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PRES, ROOSEVELT’S FORMAL ACCEPTANCE Replies to the Announcement of the Committee on His Nomination. °ARTY’S ACHIEVEMENTS Chief Executive Briefly Reviews the Works of His and Previous Ad ministrations—Points to Re sults, Not Promises. . Oyster Bay, July 27.—In reply to hjs (notification of his nomination for presi 'dent, Mr. Roosevelt said: ifu i I am deeply sensible of the high honor M ’conferred upon me by the representatives ^ 'pf the republiena party assembled in con vention and I accept the nomination for 'the presidency with solemn realization of the obligations I assume. 1 heartily .approve the declaration of principles 'which the republican national convention ‘has adopted, and at some future day I •shall communicate to you. Mr. Chairman, ■more at length and In detail a formal written acceptance of the nomination. Three years ago I became president because of the death of my lamented ipredecessor. I then stated that it was ‘my purpose to carry out his principles and policies for the honor and the inter . / jest of the country. To the best of my }S ability i have kept the promise thus made. V * I f next November my countrymen con firm at the polls the action of the con vention you represent, I shall, under Prov dence, continue to work with an eye single to the welfare of all our people. The Claims of a Party. A party is of worth only in so far as it promotes the national interest, and every official high or low, can serve his (party best by rendering to the people •the best service of which lie is capable. Effective government comes only as the result of the loyal co-operation of many different persons. The members of a legislative majority, the oflicers in the various departments of the administra tion. and the legislative and executive branches as towards each other, must work together with subordination of self to the common end of successful govern ment. We who have been entrusted with power as public servants during the past seven years of administration and legis lation now come before the people content ,to be judged by our record of achieve ment. 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 rc- : publican party has already laid down- a! public policy to which vve are giving, and shall give, a united, and therefore an j ;efficient support. I no L/cmw^iaii'w i u ji uuiii In all of this we are more fortunate than our opponents, who now appeal for 'confidence on the ground, which, some express and some seek to have con fidentially 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 ■undisturbed those very acts of the ad iminstration because of which they ask jthat the administration itself be driven (from power. Seemingly their present at Atilde as to their past record is that some >>r them were mistaken and others in sincere. We make our appeal in a wholly •different spirit. WTe are not constrained to keep silent on any vital question; we •are. divided on no vital question; our pol iicy is continuous, and is the same for all sections and localities. There is nothing experimental about the government we ask the people to continue in power, for our performance in the past, our proved governmental efficiency, is a guarantee as to our promises for the future. Our opponents, either openly or secretly, ac cording to their several temperaments, now ask the people to trust their pres ent promises in consideration of the fact that they intend to treat their past prom ises as null and void. We know our own minds and we have kept of the same mind for a sufficient length of time to give ■i'\ our policy coherence and sanity. In Mgrh a fundamental matter as the en w ement of the law we do not have to rVjypend upon promises, but merely to ask that our record be taken as an earnest of what we shall continue to do. Enforcement of Trust Laws. Tn dealing with the great organizations .known as trusts, wo do not have to ex plain why the laws were not enforced, but to point out that they actually have been enforced and that legislation has ’.been enacted to increase the effectiveness iof their enforcement. We do not have do propose to “turn the rascals out,” for we have shown in very deed that when ever by diligent investigation a public official can b« found who has betrayed 'his trust, he will be punished to the full extent of the law without regard to whether he was appointed under a re publican or a democratic administration. This is the efficient way to turn the ras jcala out and to keep them out, and it has 1 the merit of sincerity. Moreover the he ir trayals of trust in the last seven years JL have, been insignificant in number when * compared with the extent of the public service. Never has the administration of the government been on a cleaner and 'higher level; never has the public work of •the nation been done more honestly and •efficiently. Assuredly it is unwise to fhange the policies which have worked so well and [which are now working so well. Pros perity has come at homo. The national lionor and interest have been upheld abroad. We have placed the finances of •the nation upon a sound gold basis. We have done this with the aid of many who were formerly our opponents, but who would neither openly support nor silently acquiesce In the heresy of unsound finance; and we have done it against the convinced and violent opposition of the mass of our present opponents who still refuse to recant the unsound opinions which for the moment they think it in expedient to reassert. We know what we mean when we speak of an honest and stable currency. We moan the same thing from year to year. We do not have to • avoid a definite and conclusive committal on the most important issue which has .recently been before the people, and whieh may at any time in the near future be before them again. Upon the principles which underlie this issue the convictions of half of our number do not clash with •those of the other half. So long as the •republican party Is in power the gold istandard is settled, not as a matter of .‘temporary political expediency, not be yjf cause of shifting conditions in the pro auction of gold in certain mining centers, '^i"it in accordance with what we regard as 'the fundamental principles of national morality and wisdom. Under the financial legislation which we “have enacted there is now ample circu lation for every busines need; and every dollfir of this circulation is worth a dollar in gold. We have reduced the interest hearing debt and in still larger measure the interest on that debt. All of the war raxes imposed during the Spanish war have been removed with a view to relieve the people and to prevent the accum ulation of an unnecessary surplus. The resuU, is that hardly ever before have the expe ditures and income of the govern mei^tjjgp closely corresponded. In the fiscal yea/^Vtat has just closed the excess of .income over the ordinary expenditures was nine millions of dollars. This does not take account of the fifty millions ex pended out of the accumulated surplus for the purchase of the Isthmian canal. It is an extraordinary proof of the sound financial condition of the nation that in stead 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 surplus of one hundred and sixty-one millions. Moreover, we were able to pay .this fifty'millions of dollars out of hand! •without causing tho slightest disturbance j to business conditions. The Tariff Law. have enacted a tariff law under' which during tho past few years the coun try has attained a height or material well being never before reached. Wages are higher than ever before. That whenever the need arises there should he a read justment of the tariff schedules is un doubted; but such changes can with safety be made only by those whose devotion to the principle of a protective tariff is be yond question: for otherwise the changes would amount not to readjustment, but to repeal. The readjustment when made must maintain and not de stroy the protective principle. To the farmer, the merchant, and manufacturer this is vital: but perhaps no other man is so much interested as the wage-worker in the maintenance of our present economic system, troth as regards the finances and the tariff. The standard of living of our wage-workers is higher than that of any other country, and it can not so remain unless we have a protective tariff which shall always keep as a .minimum a rate of duty sufficient to cover the difference be tween the labor cost here ami abroad. Those who. like our opponents, “denounce protection as a robbery” thereby explicitly commit themselves to the proposition that if they were to revise the tariff no heed would he paid to the necessity of meeting this difference between the standards of living for wage-workers here and in other countries; and therefore on this point their antagonism to our position is fundamen tal. Here again we ask that their prom ises and ours be judged by what has been done in the immediate past. Wo ask that sober and sensible men compare the work ings of the present tariff law, and the conditions which obtain under it. with the workings of the proceeding tariff law of 1893 and the conditions which tho tariff of 1903 helped to bring about. McKinley’s Kind of Reciprocity. We believe in reciprocity with foreign nations on the terms outlined in President McKinley’s last speech, which urged tin* extension of our foreign markets by reci procal agreements whenever they could be made wdthout injury to American industry and labor. It is a singular fact that the only great reciprocity treaty recently adopted—that with Cuba—was finally ojv. posed almost alone by the representatives of the very party which now states that it favors reciprocity. And here again we ask that the worth of our words be judged by comparing their deeds with ours. On this Cuban reciprocity treaty there were at the outset grave differences of opinion among ourselves; anti the notable thing in the negotiation and ratification of the treaty, and in the legislation which carried it into effect, was the highly practical manner in which without sacrifice of principle these differences of opinion were reconciled. There was no rupture of a great party, but an excellent practical outcome, the result of the harmonious co-operation of tw'o successive presidents and two suces sive congresses. This is an illustration of the governing capacity which entitles us to the confidence of the people not only in our purposes but in our practical ability to achieve those purposes. Judging by the history of the Iasi twelve years, down to this very month. Is there justification for believing that und-'r similar circumstan ces and with similar initial differences of opinion, our opponents would have achieved any practical result? We have already shown in actual fact that our policy is to do fair and equal Jus tice to all men, paying no heed to whether a man is rich or poor; paying no heed to his race, his creed, or his birthplace. The Right to Organize. We recognize the organization of capital and the organization of labor as natural outcomes of our industrial system. 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 he held to a strict obedience to the law; for no man is above it and no man below It. The humblest individual ks to have his rights safe guarded as scrupulously as those of tho strongest organizatization, for each is to receive justice, no more and no less. The problems with which we have to deal in our modern industrial and social life aro manifold; hut the spirit in which it is necessary to approach their solution is simply the spirit of honesty, of courage* and of common sense. Ever since this continent was discovered the need of an isthmian canal to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic has been rec ognized; and over since the birth of our nation such a canal has been planned. At last the dream has become a reality. The isthmian canal is now oeing built by tho government of the United States. We conducted the negotiation for its con struction with the nicest and most scrup ulous honor and in a spirit of tho largest generosity toward those through whoso territory it was to run. Every sinister ef fort which could he devised by the spirit of faction or the spirit of self-interest was made in order to defeat the treaty with Panama and thereby prevent the consum mation of this work. The construction of the canal is now an assured fact; hut most certainly it is unwise to intrust the carrying out of so momentous a policy to those who have endeavored to defeat, the whole undertaking. Foreign Policy. Our foreign policy has been so conducted thai, while not one of our just claims has been sacrificed, our relations with all for eign nations are 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 tho settlement of the Alaska boundary. In the Caribbean sea we have made good our promises of independence to Cuba and have proved our assertion that our mis sion in the island was one of justice and not of self-aggrandizormnit; and thereby no less than by our action in Venezuela and Panama we have shown that the Monroe doctrine is a living reality, de signed for the hurt of no nation, hut for th<‘ protection of civilization on the west ern continent and fcr the peace of the world. Our steady growth in power has gone hand in hand with a strengthening disposition to use this power with strict regard for the lights of others, and for the cause of international justice and good-will. America in me r'aciric. American interests in the Pacific have rapidly grown. American enterprise has laid a cable across this, the greatest of oceans. We have proved in effective fash ion that we wish the Chinese empire well and desire ltS integrity and independence. Our foothold in (in Philippines greatly strengthens our position in the competi tion for the trade of the east; but we are governing the Philippines in the interest of the Philippine people themselves. We have already given them a large share in their government, and our purpose it to increase this share as rapidly as they give evidence of increasing fitness for the task. The great majority of the officials of the islands, whether elective or ap pointive, are already native Filipinos. We are now providing for a legislative as sembly. This is the first step to be taken in the future; and it would be eminently unwise to declare what our next step will be until this first step has been taken ana the results are manifest. To have gone faster than we have already gone in giv ing riie islanders a constantly increasing measure of self-government would have been disastrous. At the present moment to give politcal independence to the islands would result in the immediate loss of civil rights, personal liberty and public order, as regards the mass of th<* Filipinos, for the majority of the islanders have been given these great boons by ns, and only keep them because we vigilantly safe guard and guarantee them. To withdraw our government from the islands at tills time would mean to the average native the loss of his barely-won civil freedom. We have established in the islands a gov ernment by Americans assisted by Fili pinos. We are steadily striving to trans form this into self-government by the Fili pinos assisted by Americans. Party's Lofty Aim. The principles which wo uphold should appeal to all our countrymen, in all por tions of our country. Above all they should give us strength with the men and women who are the spiritual heirs of those who upheld the hands of Abraham Lin coln; for we are striving to <lo our work in the spirit with which Lincoln approached his. During the seven years that have just passed there is no duty, domestic or foreign, which we have shirked; no nec essary task which we have, feared to un* , dertake, or which we have not perform* d with reasonable efficiency. We have nev er pleaded Impotence. We have never sought refuge in criticism and complaint instead of action. We face the future with our past and our present as guar antors of our promises; and we are eon- i tent to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making. STRIKE REACHES [ THE ALLIED TRADES _ Stock Handlers, Teamsters, Ma chinists and Other Work ers Go Out. PLACES OF MANY FILLED Efforts in the Direction of Peace Still Continue, the Labor Organizations Still Inclining to Be Con servative. % Chicago, July 27. —With all the peace negotiations broken oft, and with all the allied trades union men employed at the different plants, with the excep tion of the teamsters and the station ary engineers, out on strike in sym pathy with the butcher workmen who quit work two weeks ago, the stock, yards strike had settled down to what promises to be one of the bitterest fights between capital and labor in the history of America. As has been threatened for some time, the allied trades employed in the packing industry quit work when called out to assist the striking butchers in their efforts to bring the packers to terms. In several instances the men did not wait for the official notification from their leaders to go on strike, but threw down their tools and quit work of their own volition. The statement was made by Michael J. Donnelly, president of the butchers' union, that every union man employed at the stock yards, with the exception of the teamsters and engineers, had re sponded to orders for a general sympa thetic strike. The engineers, he de clared. would Join the strikers and un less there was a speedy settlement of the difficulty he said the teamsters would undoubtedly Join their brother workmen in their struggle for suprem acy. According to Mr. Donnelly, the strike swelled the number of men who have quit at the stock yards In Chicago alone nearly 30,000 persons. Both sides to the controversy declared that they were perfectly satisfied with the present state of affairs, and that they were willing to make It a fight to a finish to determine who shall dictate the terms of a settlement. Chicago, July 27.—The long threat ened strike of the miscellaneous trades at the stock yards, called to assist the butcher workmen, began at 10 o'clock Monday, with the walkout of nearly all the teamsters, machinists, can workers and 150 millwrights and helpers em ployed by the seven big packers. Every live stock handler in the yards quit this morning. The packers’ team sters are still at work, but the steam fitters, electricians, plumbers, box maker*. engineers and firemen have joined in the general strike. Thousands of men carrying lunch baskets left the yards. No disorder was reported. The teamsters and cattle handlers as a whole refused to join in the precon ference movement so much desired and urged by President Donnelly, but at that a large number of them quit quiet ly and left the yards to attend the big mass meeting called for the benefit of all who had refused to await the result of further conferences. While these walkouts were taking place, confer ences between the strike representa tives and the packers were held at the offices of Nelson Morris & Co., and dele gates representing the allied trades were in session. More Peace Efforts Possible. Despite the strongest efforts made by President Donnelly of the Amalga mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, the threatened strike, in volving not only till the packers at the stock yards, but the Union Stock Yards and Transit company itself, was not called this morning, find developments indicated that further efforts to estab lish peace might prove successful. The teamsters’ governing committee met early today and decided to make arrangements to meet the chiefs of the packing houses, and there was another conference between the delegates and chiefs of the allied trades. Both these conferences were visited by President Donnelly, who demanded that the al lied trades order a general strike at once and let further negotiations come afterwards. The first big defection in the great strike came when 705 men, including the scalers and pen cleaners employed by the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, refused to work further. The first to go were the handlers, fol lowed by the teamsters. As they passed out of the big gate they were greeted with cheers by the thousands of strikers gathered in the vicinity. Prior to this large exodus came small strikes in the various plants among the mechanical employes, but these did not have the effect of tieing up the plants. As soon as the union man stepped out, a nonunion man, or a union man who had deserted the organization, was there to take his place. I ne udy s vumoi ciii/c. Earlier In the day the allied trades and a committee of eight teamsters chosen last night to seek peace anew before permitting the teamsters to strike, had been urged by President Donnelly to declare a general strike and then to seek a further conference with the packers. There was a lively debate, President Golden for the team sters' governing body declaring his be lief that a common sense campaign would end in peace. He pointed out the danger of cessation of business at the stock yards, which he said would be detrimental to the strikers' friends, the independent packers, who were doing the big packers almost as much dam age as anybody else. But his argument had no weight with Donnelly, who said: “The time to strike is right now. Let us talk about the independent concerns and about a settlement later.” Then it was arranged that Presi dent Schardt, representing the Chica go Federation of Labor, and Barney Cohen, representing the butchers' un ion, should Jolft the teamsters’ union committee, to which had been added John Sheridan, business agent of the ice wagon drivers. There are 200 Ice wagon drivers employed by the pack ers, and with their striking it Is ad mitted the packers would have much difficulty in getting ice to their re frigerator cars. Committee Meets the Packers. The foregoing met the packers, and the committee of the teamsters had a Joint conference with the allied trades representatives, and then, with Schardt and Cohen, went to meet the packets at the offices of Morris & Co. While this latter conference was in progress the allied trades meeting was con tinued, the delegates being anxious to learn the result of the latest effort to bring about a settlement. At the conference at the office of Mor rls & Co. representatives of labc, un-1 der instructions, told the packers they could not waive their demand for rein- j statement within forty-eight hours of the butchers and meat i utters, and within ten days for all others, and foi Individual arbitration In all cases of ak leged discrimination. The conference was secret and lasted several hours. While the peace confer ence was in session news came of the strike of live stock handlers. Most o; the men quit promptly, but many werq allowed until 2 o'clock this afternoon tq finish delivering cattle outside the yards. Strike Not Authorized. The strike, although general, was conducted without official authoriza tion, by the heads of the various un ions. but solely upon the order of thq business agents, who refused to await the action of the peace conference, which ended about noon without mak ing much, If any, progress. The packers demanded that the un ion men come to them with a definite proposition. The union committee re turned to headquarters to confer with the butchers and allied trades In the hope, it was said, that something In the way of a new proposal could be decided upon. General Strike Authorized. After the adjournment of the peace conference the fact developed that the sympathetic strike had been declared officially authorized by the proper boards of alt the allied trades at tlie stock yards, with the exception of the packing house teamsters. The en gineers and firemen were allowed to stay at their posts until 6 p. ni. In all the other departments the strike was actually in effect for two hours or more before the official sanction was made public. It developed that, learning the tip parent hopelessness of an agreement, the representatives of the allied trades, urged by President Donnelly, adopted resolutions commanding the chiefs of all the affected unions to en ter the yards and call upon every or ganization of tnen to quit and join in a general strike. It was this condi tion that the teamsters’ committee found when Its members returned from the Nelson Morris & Co.’s offices at noon. Immediately there was another conference between the committee of eight, the allied trades body and tha representatives of the butchers’ union. It was still hoped that arrangements could he made for another meeting with the packers. Packers Not Disconcerted. The precipitation of a sympathetic strike which involves S.955 men outside the butchers seemingly caused no con sternation among the packers. For days they have been bringing Into the city hundreds of skilled men, many of whom have been put to work; others are being held In reserve. Armour <S Co. announced this afternoon that they will receive from New York tomorrow1 fifty more skilled butchers and meat cutters. All are nonunion men. A novel feature of the strike Is that the live stock handlers are to receive part of their pay while they continue on strike. To retain the good will of the striking employes, and possibly to guard against destruction of property, the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, it is said, today decided up on this course. Up to 2 p. m. advices from St. Dovils, St. Jbseph, Kansas City, Omaha and St. Paul state that little or no change has taken place In the packing house strike, arid no orders for a sympathetic strike of the allied trades have been received. Tire men, however, In most cases are holding themselves In readi ness to go out when the order comes. No Change at South St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., July 25.—The situa tion at the South St. Paul stock yards shows little change today. The allied trades have as yet received no instruc tions to go upon a svinpathetic strike. COTTON STRIKE ON. The Employes in Thirty-Seven Fal. River, Mass., Textile Mills Leave Their Looms. Fal! River, Mass., July 27.—The strike order Issued by the Fall River Textile council calling for upwards of 30.000 operatives to remain away from the mills tills morning in protest against the reduction of 12% per cent. In wages, became effective to day and the response was general. There are thirty-seven mills involved, ami with the exception of one, every mill is shut down completely. The companies involved In the strike operate eighty-one mills with about 3.250.000 spindles. MR. BRYAfTcANT GO. He Says He Isn’t Able to Be Present at Esopus When Judge Parker Learns About It. Columbus, O., July 27.—William J. Bryan was in the city today en route to the Delaware Springs Chautauqua, where he will make an address tonight on nonpartisan topics. Mr. Bryan lu an interview said: "It will be impossible for me to be at Esopus on the day Judge Parker is officially notified. Neither can I be present at the Chicago meeting, for I am billed to deliver a lecture that even ing. The statement attributed to me that 1 would support Parker is true in every particular.” ARE EXCOMMUNICATED Rome’s Answer to Two Priests Who Listened to the French Gov ernment. Paris, July 25.—For their refusal to an swer the summons of the vailcfen, the French bishops of Laval and Dijon have been cut off from the church. The papal order to this effect is found in the fol lowing letter of tho papal secretary ofi state, Cardinal Merry Del Val: “Unless you present yourself before the sacred congregation in Rome prior to July 20 you are, thereby, through the sole effect of your absentation, deprived of all episcopal powers.’' The thundering of the Vatican did jiot cease there. The bishops who were sum moned appeared to the French ministry as to what course they should adopt. The minister of education instructed them to remain at their posts. They then re ceived the following letter from Merry Del Val, directing the bishops’ attention to the apostolic bull relative to sedition: “You will find therein an enunciation of the penalty you have incurred in ap pealing to the cfvil branch in order to prevent the execution of the sentences of the church.” The penalty referred to is excommuni cation. The government's controversy with Rome continues to be th«* chief sub ject of public Interest. The various moves are generally considered to be leading up to a termination of th concordat, air 1 tho separation of church and state. The immediate issue is narrowed to the pppe s right to dismiss the French bishop., of Laval and Dijon. FIGHT AT BONESTEEL, The Better Element of Citizens Round Up and Drive the Grafters From Town. Bonesteel, S. D„ July 26. A peacefu. Sunday was passed, no Incident worthy of mention occurring to disturb the nuietude that enveloped the town. A keeling of confidence that Bonesteel has Anally been delivered from the reign of terror that has prevailed from the re'.gn of terror that has prevailed dur ing the past week Is spreading, and the citizens and few remaining visitors Me now breathing more naturally. A considerable number of police and armed citizens, however, patrolled the city last night and their services likely will be continued as a safe guard. Nearly everybody except the resi dents of the town has left, either for their homes or for Chamberlain to wit ness the drawing. John McPhaui, who has had charge of the local registration, departed for chamberlain, where he will remain until after the drawing. Thence he will go to Washington to resume his duties there. Two rumors were rife today. One that the dead body of a man supposed to have been wounded here during the rioting had been found a few miles east of 1.,,nested, and another that a hian hud died in Geddes from wounds also received here. Bonesteel, S. D., July 26.—As a re sult of a wild night ot snooting and rounding up of grafters by the vigil ance committee, troops have been asked tor by Bonesteel Saturday. The re quest was forwarded to Private Secre tary Warner of Governor Herreid. by Clerk in Charge McPhaui. It tvas a night of terror In Bonesteel. (To a gambler now wounded is due much of the credit for the determined stand taken by the citizens. Patsy (viagner. the gambling concessionaire, Is the hero of the hour. The plucky little Sioux City man, who owns the gambling concession in Bonesteel and whose word is recognized In his pro fession as big and good as law, is now suffering from a dangerous wound in the foot, accidentally inflicted by him Two policemen, with serious wounds, nre In the hospital, and several graft ers have been slightly wounded. Mag ner promised Clerk In Charge McPhaul last night that he would preserve order and he risked his own life in doing so. A special surgeon from Sioux City has been summoned to attend him. The trouble started shortly after 2 o'clock, when Policemen Ell Stanburg and C. H. Harris were shot In front of the "Pike” saloon. A gang came out of the saloon, and one of them asked the group of officers "what In h— they were doing there?” Then one of them struck an officer over the head and the shooting com menced. Stanburg received a scalp wound and Harris was shot through the right leg Scarcely any time had elapsed when Magner, Bob Callahan and others, who had been patrolling the town, appeared on the scene. No one seemed to know what had hap pened. One policeman said a slim man with a brown mustache had run through the saloon and that he was the man who had done the firing. The Baloonmen knew nothing about it. "We have made every train,” said Magner with tears in his eyes, "and we were just, a little too late." One “rat," as the tough element Is termed by the more law abiding gam blers. was rounded up and told to "blow” at the point of several re volvers. Later Magner looked around the cor ner expecting trouble. Ho cocked his revolver and shot himself through the foot. Now thoroughly aroused, gam blers and citizens combined to round up all the tough characters in the town. Shooting was general and a wild night ensued. Near the railroad train a hunch of tough ones were essembled and told to run. A fusillade of bullets followed. They were rounded up all over the town and several of the graft ers were slightly wounded. A short time ago a long rope was purchased at Gaumpen's store. The purpose of the purchase was not made ktrown. Citizens armed with shotguns were | out along the tracks shooting freely and rounding up the grafters like a lot of cattle. The roundup was slutted by the regular gamblers and was fin ished by the citizens. Chief O'Brien characterized his first appearance at daylight by arresting Jack Keefe of Sioux City, one of the men who has assisted in quelling the (llsturbanee. The night had been quiet lip to the time of the shooting, but the still evening was suddenly turned in fo a pandemonium In the early morn ing hours. A police court is now in session trying the prisoners. They will protjably be run out of town. The chief effort is being directed to the detection of the men who shot the policemen. People are thorough^ scared away from Bonesteel, only nfl passengers arrived here last night. There Is much talk of hanging the men who shot the policemen and the cool headed citizens will have much to do to prevent violence of this kind if they are desirous. 106,296 REGISTERED. Yankton Signed More for the Rosebud Land Than All the Other Places Combined. Yankton . Bonesteel . Fairfax . Chamberlain . Total.lou.iae Bonesteel. S. D., July 26.—The regis tration at Bonesteel closed with a total of 34,034. Monroe Cornlck, of Butte, Neb., was the last man to register, coming In under the wire just as the office closed. The registration has been greatly cut down because of the lawlessness that has existed and which the authorities seemed helpless to stop. The government officials will leave here for Chamberlain, where they will remain until after the drawing. Yankton, S. D., July 25.—The regis tration has closed. The city remained In perfect order to the close. Visitors are rapidly leaving. Yankton regis tered more than all the other places combined. HOMESTEADER DROWNED. Young Man From Kansas Lost His Life in the Missouri. Vermillion.S. D., July23.—While bath ing at Springfield, Clarion S. Fleming, jot Soldier, Kan., was drowned in the Missouri river. The body was recovered 'yesterday south of Meckling by a fish erman. The young man's home is at ISoldler. Kan., and the body was taken there today by the father. He came to .South Dakota to register for a home stead. ' —■——1--- ...-l-'-fcS* HOKUF IS DEAD. Murderer of Peter JcVinson Accom plished His Purpose to Take His Own Life. Sibley. Ia.. July 27.—The funeral of Fred Hokuf. the murderer of Peter Johnson, was held this afternoon at the Jail and the remains Interred In the local cemetery by the relatives of Hokuf. The man died early yesterday morning, the result of a bullet fired •by his own hand Friday afternoon. • From the time of the operation to jthe moment that Hokuf breathed his last, his wife and relatives were with him at the Jail. All others were ex cluded. The Services were held this .afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. W. A, rWasser, pasior of the Methodist ehurcty •officiating. Hokuf was very weak when he cams from under the Influence of ether. Ha called feebly for his wife and relatives bind word was sent them Immediately; Hokufs wife who hasn't been near him (since the day he confessed to the mur der, came at once, carrying their child, pi mere babe. The meeting between the murderer and Ills wife was affecting. Hokuf cried and his wife, throwing herself beside his cot. sobbed bitterly and hold the babe toward him to kiss. , The attendants withdrew and the couple was left together for some time. What was said will never be known, but Hokuf appeared resigned to his Jate after the interview. His father, mother, brothers and sisters visited 'him during the evening and he bade them all farewell and declared his [willingness to die. Sheriff Stevens has not yet discov ered where Hokuf got the gun with which he killed himself. The sheriff Is of the opinion that the murderer may have secured the weapon from two tramps who were locked up shortly af ter his arrest. To the last Hokul claimed that he carried the gun Into the Jail with him. He said that the day lie was arrested by Stevens, he went into the barn and dropped the revolver between his un derwear and Ids skin. The gun was stopped by his shoe. When the sheriff searched him at the Jail he found noth ing In his pockets. After he was locked (up Hokuf claimed that he hid the weapon In his bunk, keeping it with the Intention of taking his life if th# body of Johnson was discovered. IMITATED BANDIT. Four Youths Confess Extraordinar. Crimes in Chicago. Chicago, July 27.—Emulators of th« exploits of tlie car barn bandits, fom youths, arrested yesterday, confessed to killing one man in a saloon holdup nnd robbing a scope of others at differ ent (lines. The murder was that ot John Lane, stage carpenter of the Illi nois theater, who was shot In an at tempt to hold up (iustuv Rlegel's saloon on the morning of July 4. The proprie tor also was shot. The prisoners are I’oler Dulfer, James and William Fnrmby and David Kelly. All declare they are less than 20 years old. The robbing of a freight car of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul lino at Fairfield, III., last week, led to ths arrest of the quartet. Besides the freight, car robbery, the young bandits confessed to many robberies prior to July 4, most of which were saloons. The police believe the young men hnvs not confessed to all their crimes and expect at least two other murders will be admitted by them. CAMPAIGN IN IOWA. doth Shaw and Cannon Will Speak in Hawkeye State. Washington, D. C\, July 27.—Secre tary Shaw and Speaker Catlnon will he peard In Iowa during the presidential (a mpnign. Speaker Cannon who Is one of the piost Interesting campaigners in the country, will have an itinerary pre pared for Mm which will cover $ ma jority of the northern states, and It la possible the national committee will ar fange for two speeches for the speaker n Iowa. Secretary Shaw will remain In Wash ington until after the cabinet meeting pn Friday, and then will start on a tour that will take him to the Pacific coast. RED CROSS LOOTED. Berlin Hears That $4,120,000 Is Missin. From Treasury Guarded by Nobles. Berlin, July 23.—Fresh scandals of enormous proportions have arisen In con nection with the management of the Rus sian national Red Cross funds. Eight mil lion rubles ($4,120,000) Is missing from thf central treasury, practically sweeping away all the cash available for the need! of Kuropatkin's army. The loss came t( light 111 consequence of the demand oi the province of Cherson for an ocknowl. edgment of Its contribution of 100,000 ru bles ($81,500). An investigation of tht books In St. Petersburg and Moscow re vealed the discrepancy, which seems tc be part of a system of thievery practiced since the beginning of the war. Emperor Nicholas is reported tc bo outraged at the existence o( such corruption among the Red Cross aristocratic classes Intrusted with the Req Cross arrangements. He Insists that thq culprits must be punished, no matter who they may be. One of tho most flagrant Instances o$ .Russian rapacity, which Is notorious Iq this country, occurred a few weeks ago when tho czarina sent tho Prussian regi ment, of which she is honorary colonel, a set of magnificent drumclothes em broidered in gold and precious stones, vfhen the drumclothes reached Germany they were mere rags, having been entirely despoiled of tlielr gems and costly decor ations. Condensed Telegrams. Reports tha,t Mrs. Maybrlck has gon* from Rouen to Paris are denied. Eastern democrats pretty unanimously believe now that Thomas Taggart of In diana will be the national chairman. St. l/ouis republicans have declared for Cyrus 1’. Walhrldge for tho party’s nomin ation for governor against Joseph W. Folk. Colonel Younghusband, commanding tho British Thibetan expedition, declined to make peace terms till he should have en tered I.hassa. It is announced In Denver that by the close of the present week all troops will lx- withdrawn from the Cripple Creek dis trict and civil administration restored. Secretary Shaw spoke at College Point, N. Y\, Saturday, the opening of the re publican campaign In that state. He de voted himself to the money question. The St. I,ouis fair management has de cided to admit children under fifteen free, there being a requirement that one adult must accompany every five children so admitted. Eight hundred men working on the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel at New Y'ork or the New York Central Improve ments on Manhattan have struck for eight hours and union wages. President Roosevelt wilt be notified formally of his nomination on Wednesday at Sagamore Hill, Speaker Cannon mak ing the address. There will be only a small attendance, probably Including no member of the cabinet.
