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sl2 to sls Tailor-made Ladies’ Suits On Sale To-day A full line of Rainy-Day Skirts Just re ceived. Closing out sale of Shirt Waists. Ex cellent values in this line. NOTE-Special sale on Infants’ Lawn Caps. B. H. LEVY & M STAR WITNESS ON THE STAND. GOLDEN ADDS TO TESTIMONY AGAINST POWERS. Pftnpr# Spoke Approvingly of Kltl lag Member* of the Legislature. Yoatsey Wilt Given the Iveys to' the Secretary of State’s Ottiee and Powers Toll Hint They Had Pro cured Two Negroes to Kill Goebel. The Mountain Men. Georgetown, Ky., July 27.—Sergt. F. Wharton Golden, the prosecution's star witness, was placed in the box to-day in the trial of Caleb Powers, charged with complicity in the assassination of Gov. Goebel. Unless pres.nt plans are changed the state will rest its case to-morrow at the conclusion of Golden’s testimony. His statements to-day did not vary materially lrom those made by him at the examining trial of Powers in Frankfort. W. Hampton, a Republican member of the L gislature from Power’s home coun ty, preceded Golden on the stand. He swore that Gov. Taylor wanted the Re publican members to start a fight in the House and assured him that he, as Gov ernor, would back them up. Golden started out by telling that he was a guard at the Frankfort penitentiary un der the Republican administration from 1896 to 1898 and was an applicant for as sistant adjutant general under Gov. Tay lor. Caleb Powers came to him in Jan uary and asked him to go to the moun tains and get a crowd of mountan feud ists to bring to Frankfort. Powers ac companied witness part of the way on the trip. At Barbourville. Golden saw Powers and Charles Finley. Finley said: "We will go down there and petition the Legislature and if they don’t drop that thing we will kill them.” Powers, who was present, spoke approv ingly. Powers and witness went to Scott Green of Knox county and to ask him to bring some men for the Frankfort trip. Green could not go and said: "If 1 were to go I would kill Goebel and end this business.” Gave Voutsey the Key*. On the day before the shooting witness saw John Powers give Youtsey the keys to the Secretary of State’s office and later Powers told him they had procured two negroes. Mason Hockersmith and "Tallow Dick" Combs to kill Goebel. Witness told Powers this must not be done, os it would ruin the party. After this Youtsey came to Powers again and said something about the key. Powers gave him another key. On the morniqg of the assassination, witness, Caleb and John Powers and Wal ter Day went to Louisville. Before leav ing witness was in the Secretary of Siat 's office. Gov. Taylor was there, as wer. several men from the mountains. E. J Howard of Harlem county wonted the Governor to call out the troops, but the Gow-rnor replied: "Y'ou all must act first.” Hn route to Louisville they heard of Ihe * *OMination. Caleb Powers said, sarcas tically, "That is a shame.” John Powers laughed over it. Day 6aid nothing. < H,-n Powers told tfie witness that y ? ‘ l nil made a mistake Jn leaving Frank *orr: it would look suspicious." Dn the way back to Frankfort, Caleb P°we r > said he was liable to be arrested, a,,, 1 asked permission to put his pistol in wlt W valise. Hlioiild Get Mountain Men. fitness sold that early In January he *nd ,^ eb p owers <o ok n wa ik together. • n, l Powers said he thought they should f*-; s' vorai hundred mountain men to stay ,n Pi 'inkfort all the time. Witness bur that they bring Eli Farmer down r f *m the mountains and let him kill 1 by raising a fight with him on the r '' 1 Powers said that would not do as 11 Police would kill too many of our 01,11 that way. 1,1 I • Hilary, the witness was in Pow . ' ' ,f n when a civil engineer was mak- ? T ' V)rn ® ni*asurr*ments. Powers said: l hey say the shot came from this J'?! 0, are going to prove it. I . r vo would be better for us to go ” lanklin and Polsgrove and tell them all ;‘K)Ut it.” Wlt", s .s walked home with Gov. Taylor th end the latter naked him If p ’ °i“ cr mountain men would back up a I’Uhllcan member of the Legislature In i 3 n * h l should be precipitated, and l “*r along in the conversation he aald; “Golden, It looks like a horrible thing to kill a man, but that looks like the only way to handle Goebel and his gang.” FIGHT WITH MAYO INDIANS. Government Troops llmlly Routed nod Lost Heavily. New Orleans. July 27.—News has reach ed this city of a desperate battle between the Mexican troops and the Yucatan In dians, in which the government troops were badly routed and lost heavily. This Is the engagement which has been awaited with the greatest anxiety In Mexico City. The Mexicans have been chasing the Mayo Indians in Yucatan for several months, but could never get them into a straight fight. It had been a guer illa warfare up to the present time, when the meeting of the two armies took place at a point about fifteen miles out of San Luis, the capital of the Indian tribe. Details of th' battle have not yet reached this port as news from Yucatan must come via Be lize, British Honduras. Gen. Bravo commanded the Mexican troops and it is said that he had 3,000 men. The Mayo Indians numbered 6,000 warriors ar.d It was discovered that they w’ere armed with the most modern equipments of war. ♦ \ SEEKING FEMALE SIFFHAGE. Miss Anthony Writes n Letter to Ne gro Conference. Montgomery, Ala., July 27.—The Nation al Negra Conference to-day heard a let ter from Susan B. Anthony on the sub ject of “Woman Suffrage." She says emancipation did not give freedom to the negro women, but simply’ transferred them from a white master to a negro husband whom she must support. Miss Anthony urges the addition of the sixteenth amend ment, providing for suffrage regardless of sex. At the night session resolutions were offered looking to the purifying and beau tifying of the home; asking Ite President to recommend the. addition <f* an amend ment to the constitution, fnat no state shall disfranchise anyone S' years of age on property or qualifications, and favoring female suffrige. The declaration of prinvp.es urges strict economy: education of ,/ntldren; to avoid debt and mortgages, v stay out of the courts; to cultivate pjjtflc relations with the whites: discoura/e excursions; con demns outrages of /.* descriptions, and disapproves of the wholesale deportation of negroes. y MEETING <7/ THE CABINET. Conference iPol on Secretary Hay’s Returf to Washington. Washington, July 27 —A special cabinet meeting was held in Secretary Hay’s of- ; floe at 11 o’clock this morning, the usual hour. The Secretary of State, fresh from his personal intercourse with the Pres ident. was in position to advise his col leagues of the administration's purpose, and the whole Chinese situation was dis cussed. Beside Secretary Hay there were present Secretary Gage. Postmaster Gen eral Smith and Secretary Root. When the cabinet conference adjourned, it was stated that no further definite plans concerning the action of this govern ment had been prepared. The meeting was a general interchange of opinion and views. Gold Medal for Gen. Alexander. Managua, Nicaragua, July 27, via Gal veston— President Zelaya 10-day presented to Gen. E. P. Alexander of Savannah, ar bitral or in the boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Coata Rica, a gold medal In recognition of his services In connec tion with the arbitration. The presenta tion was accompanied with an expression of the hearty thanks of the government of Nicaragua. Fatnllr Injured From Ambush. Huntington. W. Va. t July 27.—Hamilton Runyon of Hamilton, 0., and Miss Amer ica Arthur of Barbourvllle, W. Va., were tired on from ambush, it Is thought, while driving near Long Branch late last nfght. Runyon was family Injured and Miss Ar thur, her physicians say. cannot possibly recover. There are many theories, but no satisfactory explanations y THE MOKNIMG NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1000. BOERS HAVE ONLY ONE ROAD. I,ORD ROBERTS HAS THEM PRETTY YVELL HEMMED IN. Hsrrlamlth Is the Only YVay and He Say It Will Not Be an Easy One YVlth Guns anti Wagons British Soldiers Spent a Terrible Night nt Oliplinn t’s River —p, De Wet, Younger Brother of Christian De YVet Has Snrrendered. London, July 27, 11:59 p. m.—The war of fice has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: ’’French and Hutton continued their pursuit on July 25. The former crossed Ollphant's river and from the high ground on the east bank he could see Middleburg and the enemy retiring in great disorder. The main road north was blocked for sev eral miles with horsemen and wagons. The enemy’s rear was then seven miles north. The mounted force were still west of the river. Night was closing in; the rain was falling in torrents, and so it was ompossi ble to follow. The night was terrible. In addition to the rain a strong east wind made the bivouac most uncomfortable. One officer, I regret to say, died of expos ure, and the mortality among the mules and oxen was great. The men made light of hardships and were in famous spirits when I saw them yesterday. "Hunter has occupied Fourierburg, and, so far as I know, did not suffer loss. lie found Mrs. Steyn, wife of the ex-Presi dent, and several of our men whom De- Wet had captured at different times and whom he was unable to send to Machado lorp. "The enemy in the Bethlehem hills are now closed in upon. Basutoland is cios ed to them. Harrismith is the only line open and it will not be easy for them to reach there with guns and wagons. "Broadwood is still watching Christian DeWet, who has taken up a position on high hills near Reltzburg, about seven miles south of the Vaal. ”P. DeWet, a younger brother of Chris tian, surrendered at Kroonstad yesterday. "Barron reports from Krugersdorp that j he has reconnoitered the railway to Bank station, where the train was wrecked on July 19, and been enabled to replenish his supplies. "Methuen’s column, which reached the Krugersdorp-Potchetsroom Railway, is now moving on Potchetsroom. "Buller reports that the railway was opened to Heidelberg yesterday, giving ns through communication to Natal.” Waycross News Notes. Waycross, Ga., July 27.—Grand Inner Guard Joseph A. Jones of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, has been ap pointed deputy grand chancellor, to in stitute a Knights of Fsrthlas’ Lodge at Wlilacoochee. He will go up there next week and Institute the lodge. The regular monthly entertainment of the Waycross Rifles, held last night at the armory, was one of the most pleas ant social events of the week. The monthly medal for the best grilled man was won again by Private Charles E. Cason. Fenton's natatorlum wll be open to men and boys next week. Col. John T. Myers went to Savannah this morning to take the oath of office as United States commissioner. He was ae comronl and by deputy United States Mar sha! John P. Cason. An electroplating and electrotyping es tablishment has been opened up in Way cross by A. G. Murdock The Waycross Ice Factory will probably make som- extensive Improvements in the plant b foi e the next reason Thomas Rountree of Hazlehurst had the misfortune to lose his horse a few days ago It is believed th# animal was stolen. Daniel Visited Bryan. Llncoln, Neb.. July 27.—Senator Daniel of Virginia visited W. J. Bryan to-day on his way home from California, where he has been since the Kansas City Con vention He and Mr. Bryan took a long drive. Senator Daniel declined to talk pol- Illcs. He left this evening tor the South. MURDERED FOUR BEFORE HE DIED. Continued From Fim Page, was shot and clubbed at the French mar ket on Wednesday night, succumbed to day to his wounds. Late this afternoon Harry Mabry called at Central police headquarters and iden tify and two men under arrest. George Flan agan and Mike Foley, as members of the mob who murdered Anna Mabry, hts mother, while she was asleep in her home on Rousstau stree; this morning. The mob broke into the house and tiring reckless around the room, wounded the old wo man. She died on her way to the hosoi tal. Grand Jury Will Act. The grand jury was called In special session to-day. Judge Baker delivered a strong and impressive charge on the sub ject of the disgraceful scenes which have occurred in New Orleans during the past few days. His honor said that tt was in cumbent on the grand jury to make a rigid investigation into every case of vio lence visited upon the negro population, and to use every means in their power to bring the guilty men to the bar - of justice. The grand jury examined a large num ber of witnesses, including newspaper re porters. with a view to obtaining infor mation which might lead to the apprehen sion of the perpetrators of the outrages. At a late hour to-night a mob which had evaded the militia and the cltisens police attacked the Thorny Lafon school house. Sixth and Rampart streets, upon the supposition that negroes had stored arms and ammunition In the building. They quickly gained possession and fired the structure, destroying tt completely. The school building was erected a few years ago by the city and was devoted exclusively to the education of negro children. No negroes were found In the school, but a number who emerged from houses in the vicinity were pursued for quite a distance. A strong force was dis patched to Ihe scene as soon as the alarm was given, but too late to save the school. The mob was quickly dispersed. CANDLER ..TALKS ON CHINA. He Maintains That We Should lend 100,000 Men There. Atlanta, July 27.—"1f the President in tends to exert his strength in saving the lives of American citizens In China, I be lieve that right now is the time for him to do so." said Gov. Candler to-night, when asked for an expression on the Chi nese trouble. The Governor has maintained ail along that it was the duty of the United States to send 100,000 men to Taku at once. He is opposed to militarism, but in a sit uation of this kind he believes the Amer ican citizen abroad should be protected, and that the only way to gain that pro tection is through an armed force. "The foreign offices of Europe,” said the Governor, "have not accepted the dispatch from Conger obtained through Minister Wu with as much readiness as has Wash ington. The President evidently believes implicity everything the representative of China says. I do not mean to say for a moment that I disbelieve the statements of Minister Wu—far from It. I accord to him a disposition much higher than per sons I have heard express themselves, but he should not expect us to put implicit faith in the authenticity of a telegram which was without date and which, to ail appearances, might have been written in the first as well as the last of July. “While this doubt and uncertainty ex ists. is to my mind, the time to strike, to find out the real facts and ascertain whether we have been deceived or not. I believe 100,000 min should be sent, not for the purpose of aggrandizement or to take pert in a partition which the Pow ers would like to make, hut solely to pro tect the Americans in China, and to give the Chinese to understand, if they are ca pable of grasping the fact, that the Amer ican citizen and his flag must be respect ed. One hundred thousand men will be necessary for this task, but its accom plishment will command respect every where, and the effect will be a wholesome one on our own country.” REVOLUTION IS NOW ENDED. Colombian Rebels Will Not Be De prived of Mights. Colon, July 27.—The Liberal revolution has ended after a loss of over 600, the Lib erals having been the greatest sufferers, while the wounded numbered many hun dreds. Dr. Mendoza, representing the Liberals, and Gen. Alban arranged yesterday for the cessation of hostilities, the Colombian Liberals being pledged to surrender their arms and being guaranteed their freedom from prosecution and the retention of all political rights. The foreigners who took sides with the rebels are to be banished within a week. Gen. Herrera and Dr. Paras, who were ac tive in the revolutionary interests, nil have left Panama. The work of burying the dead on both sides k in progress. FEVER AT BOCAS DEL TORO. Passengers Will Be Kept Off the Fruit Vessels. Washington, July 27.—Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service staled to-day that a telegram from As sistant Surgeon Mohr, at Bocas del Toro, United States of Colombia, shows that three yellow fever cases have broken out there, and that there had been' one death. Instructions have been cabled to Assist ant Surgeon Mohr to permit no passen gers to travel until otherwise ordered on the fruit vessels leaving that port. COMING TO UNITED STATES. Reported 8,000 ClUnanicif Are Mov ing Out of Mexico. Washington. July 27.—The treasury de partment has received Information through the consul at Senora, Mex., that about 8,000 Chinamen from the interior of that country are now on the move northward with a view to crossing (he border Into the United State*. The department Is In clined to discredit ths story, as far at least as the number is concerned, and has ask ed for more detailed Information. WITH THE DEMOCRATS. Notittentlon to llrynn Front National Monetary League. Denver, Col., July 17. Joseph N. Stev ens, secretary of the National Monetary League, has received a letter from W. J. Bryan, in which the latter says: "I think it will be best If your notifica tion Is given at the same lime and place as that of the Democrat*." It is understood this arrangement grill be made. Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of helps to the housekeeper or cook in preparing the best and finest food. • V With least labor and trouble it makes hot breads, biscuit and cake of finest flavor, light, sweet, appe tizing, digestible and wholesome. Do not permit the grocer or peddler to substitute any other brand in place of the Royal. Some baking powders are claimed to be cheaper. They can be cheaper only if made from cheaper ma terials. "Cheaper” means inferior. To cheapen the cost of an article of food at the expense of its health fulness, as is done in alum baking powders, is a crime. NOYAL BAKING POWDEN CO., 100 WILLIAM ST.. NEW YOU*. CHAMP CLARK THE ORATOR. FAMOUS ORATOR AT TKXAS-COLO IIA DO CH Al TAI dUA. The Inane, He Snya, la Squarely Join ed—-It In (he Fm(lire Ajcainnt (he Republic Reasons Why We Should !\ot Keep the Philippines. Roosevelt’* Speech In Like That or Napoleon 111. Boukler, Col., July 27.—This was Dfrao rrntic Day at the Texaa-Colorado Chau tauqua. Excursion trains were run from Denver and other cltie* and towns In Northern Colorado, bringing several thous and visitors. Hon. Champ Clark of Mis souri, was the orator of the day. He said in part: “The issue Is squarely Joined. It is the empire against the republic. William McKinley and his cohorts stand for the empire; William J. Bryan and his fol lowers stand for the perpetuation of this beneficent republic, for which our fathers fought, and for which (housamte of Ahem died. “The Asiatic propaganda is the most preposterous scheme ever hatched in the brain of man, and is the rankest sort of midsummer madness. "One of two things is true al>out the Filipinos, either they are fit for eelf government, or they re not. If they are fit for seif-government, in Codes name let them govern theinselvt*. “If they are not fit, we do not want them for fellow-citizens. But whether the Fil ipinos are fit to govern themselves or not, they are not fit to govern us, and that Is precisely what they will do if wo take them into political partnership with us, for the Supreme Court of the United States has decided, time and time and time again, that the only purpose for which we can acquire foreign territory is to make states out of it, and If they are ever ad mitted as states, they will control the Senate, as well as ihe Electoral Collese. “I would not give the life of one healthy, j brave, ambitious, moral, Intelligent white i boy in exchange for aU the Filipinos in 1 the archipelago, or that may be found un til the cra.:<k of doom. "These jingoes say we are opposed to expansion and call us little Americans. The name is an insult and the charge that we are opposed to expansion is a lie. It is a lie matte of the whole cloth, and made wilfully, deliberately, premeditately and with malice of forethought. 1 take It that ail Americans are expansionists—provided the expansion is on right lines in the right direction and will strengthen our institu tions and not weaken them. "But a man does not have to he a fool necessarily in order to be an expansionist. Rational people want to expand on ration al lines. Thomas Jefferson’s greatest act was in making the Louisiana purchase. That was the most profitable and stupen dous transaction on real estate proposed on this earth since the devil took the Sa vior to the top of a high mountain and of fered him tne dominion of the world to fall down and worship him. That one act alone would have placed Jefferson In the ranks of the immortals even if he had nev er — written the Declaration of Independ ence or Virginia's statute for religious freedom or founded the University of Vir ginia. "The old proverb, "great minds run In (he eume channel" finds anew and star tling verification in the sameness of thought and language of a famous mot by Louis Napoleon and a recent utterance by Theo dore Roosevelt. Col. Roosevelt is not only both a voluminous and voluble si>e iker, but is also an omnlverous reader, in his speech before the Republican National Clubs' League, Col. Roosevelt earnestly enjoins his countrymen to 'remember that expansion does not bring wur; It ultimate ly brings peace.’ ’’ 'The empire is peace' asseverates the dreaming, scheming, nmblitonwi son of Hortenae. "Expansion ultimately brings peace." echo* th# dreuming, scheming, ambitious Governor-Colonel of New York. “Louis Napoleon and Theodore Roose velt, par noble fratrum— "Two souls with but a single thought— (to get there Ell;) Two heart* that beat as one (to be the whole show”). "Two lovely berries moulded on one stem—The stem of Imperialism; twin rtatemien revell g In iildesccm dream* of peace—peace to he obtained by a quan t m sufficit if ihroat outing and blood 1 ting, 'he Id ntlcal sort of p ac- which r 1.-ned In Warsaw on a memorable oc casion and which 'damned to everlasting fame’ the men who secured it by sword and fire. Now, be it remembered that I am not arcusing Col. Roosevelt of plagiarizing from Napoleon 111. I would not even in ihe estimation of a hair, detract from his Just fame; hut, one of two things is true; either he had read Louis Napoleon’s Bordeaux speech and boldly appropriated or unconsciously, assimilat ed both hia id*as and his language, or the exigmclts of the case compelled Col. Roosevi It to use the argument In favor of his imperialism as the F;ench Emperor used In defense of his imperialism “Louis Napoleon's Hordeaux speech, de livered fo ty-elght y*arn ago this com ing October, and Col. Ros velt’s St. Paul speech, which is still ringing in the ears of nun, are as much alike as two peas In a pod. “The <mpire which the Frenchman was then creating lived a bloody life for eighteen years, and died thirty years ago, In agony and shame amid the rejoicings of all lovers of human liberty. A repub lic rose upon Its ruins, growing stronger day by dry, seeming dead ed for eternity. For twenty-reven yeurs Louis Napoleon has slept in foreign soil. He has found peace at last—but he did not find it in his empire. Neither will Col. Roo*cvelt find peace in the theory or practice of imperial aggrandia ment or universal conquest.” THEY WILL WITHDRAW TO AVNE. The Populists Will Replace Him With fttevensou. Minneapolis, July 27.—The Journal to-day says: “Charles* A. Towne will be withdrawn at* vice presidential candidate from the Populiwt notional ticket about Aug. 16. At that time the Populist National Com mittee will accept his resignation and re place him with Adlai E. Stevenson as the nominee of the Populist party for Vice President. The source from which the announcement is received Is such as to make impossible to (jueation its accuracy. “During the campaign Mr. Towne U to be utilized cis a campaign orator to whom will be assigned the moat desirable tours. He will speak only In large cities and In close districts. A cabinet position is as sured to him In the event of Bryan's elec tion.” YVILL BE AT INDIANAPOLIS. fjrrfded That nrynn Notification YVIII Take Place There. Indianapolis, July 27 Bryan and Steven son will be notified here of their nomina tion on Aug. 8 as previously announced, the trouble between, the Stats Committee and the Central Passenger Association having been satisfactorily settled. The Democrats here are Jubilant over the satisfactory settlement of the trouble, and th# committees in'charge of Ihe ar rangements will begin work at once. RAILROADS COME TO TIME. One Fore Rate Given for the Rrynn Notlllentlon Meeting. Chicago, July 27.—The Central Passen ger Association has granted a rate of one fare for the round (rip from all points In Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, to the Bryan notification meeting in In dianapolis. Tickets tvlll he sold on all train® Aug. 7, limited for return to Aug. 9. The Central Passenger Association has given the Western Passenger Asso ciation these rate* as a basis for making their rates for the same meeting. TO KILL THE IH'rKETKHOPN. ’ An F.lalioratr Myalcm of Exchnnge NVlrc* Mn- Be Exchanged. Chicago, July 37.—The Tribune to-mor row will say: Th# ownership and control by boards of trade of an eliborale systrn) of 'elegraph wires connecting all the leading commer cial exchanges of the country, to be es tablished at a cost estimated at H.OOO.gy), may be ihe outcome of meetings held to cay by "private wire" houses, member* of 'he Chl'-ago hoard. The primary purpose of this undertaking I* In th* line of working out a practical plan to drive the bucketdiops out of bus- Iners. 'the me ting adjourned without date, hut the committee will get together again afur questions of expense and oth er feature* of the plan have been further looked Into. Eesemn—No tore, No Pay. Tour druggist will refund your money If Paso Ointment falls to cure you. 80c. -ad. . INCOME TAX WAS LEFT OUT. SENATOR JONES SAYS IT WAS THROUGH OVERSIGHT. ll* Hah .Inst Reached New Ynrlc City anil Sn>* No National Headquar ters Will Be Estnl.Uslied There at Present State Committee Will Look Out for the Party—Thinks Many Gold Democrats Will Y’ote for Bryan. New York, July 27 —Senator James K Jones, chairman of Ihe National Demo cratic Committee, reached the city to-,lay from Washington, ami went direct to tn® Hoffman House. He said that no na tional headquarters will be established in this city for the present; that the Demo cratic State Committee would manage tho campaign in New York until such time aa It might be deemed necessary to estab lish national headquarters. He will re main here five days. "I came here to look over the situa tion,” he said, "and talk with the lead ers. I don't know how long I shall stay, possibly I may leave to-morrow. It wUI depend entirely on circumstances. Ws think that the Democratic Btate Commit tee officers are competent to carry on tho campaign in this state.” When asked what he thought of the sig nificance of the failure of the Gold Demo crats to nominate a third ticket, he re plied: "Why. 1 think that means that a num ber of Gold Democrats will vote for Bry an. I don't see what other construction can be placed on It." Asked about the anti-imperialists’ meet ing on Aug. it. h answered: "That, also, will help Bryan Immense ly and will help the Democratic party fit various ways.” Speaking of the absence of any incoma tax plunk In the Democratic platform, Senator Jones said: "As chairman of the National Demo cratic Committee and also as chairman of the Platform Committee, I can say at this time that it was a matter of unin tentional oversight that it was left out. rt was in the platform, but the steno grapher In revising his notes, left It out. and it was not noticed. I had an addi tion to be submitted, and it was merely a of oversight. It practically makes no difference, anyhow, as tha platform Indorses the platform of 1896 and that necessarily indorses tho Income tax plank in that platform. W# have, then, in an indirect way, It U true, an income tax plank.” Later In the day Mr. Jones held a con ference with ex-Oov. Stone of Missouri and National Committeeman Woodson of Kentucky. The conference related to the campaign in Kentucky. Ex-Oov. Stone dented that he had any conference with ox-Senator Hill or Mr. Croker. Both Chairman Jones and Mr. Slone denied the report that they were go ing to Saratoga to see Mr. Croker. Dr. .1. C. Rlppord Resigns. Wayerose, Oa., July 27 Dr. James C. Rlppord, chief surgeon of the Plant Sys tem Relief and Hospital department, haa tendered his resignation, to take effect Aug. 1. He will enter at one# upon tho active practice of his profession again. Dr. Rlppord was appointed to this posi tion nine months ago. succeeding Dr. Frank 11. Caldwell. It could not be learned this ofternoon who will be Dr. Rlppord'* successor. Proverbs hy LI Hung Chang. From Ihe London Mail. Every day cannol be a feast of lanterns. An old man marrying a young wife Is like a withered willow sprouting. Would you look at the character of a Prince, look at hl minister, or the dispo sition of a man. observe his companion, or that of a father, mark his son. Those who sometimes cannot be deaf ara unfit to rule. I,et the family of a man who has brought them comfort look up to him as up to heaven. —Blr Henry Arthur Blake, the Governor of Hong Kong, was appointed to that of fice In 1897. Hl* first office as a magis trate abroad was that of Governor of the Bahamas, to which he was appointed in 1884. Three years thereafter he was made Governor of the crown colony of New foundland. whence he tvns transferred to Queensland. In 1889 he was appointed captain general and Qovernordn-Chtef of Jamaica, retaining that office until ha removed to Hong Kong Sir Henry wan born at Limerick. Ireland, in 1810. He be come a cadet in the constabulary, ami rose to be resident magistrate in 1876 and •portal resident magistrate In 1883. 5