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r?^ V ' THE M«HEttR¥ PLAiSUEALER CO. M<*HKNRV ILLINOIS. r * ' \y' : ^pE ft BE ELCMVPIliC BPEvrnE/" »«$»« Fire des$*oyed the establishment of the Shilbest Mercantile company at San Francisco; loss, $125,000. Edward Flanagan, Jacksonville, 111., passenger agent for the Burlington railroad, cpmmitted suicide in a par­ lor car on the Alton "Hummer." In a signed statement to the Dem? ocratic voters of Tennessee, issued in ^Nashville, former Governor Benton McMillin withdrew from the race for United States senator. George Francis Clay of Grand Rap- Ids. Mich., a member of the class of 1907 at the Annapolis naval academy, died of pneumonia at New London, Conn. President Diaz has said that he may visit the United nutates during the coming winter. , A commission of naval engineers will leave Mexico City for Genoa, sphere they will receive the gunboats Bravo and Morelos, constructed in shipyards there. : Forest fires in the Gila forest re­ serve, Arizona, which during the last two months devastated aa area of fif­ teen square miles of fine timber, have been put out by heavy rains: The Illinois Life-Insurance company has withdrawn from Kentucky. The number of policy-holders affected is estimated at nearly 100.000. ^ The Galveston, Texas, sea wall, rep­ resenting an expenditure of $1,198,318, was completed Friday. It is 17,593 feet long and sixteen feet high. Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the department of Mindanao, Philip- pises, has taken steps to have swim­ ming taught the soldiers of his com- maud. ' The bricklayers who struck in Washington because a negro work­ man was employed to work with them „en the arsenal improvements, are making overtures to return. It de­ velops that the negro is a union man. Engineer James Robinson of New­ castle, Pa., was killed and Fireman Charles McWilliams fatally injured In a collision between an Erie ft Pittsburg passenger train and a* loco­ motive near Sharon, Pa. Booker T. Washington, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan of London and Rev. C. B. McAfee of Chicago were among the speakers at the opening of the general conference of Christian Work­ ers at East Northfield, Mass. Si* men were seriously ̂ injured near Hamlet, Ind., by the burning of a barn which was struck by lightning. The men had taken refuge in the barn. Louis Voetzel, riepartnlent manager ®f a tobacco company, died at Nash­ ville, Tenn., of lnjurleS*~riceived in being run over by a carriage. His home is in Ottawa, Kas. Lightning struck twice during a storm at Murphysboro, 111., killing a horse in Joseph Van Cloester's %arn. William Preobs' barn was struck fend burned, entailing a loss of $5,000. Several survivors of the steamship Norge arrived at Boston on the Ivernia from Liverpool. Mrs. S. Ojakoski, who escaped from the Norge, died on the Ivernia from the effects of her experi­ ence. Rev. Father P. A. O'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic church at Birming­ ham, Ala., who was thrown from a horse while discharging the duties of chaplain during a brigade encampment died of his injuries. The Commercial Law League of- America, in session in West Baden, Ind., elected S. T. Bledsoe of Ardmore, I. T., president, and voted to remove the national headquarters from Wash­ ington to New York. Whittaker G. A. R. Post of Louis­ ville, Ky., has decided to refuse to at­ tend the national encampment at Bos-, ton next month under the lead of Ju­ nior Vice Commander W. H. £earce, a negro. The United States League of Local Building and IjOan associations, in session at Sault Ste. Marie, elected as president A. L. Butheil of Shelby- ville, Ind. The will of Mrs. Mary F.-Scanlan. one of the wealthiest women in' St. Louis, disposing of an estate valued at $1,000,000, has been filed for pro- bate. The! United States gunboat- Annapo­ lis, tbie torpedo" boat Preble and the government tug Unadilla left San Francisco for Santa Barbara to assist in the official trial' of the battleship Ohio. The assembly opened at Battle isl­ and, twenty miles below La Crosse, Wis., on the Mississippi, is to com­ memorate perhaps the most noted bat tie with the Indians ever fought by the Americans. The members of the Commercial Law League of America, in session at West Baden, Ind., were addressed by Judge Oliver O. Provosty of the Louis iana supreme court and by T. Moultrie Mordecai of Charleston, S. C. The Union Pacific has adopted plan to build electric lines into thick­ ly populated rural -districts as feeders of the main lines. -- * Russell Harding and other Missouri Pacific officials on a special train barely escaped death on a burning bridge over the Platte river. $A'° Judge Putnam, in the United States circuit court in Portland, Me. entered a final decree of foreclosure and sale against building plants in different parts of the country con trolled* by the United States Ship 1 ^tfilding company. / Miss Allie Anderson, adopted daugh ter of Mrs. Gilly Zink, committed sui v cide in her room at her home in Litch field. 111., on account of despondency William Belt Wilson, alias Ander- ; aon, wanted at Falls Creek, Wis., fot |be murder of Sheriff Patton two years 9ffo, was captured at Middlesboro. Ky ' * Acting Postmaster General Wynne .'tt$s signed an order, effective Aug. 1, .1804. wherein the poBtal administra­ tion of Kongkong has concurred, lim­ iting the value of parcels post pack­ ages exchanged between the United StilOfi nnH H«n«rfcnni> in SKA ao/•»>! « < t ̂ •• .< ( 'V. 4 r ' LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS . V . , '• ' / 'WHEAT. • * • >-M,- , Chicago--Na, I r^-i, li 2 red, Minneapolis--No. 1 harA Sfe Louis--No. 2 red, 9< Kansas City--No. 2 hat Duluth--No. 1 northern, tl.O Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, " -CORN. Chicago--No. 2. 49%c. New York--No. 2, 56c. St. I.ouia--No. 2, 4S^c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. CM> Milwaukee--No. 3, 50©51 Vic. Peoria--No. 3, 48c. " , OATE. Chicago--Standard, 44c. • New York--Mixed, 43#fiw. St. Louis--No. 2. 3S*4c. " Duluth--No. 2., SSc. Kansas City--No. 2 white, Milwaukee--Standard. 43@43%C. CATTLE; tChicago--$2 50©6.00. ^Kansas Ciiy-$2.M>®8.9S.A Om a ha--$1.75 fi ">. 25. St. T.ouls--$1.50<j 5.40. St. Joseph-- New York--Dressed, Pittshurg--$20n'i.2S. Buffalo--12,25©:.,75. HOGS. * Chicago--J5.20(f; 5.90. Kansas City--J5.10@iS.25 Omaha--$4.50®5.35;. St. Louis--$4.75'a.".7® St. Joseph--$5. Pittsburg--J85JG.25. _ Buffalo--$2,25(S5.75.- SHKEP AND LAMBSt Chicago--$3. 75. ' Kansas City--$2.5O®6:©0. Omaha--$2.25lfi St. Louis--$1.75<(i5.KA St. Joseph J2.iuf,5.35., New York--*3® $.30. „; Pittsburg--II.50<ffB.Spt ivUr.?-?- Buffalo--il.76@6. io. mm nzm nerm, Tire drought has almost destroyed the maize crop in Roumania and the government has prohibited its ex­ portation. The group of four buildings of the Ornamental terra cotta works, owned by Conkling, Armstrong & CO., in Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire; loss, $150,000, fully covered by insur­ ance. ; Federal Judge Thompson in Cincin­ nati has appointed William R. Niven of Bellefontaine, Ohio, receiver of the failed West Liberty bank. W. B. Stockton and James Griff were killed by the collapse "of a scaf­ fold at Holt's ranch, near Abilene, Texas. Two others were seriously hurt. ^ « Dr. Flemming Carrow, who has held the chair of diseases of the eye, ear and throat at the University of Michi­ gan for fifteen years> has resigned to engage in private practice in Detroit. President Roosevelt yesterday told committee of the National grange that he would allow the organization to select the successor of the late J. H. Brigham as assistant secretary of agriculture. Efforts to end the strike of brick­ layers on the barracks building in Washington failed. Capt. Sewall, in charge of the work, #refused to dis­ charge the nonunion men employed to fill the places of the strikers. The blowing out of the cylinder head of the electric light engine at Fairbury, 111., threw that city and Forest in darkness. The wholesale grocery warehouse of Eby, Blain & Co., at Toronto, Can­ ada, was partially; destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,000; partially insured. Candy colored with some mercurial substance caused the death of the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fousek at Great Falls, Mont. Robert Fair of Clay City, Ind., a junior at Indiana normal school, was found dead of heart disease. He was frail and had done too much gym­ nasium work. John Tohnson, arrested at Colum­ bus, O., has been identified as Row­ land B. Rigor of Baltimore, wanted for the holdup and shooting of a street car conductor. Secretary Taft has fixed Aug. 4 for a hearing on the request for a recon­ sideration of the order of the war department to raise the union bridge across the Alleghany river at its Junc­ tion with the Monongahela. Andrew" Craver, a bartender at Leavittsburg, O., has been arrested on the charge of causing the death of William Groshung, whose home is sup­ posed to be in Milwaukee, Wis. Gros­ hung became " involved in a quarrel with Craver and was so badly beaten that he died. John Jackson, a negro, was hanged at Uniontown, Pa., for the murder of Jack Kinney, also colored, whom he killed near Connellsville June 30, 1903, in a quarrel over a game of craps. The trap refused to work for five minutes the condemned man stood with the black cap on his head whlla Ihe spring was being adjusted. Comptroller of the Treasury Trace- well rendered a decision in Washing­ ton that while the general spirit and purpose of the Constitution is appli­ cable to the Panama Canal zone, that domain is not a part of the United States, and therefore the President and the commission will control af­ fairs until Congress prescribes some other course. ' The will of Abner McKinley, broth­ er of the late president, has been pro­ bated at Somerset, Pa. While no value of the estate is given, the bulk of It is bequeathed to his widow and his daughter, Mrs. Mabel MoKinley Baer. Frank Kaufcef was injured and six other persons badly bruised in a colli­ sion in Milwaukee between a chemical fire engine and a street car. Henry Peters, president of the Fair­ field County (Ohio) bank, has been appointed receiver for the Lancaster bank, a private institution. James A. Cooper, colored, was hanged at Baltimore for the murder of Jesse: Powell, also colored. - The Clinton county, Illinois, normal institute closed its session at Car- lyle. One hundred teachers were in attendance. • The appellate division Of tbe »up- retaie court in New York refused to sustain the charges brought against City Magistrate James G. Tighe by the Antipolicy society for his action in discharging prisoners arraigned be­ fore him for violating the antipolicy law. . „... " ' •„ . Mrs. Da^ls, an Assyrian peddler, was found dead in bed at Brownsville, Pa., with a bullet wound in her right breast. Her son Michael was ar­ rested, charged with the killing. It is claimed he shot her for refusing to give him money. Harry Hollister, son >of a Madison, Wis., druggist, committed suicide in Denver because the father had refused him aid after a long debauch. The American line summer St. Paul has sailed from South Hampton, hav­ ing on board the remains of F. Kent jbMmll. . - /. THE OWNER OF THE RUNAWAY? RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR NEWS ' v . \ , Y ' - • Minister to Investigate--Acting on * formal protest from the American owners of a portion of the cargo of the steamer Arabia, seized by the Rus­ sians, the state department at Wash­ ington has ordered Ambassador Mc- Cormick to obtain a full statement of the affair from St. Petersburg. British Demand Apology--The Brit­ ish government has filed a -protest through itB ambassador to Russia and will demand full reparation for the sinking of the Knight Commander off Tokio, a salute of the British flag and the full protection of neutral shipping. The protest contains a threat of furth­ er action if an apology Is pot forth­ coming. ' Successful Night Attack--The Japa­ nese army under Gen. Oku, in a night attack on five divisions of Russians, ?;bo had 100 guns, stormed Taiping mountain and drove the enemy from the positions south of -Tatchekiao. The Japanese losses are' reported at 800 dead and wounded. Reports Jap Success--Gen. Kouio- patkin reports'that the Japanese have occupied Tatchekiao and a force is ad­ vancing on Hai-Cbeng. Japs Occupy Newchwan0-~Cgak mander-ln-Chief Oyama of the Japa­ nese forces reports the occupation of Newchwang with a small force. Plan Decisive Battle---It is-believed the Japanese wi41- force the decisive battle between Hal-Cheng an Uu>- Yang. • JULY 29, 1904. » American Ship Is Safe--The Pacific Mail Steamship company's steamer Korea has arrived safely at Tokio with more than $1,000,000 on board, al­ though it was reported she had been captured by the Vladivostok squadron, and intense anxiety reigned. Will Settle With Britain--Premier Balfour in the British house of com­ mons declared an amicable under­ standing with Russia will be reached and Ambassador Benckendorff as­ sured Lord Lansdowne that his gov­ ernment will make full reparation. Kouropatkin is Wounded--Gen. Kou- ropatkin is reported to have been wounded In the battle at Tatche­ kiao, in which another general and 10,000 Russians are said to have been lost. Assault on Port Arthur--Port Ar­ thur, according to advices from Shang­ hai and Tientsin, is undergoing a gen­ eral assault, and the Russian army now Is retreating north, followed by the victorious Japanese under Gen. Oku. JULY 30, 1904. Report Citadels' Fall--Reports that Port Arthur has fallen were tele­ graphed from * Shanghai, where it Is said they come from Chefoo. The move of the British fleet, which is due at Wei-Hai-Wei, adds to the rumor, owing to the fact that the British ar& bound to evacuate that part as soon as Russia ceases to rule in Port Ar­ thur. According to one report 11,000 Japanese were lost in storming the fortress. Critics Are Skeptioal--London mili­ tary critics are slow in believing that Port Arthur has been captured, taking the ground that the Japanese have not had time enough to complete their preparations. Fierce Attack Is Made--Refugees in Chefoo from Port Arthur report that a fierce attack by land and sea, be­ ginning Tuesday, was Jn progress wnen they left on Thursday. JULY 31, 1904. Attack Hai-Cheng-- An attack on Hal-Cheng began' on Friday and the latest reports state that the fight Is still raging. The armies north of Hai- Cheng can be seen from the Russian 80LDIER MAY HAVE BEEN SLAIN Private Joseph Hammot's Body Found In a Creek. New York dispatch: The body of Joseph J. Hammot, a private ?of the Eighteenth company. Eightieth regi­ ment, U. 8. A., stationed at Fort Schuyler, was found in Westchester creek. There was a deep stab wound in the breast, apparently made with a br.yonet, and the man is supposed to have been murdered. Hammot had been missing from Fort Sehjp^ei#l9!r two days. . . , :V ̂ .A-rr v Kills Woman, Slays Hfmaetf; T Pueblo, Cal., dispatch: Mrs. J. J. Af- lley was almost instantly killed by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of John Anderson, who Immediately afterward shot himself through the lKMrt, expiring within a few momenta. Saved by Celluloid Collar. New York City special: Detectivo Michael Re Illy of Mount Vernon, in at­ tempting to arrest a highwayman, was shot at close range. His life was saved by a celluloid collar, which ..stowed th* force of,the buUefe -j ; • jeamp, and it is believed that a de­ cisive engagement awaits only a sig­ nal. The Japanese advance on Muk­ den continues. Denies Fall of Fortress--A high Jap­ anese authority in Chefoo says the be^ siegers planned to begin the final as­ sault on Porth Arthur last Tuesday aud expected to effect the capture by Friday. Further reports from refugees who had fled from the besieged city on Thursday indicate terrific fighting for three days. Tokio denies the city has fallen. Refuses Cargoes--The Pacific Mail Steamship company announces that it will accept no more freight for Japa­ nese ports, and the Harriman lines also are affected by the action. This cuts off much food and war supplies for the Japanese. Arabia May Be Confiscated--A dis­ patch from Vladivostok indicates that the steamer Arabia may be confiscat­ ed, with a large part of her cargo. The raiding fleet apparently la head- eui for Vladivostok. AUG. 1, 1904. Heavy Fighting--Heavy fighting is believed to be in progress at Port Ar­ thur and at Haicheng in Manchuria. Press the Russians -- Newchwang hoars that the Russian rear guard of 5,000 men is closely pressed by the Japanese south of Haicheng, and Its peril is increasing. Must Fight or Retreat--In St. Pe­ tersburg it is believed Kouropatkin must fight or retreat, and bis position, menaced by three armies, is consid­ ered critical. News Favors Japs--All the fortifica­ tions around Port Arthur with the ex­ ception of Golden Hill are'sald to have been taken. The Vladivostok squad­ ron is said to be in port. FROZEN/ MEAT NOT INJURIOUS English 'Commission Finds It Does Not Cause Increaffee of Cancer. London cablegram: With reference to the question raised in the house ot commons in March last, whether frozen or chilled meat has any in­ jurious effect on consumers, and espe­ cially whether such meat contributes in any way to increasing the number of cases of cancer in the United Kingdom, the royal commission of inquiry into the causes of cancer which has been considering the sub­ ject, is of the opinion that such meat is in no way injurious to consumers and cannot be held to be in any de­ gree accountable for the increase of cancer in Great Britain. OILER FALLS DOWN MTO MINE E* Victor Kalstrom Has Miraculous cape From Death. Negaunee, Mich., dispatch: Victor Kalstrom, a young timberman in Re­ public mine, had a miraculous escape from death. He was oiling the roils in the incline shaft and missed his footing, which sent him headlong oh a perilous descent. He slid and rolled down 600 feet, when he encountered an air pipe and saved himself. But for this he would have gone down 1,- 000 feet further. His injuries were slight Wisconsin Prohibitionist*. Madison, Wis., dispatch: The Wis­ consin Prohibition convention made these nominations: Governor, W. H, Clark, Ripon; lieutenant governor, George H. Trever, Whitewater; secre* tary Of state. Charles L. Hill, La Crosse: treasurer, John Berg, Hol- man; attorney general, Matthew Mott, Neenah; railroad commissioner, Al­ fred A. Meeting, Milwaukee; insur­ ance commissioner, Jasper Dexter, Cambria. THROWN FROM HORSE AND HURT Major Frank A. Denison Suffers Sprained 8houlder in Camp% Springfield, ill., special: Governor's day at Camp Lincoln Thursday was marred by (one accident. During the evening parade, when the Eighth regi­ ment was being reviewed by Gov. Yates and staff. Maj. Frank A. Deni­ son of Chicago, chief quartermaster of the Fourth brigade, was thrown from his horse and suffered a sprained shoulder, besides several cuts and bruises. Quiet at Fall River Miita. Fall River, Mass., dispatch: There is no change in the strike situation here, everything being reported quiet at the mills and in the/Hty. None of the mills was opongd and the strikers show no dispositionJlo return to work. F«trtei»nk« Rests at Mackinac. Mackinac Island, Mich., dispatch: Senator Fairbanks has taken "Over the Glen" cottage in the west end for the season^ His next-door neighbor is H. H. Hanna of Indianapolis, cousin lsto Senator 14.- A, Huam Von Plehve of the Interior Department Is Victim of --Bomb Thrower, -'"r MUlfDERER ELUDES THE GUARD Secret Police, Whose Duty It Waa to '-Protect the Cabinet Chief, Are Out- fitted by Young ThffW the Deadly Missile. : t'i' ' : St. Petersburg cable: The bomb that killed M. von Plehve, the Min­ ister of the Interior, • Thursday morn­ ing has thrown official Russia, from the Czar down, into a panic. The deed of the assassin is regard­ ed as the first in a revolutionary and anarchistic plot which has for its aim the liberation of Russian 'from des­ potic government. The assassination is believed by the police to be the outcome of an inter­ national anarchist _ movement with which. Gerschupin, the Russian revol­ utionary agitator, who was arrested at Kiel? last year, was connected. The police have already also traced an analogy between the crime and the murder of Governor BobrlkOff some weeks ago! The reckless manner in which the assassination was planned and the suc­ cess with which it was carried out have astounded the police. The fear is entertained that the crime is the prelude to an anarchistic carnival of assassinations, and the question uppermost in the mind of every official Is, Who will be the next to fall? Not even the Cstr him­ self • is believed safe. . ' • - - Attack Minister of Justice, While the capital was still stunned by the assassination of M. von Plehve. its population blanched at the news of an attack upon another official, Minis­ ter of Justice Muravieff, while driving to the Peterhof palace to report to Emperor Nicholas the assassination of Minister of the Interior von Plehve. Stones were thrown at him, and his carriage windows were broken. The Identity of the Minister's assailants has not yet been discovered. Outside of the Emperor, nos man In all Russia was more thoroughly guarded from attack than Minister von Plehve. His movements were kept absolutely secret from the public. His every movement was watched by a body guard of secret police. Armed guards on bicycles preceded and fol­ lowed his carriage at a distance of a few paces. He moved constantly sur­ rounded by a cordon of men whose sole duty was to guard his safety. Foresaw His Fate. Since his appointment as Minister of the Interior he had frequently ex­ pressed the fear that he would meet a fate similar to that of his predecessor, M.' Sipiaguine--death at the hands of an assassin. He had a premonition which he had frequently voiced that if he were killed he would be assas­ sinated on a Thursday. On the morn­ ing of this day each week it was his custom to carry his weekly report to the Czar. A knowledge of this fact was public property, and on this day above all others he was rigorously guarded. * It' was while engaged on this duty that he was slain. The carriage in which he was driving was proceeding rapidly to the Warsaw station. The carriage had reached the corner of Zabalansky street and a street border­ ing on the Circular canal. Here the traffic is great, and the carriage wa>a forced to slow down. ' Assassin Hurls Bomb. Suddenly a man darted through the crowd on the sidewalk, ran up to the rear of the carriage, and hurled a bomb. Instantly there was a terrific explosion. The carriage was blown to pieces. The horses, terrified by the roar of the explosion, dashed down the street, dragging with them the front wheels of the vehicle. In the wreck of wheels and carriage strewn In the street lay the lifeless and mangled body of M. yon Plehve. Police officials are positive that the assassination Is the outcome of a widespread,plot, the existence of which has been suspected for several days. Numerous arrests have been made, including that of the assassin, a young man who is believed to be a Finn named Legio, and who is now in a hospital severaly and perhaps fa­ tally injured by the explosion of his own bomb. FINDER OF (150,000,000 18 PAUPER Discoverer of Cripple Creek Mines, Penniless, Is Near Death. Colorado Springs, Colo., dispatch: Robert Womack, discoverer of Cripple* Creek, which has yielded others more than $150,000,000, is believed to be dying here In a sanitarium. He did not benefit by hisw discovery and for several years has been a street labor­ er in this city. He is penniless.. Must Pay $287,810 Damages. London cablegram: The courts have decided that the South Wales Miners' federation must pay into court $287,- 810 damages awarded the colliery pro­ prietors, for causing the men to break their contracts with their' employers. Satolli at West Point. Highland Falls, N. Y., special: Car­ dinal Satolli arrived here, accompa­ nied by several prominent priests who bad joined him en route. The visitors were conducted to West Point, where tney reviewed the corps of cadeti. "War Governor Lewis Dying. Columbus, Wis., dispatch: J. T. Lewis, the last living war governorof Wisconsin, suffered another stroke of paralysis and is believed to be dying. His daughter, Mrs. F. Dudley of Bvana* ton, 111., is with him. , Funston on Tour of Alaska. Seattle, Wash., special; Gen. Fred­ erick Funston, commanding the de­ partment of the Columbia and Alaska, has left on a tour of inspection of all army poets in <tfae nox&fc - • - DDKfflFN S7<v~i • -t;; .x '• . • • V.( >i f ' • OMimy^ftXSSi"plice at His Home at Sagamore Hi.n~!8®ueŝ of Campaign Reviewed la Reply. y rresraent KWSeveiroB July 27 was Notified formally of his nomination for the presidency by the national repub­ lican convention. The ceremony took place at his country home at Sagamore Hill, three miles from Oyster Bay, L, I. The formal notification of the ac­ tion of the convention was made, on behalf of a committee representing every state and territory in the United States, by Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives. In his reply the President Mid Ul part: "Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of Lhi Notification Committee: I am deeply sensible of the high honor conferred Upon jne by the representatives of the Republican party assembled in con­ vention and I accept A nomination for the Presidency with solemn real­ isation of the obligations I assume. I heartily approve the declaration of principles which the Republican na< tional convention has adopted and at some future day I shall communicate to you, Mr. Chairman, more at length and in detail a formal written accept­ ance of the nomination. "Three years ago I became President because of the death. of my lamented predecessor. I then stated that it was my purpose to carry out his principles and policies for the honor and the In­ terest of the country. To the best of my ability I have kept the promise thus made. If next November my countrymen confirm at the polls the action of. the convention you repre­ sent I shall, under Providence, con­ tinue to work with an eye to ths wel­ fare of all our people. "A party is of worth only in so far M it promotes the national interest, and every official, high or low, can serve his party befit by rendering to the people the best service of which he is capable. We who nave been en­ trusted with power as public servants during the past seven years of admin­ istration and legislation now come be­ fore the people content to be judged by our record of achievement. In the years that have gone by we have made the deed square with the word; and if we are continued in power we shall unswervingly follow out the great lines of public-policy which the Re­ publican party has already laid down; a public policy to which we are giving, and shall give, a united, and there­ fore an efficient support. "In all of this we are more, fortu­ nate than our opponents, who now ap­ peal for confidence on the ground, which some express and some Seek to have confidentially understood, that if triumphant they may be trusted to prove false to every principle which in the last eight years they have laid down as vital, and to leave undis­ turbed those very acts of the adminis­ tration because of which they ask that the administration itself be driven from power. We make our appeal in a wholly different spirit. There "is nothing experimental about the gov­ ernment we ask the people to continue in power, for our performance in the past, our proved governmental efficien­ cy, is a guarantee as to otor promises for the future. ! "In dealing with the great organiza­ tions known as trusts we do not have to explain why the laws were not en­ forced, but to point out that they ac­ tually have been enforced and that legislation has been enacted to in­ crease the effectiveness of their en­ forcement. We have shown in every deed that whenever, by diligent inves­ tigation, a public official can b» found who has betrayed his trutt he will be fiif "IVe have enacted a tariff iaw «nd«r which duriag ihe iasi few years the country baB attained a height of mfe terial well-being never before reached. the.-need arrises there fliiouiri tie a ri^rtJnMfnent of the tar­ iff sclnnUiU»« In umlotilited; but such change run with wafHv be made onl? by *hu««> devotion to the prin­ ciple t»f a tariff Via beyond j fut the crhanges wttulil khmi'miI Hn| iii fftsdiustment but to 1*1*1**111 Tito readjustment whim mad*, mum mnlntain and not ihs pftitM'tivx principle. To tha farmer, I he merchant, the manu­ facture r I hid In vital; but perhaps no ottipr matt, la so. much ..Interested as tlio wn»te worker in the maintenance of our present economic system, both as regards the finances and the tariff. The standard of living of bur wage- workers is higher than that of any other country, and it cartfot so re­ main unless we have a protective tar­ iff which shall always keep as a mini­ mum a rate of duty sufficient to cover the difference between the labor cost here and abroad. W- "We believe In reciprocity with for­ eign nations on the terms outlined ijQ President McKinley's last speech, which urged the extension of our for­ eign markets by reciprocal agreements wuenever they could be made with­ out injury to American industry and labor. 4 "We recognize the organization of capital and the organization of labor as natural outcomes of our industrial rystem. Each kind of organization is to be'favored so long as it acts in a spirit of justice and of regard for the rights of others. Each is to be granted the full protection of the law, and each in turn is to be held to a strict obedience tp the law; for no man is above it and' no man telow it. "In Inaugurating the great work of irtigation in the west the administra­ tion haB been enabled by congress to take one of the longest strides ever taken under our government toward utilizing our vast national domain for Ihe settler, the actual homemaker. "Ever since this continent was dis­ covered the need of an isthmian canal to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic has been recognized; and ever since the birth of our nation such a canal has been planned. The isth­ mian canal is now being biillt by the government of the United States. We conducted the negotiation for its con­ struction with the nicest and most scrupulous honor, and in a spirit of the largest generosity toward those through whose territory it was to run. "Our foreign policy has been so' conducted that, while not one of our just claims has been sacrificed, our relations with all foreign nations »re now of the most peaceful kind; there is not a cloud on the horizon. The last cause of irritation between us and any other nation was removed by the settlement of the Alaskan bound* ary. "In the Caribbean sea we have made good our promises of Independ­ ence to Cuba and have proved our as­ sertion that our mission in the island was one of Justice, and not of self- »ggrandizement; and thereby no less than by our action in Venezuela and Panama we have shown that the Mon­ roe doctrine is a living reality, design­ ed for the hurt of no nation, but for the protection of „ civilization on the western continent and for the peace of the world. Our steady growth in • p punished to the full extent of the law I hasKoneh^ainhandwith. strengthening disposition to use this power with strict regard for the rights, of others and for the cause of inter* rational^ustice and good will. "Our foothold in tha Philippines without i-egard to whether he was ap­ pointed under a Republican or Demo­ cratic administration. Moreover, the betrayals of truBt in the last seven years have been insignificant in num* ber when compared wih the extent of the public service. Never has the ad­ ministration of the government been on a cleanir and higher level; never has the public work of the nation been done mort honestly and efficient­ ly , "Under the financial legislation which we have enacted there is now pmple circulation for every business need, and every dollar of. this circula­ tion is worth a dollar In gold. We have reduced the interest-bearing debt and in still larger measure the Interest on that debt. In the1 fiscal year that has just closed the excess Of Income over the ordinary expendi­ tures v.&3 $9,000,000. This does not take account of the $50,000,000 ex­ pended out of the accumulated sur­ plus for the purchase of the isthmian canal. It is an extraordinary proof 01 the sound financial condition of the nation that Instead of following the usual course in such matters and throwing the burden upon posterity by an issue of bonds, we were able to make the payment outright and yet after it to have in the treasury a sur­ plus of $161,000,000. ; World's Wheat Crop. A summary of a review of the world's wheat crop for the present year is as follows: United States, no probable increase in acreage or im­ provement in condition; Canada, in­ creased area; Russia, small sowing; France, smal^T area, but better aver­ age crops; Austria-Hungary, favorable prospects; Germany, appreciable im­ provement; Italy, not so favorable, United Kingdom, smallest area on record; Australasia, double surplus of last year; Argentina, very large crop. deal Back to the Flood. "Macintosh boasts a good about his family, doesn't he!" "Yes, I think he claims that the head of his family was the original Macintosh that Noah had with him during that rainy season." ; Eliot Was a Teach«l». Charles W. Eliot was a teacher of mathematics for fifteen years before he "became president of Harvard uni­ versity. He attained this position at greatly strengthens our position in the competition for the trade of the east; but we are governing' ihe Philip^ pines in the interest of the Philippine people themselves. We have already given them a large share in their government, and: our purpose is to in­ crease this share as rapidly as tSey give evidence of increasing fitness for the task; To have gone faster than * we have already gone in giving the islanders a constantly increasing measure of self-government would have been disastrous. We have estate. lished in the islands a government by Americans assisted by Filipinos. We are steadily striving to transform this self-government by the Filipinos _as- sisted by Americans. 1 "During the seven years that have; just passed there is no duty, domestic cr foreign, which we have shirked; no necessary task which we have fear­ ed to undertake, or which we have not performed with reasonable effici­ ency. We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises, and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have. made and are mailing. Amateur's Violin Well Made. _ Samuel F. "Wing of Hale, Me., has a violin which he has just niade. The tone is fine, and the mechanical work­ manship is excellent for a irian whose age is over 70 years. The violin optf. is inlaid with purfilng. Gold Medal for Woman Novelist. The Royal Swedish Academy has presented a gold medal for literary excellence to Seima Lagerlof, the nov­ elist. The first woman so bonored waa Erederika Bremer. Why They Wear Broad Brims. . The hats worn by Korean state functionaries have brims of enormous dimensions, three feet across some­ times, and "are required to be made of clay. The 'reason for this, Mr. Hatch tells in his recent book, is that some years ago the theft" ruler of Korea was annoyed at the habit of whispering that prevailed at court, and so decided upon compelling his courtiers to wear hats that would make it somewhat more difficult to put their heads close together and S9* -v* • - '• •»3* - * ' . . . . - ~