CONVENTION IS
NOW UNDER WAY
Democrats Begin Work of Nominating Candi
dates and Formulating the Prin
ciples of the Party
Denver, Col., July 7. Chairman
Thomas Taggart of the Democratic
national commlttece formally called
the national convention to order al
most precisely at noon.
The opening prayer was made by
Rt. Rev. James J. Keane, archbishop
of Wyoming, and after a short Inter
val Urey Woodson of Kentucky, secre
tary of the national committee, read
the call for the convention.
A period of delay followed during
which the delegates exhibited symp
toms of impatience, although the spa
clous auditorium, crowded as it was
to the very doors, was delightfully
cool, and then the committee on rules
made its report and the olllcers of
the convention were announced, as
follows:
Temporary chairman Theodore A.
Hell, California.
General secretary Urey Woodson,
Kentucky.
Assistant general secretary Edwin
Sefton, Washington, D. C.
Sorgeant-at-arms John I. Martin,
Missouri.
Chief assistant sergeant-at-arms J.
C. Fenn, Indiana.
Chaplain for oppning day Rt. Rev.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
.Tames J. Keane, archbishop of Wyo
ming. Chief doorkeeper Eugene W. Sulli
van, Illinois.
Parliamentarian H. D. Crutchfield,
Kentucky.
Official stenographer M. W. Blum
berg, Washington, D. C.
Bell Rouses Enthusiasm.
Tho eloquent speech of Temporary
Chairman Hell was listened to with
the deepest attention, but tho en
thusiasm of the audience found vent
in long-continued applause when the
speaker made a telling point or men
tioned the name of some one or other
of the acknowledged leaders of the
party.
All in Red, White and Blue.
Red, white and blue were the only
colors used In decorating the audi
torium, and the decorations wero de
clared to be the most elaborate ever
seen in a Democratic convention. A
unique feature was 52 huge stars ar
tistically arranged on the celling.
These stars represented tho states, ter
ritories and Insular possessions, the
names appearing in bluo letters on a
white background in the center of each
star. The points of the stars were red
and white.
Directly over the speaker's plat
form, against the wall of the building
near tho junction with the celling, was
a large shield, 1G feet high, carrying
six flags 12 feet long drayed la arils-
tic folds. In addition to this main
shield there were four other shields
over the platform, each ten feet high.
The six flags on these shields were
eight feet long.
Fine Portrait of Washington.
Just below the main shield hung n
mammoth portrait of George Washing
ton, 14 by 1G feet in dimensions. Rod,
white and blue bunting was draped
from the sides of the shield to the
bottom of the portrait of the "Father
of His Country."
Directly under the last shield, on
each side of the Washington portrait,
was suspended a portrait, one of
Thomas Jefferson and the other of
Andrew Jackson. On each side of
these pictures a large American Hag
was draped. These flags are 40 by
GO feet In dimensions. Heyond these
pictures, at each end of the wall, and
hanging above the gallery, was sus
pended a pendant, ten feot in diame
ter, upon which bunting was draped.
Upon these pendants a tiger was
painted. Tho back of the platform
was banked with palms. Twenty
stuffed American eagles, with extend
ed wings, were suspended over the
platform, each bird carrying in his
bill red, white and blue silk ribbons
that wore draped back to tho wall.
Large Amount of Bunting Used.
In the auditorium the balcony ox
tendn all the way around the huge
building, but tho galleries are limited
to each end. The front of tho balcony
and tho fronts of tho galleries and
boxes were draped with bunting, 55,000
yards being necessary to complete this
part of tho decorative scheme. At
intervals of five feet shields, three feot
high, wero placed.
Thousands of yards of bunting
were used in draping tho corridors of
the 'i.uildlng and tho walls of the bal
cony and galleries. Delegates wore
supplied with small American flagB
to wave when their feelings reached
a pitch that compelled an extraordln
ary demonstration.
Fifteonth, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets, three of the main
thoroughfares In the city, wero rove
latlons In color. On Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets thoro are eight iron
ornamental electric poles to a block
four on each side of tho street. On
these streets tho poles wero draper
with red, white and bluo bunting
Wires were stretched across tho street
from these polos and from each wire
two American flags wore suspended
Tho flags hung over tho street ant;
wero "weighted" to provent them from
becoming tangled and torn, by tho
wind.
QUITS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.
John Sharp Williams Resigns as Mi'
norlty Chief of House.
Eufnula. Ala. In a letter to Con-
'gressman H. D. Clayton, who lives
here, John Sharp Williams of Yazoo
City, Mlas., leader of tho Democratic
minority In the lower house of con
gress, resigns his position as leader, to
take effect December 1 next, Just be
fore congress meets for the second
session of tho Sixtieth congress.
Williams says ho resigns at this
tlmo to glvo his fellow Domocrats In
John Sharp Williams.
Ihe house plenty of time to pick his
successor.
John Sharp Williams has been Demo
cratlc leader in the house for six years
and has ably conducted the minority
through many legislative battles and
filibusters. He has been chosen by tho
Mississippi legislature to succeed Son
ator Money In tho tipper house of con
gross when tho hitter's term expires,
March 4, 1911. He will be In the house
throughout the Sixty-first session him
self, and In resigning his leadership
now, abandons the certainty of becom
Ing speaker of that congress If tho
Democrats havo a majority In It.
FIRST SOLDIER KILLED IN '61.
Fairfax, Va., Claims the Distinction
for Capt. John Q. Marr.
Richmond, Va. Within the court
yards of tho county seat of Fairfax,
In Virginia, deeply shaded with old
oaks and cedars stands a small block
of rough-hewed granite on which is
this Inscription:
: Tills stone murks the scene of
: the opening conflict of tho Wnr
: of 1801-G, when John Q. Marr,
: Cnptnln of the Wnrrentoji Hlllon,
: who wuh tho llr.st soldier killed
: in action, fell S0O feet smith, 40
: feet west of this spot, June 1, 1SG1.
: Erected by Marr Camp, Confed-
: erate Veterans, June 1, 1001.
This simple monument sots forth a
fact, name and date are given, and if
Monument In Memory of Capt. Marr.
a civil war soldier was killed In ac
tion earlier than June 1, 18G1, lot
thoso who know tell of it. Tho
founders of this monument bellovo
that they are right In saying that
Capt. Marr was the first soldier killed
in nction.
Tho monument stands In the north
front of the courtyard facing tho pike
that leads from tho heights of Arling
ton through Fairfax, Centervllle, Hull
Run, Groveton, Gnlnesvllle, Warren
ton, Waterloo bridge over tho Rap
pahannock and through the war-worn
jflaln of northern Virginia a road
traveled by nearly all I ho soldiers of
the Army of Virginia, tho Army of the
'Potomac and tho Army of Northern
Virginia during tho first three years
.of tho civil war. The spot whore
Capt. Marr fell was at the south sldo
of tho courtyard.
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information nnd Gossip Picked Up Hero
and There In Washington.
Keeper of Lid During Summer in Doubt
STATE J ft)
WASHINGTON. Who will sit on
tho "lid" here during tho summer,
wlille tho president Is taking rest and
recreation at Oyster Hay? None of
tho cabinet officials wants tho job, and
so far It has been a continual perform
ance of sidestepping. Even when tho
president left for his Long I Bin ml
homo tho other day only toutatlvo
plans for tho dog days watch had been
determined upon.
Secretary Root, who left at the samo
time, will bo gone all summer. Assist
ant Secretary of State Hncon will bo
tho lid sitter In tho stato dbpnrtniont
most of tho summer.
Attorney General llonaparto will
keep out of Washington as much as
possible during July, paying Hying vis
its from Haltimorc. In August ho will
Picturesque Princess Invades Capital
PRINCESS VILMA LWOFF PARA
GUY is in town. And that's not
all. With her aro three maids, by
courtesy French; first, second and
third attache; marshal, courtier, but
lor, chef, and, for good measure, three
or four other men servants.
And that a not all. And with her al
so aro one small yappy, white woolly
dog, one pair of guinea pigs badly in
need of a hair-cut, a couple of young
wolves, an Ibis, a falcon, several owls,
and a family of alligators.
And that's not all. With her also
are several drays of tho gaudiest lug
gage that any local hotel over shel
tered. It is all painted red, white and
green tho Hungarian colors.
All these princess, suite, menag
erie and impediments are at tho Wll
lard. They arrived from Hot firings,
Va., a few days ago in a prlvato car.
They proceeded to tho hotel after
some delay, in half a dozen carriages,
Uncle Sam Starts
UNCUS SAM Is busy these days
counting house flies. He has
started a sort of lly census for tho pur
pose of ascertaining tho relationship
between the little buzzing posts and
typhoid fever, it is believed by somo
agricultural department entomologists
that flies do an awful lot towards
spreading typhoid germs around In
fact, several of them havo boon caught
with tho goods.
The plan, therefore, is to catch tho
wicked little insects, count 'em, and
compile a lot of data for comparison
with statistics furnished by tho health
department as to tho prevalence of
typhoid lover la localities wlioro cap
Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs
AHEAUTIFUL woman who leads a
double life is tho latest porson of
Interest in Washington's smart set.
The beautiful woman Is Miss Harriot
Itlchardson, and her doublo life Is per
fectly proper as well as highly Inter
esting. Throe hours of each day sho is Miss
Richardson of tho Smithsonian Institu
tion, authority on tho isopods of North
America, ono of tho "Who's Whos" In
th American Men of Science and with
a long string of degrees filling out tho
page after hor name. Tho other 21
hours of tho day she Is Miss Harriet
Richardson of Wyoming avenue, N. W.,
a society favorite.
Miss Richardson inhoritcd a fortuno
from her father, C. E. F. Richardson, a
ho at tho Asplnwall hotel in Lenox,
Mass.
Socrctary Metcalf has gono to Cali
fornia to spend tho summer in tho
mountains. Ho will not bo aeon in
Washington until frost comes.
Postmaster General Meyer will hlo
bonce to the St. Lawronco to fish.
Secretary Garlield Is In Hawaii and
will stay there for thrco months. Sec
rotary Cortolyou will havo a quiet
summer, probably on Long Island.
Secretary Wilson will stay In Wash
ington for some tlmo on nccount of tho
business arising In connection with
thu enforcement, of tho puro food laws.
If ho takes a vacation ho will go to
his Iowa farm.
Secretary Wright, who will succeed
Secretary Tuft In the wnr dopurtmont,
will hardly bo ellglblo to such a sorl
oub task as keeping tho big lid down
this summer, lie will spend much of
his tlmo this summer in Washington,
howovor. Secretary Straus has taken
tho seat on tho Ud and will havo thia
throno of honor until somo of tho
other members will consent to rollovo
him.
and after considerable excitement on
tho part of tho hotel employes her
highnesu was Anally established In a
suite which comprises almost tho en
tire southoast wing of tho second
floor. Tho princess had ordered a
room witlt a balcony and was justly
indignant when sho found sho had
been relegated to tho fourth floor,
wlioro there was no balcony.
In vain did the manager explain
that tho lower floors wero not in uso
In tho summer, that they wero closed
entirely and dismantled. They must
bo opened and refurnished. Mndamo
wanted a balcony and must havo a
balcony. Tho closed rooms woro
forthwith opened and furnished in tho
shortest possible tlmo and Mine, la
Princess Paraghy was installed In
a suite of something liko 20 rooms
with a balcony.
She has what figures as her second
sitting room exclusively for hor mo
lingerie and in lamenting that
sho decided to ship a young bear, a
dear little tiger kitten, and a furry lit
tle lion cub direct to hor homo at
Nice.
She is Hungarian by birth and Russian
by marriage, but that did not last
long. Liko any American girl, Hho had
to get rid of her Russian prince.
a Crusade on Flies
tures are made. Tho fly census has,
therefore, been inaugurated in Wash
ington and Pittsburg and may bo ox
tended to other cities.
Dr. L. O. Howard, chief entomologist
of tho department of ngricuturo, is in
cliargo of tho fly-paper squad, which
posts sheets of good old sticky stuff
around in public places and gathers
them in again after captures of 48
hours havo boon made.
Tho greatest number of llloa that
havo been enumerated at ono haul so
far is 2,000, gathered at tho United
States arsonal, an engineer post on tho
Potomac rlvor.
Tho exports carefully count the vic
tims, determine the length of timo
they havo been dead, search thorn for
germs, and do various other funny
things that eventually may mean a lot
In convicting Mr. Fly of transplanting
disease. As soon as returns aro in
from tho great "fly center" Pittsburg
there may be somo Interesting data
to glvo out.
wealthy land holder. Sho is ono of
the most exquisitely dressed young
women in Washington, a skilled horse
woman, a globe trotter and an adopt at
bridge whist. Hor suitors aro many
and some havo been ardent. Hut thus
far suitors have been unable to tempt
her for thoro aro tho isopods.
Her llrst deviation from society's
beaten path came when sho refused to
bo a "bud," going to Vassar instead.
Hut when, after taking a baccalaureato
degree, sho wished to go on studying,
hor family rebelled, it was tlion that
Dr. C. W. Richardson, hor brothor, had
tho happy inspiration or taking her to
the musty old Smithsonian institution,
whore his inlluonco procured hor the
right to work as a volunteer.
Every morning from ton till ono
Miss Itlchardson is at hor desk. Thero
sho has written hor book, "A Mono
graph on tho Isopods of North Amer
ica," dealing with specimens furnished
by tho Harrimnn expedition to Alaska,
and 15 shorter works, two of which
she has just propared for a Paris sclen
till': paper.