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KANSAS DEMOCRATS.
Net at Topeka to Name state
Ticket.

TOPEKA. Kan. August 3-fhe oehio-
Gratis of Kansas met here today TO name
state ticket f. T. Hackney of Wellington
was TEMPORARY chairman. Among the
prominent democrats present were lorrier
Governor Click and former United states
Senator Harris majority Of the deie-
gates favor fusion with the populist party
whose state convention also met here To-
day and the appointment of a conference
committee was among the first acts OF tne
convention. In his speech Chairman HACK
ney said: ,..
you may talk of the "charge OF the llsnt
brigade but where in all history have men
battled AZ they have done in Kansas Tor the
immortal principles laid down In l'i6 al oiu
Independence Hall, as expounded ana Vital
lied by Thomas Jefferson and Anore"
Jackson? -
"And we are going to set up the incarna-
ton Of brave. blunt. honest old ANDREW
jackson SO that the raScals VINO While
incorporating in the Sleeps clothing OF
civil service reform. have made the depart
ments reek with all manner of ofhcial cor
ruption until they smell to high heaven.
shall feel the AK lest the stencil shall bring
down the Judgment OF SodOm and Gomorrah
upon this government. We Will get the
good old Jacksonian religion and turn the
raScals out.
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litical dynasty the power of the demo-
cratic party is pledged.
We stand for the Constitution ana ad-
here to the limitations OF power fixed IN
that instrument. The right to the witt
of habeas corpus and to trial by jury and
the equal protection of the laws cannot be
suspended enlarged or denied by the execu-
tive power of the state or nation. and any
such action L. an invasion of fundamental
right and destructive of the principles upon
which the republic rests.
Kern Nominated.
John W. Kern of Indianapolis was unan'-
mously nominated for governor.
The platform offered by the resolutions
committee was adopted unanimously. IL
heartily indorses the st. Louis platIori"
and the nominees of the national oenn'
cratic convention. and gives pledge tna'
the democrats of no other state siiaii Sui
pass Indiana in their loyalty and hearty
support of the national ticket me 70
state issues.
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SUNK BY THE RUSSIANS
TOKYO REPORT VIA ROME OF
SINKING OF JAP CRUISER.
...-.s ~ -
Was the Armored Warship Kasuga-
Sinking Of tho German
Steamer Thea.

ROME. August 3.-The Giornale d'Italia
today published in an extra edition dis
patch from Tokyo announcing that the
japanese armored cruiser Kasuga, former
ly the Argentine warship Riyadavia. has
been sunk. The announcement caused q
great sensation here.
Sinking Of the Thea
BERLIN. August 3.-The foreign Offices
lack Of information in regard to the sink
Ing of the German steamer Thea by the
Russians Off the coast of Japan must be re-
garded as remarkable in view Of the fact
that the Russian official report was pub
lished by the semi-official news bureau here
as o'clock this morning. The only in
ference admissible is that the Russian gov
eminent had omitted sending the official
report to Germany.
Sunken Steamer Had Kiel for Home
Port.
KEEL August 3-The Keller Zeitung saws
the German steamer Thea. sunk by the
Vladivostok squadron. had Kiel for a home
port and was chartered by an English firm
under the express provision that she was
not to be sent to blockaded ports and that
she was not to carry troops or contraband
of war.
The Thea was built at Dumbarton In 1893.
was of 1000 tons and was sold in 1901 to
the kiel firm of H. Diedrichsen.
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Baltimore Markets.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BALTIMORE. Nd. August 3.-FLOUR-Strong;
winter extra 3.60a3 81; winter clear, 4.SJa4 80
winter straight. 4.50a4.S5; winter patent. 3,a
5.25: spring clear. iOoa4 IS spring straight. l0a
5.35; spring patent. 540a5. 65; receipts. 4021 bar
.e.s.
WHEAT-Easer: spot. contract. 92a92A: spot.
No. 2 red western. 94a94A: August. 92a92A; SEP
TENDER. 93A: December. 96ha9s1a: steamer No.
red, S6,aS6%: receipts. 80. 176 bushels: southern
by sample. 75a9o; southern grade. S1a92.
CORN-Firm; spot 54l2a5444: August 5412a54ai
September, 5Ja55h,; steamer mixed 51t.a51s.: re-
ceipts. 2.1l5 bushels southern white corn. 55aG0;
southern Yellow corn, 55a60.
OATS-Firm: No. white, Asa 49,; No 2 mixed,
441s receipts, 8, ODD bushels.
RYE-Quiet; uptown, No. western. 73a74; re-
ceipts; 37o bushels.
HAY-Firm. unchanged
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Duil, unchanged.
BUTTER-Steady; fancy imitation. 17al8; fancy
creamery, 10; fancy ladie 14a15 store packed.
11a12
EGGS-Steady, 17alS.
CHEESE-Firm; large. 8AsSh; medium. sa4a9;
small, 9ha8t.
SUGAR-Strong; coarse granulated. 5.25: fine.
SIS.
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KANSAS PoPULISTS.
Strong Effort to Fuse With Democrats
in Ticket.

TOPEKA. Kan, August 3.-The populist
state convention, which adjourned last
April to await the gathering of the demo-
Gratis hoping for fusion. was called to order
here today by Major A. NJ. Harvey. the
state chairman. with less than 300 dele
gates present out of 500 allowed in the
call The anti-democratic element among
the populists held a caucus. at which
speeches were made against fusion under
a democratic name. Finally a resolution
was adopted declaring In favor of having
committee appointed to confer with the
de mocrats The democrats were asked to
join in a fusion ticket to be placed under
the peoples party head. If they cannot
agree this the populiStS may agree to an
INDEPENDENT to he placed under the head
union"
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CONTRABAND OF WAR.
Russia Has Not Received Any Further
Protest.

ST. PETERSBURG. August 8. Russia
has not received any further protest from
Great Britain for Including foodstufrs in the
list of contraband Of war. The Statement,
of the British under-foreign secretary, Earl
Percy in the house of commons Monday
that Foreign Secretary Lansdowne had in
structed Sir Charles Hardinge, the British
ambassador to protest to Russia against
the inclusion Of food stuffs in the list OF
articles declared contraband probably re-
ferred to the protest presented by the am
bassador a month ago.
Knight Commander Case.
The Russian government has not yet
made any further reply in the case OF the
British steamer X niEht Commander, but it
Is expected that a reply will shortly be
made, as the Gvladtvostok squadron is now
back In port. # ALL pfecedents bearing on the
destruction ofneutfal vessels carrying con-
traband, when IL Is impossible to have them
taken before prize court are being ex-
amined. 1t Is believed that Great Britain is
insisting on assurances that there will be
no repetition Of such incidents in advance
of judicial determination, and that IL this
is not obtainable to her satisfaction that 1t
is her intention to offer to refer the case to
The Hague arbitration tribunal.
Vessels Left Red Sea.
According TO Information received here
the vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet
have left the Red sea. and It is believed
that they have gone to the Indian ocean or
to Jibutil. French Somaliiand.
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JURY ACCEPTED.
Proceedings for the Extension of 23d
Street

The jury of condemnation which was
summoned Monday in connection with the
proceedings for the extension of ODD street
from street To California avenue. were
accepted by order Of Justice Barnard this
afternoon and left the court house imme-
diately TO view the property The iury
will meet Tuesday at the court house for
the purpose of taking testimony The
work of the jury will include the assess
ment of benefits and damages resulting
from the extension OF the street The Jury
includes MeSsrS. George w Moss Philip
\ larner. James Il. Mclaughlin Louis
Behrens. Percy 5 Foster. Frank b. Metz
croft and Nicolas H. Shea. Mr.. Albert F..
Marsh was summoned. but was unable to
attend court. and Mr. Shea was substi-
tuted
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RUMOR DISCREDITED.
Laborers on Capitol Hill Tunnel Not
on Strike

The report was circulated about the city
this morning that tie stone masons and
bricklayers employed on the construction of
the railroad tunnel under the Capitol reser-
walton. had entered upon strike for short
er hours OF labor. Inquiry was made at
the office of the contractors. the New York
Continental Jewell Filtration Company at
e ID street southeast. concerning the al
legged prospective walk-out Superintendent
Williams stated that all the stone masons
and oricklayers were at work today and he
mad not heard OF any trouble nor did he
believe any Is brewing
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An advance was made in Washington
naii"ay bonds Mt today's meeting Of the
STOCK exchange of a half a point as com
pared with the bid price OF yesterday
Alter todays buying. which was by one
broker. had been completed. there were no
more bonds to be had at -. This price waA
bid for them both before and after call.
but there was no more to be- had at that
figure AT the close the bonds were offered
at 19is.
An advance WAS also made In the quota
tons of both the preferred and the common
stock. In the of the former the bid
was 81. while the asking price was a2L,
For the common 1412 bid and 10 was
asked.
A higher level was reached in the bid
prices both for Metropolitan Railroad -
anu columbia Railroad rs. the former being
l16 and the latter lnJ
Prospective purchasers of telephone bonds
were willing TO give 1851. but there was
none offered under los
Changes were made in the bid prices OF
some of the stocks i'm the bank list hut
shere was no trading. For the stock Of the
Second National Bank 144L, was bid with
no stock for sale. The bid for Citizens was
-, with no offerings One hundred and
forty nine was bid for Traders. and the
stock was offered at lJf. The bid for Lin
coin was 122. with 126 the asking price
with the exception of the first named the
hsures IN each case represented an advance
over those of yesterday.
There was disposition to give mora
money Tor insurance stocks If the advance
IN the Did prices can be taken as an evil
oence For Ffremens p was the bid in
stead or II OF yesterday. Seventy-two was
DID Tor Corcoran instead OF 10 and ~ for
Nauonll Union instead OF ], with no offer
ihgs Twenty-four was bid for Potomac
winch took the place OF the ~ bid OF yes
terday. Seventy-tiye shares were offered
Tor sale at -, but the best bid was -
Inc latter was withdrawn at the close and
= was substituted. The bid for Riggs was
IA and the stock was offered al st1
Gas stock was offered down to 51A but
the pest bid was 5Il4. and there was no
trading Mergenthaler was offered at 1IJL
and the bid was 1I5S. There were several
transactions In this stock which were made
by brokers buying the stock they had tor
sale
one hundred shares Of T.anston Were
bought at 9is by the broker who offered II
for sale. The bid for the stock WAS .
Mr.. w. Il. Hubs was In his accus'o med
place today after an absence from tire city
for several days. Prces of the securities OF
the Washington Railway Company began
to improve and there livening up All
around.
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Printing Press Maker Dead.

ROCHESTER,. ". ". August 3-John M.
Jones. the oldest printing press manufac-
turer in the United States. died today at
his home In Palmyra. He Ii credited with
having made and patented the FIRST type
writer In this country. receiving his pat
ents on his machine In 1885. He was
eighty-five years old.
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To Lecture at District Camn.

An order was issued at the War Depart
ment today directing Capt. Joseph T. Dick
man of the general staff to Proceed to
Harpers Ferry. w. Va, for the purpose
of delivering a lecture to the officers Of the
District Of Columbia militia now III camp
at that place. The lecture. will be delivered
Friday.
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Mrs. MAVERICK Has Not Sailed.

PARIS. August Mrs. Florence May
brick unquestionably was still at Rouen
during the evening of July 30. and 1t Is be-
lieved she is still there. therefore the report
circulated In the United States by news
agency that .frs. Maybrick sailed from
Havre for New York July II is incorrect.
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Asks for Absolute Divorce.

George F. Woody filed a petition for abso-
lutte divorce from Sadie Woody In the Dis
trtct Supreme Court this afternoon. The Pc
TONER states he married the defendant June
Is. 1885, and they lived happily together
until few months ago. Statutory grounds
are alleged.
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SHEEHAN CHAIRMAN
THOMAS TAGGAR4 MAKES oFFI-
c1AL ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.

INDIANAPOLIS. August 3.-Thomas Tag
CART. chairman Of the national committee.
authorized the announcement today that
William f. Sheehan of New York will be
chairman of the national democratic exec
utive committee. He said it was not GER
tain whether he would be able to announce
the other members Of the committee today
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, 500, 442; government receipts
from internal revenue $3.50. 5S4: customs.
81, 131 sol; miscellaneous, SIT .667: eXpend-
lures. s.. 10000. Available cash balance.
$l52 49l 531. 60
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Secretary Taft Returns.

Secretary Taft returned to this city last
evening from Murray bay. Canada. where
he has been for the past four weeks. and
was at his desk at the War Department
this morning as usual.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Reguar call IL o'clock noon-w Washington
Street Rwy. IL. $1,000 ut 1874, 81 900 at 7sS,,
81 900 Mt 1sN STOOD at 49, sl.0o Mt 1875,
81 go Mt 20. 81 .OO - &5.vD n -
Washington Street Rwy. pfd 10 G2u.
Union Trust and Storage. at lbs
Mrrganthslcr Linotype. 10 nj IT5&, 10 at l75&
10 at l7Jjs. / IT6
Lanston Monotype. 10 AT 3. 100 at o..
After cail-Washington Street Rwy As 500 at
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August OF some of the securities listed on
the Washington stock exchange with those
recorded yesterday will be Of interest
giving some idea of the fluctuations that
have taken place in the past twelve
m
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers, 1919 r St, members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade.
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A comparison of the current prices of la.
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A higher level. was reached in the bid
prices both for Metropolitan Railroad ~
and Columbia Railroad .s the former being
l16 and the latter 100
Prospective purchasers of telephone bonds
were willing TO give io4I., but there WAS
none offered under loJ
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Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets

LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.
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The investigation is being helped along
by the United States district attorneys Of
Ace in Chicago. under instructions from the
Department of Justice. and Attorney Cen
eral Moody is kept posted from time to
time on the progress of the work. 1t is
certain, however, that the inquiry has not
proceeded far enough to enable the gov
eminent to decide upon course of action.
If the special agents now working on the
allegations that the injunction Is not being
obeyed by the packers should be able to
make out good case. the administration
will have no hesitation in laying the evil
dence before the circuit court.
The local beef situation remains I'M
changed. It is said there Is an abundant
supply Of meats of all kinds to supply the
Consumers and that car loads of meat are
arriving every day.
There has been no large increase in the
prices. and 1t is not expected now there will
be. as 1t appe" rs evident the packers are
shipping very nearly their normal supply
Nine cents is the top price for prime home
dressed beef and cents Is about the boz
tom price. with the bulk of the business
being at 8 to 81 The extreme hot weather.
together with the generally abundant sup
ply of beef. has caused decline In prices.
At one stage OF the strike IL cents was
paid for prime beef and one or two sales of
very choice cattle were made at II cents.
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Upon being called to order the convention
was addressed by National Committeeman
John 7. McGraw. who had been designated
as temporary chairman. Mr.. McGraw said:
IF there existed no other reason for the
success of the democratic party in the
present campaign than that presented BY
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One hundred shares Of I.anston were
bought at 9is by the broker who offered II
for sale. The bid for the stock WAS .
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SEPPIIKII.

A. vast amount of misconcepttion pre-
walls in Europe concerning what is vul-
carly termed harikiri. The word is
never used by any other than illiterate
persons in Japan. Among the educa-
ted classes the term employed is seppu-
ku. 1t is wrong to suppose that the
japanese soldiers and sailors are prone
to throw away their lives vainly.
Seppuku, in ancient times, was an hon
orable death, but it was only resorted
to in extreme circumstances, AS the
Japanese proverb puts it, Life is diff
cult death is easy" For any person to
commit suicide merely as a way out of
difficulty was esteemed, and is still,
cowardly act. To take ones own life
is easy enough as a means Of procur-
ing relief from trouble, but to live on,
despite difficulties, being harder mat
ter, is the more creditable, and this is
the meaning to be attached to the pro-
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THIS
RE M EDY
ARR

verb, which has quite as much force to-
day among Japanese as it ever had, .
The cause Of so many soldiers and
sailors-take the case OF the Kin Shiu
Maru as an example preferring deth
to capture was something widely differ
emit from that which has been assigned.
The people Of Japan at large, soldiers
and sailors included, had heard so
much Of the Russian atrocities as Blag-
ovestchensk. of the Russian treatment
of the Chinese at the time of the Boxer
troubles, and OF General Mitchenko's
famous utteranee that the Russians
had mo ropes, but arms significant of
the short shrift that would be given to
eaptives, that the prospect of falling
alive into Russian hands came in reali-
ty to be regarded as far worse than
death. 1t was the firm belief that bar
barous treatment would be melted out
to them that led SO many, despite the
injunction conveyed in the proverb, to
shoot or stab themselves when capture
Wa1 inevitable.
Cases of seppuku, as a matter of fact,
were extremely rare, and cases of ordi-
nary suicide, though more frequent,
were the expression of widespread
conviction that only In this way could
an ignominious existence be avoided
London Post.
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FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Music's first step was the drum. As
you wander through the displays made
of the primitive musical instruments Of
savage races, those that have only one
have the drum. Music began with
thumps, on a caiabash likely enough,
and, later on, the skin of a wild animal
was drawn over the mouth of the GALA
bash. The bass drum of the sousa
band is not so far removed from the
oalabash drum that its cousinship can't
be recognized, In the German East At
RIGA exhibit are the drums Of the blacks
who inhabit the territory which Germa-
ny is now conquering. They are all
tenptingly labeled Hands off,. It re-
quires great fortitude not to thump an
African war drum with the forefnger
nail; and Chinese gongs are quite ire
sistible.
With drums the sense Of rhythm in
the human mentality is first expressed.
The Indian adds his 'kiyi," and most
sayages accompany the drum with the
voice. 1t must have been a long time
before the first reed pipe was invented
to increase the volume of the barbarian
orchestra. Many senni-civilized peo-
pies seem to have stopped there, They
stopped at the first tune. Stringed in
struments came next. The banjo in its
varied forms is repeated through all the
nations. The Chinese show their three
stringed snakeskin guitar, and from
Burmah and India come instruments
that are twanged with the fingers. The
naked little Igorrote boys stretch taut
cord triangularly about on the top Of
three pegs in the ground and keep time
with the dance Of the older Igorrofes
near by. The musical instruments o.
savage tribes are of little interest to sef
unless they are played on, Who would
not give much at least a quarter-tc
hear these first Orphean lutes and Tyres
vivified BY savage lips or hands?-st,
Louis Globe. Democrat.
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Patent Stove Brick are cheapest.
oIyIL sERvIcE EXAMINATION

A competitive examination will be held
on Wednesday,, Sept. 18th, a904, at 8 p. M,
to ascertain the fitness If candidates
for the foilowing positions:
Engineer at Springside Home Sal-
airy 50 per day.
Principals clerk Salary $4,000 Per
annum. Applicants for this position
must be a stenographer and typewriter.
Application blanks and further infor-
nation will be furnished daily at Room
IL, City Hall, between IL and / o'clock.
Application must be filed on or before
September 9th, 1904
LJJZERN LUaaINGTON,
s2-5t President Civil Service Roard
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CARE OF FIRES WHEN IN CAMP
The camper should everywhere exer'
else the same extreme caution about
camphres he would employ If he were
building the fire in his own woods Of
his own fields. The more experienced
the camper, the more careful he is
Only the foolish tyro makes light o
caution here. Xxx
These rules, which we have printed
before, are repeated as an injunction
anew. on a subject which should hav
repeated attention as the camping sea
son rolls around. The observance o
these rules will prevent disaster from
eamp-fires. They are extremely sim
pie and easy of observance, though of
ten disregarded.
/ Never build fire where it's flame ca
eommunicate to grass Or bush 0
branches of trees.
Never build fire where the spark
can be carried to brush or trees, O
grass
| Never build fire without first notin
i the lay OF the ldfiu Will respect 10 con
i trolling it after it is kindled.
Never leave camp for the day wit
the fire to burn unattended. Extir
Iguish it thoroughly.
Under no circumstances, when NOV
| ing camp, leave the fire to burn c
shoulder. Put 1t out.
To extinguish q fire built upon tn
ground where there is turf, the roots {
trees or other vegetable matter in tn
soil, pour water upon it until tn
ground is thoroughly soaked; then di
4 around about and we'll outside the Gil
conference, throwing the earth in tc
ward the center and then wet it dow
Iagain.-Forest and Stream.
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FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.

Lyceum Hall Grown and Gregson Sts.)
Lodge Meetings, Balls and Lectures,
FOR SALE.
The valuable property, 13l State ST.
FOR TERMS INQUIRE JANrToR,
washington Building, 80 Church Street.