Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 21, 1900, Page 6

The Herald--Beview. B. C. Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS, - Mr. Gladstone's statue is to be set up at Athens, in the gardens of Zappeion, in recognition of his services to Greek independence. Even in these days of high power, small caliber rifles, the smooth bore with a big mouth is a bad weapon to run up against. A ragged coat cften covers a warm heact, while many an embroidered waistcoat has nothing better under it than heartburn. Queensland is being .converted into a large orange orchard. The Austral- fan orange ripens at a time when other countries cannot provide fruit. Telegraphic wires are better con- ductors on Monday than on Saturday, on account of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks adds 10 per cent to the conductivity of a wire. Recent explorations show that Braz- flian resources, if pressed, could tur- nish 50 per cent more raw rubber than at present. Investigations in Africa have disclosed a supply which is prac- tically limitles: , the new French war ter, had his measures on taking cancelled pending military pun- nts and rescinded Gen. Galliffet’s nibition of the wearing by officers when off duty. of civil There is a horse in Havana, Cuba, which probably has saved the lives of 1,800 persons. He is kept in Havana’s bacteriological laboratory, which, like the Pasteur Institute of Baltimore, was founded by a newspaper. This horse was given to that institute in 1895. From that year up to date, it is said to have furnished 74,000 cubic centi- meters of anti-diphtheria serum, with a record of 1,800 cures. Special trains on the Siberian rail- road certainly possess everything for the comfort of travelers. There is a library, piano, writing conveniences, barber shop, gymnasium, ice water, hot water, dials which indicate the next station and the length of the stop, double windows to protect the pas- sengers from dust and the extreme Si- berian cold, and an observation car at the rear. There is no charge for medi- cal attendance, but baths cost $1. There are attendants on the train speaking English, French and German. The time from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk is seven days. The famous T s-Missouri Freight association decision of the Supreme urt was said to have thrown the roads back into a “competitive” state. But a railroad passenger asso- ciation has decreed that any road run- ning a train between New York and go in less than twenty-eight must charge $4 above the regular That does not look like competi- fare. tion. An association sufficiently power- ful to compel the rich and enterprising roads to forego the advantage of their enterprise is hardly the shorn, crippled and decrepit creature that its members have represented it as being. Arecent visitor to an astronomical observatory looked through the great telescope, and reported a remarkable appearance in the sky. The professor, standing near, was incredulous; the looker persistent. The man of science took his turn at the instrument, and then quietly remarked: ‘There is a cobweb forming across the glass. That accounts for your vision of the extra- ordinary object.” Observers in vari- ous departments of human thought and activity, who report the coming of wonderful or threatening things into view may, so to say, have only a cob- web to thank for what they see. The business, the political or the religious firmament has really no such occu- pants of its space. England’s patent office has just is- sued its report for 1899, and it appears that there has been a falling off during the past twelve months, as there is a diminution of about 1,000 in the num- ber of the year’s complete specifica- tions. The outbreak of the war occa- sioned the invention of several shields and cuirasses for soldiers; the abnor- mal heat during the summer result- ed in many applications for patents for headgear for horses; and the pass- ing of the “Shop Assistants’ Seats Act,” by which every employer must provide his assistants with seats during their work, resulted in the granting of pat- ents for over fifty various kinds of seats. The largest number of applica- tions in one day was 127, and the smallest fifty. Women were responsi- ble for 574 specifications, 149 of which were in connection with articles of dress and forty-two related to cycling. The general diminution is attributed to the great decline of invention in connection with the cycling industry. The telegraph line, begun five years ago to connect Victoria Nyanza with the east coast of Africa, has been com- pleted. One of the practical uses of the line will be to give warning to Lower Egypt of the state of~water on the Upper Nile, information that will in some cases be worth millions of dollars to the people of Lower Egypt, who depend on the river for their irriga- tion water. The railway which is be- ing built along the same route is now in operation to Kiu, about 270 miles inland. To complete the remaining 400 miles will reauire three yearg and six guns captured. NO DOUBT REMAINS LAMENTABLE FATE OF FOREIGN- ERS AT PEKING, Chinese Bombarded Legations With Heavy Cannon and After Making a Breach All the Foreigners Were Killed — Europeans Make a Des- perate Sortie and Then Bravely Met Their Fate — Operations at Tien-tsin Were a Brilliant Suc- cess—Americans Issue an Appeal. London, July 17.—It seems impossible to entertain any longer the least doubt as to the fate of the Europeans in Pe- king. The Associated Press learns that Lady Hart, wife of Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese imperial maritime customs, on July 5 received the following telegram from her hus- band: ' 1 “Our people, including the women, are in the legations. Prepare to hear the worst.” The European governments here re- ceived from their representatives at ae Sir Robert Hart. ~~ Shanghai a Gispatch from the governor of Shangtung, dated July 7, reporting that the European troops made a sortie from Peking and killed 200 of Gen. Lurg Fub Siang’s forces, and that | the Eoxers were mounting guns to | make a Breach in the Defenses. Under date of July 12 the governor of Shangtvrg wires as follows: “Na- tive soldiers and Boxers have been at- tacking the legations for some hours, but have not yet effected an entrance. They are now ail bombarding with large cannon to make a breach for a heavy onslaught. I.fear tbat all the Win Change-Yen-Huan, ~~ NN oma ministers, and the governinent as well, are in great danger. The government is intensely anxious.” Finally came the news from Shang- hai that a breach had been made and the foreigners killed. All the dates prebably refer to a much earlier period, but the presumption is that the suc- cessive dispatches give an outline of what has happened. The Europeans having reached the end of their re- sources made a desperate sortie and then bravely Met Their Fate. The details of the horrible story will probably never be known. Admiral Seymour’s dispatch gives the latest news regarding the situation at Tien-tsin. Telegrams to the Asso ciated Press show that the operations on July 7 were a brilliant success..The Japanese cavalry and a mobile mount- ed battery did splendid work. It was unfortunate that the allies did not have more cavelry to pursue the flying ene- my.- Four hundred Chinese were killed At noon the settlements were again viciously shelled from the native city and the hospitals and other buildings were re- peatedly hit. The moral effect of the successes of the allied forces upon the Chinese is believed to be very great. é Appeal of Americans. Following is the text of an appeal of Americans in China assembled in mass meeting at Shanghai to their fellow citizens at Home: “Urge the govern- ment to send adequate forces to act at once in concert with the other pow- ers. At present the American forces are quite disproportionate to the inter- ests involved. Our commercial inter- ests in the northern provinces are prominent, and we consider it a humil- jating policy to entrust to other powers the chief task, that of protecting Amer- icans, Anti-foreign outrages are multi- plying daily. Officials and Missionaries Are Massacred. The fate of the ministers and their families in Peking is not known, but a general massacre is apprehended, Wholesale massacres of native Chris- tians continue. The whole country is terrcrized. Trade is paralyzed. The speedy restoration of order and retri- bution are duties pressing upon all civ- ilized powers. The consequences of delay will be disastrous. Not only are foreign lives and property placed in jeopardy, but the loss of influence will be incalculable. Give no credence to statements of the situation sent by the Chinese government to its ministers abroad. ‘The present ovtrages are the result of the weak and vacillating pol- icy of the powers in the past. We urge Le ee energetic and concerted ac- ion.” . “Are Leaving Tien-tsin. =< Chefu, July 10, via Shanghai, July 17. —Several hundred refugees, most of them women and children, have left Tien-tsin in accordance with Admiral Seymour's order to all non-combattants fait to depart. Many women have re- mained behind, however, refusing to leave their husbands, whose business detains them, The refugees were sent down the river on board lighters and tugs, and were then transferred to merchant ships in the harbor. The American, Japanese and German war- ships received their people, the officers of the United States gunboat York- town generously entertaining 200, most of them, missionaries and their families. FIGHTING AT TIEN-TSIN, Admiral Seymour Reports Recent Engagements. London, July 17.—The following dis- patch from Admiral Seymour was pub- lisked last evening, dated ‘Tien-tsin, July 9: “The enemy’s position south- west of the settlement was attacked at 4 this morning. The Japanese, by a flank movement, drove the enemy out and captured four guus. Cavaly pur- sued and completed the rout of the enemy, killing large numbers of sol- diers and Boxers. The allied forces shelled and occupied the western arsenal, capturing two guns. The arsenal was burned as the allies were unable to hold it. The enemy’s loss was 350 killed. The loss of the allied force was small.” Another dispatch, dated July 12, says: “The Chinese at 3,a. m. yesterday made a determined attack upon the railway station in great force. Finally they were driven off at 6 a. m., but the allies lost 150 killed and wounded. The Chinese loss is unknown, ‘ut it is believed to haye been heavy. The | forts were bombarded at noon by Brit- ish 4nd French guns. A fort and a pagoda used as a signal tower were demolished. The allied forces have been increased by the arrival of 1,500 Americans. VERY BAD NEWS. Minister. Wu Receives a Message From Shangbni. Weshington, July 17.—Such news as came to W. ngton yesterday from China was distinctly bad. It consisted of a cablegram to Minister Wu from Sheng, the imperial director of posts and telegraphs at Shanghai, and, ac- AAA AAA PRINCE KUNG, Pee cording to the minister, was in reply to the urgent message he himself had sent yesterday te that official, asking him to try and secure some news from the Chinese capital. Minister Wu regarded as of sufficient importance to carry in pe nm directly to Secretary Hay, who was waiting at his home for news. The message as received from the cipher was as lows: “Peking news of July that Gen. Tuan Fuh Sien, in disobedi- euce of imperial orders, was about to use guns. Legations and the govern- ment Will Be in Peril.” This news is corroborative of that contained in a recent cablegram from Cor.sul General Goodnow at Shanghai, although the consul general’s dispatch gave his Peking news the date of the 6th, saying that the final attack upon the legations with guns was about to begin on the 7th of July. It is sur- mised here that Mr. Goodnow got his news from Sheng, who is certainly in position to secure the first news from Peking. Aside from the gloomy fore- cast given of the end of tbe terrible st gle of the legationers against the inevitable, the significant features of the message is the coupling of the fate of the impe of the foreign ministers. Officials here get some satisfaction from this portion of the dispatch, as it sustains them in the position they have held from the first that the Chinese government is not at war with Christendom, but is confronting a formidable insurrection. Troops Leave Manila for China. Manila, July 17.—I'wo battalions of the Fourteenth infantry and Daggett's battery of the Fifth artillery will leave for China to-day by the transperts Indiana, Flintshire and Wyfield. The expedition, which will joim the Ninth infantry, will carry 500 pounds of am- munition to a man and a reserve of a million rounds, together with medical subsistence, stores and clothiag for 5,000 men for three months. It will take also two 7-inch mortars and two 6-inch Howitzers with ammunition. The hospital ship Relief is going to China. Fifth Infantry Ordered to China. Chicago, July 17.—The depot battal- ion of the Fifth United States infantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, has re- ceived orders to go to China. Within two weeks the other battalions of the regiment are expected from Cuba. A week's rest will be allowed them and then the entire regiment will start for China. LARGE BUILDING WRECKED. Freight Train Pushed Off the Track anh Trough the Builsing. St. Joseph, Mo., July 17. — A Rock Island passenger train yesterday pushed a freight train off the track and through a building seventy feet square owned by the St. Joseph Plow compeny, completely destroying the structure. J. M. Ford, president of the plow company, and also president of the First National bank; Secretary Mc- Powell and Supt. C. J. Borden, who were holding a conference in the build- ing, narrowly escaped death, Ford be- ing injured slightly. Capt. Healy Is Insane. «Port Townsend, Wash., ‘July 17. — Upon complaint. of Dr. Gardner, in charge of the United States marine hospital, Capt. M. A. Healy, of the United States revenue cutter McCol loch, was examined by the county board of physicians, who pronounced him insane, and a commitment to an asylum was issued. The examination developed that during four years, while on waiting orders, he was sub- ject to many attacks of insomnia, last- ing for a week or ten days, It is thought he will be sent to Washington to the rational asylum. ‘ al government with that { lies at TIEN-TSIN IS TAKEN CHINESE COMPLETELY ROUTED BY THE ALLIES. ' Total Loss of the Allies in Three Days’ Fighting Is S00 Killed or Wounded—Loss of Americans Is 215—Minister Wu Gets a Messaye- That the Legations in Peking Were Still Sufe July 9—Li Hung Chang Given Supreme Command at Peking as Viceroy of Chili. London, July 18.—The Daily Mail yesterday gave the Associated Press the following dispatch from its Shang- hai ccrrespondent under date of July 17: The allied forces,resumed the attack upon the Chinese walled city of Tien- tsin on the morning of July 14, and succeeded in breaching the walls and capturing all the forts. The Chinese were completely routed, and the allies took pessession of the native city and its defences, ‘The total loss of the al- lies in the engagements of Thursday, Friday and Saturday were abeut 800 killed and wounded. The casualties are greatest among the Russians and Japanese. The guns of the allies Did Immense Damage e city, causing many large ions, and finally silenced the ul~ to the conflagra majority of the enemy’s guns ly. Then 1,500 Russians, ted by small parties of Germans and French, assaulted and captured eight guns that were in position on the rail- way embankment and the forts, the magazine of which the French subse- quently blew up. A body of American, British, Japanese and Av jan troops then made a sortie and attacked the west arsenal, which the Chinese had reoccupied. After three hours of the hardest fighting yet experienced, the Chinese fled. One Report Says 170 Killed. According to a telegram from Chefu 170 of the allied troops were killed in the assault upon the native city of Tien-tsin. American Loss is Reported 215. Washington, July 18. — Admiral Remey cabled the navy department that the city and forts of Tien-tsin are in the hands of the allies. His list of killed and wounded is somewhat full- er than yesterday’s report, but still not entirely complete. His dispatch is | dated at Chefu, and says: To-day hope to get wounded from Tien-tsin either in hospitals at Taku or aboard Solace. Communication very uncertain. Following casualties | apparently confirmed: | Marines—Capt. Davis, killed; Capt. Lemiy, utenants Butler and Leon. ard, wounded. Army—Col. Liscum, killed; Majors Reagan and Lee, Captains Noyes, Brewster and Bookmiller, Lieutenants Naylor, Lawton, Hammond and Wal- dron, wounded, Hi Total killed and wounded, reported, ; 775. Russians and Japanese lost heav- | ily. Our total | reported, 215; about 40 were marines, but number believed | to he exaggerated. Have officer on shore especially to get authentic number of names, which will be promptly telegraphed. City and forts row in the hands of the al- lies. Admiral Seymour returned to fieet; ranking officer on shore is Ad-! horsemen having promised entries sutf- | ficient_to make the miral Alexieff, at Tien-tsin. This bulletin was received at the navy department early yesterday morning and was copied for distribu- tion about 9 o’cloc Before it was gicen out it was decided to make some change in the copy, the nature of which was not disclosed, and the fore- going copy was given to the public. LEGATIONS SAFE JULY 9. Minister Wu Gets a Cable Which Is Corroborated by 2 Member of Parliament in London. : Washirgton, July 18.—The Chinese minister has received a dispatch from the minister at London, authenticated by Sheng, the imperial inspector of posts and telegraphs at Shanghai, and by two viceroys, declaring that the foreigners in Peking were safe July 9 and were receiving the protection of the government. This is two days af- ter the reported massacre. The dis- patch is as follows: “The utmost efforts have been made to protect foreign ministers, who were well on the 13th (Chinese calendar, corresponding to our July 9). If Tien- tsin city should be destroyed it would be difficult te restore the same in 100 years. Request the powers to preserve it, as the consequences would affect Chinese and foreign commerce. Earl Li Hung Chang is transferred to North China as viceroy to Chihili. Please transmit this dispatch to the ministers at other capitals.” This dispatch, which is dated July 16, was signed by Viceroys Liu Kun Yi and Chang Chih Tung of Nanking and Wu Chang, and also by Cheng, director ministers at Peking were safe on July 9. Aside from these dispatches the arrival of the president and the spe- cial cabinet meeting called to consider the situation were the features of the day. The cabinet met at 2:30 yester- day afternoon, less than an hour after the president had arrived at the White House. Hundreds of newspaper re- porters thronged the corridors while the cabinet was sitting behind closed doors, The scene resembled the hot- test days of the Spanish war. There were present Secretary Hay, Secretary Reot, Secretary Long, Secretary Gage and Postmaster General Smith. At the conclusion of the session, which lasted two and a half hours, Secretary Root gnve out the following formal statement of the action of the cabine The president has determined that the facts now known to us do not require or justify calling an extra session of congress. Should future developments indicate that he is unable to do what is required with the means now at his command and the action of congress is necessary to furnish either men or money or authority he will not hesitate to call it together.” While only this meager formal state- ment was given out, it was tained that the whole Chinese situa- tion was thoroughly discussed by the cabinet. WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. Chinese Capture Transport Vessels and Kill the Excort. London, July 18. — The Daily Mail publishes a sensational dispatch from St. Petersburg, dated Monday, which asserts that there is no doubt that China has declared war against Rus- B “The Russian press,” said the restricted to the al details and the publication of many dispatches from the front has been prohibited. I hear, however, from a reliable source that the Chinese troops , and the Boxers seized a Russian transport vessel laden with ammunition near Aguin, on the Amur river, about eighteen miles from the Rus: frontier, killing almost the entire Ru n escort. They next sud- denly attacked and bombarded the town of Blagovechenski, capital of the Amur government, on the Amur river. The garrison held out bravely but was finally everwhelmen. Nearly all per- ished and the town was burned.” A LIVE WIRE. Roscoe Revier of Northfield Picks It Up and Is Badly Shocked. Northfield, Minn., July 18. — Roscoe Reyier, on his way home picked up a live wire dangling in a puddle of wa- ter. It threw him down and he was unable to let go of it. A crowd gath- ered around who did not dare to touch him. The light station was telephoned to and the current shut off. He was badly burned and unconscious but has since recovered and will live. He is the son of Assistant Postmaster Re- vier and well known here. Racing in Montana. Helena, Mont., July 18. — The pro- posed race meeting for this fall has been called off owing to the fact that the horsemen in California and Colo- rado had made their entries so far ahead that they did not feel disposed to cancel them, despite the rich purses offered by the Helena association. The corporation, howeyer, will not be dis- solved, but a state circuit, including Anaconda, Butte, Great Falls and Helena, formed with a two weeks’ meeting in each city next year, enough meeting a success. Confession on the Stand. Anoka, Minn., July 18.—Eliza Wise created a sensation in court by some damaging evidence against the de- fendants in the Wise murder case. The defense interrupted its evidence in or- der to allow the state to put in the new evidence that the young girl was ready to give. The girl was laboring under the most intense agitation, and at times it seemed almost impossil her to go ahead with her stor says Miller and Hardy did the shoot- ing, and it seems the two girls knew it was to be done. Money in Sheep. Kin.ball, S. D., July 18.—Sheep men have been m: ting their wool from the ranges across the Missouri river in Lyman and Pratt counties the pasi three weeks, and this brings to light some interesting facts with regard to the immensity of this great industry on the South Dakota ranges and the al- most fabulous sums of money which are being made every year thereby. Hypnotic Influence, Dubuque. Iowa, July 18. — Mr. Me. Farland, of Winona Minn., the enraged father of a runaway daughter, found the latter here with S. A. Arthur, a hypnotist, as his wife and took her home. A married woman of Winona also came with Arthur, but got away. Both are supposed to be under his in- fluerce. Mysterious Shooting. Grand Forks, N. D., July 18.—Mich- ael Moran, alias Joyce, who was picked of posts and telegraphs at Shanghai. It was addressed to the Chinese minis- ter in Lendon, and by him transmitted to Minister Wu. Asks That Tien-tsin Be Not De- stroyed. Minister Wu asked Secretary Hay to agree with the other powers to pre- serve Tien-tsin from destruction. The secretary’s answer was not made pub- lic, but Minister Wu fears that the de- struction already has occurred. He regards the cablegram as perfectly au- thentic. Recéives Positive Assurance. London, July 18.—William Pritehard- Morgan, member of parliament for Merthyr Tydvil, yesterday received by eable positive assurances from a source upon which he relies that the British legation at Peking -was still standing July 9, and also that Li Hung Chang left Canton yesterday morning to take supreme command at Peking. — NO EXTRA SESSION. The Cabinet Considers the Chinese Situation. Washington, July 18. — A decidedly more hopeful feeling with regard to the Chinese situation was apparent in all administration circles last evening. The tide of sentiment which had been markedly pessimistic, turned with the announcement of the victory of the al- ‘Tien-tsin and the capture of the forts and native city and gathered further strength from Minister Wu's cablegram declaring that the foreign up in East Grand Forks with a bullet in his abdomen, is dead. He declared the shooting was accidental, but cir- cumstances lead some people to be- lieve that some other person was con- cerned jin the shooting. Wisconsin Dentists. La Crosse, July 18. — The annua) meeting of the state dental society is being held, here. Two hundred den. tists are here from all parts of Wis- consin, also some from other states, The dentists were welcomed by May- or Anderson. President J. H. Beed of Lancaster responded. Corbett and McCoy Matched. New York, July 18.—James J. Corbett and Kid MeCoy have been matched ta fight before the Twentieth Century Athletic club in Madison Square/Gar- den or. or about Aug. 25. Two Dock Laborers Killed. Washburn, Wis., July 18. — Frank Blais and Ole Hanson were killed on the ceal dock by a bucket falling or them. Smallpox at Vasa. Red Wing, Minn., July 18.—Smallpox has appeared in the family of John Ryden, in Vasa, about ten miles from here. : Kumassi Relieved. Fursu, July 18.—Kumassi has been relieved by the colymn under com- mand of Gol. Willcocks. ; . -tle party of invited guests, Mrs. Roose- enthus: M’KINLEY NOTIFIED OFFICIALLY INFORM£D OF HIS I NOMINATION, Senator Lodge Acts as Spokesman of the Committee — President Mc- _ Kinley in His Response Touches on the Attitude of the Govern- ment on the Chinese Question and Refers Also to the Leading Issues of the Campaizn— Gov- Roosevelt Also Finds Out That He Has Been Nominated for Office. Canton, Ohio, July 14.—William Me- Kinley was yesterday officially notified of his second nomination by tue Repub- lican party for the highest office in the gift of the republic. Important fea- tures of the speech of notification by Senator Lodge and the response by President McKinley were the’ refer- ences to the Chinese situation, This caused a great deal of discussion dur- ing the conference following the forma} speechmaking, and the impression created was that these utterances were a notification to the world that the United States intended to preserve ald Its Rights in China. The president’s references to the main- tenance of the gold standard and the financial public faith, the preservation of a protective tariff, the enlargement of our market, and especially the phrase “prosperity at home and pres- tige abread,” elicited applause. When he asked “Shall we go back to the tariff of four years ago?’ there were shouts of “No, no” from every part of the audience. Another prolonged cheer greeted his words relative to the main- tenance of our authority in the Philip- pines. With the keenest interest ev- erybody followed the portion of the speech relating to the New Possessions, and there was a most impressive shout when he declared that there should be continued executive control over the territory possessed by the United States, and another outburst when he said such authority would be coupled with “liberty and humanity.” ‘The president declared that the United States had reclaimed “10,000,000 hu- man beings from imperialism.” The president seemed at his best. He was in good voice and good spirits. His ap pearance indicated the best of health, and his voice rang out loud and clear, reaching the outskirts of The Vast Throng which surrounded the house and ex- tended over the lawn and across the street, speaking from the same place where he received the formal notifica- tion four years ago. While the speech of the president closed the formal noti- fication, other speakers were called for. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, Senator Hanna, chairman of the national com- mittee; Charles Emory Smith, post- master general; Col. Samuel Parker of Hawaii, and senator Lodge were heard. These speakers, with the exception of Col. Parker, who was called out of compliment to the Pacific islands, took occasion to refer to the recent action of the Democratic national convention in Kansas City. Senator Fairbanks Speaks. It was evident that Senator Fair- banks intended to make the money question a dominant issue of the cam- paign, denying that with 16 to 1 in their platform the Democrats could make “imperialism” the leading issue. Senator Hanna adjured the Republican voters to remember the importance of the campaign. Postmaster General Smith warned his hearers that Demo- cratic success would disarrange the business interests of the country. The features of the second speech of Sen- ator Lodge was his resentment of crit- ieism of President McKinley by his op- pouents, and his pointing out the dif- ficulty Mr. Bryan would have in se- lectirg a cabinet from the men prom- inent in the conventions at Kansas City and Sioux Falls. ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED. Simple and Informal Ceremony at the Home of the Governor. Oyster Bay, L. L., July 14—On the breeze-swept veranda of Sagamore, his country home, Gov. Theodore Roose- velt yesterday was officially notified of his nomination for vice president on the Republican ticket. The ceremony was so simple as to be almost in- formal. Surrounded by the members of the committee on notification, a lit- velt and the rest.of the governor’s family, Gov. Roosevelt Mstened to the address of notification by Senator Wol- cott of Colorado, chairman of the com- mittee. There was no attempt at cere- mony. The party simply ranged them- selves about the wide verandas which command a magnificent view of Long Island sound, and Senator Wolcott, practically without preliminaries of any kind, delivered a short address. To this the governor responded briefiy and then luncheon was served. AD hour was spent in general conversation on the cool porches, and then the party returned to Oyster Bay, where a special train was waiting to convey them back to New York. PACFIC CABLE. The British Government Now About to Invite Tenders. London, July 14. — In the house of commons the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, announced that tenders for laying the Pacific cable will be invited, the government of Canada and the various colonial governments interested having accept- ed the recommendations of the com- mittee. : ¥e Islanders Ce! depe: Day in True Amerlesn Sines? ger Pa July a via Victoria. > waii cele the Fourth as can tonriioey with orate canes sports and fireworks and much EAGLE SOREAMED IN HAWAII, ss ma