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LAST EDITION
THURSDAY EVENING.
TOPEELA, KANSAS. OCTOBER 25, 1900.
THURSDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
LONGJUWPS.
EooseTelt Special Pulls Out of
Utica at 8:20.
First Speech of the Day Made at
Watertown.
OSWEGO AND AUBURN
Included in the Itinerary of the
Day.
The GoTernor is Feeling Well
and Cheerful.
Utica, X. T., Oct. 25. The Roosevelt
special train pulled out of here today at
8:20 o'eloik. The intinerary of the day
is a curious one, the jumps being long
taking the party from Utica away over
to Watertown, thence back through
Weedsport to Auburn and then down to
Syracuse. The time devoted to speech
making will be an hour each at Water
town, Oswego and Auburn
Governor Roosevelt was feeling well
and cheerful today and his voice was in
good condition. He laughed over the
egg-firing episode of last night and said:
I was not on the balcony at the time,
but as only one egg was fired, I am in
clined to believe it was the work of some
mischievous boy. I am sure it was not
intended for me, for at the time it was
light enough for anybody to know that
I w.s not on the baieony."
SAVING HIS VOICE.
Watertown, X. T., Oct. 25. Governor
Roosevelt's first stop today was at Cam
den, Oneida county, the home of Attor
ney General Iavies. The day began with
a, heavy fog over the country and Mr.
Roosevelt made his remarks very brief,
fearing to injure his voice.
At Watertown the governor took up
the questions of militarism, alluding to
the fact that Saeketts Harbor, a few
miles distant was a great army post
and saving that if acting under Mr.
Brian's theory it was abolished.it would
prove a loss to this locality.
He said that he understood that at the
suggestion of people in Watertown and
the congressman from this district the
post had lately been enlarged and to his
mind that was sufficient evidence that
Instead of being scared at Mr. Bryan's
bugaboo of a menacing standing army,
the people were glad to see the posts in
creased. He also called attention to the fact
that Col. Llscum who was killed in Chi
na and his gallant regiment of men, the
Xinth vers from thia vicinity and as
serted that certainly no man who had
any respect for the flag, or any love for
its valorous defenders would agree with
statements attributed by the speaker to
Mr. Bryan to the effect that the officers
and men of the army were looters, rav
ishers and murderers. The governor
took up the question of the prosperity of
the farmers and said in part:
"I am assured that the farmers of this
locality have been increasing in prosper
ity for the past four years and that this
year just about closing has been the
most prosperous of all. Mr. Bryan is
responsible for the statement that the
farming element of the country has felt
the prosperity less than anv of its class
and by Mr. Bryan's statement, I am
going to put him to confusion. Careful
statistics gathered by the commissioner
of agriculture show that the farmers
have increased 35 per cent in prosperity
in the last thres: or four years. Xow if
Mr. Bryan is right and the farming ele
ment has been the least prosperous of
any class then the prosperity of the oth
er classes of wage earners and profit
Bsekers must have been greater than 33
per cent and a great refutation of Mr
Kryans theory that prosperity has not
touched this country."
The governor read some statistics
showing the improvement of the farm
ing classes as prepared from the reports
ot the commissioner of agriculture and
during tne reading was frequently inter
rupted with applause.
GOES AFTER BETAN
Oswego X. T., Oct. 25. Governor
Roosevelt s train arrived here a little
behind time, but there was an immense
crowd to welcome him. The governor
made a hit with his audience by alluding
to Judge Charles X. Bulger, of this
place, and his denunciation at 'the Sara
toga convention of Mr. Croker, Senator
Murpny and Tammany. "If you want
a recommendation fop Mr. Croker " said
the governor, "ask Mr. Bulger for it "
The governor asked: "Are we to give
up the Republican administration of
this state for Mr. Croker's administra
tion: To whicn reply came in a vol
ley of cries of "Xo, no, never " "Tot
much we won't," smilingly said the, rov
rnor. Alluding to what he alleged wer
the false prophecies of Mr. Ervan the
governor said: "Xow I know "you ali
read the Good Book, and vou recollect
what happened to false prophets in the
days of the old Hebrews. They had a
very bad time of it. We have advanced
somewhat since those days in our meth
ods of treating them. We run them on
the Democratic ticket for the presi
dency." "Yesterday." said Governor Roose
velt, "Mr. Bryan at last was goaded into
making a pretense of answering a ques
tion as to whether if elected he would
pay pensioners and ether national cred
itors in gold or in silver. I use the word
pretense advisedly, for the answer is an
evasion, pure and simple an evasion
moreover so palpable and so weak that
it Is astounding that any candidate for
the highest office in the gift of the na
tion snould have been willing to resort
to it. He said: "I want the Republicans
who want that question answered to ti'-st
find out what the law requires, and then
I want them to know that if elected
president I will enforce that law lust
as I w-iil enforce the law against trusts
and put striped clothes on big thieves as
wel! as little thieves. But if you ask m
to construe a Republican law, I will re
ply that I shall not construe a law un
til it becomes my duty to enforce it '
"This, of course, amounts merely to
saying that Mr. Bryan will not state
what he will do until after election
lest his statement should impair his
chance of election. The whole point at
issue is how the law shall be construed.
We contend that it is to be construed
that the nation shall pay its obligations
in gold. In other words, we are for the
gold standard, and exactly as I cham
pion it in Xew York state I championed
it in Colorado. Mr. Bryan's free silver
friends insist that the law permits him
to pay the debt of the nation in silver.
Four years ago Mr. Bryan's position was
the same as theirs, and this position had
at least the merit of being entitled to
what respect can be given wrong mind
ed sincerity. Unless Mr. Bryan has con
victions on so important a subject he is
not fit to be president, and if he has con
victions, by every law of honor and self
' respect be should maka those -convictions
public wnea he is appealing for
the suffrages of the people. In the
same breath that he thus avows that
he flinches from declaring his position
on one of the most vital points at issue,
he boasts that he will enforce the law
against trusts and put striped clothes on
big thieves as well as little thieves.
Surely if Mr. Bryan had possessed a
sense of humor he would have refrained
from uttering such a boast at once, be
cause cheap and idle, at the very mo
ment when by his evasion lie was show
ing a trait of character which, if it
marked his administration, if elected,
wrould insure absolute immunity both to
big thieves and to little. Of course Mr.
Bryan knows perfectly well that he
could not do one thing against any
stockholder or manager of a trust save
what had been done under the present
administration. The only way of get
ting at a trust on the part of the federal
government is under the constitutional
amendment introduced last June by the
Republican party and defeated by the
Bryanites for campaign purposes."
LlAGAZiHE EXPLODES.
25 Tons of Powder Destroyed at
GoTernment Proving Grounds.
Washington, Oct 25. Admiral O'Xeill,
chief of ordnance navy department, thi3
morning received a telegram from the
proving ground at Indian Head, report
ing that about 10 o'clock last night an
explosion occurred in one of the filling
houses and magazines. Xo one was in
jured. About 25 tons of powder were
destroyed. The powder factory, which is
two miles from the scene of the ex
plosion was not damaged. The cause of
the explosion is unknown.
SENT DOG BY MAIL.
Conspiracy by Postal Employes to
Defraud the Government.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 25. The United
States grand jury has returned thirteen
indictments against certain former
postmasters and carriers in Folk, Har
rison and Paulding counties, the state
charging conspiracy to defraud the government-It
is claimed by the postofnee author
ities that the thirteen defendants formed
a combination to defraud the govern
ment. It is charged that they went so
far as to give away stamps in order to
cancel them, and sent bulky packages
through the offices. It is said that a
dog was sent in this way, and that
pieces of pine bark were stamped and
mailed.
TARIFF TROUBLE
Growing Out of tha Reciprocity
Tj-eaty With. France,
Washington, Oct- 25. Assistant Secre
tary Spalding has Instructed the collec
tor of customs at New York to liquidate
all entries of cordials, liquors, etc., im
ported from France as not falling within
the scope of the reciprocity agreement
with that country. This order, which re
opens the question of rates under the
agreement was decided upon for the rea
son that under similar reciprocal agree
ment with Portug-al, Germany and Italy
the department has held that such agree
ments embrace only such brandies and
other spirits as are mentioned in para
graphs 2S9 and 292 of the Dingley tariff
act, which do not, it is contended, include
liquors. A few months sro the United
Spates court for the southern district of
Xew York decided that cordials are
known in France as liquors and should
be admitted at the new treaty rates. The
effect of this new order will be to bring
the matter again before the courts.
DEBS IN XEW YORK.
Big Socialist Meeting Planned For
Cooper Union.
New Tork, Oct. 23. The executive com
mittee of the social Democratic party have
made arrangements for what they say
will be the largest socialist demonstra
tion ever held in America. The presiden
tial candidate of the party, Eugene V.
Debs, will be the principal speaker at a
mass meeting- In Cooper TJnion next Tues
day night. Job Harriman, of California,
the vice presidential candidate, Benjamin
-lanfcrd, cand:date for governor, and Max
Hayes of Cleveland. will also make
speeches at this meeting.
"BOBS " HOPES
To Leave South. Africa About No
vember 15.
Tendon. Oct. 25. The war office an
nounces that Lord Roberts hopes to leave
South Africa for home about November
15. and that General Lord Wolseley has
consented to continue to perform the dut
ies of commander in chief of the army
until the end of November.
Let the Slight Go.
"Washington, Oct. 25. So far as can be
ascertained no formal protest has been
lodged with any department of the gov
ernment in this city with respect to the
action of the British cruiser Psyche in
entering the harbor of New York Monday
without firing the uual salute. Unless
some of the federal or municipal authori
ties at New York call attention to this al
leged slight to the American flag, it is not
likely that the national government will
take official cognizance of the incident
Join tkeepers Persistent
The police raided two joints last night
and succeeded in capturing one keg of
beer which was almost empty. The
places raided were: Geo. Klauer, at 526
Kansas avenue, and Geo. Anderson, at
S22 North Kansas avenue. W. R. Free
man, a boy 18 years old, was arrested in
Anderson's place. All the men gave bond
for their appearance and were released.
Their trial will come up October 30.
Contract Surgeons Turned Down
Washington, Oct. 25. In the case of
TV . H. Block and seventeen other act
ing assistant surgeons U. S. A., the
comptroller of the treasury has held
that a contract surgeon is neither an
officer nor an enlisted man, and is not
entitled to the 10 per cent, increase in
pay under the act of May 26, 1900.
Abandoned at Sea.
London, Oct. 25. The British steamer
Eomiialen, from Charleston. October 7.
for Bremen, passed Prawie Point todav
and signalled that the Nerwegian bark
Crown Prince, Captain Sorensen, fr m
rarient. September 21. for Liverpool, hid
been abandoned at sea. All the crew had
been saved, of whom eight were on board
the Romsdalen.
Jollies Filipinos.
New York. Oct. 25. At a banquet given
by the Filipinos here to Romero y R b-
edo. the Spanish ex-minister of justice,
says a Paris dispatch ;o the Times, the
tatter made a warm speech, encourag.ng
tne Pilininos. He said that thev had the
sympathy of Spain and called the Unite i
states a "robber nation." Senor Rob edi
said help would come to the Filipinos if
they kept up the struggle.
10 REST FOR HIM.
Col. Bryan Besieged in the
Quaker City.
Broad Street Station Jammed
With People
WHEN TRAIN ARRIVES.
Streets Filled With Mass of
Chtering Citizens.
Follow Him. to His Motel and
Keception Ensues.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25. Wni. X Bryan
arrived in this city at 9:25 o'clock tins
morning from Wilmington, Del., where
he spent the night after his big trip
through a portion of Maryland and Del
aware yesterday. Mr. Bryan was escort
ed by the Democratic city committee of
Philadelphia. When he arrived at the
Broad street station of the Pennsylvania
railroad he was greeted by a mass of
people that jammed the big train floor
so completely that there was scarcely
room for hie party to make its way to
the street. The streets surounding the
station were also crowded with, thousands
of people curious to see the Democratic
candidate.
Mr. Bryan was taken to a hotel close
to the station where he was to rest for
two hours before beginning his tour of
New Jersey. Here, however, thousands
of people crowded Broad street cheering
and exhibiting much enthusiasm. As
soon as Mr. Bryan reached the quarters
assigned to him the hotel filled with
men desirous of greeting him and an
impromptu reception began which pre
cluded all thought of rest for the can
didate. Mr. Bryan was escorted from his hotel
at 10:30 o'clock to a balcony on the sec
ond floor of the Times building. Thou
sands of people crowded the streets and
cheered him. Mr. Bryan was introduced
by Col. A. K. McClure, and said in part:
"I am glad to be able to stop a mo
ment in this city, and I am more de
lighted to speak to you from the build
ing where this paper is so intelligently
edited for American as against European
ideas. I believe the only reason our
principles are not as strong in the east
as in the west is because the east has
not the same opportunities as the west.
Our party is not the party of the few,
but the party of the masses. It seeks
Xor no special privilege for some, but
equal rights for all. The Democratic
party is making a canvass on a platform
that states its position on every ques
tion, but the Republican party is con
ducting a campaign on a platform that
conceals every issue. It oes not reveal
its position because-it knows that if it
made its principles plain the people
would repudiate them. Just remember
when that party met here in the early
days of our forefathers, the declaration
of independence was its platform; but
when it met here this year the declara
tion of independence was ignored alto
gether. The Republican party stands
for despotism in the Philippines. The
Republican party has no remedy for
any evil that confronts the farmer. In
stead it congratulates the farmer on
good rains, the laboring man on his
full dinner pail, as if he was all stom
ach. I want you to know that the full
dinner pail argument does not need a
response from those who carry the din
ner pail. They want something more.
They want relief from taxes and from
government by injunction; they want
representation in the president's cabinet;
they want settlement of disputes by ar
bitration; they want laws that make it
an offense to organize trusts. I recom
mend that you read the articles by that
distinguished Pennsylvania Democrat,
ex-Governor Pattisom-who has just re
turned from Porto Rico, and you will
iind that the Porto Ricans can write a
complaint that will rival the complaint
our people had against England before
the revolution. I am not here to speak
to you, but simply acknowledge your
welcome. I am always glad to meet
Pennsylvania Democrats. (Laughter.)
Why? (Laughter.) What shall I say?
You have been Democrats under most
creditable circumstances, and in the face
of overwhelming odds.
"If our party gains control of the fed
eral government it will be easier to be
a Democrat in Pennsylvania after that.
Instead of a government by the syndi
cates and for the syndicates, I want a
government of the people and by the
people; and it is difficult for a man
living in the City of Brotherly Love to
defend a policy which means brotherly
hate."
Mr. Bryan then drove down Delaware
avenue, which skirts the river front.
Here workmen gathered around his car
riage and showed much enthusiasm. He
received an ovation all along the line
to the point where he boarded a steam
boat for Washington Park, N. J., about
six miles down the Delaware river.
END OF FUSION.
It is Predicted by the Middle of the
Road Chairman.
Cincinnati. O., Oct. 25. Joe A. Parker,
chairman of the national committee of
the Middle-of-the-Road Populists, today
gave out a "message of good cheer" to
the members of the party, saying. In
part:
"The vote to be polled for this ticket
may not be as great as that of 1896. but
it will be large enough to demonstrate
beyond the shadow of a doubt that our
party is not dead, that the false leaders
of the past did not kill it. This campaign
lias accomplished this much and more
the election in November will put an
end to the disastrous policy of fusion
forever. This alone is a great victory
for true Populism. With our party or
ganization once more in the hands of our
friends and with fusion dead and damn
ed forever, we can go forward on the old
lines to the victory which awaits the
true, the vigilant and the brave."
NECK. AND NECK
The Lorraine and Fuerst Bismarck
Cross the Ocean.
New York, Oct. 25. Both the Hamburg
liner Fuerst Bismarck and the French
liner La Lorraine were reported pas-ing
Lizard Head, Kr.gland. at 7::i0 o'ciock
this mcrning. Both vessels cleared Sandv
Hook bar at about 12:u5 p. m., October 18.
They have therefore been in company,
perhaps, during the whole vovage and the
new French liner has no doubt made the
oid Fuerst Bismarck hustle to maintain
her standing among the "fivers." The
time of passage to the Lizard is not fast,
being about six days, ten hours and 18
minutes, which will average about 13.1
knots per hour.
Weather Indication.
Chicago, Oct. 25 Forecast for Kansas:
Fair tonight and Friday; cooler tonight;
south to west -winds.
NATAL CHANGES.
More Vessels Ordered Into Service in
Chinese Waters.
Washington, Oct. 25. The navy de
partment has ordered the tugs Piseata
qua and Wompatuck to be put in com
mission for service in Chinese waters.
The torpedo boats Dupont, Porter,
Cushing, Ericsson, Foote, Rodgers and
Winslow are to be fitted out for the
winter cruise of the North Atlantic
squadron. The Dahlgren was placed
out of commission at Portsmouth, N. H.
Two weeks' work has been authorized
by the department upon the Frolic,
which is to go to the China station in
stead of the Dorothea. Rear Admiral
Schley, on the- flagship Chicago, will
proceed to Montevideo about November
15. The Wilmington has arrived at St.
Vincent. The water ship Arethusa has
sailed from Singapore for Cavite.
FOR USE IN PHILIPPINES.
Repair of Two Troop Transports Has
Been Ordered.
Washington, Oct. 25. Orders have
been issued for the complete repair of
the troop transports Wright and In
galls at New York, with a view of util
izing them in the inter-island transport
service in the Philippines. These ves
sels were purchased during the Spanish
war and were used for the transporta
tion of troops and freight between the
United States and the West Indies.
Lately their service has been confined
to cruising in the waters of Cuba and
Porto Rico. They are too small for use
as regular troop ships between the
United States and the Philippines, but
are well adapted for cruising in the Phil
ippine archipelago.
STOPS FOR i'KINLEY.
Sherman Funeral Train
Route to Mansfield.
En
Canton, O., Oct. 25. The Sherman
funeral train reached Canton at 7:45
this morning and lay at the- station
about 15 minutes .while the private car
assigned to President McKinley and his
Canton friends and another for the
Cleveland people accompanying him,
were attached. There was a large crowd
at the station and during the wait many
of them filed through the car carrying
the remains to view the casket and the
great banks of flowers. The president's
car was occupied by the president,
Secretary of War Root, Judge Day,
Secretary - the President Cortelyou,
Postmaster George B. Fraze and Judge
George E. Baldwin.
The Clevelanders were Myron T. Her
rick, Gen. Garrettson, CoL James H.
Hoyt and Samuel Mather.
As soon as the president's car was
attached Gen. Miles and Mr. Babcoek
of the funeral party went to the ear to
pay their respects.
4 Gen. Miles was recognized during the
wait at the station and many crowded
up to the car to shake hands with him.
SPELLBINDING STOPS.
Columbus, Oct. 25. All action in the
Republican campaign in Ohio was sus
pended for today as a tribute of respect
to the memory of John Sherman, -Whose
funeral occurs at Mansfield this after
noon. The order by Secretary Dick of the
Republican state executive committee is
regarded as unique in the political an
nals of Ohio. All meetings have been
either declared off, or postponed, for the
day. The state officials left here at 7:20
a. m. for Mansfield to attend the funeral.
The speakers who were to have held
meetings in the state today also have
very generally gone to Mansfield.
ALVORD CANT ESCAPE.
Detectiyes Have Located the
Defaulting Bank Teller.
New Tork, Oct. 25. The Evening
World following up the reports that
Cornelius L. Alvord, the absconding
teller of the First National bank was
hiding in his Mount Vernon home says:
"Developments this morning indicate
that the whereabouts of Cornelius L.
Alvord, the absconding note teller of the
First National bank, are known both to
his attorneys and the bank officials,
"That no warrant for his arrest has
been asked is due to the efforts of his
friends to induce him to make restitu
tion. "Negotiations are now on with the
bank officials in their behalf that will
lead, it is said, to the restoration within
a few days of almost half the amount
stolen. Alvord's arrest would be an im
mediate bar to restitution on his part.
"Meanwhile the man, who is said by
intimate friends to be in his house at
Mount Vernon and by others to be some
where in the vicinity is under close
surveillance by detectives. His escape
is an impossibility.
"Alvord is said to have had an enor
mous sum in ready cash when he took
his final departure from the bank.
"This, with his real estate holdings,
several blocks of securities, his wife's
diamonds, his horses and livery and his
interest in several New York business
concerns, are under consideration in the
negotiations between Alvord's friends
and those from -whom he stole.
"One of the absconder's friends as
serts that Alvord's holdings when re
alized on will make him only $100,000 to
the bad on the amount of his defalca
tion." INDIAN DANCE OFF.
Smallpox Breaks Out and Dancers
Are Quarantined.
The Indian dance at the Auditorium
tonight has been postponed. One or
two of the braves of the Apache tribe
fell sick yesterday and it is feared that
the disease is smallpox. Accordingly
the United States agent in charge of
them refused to allow them to leave the
reservation.
Kiowas and Comanches volunteered
to come but it was deemed advisable to
wait until the scare was over so as to
not run any risk in exposing others to
the disease should it turn out to be real
ly smallpox.
To Annex Part of Florida,
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 25. Secretary
of State McDavid has taken the first
step toward annexing West Florida to
Alabama. In his annual report to the
government the secretary of state says
Alabama runs a mile further south on
the eastern boundary than the tract
books have heretofore shown and that
the state is possessed of a wedge of land
which his ofgee records failed to show
it owned, running 100 miles along the
southern end of the state.
SORROWING
THOUSANDS
Pay Their Final Tribute of Re
spect to John Sherman.
Remains Interred In Family
Tauit at Mansfield.
DRAPED IN MOURNING
Was Every Business House In
the City.
DelegationsPresentFrom Wash
ington and Ohio Towns.
Mansfield, O., Oct. 25. From the
quaint little Episcopal church where as
a youth he worshiped, John Sherman,
the statesman, was buried here today.
Up the narrow aisle which through long
years he trod as a vestryman, the re
mains of the former United States sen
ator and cabinet member were carried
to the chancel, where in a casket of
black, surmounted and hedged about
with a sea of floral tributes, they rested
from shortly before 11 o'clock until
nearly 3, when they were removed with
simple, tender ceremony to their last
resting place in the Sherman family
Vault in the cemetery here.
Mansfield did honor to her departed
foremost citizen. Every business house
was draped in mourning; every church
was open, and the streets were thronged
with sorrowing thousands, including
delegations from Washington, Cleve
land, and nearby cities and towns.
The day was clear and bright. The
funeral procession wended its way from
the union station, where it was formed
with President McKinley in the place
of honor, to the Grace Episcopal church.
The train bearing the distinguished
dead and those who escorted the body
from the national capital arrived at
10:16 a. m. Awaiting were Mayor
Brown and a citizens' committee of five,
a squad of police and company M,
Eighth infantry, O. N. G., which did
service in the Spanish war. Close by the
tar which contained the catafalque and
which was heavily draped were forty
two members of General Sherman's bri
gade, all old men, gray and bent. As
President McKinley, leaning on the arm
of Mayor Brown, stepped from his pri
vate car, the Olympia, every man in
the crowd at the depot raised his hat, as
did the president, and stood bareheaded
until the casket containing the body
of former Senator Sherman was re
moved to the hearse. Then, without a
dirge or other sound of mourning, the
funeral cortege slowly proceeded to the
church. The body was borne between
two files of the members of Sherman's
brigade and double files of company M.
Preceding the hearse were the car
riages bearing the party from Washing
ton. In the first were President McKin
ley, Secretary of War Root, Congress
man Kerr, of the city, and Secretary
to the President Cortelyou. The presi
ent did not enter the church when the
remains were first laid in state, but
proceeded to the residence of Congress
man Kerr, where with other members
of the Washington party and members
of the Sherman family he partook of
luncheon, remaining there until the for
mal service at the church, which began
at 2:30 p. m.
Between lines of spectators, among
whom were many who had known the
deceased the greater part of his life, the
casket was carried into the church, by
eight policemen, escorted by the hon
orary pall bearers. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, P. T. Sherman, Alfred W. Hoyt,
Wm. McComb, Charles W. Sherman,
Colgate Hoyt, John Sherman Hoyt and
Frank B. Wiberg." The plate on the
casket bore this inscription: "John
Sherman May 10, 1823; October 22,
1900."
The altar was decorated in white at
the request of the family, and the robe
of the officiating rector, Rev. A. B. Put
nam, was of white also. As the rector
chanted a brief ritualistic rite, a pro
cession headed by Governor Nash of
Ohio filed by to look upon the face of
the deceased.
During the succeeding hours the
crowds came and went with noiseless
tread, occasionally bringing additions to
the profusion of floral offerings. Among
the latter was a large wreath of white
roses from the White House, the gift of
the McKinley family. There was a tall
shaft of roses from the city of Mans
field, a law book wrought of white roses
and carnations from the local bar asso
ciation, a wreath from the Loyal Le
gion, another from the survivors of
Sherman's brigade, and many others.
There was no, formal sermon, the offi
ciating clergyman adhering closely to
the Episcopal ritual. At the conclusion
of the services the funeral train proceed
ed to the cemetery, a mile distant. At
the sepulchre the ceremonies were of
the simplest character, and at their con
clusion the casket was sealed and the
throng retraced its way.
Senator Hanna arrived from Chicago
about noon to attend the funeral.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
She Assisted In the Drugging of
Jennie Bosschieter.
Paterson, N. J., Oct. 25. Sculthorpe,
the man who drove the cab in which
Jennie Bosschieter, the young: silk mill
employe, who died last Thursday night
after having been given "knock out"
drops and assaulted, said today that a
woman whose name he does not know,
was in the saloon at the time the girl's
drink was drugged. This woman, he
says, helped Kerr, McAllister, Campbell
and Death to put the girl into the cab
and stood by until the vehicle started
away. The police are searching for this
woman and also for the drug clerk who
sold chloral to McAllister. He has dis
appeared but it is not thought that he
has left Paterson.
Sculthorpe says he believes the un
known woman was a stranger in Pater
son. Woman Strangled to Death.
Indianapolis, Oct. 25. Leole Wilhelm,
wife of John Wi;helm, was frund stran
gled to death today on the west bunk of
White river in the heart of the citv. Jhn
Wilhelm. the husband of the w man: J. hi
Maladay and Felix Robbing have been ar
rested on suspicion.
Coal For the Fleet.
Singapore. Oct. 25. The United States
coUiers Alexander and Soindia. laden
with coal for the United States fleet in
Chinese waters have arrived here.
IKON MARKET ACTITE.
Election Has Little Effect In Retard
ing Business.
Cleveland, Oct. 25. The Iron Trade
Review this week will say:
With the election so close at hand, it
might be assumed that buying of iron
and steel would wait on the actual an
nouncement of the result. As a matter
of fact, there has been an active market
in the past week, finished material be
ing in largest demand, while pig iron in
some selling centers has been more ac
tive than in recent weeks. The placing
of contracts with the proviso that they
may be cancelled in case the election re
sult is unfavorable'to business, or more
specifically, is against the administra
tion, has been a feature of the week's
business. Many buyers also satisfied of
the election outcome are evidently plac
ing their orders in the belief that de
mand will increase promptly on the an
nouncement of the result, and' that the
result on some materials at least will be
higher prices.
Plates have been advanced to $10 to
$13 a ton by Pittsburg mills, in view of
the heavy sales o the past few months,
and steel bars are firmer, one producer
being for the present out of the market.
The rail situation has not been altered
materially.
The disparity between the prices of
rails and billets has been lessened by
the advance in the latter. Sales at $17.50
and $18 at Pittsburg are reported, and
some large business is pending.
Though the Bessemer association is
not considering new business with steel
companies on the present basis, low
prices continue to be reported on mal
leable Bessemer, one sale of 2,000 tons
having been made at $12.50 at furnace.
AUDITORIUM INSURANCE.
Council Committee Apportions $20,
000 More, Making $60,000.
The committee composed of Council
men Elliott and Betts, to which was re
ferred the matter of placing the insur
ance on the city building, completed
their work yesterday afternoon. The in
surance placed yesterday amounted to
$20,000, which makes the total insurance
on the building $60,000. The policies are
for five years and pay a premium of
$36 per thousand.
The first report of the committee after
they had apportioned the $40,0150 among
the agents caused such a row that the
council decided that $40,000 was not
enough insurance any way, and concluded
to add $20,000 more. They instructed the
committee to give the additional insur
ance to agents who were overlooked or
did not get a fair share when the first
lot was given out. The last insurance
was given . to the following agents:
Pavne & Thompson, $2,000; James
Griffin, $1,000; J. M. Brier, $1,000; Man
speaker & Henderson, $4,000; T. D.
Humphrey, $2,000; N. Nichols, $2,000; H.
M. Steele, $2,000; H. E. Wentworth, $2,
000; D. W. and Carl Nellis, $1,000; I. T.
Lockhard, $1,000; Elliott & Criswell, $1,
000; H. C. Bowman, $1,000.
TO CRUSH TRUSTS. '
Mr. Bryan Suggests Legal Measures
to Prevent Combines.
Chicago, Oct. 25 The Record publishes
the following:
The Record special correspondent who
is traveling with William J. Bryan was
instructed to ask the Democratic candi
date this question:
"In your speeches so far delivered on
the trust question you have dealt with
the remedies you would apply to over
capitalization. What legal remedy
would you suggest to prevent the in
iquitous and immoral restriction of
trade by which trusts attempt to stifle
competition?"
This is Mr. Bryan's reply:
"Publicity is good, but publicity alone
is not sufficient. The practices of the
trusts must not only be made known,
they must be prevented. The Republi
can party has no remedy for trusts. W
have:
"1. Enforce the demand in the Demo
cratic platform for legislation which will
place trust-made articles on the free
list. The corporations will then not be
inspired to combine in this country to
raise prices here while they sell abroad
in competition with the world. There is
no doubt that such legislation would
protect the people from much of the
extortion which is practiced under cover
of high tariff laws.
"2. Provide by law that before any
corporation organized in any state shall
do business outside of that state it shall
be granted a license by the federal gov
ernment. "Congress must co-operate with the
state in preventing the organization of
any Interstate monopoly without impair
ing the present authority of the state.
Congress can provide that the operations
of a corporation must be confined 1 thu
state in which it was organized until cer
tain ncces-arv conditions are compile 1
with. If the people of any state are will
ing to create and continue a monopoly
the people of other states need feel no
concern so long as the monopoly is con
fined to the state in which the corporation
originates. But the moment a monopoly
crosses the state line and invades other
states congress has a right to and must
interfere for the protection of trie country
at large. Why should a corporation be
permitted to engage in interstate com
merce for anv purpose except a beneficial
one, and what harm or injustice is done
by compelling the corporation to show
that it is going into interstate commerce
for the benefit of the public?
"3. Provide that the license of a cor
poration doing interstate business be for
feited the moment the corporation at
tempts to monopolize any branch of busi
ness. By this means the corporation can
be shut up in one state and forty-tour
states taken away from it, until it shows
that it is an honest and legitimate enter
prise. Those who desire the annihilation
of the trusts are not hostile to property
rights, but they protest against allowing
a fictitious person, created by law, and
called a corporation, to trample upon the
rights of the natural man of flesh and
blood."
ENDS TODAY.
American Missionary Association
Convention Near the Close.
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 25. At the
morning session of the last day of the
American Mission association conven
tion the proposed amendments to the
constitution were presented. These ac
cording to the by-laws will lie over unti!
next year. The financial report and ad
dress was presented by A. Lyman Wil
liston, of Northampton. General T. J.
Morgan, of New York, secretary of the
American Baptist Missionary society
spoke on "Our common work," as did al
so Rev. D". M. C. B. Mason, secretary
of the Freedmen's Aid society. Prof.
Dutton, of Columbia university, New
York, presented a review of the annual
report. The women's meeting this after
noon had the following programme:
Greetings from W. H. M. A. of Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island.
Annual report of woman's work. Miss
D. E. Emerson, secretary. New York.
"Our plea for Indian women," Mrs. M.
Wellman, Oklahoma.
"Our missionary to the Highlanders,"
Mrs. II. L. Hoyt, Tennessee.
"Student life and afterward," Miss
Nettie Crump, Alabama.
"Progress of colored women," Mrs. M.
J. Terrell, District of Columbia.
IGNQRESCHARGES
Postmaster Guthrie Will Not
Remove Mr. Rodgers.
Does Not Believe There U Truth
la the Charire.
MR. LARIMER IS EI EM.
Says That He Is Ready to Prove
His Statements.
lie Will Not Swear to Com
plaint Now.
POPULIST COMPLAINTS
Chairman Ridgley Says Com
mittee Mail Was Delayed.
Ordered Plain Envelopes and
Was No More Trouble.
The decisive statement of Chairman
James E. I.arimer that Assistant Post
master A. K. Rodgers had tampered with
the U. S. mail, created a sensation.
People stood upon the street corners
discussing the charges and the question
uppermost everywhere was whether
they could be proved.
Radical partisans censured Chairman
Larimer for giving public expression to
the outrage, while people who believe;
in honest administration of public af
fairs in spite of politics commended
him.
There was a. meeting of the Republi
can Flambeau club last night and Capt.
A. M. Fuller made a fiery spt ech in
which he demanded that Chairman Lar
imer be removed from his position.
He Raid: "We had better devota our
attention to getting a man at the head
of the county committee who has sens
enough to manage a campaign, and who
will not be a disgrace to Shawnee coun
ty and his party."
Secretary O. K. Swayze Raid that he
agreed with Capt. Full r, except that h5
believed the matter should be kept quiet
for the sake of harmony, lie nai l:
"We should ignore the fellow entirely,
aa be can do no more harm now, n nl
then go ahead and work for the t e l,. ! ."
The matter was then dropped and no
official action was taken by the- club.
Postmaster Guthrie was found In ris
office at the postofnee. When asked what
action he intended to tako coneernln,?
the charges against Assistant '-.t n,a
ter Rodgers, he said: "I ave taken ti
official cognizance of the charges and tin
not intend to do sov I do not belies a
there Is any truth In them."
Mr. Rodgers said today: "I have not
yet decided what action I will take con
cerning Mr. Larimer's charges."
Chairman Larimer said today: "I
stand ready to prove my charges when
ever it is necessary to do so.
"I shall not swear to a complaint un
less requested to do so by the postal
authorities. I have iad rso eonferem-j
with any of the authorities arid ha.e
not been requested to make an official
statement."
TROUBLE WITH POPULIST MAIL.
The officers at the Populist headquar
ters have maintained for Koine time that
their mail has been delayed and in some
cases failed to reach Its destination, and
the expose of J. K. Iarirner leads thim
to believe that their fears that the inaif
has been tajnpered with were well
foundeii.
Mr. Ridgley, chairman of the lopult
state committee, said this morning: "I
think that if the char is true that
it is an outrage. We have had trouhia
with our mail time and again, and ha ve
never been able to locate the blame.
This delaying of the mail eVourrod so
frequently that we were confident It wa
done intentionally, no we licKari the use
of plain envelopes. Since that time we
have been able to get very good sorvlo
so far as our letter mail was concerned.
Prior to the time that we began the ws
of the plain envelopes we had great
trouble and inconvenience. le tters that
were mailed to men in different parts of
the state would not reach them until
several day after they should have been
received and on several occasions this
delay caused us net ious trouble.
"Now that they have begun to fight
among themselves we seem to be learn
ing why our mail was delayed.
"We have had a number of complaints
that our circular mail hns gone fimray
and the colored men have complained
because they have frequently been tin
able to get the mail we send them. Tlx ro
has been something wrong nd it now
looks as tnough we would iind out what
it is."
COLORED EDITOR COMPLAINS.
To the Editor of the Plate Journal:
We road wijh spec ml interest the ar
ticle in yesterday's State Journal under
the caption "Mack Clmrges. '
Of late we have been receiving com
plaints from all parts of the state front
parties who have failed to reoeive, the
Colored Citizen, which Is mailed regulnr
r" to them every week from our ofliee.
In some instances parties have com
plained that the pajw-r has come to them
with Republican campnign literal ,;.
carefully concealed within Its f.ih.s.
having been placed there after we pi:t o
the paper in the poHtoffice. At Ij.m -renee
some of our fculwribers foo.el
within the folds of the paper a Kepul.h
can circular headed "The Colored :!
zen." When nsl;el for mi cxpta rial
the postal authorities here sai l t Iiji
these circulars were within the folds of
the paper when it reaehed that o!tt'- .
Perhaps the above merstiotir-l arti-l"
explains this mystery. This thing l,,t
gone so far that it has betn almoet un
bearable. P. C. THOMAS
FLAMBEAU CLUB TO TAKK 1'AUT.
The Republican Flambeau club lias
decided to take part in Die demons! i u
tion attending the Hurton meeting in
the Auditorium on October St. The old
Soldiers" McKinley and Roosevelt club
has made the arrangement for Hurton
to speak and for the Flambeau club to
give a fireworks display. The Flambeau
club wishes to secure the Auditoilutn
for election night, receive returns mil
have an entertainment and charge 10
cents admittance. The Reptitiir r
county central committe wivhts to vmt
t'ne Auditorium for the same puipon
without charging an uUmitUtuctit ,