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ROOSEVELT IS NAMED.
New York Republicans Choose Him
as Candidate for Governor.
Convention Is Held at Saralogap N. Y,
--Very Little Opposition to His
Nomlnatlon--The Rest of
the State Tleket. 0
Convention Hall, Saratoga, N. Y
Sept. 28.--The republican convention
nominated the following ticket Tues-
day: For governor, Theodore Roose-
velt, of Oyster Bay; lieutenant govern.
or, Timothy L. Woodruff, of Kings;
comptroller, William J. Morgan, of
Erie; secretary of state, John T. Mc-
Donough, of Albany; state treasurer,
John B. Jaeckel, of Cayuga; state en-
gineer, Edward A. Bond, of Jefferson;
attorney-general, John C. Davies, of
Oneida,
At precisely 12:25 the convention as-
sembled and Congressman Payne was
chosen temporary chairman. At 1:25
the convention took a ~ecessuutil 3:30
p'cloek.
Soon after the opening of the after-
noon sessdon the convention decided
to proceed with the nominations, and
Judge J. Ryder Cady, of Hudson, nom-
inated Guy. Black: Judge Cady fin-
ished amid tremendous applause, his
closing remark about Gov. Black's
faithfulness to the ticket calling forth
the enthusiasm of the audience.
At 4::t5 o'clock Chauncey M. Depew
took the platform to nominate Theo-
dore Roosevelt. When Mr. Depot told
of the famous charge of the rough
riders and mentioned Col. Roosevelt
the audience went almost crazy. Mr.
Depot flni~,hed, at 5:25 amid applause
that was almost a pandemonium.
At 7:]5 a roll-call was moved, and
it soon became evident that Mr. Roose-
velt had a practical walk-over. When
the roll-call was completed the vote
was announced as follows: Roosevelt,
753; Black, 218. /
The night session was called to order
at 9:45 o'clock. Gen. Woodford, ex-
minister to Spain:read the resolutions.
This reading was frequently inter-
spersed with applause, and when tbe
reading was finJshe& the platform was
adopted unanimously. It congratu-
lates the country on the conclusion of
the war, praises the course of the
president, declares for the retention
of the Philippines, commends the an-
,aeration of Hawaii, favors the up-
building of the A~nerican merchant
marlr, e. commends the administration
of Gov. Black, the work of the legis-
lature, and~ then deals with purely
slate issues.
Afier the nominations for the rest
of the ticket the convention adjourned
sire Cie.
They Indorse Roosevelt.
Saratoga, N. Y Sept. 29.--The con
ored republican state convention was
held here Wednesday, Samuel Moran,
of NewYr . "ork city, presiding. Resolu-
fleas were adopted indorsing the ac-
tion of the r~publican state,convert.
~iou. a~d prgmising undivlde~ ~up.
port to the entire republican siate
ticket, headed by Theodore Roosevelt.
NE~V YORK DEMOCRATS.
They Select A adult V~lLz~WV~i~a~ ~aa
Their ~ltet.
Syracuse. N. Y Sept 30 ---The ticket
as nominated by the democratic state
convention is as follows:
For governor--Augustus Van Wyck, o t
MOUNT VERNON HAWK-EYE.
CROP CONDITIONS. QUAY UNDER ARREST. STOLE HIS FORTUNE.
General Summary of the Situation au 1 Peas b e Serious Riots in the Unkno~-n Thieves Loot Private Box . --
' ,llnlste~ Conger, at Peking ltlnts at FIRES STILL BURN. FIERCE
Reported by the Weather Bu-
reau at Washington. Conspiracy Is Charged Against the ] Chinese City. of a ~'lseonsln Fernler--They Se- Situation in ~Vlseonsln Forests, How-
cure Over $15,OO0. ever, Is Intprove'd--Cheeked by They Cause
~ashingLon, Sept. 28.--The follow- Pennsylvania Senator. Washington, Oct. 4.--The state de- Rain in Colorado.
Minneapolis, Minn Oct. 4.--A[ [ Damage
ing summary of the climate andcrop partment has received the following Stevens Point, Wis,special to the I Cumberland, Wis Oct. 4. -- The I---
]cablegram from Minister Conger atdournal says that Joseph Stoertzbach, ilrc is still raging on one side of[
conditions throughout the country Warrant Alleges Him to Have Been [ Peking.
l~as been given out by the weather bu- u Party to MINuse of Public l,'unds "There is no serious danger vet but 72 years.old, has been robbed of $15,- the city but the greatest danger is be- Man2 ?th.er
reau: Plaeefl Under Bond of considerable anxiety for the futu~'e ' The 600. "lhls amount, consisting of $7,- lieved to be over. In the town Of II TI ely ~o
The week ending September 26 has -- I foreign fleet is assembling at Tien Tsln. 000 in Stevens Point bonds, $2,000 in Johnstown, Polk county, eight miles iOne Wowr
$5,OOO. ] Some of the ministers are ordering ms-
been one of exceptionally favorable I tines to ~'eklng for legation guard." government bonds, $3,600 gold and $3,- distant, ~wavy loss of farm oroperty : th,
temperature conditions for the ms- ] Washington, Oct. 4.--SecretaryLong 000 paper money, he had kept buried is reported and Ires are still raging. I
turing of crops generally throughout Philadelphia, Oct. 4. -- Warrants [ upon advices received at the state de- h~sin aab~tin box. in his woodshed . During Repoi'ts from county districts tell of I St. Paul, ~hl
the country. No fros~swere reported were issued Monday for the arrest of [ partment showing the existence of ~ence from the city it was ex- the finding of the bodies of an un- ! fires which ha'
from the states of the central valleys, United States ~enator Matthew Stun- / threatenin~ conditions in China "
but light frosts, causing no serious ley QUaYeh~::::~RichardIL Quay; ex-]ordered Ad%iral Dewey to send t~a: humedlist of bondand numbers.taken togetherThe emptyWith boxhi'~ tweenkn wn manAlmenaand bOVandin Poskinihe woodsLakebe-Ii ri USconsinPlaceSfor theth
damage, occurred in portions of New State T j, J. ]4 ywood [ warships immediately from Manila to was carefully reinterred. He had r ~ ~ ~ .~ :+; ~ ; fanned into fm
York, New Jersey and. Pennsylvania and Charles H. McKee, of Pittsburgh, ! a "~oint as near the Chinese ca ital earned the money on his farm and in :~':~'~:,'~ ~',:~,'~'~,~l~=~;:~"'and~;)~::= t Thursday's win
. P ~p as
on the 21st. Heavy rains delayed farm law partner ofLleut. Gov. Lyon. :they [ possible for a warship to approach ~ " "
real estate deals, art. supposed to be two of them. Peter ] ~hro.ugh Ch~pp
Cro~x and Polk
work in portions of the lower Mis- are accused of conspiracy with John } The vessels selected for this under- PLA~,~ Eeklund who was seriolmlv burned in ~ -
the fore,~t liras, was brought to tlus [
~ouri and lower Ohio valleys, and S. Hopkms, formerly c~sh~.er of the I taking are the Baltimore and the ~u~ ~ ~t~t,x~. ' ' eral destruetiol
proved injurious in the central gulf People s ban,to use public moneys I Petrel. It is expected that the Balti- Grosshoppers, ~Vaspu, Etc Driven city in a critical condition, and it is make. - the roper.
states, while drought conditions con- for their own use. Hopkins killed [ more will not be able toget beyond the out by Forest Fires, Fly Over thought he cannot live. A fonr-vear- I ~t seems thatl
himself last March, shortly before the I Taku forts at the entrance of th
tinue unbroken in portions of Minne- . e City of Wlehito old daughter of I~udolph Miller .~nd a Almena and vc
bank's failure. Senator Quay and his[ Pan IIe river, u on which Pekin is " - : or partially dest:
sots. On the Paciflc coast the weather . . g" P g seven-year-on ~on o. ~e~s S~an~on
,~ ~ " - ~z ~ I has suffered hes
conditions have been generally favor- son came. up from Atlantic City as situated, but the Petrel, being of Wmhtta, Kan Oct. 4.---Several hours were found in the woo(~s 1 miles . .~
able in Washington and Oregon, while soon as they heard of their intended ~maller re orb n ~ .'" I woos ~arron
ilii~m~i!eii!~n~$Pbni~~~r~ii I ~iithwthliiii~i~I before sunset Monday there' began to northeast of Ahnena .o badly burnea ' ~ . :'
rains, ranging from one-fourth to more arrive here, riving low over the city, a that they cannot recover. Mrs. Frank ] xurzie ~aKe na
than one inch, fell over the greater " - - . - nay saved by
clcud of insects compmsinggtrasshop- t[enmchmeler, at Poskm Lake. died] o ;
part of northern and cen,tral Califor- pers, wasps, bald hornets several va- Monday mornin~ of nremature child- ~ oI loss oI lne a
nia, causing injury to raisins and un- rieties of butterflies and wild bees. birth as tt~e result c:f fright and ex- been verified
thras,hed grain Such rains are very H. Lane the republican leader, be- I squadron a light draught gunboat of They are drifting slowly with a light haustion in fighting fires. Itenrich-s~anccs. A rou
unusual in California at this season, came their oondsman, and in the after- I the Helena class Which could ascend . . . losses at not le~
breeze toward the southeast, the low- meier lost his home and evervtlnug he I ,~^ -~
and while causing some injury will noon they returned to the seashore. I the river as far as the Chinese capital, est fiyingwaspsandhorne~s clustering possessed. " ,u,ow.
prove beneficial in replenishing the By advice of their attorney they de- I Secretary Long said that the sole in great numbers about the peaks and / Milwaukee Oct 4--~ Journal ape- The forest fir~
water s~pply, clined to oiscuss the case. [ . ' " . ' .: " . I Lake Wis are
-- I eml.from Madison, ~s savs: Adlt. ~- ' ." .
:Except in northern :Missouri, where The news struck political circles of [ Gen. Boardman and Col. Gmtv" "~ who' a~mag-~ has ne
t I ~est of the clt~
considerable late corn needs ten days all shades of faith like a thunderbolt ] ~c~.~ g " -- "--"7"" ---- "--,were sent north to report uI)on the ~ ." "
favorable weather in which to ~ature,the corn crop is now practically safe givenand a andVarietYdiscussed f explanationSthroughout were ttheI ~"~'~ tf~ f~ t~ "~ ~ ~ ' l~oardmanf re~ t fires havewhilereturned.the recent -ainsGCn" I ~a.ql sses tO~.yer eounue:Barv l'"
from frost, and much has been cut. day, Secretary of the Commonwealth [o g'~o" t ) '~ ~ ' checked" theSaySflames" another dry week ] 500,000. It is e~
Heavy rains in the lower MiSsissippi David Martin said he knew nothin~ [o ~'~,~: '~1 !would probably see them an'sin at]000 tons of ha~
beyond the newspaner statements.[ =~ ~ ~ " "
~ work. He estimates the number of pen- I prooucts of fa~
valley have d'amaged open cotton and The affair acquires a'dditional signifi- / "~'~ ~ ple burned out at 1,000, most ~)f whom tbeen desire3-co'.
lnterfered with picking. Overthe east. cance from the fact that it comes in / ~ o~
ern portion of the cotton region the nre farmers, but says they are not t outio~
weather has been more favorable, and the midst of one of the most bitter I ~,~ o discouraged and will return to their Chippewa Fal
campaigns ever fought between Quay I ~ ~ -~ ~ lands with what assistance they can fires that start
picking is progressing rapidly. Pick- ~.o~
and his opponents, involvin~ the clues- [ o~g
get in the way of food, seed, etc. assumed vast pt
lag has also progressed rapld~y In tan of h~s reelectmn to the senate. ~ o ~ ~'.-~'- L ~ Denver, Col Oct. 4.--Reports re- I abatement in Ch
Texas, where the crop is reported as I The People's bank suspended bust- I ~.~-~ ~ r~
ties Fires are
irregular, being flood in places and ] ~.~o~ ~ ~ ^~. o~ ~ aH:th ~^ ,~,~!i~m~l~Pi!:~a:~;l~'~"t: ~:~t~! [ !!ii~~'~ eeived Monday from various points inI forest' " "north of,
poor in others. Reports throughout ] the regions where the forest fires have,o "
the cotton belt generally indicate that ] been spreadin~ for a week or two hast [ .0 miles east.
the top crop will be very inferior and ] " " " ' " " ~- ~'~ " are to the effect that the fires have "estern Lumbe~
state had on deposit in the bank $505 - ] ~=~*,
- ." ~g~= o ~ ben checked in many places by snow I was 2,000,000 fe*
In some places a total failure. ] 000, and the city $52,000, but the insti- [ A=-. ~ ~ ~ ~
The tobacco crop hasbeen secured, [ " " " [~ ~$" ~ ~-d
with the exception of a small part tution was insolvent President Mc ~.~ ~ ~ and rain. company's fires
,In the vicinity of Glenwood Springs tie with the fla~
~f the late crop in Maryland, Virginia [ Manes agreed to make good the [ a ~'~'" --~ '~' the fires are almost entirely extin-deft. 14 miles
and Tennessee. [ amount, of liabilities, and most of it has [ ~ ~a =t~ [J'J ' ~uio~.~.~ sides Great h
since been a~d [ a~ /~ ~ * s I ""
~ ~ Idaho Springs reports that ttae fires darken the horiz
The soil conditions generally [ P . ~ .S.
.',Treated In Omaha.|
throughout the country, east of tl~e I Omaha .Nab Oct. 4.--Benjamin J og.~K$ . cn that west slopeoerOfc the divide are t triCtfromeXtendSAbbottsfoth~
Rocky mountains, are highly favorable ],pret y ncar/y un ~ontrol, and there :
da Central for d~st
for plowingand ~eeding, Minne~otabe- ] Haywood of tIarrisbur~, Pa cashier / ~ ~, 5~ }.~ ~ is not now-much nger of their reach- '
=~ ~. north for ,5 or
ing the only state in which the gronnd [ for the state treasurer of Pennsyl- ~ ~ ~ ~,~
has been too dry for this work. There-I ranis, is under arrest at the Paxton / ~fi~$ .~ willin~ thesmoldereaSt slope.for months,H wever'and theanotherfires are. uesolated'. ~,f-
in thm count3
ports generally indicate that fallsown [ hotel in this city. He is in the custody [ ~ ~.~ ~ ~ dry spell, followed by winds, might re- "~rain
grain has germinated quickly and is [ of.a detective and wiI1 be ~en', back to [ ~,~=~= ~ vise the flames. Hundreds of miles of s
fine timber have been laid waste in ~ne
eomlng up to goodl stands. Philadelph|a.in. care of an. officer. The. [ = =.~'~.~o ~ --~'~ - Town ot A
ARM - ATION.: arrest WaSt made by Chief of Police [ ~ ~-~ rauge of mountains to the west of Mid- ~t~ce l~aKe, VV
[ ~v~ar~ln Whiteat the instance of State s / ~E ~*, w die Park, and some ranches have been age has oeen ,
'Attorney Graham, of Philadelphia. I~=~t~ ~ forest fires It
timate the losl
List uf the Troops ~ek Have [St'an ] Chief White went to the hotel after he,g ~ ~ ~. oes~r.j,~-.
O~dered to D~ile 'lilt Ialaud " [ ~ r
had localed the whereabouts of Mr ~. A TIDAL WAVE. thousands Of
. o~ ~mba. ~ : ,[ Haywood andintrod~cinghimaelf, uut,b'.~ ~ ~|] of Almena, th~
the Harrisburg man under arrest. Mr ~ ~ ~
#b'l[ ~, / ~ ~ 5~ k/,* It Inundates City of Brunswick, Ga~ wiped out, thei
seen the evenin pap "1 ~ Causing Damage of tle near Almen~
Washington,
Sept.
30.
The
g
for tbe occupation of Cuba does,~ot ] ~d no surprts'e.~ H~ t.~ q~oo,ooo, all trains on t~
designate the major general wh~ll [ entire willingness 1 ------- has so far been
command it, but ~hat ~yl l, either a: ~avannah, Ga, Oct. 4.--A Brunswick damage has b~
(Ga.) special to the Morning Newsships of Curet
:eom er. ;- ~" says that during the tropical hnrri- Clinton,
d~ty eane of Sunday a ti~at wave was driven and Cle~
nmai in from thd sea ancl Inundated for an Only a
The average depth of five feet practically
0w~:
every business house an~warehouse in land )
the ~ity. Con~rvative estimates place t says
the property loss at nu!t a matron d g l;"I sigh r
]arB, though When the detaila are al~in,] is a smoldering
,composed of ths ~ the~ figures may be considerably shad- $!85,000. A tim
Edward Murphy."
After the reading of the report
of the committee on resolutions,
Andrew McLain. of Kings, recog-
nized, presented the name of Augus-
tus Van Wyck for governor; Judge S.
S. Taylor, of Chemung, presented the
name of John B, Stanchfield; M. Z.
Haven. of Syracuse, nominated Mayor
James K. McGuire; William F. Mackte,
of Erie, nominated Judge Robert C.
Titus.
The Ballot for Goveeuor.
commamded by Brig. Gun,
](lagS. ,e~
For lieutenant governor--Elliott Dan- ter, Unitsd ~t~tt~i~ ' rle fallurs of the ba:nk, ~
forth,of Chenango. ~hese troops, ~ r d eposit has been paid b,
bank receiver to the state. Ninety per e,e~
tln,F rofsecretaryl~'iagara, of state--George W. ]]at- the Fifteenth inf~ of it ~'$:s paid before I started on my vaea- ] o
For comptroller--Edwin S. Atwater, o~ ders to go to Huntsville, Ala and the t/~n 'a month ago. The balance ha~ been ] ~. ~-
Dutehess.
i
For state treasurer--E. B. Morris, ot Fifteenth will probably be ordered paid sir~ce I ~ft home. ,I haVe beeh traveI, ' = ~ ~ *"
the west for several weeks and ~ ~ P ~
Wayne. there soon. It has r~ach home about October 10.
For state engineer and surVeyor--Martin posed that the div reasc ~ Wh~ I sh, mld be &r~
Sehenck, of Rensselaer. rounded by Gem Wade, who i1, ~ ~b I came from ?apllloh t0-
way,F r ofatt rneYcIInton.general--Th mas F. Con- Cuba, chairman of the mill :ar~ c~de~ i~enn~ iVanlar if it Was n ~eessa~;~IthoUt anl ,
gh I ~m 1t~ tfferan~ about the 1:=3 .
mission. ' ~ " ") ~ever sI~q a~ I: t t~ fUnds ~ ~
Wben the convention met soon after T
noon Frederick Schraub was elected Ul~NED T~!~ BACR' ::
as ~ barge L Th~ bank still I ~C:~ o .~ ~
permanent chairman and was escorted we' me a small 'am m mY private ae"I ~ ~el
to the chair. He made an address in Pans Strlkeaus Capture a q[~eala Load count. A~. to the losses or the cause of the ~
whioh he scored the republican state of Imported Negro ~[Imers ~md bank's failure I know nothlng
admi~i~traf~on, e~harged the national .Foroe Home. MAY F PRICF. [ -
government with criminal neglect of ------
troops ~:n the Spanish war and said: T werHi11'Ill"Ogt'l'--Tw hundred Mlehl~am S~,eme Couet Reverses
"Everywhere democrats were In the van, Pans union miners with 100 outside
Dewey, Schley, Hobsou, Lee, ~rheeler, den- miners held up a special Baltimore & the Famous Mlehl~au Ceutral purpose of ordering the Baltimore and
ocratie heroes all, have writtenhlgh their Ohio Southwestern train two milea west Two-~ent FareDeelslon, the Petrel to Tien-Tsin was to safe-
guard American interests and protect
names in the American temple of fame." of this place Friday afternoon, which Lansing, Mich Oct. 4.--The Michi- life and propert~ of American citizens
In concluslon he said: was conveying 50 Washington (Ind.) gun supreme court in an opinion filed ]in the event of an outbreak ~n the in-
"Momentous questlons affecting the fu- miners (colored) to Pans to take the late Monday afternoon reversed the terior, Tien-Tsin being the nearest
ture policy of America must be passed ,Ul~rt
by the next natlonal congress. It should pl~ee of union miners, compelling the
be the earnest effort of every d~emOc'rat ~egToeg to etnhark an~ Walk back to decision of the Wayne county (De- point to Peking accessible to war-
tososhapetheworkofthisconventlonthat TowerHillinadvance~fthem, andhav- troit) circuit court in the case brought ships.
it shall render posslbl~ the return to the
upper house, of our beloved senior senator, ing the blacks in charge 'locked in the by Gov. Pingree to chapel the Michi- London, Oct. 4.--The Times, the
3Iorning Post and tbe Daily Mail edi-
The vote for governor, as ann onnced,
was: Van Wyck, 350;: Titus~ 41; Me-
Guire, 21; Stanchfield, 3~. "
The rest of the ticket was elected by
acclamation.
At 3:30 the convention, after h~tv-
ing adopted the star as the ballot e~M.
blem and appointing the usual com-
mittees to fill vacancies, adjourned
sine die.
Will 1sit PhlladelDhia.
Washington, Sept. 30.--The prrs~dent
has accepted an idvltation tendered
by a large delegation of promlnent
Philadelphians to attend the peace
B. & O. S. W. depot. All the negroes
were taken back to Washington Friday
nightvia the B. & O. S. W. at the expense
of the miners' union. Four of the
union miners accompanied~chem. The
blacks were held capti~e~ until ~en
o'clock p.m. They were in charge of
determined men, heavily arme~l,*and O~
being placed in the depot sentime~s
and pickets were stationed at, various
points, while the miners surrounded
the depot and remained on duty until
the negroes were safely loaded~ on th~
train for home.
REBELLION IS SPREADING.
Insurgents Causing Trouble iu the
Vissyas Isluad~- Blume Placed
Ulna the America]as.
Madrid. Sept. 30.--A telegram rc-
eeived here from Gem Ilios, Spanish
governor of the Visayas islands, who
is reported to have recently pro-.
claimed himself governor-general of
the Spanish dominions in the Philip-
pines, reports that insurgent expedi-
tions have arrived' at theVi~ayas. Th ~
rebellion, it is also reported~ is spread-
ing and several provinces in the I~lanff
of Luzon have been invaded and some
off[ecru of the gendarmerie ~tnd their
families massacred, The gummer and
officials at I10ilo, Isl~nd of Pansy, have
/led to Manila, La Correspondenela
blames the Americans for tolerating
the new rising of the insurgents and',
urges the government to present a
protest to the Pari~9ommission.
Death @~ Deumsa~aoS Q~eeu.
Copenhagen, Sept. 2~:--The queen of
Denmark died at 5:30 o'clock, thi~
(Thursday) morning~ The queen was
81 year~ old, having been born 8et3tem~
bar 7, 1817. She was the daughter of
Landgrave Wilhelm of Hease-C~ssel,
and was married to King Christian
May 26, 1842. She was the mother of
Princess Alexa1~dria, wife of the prince
of Wale~t; of Princess Marie Dagmar,
widow of Alexander III, of Russia, and
of Princess Thyra, who wad married to
the duke of Cumberland. Her ~ons
were Prince Frederick, lh'h~ce Wil-
helm and Prince Waldemar.
gun Central Railway company to sell
mileage books at a flat two-cent rate.
The court holds the company under its
special charter has a right to fix it~
own tolls; that this is a vested right
which the state must pay for if it takes
i away,
Go Out Again on Strlke.
Lansing, Mich Oct. 4.--All of th~
empIoyes of the Robert Smith Printing
company~, state printers, walked ou~
again Monday. July 1 they struck be-
cause of refusal of the firm to grant
a nine-hour workday, Which they
claimed was considered in the new bids
for the two-year state contract, and
also an increase of wages in the bind-
ery. The matters were settled by arbi-
tration and the men returned to work,
but again went out, notifying the firm
that they would insist on an increased
wage scale in the bindery.
Wants Them Sent Home.
Madison, Wis Oct. 4.--4Aov. Scofield
will start some day this week for
Washingto~ to urge.~ersonally the
mustering out of the Third regiment
Wisconsin volunteers, ~ow in Puerto
Rico. The governor has been unable
to accomplish his purpose by mail or
torially praise America's character-
istie promptitude in dispatching war.
ships to Peking, and welcome the pros-
pect of joint Anglo-American coopera-
tion in China,
Rich Pearl Fields.
Washington, Oct. 4.--New pearl fish-
eries of great richness hava been dis-
covered off the coast of New Caledonia
on the west side, according to United
States Consul Wolf at Noumea, He
says that one shell contained the fab-
ulous number of 25~ pearls and one
little boat of I~/~ tons furnished last
year 22 pounds of pearls. Mr. Wolf
says that tire quality of the pearl
shells is remarkably fine and he urges
that Amer|eans profit b~" the discov-
ery, although haste is necessary on ac-
count of the enterprise of foreign
firms.
Trugedy iu lows.
Clarinda, Is Oct. 4.---Sunday noon
Walter J. Yates shot b|s wife and Mrs.
E. J, North at Essex, near here. at,d
then shot himself. He died instantly
and his wife will d/e. Mrs. North is
only slightly wounded. Yates was mar-
ried three years ago. He was a drink-
ing man and his wife had ]eft h/m and
was staying with Mrs. ~'orth.
)ffieials:wLll serve his purpose better. Not Out of Dan~er.
~}isered|ts
the Report. Santa Monies, Cal Oct. 4. -- Col.
Lon~ton, Oct. 4.--The British foreign Smith'~ condition is much improved.
tee has no news of tbe death of the While he is not entirely out of danger,
emperor of'China and diseredit~ the
report.
31u l~det~e r :LyaehedL
Victoria, B. C Oet. 4.---A report has
reached here of the murder of Al-
phonse Le Clair by Xavier Lauzon near
Lake Teslin. Both were members of a
]party of French Canadians from Que-
bec. The murderer escaped, but was
overtaken after a chase of five hours
and riddled with bullets by the other
members of the party.
MiUs Resume.
Lawrence, Mass Oct, 4.=--The Wash-
ington mills started up in all depart-
meats Monday morning after a partial
shut-down of several weeks. About
4,500 hands are now employed.
the physietans believe he will recover.
providing complications do not arise.
Pnssed Away.
Washington, Oct. 4.--Rev. Jabez
Fox, who was well known in the west
in the ~lavery agitation prior to the
war, died here Monday at an advanced
age. He was born in Massachusetts
and went to Michigan, where he edited
tlae first~ free ~oll paper at Detroit, the
Daily Democrat.
Maalis Schools to Resnme.
Manila, "Oet. 4.--The American au-
thorities here have invited all the
school teachers to resume the Instruc-
tion of their etas~es. The s~hoots have
been cto~ed slnee the surrender of Ma-
nila to:~he Americana.
Jubilee to be held in-Philadelphia Oc-
t ober 26 and 27, and says he will secure
the cooperation of the army and the
m~vy in the exercises as far as possible.
Members of the cabinet were also
~rged to attend. Gem Miles was in-
vited to act as chief marshal. It is In-
tended to lave about 20,000 troops
present and several warships take
part in the celebration if possible.
Henry George, Jr Nominated.
New York. Oct. L---At a meeting of
the Cliieago,platform democrats Frl-
day night, Henry George, the son o~
the single-tax advocate, was nomi-
nated to head an independent demo-
craft# ticket. The nomination of E1-
liott ~. Danforth for lieutenant dOS-
cruel" by the regular democratic con-
vention
Gold
.NeW York, Oct. L--Gold amountin
more titan $1,500,090 arrived on the
steamer Augusta Victoria Friday from
Hamburg.
spires of tha higher buildings. The
cloud of winged creatures, extending
into the air to the limits of vision over-
head, bad been passing for hours and
was still to be seen until darkness fell.
The air is thickwith a smoky haze, and
the theory here i~that the haze and ac-
companying insect visitation are due
to the forest fires now raging in Colo-
rado, the insects, it is supposed, being
driven from their haunts in advance
of the flames. The advance guard be-
gan to arrive Sunday, but owing ~o
their comparatively small numbers no
atten4ion was paid to them until they
were noticed iu myriads late Monday
afternoon.
GeorKe Deellnes.
New York, Oct. 4.--Henry ~eorge
has declined the nomination for gov-
ernor on the ticket placed in the field
by the Chicago platform democrats
and the committee having authority
to fill the vacancies nominated Henry
M. McDonald, of the county of New
York. for the place. Mr. George in his
letter says that by pursuing uninter-
ruptedly the duty of writing his fa-
ther's biography he can do more for
the principles of freedom than by en-
gaging actively in politics.~
Epain Stupefied.
Madrid, Oct. 4.~The reported inten-
tion of the United States government
to retain the whole of the Philippine
clatmed, ~he terms of the peace pro-
tocol preclude.
Killed Her Four Chlldren.
Montreal, Can Oct. 4. The insane
wife of Joseph Clothier, a farmer of
St. Severin, killed her four children
by cutting their throats.
Opeued the Cumpnlgu.
Manitowoc, Wis Oct. 4.--The dame-
eratie state campaign was formally l
opened in this~city ~londay night, ex-
State's Attorney-General James L.
O'Connor dellvering the principal
speech, in w]aich he arraigned the pres-
ent republican state administration
from beginning to end.
A Jealous Husban~t's Deed.
Sacramento, Cal Oct. 4.~Thomas
Harrison shot and killed his wife and
then drew a razor across his own
throat. Two children, whom he in-
tended to kill escaped. Harrison was
tealous.
e.d either way. The MaLlory steam-lasting about
[ ship and South r~ilway docks~ were firemen to ct
[ under water four feet. In the rest- flames on the
[dence .section of the city the water but no human
wae from~wotoetght feet~ There wascity east of
a full sweep of wind and water from ciuding the
the ocean into and across the city. the Beaver Da~
Two fatalities in Brunswick and one
a few '~miies out of the city have.been
reported. Those in the city were negro
c]~|ldren. Their parents are missing
and may have been drowned. A few
miles out of town Steritt Aiken (col-
ored) was killed by falliug bricks
b~own from a chimney. Meager re-
ports from" tbe Sea islands on the
coast are far from reassuring. At
Jekyl i~and, where the clubhouses of
New York millionaires are situated,
muchdamage has been done. Dixville,
a suburb of Brunswick. inhabited by
negroes, was inundated and the de-
struction is almost complete. No lives
were lost there. Five vessels were
ashore in Brunswick harbor, two be-
ing the Norwegian barks Record and
Louise. one an American schooner and
two valuable pilot boats.
On the docks were hundreds of thou-
sands of feet of ]umber and cross ties
and naval stores which ~vill be washed
away. Nearly all the docks suffered
from lifting. While the water was do.
lag its damage underneath the wind
was playing havoc overhead.
WILL ASSIST HAY.
Dr. l)uvld J. Hill, Of Roehester. N. Y
Chosen as First Assistant
Seeretary of State.
Washington, Oct. 4.--The president
has appointed Dr. David J. Hill, of
Rochester, first assistant secretary of
state, to succeed John Bassett Moore.
resigned. Dr. Hill is president of the
tRochester university, is a scholarly
gentleman and is particularly known
through his knowledge of internation-
al law. He ha.s taken a prominent part
in New York politics and ~has delivered
many public addresses during recent
campaigvs. Ile ~s now in Holland. but
is'expected to return at once. having
accepted the oosition tendered.
LITTLE FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Clarenc~ Greathouse, chancellor of
Garrison Y.~ Shall, a convict in the
Connecticut state prison, knows all of
i Shakespeare's plays by heart,
having
learned them during the las; 14 years
of his imprisonment.
Esterhazy's justification for all that
he has done in the Dreyfus case is em-
braced in his maxim: "A soldier should
place his conscience as well as his
sword at the disposal of his superior
officers."
The longest courtship on record was
that of Bohert Taylor, postmaster at
~arva, Ireland. 1to courted his lady
love for 50 ~'ears, and married her in
1872, when his age was I05, He reeent~
i ly dled, iu his one hundred and thirty-
fourth year.
Thomas IIardy is said to have adopt-
ed the following form of reply, type-
wrltten,to all requests for autographs-"
"Sir: Mr. Hardy will be pleased to
~ign any of his books you may forward
for the purpone."
the residences
of Mayor W~
roughly estims
40 farmers
all their
Aid
Madison,
received a
president of the
Wis saying
destitute there
est fires, and
Denver. Col
the western
tinue to tell
est fires which
greater part
From
Montrose an(}
reports of the
the fires.
There appe
cessation of
by a very heavy
of the timber
meat.
J. S. Swan.
states there is
fires are
campers and pc
season of ex~
la
Aberdeen S.
fires are stil
|his section, hast:
miles of valuabl~
Jamestown,
tire prairie fire
western part
days. A
large quantity
stroyed,
Deadwood, S.
fires which have
fierceness all
have been ch~
loss will reach
An Alleged
Cleveland,
Steele, who was
ago for
ing of the Paint
which he was
ter place
old. T%e ease
reached a trial,
Gaelic
which
6. The wind.
ping. Rivers
fioodin~ many
the leas of life
Deaths, 250;
houses
wrecked, II
597;
San
Harris,
Japanese
terence, has
emperor of
the Sacred