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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14
chairnan.

Eighty-one years old, yet hale and
hearty, wealthy and a born fighter-such
is ex-United States Senator Henry G.
Davis, of West Virginia, the Democratic
nominee for vice president. He had been
already picked as Democratic candidate
for governor of his state this fall.
Henry Gassaway Davis was born in
Baltimore, November IT, 1923. He was
educated at the country school, but being
left fatherlcss had to work throughout
his boyhood. In 1853 he married Kate A.,
daughter If Judge Gideon Bantz. of
Frederick Md. He became sttperinten-
dent Of a plantation then brakeman. cons
ductor and later agent at Piedmont
w. Va, of the baltimore and Ohio rail-
road.
Later Mr.. Davis became a merchant
and leading collier and projected and car
ried to success the West Virginia, Central
and Pittsburg Railway, of which he is
president. He is also president Of the
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway, and
the Davis national bank. of Piedmont
w. Va.
MIR. Davis was a member of the house
of delegates Of West Virginia In 1866
state senator from 1879: United States
senator from 1S71-S3 declining reelection.
He has been a delegate to six national
Democratic conventions, and was one of
the American delegates to the Pan-Amer-
lean congress and member of the United
States intercontinental railway commits
sion. His home is at Elkins. w Va.
He Is father-in-law of Senator Stephen
B Elkins the Republican West Virginia
senator, with whom he has been associ-
ated IN numerousA business enterprises.
although opposing PIN politically.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14
Nominating a Vice President.

Henry Gassaway Davis. Of West Vir-
ginia, former United S ties senator
from that state, was nominated sholt
ly after midnight Sunday morning for
vice president of the United States
On the first ballot ex-senator Davis
received 652 votes, OF. Is less than the
two-thirds necessary to elect. Before
the ballot was announced number of
states announced that their votes were
changed in his favor, and motion to
make the nomination unanimous was
carried with enthusiasm.
The nomination of ex-senator Davis,
who is 81 years old, was the closing act
of the stormy convention. Immediately
after the nomination had been made
unanimous the great gathering adj
journed sine die, and the delegates
rushed out of the hall, some to seek
their beds and hundreds of others to
try to catch trains for home.
Those placed in nomination besides
Mr.. Davis were: Ex-senator George
Turner, of Washington; Robert Will
1iams, OF Illinois, and William A. Har-
ris, of Kansas
Delegate John Lamb, of Indiana.
moved that the Democratic national
committee be authorized to fill any
vacancy that might occur on the ma
tional ticket.
The motion was made in the form of
a resolution which was adopted with
out opposition.
A resolution naming and thanking
the officers of the convention was also
adopted; also James K. Jones and the
outgoing national committee.
Chairman Champ Clark and Tenn
porary Chairman John Sharp Williams
were made respectively chairmen of
the committees to notify Judge Parker
and ex-senator Davis of their nominal
ton
It was also announced that the new
national committee would meet in New
York on d date to be fixed by the
chairman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
A. B. Parker and H. G. Davis For
President and Vice President.
STRUGGLE OVER PLATFORM
Bryan Men Defeat All Attempts to
Insert Gold Standard Plank.
PARKER CREATED A SENSATION

New York Judge Refuses to Straddle
Currency Question, and Convention
Sent Him a Message Saying That
His Attitude Is AcceptabIe-B Bryan
Declares He Is Loyal Democrat
Under All Conditions.
st. Louis, July 1.-THE Democratic
national convention adjourned sine die
at 130 o'clock Sunday morning after
nominating Judge Alton B. Parker, Of
New York, for president, and Henry G.
Davis, of West Virginia, for vice presi-
dent.
The nomination of Judge Parker was
dramatic in the extreme Nearly 10
hours of oratory preceded the vote,
those placed in nomination beside
Judge Parker being William r. Hearst,
of New York; Senator f. M. Cockre1l,
of Missouri; Richard Olney, of Massa-
chusetts; Edward c. Wall, of Wiscon-
sin; Judge George Gray, of Delaware;
John Sharp Williams. of Mississippi,
and General Nelson A. Miles.
Before balloting began Bryan ap-
peared on the stage. After stating
that twice he had borne the standard
for the party, he continued:
81 came to this Democratic conven-
ton to return the commission, and to
say that you may dispute whether
have fought good fight. You may
dispute whether have finished my
course. But you cannot deny that
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14

PUS, N. Z.
have kept the faith. Today as a pri-
vate citizen | am more interested in
the success of the Democratic ticket
than was when l was a candidate"
When he declared himself a loyal
Democrat under all conditions the ap-
plause came in great volume. He read
that portion of the speech of Governor
Black, of New York, nominating
Roosevelt, which declared that wars
were liable to come at any time to any
nation and declared the principle I'M
derlying that utterance was chal-
lenge to the civilization of the world
Declaring that Roosevelt, if he be-
ieved in war as an arbiter of disputes,
was a dangerous man to elect, he CON
tinued:
81 believe he ought to be defeated.
1 believe he can be defeated. tried to
defeat the Republican party as your
candidate. l failed, you say.
YES I did. But + received /, 100000
more votes than any Democrat had
ever received before Yet | failed. .
Here Mr.. Bryan paused and lifting
his head, swept the hall with his gaze.
why did l fail?" he asked, and re-
plying to his own question, he said:
Because there were some who had
affiliated with the Democratic party
who thought my election dangerous to
the country They helped to elect my
opponent. That is why. But have no
criticism for them
Mr.. Bryan declared that if Hearst
was the best man, Nebraska would
support him. Then he spoke of Wall
and declared Nebraska would will
lingly support him. Then he spoke of
Pattison, and said Nebraska would
support him.
Bryan said he only mentioned these
men, and not to ask for their support
He said finally that he desired to sec
ond the nomination of Senator Cock
rell of Missouri.
The vote was brought about by Del
egate James Kerr, of Pennsylvania
demanding the regular order. The
chairman was rapping in vain for ST.
lence and the clerks were imploring
the delegates to be seated
Vote! yotei" was heard and with
out delay the clerk started the call.
The call then went on rapidly and
without causing comment. At the close
it stood 658 for Parker. Before the vote
was announced Idaho changed her six
votes, giving him 664, and West Vir-
ginia added three votes, giving him the
667 votes, or two-thirds necessary
This was followed by motion by
Champ Clark to make the nomination
Of Parker unanimous. Great enthusi-
asm followed, and monster American
flag was unfurled from the dome of the
building The band struck up 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner"
Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts,
took the stand to second the motion -
make the domination unanimous dele
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14

gates standing on chairs and waving
flags, making it almost impossible for
him to be heard. The vote was made
unanimous, and then the convention
broke loose.
Eight thousand small flags were
waving from the pit to the galleries,
and the great Coliseum was waving
mass of red. white and blue, with the
great yellow dome overhead alto
gether it made a wonderful picture.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14

Alton Brooks Parker, the Democratic
nominee for president. was born in Cort-
land, N. Y, May II, 1852. He was edu-
Gated in the public schoo 8. and later at
tended the Cortland normal school He
then studied law and graduated from the
Albany law school, shortly after being
admitted to the bar. Mr.. Parker is chief
judge eff the New York court of appeals,
having been elected in 1898.
He has held the following offices: Surro-
gate, Ulster county. n. ", 1S7-S5; judge
supreme court, New York. 1SS5-97; APP
pointed on second division court of APP
peals, 1sS9-93; general term, 1896; appel
late division. 1867.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14
Light on Pzrker's Famous Telegram.

LlgHl on TaFkSF'S Famous Telegram.
Esopus, ~ Y. July 12.-Light was
thrown on the history of the now ia
nous Parker telegram and the reply
to it of the Democratic convention at
st. Louis by close friend of Judge
Parker, who declined to allow the use
of his name.
when Judge Parker went to bed
at 9.45 Friday night said this man,
she did not know anytE ng at all
about the financial side OF the plat
form, which had been agreed upon,
more than was outlined in the bulle-
tins sent from the convention. When
informed by the Associated Press cor
respondent, at 620 a. M, of the bare
fact of the nomination he knew no
more, and the first real knowledge he
had of the action of the convention on
the financial plank in the platform
was when he read the New York morn
ing papers Immediately after break
fast, that is to say little after 8
o'clock, he started for a horseback
ride. Just before mounting his horse
telegram was handed him, giving a
concise outline of the platform. From
the moment of his reading of that tel
egram it was noticed that he was very
much preoccupied, as if in thought.
sAbout 1890 O'Clock he rode UP to
the railroad station. asked for teie-
grams and received quite a bunch of
them | happen to know that none
of them gave him the information he
wanted. He chatted with the report
ers for while, and it was afterward
recalled that some of his questions to
them betrayed the fact of his lack OF
first-hand knowledge of the conven-
tons action. He waited about the
station, almost irresolute in bearing,
for fully 10 minutes, and then sudden
" galloped back toward Rosemont-
An hour afterward his famous tele-
gram was filed with the operator. and
the remarkable series of events was
under way.
"That night. while the convention
tossed and beloved with the sensa-
tossed and beloved with the sensa-
ton he had produced, he did not go
early to bed, as he had done the night
before, although the local celebration
in his honor ceased and the people
dispersed as early as 1915 p. M. He
sat up until after 8 a. M, closely
watching the bulletins, and made no
move toward retiring until after the
action of the convention upon his tele-
gram was made plain to him"
1T is not true" said the gentleman
quoted above, that Judge Parker sent
a message to Senator Hill, demanding
the insertion of gold plank His tel
egram to William f. Sheehan was his
first communication directly or indi-
rectly with the convention"
Judge Parker received the following
message from former President Gro
yer Cleveland:
"Buzzards Bay. July 11.-You must
permit me to express my gratitude
and admiration for the splendid mani
festation of honor and courage you
have given to your countrymen and
to the Democracy in your st. Louis
dispatch. GROVER CLEVELAND"
So far as his plans have as yet been
made, Judge Parker will not tour the
country making speeches. His perso-
nal campaign will be conducted in a
way similar to that Of President Nc
Kinley to a large degree from the
porch at Rosemont. He viii probably
make but one or two pilgrimages to
the larger cities.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-14
PARKER SPRUNG SENSATION
New York Judge Refuses to straddis
On the Currency Question.

- 49, SNtt$s(y ><6SStf0ft
st. Louis, July 11-Just when the
Democratic national convention dele
gates felt that they were to be al
lowed to rest after three strenuous
days, and when the nomination for the
vice presidency seemed to be the one
thing left to settle, Judge Parker, the
nominee for president, threw bomb
into the convention by sending this
message to William +. Sheehan, of
New York:
II regard the gold standard as firmly
snd irrevoeably established and shall
act accordingly if the action of the con-
vention shall be ratified by the people
AS the platform is silent on the sub
ject my views should be made known
to the convention, and if it is proved
to be unsatisfactory to the majority
/ request you to decline the nomina-
ton for me at once, so that another
may be nominated before adjourn
ment"
A long conference of leaders, which
did not include Mr.. Bryan, followed
the receipt of the telegram. Senator
Tillman and others were greatly an
gered by the telegram, but, after talk
ing it over for several hours, an agree
ment was reached to ask the conven-
ton to authorize the sending of the
following telegram to Judge Parker:
1.-THE platform adopted by unis con-
vention is silent on the question of the
monetary standard, because it is not
regarded by US as possible issue in
this campaign and only campaign
issues were mentioned in the platform
Therefore there is nothing in the views
expressed by you in the telegram just
received which would preclude man
entertaining them from accepting
nomination on said platform
This telegram was read to the con-
vention by Senator Tillman, and he,
John Sharp Williams, Senator Daniel
and others earnestly urged the conven-
ton to favor it.
w. J. Bryan rose from his sick bed
and entered the convention to oppose
the sending of the telegram without
amendment. He demanded that Judge
Parker be asked to state his views on
the recoinage of silver and asset cur
rency.
The debate on the leaders PROPOSE
ton lasted far into the night, when
Mr.. Bryan withdrew his objections in
the interest of harmony, and the con-
vention, by an overwhelming vote, or
dered the telegram prepared by the
leaders sent to Judge Parker.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28

shrapnel and machine guns killed ev- cry man within ten yeards of me, and for quarter of an hour was the only man standing in that part of the works. nearly tainted. and every time saw the fash of gun I said to myself, Thank God, I'm dead at lasty" :. Describing the same grent battle. a private named BulgakoH says:
 Whenever he had moments rest old Yeygenii took out his reed and played tune The bullets kept hiss ing around him and around us, too, but as long as he played tunes we felt hap py. When we had orders to fire, down would go Yevgenii's reed into the trench, there would follow volley, and up. the reed would go for another tune. Each man shouted for his favor ite song, and it was fYevgenii, play us saThe German Peddlers Cat;"' 'Yev- genii, play us "Ludmila and the Stars" Snd so on. Finally Y. got so excited and proud that he shouted, Listen, boys: here is tune of my own; it's called ..The Yellow Yaposha." We never heard 1t, for at the first note bullet went through his shoulder, and all the music he could squeeze out was groan."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28

Marie Stuart coiffure, which dips i'm the center of the brow and causes a. semi-conventi0nal ornament of this kind to look unusually charming. The jewellers have been very busy lately inventing new ornaments or fresh ways of wearing old ones. How t0s make use of very long ropes of pearls, since 1t became less fashionable than it was few years ago to wind them round and round the throat, has been a problem to the wealthy possessor of such baubles thxt has at last been an- swereda "A string of ipearls twisted twice around the throat and then loop ed in front of the low corsage, with fastenings here and there composed of jeweled brooches, is, comparatively speaking, an old tale. The latesr adaptation of this idea is to festoon the jewels at the back of the corsage as we'll as in the front. and if the strings are here and there composed of jeweleda broochesa # is the utmost magnificence. In some cases com plete bertha of splendid gems is pro- vided by means of one long necklace of gems, or two or three worn at the same time.-London Mail.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28
Canned Gown of an Actress.

Mme. Rejane, the noted French ac- tress, who arrived in New York recent ly from France, brought with her q novel idea that may appeal to socf- ety women who spend fortunes for gowns, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Rejane has one gown that she carries about with her sealed up like can of tomatoes She carries the garment in a leaden cask. The gown is wad of sil- yer. cloth and is of such texture that if exposed to salt sea air q would black en. Mime. Rejane before leaving France had thick lead lining made for one of her trunks The silver cloth gown was placed In this, and then the lining was soldered up just like canned goods. That was to keep the air out and pre-. serve the silver shimmer of the gown.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28
FORTUNES IN GEMS.
Newest Jewels What They Cost and ,;s Y ;zs. .fss fs;ss How They Are Worn.

Newest Jewels What They Cost and
 f;se2 How They Are Worn.
 The desire for jewels and the extrav- agant splendid displays now made by women who delight in such manifesta- tions of wealth are two of the main characteristics dress exercises over women in this fuxuriant age.
 A million sovfreigns sounds like an incredibly huge sum of money to sink in precious stones, but the gem caskets that value very closely, and 1t Is ac, tually touched in few notable in. stances.
 Quite moderately wealthy young women do not consider their catalogue of jewels complete without two or three tiaras, string of pearls capable of being measured by the yard, | stomaeher brilliantly ablaze with gems g dog collar and numerous necklets, rings of various genns, to say nothing of afgrettes of diamonds, bracelets, brooches and little ornaments by the hundred
 One single necklace of pearls only a string that closely clasps the neck has been known to cost R9O,OO0; a tiara swallows up any sum up to 225,- 900, and even more when 1t contains practically priceless stones; ones brooch may easily represent E5O, while a stomacher can scarcely cost less. Hence to be bedizened in gemA that represent 81OO,OO0 is not q difi- cult task for the woman who likes | barbaric display and can afford to in dulge in her whim.
 The extravaganza this craving for f1rI Iex %r &1 <f11 1% pie on the score that precious stones are sound investment, while the dealers in. imitation gems truthfuily aver thatsit fosters their trade. A yes,E quaint fashion form old times is the agrafe of brilliants, an ornament resembling a bow and band of dia- monds, duplicated many times so as to trim a dress. from the decolletage to the hem of the skirt. The orna- ments graduate in size, so that at the foot of the dress they are much larger than they are at the waist, thereby producing a very elegant effect. These necessarily are rarely to be seen in real stones, but sets of them are being sought in old French paste. which pro- duces as brilliant an effect as real dia- monds and can scarcely be detected from them by the eyes of even experts.
 Ornaments of this caliber are found upon quaint old world dresses, made with the corsage pointe, and the full. simple skirt of bygone times. One or dered the other day for woman whose vogue is the picturesque was made of cloud gray satin and was quite untrimmed, save for the agrafes and a bertha and elbow fiounces of rich old lace.as Juliet nets of diamonds and pearls are so much more beautiful than those of colored stones that they are likely to last longer than the rest of their kind in the favor of the wealthy woman A new net is made of gold lattice work, fastened where the lattice crosses with rosettes of dia- monds and all around the edge fes- tooned with a glfttering fringe of the same precious stones.
 Very lovely aigrettes, composed of pair of diamond leaves, the edges of which meet sin the eenterN are being made purposely to be worn with the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28
HEN REFORM.

Emerson Dodge of Belfast, student of agriculture at the University of Maine, has invented Ia new kind of trap nest which he contends will com pei reluctant hens to lay two or more eggs day.
 Before introducing the new nest to the poultry they must have become familiar with the ordinary trap nest. This is box with two rooms SO ar ranged that when the hen enters the first and pases through a door into the the second she touches spring which closes the, middle door behind her. Here she remains in solitary confne- ment until the man who gathers the eggs sets her at liberty.
 It ts asserted that in few weeks q hen, realizing that depositing an egg is the price of her liberty, will lay the egg, even through she may have felt no inclination to do sowhen she went into the nest. VI a9 GH 8
 MT Dodge's invention Is in the for1n Of an extra compartment attached to the second chamber of common trap nest. Having laid an egg in the usual nest the hen waits until the attendant comes along to set her free. Tn the Dodge patent she goes into q second trap nest, from which she cannot es- cape until she has laid once more.
 A hen unfamiliar with the D0dEd nest will not get the hang of the inven- ton until she has suffered from close confinemen for few days, but it ia asserted that after learning that there in no means of escape until she has produced second egg her desire for freedom overcomes ancestral habit, and the additional egg is Forthcoming
 MT Dodge is now experimenting with still another compartment hoping that he may coax the hens to lay three eggs a day. He contends that the es~ tablished rule among hens of yielding no more than one egg day is merely a lazy habit which has been confirmed by long usage. He says that If Old Grimes's hen could lay two eggs on Sunday there is no reason why all hens could not lay two eggs or more every day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28
HAGUE PEACE PALACE.

Details of Plans For. Andrew Car-
 negie's Gift to the World.
 Final decision has at last been reached concerning the Carnegie peace palace at The Hague, says the New York Tribune The announcement was made the other. day that the Dutch government had purchased a plot of land situated at the eastern end of The Hague, behind the Botanical gardens, to be given to the Carnegie committed Following that it was officially an nounced that the future palace of arbi- tration would be built on the plan of the Brussels Palace of Justice, of which 1t will be an exact copy on smaller scale.
 The estimated cost of the peace pal ace is $1,64O,OOO, or about one-flfth the amount expended on the Brussels Pal ace of Justice. MT. Carnegie's original offer on April 22, 1903, was $1,5O0, ,O00 Doubtless he will supply the rest. The general appearance of the palace now about to be erected will be that of capitol The style of the building will be classical, or Greco Roman, as it is called here
 The ediflce will consist of a main building, fanked at each end by fore part and with a spacious central DOT tico as the principal entrance. A dou- ble row of columns will rise to the right and left of this portfco and be- hind them a large monumental stair case leading to the principal audience room, where the court of arbitration will hold it's sittngs. This audience chamber is to cover 12,OOo square feet, being 270 feet long by 12O feet wide, with enormous pilasters of white mar bic. Beyond this main chamber will be the principal committee room, modelled after the court of assizes of the Brus- sells palace, with facings of variegated marbles. At each end of this commit tee room will be subcommittee rooms.
 Above, on the second floor, will be two spacious rooms, one reserved for the president and the other for the sec retary of the permanent court Of arbi- tration. The first of these rooms is to be ornamented with marbles of vari- ous colors The second will have pill lars of pink stucco, with pedestals of gilded bronze.
 The dome which will surmount the palace and will, it is expected, give majestic aspect to the structure will be supported by, two superposed galleries, the lower being square shaped, the other round, fianked by enormous bronze statues of Clemency, Justice, Law and Strength.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28

Parisian Author Tells How He Wor- shiped the Moon and Found a Key to the New Life - Says There Is True Simplicity In the United States-Ita YaIue to Children.