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Roots, speech was placed on an easel
at the right of the platform. Other
wise the decorations were unchanged.
At 12.15 p. m. the playing of the ma
tienal hymn brought the whole assem-
blage to its feet. silk flags were
whipped out in various parts II the
hall, and were waved in time with the
music.
At 1927 o'clock temporary Chairman
Root raped for order. directing the
delegates to take their seats aad order
ing the aisles cleared.
The Rev. Thomas L. Cox. of the Holy
Name Cathedral, of Chicago, delivered
the Invocation.
Then Senator McComas presented
the report of the Committee on Gre
dentials. The first part of the docu-
ment related to those contests in which
the action Of the National Committee
was upheld. The report in this con.
nection was received with a ripple of
applause. which was slightly accentu-
ated when the decision placing both
the Lilly Whites" and BLACKS and
Tans' of louisiana was read. An out
burst Of cheers greeted the announce
ment that the committee had decided
in favor Of the "Stalwart' faction in
Wisconsin.
Senator Foraker moved that a seat
be given to General Osterhaus, a dis
tinguished German soldier Of the Union
Army. The motion was unanimously
adopted, and the chair appointed Sena.
tor Foraker, Of Ohio, and General
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, a commit
tee to escort General Osterhaus to the
platform. The General made a brief
speech, which was literally ~applauded.
Senator Depew obtained recognition
to make 4 report from the special COM
mittee to which was referred the inyi-
tation Of the ST. Louis Exposition Com
pany to the delegates Of the convention
to visit the Exposition: No action / n
the way of acceptance Of the invita-
ton was deemed necessary by the COM
mittee. The report gave in detail the
transportation arrangements. the trip
to begin at 8 o'clock Thursday night.
The report was adopted.
The Chairman then called for the re-
port Of the Committee on Permanent
Organization. Chairman W. M. John
son, of this committee, advanced to the
| platform and read it. The announce
ment that Speaker Cannon had been
| selected for permanent Chairman of
the convention provoked enthusiastic
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grew in number the horror increased
in intensity. On whose shoulders rests
the terrible responsibility is yet to be
determined. but one fact has been set
tied beyond diSpute-a great number
of the life preservers on the craft
were not life preServerS st all, but life
d~eStrO!ers. Instead of being b~uoyants.
they were as leaden weights. carry
ing their victims to certain death.
Scores of bodies have been found
with these miserable p~retenses
strapped about them. 1t may be that
there were a few serviceable cork
jackets on board the General Slocum,
but the majority were made of pow
dered cork and glue, and were not
only absolutely useless. but a peril
rather than q safety. They were pulled
out Of their places by men strong
enough to secure them. but the women
and children in the panic and excite
ment did not know how to adjust the
belts, and only a few Of them were
loaded down with the weights that
meant certain death. Those found
have been found on the bodies of
lleu lOl lHC HlOSL pdlI AL lhSoS op
planes had been passed by inspect
ors as serviceable and safe. When
the inquiry shall have begun the story
of the condition of the life preservers
will be of greater interest and i'm
portance than the action of the cap
tain in the pilot house. who ran his
ship afame a mile or a mile and q
half before he sought refuge by driv-
ing her ashore.
1t is agreed by a majority Of the
survivors that Captain Van Schaik
made a desperate and heroic effort to
save the lives Of his passengers, but
experienced rivermen are Of the opin-
ion that the suddenness Of the fire
and the fright and confusion which
followed upset his judgment and
caused him to do the very thing
which he ought not to have done. 1t
has been pointed out that there are
at least three points where he might
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THE CONVENTION DETAILS
Proceedings Of the Republican Ma
tionaI Assembly at Chicago.
ELIHU ROOT SOUNDS KEYNOTE


General P~ayne-Former Secretary of
War Root Elected Temporary Chair
man-Applause When tho Name OF
Roosevelt Was Mentioned.
Chica so.-At the first days session
of the Republican National Convention
in the Coliseum the chief feature of
the proceedings was the speech of
Elihu Root, the temporary chairman.
Mr.. Roots presentation Of the cam
paign issues aroused much enthusiasm,
and there was a great demonstration
when he mentioned the name Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The platform in the Coliseum fer the
officers Of the convention was covered
with a red carpet and the furniture
was black oak of a quiet design. On
the chairman's table there was a large
boquet Of American Beauty roses.
Weeks had been spent in decorating
the Coliseum. The interior had been
finished in white and gold, ~affording
a bright background for the national
colors, and the effect is gay and bril-
liant. The seating capacity Of the
great hall is, in round numbers, $500.
The 994 delegates and the alternates
were seated on the main floor Of the
hall. The remaining seats on the main
floor and the seats in the boxes were
occupied by spectators and those who
had been fortunate enough to obtain
tickets.
The officers platform had been erect
ed midway between the north and
south ends Of the building. Back of
it is the terraced stage reserved for
277 distinguished guests. The press
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Labor World.

4 branch of the American Federation
of Labor has been organized at Biloxi,
Miss.
Troubles of the Nickel Plate Rail.
road boi!e:makers have been amicably
settled.
Bricklayers in Glasgow, Scotland, ia
the number Of 1890, have suffered a
decrease III wages.
All the Jewish bakers are striking
for in London is a ~twelve-hour day and
nine cents an hour.
The Bay City (Mich.) Street Railway
Company has voluntarily Increased the
wages Of Its employees
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The National Game.

Patsy Donovan is playing right helu
for the Washingtons.
lack Dunn, of the New Yorks. is
still a most versatile and valuable
player.
The Atlanta Club has signed first
baseman Feli~ Hardy, hailing from
Texas.
Frank Selee says that Mordecai
Brown is the greatest fielding pitcher
he ever saw.
Joe Kelly says a managers hard
est task is studying the eccentrlcltles
OF his players.
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Latest Estimates Of the Number
Of Lives Lost by the Burning
of the General Sl0Cum.
RIVER HOLDS MANY DEAD

New York City.-Of the Bronx shore
of North Brother Island. where the
burning General Slocum was beached.
and on up the river for a mile and a
half to Hunts Point where the tide
finally carried the charred hulk, the
CHASTITY business Of fishing for human
bodies has gone on day and night since
the appalling tragedy, neither weari-
ness o hunger stopping Coroner
O'Gorman's volunteer crews and the
police. The racing tide made it we'll
nigh impossible to use the graphing
irons at times, but on the ebb the
fishers more than made up for their
enforced idleneSS.
Added findings now show beyond
the shadow of any doubt that during
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Sporting Brevities.

Jack c'Twin') Sullivan got the de-
cision over Mike SchreckiI 4 ten-round
bout at Indianapolis.
L. L. Kellogg. Jr.. Of Fox Hills, beat
the field in the golf tournament at
Tuxedo with a score of 134.
The well known New England stall
lion, Sir Walter. Jr.. foaled i'll 1882,
died Il short time ago at Biddeford,
Me.
Captain e. J. Clapp. of the Yale
track team, announced that Yale would
meet tue English universities IN Lon
don.
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NewSy Gleanin@S.

Saryian railroads arc being extended.
ENGLISH cotton workers are rushing
to Canada.
The fourth hole through the Alps Las
hern made with the final piercing OF
The SimplOn tunnel.
Three electric shocks were required
to kill Michael Schiller, a wife muir
derer, at the Ohio State PcnitertlarE.
General Miles still clings to his pan
for employing United States soldiers III
roadmaking during peace time.
The New York Court of Appeals ue'
cided that a private detective has the
right to shadow, persons,
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miscellaneous News Notes.

Sheckard has not yet struck his
natural gait in batting.
Two Spanish ~battleships and 4 cruz
ser have been ordered 10 TanSicr.
Mercer University has adopted caps
and gowns for the university costume.
Handball is a ~fayorite means of
exercise with the Brooklyn players.
Lewis, short stop for Cornell last
season, is now with the Baltimore
Eastern League team.
Miss Pauline Hardin, Kentucky's
most successful woman politician. is
about to be married
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Prominent People.

The death is announced Of NJ. f. A.
Foque, the eminent French geologist
and mineralcg ist.
Maurus Jokai's last lines were a
rousing appeal to the people of Hun
gary to join in the fight against tu-
berculoSis.
Former Mayor Low and Walter ].
Travis. amateur golf champion, sailed
from Liverpool for New York on the
same steamer.
Daniel Verge, who died recently in
Paris, and who was known as 1.-The
father of modern illustration" was a
Spauiard by birth.
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The President Acts.

Washington. D. G. - President
Roosevelt issued imperative orders to
Secretary Cortelyou of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor to in
vestigate the Slocum horror and >
leave no stone unturned in the effort
to fix the responsibility for the disas-
ter. If any one in the service Of the
government was negligent in his duty
he will receive 10 mercy at the hands
of his superiors.
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porary chairman former Secretary OF
War Elihu Root, who had been selected
to sound the keynote of the campaign.
After making his speech, which made
a distinct impression, the temporary
chairman appointed committees on
Credentials. Permanent Organization,
Rules. and Order O., Business and Res
olutions. The convention then adj
iourned for the day. In the afternoon
and evening the committees met and
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SECOND DAYS SESSION.

Chicag {. - The second session was
"Uncle Joe" Cannon's day at the Re-
publican National Convention. From
the minute the quaint Speaker of the
House took the gayel from Elihu Root
and became the permanent Chairman
the body took on an air of life.
The huge portrait Of President Roose-
welt that had been unveiled during Mr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
AMERICAN" NOT "U. S."
Secretary Hay Orders Change on EN-
bassy and Consular Seals.

Washington, D. Gin accordance
with an order issued by Secretary
Hay, the inscriptions Omitted States
Embassy" and United States Con-
sulate" no longer will appear upon the
Embassy and Consular seals and in
other places as formerly. In their
place on all the new record books and
seals will appear the words American
Embassy" and american Consulate"
and american Consular Agency"
There are about a dozen UNITED
States" aside from the United States
of America, a fact which leads to a
great deal Of confusion in foreign
countries.
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PRESIDENT THEODORE

Chicago.-The thirteenth National
Convention of the Republican party
was held in the enormous Chicago
Coliseum, which was gayly decorated
with flags and bunting for the recep-
ton Of the 994 delegates, their alter
mates, and the 5000 spectators, who as
sembled to do honor to President The
odOre Roosevelt.
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ROBBERS LOOT EXPRESS.

Shoot Engine Driver Dead, Then Blow
Up Car and Safe.
Butte. Mont.-Two train robbers held
up the eastbound North Coast Limited,
the Northern Pacifc's crack passenger
express, a mile east Of Bear Mouth.
Mont. where the same train was held
up last year, and Engineer O'Neill
met his death at the bandits hands.
After bringing the train to a stand
still, the robbers had a brief but sharp
fight with the engineer, who fell dead
in his cab with two bullets in his
brain. The robbers then blew up the
express car. Three times dynamite
was exploded under the safe, and it
and the car were demolished. The
bandits are believed to have secured
heavy plumber, estimated at $4,000,
with which they escaped to the large
timber of the mountains.
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Worlds Fair Pays Up.

The sum of $195, O57.O Oh, the first pay"
ment in liquidation Of the Government
loan Of $4.60O.0 900 to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company. was
transferred to the United States Gov
eminent by the auditing department
of the Worlds Fair.
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FULL PENALTY FOR CANNON.
Prominent New Jersey Lawyer Gets
Fifteen Years.

Hoboken, n. J.-Charles Il. Cannon,
of this place, who was found guilty
of serious charges made by a young
girl, was sentenced by Judge John A.
Blair, in the Hudson County IN. j.
Court, to fifteen years in State Prison,
and to pay a fine Of $1,000. This is the
extreme penalty for this ofiense. EX-
Judge William t. Hoffman, counsel
for Cannon, announced that he would
file a writ of error, and Cannon was
released on his old bail Of $4,000.
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Her Heart Shifted.

After the remarkable operation Of
having her heart. which had shifted,
moved from her right side to her left
side, Annie Riley, the thirteen-year-old
daughter Of James Riley, of Jackson
City, Pa. is now convalescing.
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Telegraphic Facilities.

In the basement of the Coliseum the
two telegraph companies had sixty
two instruments. with as many oper-
ators. One hundred uniformed mes
sengers received and delivered dis
patches.
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Rrazil's Navy Larger.

A bill providing for the r~eorganiza-
ton of the Brazilian Navy was intro
duced in Congress, at Rio Janeiro. 1t
provides for the purchase of twenty
eight warships. including three iron
clads and three armored cruisers.
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The original program for the conven-
ton was followed to the letter. Not
one detail had been overlooked.
At noon on Tuesday Acting Chair
man Henry G. Payne, Of the National
Committee. called the convention to
order. Immediately afterward the
Rev. Timothy P. Frost delivered the
prayer, which was followed by the
reading of the convention call by Sec
rotary Elmer Dover.
Mr. PAYNE then introduced as tenn
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Attendance Light, Prices High.

The attendance at the convention
was small, but rates for rooms ana an
other charges were excessive. lne
hotel rates were in many cases rom
fifty to 100 per cent. more ihan thes
were at the time Of the Democratic
convention in 1S0G.
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Something Free.

The California delegation combined
business with politics. When they ar
rived they brought with them $4,000
worth of wines and fruits to be distri-
buted free at the convention.
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Dundonald Removed.

Lord Dundonald, the hero OF Lady
smith. has been relieved of his posi-
ton as general officer commanding d
militia of Canada. rs the result OF MS
criticism of a Cabinet officer.
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Germany Bars Out American Cattle.

Germany BATS UuC AlHeTICHll OdtIIe'
The State Department at Washing
ton. D. c., has been advised by the
American Embassy in Berlin that Ger
many has refused the request of the
United States for permission to ship
American cattle into Switzerland
through Alsace-Lorraine. The excuse
given is based on veterinary reasons.
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Our Army Prepared.

Secretary of Var Taft, addressing
the graduating class at West Point,
said the army is now fully prepared
for any emergency.
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Dinner for $500.

George A. Beaton, Of New York, pro-
vided the homecoming dinner for $500
persons at the Athens (Ohio) centen-
nary celebration.
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More Bodies Recovered.

Secretary Cortelyou and New York
City officials made trips of inspection
we the course pursued by the General
Slocum. Forty-fve more bodies were
recovered and memorial services were
held in various churches.
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RrsWpleW of Tennessee.

Amsng the interesting figures at the
convention was Walter p. Brownlow,
Of Tennessee. whose father vas known
as the fighting parSol.'
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The Canadian Wheat.

It is estimated that in the Canadian
Northwest the crop Of wheat will al.
Droximate $4,000. 900 bushels.
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At West Point,

Members of the Filipino Commits
sion were present with Secretary Taft
at the graduation exercises at West
Point.
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Convention Emergency Hospital.

Convention Emergency Hospital.
On the ground floor of the Republic
can convention hall there was a hos.
pital room sixty by 120 feet. for emer.
gency cases. Five physicians and
eight nurses were in attendance.
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r,oa+r;, Sionols at Convention.

For the first time in the history OF
conventions electric signals connected
thn chairman with every part OF the
building in Chicago.
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prepared their reports for submission
on the morrow. ~
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
When the convention assembled on
Wednesday, the Committee on Creden-
tials reported and the permanent roll
Of the convention was ratified. After
prayer by the Rev. Thomas E. Cox,
the Committee on Permanent Organ
ization was then heard from. 1t rec
commended that Speaker Joseph G..
Cannon, Of the House of Representa-
tives, be made permanent chairman.
Mr.. Cannon was Immediately escorted
to the platform and at once made his
address to the convention.
Following the reports Of the commit
tees on Rules and Order Of Business,
and Resolutions, the National platform
of the Republican party was read and
adopted.
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THIRD SESSION.

THIRD SESSION.
The thirG session Of the convention
was the most interesting of the three,
ror on that day the candidates for
President and Tice-President were
nominated. na
1t was the day for pyrotechnics. AS
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Shoots Woman and Kills Himself.

DETROIT, June 24.-Charles Swayze,
employed by life insurance company
and former assistant superintendent
of the Detroit house of correction, to-
day shot Miss Etfie Alvord twice while
the couple was in private Office in
the company's suit on the eleventh
floor of the Chamber of Commerce
building and then jumped from the
window himself. He was picked up
and died as he was carried into the
lobby of the building. Miss Alvord
was shot in the neck and wrist, but
not seriously hurt. A letter, written
by Swayze, was found which, it is
said, explains the tragedy. 1t is al
legged that the letter says Miss Alvord
was responsible for Swayze's losing
his position at the house of correction.
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NEW YORK, June 25.-The mem bers
OF the national democratic committee
now here say John Sharp Williams,
democratic leader in congress, uu-
doubtedly will be the temporary CHI
man of the St. Louis convention and
will make the keynote speech It is
expected his selection will be made
when the national committe gathers
next week in St. Louis.
Judge c. j. Gavin of Ration, N. NJ,
has been appointed reading clerk of
the democratic national convention.
One OF his qualifications is the mar
velous voice which he possesses. It
is believed every person in the great
hall which is to be used for the con-
vention will be able to hear distinctly
with ease every word of the proceed
ings voiced by Mr.. Gavin.
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Fire At Worlds Fair Grounds.

ST. LOUIS, June 24.-Fire this morn
ing burned the Hoo.Hoo house at the
worlds fair grounds, causing a loss
of $4,000 with insurance of 500, 900.
The Union Baking company, conccs-
sion in the building suffers SO, 900 loss.
The flames spread quickly and for a
time it was feared a serious contlagra-
tion was in prospect. Several occu-
pants of the building had narrow es-
capes.
Fifteen minutes before the alarm
from the house of HOo-Hoo the fire
department had answered still al arm
from the mysterious Asia concession
on the Pike, where fire had started in
the elephant barn. The loss was in.
significant, but there was wild STAN.
pede Of elephants and camels, the
frightened trumpeting of the former
awakening people in all parts of the
grounds. None of the animals es-
capped from the building.
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Oil War In Georgia.

AUGUSTA, Ca. June 24.-The oil
war now raging in Augusta promises
to cost the Standard Oil company
So, 900, 900. Tonight the losses of the
Standard company are estimated at
$500. 600 in two days fighting.
The war opened several weeks ago
when Hollis Boardman resigned as
manager of the Standard Oil company
and organized the Peoples Oil com.
pany, an independent concern. The
Standard company Immediately con.
tracted to furnish oil to the Augusta
Brokerage company at one.half a cent
lower than competition. The People 5
Oil company. hearing Of this contract,
offered oil to the brokerage firm for
81 cents a gallon, and consequently
the STANDARD company must furnish
tn at product for cents.
The Augusta Brokerage company
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Russian Newspaper Is Alarmed.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 24.-The re.
suit Of the Chicago convention arrived
here too late for press comment this
morning. The Novoe Vremya de.
votes a long editorial to specul alton
regarding the object Of the enormous
naval expansion of the United States.
saying: sit is difficult to suppose it
is for a pacific purpose and more diff.
cult to imagine it is due to fear of az.
gression on the part of an European
power"
Continuing, the paper declares the
only presumption left is that the
United States is preparing to at no
distant date attack someone, and
warns the European statesmen to "be-
ware of the boundless appetites of
American exporters, for which a
market, other means failing, must be
won by force of arms