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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING NEWS, p.tublisheri 1850. .- - Incorporated ISSS E J. H.' ESTILL, President. ADLAIE. STEVENSON, is BRYAJP9 HEWING MATE ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. named on the first ballot. bill and towne ran him the CLOSEST R ACE FOR IT. Seven In Nomination Steven Non, Hill. Towne, Lewis, Patrick, Smith and Carr—Hum Lewis Withdrew' Dlm Nniue—Nomination Was Made l nnnimous—States Withdrew’ Vc*tes When the Result Was Clear—Con tention Adjourned. Kansas City, July 6—The Demo ratic national ticket was completed to-day by tht- ncmination of Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice President. The ncmination was made on the first ballot, state after state jo.n ing in the wild scramble to record support ot the winning candidate. It was not accompanied by any such frantic demonstration of approval a.; had mark and the pioceed ngs at previous stages, a Though the result followed a spirited ar.d. at times, highly dramatic fonu*t between th f advocates of Towne, g evcicon, Hill and the lesser candidates. Tr.e distinct triumph of the day in the W ay of a pot uar ovation was that accord ed to Senator Hill, and in Us spontaniety and enthusiasm, was one of the most no table t-aluies tlie convention has pro diced It w'as accompanied, too, by a remarkable scene w’hen Tlill earnestly pro tested to his fi lends against b ing placed in nominat on and then, finding his pro test in \ain, when he stride to the plat form and, in tones which left no doubt of their sincerity, earnestly b:sought tha convention not to make him the nomi nee. With More Briskness. The proceedings to-day moved with p-eater briskness than on the two preced ing days, for there was none of the tedious waits for platform and committee. The aspect of the vast auditorium was truly <*mocrallc when the session began. An ticipating the close of the convention, tHe general public was admitted freely, and as a result, great crowds emptied into the hall, not only filling every available seat in the area and aisles, but also overflowing Into the arena reserved for the delegates, while some more adventuresome individ ual? scaled the iron girders and looked down from a dizzy hight on the 30,000 peo ple packed below. The crowd practically took possession of the proceedings, and at times the chairman end his officials were eo powerless to proceed that they gave up lo the multitude until the various dem onstrations spent themselves. After Hill went out of the vice presiden tial race it soon became ap parent Stevenson was a strong favorite. State after state sec onded his nomination—Georgia, Indiana, Virginia, lowa, Kentucky, Illinois. Some ot the devoted friends of Hill still main tained their allegiance to him, and the delegations of New Jersey, Louisiana and 6ome others seconded his nomination. A number of favorite sons also w’ere placed in nomination. Maryland bringing forward Gov. John Walter Smith. Wash ington naming James Hamilton Lewis, North Carolina nominating Gen. Julian S. Carr and Ohio presenting the name of A. W Patrick. It was after 2 o’clock when the seconding speeches, many of them wearisome, were concluded, and the bal loting began. % As the. roll was about to be called, Mr. Lewis appeared on the platform and in a few well chosen words withdrew from the contest. The vote was followed with in tense interest, for when Alabama an nounced three for Stevenson and nineteen for Hill, it looked as if a close and excit ing contest was to occAir. But it was soon evident that Stevenson had a strong lead. At the close of the call he had 559% votes, which, however, was not enough to nomi nate, the requisite two-thirds being 624. Hill had received 200 votes and Towne U. Hut. before the announcement of (he result, a strong-lunged delegate from Ten stood on his chair and announced: Tennessee changes her 24 votes from Hill te> Stevenson.” That started the tide Irresistibly toward Stevenson. From every quarter of the hall came demands for recognition. Ala bama changed to Stevenson. California did -ame, and North Carolina changed from Curr to Stevenson. Even New York finally and reluctantly announced its change from Hill to Stevenson. That endvd it. Stevenson's nomination was s -Burc*d. although for some time longer the various states continued to record their changes form Towne and other candidates t° Stevenson. In the end the. nomination *’ n ' c ' made unanimous. Its announcement greeted with enthusiastic approval. an, i again state standards and banners "crp borne about the building in tribute 10 the party nominee. "ORK OF THE ro>VE!\’TlO\. How the BiinlnesH of the Lant Daj Won Trim sneted. Convention Hall. Kansas- City. July 6. Thp final day of the Democratic National Convention broke clear and hot. The sun blazed pitilessly down through the same brilliant sky that has marked every day convention week, and the. cloudless bin* gave no promise of relief from the defense heat. Hut the grateful wind which has saved th* week from being Intolerable did not forsake the sweltering crowds to-day. It hlr-w steadily from the southwest, hot, H is true, from itf passage over the n #. but nevertheless a wind. It swept in through the great windows at the south #n d of the hail, fluttered the bunting and fi*gs and fanned the vast crowd. An hour before the convention hall was opened, dense crowd* were packed around the various openings and hundreds more v*>re coming on every thoroughfare that afforded access to the hall. Within thirty minutes after the doors were opened the Galleries were all occupied, .and still the crowds around the entrance and In the Greets had suffered no diminution. Yes terday the hall was so densely packed that 4? was st times impossible to move around Upon the floor, one-fourth of the delegates unable to see the chairman, and the •the* three-fourths of than could hear Jlatoanna!) Mofning nothing uttered from the. platform. The aistes were choked up to a degree that was dangerous, and passage through them was a * all times difficult and late in the evening impossible. This morning the rolice and sergeants-at-arms started in with great vigor to prevent any repetition of the disagreeable f atur s of yesterday’s second session, and for a considerable time net with uoe s, but they were gi aOually overwhe med and made com paratively helpless by the heavy crowds ihat were attempting to i ass by the gate ke pers. Suizer w’as the first vice presidential at,didate to appear In th.' hall, and his appearance seemed to excite very little interest. He cans* down the aisle from the delegates’ door, coat throw'll open, hat jtsmm and hard down on the back of his head, his tad f rm towering over a small Ohio and 1 gate at his side, across w hose should: rs his arm w*as caressing ly thrown and into whose ear he talked with great energy. At 10:45 o’clock Chairman Richardson advanced io the from of the platform, a gr at bouquet of sweet peas in his l aud, with a sweep of the gavel he cut off the rairs of the hand, slowly stilled the c nfusicn and brought the convention to ord'r for its third day’s work. But it was some mini • s before there was suf ficient quiet for the opining invo a ion. and then the great audience arose while Rev. Rabbi Mayer of Kansas City deliv ered a prayer breathing the sense of re sponsibiii y resting upon the convention. IHibhi Mayer’s Prayer. Rabbi Harry IT. Mayer offered prayer as 'follows: “C Our Heavenly Father, father to all mankind, Thou who are nigh unto all who call upon Thee in truth, we invoke Thy name to-day with the thrill and the thrall of stirring scenes and strong emotions upon us that we may profess before Tb.ee the conviction of our hearts that, unless Thou art w r ith us. we labor in vain. We couid remind our selves that Thou art arbiter over us in life and in eternity. We thank Thee for the ways in which Thou hast used us as ihe instrifinents ot Thy providence. We thank Thee for the many worthy men Thou hast raised up in leadership over us. O bless them and all those who labor for the establishment of wise government and just laws. “Make us to rejoice not in the largeness of our domain, but in the spread of truth and justice. Make us to perceive more and more clearly our duties toward those who stretch forth unto us their helpless hands in piteous appeal for that succor, which wo as common children of the All Father, dare not deny them. “May every good enterprise that invites our service find us ready to enrol our selves in its cause. May we be free from bitterness toward those who hoi 1 opin ions that clash with ours. May loyalty to principle be accounted unto us and unto all men for righteousness whenever the desire is manifested to defend the right, to dffy the wrong. If intolerance shall continue on earth, let it be directed not against the bondsmen of error and sin, but against the falsehood and ignorance that have overmastered them. “Thou, O Lord, hast lifted up an en sign to the nations from, afar aid hast called for one of them from the end of the earth. May it come with speed, swiftly, not to blight hut to bless, but the parti tion walls of party affiliation and racial affinities dividing men against themsleves may be leveled and kindness rule every where and always. O may there he none weary nor stumbling among its men. We ask it for the sake of Thy name. Amen.” Nominations in Order. Immediately following the prayer the call of states began for the purpose of making nominations for the vice presi dency. Great confus on prevailed, and very few of the delegates were aware of what was going on until Alabama and Arkansas had been passed and California was call ed. Then the doughty form and face of Senator White emerged from the Califor nians, and in stentorian tones he demand ed to know what was going on and that the aisles be cleared of the disorderly in truders. When the chairman responded that California was being called for nom inations, Senator White announced that California yielded to Arkansas. “And Arkansas yields to Illinois, to place in nomination Adlai E. Stevenson of Illi nois,” shouted Jeff Davis, Lhe Democratic candidate for Governor of Arkansas, standing on a chair and receiving a cheer for his mention of Sievenson. Now all bus ness was suspended, as the confusion had become so overpowering that the call of the secretaries was inaudible above the roar. The police and sergeants-at-arms struggled vainly to dispossess the mob, which was now well nigh in control of the floor. Men fought to retain their places and some exciting encounters, which at times threatened to precipitate a fight un der the eyes of the multitude occurred. It took fifteen minutes to restore some semblance of order and then the spokes man for Illinois, Representative James Williams, presented the name of Steven son. Nominated Stevenson. “Gentlemen of the Convention: Illinois is grateful to Arkansas for this evidence of her regard. The United Democracy of Illinois desires to present to this conven tion for the next Vice President of the United States a Democrat; (Cheers.) one who ‘drew his first breath from the pure Democratic atmopshere of old Kentucky; (Che. rs.) one baptized in the great and growing Democracy of Illinois; one who has stood squarely on every Democratic platform since he became a voter; one who has twice represented in Congress a district overwhelmingly Republican; one who is not a Rough Rider, but a swift rider; (Cheers.) not a warrior, but a statesman; a man „who stands for civil government against military rule; a man who believes that a President of the Unit ed States- who ignores the constitution as the present President has done, must be one who loves his own glory far more than he loves the republic; a man who believes American despotism is no better than any other despotism; a man who places human blood above human greed; a man who will not trade away the precious life of an American soldier for a nugget of gold in the Philippine Islands; a man who would not give the .3.000 or 3.500 brave Americans, whom McKinley has sacrificed in that hotbed of disease and de struction. for all the Islands in the seas; (Applause ) a tnan, who during four years of faithful administration as first assist ant postmaster general of the United States, demonstrated that he knows a Re publican when he sees him in an office that belongs lo a Democrat. (Applause.) Nominate our man, and you will not have to explain any speech' made against Dem ocracy, for he has never made any. (Applause.) A man in the full strength of his manhood, able to canvass any state in this Union. “Gentlemen of the convention, Illinois makes no exaggeration when she tells you that in that great state the conditions are far better, the prospect* are much bright er for Democracy than in 1892, when our candidate fer Vice Pro-id n carried it by 30,000 majority. (Ap -lnucc). We have a Eta e ticket ttr n or ilian we i vtr hed hefo.e. We have hui cne Democracy in Illinci* We vr.ico the sincere s ntiment of the Democracy of Illinois when we ask you to nominate a man whose ram* we will present, a man who has b*n tried, {Continued on Fifth Poge.i SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 11)00. DID NOT NOMINATE. SILVER RKPriU-ICANS LEFT IT TO THEIR NATIONAL, COMMITTEE. TOWNE GAVE THIS COUNSEL C ONVENTION WANTED HIM IN SPITE OF DEMOCRATS. - flryan \Vn Made tlie Unnnimons Choice of the Convention for Pres ident—No tiuitn 1 Committee May De cide on Stevenson Delegates Thought Dcifinernts Should Have Named Towne—Platform Adopted by the Party. Kansas City, July 6.—After a longer and exciting debate, during* which it looked several times as if Charles- A. Towne would be nominated for Vice President in spite of his protest against such action, the National Convention of the Silver Re publican party adjourned sin die w’iihout making an mir.adcn for Vicer President, the whole matter being referred to the National Committee, with power to act. W. J. Bryan was made the unanimous choice of the convention for President. During the morning session, the plat form was adopted, and it was the inten tion to complete the ticket in the after noon by the nomination of ex-Congress n an Towne. The action of the Democrat ic Convention, however, in placing Mr. Stevenson in nomination, took delegates off their feet, but most of them asserted their determination to nominate Mr. Towne notwithstanding. Fcr two hours Senator Teller, former Congressman Shafroth of Colorado, Cheadle of Indiana and others made speeches in favor of indorsing the Demo cratic ticket. But it was no-t until Towne himself appeared and appealed io the con vention not to nominate, hut to concen trate their forces, that the delegates calmed down and. the vice presidential nomination was referred to the National Commixes. The platform adopted by the convention was as follows: Their Platform. We, the Silver Republican party, in na tional convention assembled, declare those as our principles and invite the co-opera tion of all who agree therewith: We recognize that the principles set forth in the Declaration of American In dependence are fundamental and ever lastingly true in their application to gov ernments among men. We believe the patriotic words of Washington’s farewell to be the words of soberness and wisdom, inspired by the spirit of right and truth. We treasure the words of Jefferson as priceless gems of American statesman ship. We hold in sacred remembrance the broad philanthropy and patriotism* of Lin coln, who was the great interpreter of American history and the great apostle of human rights ami of industrial freedom, and we declare as was declared by the convention that nominated the great emancipator that the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Fed eral constitution, “that all men are cre ated equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” is essential to the preservation of our republican institu tions. For IlliYictH'llittin. We declare our adherence to the princi ple of bimetallism as the right basis of a monetary system under our national con stitution; a principle that found place re peatedly in Republican platforms from the demonetization of silver in 1873 to the St. Louis Republican Convention of 1896. Since that convention a Republican Con gress and a Republican President, at the dictation of the trusts and money power, have passed and approved a currency bill which in itself is a repudiation of the doc trine of bimetallism advocated theretofore by the President and every great leader of his party. This currency law destroys the full money power of the silver dollar, provides for the payment of all government obliga tions and the redemption of all forms of paper money in gold alone—retires the time-honored and patriotic greenbacks, constituting one-sixth of the money in circulation, and surrenders to the bank ing corporations a sovereign function of Issuing all paper money, thus enabling those corporations to control the prices of labor and property by increasing or diminishing the volume of money in cir culation, thus giving the banks power to create panics and bring disaster upon bus iness enterprises. The provisions o.f this currency law making the bonded debt of the republic payable in gold alone change* the contract between the government and the bondholders to the advantage of the latter and is in direct opposition to the Matthews resolution passed by Congress in 1878, for which resolution the present President, then a member of Congress, voted, as did also the leading Republicans, both in I lie House and in the Semite. We declare it to be our intention to lend our efforts to the repeal of this cur rency law, which not only repudiates the ancient and time-honored principles of the American people, before the constK tutii was adopted, but Is violative of the x ueiples of the constitution itself, and we shall not cease our efforts until there has been established in its place a monetary system based upon the free and unlimited cpinuge of silver and gold into money at the legal ratio of 16 to 1, by the independent action of the United States, under which system all paper money shall be issued by the governrtien* and all such money coined or issued shall be. a full legal tender in payment of nil debts, public and private, without excep tion. We are in favor of a graduated tax upon incomes, and if necessary to accom plish this, wo favor nn amendment to the constitution. N Flection of Senators. We believe that United States senators ought to be elected by a direct vote of the people, and we favor such amend ment of the constitution and such legis lation as may be necessary to that end. We favor the maintenance and extension wherever practicable of the merit sys tem in the public service, appointments to be necording to fitness, competitively ascertained, and public servants to be re tained In office only so long as shall be compatible with the efficiency of the ser vice. Against Trusts. Combinations, trusts and monopolies, contrived and arranged for the purpose of controlling the prices and quantity of articles supplied to the public, are unjust, .unlawful and oppressive. Not only do these unlawful conspirators fix the prices of commodities in many cases, but they invade every branch of the state and na tional government with their polluting in fluence and, control the action of their employes and dependents in private life until their influence actually imperils so ciety and the liberty of the citizen. We declare against them. We demand the most stringent laws for their destruction and the most severe punishment of their promoters and m:tinta:ners and energetic enforcement of such laws by the courts. The Monroe Doctrine. Wo belfeve the Monroe doctrine to be sound in principle and a wise national pol icy, and we demand a firm adherence thereto. We,condemn acts inconsistent with it, and that tend to make us parties to the interests and o involve us in the controversies of European nations. Wc condemn recognition by pending treaty of the right of England to be considered in the construction of nn inter-oceanic canal. We declare that such canal, when constructed, ought to be controlled, by the United States in the interest or American nations. Wo observe with anxiety and regard with disapproval the increasing owner ship of land by aliens and their growing control over our international transpor tation, national resources and public util ities. We demand legislation to protect our, public domain, our na<ural resources, our franchises and our international com merce and keep them free and matntafa them independent of all foreign monopo lies, institutions and influences, and we declare our opposition to the leasing of the public lands of he United States, whereby corporations and syndicates will be able to secure control thereof and thus monopolizje the public domain, the heritage of the people. We ar in favor of the principle o r and rect legislation. In view’ of the great sacrifice made and patriotic services rendered we are in favor of libeial pensions to deserv ing soldiers, their widows, orphans and ther dependents. We believe tha* enlist ment and service* should be accepted as conclusive pro f that the soldier was free from disease and disability a 1 the of his enlistment. We condemn the pres ent administration of the pension laws Sympathy for Doer*. We Tender to the patriotic people cf the South African republics our sympathy and express oui adm'ratlon for them in their heroic attempts io preserve their political fr edom and maintain their national Inde pendence. We declare that the destruc tion of their republics and the subjuga tion of their peoples to be a crime against civilization. We believe this sympathy should have tern voiced by ihe Ameri can Congress as was done in the case of the French, the Greeks, the Hunga rians, the Polanders, the Armenians and the Cubans, and ns the traditions of This country would have dictated. We declare the Forto Rican tariff law to be not only a serious, but dangerous, departure from the principles of our form of government. We believe in a Republican form of gov ernm nt and are opposed to monarchy and to the whole theory of imperialistic con trol. We believe, in self-government, a gov ernment by consent of the governed, and are unalterably opposed to a government based upon force. It is clear and certain that the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago cannoi be made citizens of the United States without en dangering cur civilization. We arc, there fore. in favor of applying to the Philip pine archipelago the principle wo are sol emnly and have publicly pledged to ob serve In the case of Cuba. There being no longer any necessity foj* collecting war tax*a. wo demand the re peal of the war taxes levied to carry on ihe war with Spain. We favor the immediate admission into the union of states the territories of Ari zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. We demand that our nation’s promisee o Cuba shall be fulAiled in every partic ular. We Relieve the national government should lend every aid, encouragement and assistance toward the reclamation of the arid lands of the United States, and to that * ml we are in favor of a comprehensive survey thereof, and an immediate ascer tainment of the water supply available for such reclamation, and we believe it to be the duty of the general government to provide for the construction of storage reservoirs, and irrigation works, so that the water supply of the arid region may he utilized to (he greatest possible extent in the interests of the people, while pre serving all rights of the state. Trn import a tion. Transportation is a public necessity, and the means and methods of it are matters of public concern. Railway companies exercise a power over industries, business and commerce, which they ought not to do, and should be made to serve the in terests without making unreasonable charges or unjust discriminations. We observe with satisfaction the growing sentiment among the people in favor of the public ownership and operation of public utilities. Peace is the virtue of civilization, and war is its crime. War is only justified when the oppressors of humanity will heed no other appeal, and when the efie mies of liberty will respond to no other argument. However high and pure may be the purposes of an appeal ty arms in the beginning, war becomes immoral when continued for the purpose of subjugation or for national aggrandizement. We r.re in favor of expanding our commerce in the interests of American labor and for the benefits of all our people by every honest and peaceful means, but when war is waged to extend trade, force commerce or to acquire wealth, it is national piracy. Our creed and our history justify the na tions of the earth in expecting that wher ever the American flag is unfurled in au thority, human liberty and political free dom will be found. We protest against the adoption of any policy that will change, in the thought of the world, the meaning of our flag. We Insist that it shall never float over any vessel or wave t the head of any column directed against the political independence of any people or of any race, or In any dime. We are opposed to the importation* of Asiatic laborers in competition with Amer ican lalxtr and demand u more rigid en forcement of the law* relating thereto. The Silver Republican party of the United States, in the foregoing principles, seeks to perpetuate the spirit and to ad here to the teaching of Abraham Lincoln. TILLOTSON THE CHAIRMAN. Will Preside Over Silver Vlepnltll onn’s Notional Committee. Kansas City, July 6.—The National Com mittee of the Silver Republicans organ ized by electing D. C. Tilk>ton of Kan sas, chairman, and Gen. IS. S. Cor ter of Minnesota, secretary and treasurer. The selection t>f an Executive Committee was deferred. Senator Dubois offered a resolution pledging the support of the Silver Repub licans to Adlai K. Stevenson, but there was opposition, and action was itoatponcft until after a conference with the commit tee appointed by the Democratic Conven tion. Fifty Killed by Explosion. St Petersburg. July 6—An official dis patch from Nikolsky, July 1, says that fifty persons were killed by an explosion of stores of powder at Moukdea JAPAN WILL BE FREE RUSSIA WILL ALLOW HER TO AP PLY FORCE IN CHINA. BRITAIN GIVES SAME LEAVE. TEN DAYS NEEDED FOR JAPAN TO LAND HER FORCES. Ilceitnls of Further Horrors at Pe kin Are Gathered From Chinese. Thirst for lllood Spreading to Northern Provinces—Relieved Dis aster Has Overtaken fi.OtM) Rus sians—Mausers Sent Into China in Foil! ns. London. July 7, 2.40 a. m —The Russian government announces that it will give Japan a free hand to apply military force in China. The terms of this announce ment are summarized into the subjoined dispatch from St. Petersburg, under date of July 6. In reply to an inquiry from the Japanese cabinet regarding the dis patch of Japanese troops to China to render aid to the foreigners in Pekin, th© Rural an government declared, on May 2Y, that ii left th© Japanese government full liberty of action in this connection, as the Tokio cabinet expressed its readiness to act in full agreement with the other Powers. It is in consequence of this, no doubt, that Japan is preparing to embark 21>,- 000 more troops. Political considerations that wore thought to have been hindering the action of the Powers, are thus laid aside for n moment, at least, by the gov ernment supposed to have clearest pur poses respecting China’s future. Japan’s sending of troops notv can have Jlttle bear ing on the fate of the foreigners in Pe kin. Baron Hayashl, the new’ Japanese min ister, who arrived In London on Friday, said that ten days would probably be re quired for the carrying of troops to China. He dictated statements contained tn these sentences: “If all the conditions of Japan were considered, there would be no reason why Japan should not undertake the task of suppressing the trouble. The Powers are all agreed in wishing to put down the rebels, but it does not seem that they are agreed on the means.” From these authoritative utterances, it is inferred that Japan does not dominate conditions, and that the concert of the Powers is a little jangled. Reeks With Carnage. Recitals of further horrors in Pekin are gathered by correspondents at Shanghai from Chinese sources, especially of the slaughter in th© Chines© and Tartar c r ty of thousands of native Christians, so that the capital reeks with carnage. The ruth less thirst for blood is spreading In all the northern provinces, and wherever there are native Christians the scene* enacted in the capital are reproduced in miniature. From these sources nothing further comes regarding the legation forces except a repetition that they are all dead. The correspondents aver that if the Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to throw light on the- real state of affairs in the capital, they could do so. and therefore the worst reports are accepted as true. Fears for Russians. The Che Foo correspondent of the Ex press, telegraphing on Thursday, says there is no longer any doubt that disas ter has overtaken the Russian force of 3,- C/'O that left Hen Tsln for Pekin on June 31. The Ruseiane had a full field gun ccmpilment, and carried their own trans port. As nothing has been heard from them for twenty-four days, it is assumed that they have been overwhelmed. Trust worthy new© Is received that all the coun try to the northeast of Pekin is covered with lhe corpses of men and horses of the western garrisons. Fighting of a des perate character look place in the imme diate neighborhood of Tien Tsin on June 30. Taku dispatches say nn attack In great force is expected at any moment. The Chinese commanders are awaiting flic ar rival of more guns and reinforcements, before making an effort to retake the city. A dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily Telegraph, dated July 5. cays the losses of the allies up to June. 29, were 600. Official dispatches from Port Arthur to th*-* Russian government, bearing date of July 2. show that the country to the northward is In a state of disturbance, and that bands are destroying property. Six pirate ships have been captured by Russian naval vessels off the island of Elllon-. A missionary, who has return© 1 to Ber lin, says that while in China he learned that hundreds of Mauser rifles had been brought in in coffins, supposed to contain the bodies of Chinese who had died abrdad. A special dispatch from Shanghai, dated Friday, says the position of the allies at Tien Tsin Is becoming increasing y criti cal, owing to lark of sufficient supplies; but, only as a lust resort, will the town be evacuated In favor cf concentration of fore 8 at Taku. PASSED Ll* TO JAPAN. Rrltinn Is Willing for Her to Under take tlx* Work. I/ondon, July 6.—ln the Houe© of Com mons to-day th© parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, Mr. Brodrick, ;yi nounccd that the government of Japan had received assurances that the prompt dispatch of a large force to TaktT would be welcomed by Her Majesty’s govern ment. No objection, Mr. Brodrick added, had been raised by any European power. Aft the negotiations continued, he was unable to say more, but he assured the House that the government was fully alive to the exigencies of the situation. STREETS 111 \ WITH RLOOD. 3,000 Catholic (’onvertß Vlutcbercd by Boxers In l*ekln. London, July 6.—A Shanghai special of July 5 says that savage soldiery butch ered at Pekin 5,000 natives, Roman Cath olic converts. Respectable Chinese, who arrived from Chian Fu, describe Pekin ns an inferno, the streets literally running wrUh blood. They confirm numerous stories of execu tions and untold torlufes inflicted on iso lated foreigners and European soldiers captured by the mob. Tuan Kang Yi and Tung Fuh Sian have issued fresh edicts ordering the merciless extermination of sli foreigners. They > completely effaced the authority of Yung Lu, the Chinese imperial treasurer, who advocated moderation. 20,000 \RE MOBILIZED. Japan Is Only IwnitinK the Word From the Boss era. London, July 6.—The foreign office here has received official dispatches from To kio, to-day. and the Associated Press un derstands that the Japanese government informed the foreign office that, in addi tion to the forces already landed In China, Japan has 20.000 troops mobilized and roady for action at a moment's no tide, when she receives the mandate of the Powers. Great Britain Is now awaiting answers from the chancellories to Its proposals. WILL HE MORE ACTIVE. United States Will Dlspnteh Troops to Nngnnukl. Washington, July 6.—The state depart ment Is waiting with almost an agony of expectation for news from Pekin, but none comes. Heartrending appeals nr© being received from the relatives and friends of the persons supposed to have been in the United States legation at Pekin, praying for some information as to the fate of their people, but the department is un able to give them any satisfaction. Secretary Root was in conference with Secretary Hay thin morning, and it was admitted that, though no more troops have been ordered directly to China, yet greater activity has been decided ui>on in ihe matter of dispatching the regular troops from this country to Nagasaki, "’here they will be In readiness for either Chinese or Philippine service. Nothing more has been heard by the State Department from any of the Eu ropean governments respecting the Chi nese situation, and no answers have yet been received to the Identical notes defin ing the position of the United States gov ernment. None may be received, as note was so phrased as to make it un necessary for the recipients to respond. Consul General Good now’s message re specting the probabilities of the extension of the Boxer movement under certain conditions was made public in substance to-day, blit the officials were careful to explain that they regarded it as merely an expression of opinion on the |mrt of the consul general—not an incontroverti ble statement of fact. WILL SEND MORE TROOPS. Jnpnn AVIII Soon Have 22,000 Men In Chinn. Washington. July 6An official dis patch received by the Japanese legation here this afternoon from Tokio an nounces that the Japanese government has decided to send to China mixed divis ion of troops to reinforce the Japanese for e already there. This will make an aggregate of 22,000 Japanese troops in China. INSURRECTION RATENDING* (ioodnon- Mny* n Strong Force la Necessary to Check It. Washington, July 6.—A dispatch has been received nt the. state department from Consul General Ooodnow at Shanghai, dated July 5, in which he says that the situation is serlouct and the insurrection ary movement is extending. If tho allied force* 1n the north, he says, should meet %vilh reverses, the dis turbance certainly will extend to Cen tf.il and to South China, resulting in the ex pul son and murder of foreigners in the interior and the. ruin, of trade. A strong force, he says, is necessary to check the viceroy#* in th© north, and to support the iu the south. It is understood that the consul© of all the Power* m China have sent an iden tical dispatch to their respective govern ments. FIGHTS IN THE HALL. Political Arena Tnrnrd Over to Bep rencntatlvca of Flntto Art. Kansas City, July 6.—ln Convention Hall, where the Democratic hosts assem bled for four days past, there was a marked change of scene to-night. Th© thousands of handsomely gowned women had disappeared. On the platform, where but a few hours previously statesmen of national prominence hod faced cheering thousands, the tables and chairs had given away to a squared ring, in. it being Oscar Gardner, the “Omaha Kid,” and Eddy Santry of Chicago, who apixMred for twenty-round go. About 3,000 admirers of the manly art gathered to witness Ih© contest of the featherweight**. The so-called fight was a mor© or less genteel contest, which terminated in a de cision by George .Siler in favor of Santry at the end of the stipulated twenty rounds. Both boy* came oui of the fight as fregh as they entered it, and aside from a swing by Santry on Gardner’* left eye, which opened up an old wound, and aonther swing on Gardner’* right eye, which started th© blood a little, there was nothing in th© fight that approached hard Jolting. San try wa* always th© aggressor, but most of his blows were blocked. Th© real pugilistic ©vent of the evening was a rattling preliminary, in which Bob by Quad© of Kansas City knocked out Tommy Rodman in th© second round. I*l SUING TO THE COAST. Governor of the Colon) Re*orted to a Dev lee. London, July 6.—The colonial office has received # dispatch from th© Governor of Hi© Gold Coast Colony, Bir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, dated Atekwauta, June 26, saying, that owing to the non-arrival of the relief column and the reduction of the food supplies, he had decided to push through the rebels, and hod deceived the enemy regarding the route followed. Th* column suffered great privations, but the loss was only *lx men killed ar.d several wounded. Gov. Hodgson expressed the hope of reaching the Gold Coaut in ten day*. Boer* Are In Paris. Paris, July 6.-The Boer delegates, Messrs. Wessels, Fischer and Wolmarans, arrived in Paris this morning. They were met at th© si a tion by the president of the Municipal Council, and several sena tors, w’ho invited them to be present at a reception to be given at the Hotel de VUle on Tuesday next. Young Attache Mfsacd. Paris, July 7.—The Aurore learns from a good source, that a young attache of the United States Embassy disappeared a week ago. The police are making an active search for the young man, who, It U feared, hat been murdered* DAILY. $8 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.iI A YEAR SHIELDS HEARS CASE LISTENING TO EV IDENCE AGAINST* GREEN AND THE GAYNOR*. GOODYEAR FIRST WITNESS. KIR TESTIFIED IN CONNECTION W ITH THE BRUNSWIC K WORK. Tle Witness Said Carter Told Hint He Woalil Be Given One-Third of the Profit* of the Proposed Con tract*—Good yen r'* Expense* on A Washington Trip Were* Also Offer ed llim—W. 11. Yenuhle Also Testa lied. New York. July 6.—The hearing In the <ase of John F., W. T. and E. H. Gaynor and B. D. Green, indicted for alleged uon * piracy in connection with former Capt. O. M. Carter, in river and harbor work in Savannah harbor, was begun here b©- fore United States Commissioner Shield* to-day. The case had been before Judge Addi son Brown in th© United States District Court on a motion for a warrant to re move the defendants from here to th Jurisdiction of the court for the Southern District of Georgia for trial. The motion was denied, and the case was sent back to Commissioner Shields to be heard to day. Charles B. Goodyear of Brunswick, Ga., was the first witness. He said that he was chairman of the Committee of the Brunswick Board of Trade, which was trying, in 1891, to dredge the harbor. Mr. Goodyear said that he had a contract with the government in 1892 for the work, and that Capt. Carter was detailed to make the survey. He had gone to see Capt. Carter, he said, to learn the result of the survey. “He told me in a private interview in his office, however,” said Mr. Goodyear, “ihat he had in vi*w nno:h*r sys’em for digging oui the bar. He said that if work w’as carried on as it wli being dor.e, or under any system, the people of Bruns wick would not support the movement for jetties. ” The witness ©aid that Capt. Carter said he had a system under which he could get the work dene if an appropriation could be had, and he told the. witness that if h ■ would a' anion the work ar.d go to Washington to get an appropriation far Jrtiies, he (Carter) would pay his ex panses. pay him for th© work he had don© and give him on*-third cf th**, profl's •coruing from th# contract. Mr Goodyear said that he had had nothing to do with the original appro priation for the woik in ouestlon, hut un der an amendment he had receive 1 £OO.OOO as Ms full quota for the work perform© i. HHe admitted that none of th© p ans pro posal for the improvement cf th© harbor were ever consummated and that no Jet ties were ever foullr. Later th© witness declared, “What lit tle I had in the world is on the bar at the bottom of that harbor, and I will have to get it back.” The witness said that Carter told him that the profits accruing from the pro posed contracts would be divided in three parts, on© part for him, (the witness). William H. Venable of Atlanta, was the next witness, and he ©aid that he was in the granite business in 1896, and that he had made an agreement through th© assistance of Capt. Carter with John anti E. H. Gaynor to sell them stone if they got the government contract. The hearing was then adjourned until to-morrow. PAOET AFTER DE WET. , H ohrrtN nrpori< of Operations in the War With th■ Koers. London, July 7—Gen. Paget la moving toward the heart of the country held by DeWet. Lord Roberts telegraphed (o the war office, under date of Pretoria, July 6, 2:25 p. m. as follows: "Paget engaged the enemy on July 3 suc cessfully at Pleislrfonteln. He drove them out of a very strong position across Leeuw kop to Broncrlfonteln, where he,bivouack ed for the night. He followed up the en emy, and on the afternoon of July 4 was at lilauwkopje, tlfteen miles northeast of Bethlehem. "He reports that all of Steyn’s govern ment officials, except the treasurer gen eral, who has gone to Vrede, are at Beth lehem. which has been proclaimed as the capital. Steyn himself Is reported to have taken flight to the mountains. Buller re ports the line to Heidelberg restored, thus completing railroad communication be tween Pretoria and Natal.” BOERS MADE AM ATTACK. They Tried to Take Eleksbnrg But Were Repnlsed. Maseru, Basutoland. Thursday, July 5. The Boers made a determined attempt to take Flckrburg, Orange River Colony, yes terday. They attacked the place at mid night. The fighting was short, but fierce, lasting an hour, when the federals were repulsed. STEVS AKD DE WET. Are Halil to He the Only Obstacles to Ending: the War. Ixtndon, July *i.—The Times' Lorenzo Marquez correspondent, In a dispatch dated Friday, says: a "From a trustworthy source, It Is learned that ex-President Steyn and . Christian DetVi t are the only obstacles to ihe termination of the war In South Africa.” Natives Flnht for Cattle. London, July A special dispatch from Pretoria says that an Inter-tribal light. In which more than 1,000 natives are engaged. Is taking place on the plains north of the Boer position. The fight, It Is added. Is for possession of Boer cattle. THE LOgS lit *3.400,000. Great Standard Oil Fire Is Now Fu ller Control of Firemen. New York, July The fire at the Standard Oil Company's works was prac tically under control at o’clock to-night, and will probably burn Itself out by to morrow morning. The official estimate of the damage Is *2,400,000. The company Insures Us own property, a fund being set -aside for that purpose.