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VOL. XIX.— NO. 324.
BULLETIN OF
THrE ST. PftUl^ G^OB^.
THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 189«.
Weather for Today-
Fair and Colder.
PAGE 1.
Charities Conference Work.
Cubans Defeat Weyler.
Note of Warning From Wnttcrson.
Hall on the Stand.
PAGE 2.
DHnlls of Hull Trial.
Work for the Farmers' Congress.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Slattern.
Women's Counell Doing:*.
Sewn of the Northwest.
W. C. T. T. Session.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
PAGE 8.
Fits'* Manager Demnrs.
Mayor Purges West Third.
Christian Brothers Anniversary.
Political Gossip.
PAGE 6.
Conrts at Odds in Santa Fe Case.
Soo Deal for Terminals.
Rnsh of Freight on the Lakes.
>•«« of the Railways.
PAGE 7.
Bar Silver, 05c.
Cnnh Wheat in Chicago. 7S 1-Sc.
Bears in Stocks Beaten Ont.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Grady Not Held for lienz Assault.
News of the Conrts.
Death in a Cell.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met — Thoroughbred, 8.15.
Grand— Venuine Yentleman, 8.15.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Anchoria, Glas
gow; Kensington, Antwerp; Saratoga, Ha
vana, Latin, Bremen.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Xumidian, Mon
treal; Waesland, Philadelphia; Teutonic, New
York.
SOUTHAMPTON— Arrived: St. Paul, New
York. Sailed: Havel, Bremen, for New York.
The New York World says it cost
$1,462,000 to elect McKinley.
The old, old cry comes up from the
state of Washington. Too much water!
Signs are not wanting that we are
Boon to have a whirlwind of talk from
the pugilists.
"Dick" Croker is said to be coming
home to restore ''financial prosperity"
in Tammany hall.
The next congress is bound to be
pretty "yellow." The house of repre
sentatives will have a gold majority of
67.
It may as well be stated right here
that Tarns Bixby's visit to Canton does
not signify that he wants a place in the
cabinet.
___^ .
King Oscar 11. might be elected to
honorary citizenship in America. He
has erected a monument to Americans
who died in Sweden.
The heirs under the Fair will have
made a sensible move at last. They
have stopped quarreling and gone to
dividing up the boodle.
Mark Hanna has learned a lot about
political finessing. He can talk a col
umn a day now without committing
himself or Maj. McKinley.
Gen. Weyler is finding it hot enough
In Pinar del Rio. He has sent 700 sick
men back to Havana. The sight of the
rebels no doubt made some of them
sick.
The Carver heirs, who are coming up
y.-nm Ohio to seize St. Paul and Minne
apolis, should not forget that, if they
get these two municipalities, they will
have to pay their taxes.
The bonds which the government sold
to the Morgan syndicate for 104^ are
now going like hot cakes in the gen
eral market at 120. Somebody must
have -swindled Uncle Sam.
By the way, it has been overlooked
that Heatwole, the handsomest, and
Fddy, the homeliest man in the Fifty
fourth congress, will be right in the
front -row of the Fifty-fifth.
The Prohibitionists and Populists
both got a cold deal in Ohio. They
failed to cast 1 per cent of the vote,
and therefore cannot run tickets at the
next election except on petition.
A Michigan woman had a pet cow.
The latter rewarded the lady's kind
ness by eating up $30 worth of fine
clothes. The lady is now eating the
cow. Thus are matters leveled up.
Mr. McKinley has chosen his check
•writer and stamp licker for the four
years from March 4. Mark Hanna Is
to be secretary of the treasury, and
Henry C. Payne postmaster general.
Chicago.. has a unique way of de
manding municipal reform. A million
buttons are in circulation in that town
containing these words: "Chicago
Needs a Wash— Hesing for Mayor."
It. is stated that Connecticut has
more old men than any other state in
the Union. The other evening thirty
three men, each over seventy-seven
years of age, dined together at Hart
ford. ' -
Leadley, the new manager of the
Grand Rcupids club, lives in Detroit,
and holds a municipal office there. It
•will be hard, therefore, for Leadley to
keep from shouting for the Detroit
team in spite of the fact that he owns
a club in another Michigan city.
Mr. Botkin ran for governor of Mon- '
tana on a couplo of platforms, one of
them declaring for gold and the other j
for silver. There i 3 scarcely euougil j
left of Mr. Botkin to tell the tale of j
the cyclone which struck him. If you
have time during the winter, Mr. Bot
kin, you might make a visit to P. Wat i
Hardin. of Kentucky.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
TOO P(iY PRISONS
PROF. FOLWELL SATS THE HE.
FOHMATORV SHOULD BE
WIPED OUT.
SYSTEM IS TOO SEVERE.
SECRETARY JACKSOX MAKES RE
PORT CVX ASSOCIATED CHAR
TIES IN ST. PAIL.
CONFERENCE WORK AT RED WIXG
Day"* Suasion Calla Forth Many In
teresting Discussions as to
Care of Criminals.
Special to the Globe.
RED WING, Minn., Nov. 18.— A royal
welcome was given the guests to the
meeting of the Minnesota conference
of charities and corrections yesterday.
After the close of the morning's ses
sion, a general invitation was extended
the delegates to visit the new and old
jail buildings. After an inspection of
the two jails, which was a 4esson in
the advancement of the age, many of
the guests were taken to the state
training school by the superintendent,
J. 11. Brown. During the afternoon
a general reception was held in the
training school, which was decorated
with countless flowers and beautiful
plants raised in the green houses of
the institution. A large supper was
given at 6 o'clock to the guests, and fol
lowing there was a delightful enter
tainment by the children of the insti
tution and the training school band. A
chorus of voices was one of the feat
ures of the programme, great surprise
being manifested by the guests at the
quality of the children's voices and
the excellent training displayed. The
stage was a very bower of trees, with
their autumn foliage still clinging to
them, the decoration having been done
by the boys of the school.
The second day's session of the state
conference of the charities and correc
tions was held in the rooms of the
Commercial club. The session by the
associated charities was held in the
left hand parlor, reports being heard
from Duluth, Fergus Falls, St. Paul
and Minneapolis. The report from St.
Paul was given by Secretary Jackson
and read as follows:
ST. PAUL CHARITIES.
RnljL 18 ? a^ r ls cx P ected to speak briefly of
some of the more notable changes in the
workings of the St. Paul charities, which
have occurred since a similar report was
JKfn^r^if * m ° nthß "« 0 - The most notable
feature in that report was the fact that three
hospitals the city, St. Luke's and St. Jo
seph s, had been enlarged and equipped in
the most approved manner. The largest im
provement this year was in Bethesda hos
pital, under the management of the Swedish
Lutheran conference. Its capacity has been
increased from 30 to 65 beds." and now
it, too, is thoroughly modernized in every par
ticular Thus St. Paul has four first-class
hospitals, which afford unusual facilities for
out-of-town patients.
The other interesting events in medical
charities were the admission of homeopathic
physicians to practice in the city hospital
and the entire reorganization of the govern
ing board of the free dispensary, of which
James J. Hill is now the head.
The Home for the Friendless seems to be
gradually becoming a home for convalescent
women, though it is none the less a home
for friendless gentlemen and for stranded
people, who find there a temporary refuge
Many wards of the Women's Chriftian
home and other institutions are non-resi
dents, and a part of the cost of their care
should be borne by the counties where they
belong; it is too common to ship to the city
those in need of assistance.
The orphan asylums and other institutions
have performed their several important func
tions without marked change of equipment
or plan. A third institution for neglected
and destitute infants was established on
Martin street, under the charge of Sister
Annette. It is the second institution called
the Babies' home.
The well known and strongly established
Relief society reports no material change In
its methods; the secretary considers their
tree Employment Bureau" as perhaps the
most helpful feature of its work. The' day
nursery has completed the first year in it«
convenient quarters. The location in the Re
lief building is a mutual convenience to th°
patrons of the nursery, and to those of the
free employment bureau. The conduct of the
nursery, under the new regime, is well illus
trated by the children, who speak of "going
home to the nursery." The management are
looking forward to the (ultimate) establish
ment of branch nurseries in needy sections
of the city.
Last winter the Friendly Inn woodyard of
the city provided work for the applicants to
those societies, which would purchase their
fuel from the inn. This plan provided a
good work test, and was a boon to the in
dustrious. The chief patron was the board
of control, which distributes public relief
The Bethel workroom provides second-hand
clothing to the needy at a low price, or in
exchange for work. The superintendent re
ports an increased willingness among the
unfortunate to earn needed garments and an
awakening feeling among benefactors that true
charity is to help others to help themselves
She looks forward to the establishment of
classes where shall be taught all kinds of
housekeeping, especially how to produce good
results with modest resources.
The various conferences of the Society of
St. Vincent de Paul are carrying on their
work as usual. The same is substantially
true of the King's Daughters' Aid society
and of other societies.
The Ramsey county branch of the Minne
sota Prison association, established last
spring, continues under the new name, the
preventive and rescue work which D. T.
Wellington has been persistently doing for
delinquent and neglected children
The work of friendly visiting, under the
auspices of the associated charities, has dem
onstrated its usefulness to the fortunate and
to the unfortunate. Improvidence lays such
burdens on all charities as to necessitate
action by the associated charities. The best
antidote is the development of the habit of
saving. This can be done by utilizing the
St. Paul provident fund, recently established
for this especial purpose. This, like the post
al savings in foreign countries, utilize the
stamp system. Provision is made for the
sale of these receipt stamps by a collector
employed by the associated charities, also by
the following named subtreasuries: The
Bethel, the King's Daughters Aid society
the St. Paul Commons and the People's
church industrial school. These use the fund
as an assistant in their educational work.
Others will soon avail themselves of the
same opportunity, and I expect arrangements
could easily be made to establish subtreas
uries in other cities of the state.
MILL CITY REPORT.
Mrs. M. L. Parker, investigator As
sociated Charities of Minneapolis, gave
the report from Minneapolis and said
that while the hard times had made the
demand upon them somewhat hard,
still there had been 110 increase of de
mands and that the "demand this year
would probably be lower than the year
before. She spoke of the work of the
free kindergarten association which
has at present 6QO children in atten
dance and of the employment bureau
which has furnished 19.043 persons w withT ith
temporary aid, and 781 with permanent
positions. She said that the charities
are trying to open a working men's
home and mission for the benefit of
tramps. A letter was read from Fer
gus Falls, saying that there has been
a great falling off in demands for re
lief which is considered a result of the
system they have instituted there and
the good wheat crop of last year. Fer
gus Falls is trying the township sys
tem for caring for the poor. The town
and the Ladies' Relief society (which Is
the only agency outside of the town re
lief) care for the poor. Capt. J. W.
Miller, secretary of the Duluth society,
said that that society was well estab
lished. That it drawe most of its sup-
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1896.
port from the county commissioners
and does all the investigating for the
county. That as yet they have not
been able to get the full co-operation of
more than three of the local organiza
tions, the St. Vincent De Paul, Ladies'
Aid and the county commissioners.
Mrs. Phoebe McMillan, of Minneapo
lis, read a paper on "How to Help the
Pcor Without Pauperizing Them." She
spoke in behalf of the unemployed poor
and not for those already paupers, who
through the hard times have been un
able to secure employment. She said
that in supplying these first their rel
atives should be appealed to or th-ir
church. Failing: here, tha friend or ac
quaintance shodc be called upon, and
lastly public charity. She said that the
only way to do this work and not have
it result in moral degretiation is to do it
in the spirit of the friendly visitor. To
come as a friend ready to tide them
over the present emergency and said
thac they should be impressed with the
fact that children should not be sent
to the agencies for provision. That the
children should be kept away from
all pauperising influence so far as pos
sible. Mrs. McMillan warned her hear
ers to be considerate of the feelings
of the people whose misfortunes should
not be published. Dr. Morgan followed
this paper with the remark with a few
words on what he considered the heart
lessness of giving out information to
the reporters and the public press
about such cases. Mr. Jackson spoke
of the provident fund, which he con
sidered the best agency to preserve the
sell- respect of the people and which
teaches them to save their money when
they have work. He thought this
scheme, as taken up by St. Paul v a
good one to be adopted by the state,
and that branch stations might, be es
tablished, and called attention to the
provident fund of Indianapolis, which
has secured $9,800 which has resulted
in the great falling off of the number
of applications for relief. Reports
from Albert Lea, Anoka, Austin,
Brainerd, Crookston, Faribault, Hast
ings and Mankato will be heard this
morning.
WORK OF PRISON ASSOCIATION.
The Minnesota Prison association
met in the left parlor with the presi
dent, Hon. L. F. Hubbard, of Red
Wing. The work of the association
was outlined by H. H. Hart, of St.
Paul, who said that the nature of the
work is the seeking of employment or
a suitable nature for the released pris
oners where they will be surrounded
with proper influences.
F. A. Whittier, of Minneapolis, state
agent of the state prison and state re
formatory, made an address in which,
after outlining the work of a state
agent and the opposition he meets In
different communities, said that every
prisoner on release should be furnished
with steady employment. In regard to
paroled prisoners he said they are stUi
prisoners in the eyes of the law.
"In his parole agreement the prisoner
agrees to abstain from the use of intoxicating
liquor, to remain where he is sent, to ab
stain from vicious association, not to attend
public gatherings, such as saloons or dances,
and to spend his evenings at home as much
as possible; and to conduct himself in all
things as an honest and law-abiding citi
zen. The state agent should have the power
to return promptly to the prison or reforma
tory, any one, on parole, who has violated
those simple conditions. He should, in no
case, wait for an actual crime or misde
meanor to be committed before his return,
if he is satisfied that the prisoner is violating
any of the simple conditions that are re
quired of him. I would say, that the prisoner
might be returned to prison, if in the opinion
of the agent, supported, of course, by such
outside advice and assistance as he is able to
get, he should at any time consider society in
the least endangered by the man's libera
tion."
Regarding their employment, he said: "My
own opinion is, that in nearly all cases,
whether the prisoner be paroled or dis
charged, ir is best that his employer and im
mediate associates have knowledge of his im
prisonment. This is absolutely essential in
paroled men. The fact that he has been in
prison will follow him, and if for a time he
succeeds in hiding this, it may, after he be
comes well established, then become known
and be much more detrimental to him than
if it had been known previously."
As to aid of prisoners, Mr. Whitney con
tinued:
"The state agent is often called upon to de
fend himself against the charge made by the
uncharitable, that he is befriending the crim
inal. His defense must be that one who bas
been in prison is entitled to a fair and equal
chance with others to assume the obliga
tions and responsibilities of good citizenship.
"The material help that these men need
when discharged from the prison or reform
atory is very little, as the state generously
provides them with money upon their dis
charge. The average amount paid being about
$55. In many cases. I think that is alto
gether too much. It is not an uncommon
thing to see men come from prison, and wiih
the money so generously paid them by the
state, they, in their first hours of liberty,
will commence a season of debauchery. On
the other hand, there are many deserving
cases, especially short time men, where the
amount of money is too little.
"From my experience, I cannot approve of
a system where the amount of good conduct
earnings is determined by the length of hia
term of imprisonment, but think that the
amount paid should be measured by his needs
and conduct upon the outside, subsequent to
his release, and hope in the near future to
see legislation looking to that end.
"In conclusion, let me say, to the char
itably disposed, who are looking to help these
men. that they can best do so by helping the
state agent. It becomes his duty to inform
himself upon their needs and requirements,
and if the public will support him by the
help that I have indicated that he needs,
much can be accomplished.
'To the people of this conference of cor
rection and charities the paroled and dis
charged prisoner particularly appeals, for as
the prison doors open and he again steps
forth to breathe the air of freedom, the
work of correction in his behalf Is stil! in
complete, and the work of charity but just
begun."
OBJECTS TO REFORMATORIES.
This paper was followed by a series
of questions about the work, and a
general discussion. Prof. Folwell, of
the state university, caused something
of a sensation during- the session by
saying that he only had a few words
to say, as he wanted to catch a train,
but that he had something on his mind
which he wished to express, and that
was that he had made a visit to the
reformatory in St. Cloud, and that al
though previous to that he had been
in favor of the reformatory system he
now thought that it should be wiped
from the face of the earth. That he
objected to the walls, guards, bars and
cells, which made the place little less
than a prison, and advocated the doing
away of all that and of allowing all the
inmates free access to each other's
company. Prof. Folwell's remarks
brought about a somewhat excited dis
cussion, the general tenor of which
was that each inmate of the reform
atory is sent there for a felony as much
as those sent to prison; that they are
all guilty of crime, and that there Is
no difference between it and the prison
The discussion following- Mr. Whittier's
paper was to the effect that the prison
ers in the reformatory should be sorted
more, and that by transferring them
from one institution to another their
penalties could be lightened or
strengthened as they deserved. The
system of paroling prisoners was dis
cussed at length, and the advisability
of sending the paroled man home
rather than to some town in which his
history might be unknown was ques
tioned. The majority held to the idea
that it is best for the man to return to
his old home and live down his past
as that past is sure to follow him
wherever he goes. Among those tak
ing part in this discussion were John
Cooper, of the board of managers of
the reformatory; Supt. Holtin, of the
reformatory; the ex-superintendent W
E. Lee, and L. F. Hubbard. The main
idea brought out was that the work of
the state agent had been a great help
and that there should be a better Sort
ing and grading of prisoners between
the reformatory and the prison, so that
the two institutions should not be so
nearly the same as they are at present
A nominating- committee was ap
pointed by the president as follows:
H. H. Hart, chairman, and Messrs. r!
Con (in ued ob Fourth Pave.
VICTORY FOR GUBA
THE INSURGfcVTS ARE SAID TO
HAVE DEFEATED THE CAP
TAIN (iESEWAI.
FOUGHT NEAR PINAR DEL RIO.
NO DETAILS OF WHiAT CUBANS RE
GARD AS AN IMPORTANT
BATTLE.
WEYLER ENDURING HARDSHIPS.
For Two Nights He Has Actually
Been Compelled to Sleep on
Damp Ground.
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 18.— Cuban lead
ers here today received information
that the insurgents have just won one
of the most important battles fought
on the island during the progress of
the war. The battle was in Pinar del
Rio, but no details are given. Cubans
here are rejoicing, as this is the first
real battle since Weyler took the field.
Key West, Fla., Nov. 18. — Passengers
by steamer from Havana report that
Gen. Luque has been wounded in Pinar
del Rio. A report was current in Ha
vana that Captain-General Weyler will
return at once to the city. The Spanish
merchants are very indignant over the
report. ■
Havana, Nov. 18.— The police, by
forming an ambush, succeeded in sur
prising a party on the Avenue Infante
on the outskirts of the city, who were
preparing to join,'t_e insurgents. Two
of the party were killed but two suc
ceeded in escaping. A policeman was
wounded in the melee. Tomorrow four
battalions of Havana volunteers leave
for the field.
OPERATIONS DIFFICULT.
Weather Is AgrMnst the Captain
General of Cuba.
HAVANA, Nov. 18.— Very little news
regarding Capt. Gen. Weyler's oper
ations against the insurgents in the
province of Pina* del Rio was allowed
to leak out from the palace today.
Maj. Bazin, of the Spanish commis
sioner's staff, hawever, arrived here
today from the fronjt. He says that the
operations are most difficult, and adds
that the captain general slept two
rainy nights on the ground and with
out blankets and that he has been sev
eral times without meals. The major
further says that the captain general
yesterday was between Zoroa and Can
delaria.
In spite of the fact that the weather
has greatly improved in Pinar del Rio
and that the authorities assert that
the health of the troops in the field
shows improvement, 700 sick men have
zecently arrived here and 300 more are
expected to reach this city during the
day. Local newspapers are joining in
raising a popular subscription to pro
vide funds with which to make Christ
mas presents to the troops, and each
of the newspaper with this object in
view, will publish a special edition on
Christmas night.
WAITING OtY UNCLE SAM.
Southern Republics Will Follow His
Attitude Toward Cnba.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.— Diplomats,
well-informed regarding the sentiments
of South and Central American re
publics, are authority for the state
ment that there is no intention on the
part of the governments of these coun
tries to recognize Cuban belligerency.
Bolivia has evidenced a purpose to
grant such recognition, but it is ex
plained that Bolivia has no ports nor
commerce that can be affected, and
could take the step without fear of any
disastrous consequences at the hands
of Spain. The tone of the official pa
pers of South America generally have
been friendly to Spain, and the govern
ments of the respective countries do
not care to take any positions which
might result in hostilities. The atti
tude of the United States, diplomats
from the Southern republics say, w ; *l
govern nearly every South American
country as to belligerency or non-in
terference. This sentiment on the part
of the Central and South American re
publics to conform their foreign poli
cies to that of the United States, it is
stated, has been more marked since
the intervention of the United States
in the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
CANOVAS PLEASED
At the Marked Spirit of Accord In
Cuba,
HAVANA, Nov. 18.— The Marquis of
Apeztegua, a Cuban, and the leader of
the Conservative party in Cuba, has
received a cablegram from Senor Can
ovas de Castillo, the Spanish premier,
acknowledging the receipt of the recent
manifesto of the three political parties
in the island of Cuba, the Conservative,
and Reform and the Auton omistic, in
which they and their members pledged
their loyal support to the mother coun
try in aiding her to suppress the re
bellion in Cuba. The cablegram adds:
"Her majesty has commanded me to
state that this accord gives her heart
felt pleasure. In it she has hope for
happier days for Cuba and for Spain;
happier than at present. For my part,
as the responsible leader of the gov
ernment, permit me to offer my af
fectionate congratulations for the
agreement and accord of which you in
form me. It is In keeping with my
hopes for the welfare of Cuba. Hopes
that never have left me. In the senti
ments of her majesty your president
fully participates, as well as all the
members of the ca.binet."
SPAIX DEFIANT.
She Is Ready to Make Her Rights
Respected.
PARIS, Nov. 18.— A dispatch from
Madrid gives the substance of an in
terview with the Spanish premier,
Senor Canovas del Castillo, in which
he is quoted as making the following
statements: "Tii? United States has
always observed a correct attitude, and
it is to be hoped she will never cease
to respect the lights of Spain, for
which country the Cuban question is
one of international politics. I believe
the United States will not change its
policy for the sake of Cuban negroes,
but in the event that she did so, Spain
will cause her rights to be respected.
So long as I renmin in power, I will
not make any concession or yield to
anybody."
WEILER'S RESIGNATION
Said to Have Been Received and
His >usH<«+,Hor Named.
NEW YORK, Nt»v. 18.— A private dis
patch was received in this city tonight
from Madrid to ( the effect that Gen.
Weyler had resigned as captain gen
eral of the Spanish army in Cuba, and
that Gen. ' Pando had been named by
the government as his successor.
SOWING TflE WlflD
NOTE OF WARNING FOR AMERICA
SOUNDED BY HENRY WAT
TERSON.
NEW PERILS ARE AT HAND.
VAST WEALTH AND CULTIVATED
CASTE MAY RIPEN INTO
WHIRLWIND.
M'KINLEfVS ELECTION IS NOTHING.
Dragon of Repudiation Dead, but
the Gorgon of Agrarlaniim
Is Still Abroad.
PARIS, Nov. 18.— ITon. Henry Wat
terson, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journrd, who was prominently urged
for the nomination for the presidency
at the Indianapolis convention, but
whosa name was formally withdrawn,
has remained in this city since the
election. His views upon the result of
the national campaign just closed have
been furnished in tbe folowing revised
interview :
The election j>f Mr. McKinley is but
the beginning of the end of the strug
gle which, one way or another, has been going
on in the United States for twenty years. It
began in the West and South with a de
mand for flat money. No sooner was the
Greenback party disposed of than the Free
Silver party took its place. Other questions
being at the front and few of our public men
being experts in coinage, free silver was able
to commit to the new monetary delusion many
men who, except for their ignorance of this
particular question, could never have been
reached, and who were sound to the core as
to the national credit 'and a safe, stable cir
culating medium. Among these public men
was Mr. McKinley himself.
The leaders of the fiat money movement,
reinforced by the silver mine owners, finally
made an incision Into the Republican party,
and got possession of the machinery of the
Democratic party. This culminated in the
nomination and defeat of Mr. Bryan. With
that defeat ends the free silver frenzy and
the danger of a 16 to 1 kind. But the ele
ments of disorder which it has called Into
being and the agrarian issues it has set into
motion are left upon the scene, and we may
be sure that these will continue their as
saults upon the life of the nation and the
integrity of the people until they are swept
out of existence in 1000. Mr. McKinley 's elec
tion settles nothing. It merely removes fiat
money and depreciated silver dollars from
among the rocks ahead.
Mr. Watterson was asked if the union
between the gold Democrats and the
Republicans could last, and he re
plied:
I do not see how it can. The differences
are too doctrinal and radical. Mr. McKinley
is an extreme protectionist. The sound money
Democrats are sincere revenue reformers.
Certainly, statesmanship is largely an affair
of compromise. But to be effectual and bene
ficial the compromises must be logical and
just. Nothing could be more desirable than
a Union among all law-abiding, order-loving
citizens against whatever and whoever threat
en the interests of the country. The Bryan
menace did not produce such a union. Bry
anism was simply mobism, and before such
an issue, whenever raised, party distinctions
must vanish from the mind's" of patriotic men.
But the immediate danger over, the original
disagreements are bound to reappear.
"But, Mr. Watterson, has not the Re
publican victory been so overwhelming
as to carry all before it?"
For the time being, ye?. The Republican
party has had in its time great good fort
une. It has chown itself a clever opportunist,
but it cannot rest its case upon, tiie doctrine
of protection. Neither as a policy, nor as a
theory, nor as a keynote, can protectionism
hold its own or stand alone. It is at war
with the genius of American institutions. It
should be no longer necessary, if it ever
was truly necessary, to the American manu
facturer. It is the father of paternalism and
the godfather of Populism. It sets examples
to those who imagine that wealth may be
created by legislation. It imposes grievous
burdens on the agricultural classes. During
periods of depression, it serves both as an
instigation and a pretext to the discontented
elements. It is the occasion of
CONSTANT CORRUPTION
in congress. The manufacturers themselves
ought to lead the movement to discard it.
They could, if they would, have the question
settled by statesmen and save it from the
hands of the mob. On such a line, all con
servative men could unite to rescue the peo
ple from anarchism. But with Mr. McKin
ley in the presidency this sesms impossible,
and I confess I dread to think of the at
tempt to which he is committed to bring back
the McKinley duties under the mere pre
text of supplying a deficit which is not likely
to exist at the close of the fiscal year.
"And what do you think all these
things portend with respect to the
future of the country?"
I think that the country Is safe for the
present. That the future of the republic
will be equally assured I devoutly hope, but
thoughtful men should not be lulled into
fancied security becau&e we have overcome <
the dragons of repudiation. The Gorgon of j
agrarianism is yet abroad. The Bryan j
movement wa3 most dangerous because it \
affected to speak in the name of the people, j
The whole people must come to see that '
there have been mighty changes going on In
the world before such, a government as ours
can be both safe and free.
"How do you mean, Mr. Watterson?"
In 1800 and under the leadership of Thomas !
Jefferson, the principle of Democratic govern
ment began its real .fight for life. The issue
then was "Are the people capable of self
government?" If Jefferson had failed, the
Federal party would have gone on suppress
ing individual liberty and consolidating the
central power until we should have had a
republic in name only — a Florentine common
wealth, perhaps a line of Medean princes.
But Jefferson succeeded, and the written law
of the land strictly construed was secured to !
the people. In 1900 we shall have to face i
the same general question In a new form, ]
and the issue will be under existing condl- j
tions: "Are orderly government and popular
government concurrent possibilities?"' If we
are to have many presidential campaigns like
the one just ended, they are not. Unless
the body of the people can be brought to
realize the changes of a century of progress,
every four years will witness a party taking
the field in support of the alleged rights
of humanity whose very existence is a men
ace to the public order, the peace of society,
the Just balance between the sections of the
Union, the money of the people, the credit
of the nation and every other good and per
fect thing supposed to emanate from our
republican system.
"What do you regard as the most
radical change of the century?"
In 1800 we were a few millions of people,
and we loved liberty. In 1900 we are nearly
a hundred millions of people and we love
money. Moreover, individually and collect
ively, we have a great deal of money. Most
of this money is invested in what are called
corporations. From a handful of individuals
we have become a nation of institutions. The
individual counts for less and less; organ
ization for more and more. We may tear
down the house, but cannot at one and the
same time destroy it and occupy it. That Is
what Mr. Bryan and his followers are pre
tending that they can do. Meanwhile, must
a man lose his individual rights of property
because he has invested his accretions in a
bank or a railway or even a trust company?
That is the question we have to meet and
settle as agalm-t the
CLAMOR OF THE MOB
before we can fee! entirely sure about any
thing.
"What of the sectional spirit and ten
dency?"
He who knows the w'/.ole country and is
familiar with the people from the Canada
line to the Mexican border, and between the
two oceans, needs not to be told that, judged
by other nationalities, the popular homo
geniety in America is little short of amaz
ing. United Germany, United Italy, the
Ausitro-Hungarian empire, neither France nor
England, nor even the Swiss Confederation
can boast of anything like the oneness of
origin, character, ties, aims, hopes, manners
and customs which mark the inhabitants of j
the United States of North America. But the
demagogue is always around and there is
ever a chance to stir up Rtrlfe between rival
communities. He findis work to his hand,
and, particularly to his mouth, it being with
him usually a hand-to-mouth affair, if man
PRICK TWO CENTS— { F «»™£ft s 9
would stop and think they would offer some
check to this pestiferous insect.
"Do youapprehend the serious growth
of th« new sectionalism which, with the
death of the old sectionalism, seems
to be struggling into life In America?"
If human experience goes for anything and
is ever to count for much, the world ought
to be wiser for the lessons it has had. 1 am
afraid, however, that organized wealth and
power have not yet grown wise enough to
scent danger before it is upon them. The
Eastern section of our country is already
in danger. I have an impression that it does
not see this. Yet it might, with profit to
Itself and to us all, read a chapter out of
our own history and take a hint in time
from the experience of the South. Let the
East take to itself the lesson. In its con
centration of the wealth of the country and
in its ostentatious display of this wealth; in
the gradual cultivation of caste; in the ten
dency to hug its vast riches and in the find
ing of means to keep its millions at home,
let it behold a danger it. will do well to con
sider, in the light of both ancient and mod
ern history, and if it has any real statesmen
they cannot put their genius and resources
to better uses than by the construction of
policies which will bring them alliances and
make them friends — policies wise and broad,
justifying in some measure the unlimited ac
cumulations they have been able to pile up
in such a relatively short compass of time.
Those accretions not only serve to breed cor
ruption among themselves, but they unite
against the simple rights of~ property all the
forces of cupidity and rapine, operating on
agrarian and sectional lines. States have
been saved before now by timely forecast.
Only pride, and a very foolisl: pride at that,
has led Spain to defy the laws alike of God
and nature In Cuba. Only pride, and the
pride of wealth and caste will keep the East
from seeing the truth that it must make a
partner of the rest of the country, not alone
by generous and expanding policies, but
above all by just policies, harder, perhaps, to
realize than any other policies.
"What would you advise the Demo
cratic party to do, Mr. Watterson?"
What I would advise it to do, and what it
ls likely to do, are different matters. Per
haps it could not do anything better by way
of a starter than to appoint the next Bth of
January as a day of fasting and prayer.
TWO NEW SENATORS.
GEN. E. W. PETTUS.
Sesator-elect From Alabama.
A. S. CLAY.
Senator-elect From Georgia.
TWELVE MEN DROWNED.
By the Wreck of the British Steam,
er Memphis.
BRISTOL. Eng., Nov. 18.— The Brit
ish steamer, Memphis, Capt. Williams,
frcm Montreal, on Nov. 4, for Avon
mouth, went ashore in Dunlough bay.
Soon after being: stranded, her crew
took to the rigging and her perilous
position being noticed, the coast guard
sent for a rocket apparatus and it was
promptly forwarded to the scene. Un
happily, the gale was blowing so
strongly that only the captain and
part of the crew of the Memphis were
saved. The Memphis struck the rocks
last evening. It is now known that
twelve men have been lost.
LONDON, Nov. 19.— The Daily Mail
reports that the Memphis struck at
5:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. The fog
and the heavy sea made it impossible
to render any assistance to those on
board until daylight. By 2 o'clock in
Ihe morning the vessel began to break
up and the crew took to the rigging.
Exposed to the bitter cold and drenched
by the seas, several of them succumbed
and dropped off, while others were
washed away. Altogether eleven men
were drowned. The survivors, upon
reaching shore, were given succor at
the farm houses in the locality. Some
have gone to Crook Haven and others
will follow today.
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CURRENCY REFORM.
First Steps Toward a Commission
Taken at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 18.— At
a meeting of the board of trade tonight
the following resolution was unani
mously passed:
Whereas, the result of the recent national
election signifies clearly a determination on
the part of the people to have a sound money
system of currency, and it is manifest that
reforms in the existing systems are neces
sary,
Resolved. That the boards of trade of Chi
cago, St. Louis. Cincinnati. Louisville, Cleve
land, Columbus, Toledo, Kansas City, Detroit,
Milwaukee, St. Paul, Dcs Moines, Minneapo
lis, Peoria, Grand Rapids and Omaha be in
vited to send delegates to a preliminary con
ference to be held at Indianapolis Dec. 1,
1896, for the purpose of considering the ad
visability of calling a larger conference com
posed of delegates from the boards of trade
and commercial organizations of the cities
of the United States to consider the pro
priety of creating a non-partisan commission
to -which shall be assigned the duty of formu
lating a plan for the reform of the currency
to be reported to a subsequent meeting of
the conference.
Judge Martindale, Hugh Hanna and
George C. Tanner were named from the
Indianapolis board of trade, and com
mittees of arrangements and entertain
ment were appointed.
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By the Gas Route.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.— Robert V.
Deutsch, a retired cloak merchant of New
York, who came here with his family, seeking
relief from asthmatic troubles, committed
suicide today, and almost caused the death of
his wife and four children. He lay down
on the sofa early this morning and turntd
on the gas. When discovered Deutseh wan
dead and the other members of his family
unconscious. Mrs. Deutsch atod her children
will recover.
, ,
Trunk Company Iti-suinei,
RACINE. Wis., Nov. 18.— The Hartme.nn
Irunk company, of this city, has resumed
business with 100 men, after an enforced
idleness of three months.
HULL OH THE STflflD
THE DEFELVDAXT IX THE SEXSiU
TIOXAL POISON CASE TEM.-
IXG HIS STORY.
HIS GREAT DESIRE TO TALK
KEEPS COUNTY ATTORNEY BUT.
L.ER AXD MR. PIERCE MIXED
UP COXTINUAJLLY.
EXPECTED SEXSATIOX IS OFF,
The Prisoner Tell* How He Cam*
l»y tlie Aresnlc and "Why He
Locked It Up.
Several incidents, more or less hu*
morous, enlivened th^ solemnity of the
proceedings of the Hull trial yesterday.
There was also a hint thrown out by;
the defense that may result in short
ening the trial somewhat, and will
also be a sore disappointment to the
sensation-loving throng which has been
listening to the evidertee in the trial.
Mr. Pierce, for the defense, intimated
that he would, if necessary, admit alt
that it was sought to prove by the tes
timony of Bertha Matthews. It i»
possible that the state will accept the
situation, and confine its efforts solely;
to the evidence that has already been;
presented. The state rested yesterday],
afternoon, and Mr. Butler stated that
Miss Matthews would arrive in the city,
on an afternoon train, and that he'
would have her in court this morning.
Then, much against hi 3 wish, Mr* 1
Pierce opened for the defense.
The crowd present was not so large'
as on previous days, for the reason*
that Judge Egan ordered that the
doors be guarded, and that no more
than could be comfortably seated be
admitted. There were more women 1
present than on Monday, and they,
sighed and showed every evidence o£
sympathy with the complaining wit
ness, seeming to take manifest delight
in the pleasantries of the court every,
time that he ruled against the attorney}
for the accused. There was a flutter
of expectation when Mr. Butler an
nounced that he would produce the
girl, Bertha Matthews, tomorrow, and
a sign of discontent when Mr. Pierce
suggested that it would not be neces
sary to call the young woman and sub
ject her and his client to the pain;
and mortification of a public confes
sion.
Mr. Hull was restless during the
early session when the physicians were
giving their testimony in regard to thtf
poison that has been submitted in evi
dence, and which the accused admits'
was found upon him. But he did not'
manifest any nervousness that was so!
noticeable in his wife. Once or twice hia!
eyes filled with tears, but while on the;
stand, during the afternoon, he was cooli
and collected, and gave his answers inJ
a concise manner and in an audible
voice. His chief fault, in the opinion;!
of the prosecuting attorney, was a dis
position to tell more than he was asked,!
and there were frequent tilts between
counsel on this point.
Mr. Pierce is doing all that he can'
for his client, but the very points that:
he seeks to make clear in the minds of
tho jury as showing the innocence of
Mr. Hull he has not yet been able to
get admitted in evidence. Several;
times during the afternoon, while Mr.
Hull was on the stand, Mr. Pierce had
wordy battles with Mr. Butler, and
argued frequently against the rulings
of the court. In several instances the
court finally changed his ruling, ap
parently to expedite the trial of the
case.
There was enough poison in sight, in
the court room, when the trial was re
sumed yesterday morning, to have
killed several hundred persons, and allj
of it had been in the possession of the
accused and was later submitted to
Dr J. L. Rothrock to make a chemical
analysis. Dr. Rothrock was the first
witness called. He said he had found '-
in the Warner liver cure bottle from
* ten to twelve grains of arsenic. Then,
he "had tested an original bottle of the
same remedy and had found no arsenic
in it. Taking up a smaller bottle, con
taining a white powder that was hand
ed to him, the witness said it seemed
to contain about 200 grains of arsenic. '
Asked what a poisonous dose of ar
senic was, witness said something de
pended upon the individual and upon
circumstances. The smallest recorded
deadly dose was two grains of the
drug solution. In response to Mr.
Butler the witness said that if the bot
tle of liver cure medicine was well
shaken a teaspoonful would sliow
about three-fourths of a grain of ar
senic. The poison would remain in
the system, secreting itself in the liver.
The examination of the witness became
somewhat technical, and the court fin
ally remarked that he never could
make anything out of a doctor. Mr.
Pierce retorted that this particular
doctor seemed to know something
about poisons so long as he confined
his remarks to his books, and then
demanded of the witness if arsenic was
not sometimes prescribed in cases of
malaria.
MALARIA AS A JOKE.
"There's no malaria in this case,"
commented Mr. Butler, but the court
retorted, with good humor, that in his
opinion the case was overburdened'
with malaria. Whereat the audience
saw the point and the deputy sheriff
got in his deadly work with his gavel.
The cross-examination of the witness
called forth the remark from Mr. But
ler that the proceedings were much
like class room quiz, and the court
agreed. Mr. Pierce then asked whether
one could not acquire the habit of tak
ing arsenic, whereupon the court re
marked, "O, everybody knows all about
that," and Mr. Pierce suggested that
the court himself should take the
stand.
Then Dr. Hawkins was called. He
said that Mr. Hull had told him that
his wife had all manner of diseases.
At first the accused said Mrs. Hull had
peritonitis, but the physician found she
had not. Then the husband thought the
ailment was cancer of the stomach, but
again the physician assured the min
ister that he was mistaken. Then he
insisted that Mrs. Hull had internal
cancer, but the doctor knew to the
contrary. The witness had treated
Mrs. Hull for a laceration, fetit told
Hull that the way to cure his v»rfe was
to stop talking about her iUness. This
'happened in the spring of 1895. Shown
a remedy Tvhieh • it was claii.ied th»
witness had prescribt d for Mrs. Hull,
he said that he had prescribed a medi
cine which contained one-hundredth
of a grain of arsenic ard strychnine.
The witness was then questioned
concerning that day in August when
Hull called him and told him that Mrs.
Hull was sick and that she had
charged that ho, in collusion with tho
w -aess, was trying to poison her. Go-"
ing to the Hull, house Mrs. Hull had
told him that Hull was tiying to poison
her and tbpt he had poison about his
