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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1904)
, CUSTR [ COUNTY RPU [ UC n . . By D. M. AM8DERnV. BROKEN now , . . NEDRASKA . . I - , I Br.ief Telegrams y'ronco hM 1\ now process for ra- 11uc'ng milk to 1\ dry powder. The oxploslvo < xmlllo Is used by Drltlsh soldiers ns ! & stimulant- : Soft wood Is now nrtlficlnll ) ' hnrd- ened nnd toughened by a process ot \'ulcnnlzlng. Ono ot the delegates at the recent reIHl llcnn convention from North Dalwta was Mr. D. Prom , who Is a mem cr of ono ot the l ndlng fllmlJles ot Norway. 'Senntor Penroso wns ono of the contributors - tributors of the Harvnrd class ot 1881 to l1. gift. of $10,000 memorial gllte , to bo presented on the occasion ot Its twent-fitth annlversnry. Oscar l\Inlmras , United Stntes consul - sul at Colon , was oPllolnted by President - dent Lincoln the da ) ' lwforo ho was assassInated and has been continually in the servIce over since. The German societies of Cleveland ll VO met nnd nrranged for n cele. Ilrntlon on May ! I , next year , In honor oC the centennlnl anniversary at the death ot'Schlller , the German poet. Colonel DJoomfield Gough , who durIng - Ing the Door war was ordered homo for reCusal to obe ) ' General IA > rd l\Ie- thuen's orders , hns been Idlled In 11. carriage accident at Kelso , Scotland. Autogral1hlcally spealdng , Mr. Chamberlnln Is twice nB grent n mnn as Mr. Dalfour. A signed note from him Is quoted at. $ t.riO , whereas ono of Mr. Dalfour's mny bo had for 7G cen t s. ' 1'here arc two places In the worM where , n IJerson can pnss through the troplcnl , subtropical and temperate zones Insldo of an hour. HawaII Is ono and Darjeollng , hl northeastern India , Is another , Charlcs F. Mo'ers at Warren , 1\IIUJs. , wns arrested at St. L ! > I1ls on suspicion ot having some connection with or Imowlng something nbout. the destruc' tlon of the balloon , of Santos Dumont's ' . airship No.7 , C. H. Cnrleton , fonnerlY a bnn1tcr , brol\Cr and real estate dealer at Cleve , Innd , 0. , who Is accused of using the mnlls for fraudulent purposes , Is In the custody at the United States 'mar , shal at San li'l'an lsco. The news tells us that Andrew Dradloy. who died nt the Old Soldlors' home , at Noroton , Conn" the other dny , at the ago ot 104 , had drunk whisky and used tobacco liberal ! ) ' for ninety years , continually. Although the nnmo at General Joe Wheeler Is always Identified with the south , ho Is desccnded trom old New Englaml steele , nnd Is n. cousin of James Freeman Clurlw , who was early Identified with the aholltlon movement ngalnst the institution at slaver ) ' . Lady Henry Somcrset was ono tlmn extreme ! ) ' fond of the gal ties at so clety In the swim of London Boclal me. Suddenly she became convinced that there was too much of the butter. fiy about It , and aho also snw ovlls In tllO situation which she felt called to use her talcnts in correcting ns far as posslblo , The Amcrlcan Inventor tells of a narcotic bomb Im'cnted by a surgeon in the Austrian -army which mar be fIred trom an ) ' gun. This bomb hns , a. tlmo tU80 , and w'llOn dropped among n rcglmnt ot the enemy will not ox' IJlodo , but will fill the nlr with narcotlc ga es strong enough to male 2,00C mon uncousclous for sovcral hours , Hesolntlons denoun'clng most ot tlt ( officlnla at Colorado wcro ndopted b ) the North American Turnerbund al Plttsburg. Thm'c Is not ono , Italian real estnh owner In the New Yorle CIt ' dlstrici where folle of that natlonallt ) ' pro dom 1ate. John Gilbert 1\Ielggs , the rallroa ( bu1hler , has just died In London. II < < was born In Now England 77 yearl ago , In tllO center of IUldlne , nn Islam In the North Sea , is lorhalJS ) the mos curious lal\o In the world. The sur face ot Its wnters Is qulto fresh aUl supports fresh water crentures ; bu deep down , It Is ns snIt as the great est depths ot the sea , and salt watel fish IIvo in It. . Attorno ) ' Frank J. Hangs , represent atlvo ot the Western Federntlon a Minors at CriIJple Creel" Colo" Imll eated that ho will commence tes cases In the district. court before Dls trlct JUdge Set' < ls to dotermlnl whether the detnlned nnlon men affil lated with the Western Foderatlon 0 Miners are hold as civil or mlUtar ; prisoners. Peter Ford at Storllng , Ill. , has jus celebrated his lOad blrthda ) ' . If h' ' lives until fall ho will hnvo voted . fo t.went.ono presidents. Vlcto1\ Emmanuel of Italy spends least three hours each day in his stud : busy with current literature of over ; Idnd. In Germany electricity , among othe curious results , has rehabllltatcc1 tl1 dlscared wIndmill. Icelanders never thlnl ( at "locldni up at night , " and 'et only two case of thieving have occurred In man .Yeas. _ " liNER GOES DOWN GREAT LOSS OF LIFE ATTENDS ITG SINKING , EICHT HUNDRED ON BOARD Loaded with Danish and Norwegian Emigrants , Over Seven Hundred of Whom Are Believed to Have , Been Drow'lcd. LONDOOver 700 Dnntsh ancl Norweglnn emlgrnnts , bound for Now Yorle , are belloved to have been drowned In the North Atlnntlc on June 28. Out of nearly 800 souls all board the Danish stenmer Norge , which left COllcnhagen June 22 , only twenty.sevon are known to tbe alive , and for the rest no hope Is held out : When Inst seen the Norge was sink. Ing where It strucle on the Islet 0 Horltnll , whoso Isolnted peale raises from n deadly Atlllntlc reef some 200 miles off the west cOILSt ot Scotlnml. ' 1'ho steam trawler Sylvia Il\It Into Grlmsby late Sunday night with twent.soven rescued Scancllnnvlans nbonrd. Only one of thew could sponle l ngllsh. 110 said : "Wo left COllenhngon Juno 22. . There wore 700 emlgrants ( Norwe- glnns , Swedes , Danes aud 1 < 'lnns , on earl The crow numberClI about eighty. All went well until June 28. II lay In my IJunl , waiting tor brenle- last. 'Ve henrd n. IIttlu bump , then anotlier bump , anll then I l'ushed at ! dece. ) I snw at once thllt. something sorlons had happened and I mnpe n dash IJcow : to gather up my few bo- longings. "Scores were rushIng on decle nnd the hatchway was crowded with emi- grants. They were Inunchlng bents nnd rushing Into them , hut there was no panic , Four or five wore In the heat Into which I got nnd we clenred the ship , Lucidly for us In our party was the only seaman from the Norge who escaped , amI he watJ able to navigate - gate our little hoat. ' "Wo saw two other boats cnpslze owing to the heavy wenther and because - cause no ono could navlgnto them. Wo mndo stmlght away and when wo last saw the Norgo a largo num- her of emigrants were on the , dcclt. Captain Gundel stood on the bridge. "Dozens of pnssengers hlld jumped I Into the sen , They wore lIfo bolts , but were drowned heforo our eyes. I ACter twenty-four hours the Sal" n" bore down nnd IJlcl\Od us UII. About 700 nassengers must hnve been drowned. " Lntor-Of 774 souls on board the Danish stenmer Norge , 128 , IncludIng - , Ing Captalll Gundel , arc Imown to hnvo been saved up to this hour , Ono of th ; ) children clled In a life. boat which brought others to safety. For the missing' 646 persons smnll hopes nro entertained. In ad ltJon to the twenty.slx persons - I sons wll : . ) Innded at Grlmsoy. 102 sur- vlvortl ot the Norge were landed'at Starn away , thirty-two by the Drltlsh steamer t'I German steamer Energle. They were all 111 a pitiful condition. Many were tnlten to a hool1ltal and moot at them had to bo cnrrled ashoro. Among theRe on bonrd the Energle was Captain Gundel oC the Norge , , . -Io said : "All wont well until ahout 7:4G : o'clock Inst Thursday , When nbout eighteen miles south of Roele- thnll I felt the steamer sh'llw heavily forward on a sunl\On rocl , ; There wns gentle brel'7.o hlowlng from the south , with n cloudy al\y. " CORDON OF ! TROOPS. - - - Port Arthur Surrounded on the Land Side by Wall of Japs. CHE FOO.-Chlneso who arrived here from Port Arthur say the Japanese - ese forces hnve formell a complete I cordon nround the land sldo ot the town , nnd they are Occup'lng nil the commnndlng hills , IncludIng Wolf mountain , within n radius of seven miles of the fortlficntlons. The Chlneso sny also thnt two large wnrohhJs are missing from the squadron - ron . whIch went out from Port Arthur , on. Juno 23 , and thnt the Russian battleship - tleship Sovnstopol was damagud on that day. 'I'ho Jnpnnese bombarded Port Arthur - thur from the sea on June 30 , but no damnge was done to th6 town , Admiral Togo In nn officlnl relJOrt sent out from Toltlo on Juno 25 said that on the night of .Tuno 2:1 : 11. Jnpan. ese torpedp 1J0nt de tro'or sunk a bnttleshlp of the P resvlet tne aUlI dlsnbled the battleship Sevastopol err Port Arthur. Thnt these shIps were damaged by the Japanese was suIJs quently denied by the Russian authorities. ' A trustworthy Chinaman who ar , rived hero from It lolnt ) on the enst coast of the .Kwnn . T.img IJenlnsula ' nenr Port Arthur brings' the In' formation that on .Tuly 6 ono division at the Jnpaneso nrmy renched th , northenst slope o ( the 'falmshan , the summit of which Is less than three I miles from Port Arthur. This dIvis , Ion parted ( rom another division 01 the nrmy un the hlghwn ) ' north of Port Arthur aftOI' which It mndo Its wa ) ' through n mountnlnous country , The other division continued alon the main road toward the murlnlJ cnmp. . . Russian Press Denounces Tclntol. ST. PE'I'ERSBUHG.-'J'ho Husslnl ! newsllallOl's nre IJeglnnlng to discUSE the nrtlclo on the Russo.Japaneso wal by Count Tolstol IIIIIJlIshelll1l the Lon' ' don ' 1'llIIes. Almost unanimously the pnllors refer to th'l al'tlclo adversol and sllCak ot ! tIn donunclntor ) ' terms. Even ' 1'olstol's old admirers consiliO ! tl l\.t ho has gene too far. ' 1'he SlIwc recommends the relll'OducUon ot the artlclo as the best cure for Tolstolsm , The Svet caUs It. the Iu'oouctlon of c once great mlnll dIsordered b ) ' senll vant ! ) ' . ' - - - - - - _ . . . _ t - - " . . _ -'I - . WATSON AND TIDBLES. - The Sp lngflcld Convention ChooGes a GeorgIa and'a Nebraska Itor. For Presldent. , . . " . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . Thomas Wntson of' Georgia For Vice President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas H. Tlbblcs of Nebraska SPIUNOpml D , JII.-Thomas E. Watson of Georgln for IJresldent and Thomas n. Tlhbles of Nobrasltn for \'Ico llresldent WIlS the tlcltot noml- nnted by the IJOpullst nntlonal convention - tion , The nnmes ot William V. Allen at l'ie lraska and Sllmuel W , Williams ot Indlnnn. were also prnced before the convention for 11resldent , but beCoro , the list of stntes had been completed In tbo roll cull , their names were . with- drnwn and Watson wns nominated by acclamation. , 1 < ormcr Senator Alien made good hIs word thnt he wou1l1 not enter Into an ) ' scramble tor the nomlnntlon. While the nomlnntlons were being mnde he twlco Instructed the chnlrntnn of the Nobrnslm delegation - tion to Bn ) ' that hIs name must nol go before the c n\'entlon. In the face at thfI ! , however , he recelvcd over forty \'otes , Whether Ir , " 'atson will accept the nomlnntlon or not. no ono In the convention seems to Imow and nU efforts to secure definlto information failed , Watson wns quoted as snr- ing tlmt If the democrats at St. Louis. . would nominate Henrst.hc would support - port him for president. Wllllnms of Indiana received onlr l1. few \'otes , soon wlthdrnwng ! and movIng - Ing to mal < e Wntson's nomination unnnimous. 'rhero were five nominations for vlco president , 'l'homlls )1. Tlbbles qf NeIJraslcn , Theodore D. H'nder at Pennsylvnnla , L , H. Weller of Iowa , George E. Washburn -Massachu- - sells nnd Snmu'l W. WlIllnms of In- diana. The two latter declined and ' 1'IIJbles received all the votes on the first ballot. . .T. A. .Mallet. of Texas was chosen permanent ehnlrman. C1J ! GO LIMITED DITCHED. , - - . : ! ! ' n the Wabash Wrecked , ' , _ " .Ne < lr St. Louis , 'ST'L-O , ; rS-A spec1nl to tile Globo- Democrat from Litchfield , III. , says the Chlcngo limited on the Wabash railroad - road , duo In St. Louis at 7 p. m" and half an hour late , was wrecl\Cd Insldo the clty'1lmlts. The train strucle an open swllch .an was overturned , and seven of the Itl'le cars burned. It Is bellove1"that ! twenty persons perished In tlie second and thIrd conches and that. fQrty were Injured. Later.-A special to the Post-Dis- patch from LItchfield. III" sa's that nineteen dead and a number are missing as n result of the wreck on the Wabash railroad here last night , when trnln No , 11. from Chicago. left the tracle at a misplaced switch and crashed Into , n line ot freight cars standing on a sidetrack. Seven hun- dr d persons were on the IIIfated , train at the tlmo it dashed into the f > lIletracle. The work of clearln the debris Is I progressIng as rapIdly as possIble. The romalns of Hon. I. It. 1\I1IIs , Inter- nnl revenue collector of the central Illinois district : were sent to his home In Decatur this morning. Hundreds of people who arc In the city from various - rious IJolnts visIted the scene of the wrecle. The telegraph offices have been besieged with dIspatches from friends and relatlvc ot lie" Ilosed to have been on the llI.fated train , Edward 'r. Clapp , chlet clerk In the office of the president of the Wabash , stated to the Associated Press today that from all thnt could bo learned , the mIsplaced swllch nt Lltchfiehl wns tampered with by some outsldo p'erson. ' 1'hoy hnd no definlto Informntlon ns to who the culpl'lt might be. A thorough Investigation will bo hold , said Mr ClaI1P. after whIch Presillent Hamsey will bo In n , Ilosltion to male n stntement. READY TO FIGHT AND DIE. Japanese Anxious to Go Back and Battle. CHINAMPO-Tho steamer 1\Ian- chlrln , hnvlng on board II. IJ rtr of .Tapaneso stntesmen , foreign nttnches nnd correspondents who are malting n tour at hlSlJectlon of the theater of wnr , hns been fogboun11 for five da's of ! this port. - . , On the evonlng of JUly 1 the 1\nn- churln met a number of Japnnoso transports , A Japanese mall steamshIp - shIp IJasslng hero hnd on board 100 survivors ot the battleshll1 Hatsuso , which wns sunl , of ! Port Arthur 1\Ia ) ' 15 b ) ' strlldnr a ' mlno , The sUI'\'l\'ors nro bound for n n'n\'nl base , where tile ) ' will join the torpedo 1I0tllla. 1\Ianr ot the men are scarred from the frightful , burns recel\'ClI from the eXllloslon ot , shells. All arpear anxious to return I to actl\'o service , saying that It Is wrong for them to l1vo when tholr cOlnr lles are Ilend. With fnnntlcnl I enthuslnsm ther IlI'O 11eslrous ot tal- Ing over ) ' rlsl" Japs Trying to Enter All Doors. I..IAO YANGi-H lJOrts ha\'o been received here of the apllCaranco of Jnpuneso outlJOsts on the roads leadIng - Ing to l\1ulcden. A compnnr ot JnIJ' I mleso Infantr ) ' scouts was seen nenr Lion Tsehun. On the other hand , the Japanese have wlthllrawn from the IJaSSes tal\On , Tune 26 nnll Jnno 27 , anll tholr ad\'anco from Lan Shan Kwan has ceased. 'rho I.lusslnn eastern . corps hns 1I\0\'od forwnrd to Ihnwan (110 ( S'nn ) and 1I0znmon , which the I Uusslans hnd evacuated and reoccu. pled. . , . . . . PARKER IS NAMED - NOMINATED AFTER AN ALL. NIGHT'S SESSION. - OUTCOME OF THE BALLOTING Platform of the Party Ado.l'ted In the Earlier P&trt of the Night-By Whom Prominent Candidates' Names Were Prescnted to the Convention. CONVENTION HALJ , ST. LOUIS , Jul ) ' ! I.-G:31 : ! a. m.-Alton B. Parler has been nomlnnted for president. On the completion of the first ballot ho received a total of 6G8 votes. Deforo the \'oto was nnnounced Idaho changed her six votes , giving him 664. 6:30 : n. m.-Parker's nomination was mndo unnnimous , The convention ad. journs until 2 o'clock. TIlt' democratic nntlonal com'entlon Friday night adOIJted n IJlntform by a vlvn'oce \'oto and listened to nominating - nating speeches for prosldent. Judge Alton D. Parl\Cr was nnmed b ) ' Mnrtln I W. J..Ittleton and William Randolph Henrst b ) ' D , 1\1. Delmas. Doth orators were oPIIauded ) nt : length. Antl.Parl\Cr delegates attempted - I tempted to create enthuslnsm for their , I .candillates , but the Parker men reI I mnlned undisturbed and unconcerned. I I sprang to the front or the platform and wavod' flowers atll lings. The young women were lIsseB Adele and Bvallno Haywood of St. IA > uls. With renewed outhurst the Immense throng cheered thom until a plcturo at , Tudge Parl\Cr on l1. six h ) ' nine cnnvns was dlsplarcd. Thunderous cheering con. tlnuQcl fully fifteen minutes. Another ten minutes elnpsed before the chairman - man dared to call the noxt. state. Ar. kansas ) 'Ieldod to Tennessee and Senator - ator Carmack toole the platform and seconded the nomination of judge Pnrl\Cr. There was great corituslon during the speech. California , a Hearst sto.to , was next In order. D. I. Delmns ot that state was r cog- nlzed , and there was some cbeerlng as ho made his wa ) ' to the platform , but It was not prolonged. The hall was n bedlam when Mr. Delmas con- cluded. ENGLAND IS WILLING TO QUIT. - Country Never Did Deeslre to Have Trounble with the Thlbetans. WASHINGTON-The dlstreet In- [ } ulrles of the state depnrtment Into the object of the British Thlbetnn ex- [ Jedltlon ns relnted In Thursdn "s Associated - sociated Press cablegl'llll1 from Lon- [ Ion , appear to hnve developed a ra.th- EJr curIous fact , namely , thnt the Drit. Ish homo government was lukewnrm. If not nbsolutely Indifferent , in the - - - - JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER. I , : I ! Nominating speeches for the favorIte - Ito 80n candidates and seconding sleeches for both Parl.er nd Hearst occupied the convention for several hours , The convention 1mB seats about 10- 500 people. and from appearance hundreds - dreds more had been admitted. The fioor and upper galleries contained thousands at sweltorlng men and women oblivious of the fact that the crowded condition of the hall endangered - gered every life , The Coliseum Interior looked 1I1e a hugo bnsln with bottom and sides formed by closelY pacl\Cd persons. Not an alslo could bo seen , They were filled b ) ' spectators who could find no other 11lace. Outsldo and In the cro\vds \ were the same , except for ti1 fact "that those within the hall were satisfied and these without were tur- bulent. As soon 'as ' the convention had been called to order Chairman Clarle announced - nounced that the report ot the com- mltteo on resolutions was ready. Senator Daniel read the report as chalrmnn at the cOlnmlttoe , The confusIon - fusIon was so great thnt not n. word could bo heard ten feet from the platform - form , The great elhnax of the convention -tho nomination at a cnndldnte for pl'esldQllt-followed Immediately upon the ndoptlon of the pInt form. Chair. man Clark llroceeded to that order of business without del a ) ' . Alabama was caBed , and yl01l1ed to New Yorl , . Mr. Littleton's speech Immense - mense ! ) ' 11leased the audience , and when ho concluded pandemonium reIgned. Flngs were waved , banners helcl aloft nnd , great as. was the crowd , delegntes carr'lng the stand. ards of the Parker states paraded throUgh the convention , pusl ng , trampling nnd fighting nB who ob. structed their 11rogress. The scene was ono of tremendous confusion , Then was enucted n scene that re , cuBed an IncIdent of the democratic convention III Chlcngo wblch noml , nnted W. .J. Dr'an , 1.11\0 lnnleIur , I'll ) ' , the "woman In whlto , " who from a galler ) ' m'or the stngo led the cheer , Ing fol' Dr'un , two girls In white Witte Vlsts Gcrma y---- : S1' . PETlmSnURG-'fho trIp of 1\1 Witte , president ot the commlteee 01 ministers , to Bel'lIn , \111l1ertal\Cn { ' ) ) the purpose of straightening out r hitch III the HussoGerman com mer clnl trenty ul1l1 Is regnrdell as nnothol slnlficant. { ovllienco or his reSUmlJtlOI of Inituonco In the councils ot the om IJlro , as the : .comlJlotion of the treat without ) 'lellllng too much to Gormnl manufacturell IJroducts Is conslderec very Importnnt. 1\1. Wltto's'Islt tc DOI'lIn Is offictally stnted to have nc connection with a now Husslan loan. matte.1' of sending Young'h\sband's { ex- IJedltlon toward Lllfissa. . Indeed it is said here that Colonel YounghuslJand wns aBowed to go for- wnrd only to save the pride of Viceroy - roy Cur7.on : 'l'he Intter tancled that he hnd not been treated with proper consideration by the half.wlld Thl- hetans , and , fnlHbg to secure what he deemed official rocognltlon of the representatives - resentatives of the Indian govcrnment , sent by him Into Thlbet , he appealed to the home government for an armed escort to secure proper treatment for hIs convo's and the home government reluctantly assented. It Is said hero that the British government - ernment alread ' hns hllllcated Its willingness to wlthdrnw this punitive expedition as soon as It can obtain from the 'l'hllJotans promises of rleld. Ing the points which were at Issue between India and Thlbet before the expedition ero'ssed t..o . border of the latter country , These are pledges of freedom of trade between the two countr ; s and officl l recognition of the right of the representative of the British government to exercise his . functions In Thlbet. The British are willing to retire on this basis , the more rendlly that the ) ' are now satls- fiod with tholr own experience thnt there Is no'danger to be apprehendec1 of Husslnn encroachments on Indln. b ) ' wny of Thlbet , In vlow of the tremendous - mendous geographlcnl obstacles , It. 'S ' stated that the Dritish government has receIved the American overtures on this' subject In the best of tem- per. Indeed the ) ' were rotller welcome - come as tondlng to emphasize the determination - termination of the Amorlcan government - ment to do ever'thlng possible to protect - tect the Intogrlty at Chinn. an object qulto as denr to the British as to Americans. Oale of Newspapers Forbidden. ST. PETERSDURG..Tho sale ot the nowsIII11Jers Novostl has been forbidden - bidden because of the lJUbllcallon by t at journal ot n dlslI\tch from London - don eulogizIng the ten-column artlclo by Count Tolstol on the Husslo-Japan- cso war , recently Ill1bllshed In the I London Times. - - -uss1an Tr p-M lY B Cut aT . CIl FOO-A sll1nll Jnlmnese force OCCUIJled 1\ni Ping on June 23 nnd found the Russlnns hnd fallen bncl , L to 'fa I Tcho Klao. The Japaneso. ex- _ IJected that a battle would bo fought at Tal Tehl Kale , but In othel' quar- I Jars It Is belloved that the Russlatls _ probably will retreat to Llao ang , II ! ' ; otherwlso the ) ' would bo cut off at Hal Cheng by the Tnlm Shnn IlIvlslon at the JalJ neso arm ) ' . It Is posslblo that this hns occurred , as the Tnleu Shan division was within strlldng distance - tance ot Hal Cheng a week ago. . I ' - . , , " i , ITS WORK BEGINS : FIRST SESSION HE NATI NA DEMOCRATIC CONVUNTION. , n - AN ORGANIZATION PERGEOTED. I f An Extended 8 From Represen- tatlvc John Sharp Wllliams-Con- , sel'vatlves Said to Bo In Control of f the Convention. I - . ST. LOUIS-The democratic nD.- tlonnl convention met on WednosdD.Y . I listened to an extended speech from t Hepresentatlve John Sharp Williams. - Its tempornry chairman ; appointed tho- , committees necessnry to perfect a per- manent organization and adjourned. . I In a session Instlng two hours and. I fifty minutes one strlltlng incIdent. I overshadowed nil other proceedings. . That was the enthusiastic and prolonged - longed cheering , "hlch gr ted tho- nnme ot Grover Cleveland. While th outhurst which greeted the nama of' the former democratic presldont before - fore the last syllable hall fnllen from the lips of the temporary ehairmnn wns notoworth ' In Itself It ) , was magnified - nified by contrast with the greeting accorded the actual IJersons ot men who stood for all that hns been opposed - posed to Mr. Cleveland wIthin tho- - part- during the last eight ) 'ears. James 1\ . Jones of Arlmnsns , chairman - man of the national committee , went. onto the platform and toole his scat unnoUced. Practlcall ) no greeting was given him when ho faced the eon- ventlon with gavel In hand. " Eight minutes ufter the gavel felI the twice-named candidate of his party passed In at the mnln entrance amI sought his scat unheralded and un- I heeded. A few moments Inter he arose and pushed his way to n scat nearel" ' the aisle , where , standIng a moment I to give greetings to friends , ho was caught sight of and applauded. The- measure of applause was but a rIpple when compared to the storm called forth by Cleveland's name. LIstening attentively to the democratic - cratic doc'trlne Inld down b ) ' 1\Ir. Williams - liams , the conservatives found occa sian for t11e first demonstration wherl f refCl ence was made to the record or former President Cloveland. All the- shacltled party Interest which had lall1 dormant through two natlonnl earn' " palgns was released as by the touch oC a trigger , The name of ClovE-land was echoed from a thousand throats _ Hats , handl\Crchlefs , fans and arms were waved , delegntes and spect tors stood on their' chairs and the last sem , blnnce of order was turned Into confusion - fusion , which convontlon officials wero' powerless to subdue. The greatest significance was attached - tached to the showing made by thp' , conservatives , 'I'l1elr absolut control of the convention Is no longer doubted. even by those who have heretofore declined - clined to be convinced , The nomination - tion of , Judge Pnrl\Cr Cor president IS' assured beyond an ) " possIbility of de feat. feat.One One of the crowning features Is an immnse furled fiag. which Is pendant . j" from the center of the roof. The fiag- " " will be dropped Into p.romlnenco when a nomination for president has been- made. JAPS ON THE OFFENSIVE. Reports of SkirmIshing All Along the : l.lne. \ ST. PETERSDURG-General - Sakha- ref ! says the Russian losses during the- fighUng on .Tuly G have not been definitely - nitely ascertained , In n long dispatch. to the general staff. dnted Thursday. he reports outpost sldrmlshes over n. wide territory throughout July 5 and G , which Indicate a general advance' . of the Japanese , who the driving back the Russian advance posts , He says : "In general , we observed on Jul ) ' ( i' that the enemy wns taldng the offensive - sive simultaneously aiong his wholo- front , extenulng from tIto senshore as : far as the valley of the - Chin Chan river. On the morning of July 7 ; vnst camp of the enemy was dlscov. ered In the neighborhood of Slaol , ' " hetzza. At 8 n. m. July 7 the enemy occupied the heights near Baosltchja. ' Port Arthur Fleet Intact. PARIS-Tho French ambassador nt St. Petersburg has been advised by t.he- foreIgn office In response to his InquIries - quIries J'elatlvo to the Japanese report - port of the destruction of some Russian - sian ships at Port Arthur , the government - ment nnswerlng that Vice Admiral Togo's report was Incorrect. ns sub- sequont" officlnl reports from Port Arthur - I thur showed that the Husslan fieet. was Intact. J Tranquil at Port Arthur. ST. PETERSDURG-A dlsllfitch received - ceived here from 1\Iulden , under to- dny's date sa's : , "According to communications from Port Arthur complete tranquility prevails - vails there. The Inhabitants are so' used to bombnrdments by the Japanese - ese fleet thut the ) ' mnl\C 110 Impres- sion. nnd public lIfo pursues Its normal - mal course , " Two Ships Are Missing. CHE FOO-Chlneso just arrlvell hero , who left Port Arthur on JUly 2 sny that only nine of the lnrger Russian - sian warBhhJs were there then. On ' Juno 3 , when the fieet engaged the Jnpaneso squndron outsldo Port Arthur - thur harbor , It consIsted ot eleven of" the larger shl1Js , On July 3 the Hus. sian anll , Japuneso armies outsldo of" Port Arthur , nccordlng to report , werO' only selmrated , ono from the other . , IJy a mile , the Jnll neso advancing- steadily tram hill to hill , On all at whlr.h the ) ' arc . placing big . guns.
