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"EEPUI3LICAN DAY." i
MeKinley and Roosevelt Formally
Notified of Their Nominations.
Tim I'rrmldmt DUi'it-xrn Hi I.imirt.li tlio Ad-
irilnlntritilnn'i Attltmln on I'limnc mid
Our Torrltnrliil Aetcilllloii ait n
JtiiKiilt of .SpiinlKli Wiir.
Ciuilon, ()., .Inly Ki. President Mc
Klnloy was yeslorday olllelally notl-
Hod of lilt! nomination for the presi
dency. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, hiikIu tlio notification
speech. In rcjily the president said:
I'nulili-nl MrlCinlm-'ii Id lr.
Senator Lodge find Gentlemen of tho
Notification Committee: Tho message
which you bring to mo Is ono of signal
lionor. It Is also a summons to duty.
A slnglo nomination for tho olllco of
president by a groat party which In 32
im (! rtt rf At Itnu lwwitt ! ft 1 1 ttt t ll I M tl t fit
national elections Is u distinction wl.lcli
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J. gruioxiiny ciiiiriun. in receivi- mum-i
Imoiis ronomlinitlnn by tho muno party
lu nn nvi.rnuulnn nf roimr.l nml titrxltTl! of '
contlnucd conlldenco for which It Is dim- 1
cult to nmko adeouato acknowledgment, i
If anything exceeds tho honor of tho
ofllco of president of tho United States
It Is tho responsibility which attaches
to It. Having been Invested with both,
I do not under appralso either. Anyone
who has borno tho anxieties and burdens
of tho presld'Mitlal olllce, especially In
tlmo of national trial, cannot contemplate
assuming It a second tlmo without pro
foundly realizing tho severe exactions and
tho solemn obligations which It Imposes,
find this feeling In accentuated by the
momonttioiiH problems which now press
for nottlement. If my countrymen shall i
confirm tho action of tho convention at
our national election In Novelnbcr, I
shall, craving Dlvlno guidance, undertake)
tho exalted trust to administer It for
tho Interest nnd honor of tho country nnd i
tho well-being of the new peoples who
lmvn lmr-mnn tin, nlilneltt of nnr care, l
Tho declaration of principles adopted by i been m sled Into rebellion have beu dls
tho convention has mv hearty approval. I ler3od by our faithful soldiers and sall
At muno future dato I will consldor Its on, and tho peoplo or tho Islands, dollv
flubJectH In dotnll and will by letter com- fed from anarchy, pillage and oppres-
munlcato to your chairman u moro formal
acceptance of tho nomination.
On a llko occasion four years ago I
wild: "Tho party that supplied by legls- I
lutlon tho vast revenues for the conduct
of our greatest war; that promptly re
stored tho credit of tho country at Its
closo; that from Its abundant revenues
paid off a largo share of tho debt In
curred by this war, and that resumed
unocln tiavtiieuts and tilaccd our minor
ourrency upon a sound and enduring ba- ' belonging to the United Rtntrrt sul-Ject
Ib, can bo Biifely trusted to preserve both ' to the fundamental safeguards nf liberty,
our credit and currency with honor, sta- Justice and personal rluhts, and are vented
blllty and Inviolability. Tho American with amplo authority to act "for tho
peoplo hold tho financial honor of our . highest Interests of our nation and tho
govornment as sacred as our Hag, nnd peoplo entrusted to Its care." This doc
can bo relied upon to guard It with tho , trine, first proclaimed In tlin e-uiso of
name sleepless vigilance. They hold its
preservation above party fealty, and
havo o?ton demonstrated that party ties
nvatl nothing when tho spotless credit
of our country Is threatened
"Tho dollar paid to tho farmer, tho I
-wago earner and tho pensioner must con-
tlnua forover equal In purchasing and
ilobt-dcBtroylng power to tho dollar paid
to nny government creditor. i
"Public conlldenco must bo resumed I
and tho skill, energy nnd tho capital of
our country find nmplo employment at
liomo. Tho government of tho United
States must ralso money enough to meet
both It a current expenses and Increasing
needs. Its rovenues Bhould bo bo rnlscd
ns to protect tho material Interests of
our people, with tho lightest posslblo
drain upon their resources and main
taining that high standard of civiliza
tion which has distinguished our coun
try for moro than a century of Its ex
istence. "Our Industrial supremacy, our pro
ductlvo capacity, our business and com
mercial prosperity, our labor and Its
rewards, our national credit and cur
rency, our prldo, financial lionor and our
fiplondld frco cltlzonshlp, tho birthright
of every American, nro all Involved In
"tho pending campaign, and thus ovory
Hiomo In tho land Is directly and Intl
tmntcly connected with their proper set
tlement. "Tho national credit which has thus far
fortunately resisted every nssnult upon
It, must and will bo upheld and strength
ened. If sufllclciit rovonuos nro provided
for tho support of tho government thero
will bo no necessity for borrowing money
nnd Increasing tho public debt."
Threo nnd one-half years of legislation
nnd administration havo been concluded
fllnco thoso words wero spoken. Havo
thoso to whom was confided tho direction
of tho governmont kept their pledges?
Tho record Is mado up. Tho peoplo nro
not unfamiliar with what has beon ac
complished. Tho gold standard hns been
reaffirmed and strengthened. Tho end
less chain 1ms been broken and tho drain
upon our gold reservo no longer frets
tis. Tho credit of tho country hns been
advanced to tho highest plnco among all
nations. Wo nro rofundlng our bonded
debt bearing thrco and four nnd ilvo por
cont. Interest at two per cent, n lower
rnto than that of any other country and
already moro than $200,000,000 havo been
so funded with n gain to tho govornment
of many millions of dollars. Instead of
10 to 1, for which our oppononts con
tended four years ngo, legislation has
beon enacted which, while utilizing nil
forms of our money, secures ono fixed
vnluo for every' dollar and that tho best
known to tho civilized world.
A tariff, which protects American labor
and Industry nnd provides nmplo rov
onuos hns been wrltton In public, law. Wo
havo lower Interest nnd higher wages;
moro money nnd fewer mortgages.
Tho world's markets have been opoued
to American products, which go now
whero they havo never gone before. Wo
havo passed from u bond-Issuing to a
bond-pnylng tuition; from a nation of
borrowers to n nation of lenders; from
u doflcloncy in revenue to u surplus; from
fear to conlldenco; from enforced Idle
ness to prolltablo employment. Tho pub-
llo faith 1ms been uphold; public order
liaB been mnliltalnod. Wo havo pros-
jioruy in nomo ami prcsugo noroau.
unioriuiiiuciy mo uireai or iwu nas
just been renewed by tho nllled parties
without abatement or modification. Tho
gold bill hns beon denounced and Its re
peal demanded. Tho menace of 1G to 1
ntlll hangs over us with till Its dlro con
sequences to credit nnd conlldenco, to
business and Industry. The enemies of
of sound currency nro rnllylng their scat
tered forces. Tho peoplo must unco moro
unlto and overcome tho advocates nf
repudiation and must not relax thcllr
energy until tho battlo for publlo honor
and honest money shall again triumph.
A congress which will sustain, and If
need be, strcngthon tho present law can
prevent u financial cutastroyho which
Z7Jrr of lh0 rcpub,, ,a Mmatc6
Our plntform nf ISftfS declared, "the Ha
waiian Islands should lo controlled by
tho United Statow, mid no foreign power
nhotild bo permitted to Interfere with
them." This purpose ImH been fully ac
complished by nnncxtitlon, nml dologntos
from thoKo bonutlful Islands participated
In tho convention for which you Hpeak
to-day, In tlm groat conference of mi
IIotih nt The Ilngtio wo realllnncd beforo
tho world the Monroe docttlno find our
adherence to It and our determination
not to participate In tho complications
of Huropo. Wo Imvo happily ended tho
Kuropcan alliance In Outturn, securing to
ourselves ono of tho most valuable liar
born In the l'aclllc ocean, while tho open
door In China gives to ns fair and ciial
competition In the vast Initio of tho
orient. Homo things have happened
which wero not promised, nor even fore
seen, and our purposes In relation to
them must not bo left In doubt. A Just
war has boon waged for humanity and
with It Imvo come new problems and re
sponsibilities. Spbln has been ejected
from tho western hemisphere and our
ling lloats over her former territory.
Cuba has been liberated ami I our Kimnit.
Ippm fii lint' tKMMln will lift Hnrrnillv evn
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t". A benll cent government has bee,,
provided for PortO Itlctl. Till' Plllllp-
I'Ihph nro ours find American authority
iniwt bo supreme throughout tho archl-
pelago. Thero will bo amnesty broad and
liberal but no abatement of our rights,
no abandonment of our duty. Thero
must ho no scuttle policy. Wo will ful
fill In tho Philippines tho obligations Im
posed by tho triumphs of our arms and
by tho treaty of peace, by International
law; by tho nation's sense of lionor; and,
mora than all, by tho right, Interest!)
and conditions of tho Philippine people
themselves. No outsldo Interference
blocks tho way to pence atid n stablo
government. The obstructionists are
hero, not elsewhere. They may postpono
but they cannot defeat tho realization of
tho high purpose of this nation to r"storo
order to tho Islands and to ostnbl nil a
Just and generous government, In which
to Inhabitants shall have tho Ingest
participation for which they nro enp-
- llblo. Tho orfaillSCd folTCS Whirl! haVO
slon, recognize Atnerlenu, sovereignty as
I no symbol nnd pledge of peace. Justice,
law, religious freedom, education, tho
security of llfo and property, and tho
welfare and prosporlty of their several
communities.
Wo reassert the early principle of tho
republican party, nustalned by unbroken
Judicial precedents, that the ropressnta
tlves of the people In congress asemblcd
have full legislative power over territory
rrecdom, will never do used mm n weapon
for oppression. I am glad to be assured
by you that what we have done In tho
far east has the appro. ill of the country.
Ilio sudden and terrible crisis In China
calls for tho gra'vest consideration nnd
you will not expect from mo now nny
further expression than to say that my
best efforts shall bo given to the Imme
diate purposo of protecting tho lives of
our citizens who nro In peril, with tho
ultimate object of tho pcaco and welfare
of China, tho safeguarding of all our
treaty rights nnd tho malntennnco of
those principles of Impartial Intercourse
to which tho civilized world Is pledged.
I cannot conclude without congratulating
my countrymen upon tho strong national
sentiment which Ilnds expression In ev
ery part of our common country and tho
Increased respect with which the Ameri
can niimo Is greeted throughout tho
world. AVo have been moving In untried
paths, but our steps havo been guided
by honor and duty. Thero will bo no
turning aside, no wavering, no retreat.
No blow has been struck except for
liberty and humanity and none will bo.
Wo will perform without fear every na
tional and International obligation. Tho
ropubllcan party was dedicated to free
dom 41 years ago. It has been tho party
of liberty nnd emancipation from that
hour, not of profession, but of perform
ance. It broke tho shackles of 1,000,000
slaves and mado them free, nnd to tho
party of Lincoln has como another su
premo opportunity which It has bravely
met In tho liberation of 10,000,000 of tho
human family from tho yoke of Im
perialism. In Its solution of great prob
lems, lu Its performanco of high duties,
It hns tho Biipport of members of all
parties In tho past and conlldontly In
vokes their co-operation In tho future.
t ill V. KimmivellN Nnttlloiitlmi,
Oyster liny, N. Y., July 111. Gov.
Roosevelt was yesterday nlucinlly no
tified of Ids nomination for the vice
presidency at ld.s country home, Sng
ninore.ueitr Oyster Hay. Senator
Woleott miide the notification speech.
In reply (jov. Ronscwlt said:
Mr. Chairman: T nccept the lionor
conferred upon me with tho keenest and
doopcHt appreciation of what It monni
and, nbovo all, of the responsibility that
goes with It. Everything that It Is In my
power to do will bo dono to secure tho
j re-clecIon of President MeKinley, to
whotn It has been given In this crisis of
tho national history to stand for nnd
embody tho principles which llo closest
to tho heart of every American worthy
tho name.
This Is very much moro than n moro
party contest. Wo stand at tho parting
of tho ways, and Hie people havo now
to decldo whether they hbnll go forward
along tho path of prosperity and high
lionor abroad, or whether they will turn
their backs upon what has been done
during tho past threo yeius; wl, ether
they will plunge this country In-o an
abyss of misery nnd disaster, or what Is
worse than oven misery nnd disaster,
shame. I fool that wo have n right to
appeal not merely to tho republicans, but
to all good citizens, no matter what may
have beon their nnrtv nlllliiitlnnM in tl,
i fust and to ask them, on tho strength of
, thu threat Implied on wliot was dono in
Kansas City a few days ngo, to stand
, shoulder to shoulder with us in liornotu-
aiing ino conditions untier winch wo
havo reached a degreo of prosperity never
beforo attained In tho nation's history
nnd under which abroad wo havo put
tho American ling on n level where It
never before in tho history of tho country
has been placed.
For theso reasons I feel that wo havo
n right to look forward with confident
expectation to what tho verdict of tho
peoplo will bo next November, and to ask
all men to whom tho well-bolng of tho
country nnd tho honor of tho national
ntimo nro dear to stand with us as wo
fight for prosperity at home and tho
honor of the Hug abroad.
PJIAYEJIS ASKED FOE.
Missionaries in China Ask a Special
Service from Every Pulpit.
Mln'Htnr )Vn Ueeolvin n Cnbti" from Vnkn
Willed Diiik Nut ItHllnv. U'.i"IiIi'.'Iiiii'
Anxlim Iteport. (,r I he llorrllilo
.MtiK4iir.ru nf M ) (ilr-.
Slinnylmi, July 10. The. American
missioinarieu fiKk the Associated press
to publish the following: "To the.
Christian People of tho United States:
Tin', missionaries in China ask a spe
cial prayer from every pulpit for the
guidance of the goernitient and the
speedy succor of Americans anil nu
live converts in extreme peril."
Mini iiir Wii lint- it ( iiliit'crttin.
Washington, July 10. Such news as
came to Washington yesterday from
China was distinetjy bad. It consisted
of a cablegram to Minister Wu from
Slieng, the imperial director of posts
and telegraphs at Shanghai, and, ac
cording to the minister, was in reply
.to tin urgent message lie himself bad
sent Saturday to that official, asking
him to try to secure some news from
the Chinese capital. This cablegram
Minister Wu regarded as of sufficient
importance to carry in person direct
ly to Secretary liny, who was waiting
at his home for news. The message,
as resolved from the cipher, wus as
folitJWH: "Pekin news of July 7 says
thaj. Gen. Tuan Full Siang, in disobe
dience of imperinl orders, was about
to use guns. Legations and the gov
ernment will lie in peril."
Itepnrt. f ! tJInrV .1ft ut-o.
St. Petersburg, July 15. The czar
has received with great emotion the
dreadful details of the catastrophe at
Pekin. Tears coursed down his ma
jesty's cheeks as hu read the cable
gram from Admiral Ataxic ft', at Port
Arthur, confirming: the horrible de
tails oi' assassination of M. Do (Jiers
which merely in form of rumors had
already reached Iiussia. The admiral
declares that the Kussian envoy was
dragged through the streets by tho
boxers, insulted, beaten and tortured,
and even thrown into a great kettle
and boiled to death. Then the re
mains were thrown to the dogs.
While. iM. Do filers was being disposed
ofotlie fanatic mob danced around the
caldron. Mine. De fiicro, Admiral
AlcxiofTs advices declare, suffered a
fate worse than deatli and was beaten
and tortured with sharp sticks until
life was extinct. The legation officials
are said to have been tortured fiend
ishly until death ended their suffer
ings. M. De fiiers and his legation
officials resisted desperately and his
brave body guard killed many of the
attacking mob. Jn the midst of his
tortures the envoy is said to have hc
roically proclaimed his faith in Chris
tianity, encouraged by the wife who
so soon shared his martyrdom.
DEVASTATED BY FIRE.
All Thut KnmtiiK or Hi.) I'rlno1ptl ISnul-
ill-Hi Portion of I'ri.-ontt, Arlr. , Ih Tot-
torlnfr Willi unit I'llnuit DvhrlH
Prcscott, Ariz.. July 16. A scene of
the greatest desolation and a feeling
of deepest gloom pervades this town.
All that remains of the principal busi
ness portion of the town is tottering
walls and piles of charred and burn
ing debris. The lire, which started at
10.45 o'clock Saturday night, was not
under control until three o'clock yes
terday morning, when the fire fight
ers went a considerable, distance in
ndvance of the flames and blew up
tho buildings on the south side of
fioodwin street, preventing them from
crossing that street. The most eon
eonservative estimates of the total
losses are from 51,000,000 to $1,500,000.
The burned district embraces five
blocks in which are located the prin
cipal mercantile houses, both banks,
both telegraph offices, the three news
papers, four hotels, every saloon and
every restaurant except one in the
town.
1 Ti'iMllimnli Mii'rniiin Itolt Mi'Klnlwv.
New York, July 1G. P.. Teciimseh
Sherman, son of the late Gen. Sher
man, in declining to serve on the
Union league campaign committee,
has written a letter attacking Presi
dent MeKinley. The policy of the ad
ministration toward the Catholic
priests in the Philippines is the rea
son given for the attack on President
Melvinley and the refusal to serve on
the campaign committee.
CurlU Cnllil OnVrfl u 1'ohI 1 1 mi.
Washington, July 10. Tho position
of first assistant postmaster general,
to bu vacated by the resignation of
lion. Perry Heath, has been offered
to Mr. Curtis Guild, Jr., of lloston,
who was a member of the Porto Ilieo
insular commission. Thu postmas
ter general has not received any word
from Mr. Guild indicating whether
or not he will nccept tho position.
(iov. AIIkii VIhMh MeiKlnliy.
Canton, O., July 10. Gov. Allen, of
Porto Ilico, and Gen. Itussell Hast.
tags, of Hernmda, were guests at thtv
McKinloy homo all Sunday. Gov. Al
len came to talk over a number of
matters connected with the admin
istration of the islnnd nnd left last
night for Washington.
HEATH ELECTED SECRETARY.
first. Amlntuiit rmlniHitiT Untinral Will
Itoxlgii to Anlt In Miiiiiiclni: It"tiiu-
limn MiiiIiiiihI LitiiiiMigii.
Cleveland, O., July 11. An impor
tant political conference attended by
a number of prominent republican
lenders was held at Senator 1 lamia's
olllco here Friday. The meeting was
called by Air. llautia to discuss and
decide upon the personnel of the new
executivu committee and to name a
secretary of the nationnl committee
to succeed Charles V. Dick.
At noon Senator lfnnnn announced
that the following named gentlemen
had been chosen as members of the
national executive committee: Graeme
Stewart, Illinois; Henry C. Payne,
Wisconsin; Itichard C. Kerens, Mis
souri; J. II. Manley, Maine; N. IJ.
Seotl, West Virginia; Frederick S.
fiibbs, New York; Franklin Murphy,
New Jersey; Myron T. Herriek, Ohio;
Harry S. New, Indiana. Chairman,
M. A. llanna; secretary, Perry S.
Heath; treasurer, Cornelius N. Hliss.
Mr0. Hanna stated that the per
sonnel of an advisory committee was
under consideration, but that it would
not be announced for ten days or
two wcelcs. It was also said that all
of the members of the old national
committee of 18S1G requested President
McKinloy to consent to the resigna
tion of Mr. Heath as first assistant
postmaster general in order that he
might become the sccretnry of the
national committee. The president,
it was added, strongly demurred to
this proposition until yesterday, when
he finally gave his consent. Mr. Heath
will tender his resignation to the
president in about a week or ten days.
THRILLING STREET FIGHT.
Ten I)tiTt'v-s lluvo h Klirht nt St. I.ouIm
with .John NHmiii, lti;)il to Itn u
Train Knlilior.
St. J otiis, July 14. Ton detectives,
engaged yesterday morning in a thril
ling street fight with John Nelson, al
leged to be one of the gang who
robbed the Illinois Central Express
car of $10,000 near WicklifTe, Ky.,
early Wednesday morning. In the
lint tie which began in the house ar
3058 Finney avenue and extended to
the Vandeventcr station, 40 shots were
exchanged. Nelson was badly
wounded, but escaped. General Spe
cial Agent George Murray, chief of
thu Illinois Central railway detective
bureau, was shot by the fugitive and
is in a hospital with his left thumb
shattered and a ragged pistol wound
ranging through his left arm from
the elbow to the shoulder.
Charles W. Harnes, nlleged to be a
member of the gang, was quietly over
powered at. 41100 West Helle Place at.
three o'clock yesterday morning and
is now in jail.
FOR A NEW CABLE.
United statH WhiiIh 1'hwhm to Unlln on nn
tntfrmitliniiil Lino ti Comifct with
II, mi nf ;iinii'n OpurutlotM.
Washington, July 14. An attempt
has been on foot for some days past
to arrange the powers now operating
in China for an international cable
connecting the base of Chinese opera
tions and either with Shanghai, Port
Arthur, Yokohama, or some other
point through which more speedy
communication can be had with the
outside world. The war department
now has 50 miles of cable ready to
ship to Manila, to bo followed by 400
more about the 1st of August. Th's
was to have been used for inter-island
communication in the Philippines,
but the urgency of the ease may cause
it to bo diverted to China.
KlIIIKlll Cllllll V O'llltMlltllKMl.
Topelca, Kan., July 14. Gov. Stan
ley received a telegram from Secre
tary Wilson, of the agricultural de
partment at Washington, yesterday
announcing that he had issued an
order prohibiting the removal of cat
tle from Chautauqua county, Kan.,
into other states and hnd appointed
an officer to enforce the order. Ho
issued the order upon the receipt, of
the news that Texas fever had broken
out in Chautauqua county.
Cuttl" Dvlntr !v 'rinmnl.
Los Angeles, Cal July 14. Itaports
from the drought-stricken sections of
Arizona are to the effect that every
water hole and most of the wells
have gone dry. In consequence cattle
are dying by the thousands and their
shrunken frames dot the desert coun
try of Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma,
Coehize and pnrts of Maricopa
counties.
Wnrkliitr mi CimM'ii'gn Miitorlul.
Lincoln, Nub., July 14. The date,
August S, on which Mr. Hrynn is to re
ceive official notification of his nom
ination by the democrats, is satis
factory to him. Mr. Hrynn is spend
ing much of his time in his library
with his stenographer working on ma
terial for tho campaign.
Cliupiimn I!wl?lottil I'rtiliiit.
Cincinnati, July 14. Music hall,
with a seating capacity of 5,000, wn3
packed at the second day's session of
the. tenth international assembly of
the Hnptist Young People's union. D.
II. M. Wlmrton, of Philadelphia, spoke
on "Tho Secret Power." John II.
Chapman was re-elected president of
the union.
BEYAN WAS INVITED.
Director Harper Replies to a Com
plaint Made by Carter Harrison.
No Politic Will K n tor Into tlin National
Oathnrlnc nf tlin Grand Army nf tlf
Jti-publlfl at Clilciki'ii Dmnocrat
IxHimil llivtatloim.
Chicago, July 14. The fact that
William J. Hryan hnd not been in
vited to attend the Grand Army en
campment to be held here next month
was brought to the attention of May
or Harrison and he at once addressed
a letter to the encampment commit
tee pointing out thu omission. Unles
at the meeting of the G. A. It. which
President MeKinley is certain to at
tend the same attention is paid to
the presidential candidates of both
parties, Mayor Harrison said thu en
campment would pass without the of
ficial recognition of the city.
Dlrcetor llnrpnr'it Matitiuoiir.
Chicago, July 14. Regarding the re
ports that the G. A. 11. encampment
is to have a political aspect Executive
Director Harper said last night:
Thero Is absolutely no politics In the
coming nationnl encampment. Never In
tho history of this organization has thero
been an nnnual encampment to which
tho president of tho United Stntcs has
not been Invited ns tho chief executive
officer of tho nation. Vo naturally fol
low tho precedent established In this mat
ter. Mr. McKinloy, however, Is also the
most distinguished comrndo of tho O.
A. It. llo Is not to bo tho only special
guest of Chicago nnd tho encampment.
Tho list of notable men whom wo havo
nsked ns special guests numbers nearly
5. When the formal Invitation was sent
by Gen. John 'C. Black, chairman of tho
commltteo on Invitations, to President
MeKinley, n similar Invitation was for
warded to W. J. Bryan. Tho president
has accepted. Mr. Bryan immediately
acknowledged tho receipt of invitation,
but did not give a definite reply. Wo
want him hero nt the tlmo of tho en
campment nnd will certainly extend to
him every courtesy. Thero Is no poli
tics In this encampment all wo want Is
an Immense crowd In Chicago to wel
come and lionor tho survivors of tho civil
war. More than 5,000 general Invitations
havo already been sent broadcast, tho
list including the president and his ciibl
nct, the foreign legations at Washington,
tho Judges of tho supr'emo court, every
member of tho United Stntes Bennto and
house of representatives, tho governor
nnd other leading executive officers of
every state In the union nnd hundreds
of notable men In private life. Not for
a moment ha3 any man's politics been
considered. Invitations havo been ac
knowledged by ox-Presidents Harrison
and Cleveland, nnd In none of tho mass
of replies received has politics been men
tioned. Absolutely and positively, this
encampment will bo n non-partisan af
fair, irrespective of tho claims of any
political party.
From tho published reports it would
appear that arrangements are bclnf?
mado for a political parade In honor of
tho president. The only parades sanc
tioned by tho encampment committee tiro
those already arranged for tho naval
veterans nnd cx-prlsoncrs of war on
Monday and tho grand parade of the
G. A. It. on Tuesday. These processions
will bo exclusively of veterans political
organizations nro barred.
Gen. John C. Blnck, chairman of tho
commltteo on invitations, Is a democrat,
nnd the ontlro list of names to whom
these cards wero sent was prepared by
him. Mayor Harrison Is also a member
of that committee.
CUBA'S FUTURE.
Becrtarv Knot Suyn Annexation of th In
land I Not. ImmhiHiit .Muf rsive tlio
CubiuiH IniloniMKlunen.
Washington, July 14. Secretary
Root yesterday, in discussing the com
ing constitutional convention in Cuba,
expressed himself quite positively on
the question of annexation. In reply
to a question he said that the sub
ject of annexation, or any other sub
ject for that matter, might be
brought up before the convention,
but that in his own opinion Cuban
annexation, if it came at all, was not
imminent just now. Said he: "My
own experience in Cuba leads me to
believe that the desire for independ
ence is both strong and general among
the people. I do not think they want
annexation, even supposing that wo
want them. Under the congressional
declaration we are in honor bound to
give them independence first. If, sub
sequently, they wish annexation, that
is a matter for them to determine.
Hut it should be determined when
they are in a position, absolutely in
dependent of us. Even then, as I have
suggested, it is a case where it takes
two to make a bargain."
No Word from l.tfiit. IVarv.
Philadelphia, July 14. The bark
Calcium, Capt. Smith, from Ivigtut,
Greenland, arrived here yesterday
with ji .cargo of cryolite. The bark
was expeeled to bring tidings from
Lieut. Peary, who is in 'the arctic
regions in quest of the north pole,
and there was much disappointment
felt by the crowd which was waiting
for tho bark at tlio wharf when Cnpt.
Smith announced that lie had no new3
from the explorer.
Orltlcal Illnn.fl of fant. CorIiIhii.
Hloomington, Intl., July 14. A tel
egram has been received by relatives
announcing the critical illness of Capt.
Coghlun, who commanded tho cruiser
Hnluigli in thu battlo of Manila. Ho
had an attack of pneumonia, an op
eration was necessary and his re- .
covery is reported doubtful. He is
with his wife at Colorado Spring
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