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1 ings are obtained. At the height of 200 | feet in the tower is a large restaurant. At height of 300 feet is lookout that gives one a birdseye view of a vast stretch of country, including the Mag ara Frontier, Niagara river, Canada and Lake Erie.
 Directly east of the tower, on the north side of the Mall is the Agricul- tural building and beyond that the Live Stock displays, the latter covering ten acres. West of the tower is the Elec- trcity building, 150 by 800 feet, the same dimensions as the Agricultural building.
 Features About the Plaza.
 We are now at the Plaza, bounded on the east by the large and beautiful building which forms the main entrance to the Stadium. A few words more about this arena for athletics, the lar- gest and grandest ever erected in the United States or in the western hemi- sphere. It covers ten acres and con- tains, as we have noted, seats for 25,- 900 people. There is a quarter mile track, with abundant room for all sorts of high class athletic feats and con- tests. It is also the show place for electric vehicles. machinery, horses and other live stock. The entrances are large and admit the floats and other features of the pageants employed in special celebrations. Beneath the seats is space for vast number of exhibits.
 Opposite the Stadium, on the west side of the Plaza, is a large building used for restaurant purposes and form- ing the chief entrance to the Midway. The Midway covers 20 acres and con- tains an assortment of entertainment novelties unparalleled.
 On the north side of the Plaza are the Propylea, consisting of great Mcnu- mental Entrances, connected by a curv- ed colonnade of huge proportions. They form an imposing architectural screen, shutting out the steam railway tracks
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LUST where to begin a story of the , great Pan-American Exposition at
 Buffalo is a problem offering many
 ways of approach, all of them att tractive, all of them so inviting as to leave one still in doubt which to choose
 If we begin at the upper left hand corner-the northwest-as an artist might do in making a picture, we shall straightway find ourselves in the laby- rinths of the Midway, surrounded by the gayest of scenes, in maze Of nov cities, threading serpentine walks, meeting the grotesque and the incon- gruous and laughing with the merriest of merry crowds. If we begin at the northeast corner, we shall sit in the top row of seats in the Stadium, looking at a crowd of 25,000 people in that great amphitheater, larger in its dimensions than the Coliseum built by Vespasian and Titus to please the sportive Romans at the beginning of this era.
 Rather let us come up from the city by trolley, as most of the visitors will do, and approach the exposition from the south. It is a close three miles from the business center of Buffalo to the southern gates of the exposition, but no city ever had better street railway system than this, and it is short ride. Several hundred new cars have been or dered for the Pan-American year, and cent fare will take passengers from any point in the city, no matter how remote, to the gates of the exposition.
 The ride is through as beautiful a res- idence section as any city can boast. There are miles upon miles of smooth asphalt pavements, bordered with green lawns. embowered with naples and elms. Nearly every dwelling has a broad veranda, shaded with vines or banked with brilliant blossoms. Every lawn has It's floral feature. The absence of fences gives the whole city a park like aspect in the open residence por- tions. The streets are clean as a ships deck. The air is sweet. A cool breeze comes from Lake Erie, which lies to the southwest. It is this ternpering wind that fans the city throughout the torrid season and gives to Buffalo the most delightful summer climate known to any city of the north. Hot nights are rar- ity. An abundance of pure water from Lake Erie, a perfect drainage system, the cleanest of streets and proper sani- tary regulations, we'll enforced, com bine to give Buffalo a place of high rank as a healthful city. Her mortali-
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buildings. The largest of these Is 60e feet long by 130 feet wide, with cen- tral dome 250 feet above the main floor. The greater portion of the government exhibits will be sheltered in this build ing. The other two buildings are each 15O feet square and stand west of the main building, connected by circular arr cades. The group forms semicircular court 150 feet across, in which are foun- tains and flowers and other decorative features. The lesser buildings are to be used for the aquariums and fish dis play, the exhibits from the newsstand possessions of the United States and for a display of the United States Meteor ological bureau.
 The western end of the Esplanade is defined by group of buildings little less in their magnificence and arranged in the same manner as the government buildings. These are the Horticultural building, 220 feet square, with central lantern 236 feet high, 1anked on the north by the Graphic Arts building and
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readily imagine himself set down in one of natures own fairylands.
 In planning the great exposition 1t has been the aim of the architects to avoid disturbing any of the features of this charming pleasure ground. The walk leads the visitor among stately trees and along stretches of rare shrubbery that give off delicious odors from mil lions of flowers. The first notable build ing is the Albright Art Gallery, well within the park on an elevated site. It is the permanent home of the public art treasures of Buffalo, and the building is the gift of an enterprising and public spirited citizen, MT. J. J. Albright, who has taken this as an opportune time to bestow a lasting benefit upon the city It also meets appropriately the pur- poses of an art building for the exposi- tion.
 We come presently to a bridge of elaborate design which spans narrow place in the Park Lake. On either side are broad reaches of water dotted with
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and trains that reach the exposition grounds at this point. Here we may take the intramural railway train and ride around the grounds, which are made beautiful with trees, shrubs, flowers, fountains, lagoons, lawns and paths at every point.
 At the southeast of the main group of buildings about 14 acres are set apart for the State and Foreign buildings, an exposition in themselves. They are ranged around broad court, beautiful with aquatic basins, fountains, foliage and blossoms.
 West of the state and foreign build ings, beyond the Fore Court, are the Music Gardens, where large assemblages may enjoy concerts at almost any hour of the day or evening. Beyond the Mu- sic Gardens, near the North Bay, is the building erected by the state of New York in cooperation with the exposi- tion directorate. It is a permanent building and is to be the home of tho Buffalo Historical Society's large, valu- able and interesting collection of relics.
 Scope of the Exposition.
 This exposition is intended to convey a comprehensive idea of the intellectual social and material progress of the nineteenth century in the western hem- isphere. embracing the independent governments and dependencies of the three Americas and the adjacent is- lands. AS an electrical exposition it is expected to surpass anything ever att tempted. The Niagara Falls Electric Power plant, the largest on the globe, is only 30 minutes ride by rail from the exposition, and it is from this source of
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supply that the unlimited power for the uses of the exposition and for the ex- tensive and extraordinary electric dis- plays is to be drawn. The exhibits to be displayed in the larger buildings are announced in 15 groups or classes, as follows: Electricity and Electrical Appliances.
 Fine Arts: Painting, Sculpture and Decoration.
 Graphic Arts: Typography, Steel and Copperplate Printing, Photo Mechanic al Processes, Drawing, Engraving and Bookbinding.
 Liberal Arts: Education, Engineering, Public Works, Constructive Architec- ture. Music and the Drama.
 Ethnology, Archaeology, Progress of Labor and Invention, Isolated and Col~ lective Exhibits.
 Agriculture, Food and It's Accessories, Agricultural Machinery and Appliances.
 Horticulture, Viticulture, Horticulture.
 Live Stock. Forestry and Forest Products.
 Fish, Fisheries, Fish Products and Apparatus For Fishing. Mines and Metallurgy.
 Machinery.
 Manufactures.
 Transportation Exhibits. Railways, vessels, Vehicles.
 Exhibits From the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands.
 Besides these are the exhibits in the state and foreign buildings, of which there will be a large number.
 The financial resources of the exposl- tion aggregate $5,S00,000, including the federal government and New York state appropriations The other states and many countries are responding heartily, and appropriations from those sources will aggregate several millions more. Official responses to invitations issued by President Mckinley through the State Department have been receiv- ed from the governments of Canada, Mexico. Honduras, Nicaragua, Salva- dor, Guatemala, Guadaloupe, Dutch Guiana, Bolivia, Argentine Republic, Chile, Costa Rica. Brazil, Peru. Venezu- ella and Haiti.
 The Hon. William I. Buchanan, for- mer United States Minister to the Ar- genuine Republic, is Director General of the exposition. The gates will be open from May to Oct. 31. 1901.
 MARK BENNITT. :.
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Series OF Murd ers.

: Vancouver, B., c.. Sept. 10.-Mail
advices from Australia by the steamer
Warrimoo report an atrocious series of
murders in the country districts of
New South Wales by band of blacks.
The murderers first entered the Mawley
homestead. at Gelgadia. whore several
Young ladies were living. The inmates
were killed in their beds. The blacks,
after the terrible butchery. fed through
the settlements on stolen horses. muir
derinR and rObbing as they went.
They were chased by 1000 volunteer
policemen and IL bloodhOunds, and
one out of six of the gang only had
been caught at latest advices, as the
murderels stole fresh horses in every
town. The bodies Of their victims
were mutilated with hatchets.
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ENGLAND NOT ALONE
Pleased With Germany's Re.
lection of Cars Proposal.
CONDITIONAL ASSENT OF JAPAN
Connicting Rumors Of II Hung Chang's
Movements-Appeal of tho
ViCerOy Of Wu Chang.

London. Sept. 8.-Germany's polite
refusal to withdraw from Pekin is com.
mented upon with keen satisfaction in
London. and the hope is expressed that
Lord Salisbury will show similar firm
ness. The British reply has not yet
been formulated. Lord Salisbury de.
sires to consult with his colleagues and
has notified the foreign Office of his in.
tention to r,turn to London from the
continent early next week. There is
little doubt, however, that Germany's
reply Is the outcome of the discussion
carried on during the last few days be.
tween the European cabinets, and that
the compromise policy of maintaining
the occupation of the capital, but with.
drawing the greater part of the troops
to Tien Tsin, will be found to have met
with general concurrence.
From Shanghai it is rumored that
Japan has notified the powers of her
willingness to withdraw her troops,
provided an adequate guard is left tor
the legations and on condition that
China formally requests evacuation and
opens genuine negotiations for peace.
Shanghai is full of conflicting ru-
mors regarding the movements of Ii
Hung Chang. 1t is asserted that Mar.
quis Tseng and 80 officials remaining
In Pekin have appealed to Lii Hung
Chang to repair Immediately to the
capital to save the situation, since no.
body is there to assume authority,
Prince Ching being detained in the
province of Shan 81 by illness.
Chang Chi lung, the WI Chang
Viceroy, has telegraphed an urgent ap-
peal to the British consul in Shanghai,
urging Great Britain to institute peace
negotiations. He emphasizes the mag.
nitude of British trade interests and
refers to the activity of the secret So
cieties and the decline of trade. citing
these as vital reasons why England
should take the lead instead of. as in
1894, allowing Russia to usurp power
and prestige. His final ground and
appeal is that Great Britain, the Unit
ed States and Japan have shown anx-
iety to promote commerce and to be-
friend China, and he implores these
three powers to appoint plenipotentiar-
les authorized to open peace negotia-
tions with Lii Hung Chang.
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RANGE WAR IN COLORADO
Cowboys Drove 5000 Sheep Over Q
High Precipice.

Cowboys Drove 5000 Sheep Over .
High Precipice.
Walsenburg, Colo. Sept. lore.
ports received from Sharpsdale. small
town near Mount Blanco, in Southern
Colorado. say that the feud over the
use of the range, which has long exist.
ed between cattlemen and sheepmen,
reached climax this week when the
cattlemen drove 5000 sheep over a
high precipice. The trouble has grown
out of the scarcity of water along the
water courses. Where grass still re-
mains the sheep were pastured and af-
ter they had once passed, cattle re.
fused to eat, and either died or became
very poor. The cattlemen rose in re-
volt and taking horses, corrsled about
8, 900 sheep. The sheepmen protested,
but being unarmed, could do nothing
The sheep were then driven down q
narrow gulch at the foot of which an
ancient waterfall had followed out
pit over 200 feet deep. Faster and
faster the animals ran, urged on by the
shouts of the cowboys, until the leader
paused at the brink. The press be-
hind him forced him over and the
others followed. Some OF the last who
fell on the bodies of the first were not
killed. but the majority were killed.
1t is stated that the entire country has
taken up arms.
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GOLD FROM vALDEs.



Seattle, Sept. lO.-The steamship
Bertha arrived from valdes last night.
She brought about $SO.OOO in gold
dust. Arthur Campbell. of the Ala~ka
Development Company, returned from
kyak, where the company has found
oil and coal.
Whether the earthquake disturb.
ances which were felt on Lynn canal
and at the head of the Yukon river had
any connection with similar disturb.
ances at Lituya bay Is q mere copject-
ure. but according to information
brought out by the steamer Bertha. a
vast amount of damage was done at the
latter place. Five Indians are known
to have been killed.
The news was brought from Lituya
bay to Yakutat by Indians in canoes.
The disturbances there occurred on
August IL, one day after the earth.
quake shocks above referred to. They
apparently proceeded from the district
in which Mount st. Elias and Mount
Fairweat.ier are situated. On August
ii two heavy shocks were felt. accord
ing to the Indians. The second sho *
created great havoc. as we'll as destroy.
ing five lives. The Indian informants
told persons at Yakutat that FIVE OF
the immense glaciers which head into
Lituay bay weree dislodged by the
disturbance and were sent crashing
into the bay, partly filling it with great
mountains of ice.
The five Indians are reported to have
been killed on small island situated
ont about mile from the face OF one
of the glaciers. They were in cave
and were drowned by the great rush OF
water which swept over the island
when the ice rivers crashed down into
the bay. Chief George, one of the
best.known characters in the north.
was one of the drowned Indians. 1t is
said that the cave cache in which they
were caught was his personal prop
erty.
No definite news concerning the
strike on Dornix creek, at the head Of
the Copper river. had been brought out
to Vsldes, outside of what was already
known when the steamer Bertha left.
The government trail, under the direc.
tion of Captain Abercrombie, had ap.
preached within 20 miles of the strike.
or distance Of ITO miles from Valdes,
and work was being pushed with all
speed, 80 as to connect the district by
trail with Valdes for the coming win
ter. Unless this shall be accomplished
it will be almost impossible to trans.
port supplies to the scene of the gold
discovery through the winter months.
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New York, Sept. 8.-A meeting OF
the New York committee to aid the
South African republic was held to.
night to consider the Boer flag incident
at Bar Harbor, when BOer dag.
raised by Edward Vanness, one OF the
members Of the committee, at the sp-
proach of the feet of English warships,
was taken down by the authorities at
Bar Harbor. A letter which had been
prepared before the committee met was
read and ordered sent to Mr.. Vanness.
The letter compliments him on his ac-
ton in raising the Boer flag in the
face of the British feet. and reiterates
the devotion of the committee to the
Boer cause.
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Eraud Order.

Washington. Sept. 10.--The post
Office department this morning issued
fraud order" against tthe American
Teachers Agency. the American Civil
Service college. L. D. Bass. manager.
r. Fl. Hines, secretary and treasurer.
and l.. d. Bass and Il. NJ. Hines, in
dividually, all of Washington, D. G.
The order states that the concerns
named "were using the mail for OBJ
tanning money from teachers through.
out the United States and from those
desiring to make preparation for civil
service examination. by means of false
and fraudulent pretenees. representa-
tions and promises"
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THE NATIONAL PARTY.

Nominates Senator Caifery for President.
A. N. Howe, Vice-President.
New York, Sept 8.-The National
party-the official name of the third
party-met in convention today in Car
nepie hall, this city, and nominated
candidates for president and vice-pres-
ident of the United States. A plat
form was adopted and a title and en-
blem chosen. These are the candi.
dates:
For President-SenatOr Donaldson
Caffery, of Louisiana
Vice. President Murray
Howe. of Cambridge. Mass.
The platform says:
eve, citizens of the United States of
America, assembled for the purpose Of
defending the wise, conservative prin-
ciples which underlle our government,
thus declare our aims aud purposes:
1--WE find our country threatened
with alternative perils. On one hand
is public opinion misled by organized
forces of commercialism that have per.
verted war intended by the people
to be a war of humanity into a war of
conquest. On the other hand, is q
public opinion swayed by demogogic
appeals to factional and class passions.
the most fatal of diseases to a republic.
We believe that each of these unchecked
would ultimately compass the down.
fall OF our country, but we also believe
that neither represents the sober con-
viction of our countrymen.
Convinced that the extension of the
jurisdiction of the United States for
the puprose of holding foreign people
| as colonial dependencies is an innOva.
tion dangerous to our liberties and re-
pugnant to the principles upon which
our government is founded. we pledge
our efforts through all constitutional
means:
.sFirst. to procure the remuneration
of all imperial and colonial pretensions
with regad to- foreign countries claimed
to have been acquired through or in
consequence of military or naval opera
tions of tine last two years.
"Second. we further pledge our ef-
| forts to secure q single gold standard
and sound banking system.
'Third. to secure public service
based on merit only.
"Fourth, to secure the abolitin Of all
corrupting special privileges, whether
under the guise of subsidies, unde.
ser we'd pensions or trust breeding tar.
| IFS"
There were no roll call. All the
delegates were volunteers who lad re-
piled BY their presence to the invita-.
tion issued to all persons in sympathy
with the objects of the party.
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STOCKMAN HEADS IT.
Part Of the Ticket Named by Montana
Republicans.

Part Of the Ticket Named by Montana
Republicans.
Helena, Mont, Sept. THE Repub-
lican state convention today nominated
DAVID f. Folsom. stockman of
Meagher county. for governor by sccla.
nation. A. ]. Bennett, of Virginia
City, was also the unanimous choice of
the convention of lieutenant-governor
T. ]. Porter, of Miles City, was nomi.
mated for attorney-general. and A. N.
Yoder, of Butte, for secretary of state.
s. g. Murray, of Missoula, was chosen
as candidate for congress. The ticket
will be completed tomorrow and the
platform adopted.
The question which is causing the
delay in the presentation of the report
of the committee on platform is the
nature of the declaration relating to an
eight-hour work day.
Tonight the members of the conven.
tion and q large audience of others
listened to speeches on the issues of the
day by Senator Knute Nelson, of Min.
nesota, and ex-senator John L. Will
son. of Washington. The convention
is large and enthusiastic one.
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Houston, Texas, Sept. 1.-THE
storm that ragged along the coast Of
Texas last night was the most disas-
trous that has ever visited this section.
The wires are down, and there is no
way Of finding ont just what has hap
pened, but enough is known to make
it certain that there has been great loss
Of life and destruction of property all
along the coast and for 100 miles IN
land. Every town that is reached re-
ports one or more dead, and the prop
erty damage il so great there Is no way
of computing 1t accurately.
The small town OF Brookshire. on the
Missouri, Kansas q Texas, was almost
wiped out by the storm. The crew Of
work train brought in this informa-
tion. When the train left there, the
bodies of four persons had been recov-
cred. and the search for others was pro-
ceeding.
Hempstaed, across the country from
Brookshire, was also greatly damaged.
Sabine Pass has not been heard from
today. Yesterday morning the last
news was received from there, and at
that time the water was surrounding
the old town at the pass and the wind
Was rising and the waves coming high.
From the new town. which is some
distance back. 1t Was reported that the
water had reached the depot and was
running through the streets. The peo-
pie were leaving for the high country
known a. the back ridge, and 1t IL be-
lisved that all escaped.
Three bodies have been brought In
from Sesbrooke, on Galveston bay, and
IL persons are missing.
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American Energy Rewarded.

Cape Town, Sept. l0.-American
energy promises to be rewarded by SO.
curing orders or 500 large coal trucks.
involving $3.50, 900, about to be placed
by gold mining companies on the Rand,
in which quick delivery Is vitality i'm
portant. Tenders were received from
British and American manufscturers,
but the latter quoted lower prices and
promised more speedy delivery. Brit
ish financial houses fear that the Eng.
lish manufacturers will now allow for
eigners to reap the commercial benefits
of the Wal.
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Frank McBride Pardoned.

Washington, Sept. 10.-The presi-
dent has pardoned Frank M. Mcbride
whO.was convicted at Salt Lake City
in May, 1898, of embezzlement Of
$3.O72 postoffi CO funds while assistant
postmaster at Salt Lake and sentenced
to four years in the Utah penitentiary.
The attorney-general. In recommending
the pardon, said that recently obtained
evidence raises serious doubt as to
whether there ever was such embezzle-
ment as claimed, and-1n view OF the
further fact that Mcbride has already
served one year, he thinks executive
clemeucy should be extended
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Constantinople, Sept. lO.-Abdui
Hamid's enjoyment of the jubilee les
tivities, which began Sunday, on the
completion Of his 25th year as head OF
the Ottoman empire, has been spoiled
by the discovery of q plot against his
life. One hundred and eighteen ar.
rests, including several officials. have
already been made and secret inquiry
is proceeding.