S.,;* ,: .-., imD Pw", -', '____,____"_"____,'-___,,_ - ,e~~~~~~~~~TR & 'W 'v~WW?5i yy c~ r' ''" P R*E BLC-AN CONYEN TI -N Opens and Organizes at Chicago Great Enthusiasm. Name of Haaniia ind Roose- velt ..Elicits Tremendous Demonstration-An ' Epitome of First Day's Doings, The republican national convention, the thirteenth In the party's history, met in Chicago at noon Tuesday and organized for a three days' session Weather predictions were 41p ing. There was a sugage in the air, and the a rusg- gle all the a* clouds bank- ed up a ." Froesh breee..ys jii ', sot cold the tem- 4", '"n in doors, out of reaoh' .' rt.e, ibe day wes hot. Fiye acres of seats under the areoes of the Coliseum began to fill by half past 10 o'clock., At 12:16 Acting Chairman Payne called the convention to order. He the. Introduced Rev...TiUothy P. Frost, pOtor of thea lKet Metho- dist olumpgt Of Evanat n, Ill, vbo pronouaod the Opening prayer. Senate cott on behalf of the Chl- g.,i ommltts5 *Ihch cO- w lth tha 1a4o1a0l Commlt- til ransei iWta r the conven- pr :fl~ attola)o Chair" C. poaye With a hand- S.., k .. *Mu.1 eapte*ed bhi approcla- .tieS fiIl the gtPt, sUd at once announce. 4d that *1t; taay ilmer Dover, !,f qn ation_, <*ommlltteo, would read 'te of the convention. Mr. Do-. 6d delegated Mr. Malloy, of Ohio, ..',ie Of the Teading clerks, to do tho .; readin.I WhIen ho reached the alx- -.iiatna 'fl the call, "M. A. Hanna," : '-o.wvention broke Into s-pnta- Sb -'applause and cheers. *an. Payne recognized. OGov- Va& Sant, of Minnesota, to prOn- "! e table used by the presiding Ir. It was made by the members i t!.r South Minneapollis High Schol .i.e said.,had been used at Repub- S conventions in Milnnoapotlm, St. i s and Philadelphia. He asked A j ~hinrman to use it for this con- 4e^s0t which would nominate that olees leader. Theodore Roosevelt. After the applause had subsided, i.rman Payno In a few words, ex- Preased thanks for the gavel. He then f'"Gi tlemen of the Convention: The uptlonal committee has selected for yotl', n temporary chairman, the dlon. a! RBout, of New York." ,Thaction of the committee was ap- -Mr. Root was greeted with renewed cheers as hoe advanced to tho speak- Wr' stand and began his address. The administration's Pananma canal i policy received a round of applause when Mr. Root declared that "The 'Wea wings would have postponed its astruction to another generation." Mr. Root's challenge of Judgment on Ste record of these republican admilo- lgtUwations was the signal for a abshout .S M applause. Reverential silence pro- r ,.led as the speaker alluded briefly Sthe assassnation of President Meo sJ| ey and again applause as his sae- ^alJlr'u record was reviewed. SWhen he mentioned the name of the Senator Hanna the convention re- in a prolonged de onsta- ^9 more striking sentences r hiea H were liberally applauOntd. he reviewed tn figures the It- of the money of the' cuntrY' mo**unced the enormous sum Qf *"MR ON THU IICREASU. O of OleeWm Viotims Recovered .WVWed ** veon Hundred and PIfty. heirviet of vicUime who lost :,Mlllves In the General Blocum dle amtllnMed Tuesday All through *U4. despite the terriflo electrical thl t swept over the city, tie held to their rewsome wopk eatly tn the d"y the total number recovered hab reached 770. A A lairlag result of the developp M is that the lift of nJasing has ed almost unchels d where t'tal of bodles ereft- exceed H .e list of miming eoaDtIued well at three hundred. 'NVUITED TO VISIT PAIR. PO legates and Newspapea Vl w St Louis Shww. :1kr"ncls and the directors Plvurcatse Expoeltiom ,the exposiUon exteml. -to the delegates, aQ- Smet atend- at Ohi view the the ex- I ~ - nStetsa. Amidst gold, doumulated.. the convention bhe cam enthuslastlc. SAll of these details and fSgures Mr. Root pronounced with reference to memoranduid. He turned hie atten- tion to the administration's regular 'tion of truats and when he said: "But .no honest Industry has been suppress. ed,!', there was a round of approving applause . The doolarations that "tho no tiMs Rwhich had encroaobth rbed" right of thb public b ached," to an extent never OnJI m che Sweoot lene Roosevelt wber 4 was turned over. It was arst time he had mentioned the erealdemt's name, and the convention ira d the opportunity tos anppluda , Shorty afterward he brought In the cheered. t ' * Mr. Root concluded with the words "Theodore Roosevelt," and they were l eagle to the delegates. The moet marked demonstration of the sesrikn lheir ealmand tossed hats convention kerchiefs Into the a pr. A numbehtto the comaitteemen erodedd abotat Mr. Root, whtle the orchestra rendered a medley of national aire. The roll of temporary of cers of the nd approved by the onventhe cern. A resolution was adopted that the roll f states and territories be called and that the chairman of each delega- tlon annotlce the names of persons aetero d to serve on the several coin- roll the nmes of tthe committee a the or- dering of the roll call. Senator Poraker moved that the as- tioA of the national committee b ap- proved and the motion was carried, hut one voice being heard In the nega- tive. The call of the roll for the an- nounceinent of members of the com- mittee was then' begun. Owing to confusion, Speaker Cannon asked una- nimoras consent that as soon as a state was called its list of eommitteemene be sent to the clerk's desk without be- ing read in the convention. The motion of Mr. Cannot was adopted and almost instantly the ae- semblago lost all resemblance to a convention. The galleries began to empty, the delegates mingled on the fioer and Mr. Root wase surrounded by a group of chatting triondf, while meoaengers forced Iheir way through the crowds to collect the committee lists. After thits work was completed. Chairman Root announced the time and place of meeting of the various commltte0o He then announced that there would be a night meeting at the Auditorlum at which prominent men would peak. The public were extended a cordial In- ritation to attend. The convention adjourned at 2:12 intl noon WetdntedSA.N GEORGIA BUILINNG OPENED. Beautiful Structure at St. Louis Turn- ed Over Without Ceremonle. The beautiful Georgia building at the world'a fair In St. Louis was for- mally thrown open to the public Tues- iday, and hereafter all Georglans who visit the exposition will and a delight-_ tul readta place at which to rest and meet ee ah other. The Opeting was in the nature. o an Informal reception. Thee .was no speeknaakting nor fornmaltas of say kind. There were no officials to turn the buildilni over to or any to receive It. PLACE FOR BAM JONES. Georgia Evangellet Spoket of as Vise President on Prohi Tieket. "Z*here has been a wonderful. ehaage In sentiment in our party ranks in the last ten days ooncernla the pres- idential nomhlnationt," Mays Alonso . Wion. haalraman of the Illinois pro- ibltUon executive committee. 'oset all of our prominent men have declared fr OGeeral Miles. and I predlet itla fpiniUIation at Indlasap olls. next week.. am P.. Jones, of Georgla or W. Carroll, of Beaumont, teS., will so given the seec- and place." ROCKEBPSU. SR tPRe AUO. dent Snds 'a 06heet for WI . SC.,aM. ,sa5o5O htrom John D. Okereliq hae beo aetevoed by the amlttse at New Yh Ins charge of ile for the widows and O ans of ,B ocm a dsatewr. rwomn$ing to kle vat6 May 04AGt6icy In the fund r the volmntay Obemtelbutloas had med. ,. , SrealdntesvyItsai astt to o- i Schff. Oceaunte. nancsos that work does not deserve the office of president." LOST MONEY AND. SUICIDE. Chicago Lawyer Takes His Own Life In Jacksonville, Fla.. HoteL. Charles S. McCoy, a prominent at- torney, with offices In the city of Chicago, committed sulelde In Jackson ville. Fla., Friday morning by cut. ting his throat with a rasor In a Lath tub at a hotei. McCoy, it la said, In. the last few days, had lost $10,000 by speculartng in stock on Wali street through a io Mil arm. Mr. McCoy was la I Jackson ", eook- lag alter a suit or John L. Davis. against the beminole Hard Rock Phos. phate Company. THE TURK COMES NEXT. Uncle Sam Has a Grievance to Be Settled In Another Quarter. Intimidation of the sultan of Tur- key will be the ne-?t xpasloe of the American fleet In the MedlIterramea. sys .a Washingto dispatMcb. As soon ase Ion Perdhiartls has bna rlease4l sad RalaltM the bandit, has been pun- slaed, .the formidable squadron f wwar NlOp win leave Tanawger for Turklsh . water Mstre"tmeat of allatosaarse la.the ani'-rabft. KNOX iQaUiTa M imOr m sus . "OM oesth6m1 Keyrevs, that They kWlH 1- - ba e OMO-.A. at.o"4ime n. At~nseasyemerl momasfes- w EheWt.0bqs*M tb7O iAr1 de;aI'- .tietWontfe Uhe **A~ttereyGmu' 1hia ~~~ l~610ame*i. tWeIsMamit% ~ tsa BRYAN HITS PARKER Nebraskan Heads Crusade Against New York Jurlst, ANTISS" HOLD MEETING Judge' 1 Otu- nced as the Candidate ,'1 Money Power-Hill and n Belmont Also Come In for a'- a Roast. BIG ORDERS BY COAST LINE. Millions Will Be Spent for New Lo- com-otives and Coaches. The Atlantic Coast Line has recent. ly placed an order with the Da'.lwin Locomotive Works for thirty new en. gine. Five of them are to be "trail- ers" for the fast passenger trains south of Florence, S. C.; five "ten- wheelers" for passenger service north of Florence; five "switchers" and fif- teen of the large "copper heads" for freight service between Charleston. Augusta and Sodth Rocky Mount. The company has also placed an order with the Pullman Palace Car Company for thirty handsome vestiU- buled passenger coaches, six of which have already been received and are now in service on the West Indian fast mail between Jersey City and Tampa. The Coast Line Is adding greatly to Its rolling stock, and isa pur. chasing nothing but the very beat and modern engines and cars. DIED TO ESCAPE DEBTS. Well Known Mississippi Official Sai cides in a Hotel at Jackson. Sunday morning at I o'clock, Cap- tain J. Ll. Mills, treasurer of Summitt. and a prominent citizen of south Mis. siselppi, killed himself at the Law rence hotel in Jackson. It was delib rate suicide, Caplain Mills having gone to the city for that purpose. Hie left several notes, onte to the proprietors of the hotel, asking for forgiveness for cmmnitting (the deed In their house, Iui stated that he did not have the heart to kill himself at home. Another open letter was left. In which he stated that he killed himself because he was financially enmlasrasai- od. and that his. d.-ath ovila t rt.-uilt In his creditors having their interests protected. OVER A HUNDRED DROWN. Cloudburt in Cuba Was More Dectruc- tive Than First Reported. A spiclal from Santiago de Cuba. says The recent fall of it Inches of rain In five hours, accompanied by a hurricane. I.as resulted in the leath of more than a hundrelI persons.. The moat severe loss was at the village of El Cobrp, where about 60 persons were drowned. The river rose instan'ly. dcslroylng the lower pirt of r he village. Bodies were rarrleil ifght miles tio the oay. Thirty b idles were r covered. Six per-ons wfre drownpld at Dal qilrl, fourteen at El Caney and many In thp surroun.ding country. Thi list Is still incomplete. CHATTAHOOCHEE IS CURBED[ River Impounded to Fill Pag Basin Built by Electric Company, The big dam of the North Georgia electric Company, of Gaineavile ,owas completed Thursday after nearly two years of hard work, and at 11 o'clock Friday morning the huge water gates were closed down and the great and mighty Chattahoochee was successful- ly debarred from making fis usual un- laterrupted run to the sea. Under present dry conditions without con siderable rainfall it will take from seven to ten days for the huge basin to fil up and the water overflow the huge dam, which Is 31 feet high. CHASING VLADIVOSTOCK FLEET. Probable That Fog Has Again Saved Severs, Warships. A dipatch from Toklo says: It la protbble that a fOl ham again saved 'he VladI"'otock squadron. Many ru. M ar Se extant of an me ton at sea. be" they sr nOt confIrmed. nhe Rums eSa ShiPs were Gsnt slghted olff Okino selald at :30 a. a.. June 15. by a patrol boat. Which reported the fact 1o'" Ves CAtiral Kamimura. at an ushaaows base, wo Ia 'ft in pursuit with hi Whole equmdroln. PASTOR PROVED POOR SHOT. pirln atD Cats He Killed Woman In a T e0ber, W rg Yard. The Nv, Decaur Edwards, past dof 0 PU Me 1 s6t0st church, while oUMi#ACt eas In his hack yn at h abet Moetaally wos an j||fflM,^^,-^ 1 B. >1~ a elsewhere, though it has affected southern Interests to some extent. "For this reason there are at pres- ent no great railroad movement going on. No roads are extending, but all the larger lines and systems are now occupied with bringing their equip- ment and standard to a point com- mensurate with the business they are called on to handle. Roads Were Unprepared. "The commercial and Industrial ac- tivity marking the past several years was unprecedented, and with few ex- ceptions the railroads of the country were caught In a state of unprepared- ness. They 'did not have the means of caring for the work laid upon them. "Now there has come a slack In' business, but not enough to prevent the railroads from Increasing their ca- pacity and equipment, though stifM- dclent to forestall extensions and to necessitate some retrenchments In ex- penses. "No single cause has brought this condition about. The falling off la business Is attributable to several causes. In the first place business never remains at the high tide of some time past. It cannot do so, the ebb is bound to come, though It may be slight. I don't think that the pres- ent depression is a forerunner of any panic, such as swept the country Ian 1893, nor 'hard times' an'd stringent financial conditions similar to those of 1896. But no living man can say what the future will bring forth. "In addition to the natural turning of the tide there is another Factor In. fluencing-Tusiness conditions Just now, and that Is the presidential campaign. The country Is always more or less In a state of unrest immediately preced. ing the election of a president, an-'J this unrest has its effect on flninclal Interests." RUSSIAN GENERAL OUTWITTED. Stalkeburg Tells What He Intended to Do, But Failed to Show. Emperor Nicholas, at St Peters.- burg, has received the following tele- gram, dated June 16, from General Kuropatkin: "I have received the following dis- patch from Lieutenant General Ba- ron Stalkeberg, dated June 16, 1:20 a. m.: "'Yesterday I had Intended to at- tack the enemy's right flank, but just as our troops bad been assigned for the purpose and were beginning to successfully envelope the enemy's right flank, the Japanese, in their turn, attacked my right flank, with superior forces, and I was compelled to re- treat by three roads to the north." JUVENILE COURT A FARCE. More Youths Being Arrested in Atlan. ta Than Ever Before. The police of Atlanta assert that the juvenile court of tnat city Is doing more harm than good. They claim that crime Is being mul- tiplied by the establishment of the juvenile court. The police records will show that for the past month more prisoners were arrested under 15 years of age than for the six months previous. Outside of the criminal class many boys are arrested on most flimsy pro- vocation. COMER SUES NEWSPAPER. Newly-Nominated Alabama Railroad Commiessloner Seeks Damages. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: B. B. Comer has filed libel aulta In the city coumtrt aggregating $80,000 against the Ag-Herald Company, the Ledger PubUlshing Company and the Louis- ville asnd Nashville Railroad Company. The suits grow out Of certain pub. locations made during Comer's cam. paign for railroad comraln owner last spring. m EOBRIKOPF TAKEN piP. AssaWn, B1lle Kilt8 Rtssian Gw .. sinor saler|a of FInland. Avleebs fm slsinferorm, 3151uti sa" dthatGs. Sob -thr. nso gene rlof ln, s,%wheWaa sho OkS f Sa- . y r s s a t th e o n n o t o .: SOWMAtdiwmeit,.a mWaY4, b ." I ----! --- -I,, Ral"W" "W" -The petition of att,,r..- i n Patterson for an insjc .', he minutes of the grand Jury tl. i ed her was refused ly N r' court. This means thai i. must face court for th> t., f Bookmaker Caesar Yoling -Tho "stalwart" t'ap't.'ii ' consin won out before Iti- I-, -in national committee. T7-.a, ' Senators Spooner andl imn' '1 * In the convention. -Only estimates can y,-t I - to the number who lost Ih' ' the burning of the oxcui-,ii' r General Slocum in East ai%.r -The train robbers hol I l 'i10 the North Coast Limited hn v-, dynamited the Paciflc E'p...*"*' pany's safe and secured $:. . ---O,'er two hundred pe.- '-I the rise of the river above ' do Cuba. Fourteen Inches of 11 and the river rose iustantl'. -News has been sent to, i. "ull, through the Shereef of Ba/' hat all his demands have been .'1'j with. LONGEST IN THE sOUTH Proposed Trolley Line to Readh from South Carolina Into Georg.'. The projeolors of a troll,'' I,, from Atlante. Ga., to Ar.-I r " .C., met In Atlanta Wedno di n Ing and took steps for naoth- i of the proposed route. Ti'c j.: been chartered by the -,' -' if state and the men at the hlc-i lo company have already hai a it, .iri veyed. -The Crolley line will be i, -'s long and will connect at An:; -.S with a trolley line from Crn.'-'-' making the whole line 1153 ni. in length. This will be the lon,-' ro ley car line In the South. ONE FLASH KILLS FOUR. LIghtning Strikes Tree Under Which Boys Had Taken Shelter. Four. boys, ranging In ago fi"'-' to 15, standIfng udder a ch(riry 'reO on a farm near Pelton, 3 nil i!,t Chesater, Pa.. were killed Sti ii I"' a stroke- of l!litniti. The- boys'- tOO* shelter from the sturm. lThre 2 q them were kill-'l in- stantly, WhIlBP the other was so il-alY Injured that he Gd on the way o hospital. BOOKBINIttrs P1E KICK. PI'etet Agi* Ae atn of president eqeveqt~ IN filler Cas.t, I , WO^A-WAS!NO i**i1 8TUTH STEAUIF r 80 Qeel5te Pla keorthe After Invest* U 4 Va th KIloeckler Case. A a Investigatlion extending This Section Not Affected by O&we period of more than'two were bregbt tot Atlaita at the expense of Business Depression. The Constitution for the pdirpose, of clearing up the .mystery sarronndltg ,tie death of Miss Pophie 'oler, bE ARES SPENCER The ConstUtnuIon announced. Sunday SO CLA S morning that Miss KIloeoler was not .-- murdered. .. The investigation, which was corn- president of Southern RalwaY .f"*H plate in every detail, shows that there 'Optimistic View of Conditlem In -Was not 'any .reason why anyone tion of h hlbnld have. wished to put an end to This Boo Setion of the Miss Kloeekler's existence. CountrY. It has been proved. conclualvely --- that Mias' Kloeckler committed subl There is 1 general deprelon, ofr olde, and for. that reason the Pinker- over the country, but toU ,etwlve agency, will not BtA buslnessall overbthe country, but. it that death was the result of suicide. felt less and probably, will be felt 16t It has been proved conuclualvely in the southh thaUtany other section, that Miaos Kloeckler committed suib ays samuel Spencer, presidentt ot the. Oide, and for that reason the Pinker- 'outhern railroad system. ton- detective agency will not state o l express ed by, Mr. that death was the result of suicide, This opinion wa. expressed by Mr. The motive for suicide was the con- Spencer when he was asked by ! dit on of her love affairs. The facts representative of The Atlanta Conjtl- show that she was in love with W. D. tution for an interview concerning the fIenson and that he was ngagd railroad stuaton n the south. another young woman. This being r"lroad'ituation'In" :the south. o true, It she had learned of this en- "The volume of business the Co gagement, the motive was sufficient to try over has .decreased to a conslderf- drive a woman of her temperament ble extent within the past iew to suicide. months," said Mr. Spencer, "and rail- Tlat Bensos did not IntcaJ mnr- roads in all parts of the United trying Miss Kloeckler, and that his re- States have, undergone a correspotnding lations with her were honorable, is -decrease In their business. The rail- substantiated fn a conclusive manner, roads of the east have been retrench. Benson is the man who Rev. Basin, ing in operating expenses of late, and. 4t the Catholic church, T"manded that the railroads of other sections have the detectives arrest and which doe been cow.pelled to adopt similar polt- mand was refused. cies. In the south, however, the . t WWO4*R&K WAS. &WMVII ) of News SriSf O*Ummnary of M, I.m prtent Events I ftich Day. to o a neso re por,. CMp IsJlaea. have- 'to e And apturei toe (, of p thusxana mr.n r .t t aWith nthe tra fi i o (ii trans S110k L uS stan Vlarivnt nolnue to reach jap,,, t rpolou i hog attempts to . vowa ft tA&| child near Ty Ty, '$ad js preay ted only after a s -.Georgii Uduoational A'oat an tIs thirty-etighth annual se1sio Tuesday morning at .Warn Spfringj, -Governor Jeninags, o- Fzorid, and other trustees are sued by Canal COoast Zahe Compaily\ to la .Vent the disposal of vast. a naount swamp lands to which the casual coti pany cl4ami title. -W. H. Miller and Mrs: M. .,.h al as 1ary Bi0gh4m, both sa. I ,, srom eorsgi are held at , Tenn., on the Charge of furg, ry 1 cosy and false pretenses. ---wNew iron ore mines at Firti p)1, Ala., are being developed by nor rL capitalists, and experts pruoninc1 th, 'ore the finest in the Blriiiini a1l di, trict. -Auditor Sewell, of Alalana, nrdl. that election for ,school trust o, ara not-general elections, and iLa- reg. trara cannot register vu c' ar.,er age. -J. B. Mills, treasurer .rf nr,, Miss., kills himself at Jai k .k . ing as reason for the a,'' i., hi death would benefit hl '- 4i., -Alabama favors local i.\i',rn for schools, and will make eft.i., bui1d better school houses. -At Manchbester there a i-. lack the part week in the denianr i f.r '.h at figures that konerally .I ..nIA. vorable, though there wse -i. i. ed Instances of moderate lin. Icv .sold. -A lake in Irwin couts. ;i rn dry and many fish are caia,'i.I I pie who come from 2u no : ai-i -Insurance companies ,1 ,. ap praisers to determine Ma'i P rn the park bulldhtngs rect.ii. i r' 1 -The Chinamen tried ( 'i. ., for violation of the excl. .. r sentenced to be doporrcl -Broward for govern . for senator, and Clark t'. .1, tive from the second tIIr- nounced as winners ii th. 't, 'I primary. --Charles S. McCoy, of . kills himself at Jacksonm,. !i . account of alleged lonsse .' : 'I market. The amount of I' said to be $10,000. -Alabama mine worli. i ' er contracts and may anat. t< sliding scale.