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Our Rubber Tires Give Satisfaction. canoes Studebaker WAGONS HARNESS 320 TO 338 ROBES AND WHIPS EAST MORRISON ST. A MAN WITH A BRILLIANT FUTURE Is happy because his thoughts are pleasant. Why not seek things that produce pleasant thoughts? Nothing more quickly stimulates pleasant thought than mu sic Why not cultivate an acquaintance with music? You can learn and play good music more quickly by means of a Pianola or an Aeolian than by means of any other known musical Instrument. Come and see us, and we'l show you. "We sell the finest grades of pianos also such as the Stelnway and the A. B. Chase. M, B. .WELLS, Northwest Aent for tht Aeolian Company 353-355 Washington Street, cor. Park BROKEN IN HEALTH. Ex-Governor Taylor, DoRged hy De tectli en, Goes to Marnra Falls. PHILADELPHIA. June 25. Broken In health and spirits, ex-Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, started for Niagara Palls tenlght. He -was accompanied by Mrs. Taj lor, and four detectives followed close at his heels. Two of the officers represent the State of Kentucky, and bear warrants for the arrest of Mr. Tay lor upon charges growing out of the as sassination of Governor Goebel. The other two were employed by Mr. Taylor to guard his person. His stay In this city was devoid of per sonal pleasure. He accepted but one In vitation, and denied himself to everybody who called upon him at the hotel where he made his headquarters. He came here to attend the Republican National Con vention as a delegate-at-large, after being asrured that no requisition calling for Ms enforced return to Kentucky would be honored. T-c rtraln is telling upon both Governor and lira. Taylor. All the time they were in t: o city their rooms -were closely guarded, and Mrs. Taylor personally an swered every rap upon the door. She denied herself to all callers, and wis on the erge of collapse several t.mes. It Is understood that Mr. Taylor will not bo surrendered to the Kentucky au thorlties by Governor Roosevelt, and that he will be Immune from arrest until he shall return to Indiana, or until such time as he shall return to Kentucky of his own volition. China Atar Affects Kentucky. LOUISVILLE. June 25. The troubles In China are beginning to affect the remote districts of the Kentucky mountainx In the ginseng trade, by which hundred of people make a living. Ever since tho Boxers began their outrages the price of ginseng has been dropping. A month aro it was quoted at $3 75: today it was down to 2 25, the lowest in four years. Ask for one of the following brands: Gold Sea! Indian Anvil Badger . Elk Obelisk Cm$8cw Pioneer Heptane SMOKE THE BEAU BRUMMELL BEST FIYE-CENT CIGAR HADE - Frank Drug. Co. Wholesale Distributers Rooms Single 76c to $1.50 per flay Rooms Double JL00 to J2.OT per day Rooms Family JL50 to COO per day C T. BELCHER. Sec and Treas. American plan $L25. $1.50, JL75 European plan 50c. 75c. $1,00 Our Cart Display This week Includes the smartest effects In . . . Two-Wheelers for two or four passengers New York and London styles. A HOI WAVE. Drying? Up the Rivers and Parching: the Crops la Dakota. GRAND FORKS, NVD., June 25. The weather here is distressingly hot, regis tering 104 In the shade today. The water In Red River has fallen two feet since Saturday, and the municipal authorities , have issued notices requesting household , crs to desist from using water extrava- gantly. Navigation has been dlscontin ' ued. Crops axe In a parched condition. : indications pointing to a decrease of 15 to 20 per cent since Saturday. Hay sell ing for U 50 last Saturday, sold on the 1 street today for $16. Manitoba Crops Failed. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 25. Of 1,800,000 acres of wheat, 1,000.000 acres will never be cut. Rains cannot now change a stunted crop, six to eight inches high. and a small head Into a crop. The more ! optimistic hope for seed and feed, but this' J is doubtful. This Is the hottest day of I the year. i Hottest Day of the Season. I MINNEAPOLIS. June 25. This was by far the hottest day of the season here. The Government thermometer registered 94 deg. In Northern Minnesota and North Dakota the heat was greater than in this city. Colorado Railroad Men. PUEBLO, Colo., June 25. The first an nual convention of the railroad employes of Colorado met here today. Sessions were held within closed doors. Six or- I ganlzatlons were represented, as follows i 1 Telegraphers, engineers, conductors. Are- men. switchmen and trainmen. Resolu tions were adopted condemning the ac tion of Congress In refusing to publish the testimony taken before the Coeur d'Alene Investigating committee; also that a Na tional organization be formed, w.th a view to control of th selection of Reprosenta-, tives In Congress and State Legislatures. NEW RELIEF COLUMN Thousand British Join Allied Forces Near Tien Tsin. PREPARED FOR ANOTHER. ASSAULT Foreign Officials at Shanghai Believe the "Worst Has Happened to the Legations at Pekln. LONDON, June 26, 3:33 A. M. The Brit ish cruiser Terrible has arrived at Che Foo from Taku, with the latest news, which is as follows: "Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh Fusiliers have effected a Junction with the American, German and Russian forces which had been cut off by the Chinese about nine miles from Tien Tsin. It was proposed to deliver an assault upon the Chinese forces at Tien Tsin last night (Sunday)." It Is not clear what forces united. It would seem that one relieving force, cut off, had been relieved by another. At any rate, It is apparently certain that the allies arrived In sufficient forces at Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the besieging Chi nese. "Foreign official opinions here." says a dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily Ex press, dated yesterday, "Incline to the belief that the worst has happened to the legations at Pekln and to Admiral -Seymour. Even if the legations were safe June 14, there Is no guarantee that they are safe now. The situation. In fact, grows more and more gloomy. The en tire absence of reliable news from the capital seems to Justify the worst con struction which can be put upon it. "Bad news comes from Tan Kung, where the unrest is said to be growing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Ylh has tele graphed the British authorities that he has ordered the Ave Chinese cruisers, which have been lying off the harbor there, to proceed to Nankin." "General Ma's army." says a corres pondent at Shan Hal Kan, "consisting of 15,000 men, left a week ago for Pekln, and General Sung: Chlng's troops, numbering 2300. left for the same place June 15. "A careful estimate of the number and armament of the Chinese troops around Pekln puts the total at 360.000, and It is calculated that these troops possess 227 centimeter Creusot guns, 18 Krupps and 150 Maxims. Their supply of ammunltl tion Is practically Inexhaustible. It has been mainly supplied by a German firm at Carlwitz. Fully three-fourths of the Chinese forces are badly drilled, wholly undisciplined, and q'uite unfamiliar with modern weapons." Another Shanghai dispatch says: "Ll Ping Heng, ex-Governor of Shan Tung, who is intensely antl-forelgn, has gone to the Klang Yin forts, on the Yangtse. He has declared his Intention of resisting the landing of British forces He has declared his Intention A in that region." According to a Hong Kong dispatch dated yesterday, strong reinforcements of 'Indian police, with three Maxims, have oeen sent to imjw Loon, on the mainland. A Che Foo message of Monday's date saysf "Four cannons have been added to the west fort here, where there are now imn soldiers permanently encamped, a further iprce having arrived from Nlng Hal Chou. There is an uneasy feeling prevailing here, and an attack is generally antici pated. - Chlneso merchants are closing their offices and preparing to leave the port All business Is at a standstill." Extensive preparations by the allies are going forward. The first regiment of British India's 10,000 men embarked at Calcutta -yesterday, and S33 more marines received orders to go out from English ports. The British War Office, in an ticipation of a prolonged campaign. Is contracting for Winter clothing and fur caps. The Amur army corps, ordered out by Russia, numbers 52.100 men. with S4 guns. Japan purposes to land 15.000 men on Chi nese territory within a fortnight. Among tho minor military preparations, the Portuguese Governor of Macao, Island of Macao, at the southwest entrance of Can ton River, is sending arms to the Portu guese concession. The Germans In Hong Kong have cabled Emperor William to ask if they -may serve In the local forces in defense of Hong Kong. A million rounds left Hong Kong yesterday for Taku by the British steamer Hallong. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times sends the following under yester day's date: "A military correspondent at Taku says the operations of the allies are suffering from the want of a recognized head, de fective organization and the lack of trans port." Mr. Kinder, the noted engineer, has ar rived at Che Foo. CniXESE NEWS UNRELIABLE. Reports From Shenp: Proved to Be False. BERLIN, June 25. The Kreuz Zeltung warns the public against crediting dis patches from Chinese officials, especially those from Sheng, Director of Telegraph and Railways. The recent optimistic ut terances of the French Foreign Minister, M. Del Casse, were founded upon one of Sheng's cablegrams, that has since been proved false. The paper further complains that all recent Russian communications place tho facts In a false light, and instances a statement by the Official Messenger, of St. Petersburg, which represents ths Boxers as the only disturbers and the Chinese Government as innocent. The views criticised do not prevail In German official circles. The Chinese Minister here, Lu Han Houan, in the course of an Interview, today, said: "The Empress cannot be deposed. Chi nese piety would not permit dethrone, ment. But perhaps it would be possible, through friendly means, to Intimate to the old Empress that she should abdicate after having ruled so long. An experi ment could be made with the Emperor, surrounding him with competent counsel lors, of whom there Is no lack today among the Chinese." Germany will send to China all avail able vessels, beside those already there. WJ "WANTS AN ARMISTICE. Aslcs That American Troops Be Re strained for the Present. WASHINGTON. June 25. The chief de velopment today Jn the Chinese situation was the effort of the Chinese Minister, Wu Tlngfang, to secure an armistice in the operation of American troops, until LI Hung Chang could reach Pekln and bring about a cessation of the disorders. The proposition Is rather a novel one, and Is based upon representations of the "Viceroys of the Important provinces of the Yangtse Klang Valley that they can maintain order without the aid of for eign troops, and that the presence of the foreigners would act merely as an Incen tive to disorder. Minister Wu brought these representations to the attention of .Secretary Hay, who consulted the Presi dent. The latter's decision, as subse quently conveyed to the Minister was that while the assurances xtt the x vice roys for continued quiet were fully ap preciated, the United States could not bind Itself not to send Its forces to points where disorder actually existed, and where the safety of our officials and cit izens was endangered. Secretary Long said, when he left the Navy Department for the day, .that noth ing had come from Admiral Kempff on the casulatles of the first engagement of the American marines with the Chinese, or on the outcome of the second engage ment, which was to have occurred yes terday or Saturday. The onfy dispatch received by the Secretary was a belated one from Admiral Kempff asking for In structions as to whether he should co operate with tho other naval forces In taking the Taku forts. This must have been sent some days ago, as the Taku forts were taken the middle of last week. Under the circumstances there was no occasion for answering the Admiral's re quest, as he already had been advised of the general purpose of this Government to act concurrently with the other pow ers in the protection of American Inter ests. The State Department remained throughout the day without information from Minister Conger from any source, the only dispatch received being from Consul John Goodnow, at Shanghai, say ing he had heard nothing from Pekln since the 14th Insf. On the whole the day was one of anxiety, and a lack of defi nite information on the main points. rx& KEY TO PEKIN. Kemp Says Tien Tsin Mast Be Re lieved. CHE FOO, June 25, via Shanghai. United States Consul John Fowler has re ceived from Rear-Admiral Kempff the following; "Only one communication from Pekln has reached me since communications were Interrupted, on June 10. It was dated June 12. No direct or indirect newa from the Ministers since. About 450 for. eign troops. Including 56 American ma rines, went to Pekln to guard the lega. tlons. A force of 100 Americans, uniting wth a total force of 2500 men, of all nationalities represented here, went, Juno 10, to open the road and to relieve Pekln. This movement was by permission of the Chinese Government. The latest news from the expedition was dated June 12, when the expedition was at Lang Fang. The railroad has been destroyed behind it since. Any news that can be obtained or effort made for the relief of the lega tions and the lives and property of for eigners should be done at all hazard. All energies and forces here must first be directed to the relief of Tien Tsin, par tlularly, as it Is tho key to Pekln. ADMIRAL SEYMOUR CAPTURED. Chinese Soldiers Snld to Have Taken Ministers From Pekln. CHE FOOT, Tuesday, June 26. Rear Admlral Kempff reports by a Japanese torpedo-boat that tho combined forces entered Tien Tsin on Saturday, June 23, sustaining small loss. They started Sun- lay to relieve the force which left Tien Tsin June 10, and which Is believed to bo surrounded near Pekln. According to these Japanese reports Ad miral Seymour has been captured and the Ministers have- left Pekln, guarded by Chlneso soldiers. . Their whereabouts Is unknown. . ,. -., AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED. McKInley Wants -to Know "Why Mo nocacy Did Not Fire on Taku. WASHINGTON, June 23. The reported action of tho gunboat Monocay In fall ing to respond after she had oeen fired upon from the Taku forts is understood to have been received with surprise by the President, who requested an explana. tlon of the matter, which has not yet been furnished. This was made Itnown today in official quarters to offset the published Intimation that the Monocacy would not have failed to respond unless she had been ordered to hold her fire. Chalice May Go to China. CHICAGO. June 23. Lieutenant Roy Beckeridgc Harper, who has been visit lng In Chicago, has had his leave of ab sence cut short by an order to report at Washington Immediately, prepared to leave for China at the end of this week. Lieutenant Harper is attached to the Seventh United States Cavalry, but has been serving as ald-de-camp to General Chaffee for several months, and from this order it ls presumed General Chaffee Is to be assigned to duty In Asia. Marines for the Orient. CHICAGO, June 25. The Fourth bat tallon of United States marines. Major W. J. Blddle In command, passed through Chicago tonight on a rush assignment! to San Francisco for the Orient, and the Chinese battle-ground Is believed to. be-j their objective. The battalion, rein forced by two squadrons of the Sixth Pov,iTO 11 .nil fmm Bnn Pmn.i.rft tiv 1nr .TnTvrn at inr wihhi u expected orders In Japan that would thiwhlm and his men Into the fighting In China. There are 238 men In the bat- tallon. which was recruited In Norfols and New York. Chinese Movlnpr on Taku. TSING TAU, June 24, 8 P. M. Eight thousand allied troops have landed at Taku, Including 1200 Germans. A French officer who has succeeded in getting through from Tien Tsin to Taku says that the Russians alone have lost 150 killed and 300 wounded. The German gunboat litis, up the Pel Ho or Tien Tsin River, reports that masses of Chinese aro nearlng Tong Ku and that an Imme diate attack Is expected. Cholera Deaths in Bomhay. LONDON, June 25. The Governor or Bombay wires that there were 10,377 deaths from cholera out of 15.479 cases during the week ending June 16. Tobncco Plant Sold. DETROIT, June 25. The Detroit plant of the Continental Tobacco Company, which was recently closed down, was to day purchased by Oren Scotten, In be half of a new Independent tobacco man ufacturing company. The consideration was J200.000 cash. Mr. Scotten will re sume business in the factory at once. The plant Is that operated for many years by the Daniel Scotten Company, which finally- sold out to the trust. Floods in Georgia. MACON, Ga., June 25. Owing to recent heavy rains the Oculgee River at this point Is again raging far avobe the dan ger line. A bridge was swept away and reports from over the state show great damage to fruit and crops. The damago to bridges and farm buildings will be enormous. The cotton crop Is consider ably Injured. Advices have been received of several persons being drowned. "Will Drill Guatemalan Army. NEW ORLEANS, June 25. Herr Tieff en bach, of Hamburg, Germany, arrived here today, on his way to Guatemala, where he goes under a contract to teach Ger man military tactics to the Guatemalan army. He stated that the object of the government Is to make a general Im provement in the army. And Will Make None Until After the Convention. HK VIPU'c nu thu n? Atcnnu w '"' vi !- runii vnui I Vice-Presidential Candidate to. Be Chosen Mast Be in Complete Harmony With It. L.UNUU.L.r, TseD., June Zo. W. J. Bryan returned at noon today from his Wlscon- t sin fishing trip and later visit at Chicago. ne u probably favor an urUstrucbed He will remain In Lincoln until after the .' delegation. The warmest fight in the con Democratic National Convention. Ha r ventlon will be oa National committee said he had been placed In a wrong posl- , man, the candidates beinff Congressman tlon by some one who had presumed to T. C. MoRaa and ex-Governor J. P. Ll HUNG CHANG, CHINA'S GRAND" OLD MAN. SUMMONED TO PEKIN TO TAKE CHARGE OF NEGOTLYTIONS FOR PEACE outline his plan of campaign and dictated the following: "Any statements made by anybody In regard to my campaign plans are without foundation or authority. No plans have been made by me or any one for me, and no plans will be made until after the con vention has been held." Mr. Bryan was asked whether he could say anything In regard to the platform to be adopted at Kansas City. He replied: "No one, of course, can say what lan guage will be used in setting forth the principles, but some Idea can be obtained as to the general tenor of the platform from i the platforms adopted In the state conventions. As a large majority of the delegates have been elected by conven tions which reaffirmed the Chicago plat-1 form. It Is safe to assume that the Kan sas City platform will reaffirm the Chica go platform and will contain nothing whlqh can bo construed as a surrender or modification of the platform on the'old Issues. "It Is equally certain that there will be a strong and definite plank against trusts. There is also no doubt that the plank against Imperialism will be clear and ex plicit. Militarism will be denounced, and sympathy expressed for the Boers. This much Is evident from what has already taken place." "You have refused to discuss the Vice President heretofore, Mr. Bryan. Is there any truth in the rumors that a Vice- j .. ..i in , ,!,. .. the money question will be attractive to President will be chosen whose views on those who opposed the ticket in 1S96?' "It Is true that I have refused to dls- J cuss the Vice-Presidency," replied Mr. Ban ' "d Ldo not car scuss il now, further than to say that I assume that the candidate nominated for Vice President will be In harmony with the platform. The Vice-President noV"only presides over the Senate while the Presi dent is alive, but assumes the office of President in case of the President's death, and It Is hardly probable that delegates to a National convention would write a platform and then select for either place on the ticket a man who would repudiate the platform. No man worthy to be considered for such an of fice would accept a nomination upon a platform repugnant to his views on any important Issue. In every campaign men support a ticket without approving all of the platform, but none can defend a platform unless he believes in It. Many tariff-reform Gold Democrats supported the Republican ticket four years ago. al though they dissented froni the protection plank. But the Republican Convention would not have nominated a tariff-reformer upon a protection platform. There Is sometimes a Joint debate hetween can didates on opposing tickets, but not be tween candidates on the same ticket." NOT A POLITICAL TRIP. Roosevelt Golngr to Oklahoma to At tend Rough Riders' Convention. CHICAGO, June 25. The Times-Herald tomorrow will say: "Governor Theodore Roosevelt will leave New York City next Friday for Chicago, arriving In this city Saturday and leaving the same night for Oklahoma City, where he will attend the reunion of his old regiment, the Rough Riders. He will not come West as the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, but as a pri vate citizen, glad to meet his soldier com rades again and be welcomed by them. On arriving In Chicago he will become the guest of Paul Morton, second vice president of the Santa Fe road, in whose car he will make the Journey to Okla homa. "A year ago, when Governor Roosevelt attended the Rough Riders' reunion at Las Vegas, N. M., Mr. Morton placed his private car at his service, and the saa was accepted. On the homeward Journey from Las Vegas Mr. Morton proffered the -car for use again this year, and the Gov ernor accepted the tender. His presence In Chicago is, therefore, in keeping with his promise given In June, 1S99. Mr. Mor ton sild yesterday: " 'I have a telegram from Governor Roosevelt, In which he says that he Is certainly going to Oklahoma City, but desires It thoroughly understood that he Is not making a political trip, and that any speechraaklng demanded of him will be responded to only In the character of a private citizen. " ' inirivcic nr-MfirmiTB .-Delegates May Be Instracted far Hill for Vice-President. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., June, 25. An ef fort will be made in the Democratic State Convention tomorrow to Instruct for D. B. Hill, of New York, for Vlce-Presi-dont. The movement will be led by Rep- TaTnes rr jorxs. of thft Natkmnl MimmiJ. o n. Mnmtf. n tK oiMtvratrm. nnci ClarK. Senator Jones favors McRae. Attorney-General Jeff Davis will be nomi nated for Governor by acclamation, and will be also sent to the Kansas City con vention as a delegate-at-large. Tho con vention wdl be the most largely attended Democratic gathering In Arkansas in re cent years. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS. No Change in Contest for Nomina tion for Governor. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Juno 25. There Is no change In the situation In the Demo, cratlc contest for the gubernatorial nom ination. Adam Ortzlfan, the Chicago can didate, arrived this morning accompanied by about twenty friends, including a rew delegates. He circulated among the country delegates now on the ground. Ho said: "I have not been here long enough to know anything of the situation. I am devoting my- time to getting acquainted. I am delighted with the cordiality of my reception. I find a strong sentiment In favor of my nomination because I am German, for it is not forgotten that our last Democratic Governor, the only one elected In 40 years, was a German." General Orendorff and Mr. Alschler were In their headquarters this morning and each expressed himself as greatly pleased with the prospect. The convention Is scheduled to last two days. The nomina tion of the ticket will be postponed until Wednesday. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. Dr. Klnyoun on Trial in San Fran cisco. SAN FRANCISCoT June 25. The con tempt proceedings Instituted against Dr. J. J. Kmyoun, Federal Health Officer for tfais port, for alleged violation of the in junction Issued by United States Circuit Judge Morrow, restraining Kinyoun from. Interfering- with tlhe personal liberties of tho Chvnese of thla city In corenoctlon. witih tihe quarantine of Chinatown, came up before Judges Morrow and DeHaven today. The alleged conrtempt occurred June 15, when Dr. Klnyoun Issuja an or der forbidding- the sale of transportaition. out of the state to pereons not provided with a certificate of health lued by 3ie Marine Hospital Service In this cJty. In his answer -to tihe compjairjt. Dr. Kln youn contended tihat the order issued by him. did- not apply to travel within- the state; that he had not, acted In defiance of the injunction, and chat it tfiie trans portation companies had refusal to sell tickets to polnfts within the stole, they were alone responsible. Counsel for Wong Wal, the complainant, presented affidavits setting: forth that Chinese wKo could not produce health certificates had been re fused transportation, within the state. Af ter hearing- the evidence of officials of fine transportation companies as to the orders received ' by them, the case went over until tomorrow. Flax Prices Adavnnce. CHICAGO, June 25. Flaxseed experi enced a remarkable advance here today, the September delivery going from $1 48 to $1 S3, under frantic covering of shorts and reports of serious damage to the crops throughout the Northwest, coupled with "a C5-cent advance In Duluth prices, which were the Incentives for covering. Holders, however, saw an op portunity for good profits when the high point was reached, and Increased offerings caused the market to react. September dropped back to 51 54, and closed at $1 56, a net gain of 8 cents for the day. Is a Bishop Novr. COLUMBUS. June 25. Rev. Father Moc lor, vice chancelor of the diocese of Cin cinnati, today formally accepted the ap pointment as bishop of Columbus. VfffVtsrr vMI I PLATFORM CHANGED Grosvenor Reiterates That Quigg Mutilated It HE POSSESSES THE DOCUMENTS Planks Relating: to Policy sad Leg islation for Insular Possessloas and Merchant Marine "Were Omitted. WASHINGTON, June 25. The Post to morrow will print an authoritative state ment from Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, In reply to the statement by Mr. Quigg, the New York member of the resci lutlons committee of the National Repub lican Convention, denying certain allega tions of Mr. Grosvenor, of mutilation of' the Republican platform by Mr. Quigg. Mr. Grosvenors statement is as follows: "I have read Mr. Qulgg's statement. I hold In my hand the original document which was handed over to him, with cer tain Interlineations of no very material Importance, but which required the re drafting of one entire page and a part of another. Otherwise it was the platform agreed upon by the committee, and the subcommittee, and no man connected with the transaction will put his name to any statement contradicting mine. It is In my possession, having been handed to, me by Senator Foraker, after he recov ered It from Mr. Quigg the day following the action of the convention, on the plat form. It contains Interlineations in tha handwriting of Senator Foraker and oth ers. It contains the extract from tho message of the President of the United States proclaiming the policy of the Re publican party in the matter of the gov ernment of the Islands. It contains a plank distinctly proclaiming the policy of the Republican party( In the matter of legislation In reference to our Island pos sessions In the words I gave In my lettec to the New York Journal. " It contains a direct approval of the policy of legisla tion In favor of the merchant marine of thecountry, all of which Is omitted from Mr. Qulgg's platform. "I had this document when I made the. statement to the New York Journal, and I had the positive evidence of the truth of every statement I made, and any ona so desiring can come to me and examine the documentary evidence to which I havo referred, which will convince any man of the truth of my statement. I have tha statement of Senator Fairbanks, which; does not say anything. It is not a ques tion of whether he approved the changa of the platform or not; It Is a question of whether or not the revision which Mr. Quigg calls the rewriting of the plat form by him changed the whole charac ter of the document. I refer to one slngld statement of Mr. Quigg, and that was that the platform was considered to ba too long. The platform, as handed over to Mr. Quigg, contained 2000 words; tha platform adopted, as written by Mr. Quigg, contains 2243 words. "I shall have nothing more to say-about this matter. The document Is In my pos session at this date, and will be retained by me until I can return it according to. my promise to Senator Foraker. The Rei publican party will not be seriously af fected by the matter, for the reason that we have the two great speeches deliv ered In the convention, and will have tho t letter of the President accepting the nom ination. Mr. Qulgg's statement In regard to myself Is not of the slightest import ance to me, and the controversy ends right here and now." RATHB0NE REMOVED. Suspension of the Director of Post Made Permanent. WASHINGTON, June 23. The Postmaster-General has Issued an order removing from office B. G. Rathbone, who had been suspended by a former order from the position of General Director,pf Posts of Cuba, and detailing Martin C. Fosnes, an. inspector in the postal service, to per form the duties of Director-General of Posts until further order. Fourth Assist ant Postmaster-General Brlstow has been relieved from further work in Cuba, and hj- sailed for home. ' Postmaster-General Smith would not j say whether or not ex-Director Rathbone would be arrested for any connection he may have had with existing conditions of affairs in the Cuban postal department. The determination of that question, ha said, would be left entirely with General Wood, the Military Governor of the Island, who would be guided by the de velopments shown by the ' Investigation concluded by Mr. Bnstow. Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Smith said, would not leave the island, as he would be wanted as a wit ness in the cases of the officials against whom charges have been preferred. Neeley's Examination Postponed. NEW YORK, June 25. The examination of Charles F. W. Neeley, which has been postponed a number of times and which was set for today by United States Com missioner Shields, has again been post poned to next Friday at 10:30 A. M. Tho postponement was by the arrangement I and mutual consent of counsel. I United States District Attorney Bald win said today that the Government would act soon in the Neeley case. Ac- I cording to Mr. Baldwin, when the Gov- ' eminent does act It will be In the shape of an application made by the District Attorney to Judge Lacombe, of tha i United States Court, asking for Neeley's removal to Havana under the special ex tradition act passed by Congress In tho I last few days of the session. It Is under stood that Neeley's counsel will make no , move In the matter until after the Gov ernment takes some definite step for tho i prisoner's removal. ' Custom-Houe Fraud Case. I HAVANA, June 25. The Custom-House fraud cases came up again for trial In the I courts here today. The consensus of opln i Ion Is that conviction Is now Impossible, as every Judge and lawyer concernea has relatives or friends among the ac cused. NEW YORK ICE SCANDAL. Grand Jury Dismissed the Cases of Conspiracy. NEW YORK, June 25. The grand Jury today went into a consideration of the case of conspiracy against the officers of the American Ice Company. Later In the day the grand jury handed in a report to Judge MacMahon of the General Ses sions, In which they dismissed the cases of conspiracy.. California Wheat for Peru. LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, June 25. An excellent impression has been made by the announcement that in addition to the 50,000 tons of California wheat which has Just arrived at Callao, an equal quan tity Is on the way to Peru.