Virginia. He Is an experienced railroad man, and has bepn Identified with many ven tures ift railroading in his native and adopted StateB. Ho served for eight years in the united States senate. Ho has been a successful business man as well as a cafo and conservative political ltader. CLEVELAND IS GRATIFIED. * Expresses Hla Satisfaction With Parker'? Nomination. Buzzard's Bay, Mass., Special. ? Former President Grover Cleveland, who is tho guest of Joseph Jefferson, was advised of the nomination of Judgo Parker for President as soon as he awoke Saturday morning. La ter, Mr. Cleveland sent the follow ing statement to the Associated Press : v "Mr. Cleveland declines to sec any reporter or representative of tho press, but sends the following word from his room to the Associated Press: "I am in absolute ignorance of tho action of the St. Louis convention except in so far an it has nominated Mr. Parker as Presidential candidate, with tyls result I am abundantly gratified, and I hope th^f' tho remain der of the work of the convention will add to the encouraging prospects of Democratic success. This is all I can possibly say at this time. I do not know when I shall have an oppor tunity to. read ^he platform adopted or to learn of the entire proceedings of the convention. In any event, It Is abolutely certain that no further ex pression from me may be oxitcted at present. I hopo to be relieved of fur ther Importunity on this subject." { Telegraphic Briefs. There is an establishment in Brus sels for teaching the lugubrious art. of grave-digging- It was founded by a cemetery company and was so success ful that it received official approlui t ion. ' All candidates for the poet o: sexton In Belgium must hare been Thousands of persons are home less as a result of the Kansas .flood} and the War Department has been liked to tupil ration*?' L5Wr ^ "Tw - ? NATIONALPLArFORM Principles and Policies of Democrats Issued By the Convention CURRENCY, 1 RUSTS AND TARIFF 8ub-Commlttee, by a Vote of 7 to 3, Votes In the Gold Plank ? Vet to be< Fought Through the Full Commit tee ? Declared That the Increased Production of Gold Has Removed the Issue. Following is' tho full text of tho Democratic platform as adopted by the National Convention at St. Louis. THE PLATFORM. "We, tho delegates to the Democratic party of the United Stales. In national convention assembled, declare our de votion to tho essential principles of the Democratic faith which bring us together in hearty communion. "Under them local self-government and national unity nnd prosperity were alike established. They underlaid our independence, the structure of our free republic and every Democratic exten sion from Louisiana to California and faithfully in all tho Slates tho tie be tween taxation and representation. They yet inspirit tho masses of our people, guarding jealously their rights and liberties, and cherishing their fra too'nity, peace and orderly develop ment. They remind us of our duties and responsibilities as citizens, and Impress upon us, particularly at this time, the necessity of reform and the rescue of tho administration of gov ernment from the headstrong, arbi trary and spasmodic methods which distract business by uncertainty and pervade tho public mind with dread, distrust ami perturbation. "The application of theso fundamen tal principles to the living Issues of tho day constitutes the first step to ward the assured peace, safety and progress of our nation. Fr< edom ol the press, of conscience and of spe< eh, equality before the law of all citizens, the right of trial by jury, freedom <<f tho person defended by tho writ of heabeas corpus, tho supremacy of civil over military authority; a well dis ciplined militia; tho separation of Church ai:d State; econoifty in expen ditures; low taxos, t lint labor may bp lightly burdened ; tho prompt and sacred fulfillment of public and pri vate obligations, Including fidelity to treaties* peace and friendship with all melons, entangling alliances with nolie; absolute acquiescence in tho will of the majority, tho vital principle of republics ? theso are doctrines which Democracy has established as proverbs of the nation, and they should be con stantly invoked, preachcd, resorted to and enforced. "1. Largo reductions can readily bo mado in tho annual expenditures of tho government without impairing the ef ficiency of any branch of the public service, and wo shall Insist upon tho strictest economy and frugality com patible with tho various and efficient civil, military and naval administration as a right of tho people too clear to bo denied or withheld. INVESTIGATIONS PROMISED. ""ZTTIVo enforcement of honesty In tho publio service and to that end a thorough legislative investigation of thoso oxecutivo departments of the government already known to teem with corruption, as well as other de partments suspected of harboring cor ruption, and tho punishment of ascer tained corruption without fear or favor or regard to persons. The persistent and deliberate refusal of both the Sen ato and House of .Representatives to permit such investigation to bo mado by either branch of Congress demon estates that only by a chango litfthe ox ecutivo and iu tho Houso of Repre sentatives can complete exposure, punishment und correction be obtain ed. "In broiuler furtherance of that end, the federal govornment should not permit Itself to he robbed by entering into contracts with convicted trusts or unlawful combinations In restraint of inter-state trade, existing In viola tion of lav. Wo believe that one of the best methods of procuring economy and honesty In the public Bervico U to have public officials, from the occupant of the White House down to tho low est of them, return, as nearly as may be, to Jeffersonian nimpllclty of llV: lng. "3. Wo favor tho nomination nnd election of a President trained In the ways of tho constitution, who shall set his face sternly against executive usurpation of legislative and Judicial functions, whether that usurpation be ruled under tho gulso of oxccutive construction ' of existing laws, or whether it take refuge in tho tyrant's pleas of necessity or superior wi3dom. TARtr'F PERVERSIONS. "4. The Democratic party has been, and will continue to be. tho consistent opponent of that class of tariff legis lation by which cortain interests have been permitted, through congressional favor, to draw a heavy tribute from tho Amorican peoplo. Tho monstrous perversion of those equal opportunities which our political institutions were established to secure, lias caused what may onco have been infant industries to becomo t\e greatest combinations of capital that the world has ever known. "These publicly favored enterprises have, through trust methods, been converted lnio monopolies, thus bring ing to an end domestic competition, which was the only chock upon the extravagant profits mado possible by the protective r.ystem. These indus trial combinations, by the financial as sistance they can give, now control the policy of the Republican party. "We favor a wise, conservative and business-like revision and a gradual reduction of the tariff by tho friends of tho ifiasses and for the o6mmon weal, and not by the friends of its abuses, its extortion* and it* discrim inations. keeping Iturl?*r the ultimate end of "oqualitj of burdens and equal ity of opportunities, and the constltu tlonal purpose of raisins a revenue by taxation; tp wit, the support of the Federal government la all its Integrity and virility, hut In simplicity; and keeping alio In view, as men of com n>on sonro should, existing conditions, however wrongfully, mistakenly *>r un justly brought about, nnd tin* danger to tho ciuiKD of tu riff reform itself of abrupt nnd revolutionary rcvorval of polii y. i "Wo should bear in mind, In short, those two t hinge; "First, Tho general principle that the solo derivation of the power of taxa tion is tho support of tho Federal gov. | ornment economically, effectively and constitutionally administered, and, sec- | ond, the equal truth that in tho asser tion of any general principle and in reaching any ultimate ond, however ?;it rodynnd loyally unavoidable, due regard, but only duo regard must nnd Should be paid to actually existing con ditions. TARIFF ON TRUST PRODUCTS. "5. We favor the reduction of tariff taxation upon trust -produced articles to tho point whore foreign competition may enter the American marked when ever trusts and combines, seeking mo nopoly, raise their prices to tho Ameri can consumer above a rosonablo and just profit, by such reduction depriving trusts and monopolies of tho power to extort from tho American people un der shelter of American law, prices higher than those charged forelgnorB for identical articles. ISTHMIAN 0 A N A I * FAVORED. "Tho Isthmian Canal: Our party having long and earnestly advocated the construction of an Inter-oceanic canal for the purposes of national de fense and commerco between the States and with foreign nations, we favor the early completion of the Iuthmial Canal, Rut while making this declaration and accepting tho results of an accom plished ami irreversible fact, wo cannot too forcibly express our disapproval of the methcVIs by which, in disregard of the Usages and obligations of interna tional law and treaty obligations ca nal route has boon required, or too sol emnly record our hope that this pre cedent of defiant diplomacy may never I bo used against us to j/ur humiliation I anil injury. . > TRUSTS DENOUNCED. , /'Trusts and Unlawful Combinations: We recognize lhat tho gigantic trusts and combinations designed to enable capital to secure moro than Its JUBt share of th<> joint product of capital and labor and which havo been fostered and promoted under Republican rulo, are a menace to beneficial competition and an obstacle to permanent business prosperity. We demand the vigorous and Impartial enforcement of the laws already made to prevent and control such trusts and combinations and we favor such further legislation in re straint thereof as experience shows to bo necessary. "Corporations chartered by authority of the ueople must forever remain sub ject to regulation In the Interest of tho people. A private monopoly Is indefen- I slide. We recognlzethe right of capital In all legitimate linos of enterprise to combine for the increase of business j for enlarging productive capacity and for decreasing tho cost of production; but. when such combination In its pur pose or effect, creates, or tends to. cre ate a monopoly in Its productions, to restrain trade or to stifle competition; to Increase cost to tho consumer or to control tho market, it violates the spirit of the laws, because Inimical to public welfare and peace and should be so regulated, controlled or prohibited by law as to amply protect the public interest?. "We demand that the restraint of sucli liinprai combinations be entrusted to the nr-mocratlii. Darty which la not responsible for their existence, and "which has ever protested against tholr contlnuanco. * ' TRUSTS CONDEMNED. "We condemn tbe Republican system of legislation under which trusts mo nopolies aro enabled to exact higher prices for their manufactured products from our own people than they sell them for abroad. "We demand an enlargement of the powers of tho Inter-State commerce commission to the end that tho travel ing public and shippers of this country may have prompt and adequato relief for-tho abuses they nro subjected to In tho matter of transportation. "Monroe Doctrine: We favor the maintenance of tho Monroe doctrine in its full Integrity. "Reciprocity: ? Wo favor a liberal trade troaty with Canada. "Army and Navy: We favor the re duction o i the array and of army ex penditure to the point historically demonstrated to be safe and sufficient. We favor the maintenance and liberal annual increase of the navy as our best defense in our isolated continental con ditions against fon?ign foe and a source of no posslbTo danger to our lib erties as a people. "We favor the enactment and ad ministration of laws, giving labor and capital Impartially their Jnst rights. Capital and labor ought not to be one mles. Each Is necessary to the other. Kach has Its rights, but the rlghta of labor are certainly no loss "vested" no less "sacred" and no less "inalienable" than tho rights of capital. PROTECTION OF CITIZENS. "American Citizenship: We pledge ourselves to Insist upon the JUBt and lawful protection of our citizens at home and abroad, and to ubo all proper measures to secure for them, whether native born or naturalized, and with out ol3tlnction of race or cre^d, the equal protection of laws and the en joyment of all rights and privileges open to them under the covenants of our treaties of friendship and com merce; and If under existing treaties tho right of travel and sojourn la de nied to American citizens or recog nition Is withheld from American pass ports by any countries on the gronnd of race or creed, we favor the begin ning of negotiations with the govern ments of such countries to secure by new treaties the removal of these un^ jist discriminations. .."Pensions: The .Democracy would secure to tho surviving soldiers sad M?Mors and dependants genetous pen sions, not by an arbitrary executive order, but by legislation which grate ful people stand ready to enact. Our soldiers and sailors who defend with their lives and constitution and the laws have, a sacred interest In their just administration. They must, there fore,- share with ?? the humiliation with which we have witnessed the ex altation of court favorites, without dis tinguished service, Nover the scarred he roes of many battlo, OT^aggrandlced by t executive appropriations out of the treasuries of a prostrate people, In rlo. Ution of the act of Congress which fixes the compensation and allowance of (he military officers. Slllt' SUBSIDY HI LI. DBNOUNC8D. "Merchant Marine: We denounce th? ship subsidy bill recently pasiied by the United States Senate us an Iniquitous appropriation of public funds for pri vate purposes and a wasteful, illogical and ubgIcss attempt to overcome by scbisldy the obstructions raised by Re publican legislation to the growth and development of American commerce on the sea. We favor the upbuilding of a merchant marine without new or addi tional burd<;na upon the people and without bounties from the public treasury. "Civil Service: The Democratic party stands committed to the prin ciples of civil service reform, and we demand their honest, Just and impar tial enforcement. We denounce v the Kepublfcan party for ita continuous nnd slulstor vuuuttchments upon tho spirit aud operation of civil service rules, whereby It has arbitrarily dis poned with examinationa for office in the interests of favorites nnd employed all manner of devices to over-reach and bet aalde the principles upon which the civil service was established. "Condemnation qt Polygamy: We de mand the extermination of polygamy within the jurisdiction of the United States, and the compete Reparation of church and State in nolUicfel affairs. "Reclamation of Arid Lands and Do mestic. Development: Wo congratulate our Western cltlaena upon the passage of the measure known as tho New land's Irrigation act for tho irrigation and reclamation of the arid lands of tho WcBt? a measure framed by a Demo crat, passed In the Sonate hy a non partisan voto and passed in tho Houso against tho opposition of almoet nil the Republican leaders by a vote, the majority of which was Democratic. We call attention to this great Democratic meaaure, broad and comprehensive aa it In working automatically throughout all time without further action of Con grerife until the reclamation of all the lands In tho arid West capablo of re* clamntlon Is accomplished, reserving the lands reclaimed for home-seekera In small tracts aud rigidly guarding against land monopoly as an evidence of tho policy of domestic development contemplated by the Democratic party, should it be placed in power." NEWSY OUCANINCIS. Many men have deserted from 1U? battleship Illinois. Cotton grows wild In Colombia, and tbo natives are beginning to think seriously of cultivating it. A man asleep on a roof In New York City rolled oft', Htruelc a cable and slid down It, escaping Injury. Labor unions of (Jeorgla are advo cating the establishment of a It urea u of State Labor Statist les and Mining. A passenger on a Brooklyn, N. Y., car wos almost roasted to death by n broken trolley wire, that coilcd about him. The new trans-Canadian route from Liverpool to Yokohama will be 122(K) miles shorter than that across this United States. The Budget Committee of 4ho Cham ber of Deputies voted against an ap propriation for tbo French Embassy at the Vatican. The second wife of John G, Under bill, of Now York City, who married him four days after his first wife di vorced him, has also secured a decree. Edward Denton, nn ? hiramr* Long Island farmer, after starving bis family four days and with a shotgun defying four deputy sheriffs, was over powered. The Iter, W. S/Newson, of Callfon, N. ,1., clad only in pajamas, married a runaway couple Just before the pur suing parent* of the bride arrived to forbid the cerejiiony. The Poland tuuhel, 8071 feet long, botwoon tho Agna Frla and Lynx Creek valleys of Arizona, has been completed. It Is for tho purpose of private mining development. The Cunprder Campania arrived In New York City lmviug printed on Ita voyage a dally oeean newspaper, of which the wireless telegraph servlca was superintended in person by Mr, Marconi. LABOR WOULD. , . n. 'After six months' Idleness 25.000 glovemakers have voted to return to work at Johnstown, N, Y. At Milwaukee. "Wis., the annual con vention of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes will bo held. A general defense fund of $150,000 Is being raised by the Amalgamated Association of Street and Klflctrlc Ilui! way Employes of America. Almost $3*2.000,000 has been paid in benefits of various kinds by the Amal- | gamated Society of Engineers during the past thirty-five years. Cab drivers In London, England, are again on strike. Tbey claim It impos sible to pay ihe amounts fixed by the Asqulth award ten years ago Over 100 Judges and magistrates in Italy have memorialized the Cabinet for an Increase qf salary, hinting dark ly at the possibilities of a strike. Every member of the New Haven (Conn.) Trades Council has pledged himself that hereafter he will purchase no goods except tbey bear the union la bel. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters now has over 100,000 mem bers and 900 local unions. The annual convention meets In Cincinnati lu Au gust. A new international union Is to bi formed by thi Carpot Workers' Unlou In large cities, to be composed of car pet layers, cutters, measurcmea and gexms. Jewish bakers at Montreal, Canada, Tvh) h;t ve been ou strike sluce April 1. l*vo 'returned to work, having b&en conceded the majos part of tlwif de mand?. Chicago Steieotypers' Union. No, 4, bas succeeded in unionising all offices l:t Chicago, witb a scale of $3.30 per day and aa Increase ue*t April of twenty live .eut 8 a day. Mat of th? pHilM roll la |L*? a jmr to# mtf wo*a* ul OUA t? tfcf Uftltoi *?*?. REPORT DISCOUNTED Russians Maintain That the Japanese fcxagerated Victory NOORCAT VICTORY AT KAI CHOU According to the Official Report# of General Sakharoff, the Russian Retreat Was Only a Succession of Skirmishes. ,? Hi. Petersburg, By Cable.-? Details fit the Russian retirement from Kai Chou which 1^ hailed an a great victory at Toklo, show, according to the olticial * reports of lieutenant General Sakha roff, commander of (he eastern army, that it was little more than a series of skirmishes. The Russian losses were about ZOO men. The Toklo report is that ton guns were captured, T The Russians retired in perfect ordeS^e fore General Oku's army, consisting of four divisions. Staff Captain Count Nerod, who was killed, was a brother of the midship man of that name who was killed at the time of tlu^sinking of the Rus sian protected cruiser Varlag, off Chemulpo. Captain Nerod was In com- ? maud of the rear-guard, which is the., poet of honor. A Russian olltc'er oc cupying this poHt must be behind his men, and it was while following the troops that Nerod met his death. (Jen. Oku's advance continues, His main force, which the general staff be lieves to be almost 60,000 strong, was yesterday about five miles north of Kal Chou. Ills skirmluhos were about three miles further north. The Japan ese cavalry Is proceeding to New Chwang, and a hoavy force of Japanese is converging upon Bladlamaf. halfway to Ta Telie Klao, on tho Slu Yen road. About noon, July 9, a Japanese force of hIx companies of infantry and two guns was observed marching south ward from tho Black Mountains, in tho vicinity of giadama. AtThe same time, a brigade of Japanese infantry, with two batteries, advanced froift Wida Pass, concentrating at Sladiama. Fir ing commenced In the aftm'hoOn ftfid-"' lasted until dusk, when tho Russian officers and 15 men wcro wounded and four men were killed, There la no change in the situation in tho direction of Hal Cheng alfdSu Yeng. A company of Cossacks during a reconnaissance near Sian Chan, in tho direction of Lii\o Yang and Sal mafza. ambushed a Squadron of Japa nese cavalry. Tho Cossacks' losses were three horses klllefl; The Japanese iost 20 men kiiiedTff wounded,-^" The sontlment of tho general staff foreshadows an engagement at Hal Cheng. Up to noon Monday, the Japanese had not resumed the offensive. The admiralty has no confirmation Of the reported activity of the Port Ar thur squadron. Nevertheless, there is < excellent ground for believing that, it J has gone out of Port Arthur. The Vl&ul- k Yostock squadron is also at sea. Fleet and Army hi Touch. Yin Kow, By Cable. ? Japanese ves? r sefs" have been seon off Kitl Choit it la belloved that they are keeping in touch with the advance of the land for ces and that If the Japanese take 2Ta Tone Klao. which Is understood to bo their objective, it is thought that a landing will bo made simultaneously at Yin Kow Tho fighting at K?l Chou consisted of a series of Bkirmisho^ on July 7, and July 8, ending with tho occupy tlon of the town by Gen. Oft u 'd ito6p?. :~ Ja'panoso scouts are close to Yin Wow. Thoy.can be seen on tho neigh boring hill tops, from which they oc casKtonally fir? upon tho Russian out postsr J* . 17 Person* Kilfed. New York, Special. ? Seventeen per* Rous were killed and 40 Injured, some of tfciem seriously, as the result of a regular passenger tram on ' tie Greenwood branch of tho Erie Rail* road running Into an excursion train which was taking water at Mldvale, N. J., at noon today. Work of Madman. 8U- Retersburg, By Cable? A peasant named Michealoff became Insnne irijhe village/)? Almuslna. He filled his wife, broJ[he<\ bi? brother's wife and his aged mother, with a hatehot. He Injured several persons who Interfered with him, set Are to his mother's home and the blaze spread, destroying fifty othtr houses. The madman, in the height of the fire, Jumped mto the flames and was Incarcerated. Street Killing in Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn., Special.? A special to The Commercial- Appeal from Cleve land, Miss., says that. Harry P. Wllr 't llama, one of the most popular citi zens of that place, was shot and killed a?, a late hour Monday on the main street by James 8. Wakefield. Williams was accompanied by his wife when the , tragedy occurred. The killing resulted from a trivial affair ? Liao-Yang Flooded. Llao Yang, By Cable. ? Notwith standing the pro*Iqjliy of the ' Japaa ^eacv the Chinese inhabitants are C*L?_ and ajc following thei* usual occuj lions. The heavy rains of the ten days flooded the streets jwe. ? square*, and the roads are swamps. Traffic Is greatly <m| _ *. -ii.Vj -.f f* .y y.j Tj^ ^ Henry Renominated. '' Waco, Texas, 8 pec hU,? The from the eloTonlh trtet are ?o*r#r determine that. Henry , has defeated J the primary held Sat Jor,tr w,Ol>W