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COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Clerk IUstrli't Court Ja. M. Uobmsoo
County Judk'e Harrey l TravU
County Clerk A. U Tyaou
Treasurer II. 11. Wlievler
Sheriff John D. McKrido
Attorney Jee U Koot
SuperluU'iulc nt of S-liooU C. S. Wormian
Purveyor IK K. Hilton
i Turner Ink
Commissioner.
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11. ll:ikMWorili
CITY OFFICIALS.
ayor Henry K. Uerlug
Clerk Socnnlchsen
Treasurer K. W. Clement
Attorney II. IK Tmvis
I'olloe Juiltfe Wlllliini Weber
Marshal Jos. Fitgcruld
MKMHKHS or COISCU.
First Ward Kd r'lugcrald. F. W. K.blnxer
Second Wurd. . . Frank Itultery. W. C. Tlpiiens
Third Wurd I. 11. llerold. F. II. Stleuiker
fourth Viird ..Vru. ltallnnce. F. A. Newman
Fifth Ward I. M. Vondrun. Win. Slater
Time Table
Plattsmouth, Neb.
Lincoln, Omaha,
Chicago, St. Joe,
Kansas City, St.
Louis and all
points East and
South.
Denver, Helena,
liutte, Portland
Salt Lake City,
San Francisco,
and all points
West.
Trains Leave as Follows:
No. lH'-I'actlle Junction '.: pin
No. S Local express, to Iowa points.
Chicago and the. cast 4:32 pm
No. U-Fast express, dally, from Lin
coln to St. Joseph, Kansas City. St.
Louis. Chicago, and all points east
and south :- pm
No. 03 For I'acltli: Junction 12:52 pi
No. 31-Ucal to Pacini: Junction 9:32 am
No. ai-From Dnialia 4:0i pm
No. 30-Krelght. dally except Sunday, 4:00 pm
No. 6-Through vestllmled express for
all points east :'JSatn
No. 20 From Omaha 4:10 am
No. 19 Local express, dally, Omaha,
Lincoln, Denver and Intermediate
stations 7:54 um
No. 27 Local express to Omaha, via
Ft. Crook and South Omaha, dally
exi'iMit Sunday 9:30 am
No. "-Fast mull, dally, to Omaha and
Lincoln 2:13 pm
No. 33--Local express. Louisville. Ash
land. Wahoo, Schuyler, dally ex
cept Sunday 3:30 pm
No. 13-Llncoln. Orand Island. Illack
Hills. Montana and l'aclllc north
west 10:2i-ipm
No. 29-Uical freight, to Cedar Creek,
Louisville and South Itciul. dally
exceut Sunday Ii:j0aui
No ll-l'roni St. liouls and St. Joe and
NVlinisku CltV 10:2.1 am
Dally except Sunday
Sleeping, dining and reclining chair cars
(seals free) on through trains. Tickets sold
and Inikkiiki! checked to any point In the
L' lilted Stales or Camilla.
For Information, time tables, maps and
Mcki-tui-iill on or write to W. L. Plekclt. local
agent. Plattsmouth. Nell., or .1. Francis, gen
eral passenger agent. Omaha. .-u.
Missouri Pacific Time Table
TUAIN'S (iOINO NOllTII.
No. 51 5 37
No. .57 '3 i: V"
No. 9 11:03 I""
No. 233 local freight 3:17 pm
TKAIXS OOIXO SOUTH.
No. 5s 11.30 am
No. 50 World's Fair Flyer 0:09 pm
No. 52 12:29 am
No. 232. local freight 7.4S am
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Esopus. N. Y, Aug. 10. Judge A. D.
Farker was today notified of hU nomi
nation for president by the Democrat-
national convention. The speech.
of not ideation was made, by Champ
Clark and the speech of acceptance
by the nouilnoo was as follows:
Mr. Chairman anil Gentlemen of the
Committee:
I have resigned the ofllce of chlof
udge of tho court of appeals of this
etate In order that I may accept tho
responsibility that the great conven
tion you represent has put upon me,
without posslblo prejudice to tho
court to which I had the honor to be
long, or to tho eminent members of
tho judiciary of this state, of whom I
may now say as a private citizen I
am justly proud.
At the very threshold of this re
sponse and boforo dealing with other
subjects, I must, in Justice to myself
and to relievo my sense of gratitude
express my profound appreciation of
tho confidence reposed In mo by the
convention. After nominating rae ami
subsequently receiving a community
tlon declaring that I regarded tho gold
standard as firmly and Irrevocably es
tablished, a matter concerning which
I felt It incumbent upon me to make
known my attltudo so that hereafter
no man could Justly say that his sup
port had been secured through Indt
rectlon or mistake, tho convention
reiterated its determination that I
should bo tho standard bearer of the
party In tho present contest. This
mark of trust and confidence I shall
ever esteem as the highest honor that
could bo conferred upon mo an honor
that, whatever may be tho fate of tho
campaign, tho future can in no de
gree lessen or impair.
Democratic National Platform.
Tho admlrablo platform upon which
the party appeals to the country for
It a confidenco and support clearly
states tho principles which were so
well condensed In tho first inaugural
address of I'resldent Jefferson, and
points out with force nnd directness
the course to be pursued through
their proper application in order to
Insure needed reforms in both the
legislative and administrative depart
ments of the government. While un
hesitating in its promise to correct
abuses and to right wrongs wherever
they appear or however caused; to
Investigate tho several administrative
departments of tho government, the
conduct of whose officials has created
scandals, and to punish those who
have been guilty of a breach of their
trust; to oppose tho granting of spe
cial privileges by which tho few may
profit at the expense of tho many; to
practice economy in tho expenditure
of tho moneys of tho people, and to
that end to return onco more to the
methods of the founders of the repub
lic by observing In disbursing the pub
lic funds the care and caution a pru
dent Individual observes with respect
to his own; still the spirit of the plat
form assures conservative, Instead of
rash action; tho protection of the in
nocent as well as tho punishment of
the guilty; the encouragement of In
dustry, economy nnd thrift; the pro
tection of property and a guarantee
of the enforcement for the benefit of
all of man's Inalienabla rights, among
which, as said In tho Declaration of
Independence, are "life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness." Liberty,
as understood In this country, means
not only the right of freedom from act
ual servitude, Imprisonment or re
straint, but the right of one to use
his faculties in all lawful ways, to
live nnd work where he will and to
pursue any lawful trade or business.
These essential rights of life, liberty
and property are not only guaranteed
to the citizen by tho constitution of
each of tho several states, but tho
states aro by the Fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution of tho Unit
ed States forbidden to deprive any
person of any one of them without duo
process of law.
Official Usurpation.
Occasionally, by reason of unneces
sary or Impatient agitation for re
forms, or because the limitations
placed upon the departments of gov
ernment by the constitution are dis
regarded by officials desiring to ac
complish that which to them seems
good, whether tho power exists In
them or not, it becomes desirable to
call attention to the fact that the peo
ple, In whom all power resides, have
soon fit, through the medium of the
constitution, to limit tho governmental
powers conferred and to say to de
partments created by It: "Thus far
shalt thou go and no farther." To se
cure tho ends sought tho people havo
by the constitution separated and dis
tributed among the throe departments
cf government tho executive, legis
lative nnd judicial certain power.-:,
and It is the duty of those administer
ing each department so to act as to
preserve, rather than to destroy, the
potency of the co-ordinate branches
of tho government, nn.l thus secure
tho exercise of all the powers con
ferred by the ppople.
Thomas Jefferson, In n letter to
William C. Jarvls, touching the per
petuity of our Institutions, written
many years after lie had retired to
prlvato life, snld: "If the three pow.
ers of our government maintain their
mutual Independence of each other.
It may last long, but not so If cither
can assume the authority of the oth
er." It must be confessed that In
tho course of our history executives
have employed powerj net belonging
to them; itatutM have been pissed
tiit were expressly forbidden by the j It If demanded by the bent Interests ;te that have now leprae a
cf Doth manufacturer and eounuuiwr. ,)tij power, will then be without
ana mat a who ana tenement re- .u.inort nr. i r:.i n,...r n,i
vision of the tariff can be accom- 4S ,mn it Ulll4t lo Uialtl.ailiCU- but I
pllshed as soon as both branches of aP!,y ,nat t at all rei ent'. that tho
congress and an execute In favor of United States ha attain.! that i wi
lt are elected, without creating that nun e. Oiu co intrv Lc nnm a world
but la disregard, nevertheless, of tho seuso of uncertainty und instability Lwer over centuiy .k when, tar
ing thrown off fi.ieijn domination. lh
people established a free goveri.llient,
tho source of whose authority uming.
and was continuously ui proceed, fioui
tho will of the people themse'.ves. It
grew as a world power us its nturdy
citizens, Id whom' natural Iticreaso
'.veie added Immigrant lion; tho old
fact that ours Is a government of J that has on other occasions manifest
laws, not oi men, deriving us -juei
power from the consent of the gov
erned. If wo would have our gov
ernment contlnuo during the anos to
como, for tho benefit of those who
shall succeed us, we must ever bo on
our guard against the danger of
usurpntlim of that authority which re
sides In tho whole people, whether
the usurpation be by officials repre
senting one of the three great depart
ments of government, or by a body
of men acting without a commission
from the people.
Constitutional Guarantees,
Impatience of tho restraints of litw,
as well as of Its delays, Is becoming
more and more mnnlfest from day to
day. Within the pnt few years many
Instances have been brought to our
attention, where In different parts of
our beloved country supposed crim
inals have been seized and punished
by a mob, notwithstanding tho fact
that the constitution of each state
guarantees to every person within its
jurisdiction that his lite, his liberty or
his property shall not bo taken from
him without duo process of law
In a struggle between employers
and employes, dynamite Is sa'.d to
have been used by tho latter, result
ing In tho loss of life and the destruc
tion of property. The perpetrators of
this offense against the laws of Ood
nnd man, and all others engaged In
tho conspiracy with them, should,
after duo trial and conviction, have
had meted out to them tho must rigor
ous punishment known to the law.
This crime, added perhaps to others,
led to tho formation or a committee
of citizens that, with the support of
fe military authority, deports from
the state, without trial, persons sus
pected of belonging to the organiza
tion of which tho perpetrators of the
dynamite outrages were supposed to
be members. In both cases the relsrn
of law gave way to the reign of force. I
These Illustrations present some evi
dence of the falluro of government to
protect tho citizen nnd l.ls property,
which not only Justified the action of
your convention In this regard, but
made It its duty to call attention to
the fact that constitutional guarantees
are violated whenever any citizen is
denied the right to labor, to ncnulrn
and to enjoy property, or to reside
where his interests or Inclination may
determine; and the fulfillment of tho
assurance to rebuke nnd punish all de
nials of these rights, wnethor brought
about by individuals or government
agencies, should bo enforced by every
official and supported by every citi
zen. The essence or good government
lies In strict observance of constitu
tional limitations, enforcement of law
and order and rugged opposition to all
encroachment upon tho sovereignty
of tho people.
The foregoing suggestions but em
phasize the distinction which exists
between our own and many other
forms of government. It hns been weil
said, In substance, that there are but
two powers In government, one the
power of tho sword, sustained by the
hnnd that wields it. nnd tho other the
power of the law, sustained by nn en
lightened public sentiment. The dif
ference in theso powers is the differ
ence between a republic such ns
ours, based on 'aw nnd a written con
stitution, supported hy Intelligence,
virtue and patriotism and a mon
archysustained Ly for-'e exerted by
an individual, uncontrolled by laws
other than these made or sanctioned
by him; one represents constitution
alism, the other Imperialism.
Tariff Law Denounced.
The present tariff law Is unjust In
Its operation, excessive In many of
Its rates and so framed In particular
Instances ns to exact Inordinate prof
its from tho people. So well under
stood has this view become that many
prominent members of tho Republican
party, and at least two of lt9 stato
conventions, havo dared to voice tho
general sentiment on that subject.
That party geems, however, to be col
lectively able to harmonize only
upon a plank that admits that revision
may from time to tlmn be necessary,
but it Is so phrased that It Is expect
ed to be satisfactory to those in fa
vor of an Increase of duty, to those
who favor a reduction thereof, and to
those opposed to any changi what
ever.
Judged by the record of perform
ance, rather than that of promise, on
the part of that party In the past, it
would seem as if the outcome, In tho
event of its success would bo to grat
ify the latter class. With absolute
control of both tho legislative nnd
executive departments of tho govern
ment since Mnrch 4, 197, there ha
been neither reduction r.or an attempt
nt reduction in tariff duties. It Is
not unreasonable lo assume, In the
light of that record, that a future
congress of that party will not under-
ed Itself. This can be achieved by
providing that such a reasonable pe
riod shall intervene, between tho date
of the enactment of the statute mak
ing a rovlslon and the date of Its en
forcement, as shall bo deemed suffi
cient for the Industrv or business af
fected by such revision to adjust itself wo,m g0, Ung to obtain l.eru the 111.-
to tue enanges and new conditions lm- tMty and prosperity denied tliem In
posed. So confident um I In the be- their own countries, spread over the
lief that tho demand of the people for fme ,:f tho laud, reduced the prairies
a reform or the tariff Is Just, that I lln,i forests to cultivation, built cities.
Indulge In the hiij.o that should a constructed highways und rallrimdu,
Democratic house of representatives till now a nation which at the forma
and a Democratic executive be chosen tlon of the government numbered only
by the people, even n Republican sen- tirt.0 millions In population, has be
ate may heed the warning and consent tom,( ,.Kilty ,niUoSi and from ocean
to give nt least some measure of re- to ocean nnd the lakes to the gulf,
Uef to tho people. the country is tho ubode of a In n und
Unlawful Combination". prosperous people, advanced in tho
The combinations, popularly called highest degree In tho learning nnd
trusts, which aim to secure a limnop- arts of civilization. It is the liberty,
oly of trade In the necessaries of lire the advancement and the pro.spiirliy
as well as in those things that are em- 0f its citizens, not any career of con
ployed upon the farm, In the factory q,,,. tltiit make, the country a world
and in many other fields of Industry, power. This condition we owe lo tho
have been encouraged and stimulated bounty of Providence, unfolded In the
by exiessive tariff duties. Theso op- jjnut natural resources of Hie coun
crate to furnish a substantial market try. to the wisdom or our fathers
In the necessities of eighty millions manifested in the form or government
cf pooplo, by practically excluding established by them, to the energy.
compel It ion. With so large a market
and highly remunerative prices con
tinuing long after the lino of possible
competition would naturally bo
reached, the temptation of all engaged
In tho same bublnoss to combine so
as to prevent competition at home ami
Industry, moral ihuucter and law
nbidlug spirit of tho people them
selves.
Not a Military People,
We aro no! a military people, bont
on i'oniiii'sl, or engaged In exiendlng
our domains in foreign lands, or de
a resulting reduction of prices lia alrous of HOeiirliiK natural advantages.
proved irresistible In a number of however great, by force; lint a pcoplo
cases. All men must agree that tho loving ncac.V not onlv for oin.ielves.
not result of enacting laws that foster but for ull the nations of the eurth
such Ineiiuitablo conditions, Is most The display of great military nrnio
unforlunati' for the people as a whole, ments may pleaso tho eyo and, for
and it would seem as ir all ought to the moment, excite tho pride of tho
agree that the effective remedy would citizen, but It cannot bring to the
te to appropriately modify the of- country the brains, brawn ami inusclo
fendli;g law Tho growth of inonop- of a single I ilgrnnt, nor Indueo tho
oly, of which complaint Is Justly investment hero of a dollar of canltul
made, cannot be bild at the doors of ur course such urmuiiicut as may bo
tho courts of this country. I ho de- necessary for tho security or tho
cislons of tho supremo court of the
United States, the court of appeals of
this state and the courts of last re
sort in ninny other slates, warrant
tho assertion that tho common law as
developed affords a complete legnl rem
edy against monopolies. The fact
that they havo multiplied In number
and Increased In power has been duo,
not to the failure of the courts to np-
country n ml tho protection of tho
rights oi us citizen, ut homo or
abroad, must bo 'maintained. Any
other course would be not only fubio
economy, but pusillanimous. pro
test, however, ugnlnst the feeling
now fur to prevalent, that by nmion
of the commanding' position we havo
assumed in tho world, we must take
part In the disputes und brolbi of for
ply the law when properly moved by elgn countries; nnl that because wo
administrative officials or prlvnlo in- havo grown great wo should Intervouo
dlvldnals, but. to the failure of olll- in every Important quest Inn that
clals charged with tho duty of en fore- arises In other parts of the world. I
Ing the law to take tho necessary pro- also protest, against tho erection of
cedure to procure the judgments of any such military establishment as
the courts In the appropriate jurisdlc- would be retpilroj to maintnln tho
tlon, couple with the fact that the country in that attitude. We should
legislative departments of some of conllno our international uctlvltles
our stato governments, ns well as
congr.ess in the manner nlrcndy re
ferred to, have, by legislation, encour
aged their propagation. Whnt is
solely to matters In which the rights
of the country or of our citizens are
directly Involved. That Is not a sit
uation of Isolation, but of ludepend
needed in addition to the passage of tnco.
a statute revising tho tariff duties to The government of tho United
a reasonable basis Is not so much States was organized solely for tho
other ami different laws, ns officials people of tho United Stales. While It
having both tho disposition and the was contemplated that this country
courage to enforce existing law. While should heroine n refuge for the o-
this is my view of the scope of the pressed of every land, who might bo
common law, If It should be made to fit to discharge the duties of our cltl
appear that It Is n mistaken on", then zenshlp, ami while we have always
I favor such further legislation within sympathized with the people of every
constitutional limitations ns will givo nation in their struggles for self gov
tho people a Just and full measure, of eminent, the government was not ere
protection. ated for a career of political or civ
Philippine Question. Illzlng evangelization In foreign
It is difficult to understand how any countries or among- alien races. The
ritizen of the United States, much most efficient work we can do In up-
less a descendant of revolutionary lifting the people of other countrle
stock, can tolerate the thought of per- Is by the presentation of a hnppy
manently denying the right of self-
government to tho Filipinos. Can we
hope to Instill Into the minds of our
descendants reverence and devotion
prosperous, self-governing nation as
an Ideal to bo emulated, a model to
be followed. Tho general occupation
of our citizens In tho nrts of peace
(hit offie ifitild ever be plac 'a
Situation of possible temptation to
consider what the effect of action
taken by him in ait a lminlstiatlve
.at'er of great Importance might have
upon hU political fortunes. Questions
of momentous consequence t.i all of
the people have been in the past and:
11 be In the future presented to th
president for 'determination, and la
approaching their consideration, as
well as In weighing the facts and thn
rguinents bearing upon them, bo
should be unembarrassed by any pos
sible thought of the Intluence his de
cision may have upon anything what
ever that may affect hlin personally.
muko this statement, not In criticism
of any of our presidents from Wash
ington down who have either held tlm
office for two terms or sought to suc
cec.li themselves; for strong argu
ments cun lm advanced In support of
the re-election of a president. It Is
simply my Judgment that the Interests
of this country are now so vast ami
the questions presented nro frequent
ly of such overpowering magnitude t
the people that It Is Indispensable to
tho maintenance of it befitting atti
tude before tho people, not only that
tho chief magistrate t houbl tin Indit-
pendent, but that that IndependiMico
Fhotild bo known of all men.
SUMMARY OF CROP CONDITIONS
Blight Strikes the Spring Wheat Crop
In the Northwest.
Washington, Aug. 10. Tho weather
bureau's weekly summary of crop con
ditions is as follows: Over thu cen
tral and wcHtern portions of thu corn
belt corn bun advanced favorably anil
continues promising. In thu upper
lake uistrlcts lack of warmth nnd ab
sent o of rain have chocked growth,
the crop being generally backward.
Finn weather for threshing pre
vailed over most of the wlntr wheat
belt, harvesting of winter wheal hav
ing been fomptotis:! In (ho more north
erly districts.
Reports of rust In spring wheat con
tinue general in the Imkotas and In
portions of lown and Minnesota unit
Indicate that the crop has been great
ly damaged, except In Minnesota,
where only n portion of the area han
been affected, a good crop being prom
ised In other portions of thut stato.
Harvesting Is In progress In South.
Dnhotn nnd southern Minnesota, but
bus not begun In North Dakota, whero
tho crop Is ripening alow'y.
Harvesting and threshing of oats
havo continued under tavorablo con
ditions. Hunt Is reported In the more
northerly sections nnd has proved
very Injurious In North Dakota and
portions of Minnesota.
Editors Co to Prison.
Manila, Aug. lo. K. I.. Dorr ami
R. V. O'llrlen, formerly the owners
and editors of Freedom, a paper pub
lished In thl3 city, were sentenced
somo limn ago by two of the Philip
pine courts tu blx months' imprison
ment and t it fine of $1,000 for libel
ing M. Tavern, n member of tho Phil
ippine commission. This sentence
bus now been confirmed by the su
premo court of tho United States,
where an upponl was lodged and tho
prisoners havo been committed to the)
prison at Ulllbld.
Yacht Found Upturned.
Detri'lt, Aug. 10. Tho yacht Rim
bier, bi longing to Herbert lluwen,
senior members of thu Detroit law
firm of liowen, Douglas & Whiting,
was found upturned ut tho mouth of
the Detroit river and it Is feared that
Mr. Powen's nineteen-year-old son,
Percy, his chum, Harrison Wolton,
son of n Detroit broker, and a third
boy, who was with them, were drowned.
for a government by the people, or the absence of largo military anna
while denying ultimately that right to ments, tends to Impair neither pair!
the Inhabitants of distant countries, otlsm nor physical courage, nnd for
whose territory we havo acquired the truth of this I refer the young
cither by purchase or by force? Can men of today to the history of the
we say to the Filipinos, "Your lives, civil war. For fifty years, with the
your liberty and your property may exception of the war with Mexico, thts
be taken from you without duo proc- country hnd been ut peace, with a
os cf law for all time," and expect standing nrmy most of tho time of
we will long glory In that featuro of less than ten thousand men. Ho who
Magna tfarta, which has become In- thinks that the nation had grown ef-
corporated, In substance and effect,
into thu constitution of every ttato,
as well as Into tho Fourteenth amend
ment to tho constitution of tho United
States? Can wo hope for tho respert
of the civilized world, whllo proudly
femlnato during that period should
read the casualty rolls of the armies
on either side at Shlloh, Antlotam,
Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, at
Stone River and Chlckamnuga. I
would be tho Inst man to pluck a sin
deny similar rights to the Inhabitants
i.f the Philippines, but tako away from
them the right of trial by Jury, nnd
place their lives and the disposition of
their property In the keeping of those
w hom we send to them to be their gov
irimrs? We shall certainly rue It as a
nation if wj make any sue!) a'Pr.ipl.
take a revision of the tariff downward i Viewing the qui stion even from the
In the event that It fhnll receive an! standpoint of national selfishness,
guaranteeing to every citizen of the gle laurel from the crown of any ono
United States that no law shall bo of the military heroes to whom this
made or enforced which shall abridge country owes so much, but I Insist
tho privileges or Immunities of cltl- that their most heroic deeds proceed-
zens of the United States, or deny to ed infinitely more from devotion to
any person tho equal protection of the the country, than from martial spirit.
laws, and at the same time not only As I have already proceeded at too
endorsement of Its pat course on
that subject by the people. H is a
fait nnd should bo frankly conceded
that though our parly be successful In
the coming contest we cannot hope to
secure a majority In the senate dur
ing the next four years, and hence we
fhall bo unable to secure any modifi
cation In tho tariff me that to which
the Republican majority In tne sonato
msy consent. While, therefore, wo
are unable to glvo assurances of re
lief to the people from such excessive
duties as burden them, It Is due to
them that we state our position
to be In favor of a reasonable reduc
tion of the tariff; that we believe
there is no prospect that the twenty
millions of dollars expended In the
purchase of tho lslnnds nr.d the six
l.ur.dred nr.d fifty millions said to have
been fir.ee disbursed will ever como
back to us. The accident of war
brought the Philippines Into our pos
session and we are not at liberty to
disregard tho responsibility which
thus enme to us, but that responsibil
ity will be best subserved by prepar
ing tho Islanders ns rapidly as possi
ble for self-government and giving
to them tho assurances that It will
come as soon as they aro reasonably
prepared for It There need bo no fear
that tbt aucrtion to often mads of
great length, other questions sug
gested in the platform, must await my
letter of acceptance
Mr. Chairman: In most graceful
speeih you have reminded me of tho
great r' .'ponsil.dllty, a? well as the
prent hoi.-r of the nomination be
stowed upon in" by the i ni.vi n'lnn you
represent tills 'lay. lie assured that
both are appreciate so h" r.ly a p.
prcr:ited that I am humbled in their
presence.
Acceptg High Honor.
I accept, gentlemen of the commit
tee, the nomination, and If the action
cf the convention shall be endorse,!
ry nn election by the people. I will,
God helping me, give to tho discharge
of the duties of tk.it exalted ofrtco the
bert service of which I am capable
and at the end of the term retire to
private life. I shall not be a randb
date for, nor shall I accept a rcnoml
nation. Several reasons might be ad
vanced for thts position, but t,he con
trolling one with me Is that I am ful
ly persuaded that no Incumbent cf
Fifty Buildings Burned,
Victoria, IJ. C, Aug. 10. Fires that
started in tho pattern shop of the Al
bion Iron works destroyed the north
ern portion of the building, together
with a quantity of valuable tmirhls
cry. A strong southeast wind carried
tho sparks a distance of 200 yards to
the residence section, whero It burned
Itself out. In all about fifty houses
were destroyed, the maporitf
being homes of working people. Tne
loss exceeds $i;0,0UO.
Death of W. A. Graham.
Ft. Joseph, Mo.. Aug. 10 W. JL
Graham, aged fifty, for twenty years
foreman and superintendent of th
St. Joseph Herald and employed on
various western newspapers, died
here of tuberculosis. He was a can
didate for secretary-treasurer of Um)
International Typographical union at
the election last June.
Cholera at St. Petersburg.
St Petersburg, Aug. 10. Several
cases of cholera are said to have oc
curred In St. Petersburg. This Is
not offlclully confirmed, but It Is a
fait that the government is contem
plating the adoption of precautionary
measures end the Ku:sian press Is
anxiously discussing tne matter.
Intends to Relieve Kouropatkln.
St. Pitersburg. Aug. lo. It is re
ported in military circles that Lieuten
ant Cineral I.inevitrh is marching
with troops from the direction ot
Vladivostok to create a diversion In.
the rear of General Kurokl's army,
with the object of relieving General
Kouropatkln's force.
Justifies Secretary Hay's Course.
Derlln, Aug. 10. Secretary Hay'a
course towards Turkey, according to
tho official view here. Is fully Justifi
able. The officials hero expect that
the sultan will promptly yield to the
United States' demand before the
demonstration at Smyrna reaches
Jealousy of the woman it said to hats
prompted the commission of the crime.
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