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0C1LLA, UEORGIA.
Ill WIN COUNTY PUBLISHING CO.,
Proprietors.
Tile true test of greatness is the
ability to wear the same size of hat
continuously.
It will be a long step forward for
medieai science if Professor Schueller
is correct in Ilia surmise that he has
isolated the bacillus of cauc6r. It
will be a glad day for the world whoa
this dreaded disease will no longer
liud its march unopposed by a weap¬
on
According to a consular bulletin, a
call has been made upon the United
Stales consulate at Lyons, France, to
supply fish scales, to be used in the
manufacture of artificial pearls and
other ornaments by means of a process
recently discovered by a French
chemist.
_
Thirty miles of overhead telephone
and telegraph wires are to be put under¬
ground in Chicago within the next six
months, and an agitation has been
Btai ted to bring down the overhead
trolley within the business part of
the city because of the frequency of
accidents for which it is held respon¬
sible.
_
The venerable Judge Jackson of
tbe United Stntes circuit court at
Wheeling, W. Ya., expressed a pessi¬
mistic view of the state of the public
morals in charging tbe jury the other
day. “My experience on the bench,”
he said, “has not been a limited one,
and I regret to say that crime in this
country is on the increase. I am un¬
able to determine whether it is a re¬
sult of increasing population or of the
lowering of the standard of public
morality.”
*’»
*■ Tbe Philadelphia Record says: “As
an engine of war, the horse still keeps
the place he held when the great poet
of Israel said of him: ‘ale paweth in
the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength;
the goeth out to meet the armed men;
the mocketh at fear, and is not dis-
mayed; * * * he smdleth the bat-
tie afar off, the thunder of the cap-
tains, and the shouting.’ Tho de¬
mand for horses to mount the British
cavalry in the war in South Africa is
likely to take all the American sur¬
plus, and raise the price of the ani¬
mals. It is said that $5,030,09!) will
be expended in the purchase, in this
country, of suitable cavalry horses.”
Yv’lien Emerson said “Hitch your
wagon to a star” he certainly had in
bis mind’s eye a furniture-mover’s
wagon, gorgeous in red and blue
paint and adorned -with battle-scenes
that harmonize well with the domes¬
tic tumult and violence incident to
“moving day." Yes, the van that
carries off the freeman’s furniture to
houses new is the very vanguard of
American freedom, It symbolizes
freedom to come and go; freedom to
chauge our homes even if we lose our
rotes; freedom to change our minds,
our ministers, our milkmen, our poli¬
ties, our neighbors. It was this pas¬
»ion for “moving on” which caused
the tide of emigration to creep west¬
ward from the fringe of the Atlantic
to “where rolls the Oregon” and thus
subdued a continent to civilization, ex¬
claims the Yew York Herald.
Japan has lately set an admirable ex¬
ample to the aristocratic governments
of Europe. A few weeks ago three
members of the nobility were reduced
to the rank of commoners by order of
the Emperor; one of them for disso¬
lute habits, and two others for “the
disordered condition of their house¬
hold affairs,” which we presume is a
way for saying they are insolvent.
The number of those in Great Britain
and other countries who disgrace hon¬
orable titles is not small, While the
great majority of the British nobility
are reputable meu, there is always a
number of those who are most dis¬
creditable to their rank. If now the
government could have the right to
degrade them it would be a great ad¬
vantage to the peerage. In Japan a
curious proposition is frequently made
that peerage should only hold for
cither two or, at the most, three gen¬
erations. That would greatly lessen
Mie chance of titles boing held by dis¬
solute young men. The new peerage
of Japan dates back only to 1867,
when a company of very young men
placed themselves at the country’s
helm, and they have been steering her
craft steadily ever since. The average
ige of the 56 men who made the pres¬
ent era in Japan did not greatly ex¬
ceed 30 years.
IT yon have something to sell, lot
the people know It. An advertise¬
ment in this paper will do the work.
THE WEAVER. '
f weave life upwards through the grass,
I weave douUi downwards through tho
mold.
Before the ordered stars I was:
Before my eyes the flowers pass;
The seed, the cup of living gold,
Tho ball), the blossom white and oolcl.
All life within rny hands I hold,
All death aud change my lingers fold,
My looms are full, my shuttle* fly,
The weaver aud the weft am I.
I keep all so wets; I disclose
Wonder of sweetness to the rose.
I 1111 the dandelion’s stem
With milk; I give the maflenhnlr
A gift not sweet, and 111 to bear—
The gltt of weakness. Here 1 bid
Tho lily In the dark he hid
From all her kin; and yonder I
Quicken harsh rue ami rosemary.
Blossom and hud and seed nre mine,
All bear my slgll and my sign,
They are of me, and I of them.
I weave death downwards, through tho
mold
And weave llfo upwards through tho grass.
And which Is best I know uot—I—
Which gift were host to sell or buy
If life aud death were bought or sold.
8ad hours are lavished, glad hours doled;
Buyers aud sellers eomo and pass;
Some, warm with love; and some a-cold;
Some, with sealed eyes; aud some behold
Through their own tears, as In a gla»s,
Me and my weaving. Black and gold,
Ash-gray, rose-red—nil colors flow
One with another, to and fro.
As endlessly my shuttles go.
I was before the stsrs began,
Or God had over thought of mnn,
And with the stars I grow not old.
I weave life upwards through the grass,
And weave death downwards through the
mold.
—Noru Hopper,In North American ltevlew.
I EVER SINCE.! I
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i- « ND such a letter!”
and Katie Walker
mf AW, the letter
/-\ Mi and its yellow en-
m Tel °p° on th °
£#/ could floor. he “How be
so
' ^ laid her head
down on the table and burst into
tears.
“I knew it was of no use to write,”
said her brother, Harry, a haudsome
young man, about twenty, who had
been sitting rather moodily before the
fil e. “He says he has something bet¬
ter to do with his money than send
you to school. But never mind;
don’t cry. I’ll not always be a poor
clerk, and then you won’t have to ask
a stingy, old uncle for favors.”
“I would not mind it so mnch,
Harry,” said Katie, raising her dark
eyes fall of tears; “bat if I could go
one term more I should then bo able
to teach, and only think what a bur¬
den it would lift off you.”
“Don’t talk of burdens, Katie. You
nre not a burden to me. Indeed, I
do not know what I should do with¬
out my little sister, now that mother’s
gone,” and his voice quivered.
Then, after a silence broken only
by Katie’s sobs, Harry suddenly
jumped up, saying:
“I have an idea, Katie. Give me
my hat—there—don’t question me.
I’ll only be gone an hour or so. Cheer
up till I come back.”
“It is just too bad!” mentally ex¬
claimed Harry, as he plunged oufc in¬
to tho darkness and rain. “I think
uncle might have given her something,
but it is just like him. It is so hard
to be forever struggling with poverty.
If it were not for Katie I’d rather bo
dead. Poor little sister! she is so
reasonable in her wants it is such a
shame to deny her this. But I’ll ask
Mr. Grayson to let me sweep out the
store and do the work of a boy. lean
have it all done by the time the other
clerks come, aud be able to attend to
my own duties. Katie neod never
know it, and it will bring enough to
enable her to go to school.”
Ringing the bell he was soon ush¬
ered into Mr. Grayson’s parlor, where
he found not Mr. Grayson, but Miss
Bruce.
“Her uncle was notin just then,
but would he not wait?”
Now Harry had heard of this Miss
Bruce before—hoard of her as an
heiress, haughty aud proud, and he
sat down to await Mr. Grayson, feel¬
ing very uncomfortable. Bat to his
surprise she talked to him, aud at his
request played aud sang for him, and
before the eveniug was over—Mr.
Grayson failing to come—he never
could tell how it was, hut he had told
her all his troubles and been sympa¬
thized with so sweetly that he found
himself wondering was there over an¬
other such a woman.
But this evening, like ail others,
had an ending, and when he arose to
go Miss Bruce held out her hand and
said:
“I must say good-by, for to-mor¬
row I return home. I shall not for¬
get you or yohr troubles. I. do uot
see, how I can comfort you. But be
brave and I know your life will yet be
a success.”
The world seemed darker than ever
to Harry as he again wont out into
the night and rain. Darker, because
he had found what life might be if he
dared to woo and win such a woman
as Miss Bruce.
Katie looked up anxiously as her
brother returned, but, noting his sad
face, she asked no questions, but sa
down beside him, put her arms about
his neck, and rested her head on his
shoulder. It was a way she had of
comforting him when he was sad.
The next day, as Harry and Katie
were taking their frugal lunch, tho
landlady came up to their front door
and left a letter. He opened it, and
to his surprise there dropped out a
crisp $50 bill. A hot flush mounted
on his cheek, and for a moment he
was exceedingly, angry that anyone
should make him an object of charity.
“It must be from Miss Bruoe,” he
thought.
“Well, Katie,” he said, passing
over the bill, “you can go to school
now, for someone has been kind
enough to aeni! the monoy without
any name and has prevented us from
finding a way tereturn it.”
She gave a groat cry of pleasure,
but looked surprised when Harry
came around, gave her a quiet kiss
n id hastened out of tho room. She
did not know that he wont out to hide
the great love that was surging in his
heart, until it betrayed itself in his
face, for this beautiful, blue-eyed
woman, who he lelt must surely bo
tho donor,
Katie went to school and prepared
herself for a teacher. Tho fifty dol¬
lars became the foundation of much
good, for by and by, with Katie’s
help, a tiny little cottage was rented
outside the city aud fitted up into a
cosy little home.
Then Harry was promoted, and he
showed Buoh admirable tact for busi¬
ness that after font years be became a
junior partner. Then his success was
steady aud upward.
Katie married, but Harry remained
a bachelor, with the memory of a
sweet, fair-haired, blue-eyed woman
enshrined in his heart. He could
uever marry while the memory of her
remaiued.
One evening, while sauntering up
and down the beach of a little seaside
town, where he had run for a few days
vacation, he met a lady talking to a
small ohild. His heart beat wildly. It
was the one he worshiped above all
others.
“Miss Bruce?” he said.
“No,” she said, with a smile, ex¬
tending her hand, “Mrs. Lambert. I
have been a widow two years. This
is my little boy,” and she tamed tho
little curly-headed ohild about.
“I did not know you were married,”
he stammered.
“I married two weeks after I left
my uncle’s.”
“Thank heaven she is free!” he
said to himself, drawing a sigh of re¬
lief.
He found her just as frank and win¬
ning as she had been ou that eventful
eveniug so long ago. Day after day
he lingered at her side. Did she love
him? Sometimes he though she did.
At last he could endure his love no
longer, and one evening by the sea,
under the pale moon, he told her all.
Told how the money had come iu an
hour of neod and helped his little sis¬
ter, and how her comforting words had
cheered him on through all the years.
“I think I loved yon ever since
then,” he sail. “Now I know you
will think I am a selfish man, for I
freely confess I am not content with
my first present, hut want the donor
for another. May I have her?”
We do not know whether she an¬
swered yes or no; but we are quite
certain we have heard Harry Walker
say he liked his last present best.
SCHOOLS FOR OUR INDIANS.
Tho Government Has Two Thousand
Teachers on the Various Reservations.
“There are, in round numbers, some
250,000 Indians in Superintendent? this country,” said
Miss Estelle F.eel, oh
Indian schools, recently, “and the Gov¬
ernment has upon the various reser¬
vations about 250 boarding aud day
schools, in which over 2000 teachers
are employed. The work is divided,
a part of each day being spent in study
and a part in industrial work. The
girls are taught to become good house¬
keepers, aud arc instructed in all that
pertains thereto; while the boys are
taught farming and the ordinary in¬
dustrial arts. Besides these schools,
which are situated near the homes of
the Indians, there are several where
the higher branches and the scientific
trades are taught, such as tho far-
famed Carlisle school, the Haskell in¬
stitute and the Hampton institnte.
Since these were organized, a few
years ago, there have been a large
number of graduates. Few have re¬
turned to their old life, and as a re¬
sult of the practical work done in the
schools there are a number of Indians
employed as teachers, cooks, matrons,
seamstresses and disciplinarians.
Thus we see that gradually the Indian
question will be solved when the com¬
ing generation is taught to become
self-supporting and to follow the or¬
dinary walks of life, the same as their
white brothers.
“There is considerable dispute
among educators as to whether our
efforts ave wasted. The opinion that
much of the so-called Indian education
is wasted, and that the Indian boy oi
girl upon returning from school im¬
mediately returns to camp life, is held
by many. I believe that wo must bet¬
ter the aims of tho young Indian, and
to do this the youth must be brought
into and kept in our civilization, un¬
less our civilization is taken to him.
In many instances where tribes of In¬
dians have been surrounded by a good
class of white settlers the debasing
camp life is ending. Major Pratt,
superintendent of the Carlisle school,
holds that the Indian ohildreu must
In some way be plaoed under the influ¬
ence of individual oontactwith Ameri¬
can life and citizenship. The placing
of Indian boys aud girls at service in
families of farmers, although for a few
months only, has met with abundant
suocess. I believe that young Indian
women need industrial education as
well as young men, for when you civil¬
ize the wife you oivilize the home.
For that reason I strongly urge that
sewing, cooking and economic house¬
keeping shall be the leading factor?
in every Indian girl’s education.”
Tho Wear and Tear of Shoes.
We wear away two inches of shoe
leather in a year. A pair of boots
that would “last a lifetime” would,
consequently, fiave to be provided
with soles from eight feet to nine feet
thick.
A Burge Orange Iree.
The largest orange tree in the South
grows in Terre Bonne Parish, La.,
and is fifty feet high and fifteen feel
in circumference at the base. It has
often yielded 10,000 oranges per sea¬
son.
REPUBLICANS
BEGIN WORK
The Convention at Philadelphia
Organized For Business.
CALLED TO ORDER BY HANNA
National Chairman Makes a Rous¬
ing Speech—-Wolcott Tempo¬
rary Chairman.
A Philadelphia special says: The
Republican national convention was
called to order at 12:35 o'clock Tues¬
day by Senator Mark A. Hanna, of
Ohio, chairman of the national «om-
mittee.
Rev. J. Gray Bolton, of tho Hope
Presbyterian church of Philadelphia,
opened the proceedings with prayer.
As the prayer closed, Senator Han¬
na, who had remained standing during
the invocation, adjusted his eyeglasses
and said in a resonant voice:
“The secretary of the national com¬
mittee will now read the call for the
convention.”
As Colonel Dick stepped forward,
call in band, he was given a ripple of
applause. He read the formal call,
while the vast assemblage fretted for
the more vital proceedings. reading
At the conclusion of the
again Mr. Hanna was the center of at¬
tention. He left the presiding offi¬
cer’s table and stepping to the front of
tbe platform surveyed the sea of faces
aud in a clear voice began his speech
of welcome.
“Iu bidding you welcome,” he be¬
gan, “I also wish to congratulate you
on the magnificent representation
from tbe Republican party.”
There was a ronnd of applause as
Mr. Hanna called out the words “Re¬
publican party.” “There was no mis-
take in bringing tbe convention to
Philadelphia,” said Mr. Hanna. “Here
was the cradle of liberty, the birth-
place of the republic. Here also had
tho Republican party seen its birth,
and here, too, was the center of that
great throbbing idea, the protection
of American industries.”
“We are on the eve of another
great struggle. Already we are be¬
ginning to form our battalions under
the leadership of your great states¬
man, William McKiuley.”
That was the signal for the first
demonstration and the convention
broke forth in a whirlwind of enthu¬
siasm.
“I was about to give the order for
those battalions to move, but you in¬
terrupted me,” said Mr. Hanna, jocu¬
larly, and the applause was turned to
laughter. Again Mr. Hanna evoked
a demonstration when, speaking of
the approaching campaign, he de¬
clared:
“And with such n leader and such
a cause, there is no such word as fail.”’
As Mr. Hauna closed his speech, he
spoke of the sterling service of the
senator from Colorado, Mr. Wolcott,
to his party, and presented him to the
convention as temporary chairman.
Senator Fairbanks arose and moved
that the selection of Senator Wolcott
as the temporary chairman be ap¬
proved, and with unanimous voice the
delegates so voted.
When he recalled the history of four
years of Republican administration,
the prosperity which had blessed it,
the glorious outcome of the Spanish-
Ameriean war, the campaign of mis¬
representation in connection with the
Philippines which the enemies had
inaugurated and which it had met the
convention repeatedly broke into ap¬
plause. received hearty
Mr. Wolcott many
handshakes from those about him, and
then turned to the business of the
couve ntion, announcing the long list
of secretaries.
There was a momentary lull, and
Mr. Woloott gszed about the assembly
aud said:
“Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, is
recognized.” platform,
“Come to the governor,
they want to see you.” called out Mr.
Wolcott.
The much discussed man from Ken¬
tucky moved up the middle aisle to
»be platform, receiving a cheer as Sen¬
ator Wolcott advanced to greet him.
There was momentary silence as the
convention waited apparently expect¬
ing a speech echoing some of the re-
oeut dramatic incidents in Kentucky,
but instead of that, Governor Taylor
only seoonded the nominations of the
various officials who had been an¬
nounced and this done* left tho stage.
The nominations wer% mode unani¬
mous.
The oall of the roll of the states for
the submission of members of the vari¬
ous committees then began. It proved
a tedious prooess.
The list of temporary officers was
announced, and Representative Can¬
non, of Illinois, w^s reoognized to
move an adjournment until Wednes¬
day
GOVERNOR CANDLER IS ILL.
Confined To III* Kesidence, Suffering With
Khenmatiim.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, is ill
at the mausiou in Atlanta, and it will
probably be several days before he will
be able to return to the statehouse.
Governor Candler, in coming from
Athens to Atlanta last Saturday, after
attending a meeting of the board of
trustees of the university, contracted
a cold which resulted iu rheumatism.
CONFLICTING REPORTS
Keep the World Guessing As To
True Condition of Affairs In
the Chinese Empire.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Whiting, at Cheo Foo, China, reports
that nothing has been heard from
Seymour’s force for seven days.
Vice Admiral Sir Edward II. Seymour
is the commauderof the British squad¬
ron in Chinese waters, and is also in
command of the force of 2,040 marine
guards, representing all the powers,
which started for Pekin June 10, but
has, it is reported, been compelled to
return to Tien Tsin. He is supposed
to be fighting against overwhelming
numbers of Chinese fanatics between
Tien Tsin and Pekin.
The French consul wires that the
British mission at Tsaug Chow has
been looted and the missionaries con¬
veyed to an unknown place by a Chi¬
nese general.
A semi-official dispatch received in
Berlin from Tokio, Japan, dated June
21st, says the Japanese consul at
Shanghai confirms the report that
Vice Admiral Seymour has arrived at
Pekin, and that the members of the
diplomatic corps are safe. According
to an official Japanese report from
Che Foo, the foreign settlement at
Tien Tsin was reduced to ashes June
18th.
The Petit Bleu (Brussels newspaper)
slates that a telegram was received
Thursday by an important Brussels
firm from China saying that Admiral
Seymour’s releiving force and the Rus¬
sian column entered Pekin simultane¬
ously. The legations were reported
intact and all the Belgian residents are
said to be safe.
Reports have been received at Hong
Ivong from Canton, that, owing to tho
representations of the foreign consuls,
Li Hung Chang has consented to re¬
main in Canton.
ALLIES WILL ADVANCE.
Hear Admiral Bruce Issues Proclamation
to Chinese Authorities.
The admiralty in London has re¬
ceived the following dispatch from
Rear Admiral Bruce:
Taku, via Che Foo, June 21.—No
communication from the commander-
in-chief (Seymour) in seven days or
from Tien Tsin iu five days. The allies
hold the Taku forts and Tong Ku se¬
curely, and they will advance to the
relief of Tien Tsin when in sufficient
strength. Troops are expected from
Hong Kong and from Wei-Hai-We.
It is believed that fighting is con¬
stantly proceeding around Tien Tsin.
Our garrison there should be about
3,000 men. The following proclama¬
tion iB to be issued forthwith:
“The admirals aud senior naval offi¬
cers of the allied powers in China de¬
sire to make known to all vicoroys and
authorities along the coasts and rivers
and iu the cities aud provinces of
China that they intend to use armed
force only against the Boxers and peo¬
ple that oppose them on their march to
Pekin to rescue their fellow country¬
men.”
ABLE TO PK ES Ell YE PEACE.
Ministrr VVu Tine Fane Delivers Jleassnr-
ing MeHSHge.i nt State Department.
Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, call¬
ed on Secretary Hay at the state de¬
partment Thursday and informed him
that he had received a dispatch from
the viceroyjof the three great provinces
of the Yang Tse Kiang. saying that he
felt himself perfectly able to keep the
peace in his provinces and insure the
safety of the foreign missionaries and
that in conjunction with his colleagues
is able to answer for the preservation
of peace and order in all tho great
southern provinces.
RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT DEAD.
Foreign Minister Kxpired Suddenly From
Apoplexy While at Breakfast.
The Russian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Count MnraviefT, died sudden¬
ly at St. Petersburg Thursday morn¬
ing.
Count Muravieff had just finished
his morning cup of coffee and had or¬
dered his lunch when he fell in an
apoplectic fit and expired in a few
minutes between 0 and 10 o’clock.
Count Muravieff was the head of the
Russian diplomatic service which is
admitted on all sides to be the most
aggressive aud successful in the world.
The marvelous success of Russia’s
Asiatic policy of territorical extension
in connection with the Trans-Siberian
railway and Pacific ports is largely
due to him.
COMMISSI ON E US SU M M 0 X E »
To Sliow Canoe Why Convict Cninp Should
Not Bo Abolished.
The county commissioners of Coffee
county, Ga., have been ordered to ap¬
pear before Governor Candler and the
state prison commission ou July 5th,
at 10 o’clock, to show cause why
the convict camp operated in Coffee
county should not be abolished.
Tbe charges against the manage¬
ment of the Coffee county camp are of
a serious nature, involving alleged bad
treatment of the inmates and an ap¬
parent disregard of the health and life
of the camp.
AMNESTY FOR FILIPINOS.
McKinley*# Peace Order Is Pleasing to the
Philippine Kebfels.
A Manila special says: GeneralMac-
Arthur will formally announce Presi¬
dent McKinley’s orders of amnesty.
Prominent Filipino leaders are great¬
ly pleased, as they believe that under
amnesty they can bring about the sur¬
render of Aguinaldo, who they declare
is ready and willing to consider a
peace platform adopted by Filipino
leaders with a few insignificant excep¬
tions.
SECOND DAY SESSION
Of Republican National Conven¬
tion at Philadelphia.
CHAIRMAN LODGE TAKES CHARGE.
I’erinaiiftnt Organisation KflVcted, Order
of liualnmtt Agreed Upon and
Platform Adopted.
The features of the second day of
the Republican convention in Phila¬
delphia were the presentation of the
platform and the speech of Permanen
Chairman Lodge.
At 12:26 Temporary Chairman Wol¬
cott rapped for order. After the invo¬
cation a remarkable tribute to the
flag and to the pioneers of the Repub¬
lican party then occurred. Mr. Wol¬
cott stepped forward aud stated that
fifteen survivors of the first Republi¬
can convention were present with the
same old flag used in that convention.
At that moment a file of white-haired
patriarchs appeared from the rear,
bearing at their head a faded Ameri¬
can flag, tattered and barely held to¬
gether by a cross staff. As the flag
appeared the audience rose, delegates,
spectators and guests, and a deafening
salute went up for the faded standard
aud its venerable upholders, The
fifteen white-haired men ranged them¬
selves side by side, looking out on the
sea of faces.
This incident over, the chairman
recognized Representative Sereno E.
Payne, of New York, chairman of the
committee on credentials, who mount¬
ed the platform and read the report of
the committee.
Under the rules under which tho
convention was operating, twenty min¬
utes was allowed on a side for debate,
but no one demanded the floor and
the report was put through with a
whirl.
The convention, which evidently felt
relieved with this quick disposition of
the contests, signified its approval
with applause.
The committee on rules theu sub¬
mitted its report.
The convention adopted the follow¬
ing order of business:
1. Report of the committee on cre¬
dentials.
2. Report of the committee on per¬
manent organization.
3. Report of the committee on reso¬
lutions.
4. Naming members of national
committee.
5. Presentation of names of candi¬
dates for president.
(3. Balloting.
7. Presentation of names of candi¬
dates for vice president.
8. Balloting.
9. Gall of roll of states, territories,
Alaska and the District of Columbia
for names of delegates to serve re¬
spectively ou committees to notify the
nominees for president and vice presi¬
dent of their selection for said office.
The chair announced as a committee
to escort Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
to the chair Governor Shaw, of Iowa,
and Governor Roosevelt, of New
York.
Cheers echoed continuously until
Mr. Lodge, after greeting Mr. Wol¬
cott, turned to the audience and began
his address.
In the course of his address Senator
Lodge said: honors that
“One of the greatest
can fall to any American in public life
is to be called to preside over a Re¬
publican national convention. How
great that honor is you know, but you
cannot realize, nor can I express the
gratitude which I feel to you for hav¬
ing conferred it upon me. I can only
say to you, in the simplest phrase,
that I thank you from the bottom of
my heart, ‘Beggar that am, I am even
poor in thanks, and yet I thank
you.” again to nominate the
“We meet
president of the United States. Four
years have passed since we nominated
the soldier and statesman who is now
president, and who is soon to enter
upon his second term. Since the civil
war no presidential term has been so
crowned with great events as that
■wlrch is now drawing to a close. They
have been four memorable years. To
'Republicans they of show work a done, record of of
promises kept, and answered. un¬
foreseen questions met they been
To the Democrats have
generous in the exhibition of unful-
tilled predictions, in the ruin of their
hopes of calamity and in futile oppo¬
sition to the forces of the times and
the aspirations of American people. I
wish I could add that they been equal¬
ly instructive to our opponents, but
while it is true the Democrats, like the
Bourbons, learn nothing, it is only too
evident that the familiar comparison
cannot be completed, for they forget a
great deal which it would be well for
I hem to remember.”
Boiler Explosion Kills Three.
The boiler of a portable steam exploded en¬
gine used to propel a sawmill
near the village of Eden, Erie county,
N. Y., Wednesday evening, instantly
killing three men.
Beckham Makes Announcement.
Governor Bockhsm, the youngest
governor in the United States, issued
a day statement night, at formally Frankfort, aunouiic^^H Ky., T^*
caudieacy for the democraticAH
tion to succeed himself. AH
Fatal Fire in
Three deaths have mH
tenement The dead house Mrs. fire (jiffl iii^H
are:
her son of eight yeagjy Jag
five year*.