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Tennessee Man Chosen to Preside Over
the Big Gathering
democratic National Convention Called
to Order by Chairman Jones on Inde
pendence Day Speeches Made by Gov
Thomas of Colorado Ex Gov Altceld
of Illinois and Permanent Chairman
Hichardson Preliminaries Are Clear
ed Away and Adjournment Taken Un-
til the Following Day
Kansas City correspondence
Tha Democratic national convention
fras called to order at noon Wednesday
y Chairman James K Jones of the Na
tional Committee amid scenes of groat
bthusiasm The convention hall was
CHAIRMAN IUCIIABDSON
packed to the doors and the whole am
phitheater was a cheering mass of hu
snanity as the best known leaders of the
party come npon the platform Cheers
lor Jones and Bryan greeted the chair-
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Early in the day the crowds began to
turn toward Convention Hall and all the
approaches to the vast edifice were filled
with an eager and excited throng surg
ing toward the many entrances and seek
ing to gain early admission to the build
ing With them came bands marching
clubs and drum corps and to the cot
fusion of their crash and hurrah was
added the constant crack boom sizz of
bombs and crackers as the convention
enthusiasts and the small boy vied with
each other in celebrating the day
Further away there was evidences of
the desolation left by the great fire
which swept away the convention hall
three months ago here the tall spire of a
church with the chancel of mass of ruins
and there the debris of a school house
only the dignified facade remaining The
convention hail itself at first glance looks
crude and imperfect but this was only
in its external ornamentation of cornice
and column The substantial elements
of tho structure were complete ready to
house the delegates and the legion of on
lookers in one of the most perfect con
vention halls ever offered to the gather
ing of a great party The stars and
stripes floated from a hundred staffs
along the gable and at intervals sur
rounding the entire building There were
hundreds of these flags topping the struc
ture giving an idea of its vastness 340
feet long and 19S feet wide
Squads of policemen were on the
ground keeping back the crowds and
maintaining quiet
JAMES K JONES
Chairman of the Rational Democratic Com
mittee
GREAT CONVENTION HAIL
Kansas City Auditorium Has Risen
Phoenix Lilce from the Ashes
The great auditorium in which the na
tional Democratic convention met has
risen Phoenix like from the -ashes On
April 4 the great structure of which it is
a duplicate was entirely destroyed by fire
entailing a loss of 235000 Firemen
PARADE IS NOISY AND 3VUHID
Marchers Wield Their Pistols and Burn
Mnch Red Fire
The national Democratic parade Wed
nesday night probably was the noisiest
and the most lurid pageant that ever
streaked the streets of a city with fire
and detonations vocal musical and ex
plosive It was four miles of men music
fire and brimstone Probably there
er were so many pistol shots fired in so
short a time Every man and boy along
the route of the parade seemed to beoc i
cupied industriously in loading and fifing
pistols of all kinds They didnt look ati
the show but kept their guns hot with
incessant volleys The men in the proces
sion seemed to be seized with the pistol
mania also The flambeau clubs shot
skyrockets so fast that the faces of the
men were black with powder They ex
ploded so many cannon crackers that
their trail was like the road up Vesuvius
With roman candles they shot holes in
flags and streamers and the windows of
hotels crowded with watching faces
seemed to be a favorite target
The Colorado band of Indians the
Montana Miners band the Cowboy band
from Idaho the rough riders and cattle
punchers the real whooping Indians
rounded out the carnival of thunder and
fire The rosaries of electric lights
stretched in illumination across the down
town streets were shattered and un
strung The only dissatisfied element in
the show was the bands of music which
snan as he rose and it was several min
utes before he could proceed amidthe
uproar Words outlining the policy of
the party for the coming campaign were
spoken in the address of Gov Thomas of
Colorado its temporary chairman and
the gathering of 15000 people listened to
the solemn reading of the Declaration of
Independence After the appointment of
the various committees the convention
adjourned until 4 oclock At that hour
it was found that the committee on cre
dentials was not yet ready to report and
adjournment was taken to S30 in the
evening
Throughout the night there had been no
sleep for the sky was lurid and the
sound deafening from rockets nnd can
non and every conceivable device of
noisy demonstration And with the day
light the shock was increased into one
long continuedxoar in which the patriot
ism of the day and the enthusiasm of the
party blended The heat was intense
Kansas City was one of the warmest
places on earth on the Glorious Fourth
Within the confines of the city in its
hump backed streets in the corridors of
Its hotels and in the convention hall
there were no less than 100000 visitors
who helped to make the biggest noise
the town had ever heard From Kansas
And Nebraska and from every corner of
Missouri thousands of visitors came to
-celebrate And Kansas City let loose its
own population for a holiday The roar
and rattle of the giant crackers and the
snapping of fireworks almost drowned the
Boise made by the convention orators
OPENING OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN KANSAS CITY
Inside the convention hall the officials
were early on hand to make final prepar
ation The gave a clos
ing drill to the 300 ushers under his di
rection showing that they performed
their duties with precision The door
keepers messengers and pages were like
wise drilled in their several duties and
all was made ready for the rush to occur
Night Session
At S30 Chairman- Thomas rapped the
convention to order Pending the reports
of the committees the convention was ad
dressed by ex Governor Altgeld of Illi
nois The organization committee then
reported the selection of J D Richard
son of Tennessee as permanent chair
man The announcement was received
with cheers and upon assuming the
chair Mr Richardson addressed the con
vention Shortly after he had concluded
his speech a motion to adjourn until
Thursday morning was made and car
ried
The Democrats decided that their na
tional convention this year should be held
farther west than ever before and that it
should open on the Fourth of July The
nearest the Democrats have come to hold
ing a convention on the Fourth of July
before was at the 1896 session in Chi
cago which opened July G and nominated
Bryan July 10 The next nearest was
that of 18S4 which opened July 8 and
nominated Cleveland three days later
One of these candidates was defeated
and one carried the Democratic banner to
victory both starting out in the month
of July
were still at work on the smoldering
ruins when the owners of the hall met
and decided to rebuild Next day the
clearing away of the rubbish began Con
tracts let for the destroyed structure
were duplicated and immediately began
the rush of steel structural work lumber
brick and building material to Kansas
City The original had only been con
structed in 189S and was regarded as a
model building of the kind On June 24
the finishing touches were put upon this
building and save for the lack of decora
tion the convention could have met next
day The rapidity of the execution of a
task so monumental reflects great credit
upon Western energy
The hall occupies a space 314 by 200
feet It is two stories high built of Mis
souri stone with cream brick and terra
cotta embellishments The first story is
of the renaissance style and the second
of peristyle form with groups and Corin
thian columns It is of bridge construc
tion without a column the roof being
supported by great steel girders The
floor space is divided into an arena in
which the delegates and alternates were
seated an arena balcony and balcony and
roof garden with boxes skirting the
arena and arena balcony The arena
alone seats four thousand persons while
the entire structure affords standing room
for about twenty two thousand
During the convention fifty firemen
were stationed about the building and an
engine was kept in readiness on the out
side The building can be emptied at the
rate of five thousand a minute
E9sgaxss4srfrrr4
blew their horns till they uttered ty
phoons of wind without making any mu
sic
The parade was made up of most ev
erything Floats advertising wagons
politicians firemen policemen Populists
Republicans Democrats Odd Fellows
societies of women of children and of
boys Modern Woodmen Indians cow
boys old Deadwood stage coaches auto
mobiles shotguns fine horses donkeys
pistols and more pistols
Convention Notes
One half the Nebraska delegation are
banners
Plenty of free literature was distribut
ed at the hotels
The New York Journal employed an ex
pert kite flyer to send up kites during the
convention
Senator Dry Dollar Sullivan of New
York was the herald and high priest of
the Sulzer boom
- Mayor Carter H Harrison of Chicago
was given a great informal reception up
on his arrival in Kansas City
Delegates were amazed at the preva
lence of nickel-in-the-slot machine gam
bling devices that are sure things for the
owners
G M Hitchcock editor of the Omaha
World Herald and chairman of the press
committee had 60 tickets at Ms dis
posal
The whiskers of J Hamilton Lewis
former Congressman from Washington
and Senator Clark of Montana are alike
and peculiar
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BR
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Stevenson Gets Second Place on
the Democratic Ticket
PLATE0EME0ftl6T01
Imperialism Is However Declared to Be
the Paramount Issue
National Democratic Convention Nom
inates William J Bryan by Accla
mation Amid Scenes of Wild Demon
stration Resolutions Adopted With
out the Expected Fisht Imperial
ism the Chief Issue Trusts and Mili
tarism Denounced Conventions Dra
matic Close
Kansas City correspondence
William J Bryan was nominated for
President by the Democratic national
convention at 8 oclock Thursday evening
after a day of immense enthusiasm The
convention had two sessions both uproar
ious A 16 to 1 platform was adopted
and imperialism was named as the lead-
WILLIAM JENNINGS J1RYAN
ing issue of the campaign The conven
tion then adjourned until 1030 oclock
Friday morning
It was after 11 oclock when Perma
nent Chairman Richardson called the
convention to order Thursday Bishop
GLennon of Kansas City offered the open
ing prayer The weather was cooler and
the great crowd that packed the hall
heard the proceedings with more comfort
than on Wednesday After the prayer
there was so much noise that the- chair
man had to appeal for order While wait
ing for the committee on resolutions to
report the convention listened to speeches
by several orators among whom were
Gov Hogg of Texas Alex Dockery of
Missouri and Mayor Rose of Milwaukee
The resolutions committee being not yet
ready to report a reecss was taken until
330 oclock
It was not until 4 oclock that Chair
man Richardson picked up the gavel and
brought the convention to order The
resolutions committee headed by Senator
Jones D J Campau Senator Tillman
and Judge Van Wyck pushed their way
to the front Mr Tillman read the plat
form in a voice easily heard Amid a
roar of cheers and applause the platform
was adopted without dissent
Nominations for President were next
in order Alabama yielded to Nebraska
and W D Oldham presented the name
of W J Bryan Then followed a wild
demonstration The vote was unanimous
and the convention adjourned till Friday
The presidential kite was swiftly flown
and across it was emblazoned the name
of Bryan But as to the tail of the kite
the nominee for the vice presidency
there were various opinions
Fridays Session
At 1045 Chairman Richardson with
a sweep of the gavel cut off the strains
of the band slowly stilled the confusion
and brought the convention to order for
its third days work After prayer the
call of States for nominations for Vice
President was begun Arkansas yielded
to Illinoisand Congressman Williams
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A R STEV X O
placed Adlai E name before
the convention A burst of applause and
great confusion fallowed Minnesota
presented the name r Charles A Towne
and the demonstration was renewed
Then Senator Grady of New York got
the floor and named Divfd B Hill and
pandemonium brok in e Hill declined
the nomination and h convention named
Stevenson as its choicr
Prince from iTawaii
The delegation from the Hawaiian Isl
ands was headed by a seal prince The
delegation consisted f Prince Daniel
Kananakoa Col W II Cornell John H
Wise John D Hold rnd Charles T
Wilder The Republican delegation from
the islands which veu to Philadelphia
had a native but he was a lawyer of
Honolulu This prince was prouder of
being a delegate than of anything so far
In his life Birth he said disdainfully
that is of my ancestors To be a-delegate
that is to my own
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CHINESE EMPEROR KILLED
Forced to Take Poison by Princo
Taan Leader of Boxers
Shanghai Emperor Kwang Su com
mitted suicido by taking opium under
compulsion of Prince Tuen June 19 The
empress dowager also took poison but Is
still alive though reported to be Insane
from tho effects of the drag The above
has been officially reported to the German
consular staff 7
Three Chinese servants who escaped
from Pekin report that all tho foreigners
1000 in number including 400 soldiers 100
members of the Chinese customs staff and
a number of American womenanjdChU
dren held ot till their ammunition was
exhausted in the British legation The
legation was finally burned and all tho
foreigners were killed
London The commanders of the allies
in Tien Tsin inform correspondents that
it would be suicidal to attempt to reach
Pekin with the troops now available in the
face of the colossal force of imperial troops
and Boxers occupying the country be
tweenTien Tsin and Pekin So far from
taking the offensive tho 12000 interna
tional troops at Tien Tsin and the 8000
others at Taku and intermediate points
can barely keep up communications fight
ing incessantly with oXrwhelmingnum
bers using far more numerous artillery
than the allies -
This telegram has been received
Shanghai July 4 1130 a ra TieniTsin
city fell between 7 and 8 oclock onhe
morning of June 30
It is understood that Shanghai undoubt
edly referred to the native city of Tien
Tsin from which the Chinese have been
bombarding the foreign quarter and the
dispatch is taken to mean that the allies
are now more than holding their own
Official news received at Che Foo shows
that the Chinese have been guilty of horri
ble cruelty toward the wounded and cap
tured subjecting them to what is known a3
ling che or tho slicing process Under this
hideous practice the bodies of tho fallen
arc mutilated
LIGHTNING STARTS FIRE
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S3O000 Worth of Property Is De
stroyed at Solera S D
Salem S D A fire brok out in Salem
at an early hour July 3 causeoVby light
ning striking a store building Ttie local
fire company did excellent work Their
efforts assisted by the heavy fain saved
the whole block Schneider Bros double
store building and their general stock were
totally destroyed Other buildings and
stocks of goods were damaged The total
loss is about 30000 insurance about 515
000
OREGON IS SAVED
Famous American Battleship Pnlled
Off the Rocks
Shanghai The Oregon has been floated
off and expects to reach Port Arthur
Fireworks Kill Seven j
Philadelphia Seven children Iwjere
killed by an explosion of fireworks in the
heart of the Italian quarter on the 4th
Three were so badly burned they wll
probably die and twenty others seriously
The explosion was caused by a colored
boy firing a revolver into a raassof fire
works owned by a sidewalk merchant
The boy was among the killed
Eight Burned to Death
Hoboken N J Jacob Neihaus 83
August Bender 19 Edith Winkleman 8
William Winkleman 9 Albert Bachmann
18 and three unknown persons were
burned in a boarding house fire July 4
Thirty persons were asleep in the house
when the fire broke out and all escaped
Bxcept those named The loss is 12000
Judge Long of Indiana Suicides
Terre Haute Ind Judge Thomas B
Long well known to the Indiana bar a
thirty third degree Mason and pasfcgrand
master of tbe Indiana grand lodge Bjfuahd
A M committod suicide Despondency isi
given as the cause
Krnger Moves Headquartess
London According to a dispatch from
Cape Town President Kruger is reported
lo have moved to Netspruit the transport
Btation for Lydenburg
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle common to prime
20Q650 hogs 4b7500 sheep
5225700 wheat 54c corn 8031c oats
2022c butter dairy 1416 creamery
1820
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 525 sheep fair to choice j300
to 475 wheat No 2 red 80c tof82c
corn No 2 42c to 43c oats No 2 24c
to 25c rye No 2 Glc to 62c butter
choice creamery 18c to 20c eggs fresh
lie to 13c new potatoes 50c to 60c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 53l00to
S550 hogs choice light 300 to o4p
sheep common to prime 300 to 450
wheat No 2 82c to 83c -corn No2
white 43c to 44c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 560 hogs
800 to 525 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 82c to S3c corn No 2
yellow 40c to 42c oats No 2 24c to
26c rye No 2 59c to 60c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2r S5c to 86c corn No 2
mixed 43c to 45c oats No 2 mixed 26c
to 27c rye No 2 63c to 65c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 575 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 SGc to S8c corn Nor 2
yellow 43c to 45c oats No 2 white28c
to 30c rye 60c to 62c H
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 85c to
B7c corn No 2 mixed42c to 43c oats
No 2 mixed 25c to 2Jc rye NoVfe 60c
o 61c clover seed prime 525b 535
Milwaukee WheatJ No 2 northern
60c to 81c corn No3 41c to 43cfoats
No 2 whke 27c to29c rye No 1 63c
to Ofrc barley N072 48c to 50c pork
mess 1200 to 1250
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 600 hogs fair to prime 300
to 075 sheep fair to choice 300 to
S500 lambs common to extra 450 to
650
Nw York Cattle 325 to 570 hogs
f30Co 606 sheep 300 to 425
wheat No 2 red S9c to 90c corn No 2
49c to 51c oats No 2 white 31c to 32c
butter creamery 16c to 20c eggs west
era 13c to 15c
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