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(land Urges Nomination °f New
Yorker by the Democrats.
teresting INTERVIEWS
fly is Told That Parker is Logical
Selection as Standard-Bearer
in Coming Campaign.
blished interviews with for
be pu which
president Cleveland, ap
in two New York papers of
ired in which he vir
jdnesday morning, the nomination
jly comes out for
udge Parker, proved the political
sation cf the day in Washington,
ost of the friends of Judge Parker
of the opinion that this utterance
r Cleveland will prove of value
‘T candidacy, particularly in New
■ and the east. They argue that
ot only finally disposes of the taiu
, "oeveand is himself of a the candidae, chr.rge
t j ia t it also disposes
Parker is David B. Hill’s man. Mr.
reland says: looking to
Pbe recent movement a
r entration upou Mr. Parker’s candi
v afforded me the greatest possible
pf and satisfaction, not only so far
iy personal comfort is concerned,
as a democrat anxious for my par
supremacy and delighted with the
ipect cf its return to sanity and
Biotic effort.
I do not see how any one profesa
|-o be a real, intelligent democrat
I nesitate to help Mr. Parker^ if he
Ijld Bative be nominated, as a fit repre
of safe and conservative
■erratic principles entitled to hear
Bd ©reserved democratic support.
Bred us may have been of the
Hoe that another nomination might
Bore expedient. But that should
B mere matter of opinion whim
III pass cu tof sight immediately
■e choice of the convention should
■upon Mr. Parker.
Bc-eiing assured, as I do. that a
■nation will be made representing
I democratic principles, I am only
Itrned abo>-t. the platform which
■ be presented to the people with
■sndidate.”
I should be remembered that the
1 unobjectionable the candidate
■elect, the more will our opno
Is be driven to search for campaign
[rial in our platform declaration,
do not believe that I can be mis
p In my conviction that in this
balgn, of all others, our platform
[id here be short and to the purpose,
have been campaigns ia
h platform-makers have induged
Hess, foolish vagaries in safe'y.
[here may be such campaigns
P. but ? know this is not one of
here are certain democratic doc
P believed in by that conserva
element of the party which will
H at St. Louis.
pese doctrines should, in no event,
Faded.
Ub cf these as appear to furnish
| is time the most vital campaign
s should be given the greatest
Hence and should bo announced
<h a way as to exclude all doubt
r their meaning and all appear
'd compromise.
other words, there are certain
°f battle which promise, better
[others .successful results.
nc se lines having been carefully
'^1 and plainly marked out,
d he followed persistently aud
faith and enthusiasm.
earnestly hope that our platform
he short— so that the voters of
and will read.
1,0 Pe that in this platform our
say precisely what it means
hiat every word it contains will
share of meaning in a declara
F D rin ciples free from doubt, ova
»r disingenuous compromise. >>
Edition Treaty With Cuba S'gied.
k ^^hingtoxi special s&vsi * Sccro*
% and Senor Ouesada 'signed the Cu
Minister, Wednesday ° a
r of extradition
■-WEMJ0US TIME FOR HARDEN.
er Wanted on Many Warrants Under
° es S°me Exciting Experiences.
er ■g the principal Wednes
in a habeas corpus trial
e 4 Calhoun in the Atlanta
trim court, which resulted ir.
“fit 1 ! g denied and which was
' r ' ! b highly sensational devel
> beng _ served successive
d state and United States war
a “'a^nvard* for
kept in hiding
0 lIr s, Leroy C. Harden, the
aer tested in Tampa Fla.,
Bt fr on a
om Cincinnati was finally
id into i a United mail
left States car
Atlanta _ Wednesday night
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Mississippi Levees Tnreiteaed and
| Storm of Snow and Sleet Sweeps
j Over the Northwest.
Friday the Mississippi river at Mem
phis Ei registered 37.8 f est, a rise of 4.8
feet in three days. This stage is 1
8-10 above the danger I n*, and pros
pects now point to 38 feet, or possibly
higher wa.er.
The strain upon the levees contin
ues to increase with the increasing
height of the flood, against which an
unceasing watch must be maintained
n gh* and day.
Captain Lucas and Chief Engineer
Pharr expresses Arm convictions that
the levees with careful watching will
stand the ordeal. Active measures,
however, are being taken to guard
against every approach of the water.
A number of streets in North Mem
phis have been overflowed with back
water from Bayou Gayoso. delaying
traffic to some extent, but no damage
ha 3 occurred. Railroads have expe
rienced no interruption whatever, and
it will take a 40-foot stage of water to
give them any serious trouble.
Notices have been given to steam
boat captains passing the exposed
levae in the vicinity of Luxora, Ark.,
to reduce speed or keep on the oppo
site side of the river in order to pre
vent damage to the levee from wave
wash. The water at this point is high
upon the levee and is causing consid
erable alarm to the inhabitants of that
vicinity.
The levees at Golden lake and Brad
ley landing. Ark., are under a very
severe strain and forces are at work
topping and strengthening them. The
water on the Arkansas side, opposite
Memphis covers the low lands to a
distance of from 15 to 20 miles.
Snow Storm in Dakota.
A severe wind and snow storm pre
vailed over North and South Dakota,
Thursday night and Friday,
and in some instances railroad traffic
was blocked and telegraph service se
riously hindered.
Fair Building Wrecked.
The high wind that prevailed in St.
I Louis Friday completely destroyed the
partially completed bazar building in
the Japanese reservation in the
world’s fair, not a timber being left
standing. None of the workmen was
injured. The work cf reconstruction
was begun almost immediately. No
; other buildings on the grounds were
damaged,
Blizzard in Nebraska.
Nebraska was swept by the worst
blizzard of the year Friday and the
most severe April storm known in
many years. A fine sheet of sleet aud
snow was driven by a wind that at
times reached the proportions of a
hurricane.
Minor damage was reported from
several towns. Cattle on the ranges
turned out for spring grazing will suf
fer, the temperature having fallen 20
degrees within twelve hours.
REPORT ON THE. ANTI-JUG LAW
Filed by Representative Clayton in the
House—finding is Favorable.
A Washington special says: A re
port favoring the passage of the Hep
burn and Dolllver bill granting the
state's police power over original pack
ages of liquor shipped within their bor
ders as interstate commerce was filed
in the house Friday by Representative
Clayton, of Alabama. The report
says:
“There has arisen considerable mis
apprehension as to the meaning and
\ purpose of the proposed legislation. It
j ! has been said by some by to otTiers be a prohi- be
bitlon measure and to
i an attempt to deprive the individual
| citizen of the right to have beer, wine
and other liquors sh.pped to him liom
another state for his own use and en
joyment. Neitner of the assertions .3
,
true, as (we think) has been demon
strated.
“This bill is net intended to pro
hibit the sale and use of beer, wine or
otlier intoxicating liquors which have
been uniformly held by the United
1 States to be legitimate articles of com
merce, nor is the measure designed to
i abridge the right of a citizen of one
| state to import from another state
; such beverages as he may desire for
: his own use. as before saying. The
Purpose of ths proposition law and its
: | sole purpose is to allow each state io
I carry out its own domestic or internal
i policy in regard to the control of m
! toxlcatlng beverages within the bound
' aries of the state.
‘ The sole effect, will be to permit
the state, if it so wills, to circumscribe
the sale of intoxicating beverages
within its boundaries to the full extent,
that it may desire to restrain such
traffic or to regulate the sale of the
I same through tire medium of its own
! iaws ‘ inphldin S !ocaI option laws, high
I licen3e laws or dis P eMar Y laW3 ‘”
ESTIMATE OF
POPULATION
Given Out in Census Bulletin Just
Issued at Washington.
NEARLY EIGHTY MILLION
Figores are Oaly for Confines of the
United States--Number of Inhabi
U-its of Southern Gties.
The Census bureau at Washington
issued a bulletin Thursday, which
gives the estimated population of the
United States for 1903, exclusive of
Alaska and the insular possessions ot
the United States, at 79,900,389. This
is an increase of 3,905,814 since the
census of 1900.
According to these estimates New
York is now a city of 3,71G,139 inhab
itants; Chicago is rapidly approaching
the two million mark, having 1,873,88$
inhabitants; Philadelphia has 1,367,-
716; St. Louis has just passed and
Boston has almost reached the six
hundred thousand mark; Baltimore
has 531,313; Cleveland, Ohio, is now
a considerable distance ahead of Cin
cinnati, which cities have 414,950 and
332,934, respectively.
Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans
have just passed 300,000 and Washing
ton is close to that figure.
The following are the estimates ot
the population in 1903 cf all cities giv
en 25.000 and upwards in the south
ern states:
Arkansas—Little Rock, 42,036.
Kentucky—Covington, 44.759: Lex
ington, 27,809; Louisville, 215,402;
Newport, 29,315. t
Louisiana—New Orleans, 300,625.
Tennessee— Chattanooga, 30,469:
Knoxville, 34,344; Memphis, 113,669,
Nashville, 82,711.
Texas—Dallas, 44,159; Fort Worth,
I 27,192; Galveston, 31,742; Houston,
50,760; San Antonio, 58,016.
i Florida—Jacksonville, 31.798.
Georgia—Atlanta, 96,550; Augusta,
41,283; Savannah, 64,562.
South Carolina—Charleston, 56,062.
Virginia—Norfolk, 55,149; Richmond'
! 86.148.
Alabama—Birmingham, 42,087; Mo
bile, 40 686 : Montgomery, 32,884.
There are no cities credited with
25,000 population in .Mississippi and
North Carolina.
Considered by states New York
j leads in population, with more than
seven and a half million;; Pennsylva
nia exceeds six and a half million, and
Illinois has passed five million; Texas
has over three million, having passed
Missouri.
But twenty-two states now have less
than a million inhabitants, and four
teen exceed two million.
INDIANS CAUGHT IN RAILROAD WRECK.
Three Killed Outright and Twenty Others
More or Less Seriously Hurt.
A fast mail crashed into a passengor
train on the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad near Maynard, Ohio, Thursday
morning, causing the death of three
Indians and injuries to twenty-three
others who were on their way to New
York for exhibition purposes.
After the bodies of the dead had
been removed from the wreck and
placed in a row on the prairie beside
the tracks, an incident probably un
paralleled in railway records took
; place. The uninjured among the In
I dians gathered about and led by Chief
; Iron Tail, solemnly chanted the Indian
j “death song."
The dead are: Kill Head, Philip
Iron Tail, Thomas Comelast.
Fatally injured: Big Chief White
Horse, Luther Standing Bear, Annie
Gcoseface.
Those less seriously injured were:
j Mrs. Thomas Comelast. Tommie Coxne
j last, 6 -year-o!d boy; Sammy Lonebear,
I Abraham Goodinow, Blind Eagle, Lit
I tie Elk, Charge the Enemy, Head Chief
Highball, William Sitting Bull, son of
Chief Sitting Bull, 27 years old.
; HANNA EULOGIZED IN THE SENATE.
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Virtues of Deed Statesman are Extolled by
Many of His Colleagues.
The senate Thursday listened to eti
logies of the late Senator Hanna. The
galleries were well filled and the
speakers given close attention. Those
j who spoke were:
Messrs. Foraker, Scott, Cockrell,
Platt of Connecticut, Cullom. Black
burn, Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Per
kins, Depew. Beveridge, Dolliver.
Kearns and Dick.
Mr. Foraker’s address was a candid
review of the public career and a frank
analysis of the character of his la\;
colleagt e.
ODIUM IS ON BURTON.
Sentence is Passed on Kansas Senator
in St. Louis Court for Illegal Prac
tice-Appeal Will be Taken.
At st. Lou s, Wednesday, cmted
States Senator Burton, of Kansas, was
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sentenced to six months imprisonment
in the Iron coun.v tail and lined $2,500
for having b„.» convicted of using hie
influence bsfore the postoffice depart
ntent in behalf of the Rialto Grain
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and Securities Company, of St. Louis,
and having received payment from the
company for his services, la passing
sentence Judge Adams said:
i ‘After a fair and impartial trial by
1 a jury of exceptional intelligence, you
have been found guilty of the offense
charged in the indictment against you.
“A motion for a new tr lal in your
behalf has afforded me an opportunity
to carefully review and consider the
evidence. As a result of this, 1 am
satisfied that the jury reached th->
just and true result. The eviden o
abundantly warranted (heir verdict.
and I find no reason, either in The law
go\eming the case or n the proceed
ings attending the trial, for disturb
ing it.
Your con\iction necessar ly results
in your punishment. Its importance,
in my opinion, is not confined to its
effects upon you.
“Your exalted station in life, and the
character of your offending give unus
ual significance to your conviction, ,f -
demonstrates that the law of the land
is equal to any emergency and that ! t
can be administered regardless of the
personality and station of the accused.
It also demonstrates to all the people
that public office cannot be prostituted
to self-serving purposes and that pub
lic office is not a sure and safe sup
port to private thrift.
“The humiliation attending your con
viction and the statutory disqualifica
tions resulting therefor, which forever
incapacitate you from holding any of
fice of honor, trust or profit under the
government of the United States, are
in themselves heavy punishment fu"
your offenses, and leave but little in
the way of severity which could be
added.
“It is neither my pleasure nor pur
pose to impose any unnecessary pun
ishment.
“I think the majer ty of the law will
be sufficiently vindicated and the pub
!ic welfare sufficiently safeguarded hy
imposing a single sentence, warranted
as it is on any one of the six count ;,
indictments, of which you were con
victed.
“This sentence will be that you be
confined in the Iron oounty jail for a
period of six months, and that you pa/
a fine of $2,500."
The case will now be appealed to
the United States district court of ap
peals, the highest tribunal in the mat
ter.
Senator Burton, who is senior sena
tor from Kansas, was convicted after
an exhaustive trial, in which various
letters from him to the Rialto Grain
and Securities Company, the checks
which he received in payment for his
services in behalf of the concern be
fore the postofflee and the testimony
of numerous agents of the government
were introduced. Senator Burton’s de
fense was that he was acting mereiy
in the capacity of an attorney and did
not employ his senatorial influence in
the work.
MISER IMPROVES ON CARNEGIE ACT.
Fearing to Die Rich He Gives Up His Pos
sessions to the Deservinq Poor.
Clark Ridley, of Newmarket, Mas 3 ,
hav ng reached the age of 85, has de
cided that it is a disgrace to die rich
and announces that he will at once
give all his property to deserving per
sons of his own selection. Already ha
has disposed of three houses and lots
and says he has several left, together
with other property valued at $15,900.
Ridley has been known for many
years as a miser. “The rich men give
property to some institution,” he sail.
“That is not really a deed of charity,
If a man has got something to give
away he should give it to somebody
that will appreciate it and do 4 hem
some good. tt
PROHIBITIONISTS TOR MILES.
Geoeral's Name is Applauded at State Con
vention Held in Indianapolis.
Indiana prohibitionists held the i
state conventon at Indianapolis
day. J. C. Rhodes, of Kokomo,
rary chairman of the convention, in
strong speech, advocated the
tion of General Nelson A. Miles
president.
“With that noble American
our nat'onal banner aloft," said he
“with a candidate for every
county and municipal office next No
vember. we will march, faith conquer
ing and to coaquer."
A NEW ENEMY
OF RUSSIANS
Cholera and Typhoid Ravage Czar's
I TrO(PS at Harbin.
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, DYING nttitTr* Ti\T BY THE tttc HUNDRED ttttxttntjTu
Majority of Fatalities are Among Re
cruits Who Arrive in Frightfully
Emaciated Condition.
A St. Petersburg special says: The
Japanese are not the only enemies the
| Russians have to fight, They have
i cholera and typhoid fever to contend
with, as well as the armies of Japan,
| Advices received from Harbin state
that the two diseases named are epi
demie there and that hundreds of
| lroops have been 8tricken .
| The new levies are the greatest suf
I *• ferers. These men reach Harbin af
ter a five-thousand-mile journey in a
terribly emaciated condition and fall
j easy victims to cholera and typhoid.
Hundreds of the troops who aro
arriving at Harbin from European
Russla are suffering froni frost-bitten
! noses, feet and hands. It is no uncom
mon thing to meet soldiers on the
streets of Harbin whose noses have
I dropped off as a result of frost bite.
I Of course the cholera and typhoid,
which is raging, finds easy marks in
soldiers whose strength has been sao
ped by the trials they had to uudergo
on the journey to Harbin.
j Cholera's Fearful Ravages.
The mortality, according to advices
! received in St. Petersburg, i is very
| great, and is said to be increasing
daily. Entire regiments are reported
unfit for service.
The military authorities express
much concern over the reports from
Harbin. They fear that unless the
cholera is checked it will render the
| Russian armies unable to meet the
Japanese in the field.
The cause of the epidemic is ascrib
ed to the filthy conditions which exi 3 t
at Harbin. The streets are full >f
offal and refuse, and the soldiers have
to use the water of the Sungari river,
which is as foul as any sewer.
Harbin is the Russian base in Man
churia. From Harbin all troops arr.v
ing for the front are distributed. Thus
It, is apparent that an epidemic of chol
era at Harbin threatens the entire Rus
sian army in the east.
No Consuls to Manchuria.
A Washington special says: The
state department has decided to find
temporary employment for the persons
recently appointed to consular offices
in Manchuria and wil make no effort
to place them at their designated posts
pending the issue of the war between
Russia and Japan. Mr. Cheshire, who
was nominally United States consul
to Mukden, will be attached to the
United States legation at Pekin. Mr.
Davidson, who was named as consul
to Antung, on the Yalu river, will be
sent instead to Nluchwang to servo
as assistant to Mr. Miller, the consul
at that point.
Edwin Morgan, who was to have
been consul to Dalny, will be sent to
Shanghai as assistant consul.
BONDING COMPANY PAYS SHORTAGE.
Amount Stolen by Treasurer of Georgia
Insane As* lum Made Good.
The Americrn Bonding Company,
through its attorney in Atlanta.,* paid
j i Treasurer Park $22,885 Friday, the
I amount due he state because of thu
j shortage of Cashier C. H. Troutman,
j of the bank at Milledgeville, Ga. Trout
; man recently committed suicide be
cause cf the shortage. He was treas
urer of the state sanitarium and had
been speculating with the state's
funds,
The bonding company which was on
i his bond made an investigation of thu
j books and as soon as the exact amount
I of r.ie discrepancy was discovered ten
dered the check to the state. The
check was accepted, and the srate re
lieved uie company from any further
liability,
REPUBLICANS OF PENNSYLVANIA
Select Judge and Instruct Delegates to V<X i
lor Roosevelt’s Nominrtion.
Former Attorney General George ?
Elkin was nominated unanimously for
ai^oreme court justice Wednesday bj
the Pennsylvania republican convea
tion at Harrisburg.
Governor Pennypaeker, James Elver
son, O. D. Blakely and Francis I.. Rob- •
bins were elected delegates at large to
the national convention and instructed
to vote for the nomination of President
Roosevelt.