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THE REPUBLIC: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER U. 1900.
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HR, GOGKRELL ON
NATIONAL ISSUES.
Tells How the McKinlcy Adnrinia-
tration Is Tending Toward
Inipei iulism.
JEFFERSONIAN EXPANSION.
Senator Defines the Difference be
tween National Growth and
Criminal Aggre.ss.ion Trusts
and Silver Discussed.
repctlic special
Paris. Mo.. Sept. IS -Senator F. XL Cock
rell opened his Missouri campaign at Paris
this afternoon. He was greeted by a largo
audience
Ho epoko for two hours.
Senator Cockrell sail in part: ,
"tt ho nominees of tho Democratic party
for Governor and all other State ottlcers aro
genUemen of the highest personal charac
ter, the strictest Integra, and are pre
eminently qualified for their respective posi-
-SbaJl U19 national Republican adminis
tration bs continued in rocr!
"Of tho many reasons why it should not
be, I wlU refer urUfly to Ecme.
'Soon after its inauguratlor '.March 4.
1537. an extra session of , -"?roT,.s
called and enacted the Ding lej 'Ms. Dte.,c
tlvo tariff law of July yisJT. imposing an
average ad valorem tariff rato of oO par
cent, tho hlsh.-,t rate ever imposed upon
dutiable imported goods by thla Govern-
""More. trusts and monopolies have been
formed since the passage or the Ulngley
tariff law in our countrj than were formed
from the foundation of our Government up
to that date. If this Dingley protective law
has not been the breeder and promoter of
these truM and monopiieB. now downs
our fair land as tho stars dot our brawny
what has beon7 The only possible answer
is the Republican admlnl-tratlcn.
GoliI auil UlnietHlllciii.
"Up to 1S0G tho Republican party stood for
bimetallism, tho gold and silver coinage of
the Constitution. ,
"In the St. Louis convention of 1S9 after
a protracted struggle and withdrawal of
some delegates, the rlatform was adopted
declaring "We ate opposed to the free coin
age of silver, except bj international agree
ment with tho leading commercial nations
of the world, which v.e pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can be
obtained the existing golJ standard must
be maintained, and William McKsnley was
nominated for President, who.whlle a mem
ber of tha House in 1577 and 15.S. had voted
for tho RIand bill, giving free coinage to
silver at 16 to 1; then voted for Allisons
amendment limiting the amount of such
coinage, Rnd after a Republican President.
Mr. Hayes, had vetoed it. voted to pass the
bill over tho veto, and had also voted f ' r
the Stanley Matthews resolution declarlrg
that the stand ird silver dollar could be le
gally and Justly paid in discharging the in
terest and principal of our bond3 calling for
payment in coin, and in lisS had censured
President Cleveland for his efforts to stop
the colrage of silver drllars
The Republican platform hoists that "the
volume of money in circulation was tievtr
eo great per capita as it is to-day.' and
denounces the free and unlimited coinage of
silver without tha s-rpport of the leading
nations of the world. Thus ! unwittingly
acknowledged our contention that the
volume of money had a controllirg influence
in prices and business, and that the free
and unlimited coinage of silver equally
with gold at 15 to 1 would increaso the
volume of Irredeemable money and prove
beneficial.
Republican legislation, ignoring our con
tentions has established the single gold
Etandsri, and it is upon trial, and time
nlone can determine its sufficiency for our
country's business, and vlndlca.e or dlsprovo
our contentions; The Republican party long
tnce declared the silver question forever
Fettled and dead us an issue. They claim
to have buried it forever under an avalanche
of gold, beyond pov.or of resurrection.
i "Now that they ce the ieople aroused to
the dangers developed by the present ad
ministration and its policies touching the
results of the war with Spain and the forci
ble conquest of the Philippine Islands, they
are fright-stricken and attempting to make.
n ghost of silver to divert attention from
questions of more importance than silver In
the present condition!. They will ignobly
3Iiatul.es During the War.
"When Spain sued for peace the know-n
facts and the Cuban resolution plainly
marked the course and reply. The Presi
dent should havo said to Spain: Relinquish
your authority and government In Cuba and
withdraw j our forces. Relinquish your au
thority and government in the Philippine
Islands and in Porto Rico, and withdraw
jour forces from all these places. And the
war will be over and pence vv HI be restored
Spain would have accepted such terms, and
could not have helped doing so. We shoula
then have said to the Philippines Island
people: Establish the Republic of the
Philippines under i written Constitution
similar to ours, inaugurate jour Govern
ment, and when you have instituted and
Inngurated j-our Government under j-our
Constitution, wo will recognize jou as a
ration, and will say to the world: "Hands
off! Touch It not!"
"The enormous C03ta of war in dollars. In
deaths and pensionable dlsabilltle-3 to thou
sands ot our brave j-oung men. and tho
C9.000.00O paid to Spain would all have been
saved. I made thee criticisms end state
ment of my views In the campaign in 1S3S
before the treat j was agreed in
"A change, however, was taking place.
The valor and skill of our navy and army
and their achievements w re the admiration
of the world, and b'-wllJored the adminis
tration with vbdona of expansion of terri
tory, colonial possessions, commercial
aggrandizement and the dazzling opporunl
tles for the exploitation of the Phllipplna
Islands by the many tru3ts and monopolies,
the creaturea and friends of tho administra
tion. "As showing the condition and purposss
of the Filipinos at the time the treatj- of
peaco was signed. I will read what Dewej
wrote to tho Secretary of the Navy De
cember 1. 1S3S, transmitting a report made
to him by W. E. Wllsox. pavmaster United
States Navy. and Leonard E. Sargent. Na
val Cadet United States Navy, of their ex
ploration in October ind November. 1533,
of the northern part of the island of Luzon,
undertaken by his authority. Dewey said-
" "Special attention Is Invited to this inter
esting and carefully prepared report, which
in my opinion contains the most complete
and reliable Information obtainable In re
gard to tho prest-iit tato of the northern
part of Luzon Island
"This report contains an account of dailj
travels. I quote from their summarj.
Intclltgrcnco of Plliplnos.
" "The Phllippino officers, both military
and civil, that we have met in all tho
Provinces wo have visited have, with very
few exceptions bet n men of intelligence,
appcaranco and conversation The same is
true of all thoso men wao form tho upper
class in each town. The education of most
of them is limited, but thej appear to
tfelze every opportunity to improve It.
They have great respect and admiration
for learning. The poorer classes are ex
tremoly ignorant on most subjects, but a
largo percentage of them can read and
write.
"We were the profcesed friends of the
Filipinos. Wo regarded them as friends, as
we were fighting a commen enemj. and had
so told them We had asked them to co
operate with us against the Spaniards. Thej
had lojally done so. The Commissioners
eo- 'the situation that has arisen in tho
Philippines was neither foreseen nor de
sired by tho United States' (wo ourselves
had brought It about), 'but since It exists,
that Government does not shirk the respon
sibilities growing out of it.'
"What rerponslblilties, I ak, had we In
curred? Our plain duty was to compel Spain
to relinquish savereigntj- over and title to
them. Just as in the case of Cuba. Hu
manity, civilization and Christianity de
manded this. Nothing more, nothing lens
and nothing else. The Filipinos had as good
a Government as was our colonial Govern
ment from 1776 to 17SL Wbilo not as capa
ble of improving it as our patriotic revolu
tionary rebel fathers were, they were capa
ble of improving it and making it as sat
isfactory to themselves, as was our confed
eration from 1TSI to 17K.
"It cannot be said, in a sentimental w ,aj ,.
that destiny. Providence, placed the Filipi
nos in our care. We paid $20 WO.UX) to in
duce Spain to attempt to cede to us her
inchoate, Illusorj-, wild-hog claim and right
to conquer and subjugalo them. By tho
laws of nations, tho laws of God. and
tnoralltj. no nation can cede or transfer
to another a mere, naked, contested ngn. to
conquer and subjugate any peoples.
Visions of the Empire.
"The elections in November, 1S3S. In con
gressional districts had bien favorable to
the administration. , ,
"Visions of empire, commerce, colonial
possessions, world power, international
grandeur, golden opportunities for trusts.
monopolies, tho children of tho Republican
administration, dazzled, hallucinated tho ad
ministration, and our Commissioners, by
way of concession, wcro authorized by the
President to glvo Spain JJO.OuOOOO for hor
claim to the islands, which in 300 years she
had been unablo to conquer and subdue. The
administration is responsible for the treaty
and its effects. Congress never declared
wnr against tho Cubans, nor against tho
llliplnos. Who, then. Is responsible for it?
The administration and Its orders. In what
manner and by what acts7 Tho record
shows.
"Vet the President tells General Otis to
proclaim 'that we come, not as Invaders or
conquerors, bat as friends.' and to prove to
them 'that the mission of the United States
is one of 'benevolent assimilation' and that
"in the fulfillment of this high mission" there
must be absolutely maintained the strong
arm of author'.'.j to overcome all obstacles
to the bestowal of tho blessings of good and
Ftablo government upon the people of the
islands.
"in his letter of acceptance the President
neglected to tell tho people what rights.
Jurisdiction and authority he claimed in
that order and tho orders given to General
Otis to enforce thee rlehts. and only quoted
tho 'benevolent assimilation' paragraph.
Nor did he tell the people what was tho in
evitable and natural eticct and result of his
proclamation or order In the islands, and the
armed contacts and desolating war that
i-oon followed.
"Here are paternalism, militarism and Im
perialism pure and unmistakable In tho
President's order, for the natural effects of
which he is responsible.
McKlnley Followed Hamilton.
"Alexander Hamilton was n member of tho
convention in 17S7 that framnl our Consti
tution, and that was presided over by
George Washington.
"In discussing the form of our govern
ment, he said:
" 'I bellcvo tho Uritlsh Government forms
tli best model the world ever produced;
and such has been Its progress in tho minds
of many that tho truth gradually gains
ground. This government has for its ob
ject public strength and public securtl-. It
is said with us to be unattainable. If It
was once formed It would maintain itself.
"Mr. Hamilton presented to the conven
tion his form of government. That I may
not misrepresent it I will rend jou what
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts in his
"IJfo of Hamilton" --aid It was.
" The Republic of Ilitnllton was to be an
aristocratic, as distinguished from a demo
cratic. Republic, and the power of the sepa
rate Slates Was to be effectually crippled.
The first object was to be attained b com
mitting tho choice of the President and
Senator-, who were to hold offlce during
good behavior, to a clas of the community
qualified to voto bj tho poskctiion of a
certain amount of real property The sec
ond was to be secured by giving to the
President of the lulled States the appoint
ment of the Governors of the various
Statos. who were to have a veto on all
State legislation These, provisions, as max
be seen at a glance, involved tho essential
character of tho government, and, although
purel) republican, camo much nearer to
tho llrltUh model than any other ! th !r
recognition of classes and of tho political
rights of propertj, whllo bj tho treatment
of the Mates a highly centralized national
government was to supersede entirely tho
confederate form.'
"In Chicago, at the Hamilton Club ban
quet to G A It dignitaries Augut 3S la it,
David D Henderson, bpeaker of the Hou"?
of Representatives, said. 'Tho name of
Hamilton suggests three thoughts that may
bo appropriate to l.n), flnt, a strong gov
ernment; second, a Just government; third,
a protectivo government These doctrines
of Hamilton, which 1 assume are supported
by lils club, mut b tho text-word of the
hour I want elected a man who not only
preached these doctrines, but. Ilka McKin
lcj acted them from his heart, because I
believe In those doctrines, and I urge tho
American people to support tho men who
believe In them.'
"George Washington and the framcrs of
our Constitution did not believe In them,
but rejected them, and Mr. Hamilton then
withdrew from tho convention and took nj
further part. Serious objections were made
to the Constitution on tho ground it gave
too much pover to tho Government and did
not sulllclently guard the rights of tho peo
ple. "The contest between tho advocates of
the Hamiltonian and tho Jeffep'onlnn prin
ciples grew warm In the presidential elec
tion in IS') between John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was elected
and inaugurated March 4, 10L In hit in
augural address March 4, 1S)1, ho crjstal
llzed some of the leading principles of his
partj-.
I'rInripIrH of JcfTcrsnn.
" 'Equal and exact justice to all men. of
whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political; peace; commerce and honest
friendship wuh all nation-.; entangling al
liances with none, the support of our fctate
governments In all their rights a3 tho most
competent administrations for all of our
domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks
against anti-republican princlpUs; the
preservation of the General Government In
its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet
anchor of ojr peace at home and safety
abroad; a Jealous care of the rights of elec
tion by the people, a mild and safe correct
ive of abuses which are lopped by tho
nword of revolution, where peaceable reme
dies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence
In the decisions of the majority, the vital
principles of Republics, from which Is no
appeal but to force, tl.o vital prlnc'ple and
immediate parent of despotism, a well-disciplined
militia, our best reliance In peace,
and for the lirst moments of war till reg
ulars maj- relievu them; the supremacy of
the civil over tho military authority; econ
omy in the public expense that labor may bo
lightly burdened; the honist paj-ment of our
debts and sacred prt rvation of the public
faith; encouragement of agriculture and of
commerce as its handmaid; tho diffusion of
information and arraignment of all abuses
et the bar of public reason; freedom of re
ligion, freedom of the press and freedeom
of person under the protection of habeas
corpus and trial by Juries lmpartiallj- se
lected '
Expansion luilrr JelTcraon.
"Under Jeftcrsonlan principles, our Gov
ernment has expanded, developed and
grown t be the leading nation of the
world Its expansion ban been peaceful and
beneficent. Ey tho treaty of 1S03, with
France. Irance ceded to us for Jlo.MO.WO
the Louisiana Territory. We inserted In
the treaty article 3, wh'ch says: "The in
habitants of the cedeu territory tdinll bo
incorporated into tho Union of the United
States, and admitted as soon as possible, ac
cording to the principles of the Feaeral
Constitution, to the enjojment of all the
rights, advantages and Immunities of citi
zens of the United States, and In the mean
time they shall be maintained and pro
tected in the full enjojment of their 11b
ertj. property and the religion wlueh thej
proft.ss.' "Spall, by the treaty of 1S19. ceded to us
Uast and West Florida with the same pro
vision as to the inhabitants as was in the
Louisiana Purchase treaty
The treaty In 1S4S with Me-xico, extend
ing our boundaries to the PacIUc, contained
the same provision as to the inhabitants.
The treaty In 1SW with Russia, ceding to us
Alaska, said: The lnhabltints, with the
exception of the uncivilized native tribe,
shall bo admitted to tho cmplojment of all
the rights, advantages and Immunities uf
citizens of the United Sfites, and .-hall
be maintained and protected In the full en
Jovment of their llbrty, property and re
ligion " In all these acquisitions of territory,
except Alaska, thelinds were- comparatively
unoccupied, with only a sparse population,
were contiguous to our fctates, in the
aame latitude and with similar ellmate,
eusceptlble of supporting a largely in
creased population, and easily accessible to
our citizen., and inviting fields for new
settlers. "lty tho treitles they became a part and
parcel of our country; their inhabitants
were incorporated into cur Union, to b- ad
mitted as soon as possible to th enjoy
ment of all the lights, advantages and im
munities of citizens of the United States,
and in the meantime we were to 'maintain
and protect them in the free enjojment of
their libertj-. property and religion."
A Part J- of True Kxpnnslon.
"Not a line nor a word about our 'be
stows! of the blerslngs of good government
upon them" or about "our purpose to estab
lish a government sultablo to their wants
and conditions and to prepare them for
self-government when and ns rapidly as
thej- arc read for it' can be found in any
of the treaties. The Democratic party Is
the party of true expansion of territotj"
and citizenship for homes of citizens and
tl-eir inoreac.
"The administration. In its efforts to es
tablish colonial dependencies and to e-ter-clse
Imperial power over alien subjects in
imitation of tho Rrltlsh .Umpire, has placed
Itself in such position that R cannot ex
press anj" sjmpathj for the Boers of tho
South African Republic in thMr struggles
to maintain their Republic against land
grabbing, avaricious ilngiand.
"It Is the first instance in our glorious ca
rt tr for over a centurj- that we have sllen:
lj' Ignored any cxpre:ssion of Interest or
sj-mrathj- for a brave, intfli'gent. patriotic.
Christian people like the Rocrs. battling In
a death struggle for libertj-. Independence
and republican government.
"Is this because of the understanding,
mutual conclusion, between Great Britain
and the administration, for concert of action
and co-operation in their Imperialistic poli
cies? I do not charge that there is any
actual written alliance or agreement such
as the President of the United States hat
the constitutional right to mak, subject to
rat'ncatlon by the Senate. Great Britain
would not ask this. There are t3c!t under
standings among the nations of Rurope for
concert of action. nev.er reduced to writ
ing, simply declarations of policy.
Understanding: With Unelnud.
"It is such an understanding between
Great Britain and the administration w hich
is believed to exist not onlj hj' thousands
of people here In America, but alw In Eu
rope. Honorable Joseph Chamberlain, See
rctary of State for the Colonlr? in Lord
I SILVER AS AN ISSUE. I
4 Republican legislation. Ignoring
4 our contentions, has established the s
single gold standard, and It Is upon
trial, and time alone can determine
Its sufficiency for our countrj 'a busl-
ness and vindicate or disprove our
contentions. Tho Republican party
4 long since declared the silver ques-
tlon forever settled and dead as an
Issue. They claim to havo burled It
forever under an avalanche of gold.
bejond power of resurrection. 4
O Now that Uiej- see the people
aroused to tho dangers developed bj O
tho present administration and Its
policies touching tho results of the
O war with Spain nnd the forcible
conquest of the Philippine Islands.
they aro frlght-strlcken nnd at- A
s tempting to make a ghost of silver
to divert attention from questions of
O more Importance than silver In tho s
present conditions. They will Ignobly
fall
Let us now calmly discuss these
present prcwlng questions nnd poll-
cles thrust upon us by the present
administration. Scnntor Cockrell. $
04s44n
FILIPINOS COMPETENT. $
O The Philippine olllcers, both mill-
O tary nnd civil, that we have met In O
s all the Provinces, wo have visited. O
have, with very few exceptions, been
men of Intelligence, appearance, and
conversation. The sam is true of s
O nil thoso men who form the upper
class in each town Tho education of
most of tbern Is limited, but they ap-
pear to size every opportunity to im- s
provement. Of the large number of
officers, civil ard military, and of
leading townspeople wo have met,
O nearly ever:-- man has expressed in
4 our presence his sentiment on this O
question. It Is universally the same.
They all declare they will accept
nothing short of Independence. Ka-
tract From Report Pa j master WI1-
O cox, U. S. N., and Indorsed by Ad-
s mlral Dewej-. ,
Ds4444S
Snllsburj's Cabinet. In a speech nt Leices
ter. England, on November 00. 1S33, is re
ported to have aid- 'The union, tho alli
ance, if j-ou please, the understanding be
tween theso two great nations (England
and the United States) l. indeed, a guar
antee of the peace of the world.'
"This was published broadcast throughout
tho world and it has never been denied
that he used this language. Many utter
ances of both Amerleans and Englishmen,
published in the public pres. of a similar
import, 'could be quoted, which their re
puted authors havo not denied.
"Strength nnd force nro given to the exist
ence of such a tacit understanding by the
Hav-P.auncefote treatj- In regard to the
Nicaragua Canal. The trodus vlvendl of
October & 1W, by which Pecrctarj- of Stato
Haj surrendered temporarily to the British
crown a ten-mile strip of our territory In
Alaska ns originally ceded to us by R-ssi i,
is another Indication of sjch an understand
ing. Repnbllcnnn ns 'Tine Purlers."
'The President in his Atlanta speech,
speaking of our flag waving In Manila,
aked 'Who will haul down our Ilag7 The
answer is, 'Your Secretary of State has
hauled down Old Glory In Alaska, presum
ably bv jour nuthorltj
"We hauled it down in the Rarbarj- States
about 102 In honor and glory; also In the
halN of the Mantezumas in Mexico, also in
Canada, in a part of Maine, where it had
floated some sixty jears. and in Oregon,
where It had floated over fifty jears. Tho
administration will doubtless soon haul it
cown In Pekln. It Is honor and glory to
haul It down wherevpr It is not righteously,
justly and honorably entitled to float.
"We are comparatlvelj- a joung nation. I
hope we maj- grow and demonstrate to the
world the superiority of our constitutional
sj-jtem of government of the people, bj- the
people and for the people until the peoples
of e.ery nation shall establish for them
selves similar conMltutional governments.
If we continue free and nde-pendent We can
not Ignore the reconN'of the past and the
caures of tho rise and fall of Empires and
Republic.
"The historian Froude, a strong imperial
ist and advocate of Great Britain, in his
biographj- of Julius Caesar snjs: "If there
be one Iecn which hlstorj- clearlj- teaches
It Is this, that free natlors cannot govern
subject Provinces. If they are unwilling to
admit their dependencies to share their own
constitution, the constitution ittelf will fall
In pieces, from mere Incompetence for its
duties.'
" 'From the time Rome became an Em
pire, ml-tress of tho Provinces to which sho
was unable to extend her own liberties, the
dajs of her self-government were num
bered.' Mini! We Tollovr Spain f
"Look nt Snaln as a warning example of
tho riso and rail of a great nation great as
long as she gave to all under her Govern
ment equal rights and privileges. Not con
tented, sho aspired to ride th world, to be
tho great Power anil.to acquire and hold
colonial posseslons 5he extended her con
quests over nearlj all South America and
nearly half of North America nnd over
Islands in everj- ocean and sea and held
them ns Fubjcets. What has been her sad
fate we all know
"Shall we step Into her shoes' and imitate
her career, and In th" nge? to come realize
her sad fate? Remember a monarchj- can
do vhat a Republic cannot. Daniel Web
ster truthfully said: 'Arbitrary Governments
maj" have territories and distant posses
sions, becaufe arbitrary Governments may
rule them bj' different law and sj stems.
Russia may rule In the Ukraine nnd the
Provinces by different codes, ordinances and
ukases We can do no such thing. They
must be of us, part of U3, or else strang
ersV "
fusion nrrKCTRii in Colorado.
Ueinoerats, I'djiallsts nnd sllvrr He
publicans Unite on n State 'Meter.
Denver, Colo, Sept. 13. Fusion of the
Democratic. Silver-Republican and Populist
parties was accomplished at 3 o'clock
this morning, when the Democratic State
Convention adjourned, after being in con
tinuous session since Z o'cloek jesterday aft
ernoon Yesltrdaj afternoon, after tho Democratic
conference had declared Itself unable to
reach an agreement with the Silver Repub
lican and Populist committees en a division
of the offices, the convention took the mat
ttr out of th-lr hands, and. in opposition tit
th voices of manj- of tho party leader?. In
cluding Governor Thomas, voted to accept
tli pioposltlon which had been laid before
them bj Senator Teller nnd Thomas M. Pat
terson This agreement va also accepted
bv both the other convention1
The following ticket was the result: Pres
idential Ele-cturs Ex-Governor B. H. Eaton,
Weld County, Sliver Republican; T. M I'at
terson of Arapahoe Countj-. Populist; J. H.
Robeson, Clear Creek Countj", Democrat;
Charles J. Hughes, Jr.. Arapahoo Count-,
Democrat.
For Congressman. First District John F.
Shafroth, Silver Republican.
For Congre-wman, Second DUtrlct-John
C. Bell. Populist.
Tor Governor Jameg b. Orman of Pueblo
County. Democrat.
For Lieutenant Governor John Calder
wood of Teller County, Populikt.
For Secretary of State David A Mltls of
Arapahoe County, Populist.
For State Treasurer Doctor J. N. Chip
lev of Pueblo County, Silver Republican.
For Supreme Judge Robert W. Steele of
Arapahoo Count-. Silver Republican.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell of Gilpin Countj-,
Silver Republican.
For Attorney General C. C. Post of Clear
Creel. County, Populist.
For Auditor C. W. Crouter of Weld Countj-.
Democrat.
The Sdrer Republican nnd Populist con
ventions finished their work earlj. but it
was ISO o'clock this morning before the
Democrats made the nomination for Gov
ernor. There were six candidates. Joseph
II Maupln of Fremont Countv leading on
l everj- ballot but the last, but bclns unable
to increase nis ieau.
After the ticket had been ratified by all
the conventions, the Democratic Convention
reconsidered the ratification of the nomina
tion of Calderwood for Lieutenant Governor
on motion of Governor Cherles S. Thomas
and referred the cae to the State Central
Committee. Governor Thomas claimed that
Calderwocd, who Ls a prominent labor lead
er. Is objectionable.
Pekln. Ill- SorlnllBto- TIcUet.
Rnrcnuo SPECIAL.
Pekln. Ill . Sept. 13.-The Socialists of this
district held their convention In this city.
When the delegates assembled J. E. Ed
wards of Canton, Fulton Countj. was nom
inated for Congresx from the Fourteenth
District. The following compose the Con
gressional Comraitte'e: Charles Nj'o of Can
ton. Charles 11 Crandnll of Pekln. B. F
Ordway of Peoria. Charles E. Crandall of
Tazewell was nominated for Htnto Senator
and V. W. Wood of Fulton for Representa
tive. DEMOCRATS GUI' ITLY PLEASED.
IIIU'm Are-e-itunfe of Mancli(Ild G unt
il n tecs llurmunj unit ietor.
i;i:puclij hplcial
W.i"lnngtoii, Sept. 13 Great satisfaction
Is expres:ed at the Democratic eongresslonai
hindquarters with tho outcome uf the Dem
ocratic btutc Convention of New York. The:
ground for gratltlcatlon 13 that the contest
between Hill and Croker did not result In
unj violent demonstration of hostility,
which would Indicate a dlvKlon of tho party
und cutting of the- tleket at the polls.
The, fact that Hill moved to make the
nomination of Stanehtieid unanimous, and
tint there w is evid.ncu of a purpose to ac
eept tho result and of good lucllti toward
the ticket nomln ited. whitever personal
hostllltj" tna continue between Croker and
Hill, ls pointed to as an assurance that all
i Ienients, eif tho party are going to work
earnestly Sor tho llek t, both Stato and na
tion U.
Tho Democrats tucgest further that the
cour.se of Hill, in aeceptln tho defeat of
Coler gracufullj-. and avowing ills earne-rt
support of thu nominee, indicates the gen
eral belief among tho Demoeiats that they
are fcolng to bo successful in Ne.v York this
fall, and that each of the leaden wants to
pet his share of tho credit bj- working;
earnestly lor the I arty, rtgardl-ss of per
sonal Jealousies or disagreements.
Senator Tillnma of South Carolina ls In
Washington attending to -ame business be
fore going Into the campaign for Br an. He
x. Ill go from hero to Wiv-oiiJin. where he
will bo on the stump talking against im
perialism for about a week Ho expresses
himself as vcrj- well pleased with the gen
eral outlook fur Democratic success this
fall, and tajs ho thinks tho indications are
that Brjan will be elected.
Mr. Till.nan has Just got through with a
hot and a queer light for supremacj- In hl3
onn Stnte. where he has been supporting
tho di-ipeiisar sjstim ngali.sl thu o- posi
tion of both the ProliRatloutsts and the
liquor men. Ho toys that tho vlctorj- of the.
dispensary sstem is cmplete Though
there hax been no opposition to his re-elec-tlcn
to tho Senate, he placed Ills eeat at
stake by declaring that ho would not ac
cept re-election It tho dlypensary was de
feated He says that more than two-thirels of the
Legislature will sustain the dispensary, and
his re-election to the Senate will be practical!-
unanlmojs. as nil the Democrat, of
the Legislature will vote for him.
FILLED XACANCV 0 TICKET.
KeptiuIie-unK of .New York Nominnte
KriiMus G. KnlKlit for Comptroller.
New York. Sept 13. The Republican Stato
Committee to-iUy agreed upon Enislus G.
Knight, present e'omptroller of Bufftlo. as
the Republican candidate for State Comp
troller, In place of William J. Morgan, rc
ccntlj deceased.
De-moerntlci Club Orcnnlreil.
RErUHMC SPECIAL
Versailles. Mo. Sept. 13. The Democrats
at Burnett, twelve miles east of Versailles,
organized a club last night with 125 mem
bers. Judo Jumes E. Hazell, .1. L. C
Woods and Mr. James M. Lawrence ad
dressed tho meeting The large ucademj
building was fillet! with Interested citizens.
Morgan County will give a good Democratic
report in November.
Ilrlileeiiorl, III , llrjnn Club,
iinpunuc SPECIAL
Bridgeport. III., Sept. 11 A Bryan and
Steven-son club, consisting of slty mem
ber'1, was organized hero this evening. S.
D Mllhouso was jnade president. Samuel
E-helman vlco prc-Ment E. L. Cox pecre
tarj. A. L. Maxwell. Carl Buxso and Juflgo
J D. Madding of Lawreneevillo addressed
the club.
Hml n Corner In Her Heart
For the handsome lire of Boys' Double
Ercasted and Middy Suits that tho Glove,
Seventh and. Franklin avenue, nre selling
nt J115. JIM. J.! ?o Broadwaj merchants ask
51 to S! for the Identical.
AMERICANS FOUGHT CHINESE.
Cavalry Scattered a Force of Im
perial Soldiers.
Pekln, Sept. C, via Tnku. Sept. 10. A
troop of American cavalrj, sent to act a3
a convoy for cattle, surprised 300 Imperial
ists quarteded at the, Temp'c Shahu. They
killed thirty and captured 13) rifles. The
enemy fled northward.
Some Boxcri recently attacked two com
panies of Russians, who were guarding a
rallwaj working party at the south of
Maapo station. Re-enforcemcnts succoedel
In dispersing the attacking part". Two of
the Russians were wounded As this w.n3
not the flrst occasion when attacks of this
nature have occurred, a punitive force un
der Colonel Pretiekoff was sent with orders
to burn the surrounding towns.
SHERMAN AT NAGASAKI.
Transport Carries Three Battalions
of American Soldiers.
Washington. Sept 13. Tho War Depart
ment has been Informed of the arrival of
thn transport Sherman at Nagamikl, Japan,
j estcrday.
The Sherman has on board one battalion
each of tho Second, Fifth and Eighth In
fantrj. Major Borden of the Fifteenth In
fantry, who is in command, reports tho con
dition of the troops good. Tho Sherman
sailed from San Francisco on August 21.
Sho will proceed to Manila.
WOUNDED AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Hospital Ship Solace Arrives From
China.
San Francisco. Cnl , Sept. 13. The hos
pital ship Solaco has arrived from Yoko
hama via Guam. The Solace has on board
fifteen -officers and 2C0 men from the naval
vessels In the Orient. Among the ot!lcct3
is Colonel Robert Meade, who commanded
the, American forces at TIen-Tsln. There
nre nlso seventeen sick and wounded men
ou tho Solace.
WILLIAM .yVCOY DEAD.
lie Was the First Mayor of Inde
pendence, Mo.
Kansas CItj. Mo . Sept 33. William Mc
Coj", llrst Major of Independence. Mo., and
one of the organizers of the First National
Bank of that, city, died here to-daj. nsed
E7 j ears. , . .
As cashier of the bank, ho figured In a
celebrated bank roblerj in November. 1M7.
After banking hours h was forced to
surrender tho key to the vault to musk'd
robbetv. who secured J20, in gold. Tho
toUters locked McCoy in the vault, when
ho had to ri-maln five hours. Th perpe
trators of this robbery wero never pun
ished. WELL-KNOWN COMEDIAN WEDS.
Walter Jones, With Mathews and
Bulger, Marries a. Chicago Girl.
Minneapolis. Minn.. Sept. 13. Walter
Jones, tho leading comedian with .Mathews
& Riilger, in "Tho N'ght of the Fourth.'
and Mrft, Beatrice Pulslfer of Chicago were
quietly married hero on Monday. The fact
has Just become known.
Next j-ear. It i understood. Mr. Jonps
will star in "Tho Burgomaster," thu exclu
sive rights to which Mrs. Jones will buj.
NEGRO CAUSES TROUBLE.
His Actions Towards White (iirls
ltesented Bitterly.
Delaware. O.. Sept. 13. A colore-d barber
named Beck. who. it Is alleged, has insulted
several white girlu. is to-nUht under the
protection of aliout li" colored men, assem
bled In South D-laware.
About ".ij" armed white men arc .scat
tered In the viclnitj of the college- ground-,
waiting for dcvelo-omnts.
The negroes have threatened to shoot if
any attempt is made to harm Beck. Intent
feeling has been aroused.
MAY BE HEIR TO A MILLION.
Telephone Girl of Fort Dodge, la,,
Lobes LTer Wealthy Aunt.
Fort Dodge, la.. Sept. 13. Mrs. Grace
Porter, employed by the Iowa Telephone
Company, has poslbly fallen heir to a mil
lion dollars, through the death of her aun
Mrs. Mary Adams, of South Bend. Ind.
Mrs. Adams was very wealthj. and Mrs.
Porter Is her only relative.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
IN NEW YORK CONFER.
Ex-fioveinor Stone Announces
Some of the Vlans Formulated
Another Meeting To-Dav.
C0CKRAN TO SPEAK FOR BRYAN.
Details of the Campaign in the
Fast Will Soon Be Arranged
Headquarters at Hoff
man House.
New York. Sept 11 Ex-Govi nior Stone,
chairman of the subcommittee of tho Demo
cratic Nation il Committee, announced to
i.Uht that the Democratic national head
quarters In the East will be located at tho
Hoffman HOuso here during the present
campaign.
Tills decision was arrived at after a con
ference held at tho Hoffman House to-day,
though the arrangement will not bo formal
ly ratltled until to-morrow. Among thoe
In attendance upon this conference wero
Chairman Jone-s, ex-Governor Stone and
Congressman Richardson.
Mr. Stoao will remain hero aid devote
his entire time to the campaign. Chairman
Jones will divide l.Ls tltre bctv eon tho
headquarters In the East and headquarters
at Chicago.
Congressman Richardson, who ls at tho
head of tho Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee, will srend a portion of
his time at tho headquarters of the Con
gressional Committee at Washington, but
w 111 remain in New York as much as possi
ble. At tho meeting to-morrow of the mem
bers of tho National Committee who are
present In the cltj. details regarding cam
paign rpeakers" headquarter-, clerks and
campaign literature, will bo definitely set
tled. The Democratic State headquarters
will remain at tho St. Janus building.
It was definitely announced at the na
tional headquarters to-night that Bourke
Ccckran would speak for Mr. Br an in all
sections of the country.
It was announced at the Republican State
hfadquirte-rs to-night that joung Cornelius
YnndorbllL who attracted so much atten
tion as a delegate to the R-publican Con
vention ut Saratoga, will bo offered his
choice of a nomination for Congress In one
of tho downtown districts or a nomination
for tho Assembly in ono of the Republican
districts In the Fifth avenje section of tho
cit whire a nomination ls equivalent to
an election.
A Republican nomination for Congress In
one of the downtonn districts Is usually re
garded as an empty honor, as this section
of tho cltj- ls generally Democratic, It ls
said that joung Vandetbllt would prefer a
foreign mission.
HADN'T ENOUGH CASH FOR TWO.
So Frank Murphy Started to Den
ver Without Telling His Wife.
Recauie ho did not have money enough
to take his wife to Denver with him, and
fearing she would wish to accompany him.
Frank Murphy, a lineman, of No. 10S South
Sixteenth street, left tho city last Sunday
without Informing her of his intentions.
Beforo leaving ho intrusted a message to
her to a friend named Smith, who lives In
tho sarno boardlng-hou'e, but the friend for
got to deliver tho message. In consequence.
Mr Murphj passed several dajs of great
suspense, and it was only last night that
she learned of her husband's destination.
Murphj was emplojed up to Saturday by
tho Seckner company, but resigned his po
sition on account of a disagreement with
the feircman. He imagined that he could
And emplojment In Denver, but did not
have money enoush to take both his wife
and himself, henco his action.
Mrs. Murphy spent the greater part of
jes-tcrday searching for him, even calling
at tho morgue, to se-o If by somo chance hU
body had been taken there.
CENSUS UNTPROGRESSING.
Latest Estimate Makes the Total
Population 7fi,G30,00O.
RUPUTJIJC SPECIAL.
Washlrgton, Sert. 13. The clerks of the
Census Bureau have counted 42,714 SIS of the
population of the United States. Tho count
ls progresslrg at the rate of nearly a mil
lion names a day.
From now on estimates will be mado by
those who are endeavoring to approximate
the rcult of the official count of the Cen
sus Bureau, based on the returns that have
been received. The 43.744.S18 people counted
were contained In the report of IS.Wi enum
erators, which gives an average of 1.U7 to
each enumerator. At one time the average
was 1.59) names to each enumerator, and
It has been as low as 1.421 It maj Increase
or diminish.
There are S3 COO enumeration districts in
tho United States, and calculating thu pop
ulation on the basis of 1.437 to each gives a
total of 7j.630.00i-.
SECRETARY ROOT ILL.
Dangerous Carbuncle Removed
From II is Breast.
revcwjc special
Southampton L. I. Sept. 13 Elihu Root
Secretnrj- of War, is recovarlrg from an
operation for tho removal of a dnnxerous
carbuncle on I1I3 left breast, which ho un
derwent on Sunday nt Ms cottage hre.
It appears that for a week or more Mr.
Root has ben troubled with a growth on his
leit bre'ust. which nt flrst resembled a small
boll. He wfnt to Washington on Thursday
of lat week with Mrs. Root, but was com-pe-lled
to return here on Frldav. Specialists
from New York were Mummoned, and on
Sundaj- last the cnrbuncle wan removed.
Mr. Riot has been advised to remain
quietly at home for several weeks", and It ls
doubtful If ho will return to Washington
before the middle- of October.
DAVID dTmACKEY EWJKRUPT.
Former Western Bailroad King's
Liablitii-s Are ?r77,7ir.
Evsnsvllle. Ind., Sept. 13.-David D.
Mackcj filed a petition In bankruptcy in
the United States Court here to-day. His
liabilities are estimated at JJ77.70;. He has
no asrets.
Mr. Mackej was formerly a Western
railroad king, and was owner of the follow
ing roads; Evansvllle and Terro Haute,
Evansvllle and Indianapolis, Peoria, De-
rntup nti, Fe'nr!cv!lle.. 51 T.n.Tla T ntil.i lit.
J and Evansvllle (known as the Air Line) and
the i-A-ansv iiie una Richmond.
Five j cars ago Mr. Mackej- failed and his
roads tiased Into different hands. In his
petition, forty-three creditors are -named,
all eif whom live in Chicago and New York.
PAMPHLETS LESE MAJESTE.
'.My delations With Emperor Wil
liam" II" Promptly Confiscated.
Berlin. Sept. 13. The Leipsle Tageblatt
announces that a pamphlet with the sensa
tloral title "My Relations With Emperor
William II," by Countess Emily Elizabeth
Wedel-Berard, the divorced wife or Count
Hermann Wedel, has1 been confiscated bv
the Lclpslc police, on the ground of lese
rrajeste.
Tho pamphlet vurported to make revela
tions regarding the affaire Drej fus and the
murder of King Humbert.
OVATION TO SANKEY.
Thousands Unable to Hear the
Great Evangelist in Londan.
London. Sept. H. The first appjirance
of Ira D. Sankey. the evangelist, at Exe
ter Halt. London, last night, was the occa
sion of a tremendous ovation. Thousands
sre unable to obtain admission.
Petoskey, Wequetonsing,
Mackinac Island Return,
Good goirj any elaj to and including September ISth.
Good returning until September 30th, 1900.
YandaSia-Penosylvariia
THROUGH CAR LINE.
(00 Horiti Fouriti Street and Union Station.
J. M. CHnSBJtOrciI. Ass't Cen-l ras-sr Aj-ent.
DIAMOND GARTERf.YSTERY.
Owner Advertises, but Does Not
Explain.
LOST A Mak illlt (tarter, containing tliirtj
tl iefl tltamcnai.. cottmotrn. from Walnut to
(.live rts. en llroa(ivia. Kit Cabanna aw.
Republic want ad have been known to
do wonderful things, but in the eae of tho
une which arpenrs nt the head of this little
story the chances are greatlv agamn Its
success at distinguishing Itself In aceom-plis-hlng
results, tor tho gartrr in question
belongs to an actress, and notrcs- have
nuch a habit of losing their diamond', t
peclallj In cities where newspapers aru pub
lished. In this lnstanc- it was a most opportune
tlmo for the owner of the bejeweled silken
Barter to advertl-e for the same. Inasmuch
as the show in which the shines qnite ai
brightly as the gems she has published as
lost, opens next Sunday night ut the Cen
turj Theater. Her rcticenco on the subject
of the garter adds something of mystery to
Its reported los. But thi mav be taken
as an evidence of extreme modesty and thus
explained.
On ono point, however, the lady Is ready
to expatiate fully and that is the historic
valuo of the article. It was handed down
to her from her great, great, great It ought
to bo great, greater, greatest grandfather,
who was knighted bj- lymis XVI of Franco
and came to this country on a mission for
the French monarch. Furthermore, Um
diamonds aro real, so the owner avers, and
are almost too valuable to lose, even when
the show ls about to open.
Miss Josephine New mar. who plays a
soubrette part In tho "Burgomaster." has
bcn wearing this particular garter. Sho Is
stajlng at No. 52U Cabanne avenue with
her mother, preparatorj to tho presenta
tion of the show In St. Louis re-vt week,
after a long run In Chicago. Miss Newman
is a St. Louis girl and is having much suc
cess o-t the professional stage. When a
reporter called at the Cabanne avenue
home last evening to Inquire about tho
Carter advertlrl as lost he was told that
Miss Newman was at the Olympic Theater.
She was found thre. but concerning the
garter she would only s'j that It was valu
able In Itself. End because of its history,
and that if the reporter had not found it
she had nothing further to say.
Not having thirtj--three diamonds belong
ing to himself or any ono else with him .at
ths time, the reporter was compelled to ad
mit that he eouldn't produce tho material
to induce further conversation on the -.ub-Ject
of the garter, and Miss Newman re
turned to the box from which she was view
ing the plaj-.
i am
FORGIVES BRUTAL NEPHEW.
Elderly Woman Ferhaps Fatally
Injured by Alan She Educated.
RErCULIC SPECIAL
Chicago. HI , Sept. 13. Ljlng on a cot
in the County Hospital, her tace beaten and
bruised, her noao fractured and her left
ear almost severed frcm her head, and
with two skull fractures that may prove
fatal, Mrs. Mary fcralth expresses forgive
ness to her assailant and sympathy on ac
count of his helpless familj. William Picor,
a nephew and ward of the aged wman,
as3lsud bj hi3 younffer brother, Charles,
committed the assault that may cost the
Woman her life.
On her rcfus il to give money to the men,
who were drunk, Mrs. Smith was attacked
In her cottage, 11Z0 West Thirteenth Btrtot.
and beaten about tho head with a hatchet
aud mallet. She was discovered In an un
conscious condition and wan removed to tha
County Hospital.
A pathetic story of charity and Ingrati
tude was related bj the agen woman at
the hospital jesterday. "No, I will not try
to send him to Jail If I get better," she said.
"He is my sister'H son; and, besides, who
would take care .f his good wife cud nve)
poor, little children? 1 paid for Willi -"s edu
cation, and fc.'ue money to him and his
family many, many times, and he should
not have done this, but it would, do no
go:d to prosecute him."
Each movement of tho woman was at
tended with pain, and she was compelled
to pause many times during the recital cf
her story. In homely language she told
tho storj- of sending tho boy to school and
later to St. Ignatlus's College and to a St,
Joseph Catholic ehocl, where he was
trained for the priesthood. His wild habits
caused bis expulsion from the college and
the relinquishment of the ldea.-
After his marrlrge the aunt still contin
ued to give money to support and clothe
his family. His persistent demands had de
pleted the little amount saved b the wom
an and sho was finally compelled to refuse
him.
ORGANIST BECAME BURGLAR.
Sacrificed Name and Honor at the
Shrine of Music.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Sept. 13 Passional. Cavotion
to the cau?o of music has led to tho undoing
of a joung Bloomtleld orsanlst and the
wretched man hai now confessed to the po
llen that his desire to oltnln money suf
ficient to enable him to prosecute his mu
sical studies abroad prompted him to be
come a burglar. The musician in Frank
Crossock of St. Valentine" Tollsh Roman
Catholic Church, in Bloomlleld, N. J., nnd
j'eMerdaj he was committed to tho Eex
County Jail bj Recorder Jacob O. Post in
default of Jl.&) ball to await the action or
the Grand Jury on a charge of burglary.
Crossock Is well known as a. musician, and
gained the confidence of his countrj'mcn by
the manner In which he attcrded to his
duties In tho church. It ls believed, how
ever, that he ls the burglar who has been
creating ?o much excitement nnd alarm by
tils bold work In the upper section of the
cltj.
Crossock. who Is educated nnd of a
devout demeanor. Is accused by Leopold
Donoskl of having broken Into his trunk and
stolen ncarlv Ji In bllL". n gold watch and
chain and other Jew elry. Suspicion was first
directed to Crcssock by the discovery uf h!j
vlpltlng card on the floor near the I'roken
trunk. It was then remembered that ho hud
not put in an appearance to play the organ
In Sunday rchool.
At the police station a search of Cros
sock's person revealed the fact that he was
n walking Jewelrj- siore. Rings and v.-atches
of various Kinds were found in his pockets.
"Professor" Crossock. as he was known In
ehurrli circles, admllte-d that three weeks
ago he had entered the apartments of
Anthony Monllnsk, In I'laro street, nnd had
stolen . In eah and a quantltj of Jewelrv.
Tho police believe that many other rob
beries can be fastened upon the organist.
"Proft-w.or" Crossed: oificiated at n wed
ding in the church jetrduv- morning and
from thre mint huv gone directly to Don
oskl's rooms, where he broke open tho
trunk. His urret has caused a fensaUon.
as he had alwajA been looked upon as u
model joung man and one above reproach.
He had intended to sail for Hurope without
hU wife and family.
TORTURED BY BURGLARS.
Man Killed and His Wife and Chil
dren Cruelly Gagged.
REI'i'liUC SPECIAL
Ttllln. O . Sept. 13. The town of Carej.
O, is wildly excited to-daj over a brutal
tragedy that occurred there jesterdaj-.
Abjut 1 o'cloek tn the morning tho farm
residence of . C. Johnson was the scene
of the most cowardly murder ever com
mitted In this vicinity. Mr. Johnson wus
awnkened bj a noise about the house; la
got up and went downstairs to investi
gate. AS ne waiKeu mio n Biiiiiis'iinun a,
ihnt win tired, killing Johnson inst.intlj.
1 Five masked men rushed upstairs where
Mrs. Johnson and five children were. They
voice
mw$
she looks forward to It with indescribable fear. Every woman should know that
the danger, oain and horror of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of
s.moTfiTT-vT t T,tifie liniment. lv its aid thousands of women-have
passed this great crisis in perfect safety
1- -tt 111 u
value vo) an wu.iicu win u
Kirt free to anyaddress by
Bradfield Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Bay View
-
and
Return,
SI7.50
- $18.50
C. C. CCRTICR. City Pafs'gr AcTRt.
bound and gagged them and threatened Mrs.
Johnson with deith if she did not reveal
the hiding place of their monej. Mr. John
son yesterday had sold a carload of onions
and cclerj and the burglars demanded tha
moiiev from this tale. After cruelly tortur
ing Mrs. Johnson for more than an hour
she produced the bank book, showing that
the moncj had been deposited yesterdaj.
Sue told them where 312 wa. this being all
thej secured. An hour after tho robber
left the S-j car-old son released himself ami
started for Carey to give the alarm. A
posse Was quickly organized and started in
pur.-t.it They were traced to Alvada, whera
thej- secured a hand-ear and started
toward Tostoria. it i thought, A part of
the gang will be landed before night, John-t-on
Hvc3 two miles north of Corey and en
gaged In raising onions and celery. Ha wus
aged about OJ jcara.
DRUMMER FOR OPIUM.
Chinaman Solicited Patronage of
Actors and Actresses.
Rerun uc special.
Boston. Mass.. SepL 13. A Chinaman has
been visiting tho managers of various thea
ters in town and leaving his address In cast
any members of the companies which com
there express a wish to smoke opium anil
happen to inquiro w hero they can, be accom
modated. In one case In particular the manager ot
a local theater eaj-s the almond-eyed Celes
tial walked Into his otllce and asked, with,
a grin bora of security from police inter
ference: "You manage here7"
A conversation then followed something
like this:
"Tes, John, what do you want?"
"You srr.okco oplumr
"No, I don't."'
"Actor, tnej- smokes opium sometime?'
"Yes. I Bupposo they do."
"Actor ladee. she smoke opium with
mc. too."
The manager was wonderinr what ths
Chinaman was driving at and wari about
to inquire tho nature of hia business
when the dope agent poked out a slip ot
paprr with his address written upon It and
said:
"You tell actor man and actor ladee want
smokee opium come to mc. Nice placee.
Tell them teU me your name Be alleo
right."
Managers say this Is the first case on
record they can recall whre- a chinaman
has visited them to drum up trad lor
their opium-smoking- dens.
HIS MEMORY BLOTTED.
Lightning Stroke Causes Peculiar
Mental Condition.
REPUBLIC srnciAL.
White Plains. N. X.. Sept 13. A patient In
tho hospital here, probably from Chicago,
ls suffering from a complete loss of memo
ry, the result of a lightning stroke.
On July 6 the m-in was brought Into tha
hospital unconscious. Tho physicians said
he had been struck by lightning. Conscious
ness slowlj returned, but with it coma
forgetfulness of his past life, hia name, his
friends, and the locality of hi home. Hia
memory far events after the shock Is dear,
but all things before July S seem beyond
his power of recollection.
He Is able, however, to recall a few facts
which may serve to Identify him. He says
his father a name was Thomas, his mother"-!
namo Margaret. He ha3 a slater named
Millie, who ls a. milliner, and a brother
whose name ls Jamea, Ha can recall hav
ing been In the habit of readinc a Chlcaga
newspaper, and he remembers having lived
near Chicago.
The patient, while, ho can think of thesa
few things, ls utterly Incapable of saying
what is his own name. In a vague way h "
talks of having worked in a granite quarry
in New England and of luperlntendlnc tha
labor of a pang of men there. A, M. Oasz.
the superintendent of the White Plains
Hospital, ls advertising In. tho hop of lo
cating the friends of his curious patlenL
MOURNED" AS DEAD.
After Thirty Years a Father Finds
His Lost Son.
REPUBLIC SPECIAI
Philadelphia. Pa.. SepL 13. After betes
mourned for dead for thirty years James
Wilkle. 73 years, an Inmate of tho Old Uan's
Home, Thirtj-nlnth street and Powalton
avenue, has met his son, James Wilkle, Jr..
37 years. Thirty years afro the elder Wllkie,
then a storekeeper In Dundee, Scotland, sud
denly left home, leaving his wife and Sev
eral children mystified as to the reason of
his strange disappearance. Tha family
gradually separated, some of tha msmbors
coming to this country tt lire.
Two years ago a letter was received at
the post otllce at Dundee addrsssed to a man
who had been dead for thirty years. The
letter bore the Philadelphia postmark. When
opened It was found that it was from tha
elder Wilkle to a business friend, of whoso
death he was not aware, Ths letter was
turned over to ths con. James Wilkle, Jr..
who was still a resident of that place, Th
younger Wllkla set to work to locate his
missing parent, and about six weeks ago
camo to this country. Hs called on Captain
of Detectives Miller, having learned that his
father w as an Inmate of a home In this city.
Through ths aid cf ths police ths missing
m.ul was finally located at the Old Man's
Home, and a meeting was arranged between
the father and son.
BOERS ENGAGE BRITISH.
French So Heavily Attacked That
Support Is Necpssary.
London. Sept. 13. Lord Roberts reports
from Macliadodorp. under date of Wednes
day, Septe'tnber 12. that Qeneral French
was heavily engaged that day with the.
Boers In the hills west of Barber ton. and
that Central Huiton had gone to General
Frenoh's support,
I'OHTCfJAL SR.VDS OUT TnOOPS.
3PKCIAT, BV CABLE.
Lisbon. Portugal, Sept. 1J- (Copyright.
itX by th New York Herald Company.)
The J'ortuttuese transport Benguellor sailed
for Lorenzo Marqucz to-day with 1.200
troops, presumably tu protect the Portu
guese frontier.
It Is rumored that other troops will follow.
(Ostensibly thc-e I'ortuseese troops will
prevent. IT possible, thn flight of the Boers
Into Portuguese territory. It may be, how
ever. that they are to be used as a patrol
to prevent an invasion by British troops.
The Beer could not be prevented, aa ln
illviduals. from cr ssing the border, but
Portugal might properly object to and pre
vent an Invasion bj the armed forces ot
Great Britain.)
120 Boarding Flaces
Advertised in to-daj's Republic
i
Republicans Loading the Malls.
Tho Republican State Committee Is at
present loading down the malls with liter
ature from headquarters. Yesterday twelvs
big racks were rent out to various portions
of the State. There ls scarcely a document
that goes out of Republican headquarters
In the landeil Hotel that ls not franked.
They havo had instructions from Mark
Hanna to keep up the gait If it takes every
department of tho Government to help them
alonr.
139 Help Wanted Ads - -
Printed in to-day's Republic,
MllltTrM and the Goulds.
REI'LliUC SPECIAL
San Anxelo. Tex.. Sept. 13. informal on
received hire sajs Stlllwell is negotiating
with the Goulds for the use of the Texas
and Pacific frcm seetwater to Toyah for
the new K. C M. & O. By.
i. h M.M me nornenoia, ion
., ' m Ji9rm"iiesA can be comnletc
The ordeal through which the expec
tant mother must pass, however, is
so full of dancer and sufferintf that
rlect safety and without pain, uur dook oi priceless
Mer's Friend
it
and without pain. Our book of pricetesei
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