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OMAHA, SATUIIDAY MOUSING, JULY 9, 1904 TWELVE FAOES.
SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS.
CUNS YAWN FOR JAPS
Eeported Russians Hats 700 Cannon
Mounted on Hill North of Port Arthur.
FORTY THOUSAND MEN GUARD POSITION
Soldieri and Marines Are Said to Compose
the Bussian Garrison.
-4aYY FIRING HEARD-THURSDAY AT SEA
Junks Passing Through Gulf o Pechili
Eeport Supposed Naval Fight.
KUROKI IS CLOSING IN ON ALL SIDES
Japanese General SaM t 'Be Ad
vancing All Alone the Line ana
la Preparing: Attack on
Mukden.
(Copyright, by New Tork Herald Co.. 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG. July 8.-(New Tork
Herald Cablegram-Special Telegram to
The Bee.) All Interest here now centers on
Port Arthur. It being universally admitted1
that, whereas constant outpoat engage
menta In the north continue, the real seat
of action la In the Kwang Tung peninsula.
Where the Japanese are now within Ave
miles of the fortress and bombarding
away at It from all the hills. Further
troops and guns are being landed at Tiger
nd Pigeon bays, while naval experts In
sist that Admiral Togo has got every avail
able ship, which accounts for the poor
showing made by Admiral Karalmura. Ad
miral Togo la credited with having as
many as fifty ships, these, of course, in
cluding gunboats and guardhlpa.
It 1b asserted that General Kurokl Is busy
forming companies of Chunchuses under
Japanese leaders, to attack the railroad
bout Mukden and even to the rear of that
town. A special dispatch to the Russ from
Llao Yang tells vaguely of a severe en
gagement marked by a large number of
Russian officers lost and many wounded
by large bullets, showing the probability
that Coreans with Herdon rifles have ap
peared on the scene.
' The Russkl Slowo, In a special edition,
tells of three days' hard fighting, General
Rennenkampf being in the thick of it
" Long official accounts are published here,
giving no light on the situation; but, to the
contrary, they are masterpieces of circum
locution.. It appears from them that In
tense heat prevails. , ;
Another 20,000,000 rubles In banknotes
have been Issued. Russian 4s are up to
Mis."- ?
Russians Monnt Many Gone.
, TIEN TSIN, July 8. Three Frenchmen
who arrived at,Tkql)i tarday from Port
Arthur, having come over In a Chinese
Junk, -report that $0,000 soldiers and 10,000
marines compose the garrison of the Rus
sian stronghold and that the Russians have
mounted 700 guns on the heights north of
Port Arthur.
They ssy also that the Rusarian torpedo
boat destroyer Lieutenant Burukoff has
made In all four trips from Port Arthur
to New Chwang.
CHE FOO, July S-Noon.-Junks which
passed through the Gulf of Pechilt on
Thursday, July 7, report having heard
heavy firing at sea all that afternoon. .
Preparing; for War.
NEW CHWANG, July 7. Afternoon, De
layed In Transmission The Russian forces
are everywhere preparing actively to meet
the next Japanese advance. Heavy firing
was heard again last night from the direc
tion, of Kai Chau, and it la reported that
serious fighting has occurred.
Location of Japanese.
TIEN TSIN, July ,-It has been learned
here from a Rusalan source that the lo
cation of the Japanese are as follows:
The Second and Twelfth divisions are
marching from Feng Wang Cheng In the
direction of Llao Tang and Salmataae. A
division , of the guards Is near the Talu
and the Tenth division Is near Takushan.
Both these divisions are marching In the
v direction of Hal Cheng, and on their left
and right flanks are reserves from the
Talu.
General Oku's army Is composed of three
divisions and, wlh the Sixth division and
another unnamed dlvlalon, la marching to
ward Port Arthur.
Japanese Organise Bandits.
, ST. PETERSBURG. July t. A special
despatch from New Chwang dated yester
day aays Genera Kurokl Is advancing all
along the 11ls and adds that Japanese
officers ars organising Chinese bandit
bands throughout the Llao valley fur an
attack on Mukden.
It is reported In a special despatch from
Liao Tang under yesterday's date that a
persistent rumor la current there to the
effect that a naval engagement has occur
red at Port Arthur, In which twenty-one
Japanese warships participated, resulting
In a Russian victory. -
A similar report was current at Lino
Tung July 6, the location of the engage
ment then being given as northward of
Genaan, Cores.
Japanese Pusale Russians.
With the return of three days of flno
weather, drying the roads at the theater
Of war, the military authorities here are
once mora inclined to believe In the proba
bility of heavy fighting and In the possi
bility of a general engsgcmenC "The Japa
nese columns are again said to be push
ing forward at all points, but the atra
tegetio plans of the Japanese, as well as
the location of their main force and the
place where their chief blow will be struck,
whether at Kin Chou, Hal Cheng. Llao
Yang or even at Mukden, are still pusxllng
Russian- aulnorltles. In a general way the
Japanese seem to be withdrawing their
pressure out of the west Kal Chou and
Llao Yang, but to be maintaining It north
' sunt, as if contemplating the combined at
track on Tal Chlao.
The success of the Japanese flanking
operations is disconcerting the Russians.
Cue by one the passes In the mountains,
Which the Russians had fortified in ad
vance) with Infinite pains, have been at
tacked by the Japanese, who have alwaya
aianaged, by trails not marked on the
'"Is. to circumvent the Russlana. When
eiwratlng along the interior lines with the
railroad to facilitate the movement of
troops the Russian staff believes this fine
uoilty of the Japanese will disappear,
and when the Japanese debouch Into the
plains, the Russians, who are accustomed
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ABYSSINIAN MINISTER IS SICK
Ellis Arrives at JlbntlL 'bet U In
the Cere of a
Physician.
JIBUTTL, French Somallland, July 8.
W. H. Ellis, carrying the treaty of com
merce between the United States and
Abyssinia to Emperor Menellk, arrived
here today from Marseilles on the French
steamer Oxus. He says he has heard
nothing whatever concern rng F. Ken
Loomis. Hla plane for proceedin-
Abysslnla are not yet completed
not yet completed , cn'
y 8.-A pri
iber of ' V"'.AX I
f. H, Ellis v' .nla
PARIS. July 8..
: from a member
I companying W.
saye the latter was La rlously
sick on board the steamer G -s and was
in the doctor's care. His Illness, however.
Is not considered likely to interrupt Ellis'
mission to Emperor Menellk.
SEES RAT OF HOP1S FOR FINLAND
Official Organ of national Party Greets
Hew Governor Warmly.
HELSINGFORS, Finland, July 8. The
Unslsuometar, organ of the old Finnish"
party, says:
"Emperor Nicholas' recent rescript, (of
Finland) comes like a refreshing breeze,
reviving our courage and hope which had
almost departed. We again breathe easier,
after learning from his majesty that Fin
land's welfare depends solely on peaceful
conditions under a Joint rule of the Russian,
crown and Finland's Institutions. That I
what the Finnish people want. The road
toward a mutual understanding Is now
much clearer and will be Inaugurated,
when the TJtet meets and lays before
the throne the needs and (wishes of Fin
land." The paper concludes- with greeting Prince
Obelensky, . the new appointed governor
general of Finland as the executor of views
as printed In the rescript.
NORGB SURVIVORS REACH LAID
Eleven Passengers and Fight Sailors
Reach Shetland Islands.
GLASGOW, Scotland, July 8. Another
boatj with Norge survivors, eleven passen
gers, eight sailors and one child; has
reached Shetland Islands. This boat, which
wsj In charge of the second mate of the
Norge, was eight days on the open sea.
The party rowed the entire distance to
the Islands. All on board were much ex
hausted and unable to stand when they
landed. The Shetland Islands were sighted
by the boat on Wednesday last
MOORS DISARM GERMAN MINISTER
Tangier's Army Tarns Ont to Find the
Suspects.
TANGIER, July 8. The German minis
ter, who had been threatened by Moors and
consequently kept a revolver handy In his
bedroom, found the weapon missing when
he retired last night. Strange Moors had
been seen about the legation .during the
evening. Trpops were summoned to search
for suspects, but , their efforts have been
unavailing. '
Irish Members Are Angry.
LONDON, July 8. -In the course of the
discussion of the Irish land bill in the
house of commons today, Timothy W.
Healy, nationalist, fiercely attack ad John
E. Redmond, the Irish leader, for selling
his estate on the basis of twenty-four and
a half year's purchase. His remarks were
greeted with a prolonged uproar and cries
of "traitor." Mr. Healy said the nation
alists had honored him (Healy) by turning
him out of the party. In December, 1900.
This statement was fiercely resented by
the nationalists and Mr. Healy, who was
unable to proceed, left his seat.
New Maachurlan Tariff Rate, '
ST. PETERSBURG, July 8. It IS offi
cially announced that henceforth that
when cotton or woolen goods manufac
tured In Russia are exported to foreign
countries or the Amur territory the duties
paid on foreign material used In their pro.
ductlon will be refunded. A r-bate will
also be allowed on the duties paid on Im
ported machinery used In the manufacture
of such goods. .
Choate Receives Salvationists.
LONDON, July 8. Four hundred mem
bers of the Salvation army under the com
mand of Booth-Tucker and headed by a
band marched to the residence of Ambas
sador Choate on Charlton house terrace
today and were cordially welcomed by Mr.
and Mrs. Choate. The ambassador com
plimented the army on the results of the
meeting of Its congress.
Mrs. Maybrlek to Be Released.
LONDON. July 8. The Associate T.
learns definitely that Mrs. Florence May
brick will be released, as an ordinary pris
oner on ticket of leave, between n
August 1. The authorities have no Inten
tion or granting her a free niMon h
cannot impose any restrictions on Mrs.
MaypncK after her arrival In America
Find More Norge Survivors.
LEITH. Scotland. July 8. Nineteen mo.
survivors of the wrecked Danish steamer
Norge, picked up from a boat by a sail
ing ship, have been landed at Thorshaven,
Faroe Islands.
DENVER GOES TO GALVESTON
New Cruiser Will Reeelve Silver Serv
ice from Capital of
Colorado.
PHILADELPHIA. July L-The new United
States cruiser Denver, which has been
lying at League Island navy yard for sev
eral weeks, left for Galveston today. The
object of the trip, the first since the vessel
has. been placed In commission, Is to re
ceive a 6,0((0 silver service, the gift of the
oltisens of Denver. It Is expected that the
presentation Will be "made on next Tues
day. The mayor of Denver, who will
make the presentation speeoh, and 1,000
cltiiens will go to Galveston. Th .hit
contains a full complement of officers and
men. lommander Murdoch will accept
the gift of the allver service on behalf of
me navy. It Is expected that ths Denver
win oe ordered to Join the European
Former Oeanha Woman Kills Self.
COLL'MBCB, Neb.. July l.-8peclal Tele
gram.) Mrs. W. K. Lay shot herself this
morning at the home of her brother, F. N.
Stevenson. She tired the shot with suicidal
Intent. The ball passed through the lung
and the physicians think that It passed
dangerously near the heart. The deed
waa committed In a temporary fit of de
spondency and there is said to be no
chances for recovery. Mrs. Lay received
a message yesterday announcing the death
of her mother at Morris, N. T., and this,
together with other trouble, proved more
than she eould bear. Mr Lay )iid until
reoently been keenlnsr a srrrvwrir trr -
Omaha on Seward street. He came here
a woes ago and went to Norfolk, where he
secured employment. Th.-v n ksr rn.
a number of years before moving to Omaha,
some nve years ago.
ww, Wi' 'm'Mlm
Copyrighted, 1904. by The
ARMOURDALE IS ABANDONED
Km JixerTalling, but Towns Ara Still
Inundated.
DAMAGE WILL BE AS GREAT AS LAST YEAR
One of the New Buildings of the
Nelson Morris Packing; Com
pany Collapses at River
side. KANSAS CITT, July 8.-Tonlght the Kaw
river. Is falling here and a est of Topeka,
and It Is confidently believed that the worst
of the flood Is over. Not for many days,
however, will normal conditions prevail at
At-mourdale, Argentine and the low lying
portion of eastern Kansas City, Kan.,
where hundreds of houses of the working
class are under water, and many plants
are Inundated. In. the lowest portion of
Armourdale, which III the most unfavorable
portion of the flood area, the water is from
three to six feet deep, while surrounding
the Nelson Morris packing houses, north
east pf Armourdale,, and close to the mouth
of the Kaw, the water Is twelve feet deep.
Armourdalo is abandoned, the streets
running rivers. Most families owned their
homes and the aggregate lose will be
heavy.
Flood conditions In Kansas, off the Kaw
watershed, are still serious, the streams at
Abilene, Emporia, Ottawa and Wichita still
being high and continuing to rise at some
point
Water Is running several feet deep
through Riverside. This region Is suffering
as much as It did last year, because, al
though the volume of water In the Kaw is
not nearly so great as during the flood of
1903, the Riverside region this year must
withstand the full force of the overflow
from the Raw, while last year the Kaw
cut a channel direct from Argentine
throus-h the stock yards and the west bot
toms to the Missouri river. Argentine, Ar
mourdale and Riverside are all damaged
as much as last year for this reason.
Scores of Homes Lost.
Scores of houses have been washed away.
One corner of one of the big buildings of
the Nelson Morris Packing company being
erected in Riverside collapsed today.
At the Union station every precaution
was taken to protect property. All the
baggage in the baggage room was loaded
Into freight cars and an engine was put
In readiness to pull the cars from the
east end of the station as soon as the
water should reach the west approach.
The express companies moved all packages
to their uptown offices. At . the ticket office
tickets and other belongings were placed
In boxes ready for removal.
The Belt line bridge, the Rock Island
bridge and the new Metropolitan street
railway bridge at James street, connect
ing the bottoms with Kansas City, Kan.,
were damaged severely during the night,
but are still Intact. Tky are new steel
structures and It is hi J ed will be aafe.
Three hundred men are working to protect
their aprpoaches.
Convention Hall House Victims.
Convention hall, on the Missouri sld,
which has been opened to the people driven
from Armourdale and Argentine, was a
scene of activity, temporary cots and bed
ding being arranged for the homeless and
preparations started to feed thorn.
In Kansas City, Kan., also hundreds were
cared for, churches, public buildings and
many private homes were generally thrown
open to them. On the Kansas side Msyor
Gilbert ordered all saloons closed and sent
an appeal to Secretary of War Taft to
direct the commander at Fort Leavenworth
to Issue rations to all destitutes.
Today all business was suspended at the
stock yards, where the water bad' covered
the pens to a depth of five feet and flooded
the basement of the Live Slock exchanKe.
At the packing houses at Armourdale
(Continued on Second Page.)
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER.
North American Co., Phila. Used by Courtesy
RAILROAD SIDE IS UPHELD
Interstate Commerce Commission
Credits Allowances to Elevators
:v. "' - laJon'-'Wcifco.-"'' '"
WASHINGTON, July 8.-AS a result of
the allowances made by the Union Paciflo
railroad to the grain elevators of Peavey
& Co. at Council Bluffs and Kansas City
the Interstate Commerce commission today
upheld the contentions, 'of the railroad.
The commission holds that the compensa
tion paid for the elevator or transfer serv
ice by the Union Pacific Is not unreason
able, that the Union Paciflo is entitled to
perform the work Itself or hire it done by
others and Is not guilty of wrongdoing
becuuse Incidentally those employed to
transfer the grain are aided more or less
In another line of business In which they
are engaged. The commission adds that
any Injury or detriment resulting to rival
carriers under the arrangement Is some
thing which the law does not seek to pre
vent. .
The Peavey company erected the eleva
tors under contracts with the Union Pa
ciflo, charging lhi cents per 100 pounds for
the service.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Number of Rural Free Delivery Car
riers Named.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, July 8. Speclal Tele
gram.) Rural free delivery carriers ap
pointed: Nebraska Allen, David H. Buck
ley,, regular; Carl Palmer, substitute.
Schuyler, Clarence P. Childress, regular;
II. A. Waldo, substitute. Wausa, Carl A.
Holmqulst, regular; Ed O. Holmquiat, sub
stitute. Wlanur, Henry Perrine, regular;
R. D Perrine, substitute. Iowa Fairfield,
Thomas B. Short, Jr., regular; Ella M.
Short, substitute. Industry, Reuben A.
Snlffln, regular; Elizabeth Snlffln, substi
tute. South Dakota Mansfield, Clinton
Evans, ) regular; Elmer D. Evans, substi
tute. Winifred, Wilfred B. Beddow. reg
ular; Roger Wood, substitute.
The First National bank of Dodge, Neb.,
has been authorized to begin business with
2S,000 capital. James H. Montgomery Is
president and T. K. Hasson cashier.
HAYTI IGNORES GERMAN ADVANCES
Gunboat May Be Necessary to Foree
Trade Negotiations.
WASHINGTON, July 8. Minister Powell
reports to the Btate department by cable
from Port au Prince, Haytl, that the Ger
man charge d'pffalrea. Dr. Zummerer, has
been unsuccessful In attempting to nego
tiate a trade treaty with the Haytten gov
ernment similar to that concluded between
Franca and Haytl, and Is very Indignant
thereat. The German warship Panther has
arrived at Port au Prince from Newport
News and Ifs presence may cause Haytl at
least to receive Germany's trade over
tures. 0DELL VISITS THE PRESIDENT
Governor of New York and Secretary
of State Committee Talk
Politics.
OYBTFTt BAT. July 8. Governor Odoll,
aocompanled by William Barnes, chairman
of the state executive committee of New
York, arrived here today to have a confer
ence with President Roosevelt on the poli
tical situation In New York. They refused
to discuss their vlHlt or what It related to.
Governor Odell sold, however, that the re
!ort published that President Ritosevelt
would name the republican candidate for
governor of New York, not only were un
true, but they were "simply ridiculous."
President Roosevelt, the governor Indi
cated, naturally Is deeply Interested In the
jiolltlcal situation In his own state.
Governor Odell and Mr. Barnes were
driven Qlreotly to Sagamore 11111. The
governqr said It was their intention to re
turn to New Toil on a laU afternoon train.
of the North A" jrlcan.
FIRST GUN FIRED FOR PARKER
Senator Littleton. of Nev.YoTk-Makes-.lha
Nominating Speech.
PLATFORM READ BY SENATOR DANIEL
Opening; Scenes of Night Convention
Characterised by Hopeless Con
fusion and Sweltering
Crash of Humanity.
ST. LOUIS, July 8. After a session last
ing an hour and a half the democratic
convention adjourned this morning at 11:58
o'clock until 8 o'clock tonight The ad
journment was made neoessary by the fail
ure of the resolutions committee to formu
late Its report and after a committee from
the convention had visited the rooms of
the committee on resolutions and reported
the inability of that body to reach the
end of Its work by 8 o'clock an adjourn
ment was taken until that hour.
The feature of the morning session was
an address by Richard P. Hobson, who
discussed the race question. ''
After the decision of the platform com
mittee had been announced the program
for the remainder of the day was decided
upon. The convention will assemble at
8 o'clock, the platform will be read and
It Is believed will be adopted without de
bate and then the nomination of a presi
dent taken up. If a decisive vote Is ar
rived at the convention will adjourn until
Saturday morning when the nomination of
a vice president will be made,
Hobson Makes a Talk.
A motion was made and carried that
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama
be Invited to address the convention,
Mr. Hobson accepted the Invitation and,
in a few moments, made his way from the
Alabama delegation to the platform. Ha
was greeted with a round of applause and
the usual cries of "louder," when he had
uttered but a few words. He complied
promptly with the request and revealed the
best and strongest voloe thus far heard in
the convention. "What president has been
brave enqugh to enforce the law against
the labor union violator of lawT It was
a democratic president," he said, and ap
plause greeted the assertion. .
He passed on to the color question and
declared that when the black or yellow
races came into contact with white people,
If that race would not commit suicide, it
must remain 'absolutely distinct. A shout
from the southern delegates greeted the
statement. He declared that Booker T.
Washington would soon outlive his un
doubted usefulness if be did not cease to
yield to the teachings and Influences of
the republican party and Its chieftains.
He urged the men of the west and north
to refrain from oppressing the south by ad
vocating anything that tended to obliterate
the racial lines. He deprecated the fact
that in the republican convention not one
man had risen to speak against tha plank
which urged reduction of southern repre
eentation In congress because of alleged
disfranchisement of voters in the south.
The committee, headed by Congressman
Ollle James, which has been dispatched
to the rooms of the resolution committee,
presented Itself, and Mr. James was Intro
duced amid great applause. His announce
ment was, "Tour committee awaited to
wait upon committee on resolutions. The
committee Informs you that titty will be
unable to report to this convention till S
o'clock tonight, when they will bring you
a report signed by every member of the
committee."
At the Evening Session.
The crush of visitors around the doors
and inside the convention hall at 8 o'clock,
the time set for opening of the convention,
was greater than at any previous session,
because of a rumor that nominations would
be made tonight. At two or three entrances
the prcssuro on ths doorkeepers snd police-
(CoulUiOed eg Second Page.)
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Saturday! shorter and Cooler
Saturday Night and Sender.
Temperatare nt Omaha Yesterday!
llonr. Ilea. Hour. Dea.
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O a. m It J 2 p. m TO
T a. m M .1 p. m ...... TT
8 a. m M p. ni TS
U a. m T d p. m Til
10 a. m Ut tl P. m 7
11 a. m 73 7 p. ra 77
12 m 74 H p. m 7ft
9 p. I" 7 J
THIEVES LIVE LIKE PRINCES
Desperate Gang at Chicago Confesses
, to .Numerous Buralsrles and Al
lude to Hurled Treasure.
CHICAGO, July 8-Three men. whose
crimes are said to rival those of the car
barn bandits, Vandlne, Neldermeter and
Marx, are being held by the police here
while an Investigation is being made of a1
saults, holdups and train robberies the
prisoners are accused of.
The exlstenco of the band, whose mem
bers ey they ore "the original automatic
trio," became known through the confes
sion of one of them, Truman 11. Wilkin
son, who lies at the point of death frnm a
bullet wound received after he and his
companions had held up and shot J. C.
Meller, secretory of a labor union. Suffer
ing from the mortal wound Wilkinson
made a confession, Implicating his two
companion. Charles rheloyn and William
Erwlng, who were surprised and captured
In a room. Later the two men also con
fessed. The prlsnners'arimltted oommlttlnK the
robbery of a Northern Paojflc train at
Bearmouth, Mont., recently, hut snid noth
ing of a shooting which took place In con
nection. In hla confession Fheyloyn spokeof
having committed numerous robberies, one
of which was In a Jewelry store at Wauke
gan, $:,000 worth of . Jewelry having been
secured.
Pheyloyn honsts of hnvln lived In style
at Chicago hotels. All three prisoners told
of an alleged fortune of $r,,000 burled by
'them In Indiana.
CHANGE TIMEF0R MEETINGS
Baptist Vonng People's Fnlon Will
Hereafter Meet In Biennial
Convention.
DETROIT. July 8.-Hereafter the con
ventions of the Baptist Young People's
union will be held biennially Instead of
annually.
The oommittfee to which was referred
the board of managers' recommendntlon
to this efTect yeaterdnv rpnrrted InHnv
j In favor of It and the report was adopted
oy me delegate to the fn centh con
vention, now In session her -. The com
mittee also . reported In favor of other
recommendations of the board, Including
one that the society's publication be made
a monthly Instead of a weekly.
John H. Chapman of Chicago was today
re-elected president of the union by accla
mation. The vice presidents were also
re-elected In spite of the statement of
George Muller of Baltimore that he posi
tively declined re-election.' Rev. W. IT.
Reed of Rock Island, 111., was again ap
pointed recording secretary, and H. B.
Osgood of Chicago will continue as treas
urer. WILL LET CANDIDATES KNOW
Prohibitionists Will Notify Swallow
and Carroll of Their Nomina
tion July S3.
CHICAGO, July 8.-Dr. Silas C. Swallow,
the prohibition candidate for president, will
receive official notification of his nomina
tion In IniflanapoJls, Ind., on Friday even
ing, July 2X. .
Ths meeting will take place In Tomlln
son's Hall. A. G. Wolfenbdrger of Lincoln,
Neb., the permanent chairman of the con
vention, will deliver the notification ad
dresa The notification committee consists
of one member from each state and ter
ritory. Mr. Wolfenbarger acts as chair
man. On the afternoon of that day there
will be a meeting of the national executive
committee for the purpose of a conference
with the candidates and for deliberation
of different phases of the situation. It Is
expected that the vice presidential candi
date, George W. Carroll of Beaumont,
Texas, will receive his notification at the
same time from Homer L. Castle of Pitts
burg, temporary chairman of the conven
tion, r
SEVEN WORKMEN ARE KILLED!
Tornado Strikes Bridge Aoross the
Mississippi at Thebes and Men
Are Blown from Arch.
ST. LOUIS, July 8. A special to tha Re
publlo from Cape Girardeau, Mo., aays
seven workmen were killed and two others
seriously Injured by being blown from the
second arch of the new railroads bridge
across the Mississippi river at Thebes, 111.,
tonight.
The tornado struck a traveling crane
upon which the men were at work and
pushed it backward for 200 feet. At tha
second arch from the Missouri shore It
struck an obstruction and was hurled 150
feet to the rocks below. A relief train waa
hastily made up and the dead and Injured
brought here.
MORTON STARTS FOR THE WEST
Will Spend Month In Winding Up Af
fairs Before Settling In
Washington.
NEW TORK, July 8. (Speclal.)-Secre-tary
of the Navy Morton has arrived here
and will go to Chicago. He will spend the
rest of the month in winding up some pri
vate business affairs In Chicago, Omaha
and Nebraska City, Neb., preparatory to
returning to Washington permanently. Mr.
Morton will also go to Lake Oeneva, Wis.,
for a few days, where his family are spend
ing the summer. During his absence As
sistant Secretary Darling will be acting
secretary of the) navy.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair Today for Nebraska, with Show
ers for Tonight and Cooler
Sunday,
WASHINGTON, July 8 Forecast for
Saturday and Sunday:
For Nebraska-Fair Saturday; showers
snd cooler Saturday night and Sunduy.
For Colorudo and Wyoming Fair Satur
day, except showers and cooler In ths east
portion. Sunday, fair.
For Missouri and Iowa Fair In the west;
showers In the east portion Saturday. Sun
day, fair.
For South Dakota Showers and cooler
Saturday. Sunday, fair.
For Kansas Fair Saturday. Sunday, fair
In west; showers In east portion.
XO ONE IS SATISFIED
Platform Simply Patched Up to Prevent a ,
light Within the Party.
RESULT FORESHADOWED DAY BEFORE
Only Wonder is that Documont Was So
Long Incubating.
COMMITTEE IS THOROUGHLY TIRED OUT
Both Pactions Admit the Result is Not
What They Desired.
BIG CONTRAST WITH FOUR YEARS AGO
At that Time Bryan Sent a Ready
Made Plntform and Would Not
Permit Slightest Change
In Document.
( From a Staff Correspondent.)
CONVENTION HALL. ST. IXH'IS. July
8. (Special Tolearam.) The agreement by
the resolutions committee on a platform,
draft without dissent was to have been
.Mtpected after what transpired In the.1
discussion yesterday. Mr. Bryan, It will
be remembered, made the pith of his argu
ment that the majority should rule, ami
he said further that he had come to St.
Louis hoping to reach an agreement with
the other delegatee on both, platform and
ticket and that he still hnd that hope. In
view of the decisive majority for the re
organizers disclosed by the test vote, the
only wonder then Is that It should have
taken so long for the resolutions commit
tee to get together and that they should
have had to fight out differences on so
many propositions and that unanimity was
the result more of sheer exhaustion than
of harmony.
I saw the members of the committee file
out of the committee room after their
all-night session. With few exceptions
they all looked haggard, rather than
happy. I failed to see the "smiles of sat
isfaction" on the faces of the leaders, and
all they could be Induced to say Inv re
sponse to a volley of reporters' Intermga-
torles was: "It is reasonably satisfactory,"
or, "It Is not what any of us wanted, but
we have agreed to It and we can all stand
on It."
The last was Mr. Bryan's verdict and
the first Senator Daniels'.
Platform a Patchwork.
The platform as finally framed U evi
dently a hodge podge of contributions from,
a dozen different souroes, In striking con
trast with the platform of 1900 sent ' by
Bryan to Kansas City and forced on the)
convention of four years ago without
oh.inging ths dot of an "1" or the cross of
a "t." The contention over a money
plank was again the main fight, but It
ended this time with the omission of all
reference to the money question so as to
let every one read Into the party creel
whatever ha might please to call the dem
ocratic doctrine.
Recalling by way of contrast the birth of
the Kansas City platform remind one
that the godfather of that document, the
special commissioner of Mr. Bryan, who
as his personal representative and the Ne
braska member of the resolutions commit
tee on that occasion, was entrusted with,
the safekeeping of the precious doc aent.
Is nowhere in evidence and has, been
here. I asked Congressman Ultdv .-k If
Mr. Metcalfe would attend the convention,
"No, he will not. I wanted him to com
and asked him to do so," continued Mr.
Hitchcock, "if only to represent my paper,
but he did not wish to com and begged
off."
"I thought he wanted to be delegate
and withdrew solely In the Interest of har
mony," I suggested.
"Well, he changed his mind," said Mr.
Hitchcock, "and preferred to stay away,
probably because afraid something might
happen that he would not like." '
May Change Ills Mind.
Incidentally it may be Interesting to re
port a conversation Metcalfe bad about two
weeks ago with a friend, in which be de
clared that if the couventlon should nomi
nate Parker or any other man dictated by
the Cleveland gang he would retire from
the World-Herald rather than write edi
torials in support of the ticket 'and plat
form contrary to his convictions, assuming,
that Congressman Hitchcock would Insist
on keeping his paper in line as a party
organ. Now, however, that Mr. Bryan has
found a I platform satisfactory to David
Hill that is aUo satisfactory to him, things
may be viewed differently. ,
As platform builders the democrats have)
taken advantage again of ths fact that the
republicans promulgated tbolr declaration
of principles first and they have tried to
take issue on salient points. Their una
nimity is unanimity of opposition to the
republican posltiou. It is easy to believe
the democrats would have been utterly
lost and altogether unable to agree bad
their convention been held two weeks be
fore, Instead of the two weeks after the
republican gathering at Chicago.
VICTOR ROSEWATKR.
PRRTUND THKV WON A VICTORY
Nebraska Delegates Talk on tb Party
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
CONVLNTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, July
8. (Special Telegram.; "We won a sub
stantial victory today in the committee
on resolutions," said a Nebraska delegate,
"through iiran's personulty yesterday (aad
we will go home to support tlio ticket We
have the platform, the candidate is tu!r;y
an Incident."
"For seventeen hours we labored la tli
committee on resolutions uud w have
prepared treatise rutliur than a platform;
we have written a volume and said noth
ing," said ex-nenator Frank I'ettlgrew and
the Intnriate friend of Bryan.
"While the platform Is not all I wanted,''
said ex-Hunatur J;, li. Hill, "It Is possibly
the best we could do and the nominee will
be satisfied because I am' satisfied."
Herein is shown the wide diversity of
opinion of those who helped make the ,
platform adopted tonight. It 1 tb pin- '
