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JUDGE PARKE Accepts the Presidenti. By the Dem< THE NOTIFICATION ADDRESSES | m [ Utterances of the Democratic Candidate on the Issues Before the Country in the Present Campaign. * ! Esopus, N. Y., Special.?Judge Alton B. Parker Wednesday received formal notification of his nomination for the presidency of the United States as the candidate of the Democratic party, and In accepting gave public expression > lor the first time of his views on the Issues of the campaign. The notification was brought to him by Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, as chairman of a committee representing everv State and Territy in the Union. Mr. Clark, in a brief speech informed the candidate of his nomination and presented to him a forma! communication signed by the committee. Mr. C'ark said in part: "Judge Parker:?The most moment- J ous political performance known among men i3 the quadrennial election 1 of an American President. The supreme executive power of 80.000,000 free people changes hands with simplest ceremony and most perfect order. While the contest for votes is waged , with earnestness and enthusiasm? i sometimes with much heat and bitterness?tie ready acceptance of the result by the defeated is the surest augury of the perpetuity of our institutions. "Presidents come and Presidents go, but the great republic?freighted with the hopes of the human race for liberty ?goes on forever. All history proves that a government bottomed on popular suffrage is a government by party. Experience shows that he serves his ! party best who serves his country test. The names most fondly cher- i lshed aie those of men who devoted j their rime, their energies, their talents. * lltrnc til & Uieir luiimifs duu luni ikw , promotion of the public weal. Stronger incentive to high and patriotic endeavor no man hath than the hope to stand thorough all the ages in that goodly company. "Out of the masterly debates and profound deliberations of the St. Lous convention emerged a re-united party,, which goes forth conquering and to conquer. The flower of the Democracy j esesmbled there to consult the government to the principles enunciated by i the fathers, from which it has drifted for in these latter days. Every phase of Democratic opinion was represented j by bra\e, honest and able champions ' in that great conclave of free and pa- j triotic men. The St. Louis convention carried out no cut and dried programme. Its degelotes were not mere { automatons or marionettes waving and talking when the strings were pulled by one iuan. Speech and action were absolutely free and the great debates i which rook place there will constitute rart of the permanent political litera- . ture ol' the country. No effort was made to gag or bridle any one. If a 1 delegate had a pet idea which he was ; anxious to exploit, he was given an adequate and respectful hearing before either the platform committee or the entire convention. Every man had his j say. To none was opportunity denied, Out of it all grew such unity as encourages lovers of liberty ond of pure government everywhere. We enter upon the campaign with the strength which grows out of the union of a mighty party, wltn the enthusiasm born .of truth, with the courage that emanates from a righteous cause, with the confidence of men animated by noble purposes and lofty patriotism. "The hope is not too extravagant for entertaining that in tnis campaign cur candidates will have the support,' not orly of every Democrat in the land, but also of every voter, by whatever political name called, who believes that the constitution of the United States is a living reality and that it applies equally to high and low, to great and small; to public official and to private citizen. "Into your hands the Democracy has committed its standard with abiding faith in your courage, your integrity, your honor, your capacity and your patriotism, believing that under your leadership we will achieve a signal victory, that your administration will be such a fortunate, such a happy era in our annals as to mark the beginning of a long period of Democratic ascendancy, and that you will so discharge your duties as to rank in history as one of the greatest and best beloved of American Presidents. In accepting the nomination Judge Par ker spoke as follows: JUDGE PARKER'S ACCEPTANCE. "Mr Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: "I have resigned the office of Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, of this State, in order that I may accept the lesponsibillty that the great convention that you represent has put upon me, without possible prejudice to the court to which I had the honor to belong, or to the eminent members of the judiciary of this State, of whom I may now say as a private citizen that I am justly proud. "At the very threshold of this response and before dealing wth other subjects. I must, in justice to myself, ' By Wire and Cable. President. Xord. of Haiti, made a speech threatening foreigners. It is officially denied in Berlin that Germany had sent an ultimatum to Venezuela demanding the payment of Interest on the ldemnity. In the House cf Commons Joseph Chamberlain said he was anxious for a general election at once on his tar Iff proposals. * A French officer was appointed head of the Tangier police. MS NOTIFIED it Nomination Tendered jcratic Party j and to relieve my sense of gratitude**, : express my profuond appreciation of ! the confidence reposed in me by the J convention. After nominating me and subsequently receiving a communication declaring that I regarded the gold standard as firmly and irrevocably established, a matter which I felt it incumbent upon me to make known my attitude so that hereafter no man could justly say that his support had been secured through indirection or mistake, the convention reiterated its determination that I should be the standard-bearer of the party in the present contest. This mark of trust and confidence I shall ever esteem as the highest honor that could be conferred upon me?an honor that, whatever may be the fate of the campaign, the future can in no degree lessen or impair. ADMIRABLE PLATFORM. "The admirable platform upon which the party appeals to the country for its confidence and support Cieany states tut: pnuu^ics nuivu were so well condensed in the first inaugural address cf President Jeffers n and points out with force and directness the course to be pursued through their proper application in order to insure needed reforms in both the legislative and administrative departments of the government. While unhesitating in its promise to correct abuses and to right wrongs wherever they appear or however caused; to investigate the several administrative departments of the government, the conduct of whoso officials has created scandals, and to punish these who have been guilty of a breach of their trust; to oppose the granting of special privileges by which the few may profit at the expense of the many; to practive economy in the expenditure of the money of tho people, and to that end to return once more to the methods of the founders of the republic by observing in disbursing the public funds the care and caution a prudent individual observes in respect to his own; still the spirit of the platform assures conservative, instead of rash action; the protection of tho innocent ?s well as the punshment of the guilty; the encouragement of industry, economy and thrift; the protection of property and a guarantee of the enforcemenr for the benefit of all man's inalienahl? riehts. amone which, as said in the Declaration of Independence, are "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." liberty, as understood in this country, means not only the right of freedom from actual servitude, imprisonment or restraint, but the right of one to use his faculities in all lawful ways, to five and work where he will and to pursue any lawful trade or business. These essential rights of life, liberty and property are not only guaranteed to the citizen by the constitution of each of the several States, but the States are by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States forbidden to deprive any person of them without due process of law. "Occasionally, by reason of unnecessary, or impatient agitation for reforms, or because the limitations placed upon the departments cf government by the Constitution are disresarded by officials desiring to ac complish that which to them seems good, whether the power exists in them cr not, it becomes desirable to call attention to the fact that the peoI pie, in whom all power resides have j seen fit to limit the powers conferred ! and to say to departments created ! by it: "Thus far slialt thou go and no j farther.' To secure the ends sought the people have by the Constitution J separated and distributed among the three departments of government? the Executive. Legislative and Judicial?certain powers, and it is the duty of those administering each department so to act as to preserve, rather than destroy, the potency of the co-ordinate branches of the government, and thus secure the oxercise of all the powers conferred by .the people. THE THREE POWERS. "Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to William C. Jarvis, touching the perpetuity of our institutions, written many years after ho had retired to private life, said: 'If the three powers of our government maintain their mutual independence of each other, it may last long, but not so if either can assume the authority of the other.' It must be confessed that in the course of our history executives have employed powers not belonging to them; statutes have been passed that were expressly forbidden by the constitution and statutes have been set i aside ^s unconstitutional when it was ! difficult to noint out the provisions said to be offended against In their enactment; all this has been done with a good purpose, no doubt, but in disregard, nevertheless, of the fact that ours is a government of laws, j not of men, 'deriving its Just powers from the consent of the governed.' i If we would have our government | continue through the ages to come, for the benefit of those who shall , succeed us. we must ever be on our guard against the danger of usurpa i tion of that authority which resides ! in the whole people, whether the usur! p3'lon be by officials representing | one of the three great departments ol government, or by a body of men act ninor Hention. The British expedition undej Colonel Younghusband reached Lhasa, Tibet. The total number identified bodies recovered from the wreck at Eden, Col., up to Tuesday night was 73. and the unidentified 3. The United Mine Workers' executive board adjourned at Scranton without definitely deciding upon the date for a strike in the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys. ing without a commission from the people. IMPATIENCE AT RESTRAINT OF LAW. "Impatience of the restraints of law. as well as of its delays, is becoming more and more manifest from day to day. Within the past few years many instanccp have been brought to our attention, where in different parts of our beloved country supposed criminals have been seized and punished by a mob. notwithstandI ing the fact that the constitution of ! each Stato guarantees to every per! son within its jurisdiction that his I life, his liberty or his property shall not be taken from him without due process of law. "In a struggle between employers and employes, dynamite is said to ' have boon used by the latter, resulting in the loss of life and the destruction of property. The perpetrators of ihis offense against the laws of God and man. and all others engaged in the conspiracy with them, should, after duo trial and conviction, have had I . meted out to them the most rigorous ; punishment known to the law. This j crime, added perhaps to others, led to the formation of a committee of citizens that, with the support of the military authority, doports from the State, without trial, persons suspected of belonging to the organization of i which the perpetrators of the dvna-1 mite outrages' were supposed to be | ! members. In both cases the reign j I of law gave way to the reign of force. These illustrations present some evi- j dence of the failure of the government J to protect the citizen and his property, which not only justified the action of your convention in this regard, but made it its duty to call attention ! to the fact that constitutional guaranj tees are violated whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor, to | acquire, and to enjoy property, or to resido where his interests or inclinaj tion may determine; and the fulflll ment of the assurance to rebuke and j punish all denials of these rights, i whether brought about by individuals I or government agencies, should be i enforced by every official and support I c-fl by every citizen. The essence of ; good government lies in strict obser! vance of constitutional limitations, enforcement of law and order and rugged opposition to all encroachment upon the sovereignty of the people. "The foregoing distinctions but emphasize the distinction which exists between our own and other forms of government. It has been well said, in substance, that there are but two j powers in govarnment, one by the j ' power of the sword, sustained by the \ I hand that wields it, and the other j the power of the law. sustained by | an enlightened public sentiment. The i difference between a republic?such j as ours, based oa law and a written constitution, supported by Intelligence, virtue and patriotism?and a monarchy?sustained by forpe exerted by an individual, uncontrolled by laws other than those made or sanctioned by him: one represents constitutionalism, the other imperialsm. ! PRESENT TARIFF UNJUST. j j "The present tariff law is unjust in j I its "operation, excessive in many of its j | rates and so framed in' particular in! stances as to exact inordinate profits from the people. So well understood j has this view become that many promi- I I nent members of the Republican party, I and at least two of its State conven-! | tions, have dared to voice the general j | sentiment on that subject, 'mat party i ; seems, however, to be collectively able j ] to harmonise only upon a plank that: i admits that revision may from time to , j time be necessary, but it is so phased i | that it is expected to be satisfactory to i j those favor a reduction thereof, and 1 1 to those opposed to any change what- : ] ever. i "Judge by the record of performance,1 | rather than that of promise, on the i part of that party in the past, it would : , seem as if the outcome, in the event of I ) its success would be to gratify the lat-1 I tor class. With absolute control of I both the legislative and executive de! partmcnt of the government since : March 4th. 1S97, there has been neither ! reduction nor an attempt at reduction ! in tariff duties. It is not unreasonable j to assume, in the light of that record, ; that a future Congress of that party ' will not undertake a revision of the tariff downward in the event that it | shall receive an endorsement of its past course on that subject by the peo; pie. It is a fact and should be frankly i conceded that though our party be successful in the coming contest we can| not hope to secure a majority in the Senate during the next four years, and ! hence we shall be unable to secure any 1 modification in the tariff sav? that to ; which the Republican majority in the Senate may consent. While, therefore, we are unable to give assurance of relief to the people vfrom such excessive duties are burden them, it is due to them that we state our position to be in favor of a resonable reduction of the tariff; that we believe it is demanded by the best interests of both manufacturer and consumer, and that a wise and beneficent revision of the tariff | can be accomplished as soon as both urailCllUB Ul \^uu?ieoa aiiu au cacuuuvc 11 ir. favor of it are elected, without cre1 ating that sense of uncertainty and in' stability that has on other occasions > manifested itself. This can be achiev; ed by providing that such a resonable period shall intervene, between the date of the enactment of the statute making [ a revision and the date of its enforcement. as shall be deemed sufficient for > the industry or business affected by > such revision to adjust itself to the 1 changes and new conditions imposed. " So confident am I in the belief that the demand of the people for a reform of i the tariff is just, that I indulge the hope that should a Democratic House ' of Representatives and a Democratic f Executive be chosen by the people. even a Republican Senate may heed the Odds and Ends. Even a golden vessel cannot make a smooth sea. i If the Sinless knew sorrow shall the sinful escape? ! The branch that bends lowest oears the most fruit. 1 You must either flee from Egypt or ; forfeit Canaan. Circumstances may abase, but only sin can debase you. warning and consent to give at least some measure of reWef to the people. THE TRUSTS. "The combinations, popularly called trusts, which aim to secure a monopoly of trade in the necessaries of life as i well as in those things that are em-1 ployed upon the farm, in the factory and in many other fields of industry,: have been encouraged and stimulated by excessive tariff duties. These operate to furnish a substantial market in the necessities of eighty millions of people, by practically excluding com-; petition. With so large a market and highly remunerative prices continuing long after the line of possible competition would naturally be reached, the temptation of all engaged in the same business to combine so as to prevent competition at home and a resulting reduction of prices, has proved ir-1 ?- ? All resistible in a numoer ot cases, au t men must agree that the net result of enacting laws that foster such inequitable conditions, is most unfortunate for the people as a whole, and it would seem as if all ought to agree that the effective remedy would be to ; appropriately modify the offending law. The growth of ' monopoly, of which complaint is justly made, cannot be laid at the doors of the courts of this j country. The decisions of the Su- j preme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals of this State, and the courts of last resort in many other States, warrant the assertion that the common law as developed affords a complete legal remedy against monopolies. The fact that they have multiplied in number and increased in pow- j or has been due, not to the failure of the courts to apply the law when prop-1 erly moved by administrative officials or private individuals, but to the fail-! ure cf officials charged with the duty of enforcing the law to take the necessary procedure to procure the judgments of the courts in the appropriate | jurisdiction, coupled with the fact that! the legislative departments of some of j our State governments, as well as Con-1 gress In the manner already referred 1 to, have, by legislation, encouraged their propagation. What is needed?In addition to the passage of a statute revising the tariff duties to a reasonable basis?is not so much other and different laws, as officials having both the disposition and the courage to enforce existing law. vvnne mis is ray view vl i the scope of the common law, if it should be made to appear that it Is a mistaken one, then I favor such further legislation within constitutional limita- i tions as will give the people a just and full measure of protection. SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR FILI-! PINOS. "It is difficult to understand how any citizen of the United States, much less | a descendant of Revolutionary stock, j can tolerate the thought of permanent- j ly denying the right of self-government! to the Filipinos. Can we hope to in- ' still it to the mjnds of our descendants reverence and devotion for a government by the people, while denying ultimately that right to the inhabitants of distant countries, whose territory we have acquired either by purchase or by force? Can we say to the Filipinos, 'Your lives, your liberty and your property may be taken from you without J due process of law for all time,' and expect we will long glory in that feature of Magna Charta, whicb has become incorporated, in substance, and effect, into the constitution 01 every State, as well as into the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States? Can we hope tor the respect of the civilized world, while proudly guaranteeing to every citizen of the .United States that no law sfcall be made or enforced which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws, and at the same time not only deny similar rights to the inhabitants of the Philippines, but take away from them the right of trial by jury, and place their lives and the disposition of their property in the keeping of those whom we sent to them to be their governors? We shall certainly rue it as a nation if we make any such atjtempt. Viewing the question even from the standpoint of national selfishness, there j is no prospect that the twenty millions I of dollars expended in the purchase of j the islands and the six hundred and fifty millions said to have been since disbursed will ever come back to us. The accident of war brought the Philippines into our possession and we are j not at liberty to disregard the respon-! sibility which thus came to us, but that responsibility will be best subserved j by preparing the islanders as raipdly i as possible for self-government and j giving to them the assurances that Jt will come as soon as they are reasonably prepared for it. There need be no fear that the assertion so often made of late, that we have now become a world power, will then be without support. Ours is a world power, and as such it must be maintained, but I deny that it is at all recently that the United States has attained that eminence. Our country became a world power over a century ago. when, having thrown off foreign domination, the people established a free government, the r?MiwAA wKaoa omtKnHfv onmnff o n rl DWU.V.C Ul U^UU,?J was continuously to proceed, from the will of the people themselves. It grew as a world power as its sturdy citizens, to whose natural increase were added immigrants from the Old World seeking to obtain here the liberty and prosperity denied them in their own countries. spread over the face of the land, reduced the prairies and forests to cultivation, built cities, constructed highways and railroads, till now a nation which at the formation of the government. numbered only three millions in population, has become eighty millions, and from ocean to ocean and the lakes to the gulf, the country is the abode of a free and proseprous people, advanced in the highest degree in the learning and arts of civilizations. It is the liberty, the advancement and the prosperity of its citizens, not any career of Telcgraph'c Briefs. There are three cases of yellow fever at Vera Cruz, Mexico, three at Coatza- j coalcos, and five at Tehuantepec. There ! have been no death at the latter place. ! Chairman Cowherd, of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has issued a statement challenging the accuracy of Commissioner Wright's report on wages and the cost [ of living. | conquest, iliut make the country a world power. This condition we owe to the bounty of Providence, unfolded In the great natural resources of the country, to the wisdom of our fathers manifested by them, to the energy, industry, moral character and law-abiding spirit of the people themselves. "We are not a military people, bent on conquest, or engaged in extending our domains in foreign lands, or desirous of securing natural advantages, however great, by force; but a people loving peace, not only for ourselves, but for all the nations of the earth. MILITARY DISPLAY. "The great display of military armaments may please the eye and, for the moment, excite the pride of the citizen, but it cannot bring to the country the brains, brawn and muscle of a single immigrant, nor induce the investment here of a dollar of capital. Of course, such armament as - * ?1 ?? may De necessary iur uio bwuih; o/ the country and the protection of the rights of its citizens at home or abroad, must be maintained. Any other course would be not only false economy, but pusilianimous. I protest, however, against the feeling, now far too prevalent, that by reason of the commanding position we have' assumed in the world, we must take part in the disputes and broils of foreign countries, and that becau'se we have grown great we should intervene in every important question that arises in other parts of the world, I also protest against the erection of any such military establishment as would be required to maintain the country in that attitude. We should confine our international activities solely to matters in which the rights of the country or of our citizens are directly involved. That is not a situation of isolation, but of independence. KEEP HANDS OFF FOREIGN TROUBLES. "The government of the United States was organized solely for the people of the United States. While it was contemplated that this country should become a refuge for the oppressed of every land, who might bo fit to discharge the duties of our citizenship, and while we have always sympathized with the people of every nation in their struggles for self-government, tne government was not created for career of political or civilizing evangelization In foreign countries or among alien races. "The most efficient work we can do in uplifting the people of other countries is by the presentation of a happy, prosperous, self-governing nation as an ideal to be emulated, a model to be followed. The general occupation of our citizens in the arts of peace, or the absence of large military armaments, tends to impair neither patriotism nor physical courage, and foi the truth of this I refer the young men of to-day to the history of the Civil War. For 50 years, with the exception of the war with Mexico, this country had been at peace, with a standing army most of the time of less than ten thousand men. He who thinks that the nation had grown effeminate during that period should read the casualty rolls of the armies on either side at Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, at Stone River and Chicamauga. I would be the last man to pluck a single laurel from the crown of any one of the military' heroes to whom this country owes so much, but I insist that their most heroic deeds proceeded infinitely more from devotion to the country, than from martial spirit. As I have already proceeded at too great length, other questions suggested in the platform must await I my letter of acceptance. NOMINATION ACCEPTED. "Mr. Chairman: In most graceful speech you have reminded me of tne great responsibility, as well as the greot honor of the nomination bestowed upon me by the convention you represent this day. Be assured that both are appreciated?so keenly appreciated that I am humbled in their acceptance. "I accept, gentlemen of the committee, the nominajrion, -nd if the action of the convention shall be endorsed by an election by the people, I will, God helping me, give to the discharge of the duties of that exalted office the best service of which I am capable and at the end of the term retire to private life. I shall not be a candidate for, nor shall I accept a re-nomination. Several reasons might be advanced for this position, but the controlling one with me i3 that I am fully persuaded that no incumbent of that office should ever be placed in a situation of possible temptation to consider what the effect of action taken by him in an administrative matter ot great importance might have upon his political fortunes. Questions of momentous consequence to all of the people have been in the past and will be in the future presented to the President for determination, and in approacaiag meir cuusiueiauuu, as i ! well as in weighing the facts and arguments bearing upon them, he should be unembarrassed by any possible thought of the influence his declCd that may effect him personally. I make this statement, not in criticism of any of our Presidents from Washington down who have either held the office for two terms or sought to succeed themselves; for strong arguments can be advanced in support of the re-clection of a President. It is simply my judgment that the interests of this country are now so vast and the questions presented are frequently of such overpowering magnitude to the people that it is indispensable to the maintenance of a befitting attitude before the people, not only that the Chief Magistrate should be independent, but that that independence should be known of all i men." News of the Day. In an official statement issued at the White House Secretary Loeb made it clear that no.letter was sent either by the President or by him by their authority to the National Association of Stationary Engineers in session at Richmond, declining to receive the engineers as a body, because "it would create capital for the Democratic campaign, and particularly where an association was so closely allied with labor." JAPS TAKE VESSEL k ? Still Making Things Interesting for 4 the Russians . TOWED FROM A NEUTRAL PORT ' 5 The Dismantled Torpedo Boat Dee? troyer Ryeshitelni Boarded at 3:30 O'Clock Friday Morning in the Chi- V nese Port of Cheefoo by the Crewe of Two Japanese Destroyers and Towed Off by a Third. > Cheefoo, By Cable.?Two large Jap* anese torpedo destroyers which have been hovering outside the harbor, en tared under cover 01 me aarouca# Thursday night, showing no lights, and anchored a quarter of a mile from the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Byesitelni, which had been moved to a pQrmanent anchorage. The correspondent of the Associated Press was not allowed to board the -u.panes* vessels. The Japanese officers said they would depart at daylight Cheefoo, By Cable.?A boarding party from a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer boarded the dismantled Russian torepdo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni Thursday morning at 3.30 o'clock. The Japanese discharged their small arms, and during the firing a Russian was wounded in one of his legs. Daybreak showed a third Japanese destroyer towing the Ryeshttelni out of the harbor and all disappeared. The Japanese consul claims that the Japanese ships were ignorant of the dismantling of tho Ryeshitelnl. An Associated Press Informed the Japanese of this fact when he visited the two Japanese destroyers at 2.3d o'clock Friday morning. Progress of Chicago Strike. Chicago, Special.?The- stockyards strike Thursday night seems no nearer a settlement than it did the day the struggle began. Efforts of a committee composed of retail butchers and grocers to bring about a conference be- % tween the packers and the strike leaders were of no avail. The retailers' committee was in conference with Edward Tllden, John E. Maurer, Thomas Wilson and Thomas J. Connors, representing the packers, for three hours this afternoon, and after the meeting the following statement was given oat by the committee of business men': . "We were courteously received by the packers and we were informed, considering all that bad passed and present conditions, no good reason existed why any further conference with the strikers would be beneficial." No statement was issued by the packers regarding the conference, and they all refused to discuss the matter, further than to confirm the statement given out by the intermediary committee. When the strike leaders were , informed of the determination of the packers to refuse to enter into further conferences with the unionists, they began to form plans to force the hand of the legal department of the United States in an endeavor to bring about a settlement. This movement was decided upon by the legal advisers of the strikers after they had received what they considered reliable information that the Attorney General would not make a move to bring into operation the perpetual injunction now held by the government against combinations among the packing firms unless ordered to do so by P. ssident Roosevelt. The plan is this: An action will be started in the Federal Court in the name of a striker who holds stock in one of the biggest of the packing concerns, demanding that the injunction be put into, operation on the ground that the illegal combination still en ists and that through it shareholder* are suffering a * loss. This, it is expected by the strike leaders, will in- ? duce President Roosevelt to take up the fight and force the packers to produce their books, contracts and arguments in open court. Such a step, it 1* believed by the strikers, will bring the packers to terms and end the struggle. Sultan Must Keep Faith. Washington, Special?The State Department has heard nothing from Minister Lelshman, at Constantinople, since last Monday, when he cabled that the Porte had promised to see that he received the Sultan's answer to hi* representations touching the right* of American citizens in Turkey. If today'* engagement is not kept, the Department probably will send additional In- v structions to Minister Lelshman a* soon as he officially reports the additional breach of faith. In that event he is expected to go to Smyrna to communicate personally with Admiral Jewell, commanding the European squadron, and perhaps to take up his quarters aboard the flagship Olympia, thus marking a diplomatic crisis. News of the Day. A general strike of teamsters began in Vienna. S. F. Cole, of Catskill, N. Y.. broke the world's typewriting record at the World's Fair, averaging nearly 68 words a minute for seven hours. A movement at Charlestown, W. Va., to lynch George W. Williams, the negro assailant of Miss Knode, ended in a committee of the would-be lynchers being arrested. e, / ___ # * Rev. W. -E. Mumford Dead. Macon, Ga.. Special.?Rev. W. E. Mumford died at 6 o'clock Friday morning after a month's illness of typhoid fever. He was well known throughout the South as a philanthropist, having devoted the past 15 years of his life to the care of the orphan children of Georgia. He founded the Georgia Industrial Home, of Macon, where 150 children are being cared for. The deceased was a Methodist preacher and a former newspaper man. f t *