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Roosevelt and Fairbanks Are
Chosen at Chicago. -
ALL CUT AND.DHIED.
No Other Candidates Came Before the
Republican Convention.
5Jules Required a Roll Call , but Nomi
nation "Waa Unanimous Fairbanks
Named , by Acclamation Ex-Govern
or Black , Senator Dolliver and
leaser Li-jlits Deliver Speeches
Party's Campaign , Directed by Cor-
tclyou , to Begin at Once.
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Chicago correspondence :
Nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
tfor President , Senator Charles W.
Fairbanks of Indiana for Vice Presi
dent , appointment of committees to
notify both of their nomination , and
the election of George B. Cortelyoti as
chairman of the Republican National
-Committee on Thursday brought to a
close the proceedings of the thirteenth
Republican national convention. The
-adjournment of the convention marked
the beginning of the great national po
litical campaign of 1904. The best orators
tors in the Republican party were
numbered among those selected to
-spread political wisdom among the del
egates for dissemination among the
states and territories of the Union , and
campaign thunder in large chunks was
launched in the nomination speeches
"before the convention.
With every contested detail adjust
ed the Republican convention , after
only two days of harmonious sessions ,
Lad nothing to do except to go through
the form of nominating Theodore
Roosevelt of New York for . resident
-and Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana -
. diana for Vice President. The plat
form had been adopted , the contests
for individual seats had been settled ,
the other candidates for Vice Presi
dent had been withdrawn , and noth
ing remained except to make the nom
inating speeches and to choose the
standard-bearers by acclamation.
Mr. Hitt of Illinois , the only out
spoken competitor of Senator Fair
banks who had any chance of vic
tory , was withdrawn from the fight
EX-GOVEKNOU BLACK.
.At his own request. The other minor
candidates followed suit , and so the
situation gradually settled itself to the
point where only nominating speeches
; were left to occupy the attention of
-the delegates.
Former Governor Black of New
York made the speech nominating The
odore Roosevelt for President of the
United States. He was followed in
seconding speeches by Senator Albert
J. Beveridge of Indiana , George A.
Knight of California , Harry Stillwell
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THE GREAT CIIICAGO COLISEUM.
Edwards of Georgia , Joseph B. Cotton
of Minnesota and Harry S. Cummings
of Maryland , the latter a leader of the
colored people. Under the rules a roll
call vfas required which showed the
nomination to be harmonious , after
which the friends and admirers of the
President gave full vent to their lung
power.
Even before the word "Roosevelt"
SENATOR DOLT.IVER.
was uttered by Governor Black the
delegates were on their feet , bracing
themselves for a demonstration. The
New York delegation was the center
of the noise , and used every device
known to excitement inviters to keep
up the cheering orgies. With the ap
pearance of the huge crayon of the
President there went up from the main
floor a vocal roar that perhaps was
never equaled in a political gathering.
New York led the demonstration.
The seventy-eight delegates from
Roosevelt's native State started the
hurrahing , but soon they were mere
specks in the panorama of fluttering
flags and clamoring clans. Leaping to
their chairs the New-Yorkers sent up
a mighty shout and flung their silk
flags to the breeze. It was the signal
for an outburst The band had be
gun to play at the outset , but its
strains were drowned out. Human
lungs completely squelched the instru
ments of brass. Bedlam seemed to
i have broken loose in the great Colise-
1
urn. Women stood on the seats in the
j galleries , shouting and screaming. . Del
egates hugged each other. Hats flew
into air and the great hall was full of
waving banners. Then came the pro
cession of States Delegates wrenched
their State standards from the floor
and paraded up and down the aisles
cheering , singing and pounding the
floor with their staffs. Senator Cullom
even joined the wild march. Alaska's
totem poles marched in crazy lines
after New York's banners. It was the
climax of the Republican convention
of 1904. The demonstration lasted
fully twenty minutes.
The nomination for the Vice Presi
dency followed the Presidential nomi
nation. Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver
of Iowa placed Senator Fairbanks in
nomination. He was followed in seconding
ending speeches by Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania , Senator Depew of New
York , Senator Foraker of Ohio and
former Senator Thomas Carter of Mon
tana.
tana.When
When the roll call of the States for
the vice presidential nomination was
begun Alabama passcll her rijrht to
suggest a name on to Iowa , and Sen
ator Dolliver , amid a whirlwind of ap
plause , took the platform to nominate
Charles Wairen Fairbanks. The Iowa
senator's naming of Fairbanks was
the signal for a riot of noise , only second
end in volume to that which * followed
Frank S. Black's naming of Roosevelt.
The roll call for the vice presidential
nomination was dispensed with , and
Fairbanks was made the running mate
by acclamation.
TUESDAY'S SKSSION.
Chairman Henry C. Payne , of the
National Committee , called the conven
tion to order shortly after 12 o'clock.
The buzz of conversation throughout
the big building ceased almost in a
twinkling , and the convention arose en
masse while the opening prayer was
delivered by Rev. Timothy P. Frost
At the conclusion of the prayer Sena
tor Scott , of West Virginia , presented
Chairman Payne with a handsome
gavel.
Mr. Payne announced that the na
tional committee had selected Ellhu
Root , of New York , for temporary
chairman of the convention , whereupon
Mr. Root advanced and was introduced
amid applause.
As the "keynote" of the convention
Mr. Root's speech was listened to with
intense interest throughout He re
viewed the deeds of the present admin
istration , embracing everything in its
sweep from the Spanish war to the Pan
ama Canal , and dwelt with touching
eloquence on the deaths of President
McKinley and Senator Hanna.
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At the conclusion of Mr. Root's
speech the selections of the national
committee for temporary officers of the
convention were approved on motion
of Senator Dick , of Ohio.
The roll call of States then was call
ed for members of the various com
mittees , the convention approving the
action of the national committee in
seating delegates from Porto Rico and
the Philippines , who will have the
right to vote upon all questions.
WEDNESDAY'S SESSION.
Temporary Chairman Elihu Root
callc < d the Republican National con-
tion to order in the Chicago Coliseum
for the second day's session at 12:30
o'clock. The noise and confusion at
the moment were great and quiet was
secured with difficulty. After prayer
by Rev. Thomas E. Cox , the chairman
called for the reports of committees ,
beginning with that of the committee
on credentials. Senator McCoinas , of
Maryland , rose with the report and
was called to the platform , where he
read the document and made some ex
planatory remarks upon the Wisconsin
decision , unseating the La Follette fac
tion.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon was made per
manent chairman of the convention
and given a gavel which he could use
as ? i weapon to "shoo" away talk of
the vice presidential nomination.
Mr. Cannon prefaced his speech with
some humorous remarks , causing gen
eral laughter , and closed with praise
of President Roosevelt and a tribute
to the late Senator Hanna.
Members of the committee on reso
lutions brought their report into the
convention , immediately after Speaker
Cannon had taken the gavel witli
the announcement that it had
been agreed upon in harmony. Sena
tor Lodge , chairman of the commit
tee , preset t cd the platform to the con
vention.
8LOCUM JURY NAMED.
President Chooses Commission to Look
Into the Steamer Horror.
President Roosevelt has appointed , as
a commission to investigate the General
Slocum disaster , Lawrence 0. Murray ,
assistant Secretary of Commerce and
Labor ; Gen. John A. Wilson , U. S. A. ,
retired ; Commander C. M. Winslow , U.
S. N. ; Herbert K. Smith of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor , and
George Uhler , inspector general of the
steamboat inspection service. The com
mission will investigate independently of
the New York board , hut Mayor Mc-
Clellan has arranged to aid the body
in every way.
At the coroner's inquest Henry Luud-
borg , a United States steamboat inspec
tor , refused to answer questions on the
ground that lie might incriminate him
self. He acted on the advice of his at
torney. He was placed under $500 bail.
Testimony brought out showed that
there was 110 equipment for turning
steam into a cabin in which oils , paints
and other dangerous combustibles were
stored ; no flre drill ; no testing of fire
hose ; no licensed mate ; no new life pre
servers since 1S95 , and fire hose bought
at 1C ceuts a foot , against a price of
$1.50 a foot paid by the city fire de
partment. Many of these omissions are
said to be violations of the federal laws.
A bookkeeper testified that she had al
tered , many times , the name "Grand Re
public" on the bills for life preservers
so as to make it appear that the belts
had been bought for the Slocum. This
she did by means of acid.
Dynamite and field guns were used in
the search for bodies , and many more
dead were raised. In all 840 bodies have
been recovered , and TOG have been identi
fied. The missing number 308.
BEAR BEATEN AGAIN.
.Russians Iiose Many Men in Another
Big Battle.
Reports received from Liaoyang and
Newchwang show that a furious battle
has been fought in the vicinity of Kai-
Chou or Hai-Cheng , in which the Rus
sians were defeated with heavy loss and
driven back on Liaoyang. A big Japanese
army is said to be marching to the north
west to prevent the Russians retreating
to Mookden. The Japanese attacked Seu-
Chen.
Chen.While
While a Russian force of 8,000 undei
Gen. Kondratsvitch was traversing Wa-
fungko ravine , nine miles southeast of
Kai-Chou , it was surprised by conceal
ed Japanese artillery. The Russians
lost heavily , their casualties being 1,200
in number. Gen. Kondratsvitch extricat
ed his men -and led them in good order
to an entrenched position. A division
of the army under Gen. Oku occupied
Haiung-Yao without opposition.
The reports of the Japanese treatment
of prisoners and wounded are marked by
extraordinary contradictions. ' In some
cases the greatest kindness has been
shown to the Russians , but from else
where come reports of brutality and
worse. One case is cited in which the
Japanese during the fighting , seeing the
Russian wounded on the field , sent Chi
nese bearers and had them removed to a
hospital.
REPUBLIC'S GLOWING FUTURE.
Argentina Gives Promise ot Becoming
a Great Country.
The trade of Argentina is developing
in a way that promises a bright future
iTor this South American republic. Last
year the foreign trade of the country
increased 23 per cent , while in ten years
the increase was 90 per cent.
Argentina has only 5,000,000 inhabit
ants , though the country can easily sup
port 75.000,000. The population is 09
per cent of white extraction. The revo
lutionary troubles that have arrested
I progress in the past appear to be over
J : ind signs of prosperity and progress are
to be seen on every side. Money is
abundant ; wages are gooJ for South
America ; the railroads are prosperous ,
and there is an enormous acreage of
good land available for cultivation. Hun
dreds of individual men in every State
or province own each from 75 to 300
square miles of land , wbich is not a
good feature of the situation , providing
there is a demand for this land. But
apparently there is not. This land will
be divided into small holdings in time ;
but immigration is slow. This is in part
due to troubles in the past , and to the
unfavorable conditions of taxes and land
purchase in the interior. The govern
ment will have to reform that condition
of things to induce immigration.
Congressman R. B. Scarborough of the
Sixth South Carolina District has de
clined a re-election.
Rev. James H. Parker of Jersey City
was nominated for Governor by the New
Jersey Prohibitionists.
Walter W oilman says there is talk in
Tammany of recalling Croker because of
dissatisfaction with Murphy.
A resolution indorsing Gen. Nelson A.
Miles as presidential candidate was
adopted amid enthusiasm by the Prohi
bitionists of Pennsylvania in their State
convention at Uniontown. ,
National headquarters for the People's
party have been opened at Springfield ,
111. , where the convention will meet July
4. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia and
Samuel W. Williams of Indiana are
mentioned for the presidential nomina
tion.
United States Senator John W. Dan
iel , of Virginia , in an interview iu New
York , declared that Judge Parker will
get the full vote of Virginia oil the first
ballot unless something not now foreseen
prevents. He says all the delegates with
whom he has talked are for Parker and
that no second choice is under discussion.
The Illinois Democratic State conven
tion nominated Lawrence B. Stringer for
Governor and instructed the delegates to
the national convention to vote for Will
iam R. Hearst The entire State ticket
was nominated in the record-breaking
time of forty minutes-
Brandcis & Sous , bankers of Omnhn , re
fused to sell the 8100,000 worth of Mas
sachusetts bonds to the state hoard of
educational lands and funds as it pro
posed to do at the last meeting of the
board and as a result Treasurer Morten-
sen was authorized to'secure proposals
for the investment of the $100,000 perma
nent school fund iu state bonds. The
resolution carried with the condition that
the successful bidder be required to de
posit with the board a certified check for
81,000 for the delivery of the bonds with
in ten days after the purchase or the
check to be forfeited. Mr. Clark , of
Brandeis & Sons , told the board that be
cause they had not accepted his proposal
at their last meeting he was unable to
hold the bonds and therefore nesinxl to
withdraw the bid. It was the under
standing of the board that the proposal
had been accepted , but a reference to the
minutes of the last meeting showed that
the acceptance had been deferred to give
Mr. Clark time to get up his 81,000 for
feit.
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Notwithstanding the radical position
taken by Gov. Mickey in regard to the
issuance of pardons , it is probable that
two convicts will receive the benefit of
Fourth of July clemency. The identity
of the fortunate men has not been decid
ed , but the statute provides that two may
be pardoned at that time , and it is be
lieved that the worden will recommend
two. Last year only one couvict was
released , Martin Haley , who had served
fifteen years for murder in a western
county. He was insane at the time , and
is now at the Hastings asylum , but his
freedom awaits him the moment he re
covers. Any pardon which is made will
-be recommended by the warden to the
attorney general , the secretary of state
and the chief justice of the supreme
court. All three officials will have to ap
prove of the pardon before the governor
can act.
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The association of free employment bu
reaus , composed of th'e labor commission
ers of five states in the wheat belt , of
which Don C. Despain , of Nebraska , is
president , will soon have an opportunity
to demonstrate whether it can do the bus
iness. President Despain has received
word from Kansas that that state would
require the importation of about 21,000
men to handle the harvest. The harvest
ing begins June 20 , at which time special
rates will be given by the railroads , and
within a few days after that time it is
expected the whole state will be in the
hands of the reapers. Several school boys
at Lincoln have applied to the labor bu
reau for places iu the harvest fields , aud
wanted to work north with the harvest.
The pay in Kansas will be from 81.50 to
S3 a day and board.
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The total of real and personal values
in Lincoln as shown by the assessors' re
ports is 829,090,459. The real estate
shows very little increase , while the
personal property valuation has been in
creased $7,000,000 , the value being 812-
097,350. The failure of the assessors to
biing in the expected increase in real es
tate is partially explained by the fact
that two very valuable additions to the
city that were included in the returns last
year have been taken out of the city's
corporate limits , consequently the total
real estate valuation is much lower than
was expected.
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Warden Eccnor is slill awaiting the
eomplonon of the last lot of cells con-
trnctefl for with the A'an Doru Iron
Woivs Company , of Clovinnd. O. While
the contract for the original 150 cells pro
vided for a $10 a day forfeit for all the
time elapsing between Sept. 15 and the
date of the completion of the first cells ,
it is improbable that the board will de
mand the forfeit because it is stated the
cell men lost money on the cells which
the auditor's ruling on the original claim
compelled him to furnish to validate the
contract.
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Statements that the railroads regard
the assessment of their interests as ex
cessive ar heard occasionally. A Union
Pacific man who is supposed to be in
close touch with John N. Baldwin is said
to iiave intimated that there was no rea-
sou why the roads should not resort to
litigation to prevent the collection of any
excessive tax. It is iiot believed that
any railroad in a granger state would
u\re provoke controversy over taxation ,
when their interests would be endan
gered by burdensome legislation. '
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After six weeks of hard work and
worry , lambasted on the one side by rail
road tax agents and held in check by
public sentiment , the state board of as
sessment completed its work in so far as
the railroads are concerned late Thurs
day , June 1C. The total assessment of all
railroad property in the state isiG,105 , -
252.17 , five times which sum is the act-
ualvnlue of all the railroad property ,
amounting to $230.520,203.85 , an increase
over last year's assessment of $19,027-
899.27 , or 09.7 per cent.
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A Lincoln bank has made a proposition
to Treasurer Mortcuscn to sell him $33-
000 Douglas County 5 per cent refunding
bonds to net the ntate 3 per cent. These
are the last of an issue of $158,000 , all
of which have been purchased by the
state with the crceptiou of the $33,000.
It is likely that these bonds will be
bought.
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Secretary Royse , of the state banking
board , will issue a call for reports of the
financial condition of the building and
loan associations of the state for June
30 , according to law. During the last
year there have been four new associa
tions started up at North Loup , Tecum-
sch , Humboldt and Beatrice.
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W. D. Hartwell , for the last three aud
a half years a state bank examiner , has
resigned his position , giving ill health
as a reason. Mr. Hartwell has been a ,
most efficient official and before accepting
his- resignation the banking board re
quested that he take a vacation of a
month , believing that his health would be
restored sufficiently for him to continue
in his position , but the inducement did
not prevent the resignation. His success
or yis uot yet ben discussed , ns the res
ignation will not become effective until
July 1. Mr. Hartwell lives at Pawuea
City.
I'achtsmen's Humor.
There Is a fund of dry humor In tb <
skippers of yachts. I remember a
very fat man rushing up 'to the skip
per of a yacht that was making good
weather in a lumpy sea.
"Oh. captain , captain ! " paid he.
"what will happen to me If the yacht
goes down ? "
"Oh , you'll float all right , sir. All
you have to do Is to keep out of the
track of the Atlantic liners ; you might
sink one of 'em. "
Again I recollect a dinghy breaking
away from a yacht lying in an open
roadstead.
"Jump into her , lrd : , " bellowed the
Scotch skipper to the boy as she swept
past on a nasty tide race.
"Stop him. skipper. " I shouted ; "If-
hn makes a mistake he'll be drowned. "
"An' if he is. sir , boys are cheap , and
the dinghy cost 10 poun's ! " Pearson's
Magazine.
The Preacher's Evidence.
Roland , 111. , Juno 27. Diabetes lias
so long been looked upon as au incur
able form of Kidney Disease that a
= ure cure for it must rank as one oC
the most valuable discoveries of the
agp. Aud every day brings forth fresh
evidence that Dodd's Kidney Pills will
? ure Diabetes. Important evidence in
their favor is given by Rev. Thos. B
Xorman , the well-known Baptist min
ister here. Mr. Norman says :
"I had all the symptoms of a bad
? ase of Diabetes and received so much
benefit from the use of Dodd's Kidney
Pills that I cheerfully recommend
them to anyone suffering from that
Sread disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills
will cure the worst form of Diabetes. "
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure
Diabetes , one of the final stages of
Kidney Disease. All the earlier stige3
from Backache to Rheumatism are nat
urally much more easily cured by the
same remedy.
An Odd Nesting-Place.
The nests of mice have been found
n all sorts of places , but never in a
aiore singular or more comfortable one
: han that recently discovered by a
farmer in western New York. The
aiice in question , of which the New
Fork Sun tells , had homes which Avcre
aot only soft and warm , but which
iomrnanded a constantly changing out-
ook , and gave their owners the ad
vantage of extensive travel. One can-
aot help wondering , however , how it
was that a mouse which had gone out
n search of food was able to tell where
its home would be when he wished to
return to it.
Adsit Bailey , of the town of Urbana ,
seeps a good many sheep on his farm ,
says the Sun. One day he noticed a
black spot on the back of one of his
sheep. When he went to investigate ,
the black spot had disappeared. Look
ing over the flock , the farmer saw an
other black spot appear for an instant
on the back of another sheep , and then
quickly go out of sight.
This time Mr. Bailey saw that the
spot was a mouse , and while he looked
other black spots came and went on
the sheets back. lie thought it time
to investigate , and he caught the sheep
and thrust his hand inti its thick fleece ,
and to his surprise discovered three
snug and cozy mice nests , each with a
now-born litter of young in it. He
lost no time in breaking up the odd
mice colonies , and then looked over
others of his flock , with the result that
he found several more sheep in the
depths of wlicse wool mice had chosen
warm places to build nests and bring
"Forth their young.
Ten nests were found in all , contain
ing an aggregate of old and young ol
between seventy and eighty mice. The
sheep seemed not only not to mind the
mice in their wool , but the farmer
thought they were not pleased with
their removal.
Blue Predominant.
He was from the country , and stood
helplessly before the haughty younj ;
lady clerk of the downtown store.
"What do you want , please ? " she de
manded , icily.
lie gulped down his embarrassment ,
for he was hopelessly young and shy and
awkward , and she was a most superior
looking creature.
"I want twelve yards of blue predomi
nant , " he finally said.
"What ? " demanded the startled clerk.
"T-twelve yards of b-b-blue predomi
nant , " he stammered again.
"I'm sure I don't know what yea
mean , " said the ck > rk. Tl'en , womanly
kindness and intuition crating the bet
ter of her hauteur , she said : "Tell me
just what it was your mother or your
sister told you to bring. "
He gave a sigh of relief and said :
"They wanted some wash goods for
my little sister's dress. They said they
were not so particular as to quality and
color ; just so I got blue predominant.
Can't I get it here ? " Memphis Sciuii
tar.
Disease at the Back Door.
Yes , it is a nasty habit of pitching
out of the back door a pailful and dip-
perful. now and then , of greasy water ,
and a handful of parings and the gen
eral waste of the kitchen that breeds
fevers and bilious diseases. The waste
disappears for the most part in the
soil , but that is the key to the mischief.
The soil gets full after a time and fer
ments , and the hot sun breeds gases
which surround and enter the house.
This is true not only of the cheaper ,
poorer houses and careless families ,
but well-to-do have
- - , intelligent people
spots behind their houses saturated
with slops. In populous towns no
amount of supervision can prevent a
reat deal of filthy evil. But In the
country towns slops should be carried
out to trees and poured in small quan
tities here and there as a fertilizer.
TreiS * will take up a large quantity of
water and be grateful for it. There
must be simply constant intelligence in
the disposal of waste.
Killed Two Birds.
Harold Well , Percy , did you find gas
oline a good remedy for chapped hands ?
Percy Splendid ! Not only did it < ure
the chapness. but every one in the ball
room detected the smell and thought I
owned an automobile. Chicago Newa ,