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By D. M. AM8DERnV.
BROKEN now , . . NEDRASKA
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ! ) ' .
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WATSON AND TIDBLES.
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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
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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.
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, ' , _ " .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
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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. .
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PARKER IS NAMED
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NOMINATED AFTER AN ALL.
NIGHT'S SESSION.
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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
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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.
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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
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JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER.
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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
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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.
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ITS WORK BEGINS :
FIRST SESSION HE NATI NA
DEMOCRATIC CONVUNTION.
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AN ORGANIZATION PERGEOTED. I
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An Extended 8 From Represen-
tatlvc John Sharp Wllliams-Con- ,
sel'vatlves Said to Bo In Control of f
the Convention.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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 .
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IJy a mile , the Jnll neso advancing-
steadily tram hill to hill , On all at
whlr.h the ) ' arc . placing big . guns.