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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL' VOL 12.-NO. 3. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, SE'TEMBER 25, 02. ONE DOL STATE EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS. WAY IT CAN I1E SECUREI). Interestinl;g nndit Importnt Sug gestions Fromi Onte Who has Studlied the Subject. Col. John II. Averill, of Charleston, who had much to (o with inaugurating the Exposition in his own city, has made such matters a study for many years, and.has given sonme thought in regard to South Carolina making a creditable exhibit at the World's Fair next year in St. Louis. Col. Averill has written the following letter to Gov ernor McSweeney, and what he has to say on the subject is timely and well worth considering. The Governor would like to have other suggestions on this line, as he will probably bring the matter to the attention of the Legislature. Col. Averill writes as follows : SA .UnA, N. C., September 15. lion. M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina-Dear Governor: Your letter of the 5th received, and as you say you would be glad to hear fro n me at any time in regard to South Carolina's representation at St. Louis, I present the following views on the subject for your consideration and such use as you may see fit to make of them. The Charleston Exposition, as it is generally called, unquestionably did much to bring the industries, resources and possibilities of the State to the at tention of the people of the country, and especially so through the exhibits made by Spartanburg, Darlington, Chester, Georgetown and the State cominmiasion, as well as by other coun ties. I am advised that already many inquiries are being maile from beyond the State as a result. The good work thus started can and should be follow ed up and on a broader field. This field is offered at St. Louis. It will, in my opinion, benefit every citizen of the State to urge on the members of the Legislature, at its next session, to make such an appropriation as to allow your commission to,have the State rep resented as it should be. The reports of the United States census department for 1900 show that while the State is oiahth in the list of Southern States in the increase of manufactures, values -of farms and thoir products, it is also shown that the increase in the last twenty years is no inconsiderable one. The State should, however, take a more promi neut position in the list and it can do so. The industries and resources as ex hibited through your commission at Charleston were a revelation to all visitors. It can truly be said that it was the State's first attempt. Other South ern States have hold expositions, as well as made exhibits, and the consensus of opinion is that they do a large amount of good to all interested. The State should, in my opinion, take a promi nent position at the World's Fair, and for this reason I wrote my previous letter advocating representation there on the 30th, and would urge that every invitation of like nature be accepted by you and, where you cannot attend in person, that the State be represent ed. It places you or your representa tive in touch with not only all the of ficials of the Fair, but with the rep resentatives of all et.her States, and this, in the end, will be found to be of incalculable beneit,. IIow shall the State be represented is, however, the question I started out to discuss: First, of course, b)y a credit,able dis play of its industries, resources, and possibilities. Taking first the in dlustries, of what (10 they principally consist ? The report of the twelfth census, 1900, gives the following: jotton Goo0d-If the factories could be interested in makmng an exhibit of the manufacture of cotton, in all its phiases, it would attract-more attention t,han all else. I had planned an ela borate exhibit on this line at Charles ton, but in my absance the directors closedl an agreement with Mr. Tomp kins, and then, failing to carry out their part of the contract, the cotton display was a total failure. I believe that by taking the matter up with them in time and on a well-defined plan that it can be worked. Fertilizers, Gotton Seed Oil and its Pr'odumcts .-These industries, which represent so much for the State, are p)ract,ically all in the control of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. They are, however, I believe, ready to make an exhibit, and I am of the opinion that a very thorough andl com prehensive one could be obtained with out cost to the State, and one that wouldl be of great interest. CJarriages and Wagons .-T here are some first-class factories in the St,ate that would, no doubt, exhibit, and as there are iu the mountains and swamps of the State vast quantities of timber suitable for this use, special efforts shiouldl be made looking to a creditable display. - (Jooperage.- We have some good barrel factories that now sell their pro duct, in many States. Our swamps abound in the material for their manu facture and I believe it is an industry that can be developed. Fruits, Vegetables, Camming and P'reservingj.-The census report under this heading says: - " The hermetic sealing of food, usually referred to as 'canning,' is an mndustry which has grown to be an important factor in the commercial and industrial develop ment of the United States. It has Nlong since passed the e:sperimental stage and has taken its place among the-leading industries of the country. .Eighty-two mIllion dollars is given as the valute of.the product in the United States, for 1900, South Carolina's pi portion being comparatively smm when its resources in this line a considered. A strong effort should I made on this line, showing the t sources and possibilities. Lumber and 'imber 1roducts.. While it is true that vast amounts the timber of the State have be slaughterer cannot be denied th; there are .ui, many valuable tracts i good merchantable timber in varioi parts of the State. We have mar saw and planing mills, as well as oth( wood-working industrios, and 1 belies in this line we could make an oxhib that would do good and at small coi to the State. My proposition woul be to construct a building entirely from South Carolina woods. I behev everything necessary would be coi tributed, and the only expense to th commission would be the cost of ere( tion. Cincinnati erected a very credil able building at the Charleston E, position at a total cost of $4,500, an paid for all the materials and cost c erection, except the mantels, whic were contributed by a Cincinnat dealer. Stone Work.-Tho granite induf tries of the State are as yet in their in fancy. There is great wealth lyin dormant in this line, only awaitin; capital for its development. A credil able display can and should be made Afineral Waters.--Tho miners waters of the State are beginning t take rank through the country, and have little doubt but that the Whit Stone, Harris and Glenn Springs com panies would make a large display. Clays.-South Carolina can make at exhibit of various kinds of clays tha will not fail to attract investors. Ther are many rich deposits yet undevelop ed in various parts of the State. 1 good display should result in the estab lishment of new industries in many parts of the State. Rice Clcan cum and1 Polishiny.-Th census report on this head says: " Ric cleaning and polishing, being of com paratively recent development con mercially, was not reported at and census prior to 1880. Since that timI the growth of this industry has beet noteworthy, the number of establish ments having increased from 22 ii 1880 to 80 in 1900." South Carolin stands second on the list and showi an increased production in 1900 ovei 1890 of seventeen million pounds. A most creditable exhibit was made ai Uharleston; a much better one can b( made at St. Louis. Oysters and Fish canning and Pro. serving-This is an industry that ham been greatly neglected in South Caro lina. It is one that can be made larg< and profitable. The supply is in thi waters of the State, notably betweer Georgetown and Port Royal. George town and Beaufort have canneries tha are doing good business. If this mat ter is properly taken up and a credit able display made it will bear goo< fruit. Wood Pulp.-I believe there is ono factory in the eastern part of the Stat4 that is doing well; the materia abounds. Other Indust ries.-There are varioul other industries in the State not enu merated that can make creditable ex hibits. As to the resources of the State the products of the fields should re ceive most careful attention. We cam make an exhibit of cotton, rice, corn wheat, oats, toba~cco and others tha cannot fail to attract marked attention Trho trucking fields should also have prominent place in the exhibit. Ref erence has already been made to th< products of the forests and mines. I think that a carefully prepare, map of the State, showing rail lines towns and cit'es, waterways, count; and township lines, cotton, timber and other sections, would very materiall; aid the exhibit. Ilow is this work to be carried on I advance the following suggestione If the present commissioners are t remain in oflce let the chairman ca them together some time before th meeting of thme Legislature and decid on the plans and scope of the exhiib to be made at St. Louis, with estima ed cost of same, and ask for such a appropriation as is thought necessar' The commission will then be in a pos tion to act if the appropriation granted. If a total of $10,000 can 1 obtained from the State it can, I b lieve, be supplemented by $5,000 frol Charleston, and others that will cot tribute, and this lamount wilt- ei able you to make the exhibit a credi able one. Governor, I have written this papP rather hastily andl have had to hand the machine myself, so you must e: cuse crrors of all kinds. Read it you have time, and if you think well It and would like to have it elaborati in any way, drop me a line and I w be pleased to do so, or if at any tin you would like a personal interview< the subject, advise me and I will con down to Columbia. Yours truly, JOHN II. AvEdRLL. The decline of the trees on Bost< Common is now attributed to ti clearing of vegetation at their bast This practice leads to rapid evapt atlon of needed moisture and lesse the fertility of the soil. CASTOR IA For Infianto and Children. The Klna Vou Have Always Doug Der he 11 REPUBLICANS HAVE A BREAK. rSIPEAKER IhNDERSON OUT WITH 1118 PARTY. He Declines to Make Race for A Congress as 1an Exponent of ' arifl Reform. )f Speaker Honderson, finding that his 1a views in respect to the treatment of Y trusts by reducing the tariff in whole or r in part are not in accord with the vieve 0 of many of his party in Iowa, has do it clined to accept the nomination for it Congress and has withdrawn from the I race. The following letter was ad a dressed to C. E. Albrook, chairman of e the notification committee, Eldorado, Iowa, by Mr. Ienderson: e ( My Dear Sir: I have never an swored the kmnd notice communicated t by you and your associates, advising ( me of my nomination for the eleventh f i time by acclamation as the lRepublican t f candidate for Congress of the 3d Con i gressional district of Iowa. Reported f .i conditions in the public mind in my 8 district, upon public policies induced c moe to make this delay. Since my re- 1 . turn to the district I have made a care- I ful study as to the sentiment in the district and State, and I believe there is no little sentiment and a growing sentiment among Republicans that It do not truly represent their views on the tariff question. Believing this condition to exist, and knowing that I do not agree with many of my people . tnat trusts, to which I am and have been opposed, can be cured or the people benefited by free trade in whole or in part, I must decline to accept the nomination so generously and en thusiastically made. I have devoted twenty of the best years of my life to the service of my people and my coun try, and I have fought for what I be lieved to be best for the farmer, the laborer and the business interests of this district and State. I am grateful for the devotion that has ever been ac- V corded me, and to the hour of my 1death I will hold in a grateful heart the memory of that devotion. I will give later on, in some detail, my views and convictions on our conditions and on public questions, and will state my c' reasons why the Republican part) aid its policies should continue in the con lidence of the voters of the United States, and why the doctrines of the Democracy should find no lodgment in the faith and teachings of the topubli can party. tt " D. 13. IIENDERtsON." Speaker Henderson announced his a withdrawal after a conference of several hours' duration with Chairman N Glasser, of the Congressional con nmittee, and friends. Speaker Hender son has been contemplating this action .I for two weeks, but had intimatod nothing of it to friends. his friends d - have implored him not to take the ac- E - tion,.but to no avail. IIe said lie had c l made up his mind and no argument t1 could cause him to change his decision. r When asked for his reasons he said: t " My letter to Chairman Albrook is g I the whole thing in a nut shell. You e cannot kill the trusts by applying free i 1 trade without killing our own indus- r - tries. The foreign trusts are fighting f the American trusts an I (o not be lieve that for the purpose of control- 1 liug American trusts we should make a market for foreign trusts, thereby 2 crushing out tile industries of this country. After my conference last t Saturday at Waterloo, hearing the views of the chairman of my district, i I concluded thlat my views on tihe tariff - quest,ioni were at variance with thIose of maiiy of my party and 1 dhid not de sire to appear in a false p)osition." 1Speaker HIendlersoni has given out an ,address, which states his views on t.he , tarifi aind trust questions, and because ithese views, in his opinion, are iiot, in ,accord with the St,ate platform and with the opinions of prominent mem bers of his p)art,y, he declined to accept .tihe nominlation. " For three years I have advocated. 1giving control of trusts to Congress. In niy judgmenit proper supervision can never be hadi until Congress has Spower to control them. I am glad t.o see from speeches made by our fearless aind upright Chief Executive that lie is advocating Federal control over these corporations, and while in some qjuar itoe they may sneer at it, I have not seen aiiy proposition yet except this that seems at, all likely to bring relief. No proposit,ion has ever been mlade by the Democrats except to put every thing on the *roe list andl to give the coun ~try free trade. In other words, they propose to kill the child dead in ordler rto secure it. In my opinion If comn ebines could be regulated and( controlled we would have very little ground for if changes i the tariff laws, For my Spart if any great interest in this coun id try is properous through protective lpolicies or any other legislation and is a using it,s advantages, growth and p)ros mn perity to plunider the American people, le I, for one, am ready to strike it by whatever in3gal means we may be able to adopt, providing that in so dloing we do not hurt Innocent interests. I have been more amused than hurt at >n the suggestions that I have been 10 agaInst any changes in thle t,ariff. I 'a. have never been op)posed to making r- needed changes andl I anm not now. I na must say, and emphatically, that 1 (do not believe that a single schiedule of the Dilngley tariff law can be so amnendl ed as to relieve the people from tihe oppression of trusts or combinations of capital, however namedh, and( that such act,ion may involve the retarding of our expanding commerce and getting ht and holdilng our foreign markets. Indeed, I believe such a p)lan to be "fraught with grav:. dhangers to the gpeople. I am a firm believer im reci procity. I worked with untirin ea to secure reciprocal arrangements bi t een Cuba and this country, and was successful in passing it throus the House. The Senate did not act o the bill, because consiBla. of would have periitted the opening ul uf the whole question of tariff rev: " While I cannot speak for the pro; Liects of favorable action upon bill ;ent to the Senate, I still hope and bc live that by a treaty the same resul nay be accolplhshed, and I have it loubt that President Roosevelt is uov vorking on the question of a treat, vith Cuba, to give that strugglin, roung republic needed help, a help .00, in which while they will be gain rs, we will not be losers. And nov et me say, and let there be no misun lerataiding as to my position, 1 be ieve in protection that will protec lhe hand of labor, the wheels of in lustry, of every farmer and miner nd I am against wicked corporation hat would trample on the right of th< cople to fair play and to the fruits of tonest efforts. I am against unneces ary legislation that would throw my ountry into panic and bring back th< orrors beqeathed to us by t he la-si )emocratic administration." 'Thlie dispatch announcing Speakei Lenderson's declination of the Coi. ressional nomination caused a sensa on in Washington. Very few public ion are in Washington at this time ut all have expressed regret that the peaker has determined on the coursc tnounced in the D)ubuque dispatch. 'he causes leading up to his decision re as much a cause of comnkent an ie refusal to stand for re-election. louse men acknowledge there is a cmalnd inl sections of the West and [orthwest for a revision of the tarill long certain lines, notably in the ises of articles whose manufacture is >ntrolled by the trusts. Their opin. mi is that (ion. llenderson's decision 'ill make this issue more acute. The peaker always has been a straightout Cpublican on tariff matters and at he last session of Congress the gen. ral understainig was that lie oppos d ,e sn-gestions advanced for tariff re isiot along certaini lines on articles mntrt:lk-d by- the :rUSt.. ec retarv Wilson, of the agricultural nliau tmhient, who comes from Iown, as thundcrstruck when lhe hoard of en. lend(eson's decision. Ile ex rmesse( great regret that the Speaker as determiined on the course an ouinced. I i. WOODS I)CLIINES OFFER Vlhy lie Cannot Accept Soithi Carolina College 'rei<lcicy. he 8tate, Sep t. 1 Ion. C. A. Woods, of Marion, hat eclined to accept the presidency of th( outh Carolina College, recently tender d him in so flattering a manner. Thi unounceinent will be received witl egret by friends of the institutioi hroughout South Carolina. The ver round that Mr. Woods takes for de lining the offer shows that the Stat( i a loser in failing to secure such t an as the head of one of her mos amous institutions. On Tuesday the committee from thi oard of trustees, consisting of Mr. Me lahaan and Mr. Mac,arland, went t< 4arion andl waited upon Mr. Woods 4r. McMahan ret,urned to the city yes erdlay bringing wit,h him Mr. Woods elinat,ion, a copy of which was nic ,vailable until afternoon. The comn nttee talked over the matter full vit,h Mr. Woods and was earnest ini it mdeavor t,o piersuade him, but lie stoo >n high ground, and could not bie mnoi IIere is the letter of dleclination:; MAION, 8. 0. Sep)t. 10, 1902. Ion. Miles B. McSweency, Govoriior Chairman, and &.wentlmena of t,h Board of Trustees of the South Caro lina College: The great honor you have con ferrc< ii electing me to the presidIency of thn iouth Carolina College has touchect nie dleeply, andi it is quit.e impossibli or me to express may p)rofoundi( appre iation. 1I, is a poet, of dluty t,hat hal een held by the mon~m illust,rious men nUd arounid it cluster the noble tradli ions of the past andl the bright hopel f the future. Surely I never coult iave thought of myself in connectioi sivih the oflice, liut your (deliberati judgment,, teinforced, as it has been iy generous expressions of approve rrom other citizens, whose opmiion ire entit,led to great consideration, ha given me much concern lest, I shoul rail to see miy duty clearly. To th right nian there is no station in tht St,at,o of greater op)portuniit,y for use( fulness, and( none where successful el fort could brmng more joy. I hay triedl to think you aice right, in regard~ ing me equal to this opportunity, bi then, after t,he most careful considere tion of t,he earnest, and strong preser tation of your views by your dist,it guished committ,ee, I cannot bring in self to the convict,ion that I coul reasonably explect, to win success. am untrained in educational mnatteri and without that insight and acquaini ance with the science of edlucatio requisite fo! the position. The habc of my life has been in another fleh and I am uiiable to resiat the conch sion that t,o make this change no would be at too great p)eril to the co logo. The confidence expressedh by yet board, I earnestly trust, will stimulal me to strive for greater usefulness as citizen. Very siacerely, (I. A. Woons. Twent,y-flve prominent citizens Kosciusko, Miss., have been indict< for murder for lynching negroe. RE'R1EENTATIVE; IN CON(HI;SS. n Sketc1hcs of the New Men Wh11o Are To Represent this State. 'I'he Columbia State gives the follow ing interesting information regarding South Carolina's delegation in the next Congress : South Carolina will be represented t by four Congressmen re-elected-- one w,thout opposition- -and by threo new muembers of the national house. Mr. Scarborough, the stalwart prince of Iorry, had no opposition; Mr. Finley defeated in the first primary throe very popular opponents; Joe John son's majority in the Fourth district overwhelmed Stmiyarne Wilson; and1 Lover had a walkover in the Seventh district. It was in the First, Second and Third districts that there were inter esting races. These districts had bcon represented respectively by Messrs. Elliott, Talbert and Latinier, and each became a candidate for other honors. Mr. Latimer was the only one who was successful. In the First :listrict Mr. Geo. S. Lcgare succeeded Col. Elliott, defont ing Mr. T. W. Bacot, a law partner of tho distinguished historian, Gen. Edward McCrady, and himself a well known legislator, being chairman of the house judiciary committee eon when that body was composed in great part of gentlemen of opposite faction. t Mr. Geo. W. Croft defeated two very strong men for Col. Talbert's seat. One of these was Mr. J. Win. I Thurmond, solicitor of the Fourth judicial circuit for six years past. The I other was Mr. G. Duncan liellinger, the retiring attorney general, a manl of incomparable nerve, the hero of the 1 " .lroxton B ridge " trial, where as solicitor he prosecuted white men for disgraceful conduct ; and the leader in this State in the light against the trusts. Mr. llelinger's friends say that the trusts spent thousands of dol lars to defeat him. His own loss is i Columbia's gaim, as he will locate here c as a practitioner of law. Mr. Bellin. I ger is a descendant of Edward llellin- 1 ger, one of the '' landgravos" of South I Carolina. Mr. Aiken defeated Mr. W. J. Stribling, one of Oconee's foremost and strongest men ; Dr. It. F. Smith, who is a political power in 'ickens County amid the Eighth judicial cir cuit ; Mr. Geo. E. I'rinco, who has rep resented Auderson County in the Legislature and the constitutional con vention; Mr. E. M. Itucker, an An derson legislator; Senator McCalla, of t Abbeville County. - Geo. S. Legare is the new represen tative from the First district----Char. leston, Colleton, Ciarendun and W il liamsburg counties, lie is quite a young man, not yet 35, and a graduate of the South Carolina College. lie is now corporation counsel, or city at torney, of Charleston and is extreme ly popular thero. iIe is also captain of the naval reserves of Charleston and an enthusiastic devotee of fleld sports. Col. George William Croft was born in Newberry County in 184. lis mother's maiden name was D'Oyley. His paternal ancestry, ltevoluf io 'ry stock, came from Virginia. Col. Croft's grandfathei was Edward Croft, who made a fort.une in Charleston in law p)ractice, removed t,o Greenville and t,here died in 1851. Ilia wife was t Miss Floride (Gailard, sister of .Johni .Gaillar2, United St,ates Senator fronm this Stat.e for many years. Col. Croft's a father was Dr. Theodore Croft,, of IGreenville: . The Congressman-elect, was edlucat ed in the schools of Greenville and at t,he Citadel. lie took p)art in the war during t,he last, year, and in 18(16 and 1867 attended the University of Vir. ginia. iIe stuiedO( law in the office of G ov. Perry. In 1870 located in Aiken. From, 1876 to 1882 was chairman of the D)emocratic p)art,y of that county. Was captain ot a company during the elect,ion riots in 1876; t,riedh and ac quit,tedl before the Federal court,. Member of General Assembly in 1882 84 and( again 190O0-1902. President, of the legal frat,ernity of South Carolina and a p)rominent, Mason. Was a mom ber of the staff of Gov. Ilugh S. Thomnpsoii. Wyatt, Aiken is 412 years of ago. iIe i, a son of the late D). Wyatt Aiken, who represented this district, in Coni gross for a dlecade and was one of the most honored men in Sout,h Carolina. Wyatt Aiken, tbe younger, is a law yer, but, has not practiced extensively. iIe is better known as the court st,eno Sgraphor of the Eighth judicial circuit,, In this capacity he has made valuable friends, for the Eighth circuit corres p londs in lainge measure to the Third SCongressional (district. tMr. Aiken has another reason for his popularit, lie enlisted as a pri vate in the Abboville volunteers when this country declared war against, SSpain. iIe was made secretary to 1Col. Alston, and subsequently was Icomimissionedi adjutant of the Third battalion with rank of first lieutenant. 'The qluartermaster, Capt. Jarnegan, ;being on sick furlough, Lieut. Aiken r was detailed in charge of this depart-. ment, for the greater part of the time the regiment was out. As there wer e three companies from his district, -these young inen contributed a great working force for Mr. Aiken, whose character was unassailable. Mr. Alken never sought, oilice and( a never made a speech before the CJon gressional campaign opened at D)on rids. lie defeat.ed a Senator and1( an ex-Senator from his own county, two distinguished legislators from Ander f son county, a well known citizen of id P'ickons County (who was in the se o nd rae), a nd the foremost main of Oconce in public life. Mr. Aiken is man of splendid physi<iue and charn ing persoiality. HIis capabiities as legislator or arn advocate are as yet ur tried. HRYAN IN 01110 CA,IM>AI(;N Ile IMailce a RUingintg Sp Cecl :t Support of Tont Johnson an D)iNscumme Tariff. Mir. Wilhiam .1. I ryan addressed at tudiencu of four thousand people i 1_'oledo, Ohio, in the tent, used b3 1layor .Jolinson, of Cleveland, for mak ng his speeches (uring the fall cam iugn. Mr. .lohnson im his t-pooch ipoke of Mr. Iryati as " the dis ,itguislied orator and peerless I )emo .ratic to: der." MIr. ic3al w.sn r(ceive-d vith tumnul ,uous applause whela he was introdue .it by the chairn:ui. Ile nmule ail ies for. the condition of his Noice, ant1 aid that but for the inlteresL in the :anaiit inm Ohio and the flet ll-it lie vould not be able to return to the state at a later date inl the en.upaignl l w oniu not have bmen prosent. lie aid that ill every heart thk ,re is a en:t off human justice, and h. ; eliev :d the appeals of Mlr. Bligelow an-"1 Mir. Iohnison, who had preceded him, wouh )c heeded. 11e said he wonlered if here was at laboring 1111111 in the cAy mnd State who wouldd not vutt Lt )emocratic ticket oil account of thw ax reforms promised in the platform if the D)emocratic party. If the labor ng man1 refuses to give his vote to thl arty that believed inl the just taxation if the millionaire he is not11 capable of rotucting the interests of hiis family. he workingmtai m1ust protect Iis wOle. and family through hik Vote 1a1nd l1 inlluence. Speaking of '1'oni ,lolnsl I r. i3ryaul aid: " llow furtutnate it is for this St,ate have man like Mir. .llh isonl, will) 50) stron1g, HO Courageous, and% who as the ability to carry on this battle gaItint orgianizedIll weaILh, 111d Who can1 hallenge theim on every plitform as o lats tonight. If we had such men a he inl every State within live years Iutocracy would be driven into the Utlant,ic: Ocean." Mir. IBryan recalled Ue light of Nir. lohuson in Congress toln years a4 vhen he o courageously lought the epresentativea of the Steel 'liist, vhen he htimsolf was at steel nulu actu "r, andl it, would have been to hi,{ Iwui ic..,orest to have had at tarilf phaaceiI in steel which wouli have perlnitld imu to take a uich greater prolit han he was making, yet Mir. .J1hns1on Leod by the people and by his ctin.. titetlals aill uglit, the steel miagnlates gamst. his owin interest. 1 1 twe 11141 uore men," said MI r. I;ryan, " Wo114) vould cuit milkig mtoney inl middle ife, anl devute their time 1.o theI het erment, of their fellow men, this :nunItry Would ie c"onsHileral"y l)et,Ler ll. "They say you are incapahle of homec -utle here in Ohio, and if you have a >it of American mnanlbood about you 1ou will resent the intsult. I believe, 10 said, "that, the citieH should own und operate all franchises," .ail hie ,houglt people should be pormitted to :.xpress thems.lves ablit these fran ahiiHeH. lit: waas sorry MIr. Ilaa.nat hadl lvocated thI perpetual franchises, fm he thought lie haud 'ins enIouigh to a1, cotut, for. Ini discutssing natitonl politica M I lBryan sid that, if lie had11 been3 electe< he woubt1( have 1)ut st.ripes on t.he mil hliires, who rolb the peopleC by ullawi ful combllinIat,ions, and that, the trust could not have dictated the appo0int menit, of an Alt,orney General, an they could ntot, have run the Attor'ne G;enerail. T1hie Pres'idenit, 81111oul p)rosecutlg t,he trusts inisteaid of tail ing his spealkinlg toutrs. TVhero waV ; time whten Mr. ilaunna sai t,bore wori no0 trutS, buht, n1Ow. all admtit,ted 11ha there were trusts. WVe have inajunc ions pending against, one of t,hem But if t.hat, was 8som1( mani who lhm violaltedl the laws b)y selling whiskey hte dleclare'd, lhe woutld be4 birouight tc justice and14 locked upj, and14 if it, wouhl have been necessary to 001nd the ent,irt militia after himi. Th'le lepublicam~ had amendedll4M the ~ommandmen4t1131t ihius Thou shailt not1 stea1 01n a sma14l scal14." Th'Ie crimlinail prtovisions 0 the urnti-t,rust, laws would, it' enforced brea31k up) the Meat Trus1t, ile though the Meat, TIruust might, be a goodl thing becaus~e it made(1 ple4011 thimk in t.hie stomachsli' it they did( notmli their h14.1(d8 ThIe 1tOepubhlicani par'ty is not in a1 poi05 t,ionl to destroy the trusts, niotwithsatandl ing thre fact that Senator' landge 111a declared that ther'e were nincty-livi had1( trustai to live g4ood ones43. Mr. Bryan d1iscussedl the tarillf (luos LIon andu took up t,he ques1t.ion1 of the dlinrner pail ini the coal minling dIistrict of' Penn1rsylvaiait. Hie said4 that th<i full dinner pail had1( been 1a very effezl lve argumenit inl theI 41 campaign, bu1 that it was not,1 working out1 very wel withb the miiiners. lHe said( they4 wer actually wor1king aIt reduoced wages, ii that Iheir ivmng expenses4 1had( advane ed t,o such an1 I et, and1( their wage had4 not1 been ad valnced. Heo sait times34 wouldI neOver be goodi unt,il th head14 of th14 family was miaking entougl money03 to keep his boys andi g,irls il school1. Mr'. Bryanr also toutched o1 .hie P hippuine quIesition light,ly an demanded(IC( that1 they be given the eamn liberty we enljoy3. TheJj richest farm ini the worldI is ai acre wort.h $288,000 in the heart Now York's ultra fashionable distric bet,ween West End avenue and Rive side0 drive. It is tilled regularly at the prod(ucO Is Bold at the neare market. During the civil war the si was coveredh by a Government, recrun inu ntatin. a EAT l OF BOSS SIPIIERD. The Man )Who Once Ruled the Nntion'H Capital With an Iron Rod. Private advices from Batopilas, Mexico, bring tidings of the death on the 12th inst. of Alexander R. Shep. herd, who was at one time very much hated by the prosperty owners of Washington, 1). C., but on a visit there two years ago after a long absence he was received with markod courtesy and distinction. Mr. Shepherd was vice president of the board of the pub. lic works of the District of Columbia during the territorial government of the district in 1871 and two years later Governor of the district. lie was 67 years of age. The cause of his death was peritonitis, brought on by an attack of appendicitis. (ov. ShepL.MIA, as the executive ollicer of the board of public works, in spite of vigorous opposition, began and suC':cessfully continued improvements in all parts of the city, with the result that Washington became a magnificent capit"al. To the Governor is given credit for nipping in the bud a project for the removal of the capital to some Western city, which wa warmly agitatedc at one time. He leaves a widow and seven children. Alexander It. Shepherd was born in Washington, January 31, 1835. ils lather dying when he was still a boy, young Shepherd, at the age of 13 years, was obliged to quit school and help make a living for his mother. He wag apprenticed to a carpenter, and after several years went into the plumbing husiness. IlIis edtucation was meager. He had great coniblence in his own judgment, however, and know how to manage mien. Mr. Shepherd bought out his employer's plubihing business and built up a trade which brought him a large income. lie caie into notice in 1862 at the b'egiiiiing of the war as a member of a Washington military company, known as the National Itilles. When li is company was disbanded, after three months' sorvice, Mr. Shepherd was cleeted a nember of the council In Washington. lie devoted much of his time to politics, and by 1870 he was recognizod as a political power. W:ashington at that time was a city of swamps and mud banks. The national capital consisted largely of avenues and boulevards on paper. There was oven talk of removing the seat of of governient to some place where there would be less ainlaria and fever. It wa.i nc,,ary that some one should tL.ke charge of the work of in provig the city. President Grant appointed Mr. Shepherd, the plumber, (o4vernor of the District of Columbia. From that time Washington had im. provements of all kinds. The streets were torn up, unsightly buildings were reiioved, wide avenues were run through old estates, splendid public buildings were erected, a complete system of sewerage was introduced and the avenues were paved. The face of Washington was changed. 'lie citizens during all this time were raising indignant protests against the lavish expenditure of money. Th'ley neeused " Boss" Shepherd of - corrupt methods. They said that he i nd his ring spent comparatively little -money, butt put the hulk of it ini their pockets. Tlhe tax rate was going up, and the citizens of Washington were denouncing Shepherd as a second a " floss" T1weed. ilalf the expense of improving Wash miiigton was paid by the national govern Y mnt and the other half by the tax e payers of the city. Trho administra tion stoodl by everything which "Boss" LShepherd (lid, lie turned a deaf ear to . everyone who came to him with sug gestions. lHe had his own idm.s of how -Washington should be improved, and lie hold to it to the end. When lie was finally decposed, in 1874, ho had spent $40,000,000 and had left the city of Washington $27,000,000 in debt. iIe returned to his plumbing busi ness, and foud that during his term ats G.>vernor it had greatly fallen off. Mu. Shepherd failedl within a year for nearly a million dollars. Ho went to work agaim, redheemled his fortunes and paid his creditors. Thelmn ho started to make a larger fortune. Ho wont to Mexico in 1S70). ie bought land at hiatopihis and by his indefatigable -energy developedl valuable mines. It is saidl that lie b)ecame several times a nullionaire. T1hie public schools of Washington are without coal and the commissioners have tested a combination of coke and b lituminous coal, in which they have found a good substitute for anthracite. -By putting in a layer of coke, then a Slayer of bituminous coal, then another 1 layer of coke, a hot, clear, not very smoky fire is the result, a The population of Cuba in 1887 was i 1,631,687, or 59,000 more than In a 1899. Allowing for the probable in icrease between 1887 and 189i5, the Syear in which the insurrection broke 1 out, the loss of life, as indicated by the ji two censuses is estimated at nearly e 200,000, a loss to be attributed to the war and the policy of reconiccntrationi. nl Cleveland, Ohio, has a health onlecer >f who undertook t' rid the city of small t, pox by (disinfection, and he even r. boasted that ho had done so. How ud well lie succeeded is shown bylhis own st adlmisslin that from January ,1 to oAugust 1 of thIs year there were 485 .t- eases, and of these 60 cases were fatal. He has now resorted to vaccination.