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VOLUME XLIX-KUMBER 62. WHEELING."A^^SATURDA^lfflTOlBER 3. 1900. "TV PltTnT^TSTn^^r3
TEDDY BREAKS
ALL RECORDS OF
THE CANDIDATES
?or President or Vice President.
Hide 673 Speeches and Traveled
21,200 Miles.
TALKED TO 3,000,000 PEOPLE.
r&Iibes His Tour in Good jHealth
end Spirits?Made His Last Speech
at Home of Senator Piatt.
O^TECiO, N. Y., Nov. 2.?'Theodore
Roosevelt, Republican candidate for
vjco president, completed to-night at
this point one of the most remarkable
campaigns ever made by a candidate of
any party in the United States. In
eight weeks he has visited twenty-four
states of the Union, made 673 speeches,
traveled 21,209 miles; visited 367 towns
and cltle3 and talked to what is estimated
to bo 3,COO,000 people. This record
includes more speches, more inlfes traveled
and more territory covered than
that of all the other candidates for
President or vice president of the United
States of all the parties for the last 100
years with the exception of the record
made by William J. Bryan in 1S96, and
It exceeds Mr. Bryan's record, which
was 559 speeches made and 19,000 miles
covered.
Good Health and Spirits.
This wonderful campaign was finished
by a two weeks tour of the state of
New York during which the candidate
traveled 2,253 miles, through thlrty eren
counties and made 120 speeches,
the majority of them from the rear pl&ttnrrv,
tV,r? tnln Mr ' Rnnwnlf finish
ed this tour in excellent health and good
spirits and, as he sold to-night:
"With a slightly weakened voice but
able to go on with the campaign a couple
of weeks more."
The last day of this campaign Included
eight stops between Jamestown, In
Chatauquacounty.and inclusive of Owego,
In Tioga county. The stops to-day
varied from two hours in duration at
Olean to ten minutes at other points.
He finished to-night at Oswego, the
home of United States Senator Thomas
! C. Piatt.
OLD DAYS RECALLED
By President and Mrs. McXinley by
Dining With Family of the Minister
Who Married Them.
CANTON, O.. Nov. 2.?President and
Mrs. McKlnley Joined a party of friends
and neighbors at a dinner party this
evening at the home of Miss Buckingham,
a daughter of the minister who
married them, with whom they have
! kept up an Intimacy since their young !
! days. Judge and Mrs. Day were among j
the guests.
There were the usual number of callers
at the Mckinley home to-day, but
there was nothing of special significance
In the day's doings, so far as the
public Is concerned. There was a heavy
volume of official business to engago
the attention of the President, as well
as of the clerks and secretary. Among
those who called during the day were
Superintendent and Rev. John Locke,
chaplain of the Intermediate penitentiary
at Mansfield. Both are old friends
and their visit was of a social nature.
James Boyle, consul to Liverpool, who
was Mr. McKlnley's private secretary
while he was governor and during the
campaign of '9t?, reached the city this
evening, to pay his respects. He 'came
to the United States to vote. While In
the city, Mr. Boyle will be the guest of
Postmaster George B. Frease.
AIIMFNPF RRFYV I APfiFR
As Governor Atkinson Continued His
Speech ? Succcssful Republican
"Round-up" in Roane County.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer
SPENCER. W. Va., Nov. 2.-Goverr.or
George Wesley Atkinson spoke here
to-day to 1,800 voters. The court house
was too small to accommodate the
crowd and a platform was extemporize!
on the outside and seats were arranged
for a part of the audience. Hundreds
of people stood for more than two
hour? while the governor discussed all
of the l>sues Involved In the campaign.
H?.? took up all the points claimed by
the Democrats, one by one, and showed
the fallacy of all of them to the satisfaction
of the large and attentive audience
which contained a goodly number
of Democrats.
One remarkable feature of the occasion
was that the audience was much
larger at the close of his lengthy address
than a.t the beginning. Hundreds
" 'tern embraced the opportunity to
shake hands with our able governor at
the close of his remarks. To-day dem
onstrated the fact that the voters of
lioane county arc satisfied with the
present administration and while the
Political gathering was practically the
"round-up" of the campaign, yet It wan
the largest witnessed In Roane county
at any time during the year.
OPTIMISTIC REPORTS
Given by Republican Leaders in NewJersey.
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 2.?When the
work of th<> campaign came almost to a
close to-day, National Committeeman
Franklin Murphy, chairman of the New
Tersey committee, "Issued the following
statement:
"We have made a very thorough canvass
of Mew Jersey and have carefully
Investigated the conditions In all mictions
of thi? state that are considered
any way doubtful and the result of the
canvas* awures us of n. majority fur
McKlnley of at hast 40.000 to f.0,000. The
li'-'publlcan majority In the legislature
\
will probably be about forty-five, which, {
of course, will secure the re-election of ^
Senator Sewell In the United States senate."
bennett's'unfitness
For the Position of Supremo Jv.dga
Demonstrated "by tho Number of
Reversals of His Decisions as Cir- j
cult Judge.
Special Dispatch to tho Iatelllgenc?r.
"SVESTON, W. Va., Nov. 2.?Judge
Bennett's candidacy for Judge of tho
oupreme court Is not meeting with the success
here at homo that he would |
have the people of the state believe. In
the first place, the Judsre la not overly
popular here, nnd to add to his trou- J T
bles, such Democratic leaders as Colo- j
nel Ba$sell and Dr. J. I. Warder are
openly opposing his election. The secret
and abusive attacks that he and
his henchmen have made upon Judge
Henry Brannon have fallen flat here, t
where both men are known. Judgp t
Brannon's learning and cspeclal fit- 2
ness for the position .he now holds. Is I
generally admitted by both Democrats e
and Republicans, and his re-election to t
the supreme bench Is concedcd all over 3
the state. c
Matter of Stato Pride. t
His retention as a member of the supreme
court of appeals Is not only a >
matter of state pride, put Is Important I
to the citizens of the state. Since the c
nomination of W,1 G. Bennett, at Park- c
ersburg, some of the legal fraternity ?
have been looking Into his record as a I
| KOObtVJcLT'S WO
1 =
In eight weeks, Governor Roosei
% mad? six hundred and seventy- thrc
I' thousand two hundred and nino mil
% seven towns and cities and talked i
<i> speeches and traveled more miles ti
<:> the parties in the United States (Br;
4
years.
< >
circuit judge, and from a generous :
standpoint it would appear that the 1
judge is not the best qualified Demo- \
crat In the state for Judgo of our court j
of last resort. In fact, it appears that
Mr. Bennett Is a much over-rated
Judge. Ills fitness for the supremo (
court could not be considered the best, j
in view of his many reversals as a cir- j
cult Judge. Of the cases appealed from \
Judge Bennett's decisions 60 per cent ,
have been reversed. This Is a matter |
of record, and further comment Is unnecessary.
FITTING CLIMAX
To a Successful Campaign in. Kona- '
wha County Was the Holstead
Meeting Last Night?Witnessed by
20,000 People.
Special Dispatch to tho Intclllgenccr.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 2.?A ,
great mass meeting was held In the
Burlew opera house this evening, addressed
by Hon. Murat Halstead, as a 1
fitting climax to a successful campaign.
There was an enormous parade preceding
the meeting, composed of the Business
Men's Sound Money League, 200
strong, the Elklns Marching Club, 100
strong, the South Charleston, West f
End and Clendennln clubs, the AfroAmerican
League, Colored Institute
Cadets and a dozen other organizations
and about llfteen attractive Industrial
Hats representing the prosperous busl- '
ness concerns of this city. 1
It was intended that this meeting i
should outdo the Holt meeting of last
Friday night and the object was attained.
It surpassed It In every particular.
The most striking feature of
the demonstration was the display of
fireworks, which was the most wonderful
ever seen in this city.
It continued from 7:30 o'clock In tho
evening and was witnessed by 20,000
people. The demonstration was in
charge of Captain E. E. Hood, Colonel
s>. uuricw, uoionej, j. t;. uana, captain
John A. Thayer, P. H. Noyes and
other prominent citizens. Confidence Is
expressed everywhere that there will 1
be an overwhelming victory for the G.
O. P. In this county on November C.
DEMOCRATIC HUBBY
And Republican Wife Have Their
Fir3t Trouble Over Politics.
Special Dispatch to tho XntclUffenrcr.
PARKERS BURG, "W. Vu.. Nov. 2.?A
Democratic husband, who hns been
married but a few weeks, was surprised
upon his return from work last night to
find his windows decornted with pictures
of McKInley and Roosevelt. He
protested against the display, but as
his Republican wife would not remove
the photographs, he finally secured pictures
of Bryan and Stevenson and
placed them over the Republican candidates.
Later, a compromise was ef
fccted, and the windows are now decorated
with pictures of McKlnley and
Uryan, the vice presidential candidates
being cut out.
Good Results Promised in Lewis.
Special Dlnpatch to tho IntclllKencor.
JANE LEW, W. Va., Nov. 2.?The
lartfe crowd that Greeted Senator Stuart
K. Reed last nlpht was another Indication
of the great majority Lewis county
will Give for the entire Republican
will surely send two Republican*? to the
next legislature. Senator Reed spoku
two hours and nil agree that no moro
brilliant address was ever delivered at
the town hall.
Ask For New Trial for Ferrcll.
MARYSVILLE, O., Nov. 2.?A motlon
for a new trial was filed by Rosslyn
II. Ferrell'n attorneys to-day, on
the ground that on? of the jurors said
Ferrell won guilty end his llfo was no
bettor than Lane's, his victim. It Is also
charged that Joseph Roff, nnother
Juror, Is not an elector. Time Ih given
for aflldavltH In support of the motion
and answers, the arguments being set
for next Friday*
SHORT TELLS
HOW RICE'S WILL
11/a o rvrnii rrn
TV Ad CAEIUILLP.
Requested by Deceased Millionairo to
Come to His Apartments in Company
With, a Notary Public.
"HE DEAD MAN'S LUNGS
Vill Have a Bearing on Jones' Story.
Dr. Bull's Statement Given Out
by Attorney Osborne.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.?Efforts were
>elng made this afternoon to determino
he exact condition of the lungs of Win.
Harsh Rice, the dead millionaire, after
lis death. Jones, the dead man's valt,
In his confession before he cut his
hroat In the Tombs, said he saw Albert
?. Patrick holding a towel ln.tho shape
if a cone over the aged millionaire's
ace.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
vho said ho would communicate with
?rof. Wltthaus, concerning the matter,
leclared that the autopsy had revealed
i state of affairs consistent with smothTlnff
Whether the lungs have been
ireserved was not known at the district
NDERFUL FEAT. |
relt visited twenty-four states, j|
;e speeches, traveled twenty-one
es, visited five hundred and sixty- $
o 3,000,000 people ? made more 2',
lan nil the other candidates of all %
yaa excepted) for the past 100
?
Lttomey's ofllce to-day, but It is belev?d
that they, with other organs,
vsre removed before the dead millionaire's
body was cremated.
Short Interviewed.
David L. Short, who executed the will
)f M/. Rice, the one in which the mill
onalre bequeathed the bulk of his for;une
to Albert F. Patrick, to-day for the
Irst time consented, to be Interviewed
regarding the Incidents leading up to
the execution of the document.
To a reporter Short said:
"I went to Mr. Rice's apartments at
the request of Mr. Patrick. Patrick
jent a messenger to my office. Patrick
said to me: 'You are wanted up town to
jxecute some papers.'
"Morris Meyers went with me. He
went as a notary, I as a'commissioner
Df deeds. When we reached the apartments,
Jones let us in and escorted us
to Mr. Rice's room. Mr. Rice was sitting
at his desk and from a sort of cabinet
compartment that was over It drew
out his papers. He said to both of us:
'This is my will, gentlemen. I have
sent for you to witness my signature.'
Confidence in Meyers.
"Ho asked Meyers to read one particular
clause or paragraph of the will. I
do not remember what the subject matter
of the clause was. I did not pay
any attention to It. Mr. Rice seemed
to have much conlldence in Meyers. He
consulted him about his affairs frequently.
I did not know the contents
of the will. The will was not read
aloud. I frequently executed papers
tor Mr. Rice. I executed the assignments
to Patrick."
Mr. Short further said that he never
talked to Meyers or Patrick about the
will or assignments. He hail known
Mr. Rice for about a year before his
death, nor had Mr. Rice said anything
to him about another will.
OPERATION PERFORMED
On Rice's Face Six Months Before He
Died?Color of Tablets Given Enter
Into tho Case.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2.?Assistant District
Attorney Osborne In a further
statement given out this afternoon says
that Dr. Bull, the surgeon, performed
an operation on Rice's face about six
months before he died. As an antiseptic
wash he prescribed bl-chloride of
mercury. Mr Osborne said this had a
bearing on the case, as Jones has confessed
that Patrick gave Rice grayish
tablets. The tablets prescribed by Dr.
Bull were of a grayish color. Mr. Osborne
further said that Prof. Wltthaus
knew nothing of this In making his analysis.
Dr. W. T. Bull, who performed the
operation on Rice's face, said later:
"I was called In by Rice's physician.
Dr. J. Milton Mabbott, of 10 Fifth avenue,
to perform a slight operation on
Rice's face. The operation was not serious
and did not even require ether."
Miss R. J. Evans. Dr. Bull's head
nurse, who had charge of the operation,
said:
Diluted the Tablets.'
"I did use bl-chloride of mercury, but
I took away every tablet not used. I
diluted tho tablets and bathed Mr.
Rlce'n face with the solution. These
tablets were bluish in color and not
gray, although some one not acquainted
with them might say they were of a
irravlsh tlnen."
Dr. Hull continual by raying:
"There are white tablets of this sort,
but I never use them. I .myself, am
not very well acquainted with tho effrcts
the tablet would have when taken
Internally. I know they would cause
extreme conation of the bowels and
severe Inflammation. I do not know
whether they would kill a man unlesu
takrn In large quantities.
"The tablets are sold at drug stores
Uko iK-adajcho druiw and other artlcleo,
without any rod tape ,and In that way (
they could bo easily secured. As a face
wash they aro perfectly harmless."
Fred B. House, counsel for Jones an#
Patrick, accompanied by former Assistant
District Attorney Gordon Battle,
went to Bolievue hospital this afternoon
and were admitted to the prison
ward to see Jones. They talked with
.Tonos fnr a. hnlf hOUr.
? I
When leaving Mr. House said he called
simply to visit Jones, seeing that he
was In sucK trouble, lie called him "a
poor young man, In hard luck." "When
asked why Mr. Battle was with him,
ho evaded the quest Jon and positively
refused to say whether Mr. Battle wouid j
be a counsel in the ease.
Mr. Battle would not talk at all.
ATTORNEYS ARfcUE
As to the Admissibility of Evidence
in the Cranbiett Case ? Strong
Statements by Attorneys for De- (
fense. j
Bpecial DlspateB *o the Intelllccncer.
STEUBENV1LLE, 0., Nov. 2.?During
an argument of two hours over the
admission of testimony, showing that
Jeff Rainbow had made threats against
James Goanell. for whose murder Quincy
Cramblett Is being tried, Attorney
Erskine, for the defense, made ttys
strong statement: "We will make a
stronger case of circumstantial evidence
against Rainbow than the state made ;
against Cramblett."
Judge Holllngsworth took the matter ,
under advisement until morning. John j
Cramblett and wlf?. parents of Qulncv. .
both testified to their son being at homo '
the night cf the murder. The state :
pressed Mr. Cramblett pretty hard
about the musket which was destroyed.
Stenographers were put on to contradict
what several state witnesses testl- :
fied to. J. O. Henry contradicted Wm.
Miller, a star witness for the state.
Noah Arnold told of Gosnell saying In
what high esteem he held Cramblett. !
ALVORD RE-ARRESTED. &
Discharged by City Authorities but
Taken in Charge by United States
Officers?Held in 9150,000 Baii.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.?City Magistrate
Flammer discharged Cornelius L.
Alvord, the defaulting note teller of the
First National Bank, from custody today.
The magistrate? said he was satis- |
tied that he had no jurisdiction in the
case. Alvord was allowed to leave the
court room, but as soon as he reached
the corridor he was re-arrested by a
United States marshal and taken be
iUlVT OullCJ V.OIHl.U2?lUlJvl
snlelds.
The commissioner hold Alvord In .
1150.000 ball for examination on Wednesday
next.
The appraisers appointed to make an
inventory of the contents of the house
of Cornelius L. Alvord, jr., under attachment
of the First National bank of
New York City, have completed their
work and appraise the value at J3.13S.
Sheriff Molloy, of West Chester county.
will summon a sheriff's Jury on
Monday to decide to whom the property
attached belongs. The Alvord residence
is still in charge of deputy sheriffs,
PERIOD OVSUSPENSE
In Business Nearly Over?Iron and
Steel Forging Ahead?Americans
Placing Shops in Foreign Countries?Heavy
Orders for Shoes.
NEW YORK. Nov. a2.?R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow
will say:
The period of suspense Is nearly over.
Business has been longing for :i free
field in which to lean forward, but re
stricted buying largely to wants for immediate
consumption. Some evidence
appears of willingness to take speculative
chances in the movement of a few
standard goods, notably Iron and steel.
The actual resumption of operations in
the anthracite coal fields has added
largely to the working force, and closing
down of a few small steel plants
is only In the nature of concentrating
operations at more advantageous points,
and has not much reduced the number
of men employed. The weather In some
sections has favored business, but at
New Yorlc has been unseasonable, accounting
for much of the loss of 15.3
per cent in bank clearings here, as compared
with last year, though the week
shows a Rain of 20.3 per cent over 1898.
Encouraging Reports From Iron.
Encouraging signs multiply in the
Iron industry. Strength in Bessemer
and grey forge at Pittsburgh shows
that the recent Increase In activity of
finished forms has at last affected the
market for raw material. Improvement
in domestic buying of pig is the more
noticeable because of decrease in exports.
Structural shapes continue in
urgent requirement, plates advancing
with active demand from shlp-bullders
and w*lth talk of a pool to sustain the
price. Par iron would sell readily at
former priccs, but holders grow stubborn.
Reports are current that Ameri
v.ui? wuuerua nave conir;ic;ea lor machine
shops In Bremen and numerous
bridRes abroad, Including some In Africa.
Billets at Philadelphia cost 520,
which does not look like a reduction
In steel rails. Buyers In these lines decided
not to .wait for election to place
contracts.
Full forces are employed at New England
nhoe shops, and heavy orders Insure
brisk work for the rest of the year. .
Prices have not advanced for the tlnIshed
articles with leather and hides.
Textile operations are more viRorous,
sales of wool at the three chief eastern
markets exceeding all recent records.
with a total of 7,804.300 pounds. This Is
largely for prompt consumption, and
consequently makes poor comparison
with the same week last year, when
unprecedented speculation made the total
25,380,700 pounds, with inuny large
transactions mlosml In the excitement
of the Boston market. With the greater
activity there annears a tendency
toward firmer prices, find on* hundred
(trades on November 1 averaged 19.55
cents, according to Coates Bros., of
Philadelphia,
Cotton Slightly Recovered.
Cotton hag recovered a little of the
recent sharp docllne. attributed to reports
that frost would surely do serious
damage. Thn market does not show
much f?*sr of disaster, and there Is
more reason to believe that the slight
advance was induced by better purchases
of spinners, who were attracted
after the fall of $7 SO a bale In less than
three weeks. There was also some recovery
In wheat, started by the statement
that Argentina would not he able
to export freely this year becauac of
injury to the crowing crop#
SUDDEN DEATH
OF EX-MAYOR OF
NEW YORK CITY.
__ I
Hon. William L. Strong, One of the . i
Republican Leaders of the Empire j
State Called to His Fathers. ' j
HAD- AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
I j
Born in Ohio and Made His Fortune ;
in Gotham?Member of Many of 1
the Leading Social Societies.
(
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.?William L. !
Strong, the last mayor of the old city 1
Df New York, died suddenly at 3 a. m.,
at his residence In this city. !
The illness of Mr. Strong had been
kept from his political friends. It was (
known among his business associates
In the wholesale dry goods district, but (
no one suspected that his condition was ]
alarming. Mr. Strong had not been at (
tils place of business for several days. (
Mr. Strong took-an artlvc part In the j
present campaign, and' It is said that
tils political labors, combined with his
attempts to retain supervision over his ?
business afTalrs, In the face of Impaired I
liealth, brought about the Illness that <
resulted In his death.
Had Been in Poor Health.
Mr. Strong had been In poor neau.\
for about six weeks.* He ate supper 1
as usual last night and did not com- J
plain of any pain or weakness at that ^
time. About 11 o'clock he retired to .
his bed-room, assisted by two nurses, j
who had been in attendance from the
beginning of his Illness. About an ,
hour after he had gone to bed, he awoke j
and told one ofc the nurses that he was 1
very weak. He asked to have his wife j
and son, Major Putnam Bradlec '
Strong, called. They soon came to the i
room. When Mr. Strong saw his wife
he put his arm about her and said: "I <
am very, very weak." 5
Colonel Strong grew a little better, j
and as his condition at that time did
not seem alarming, the physician was not
sent for. His daughter, Mrs. Shattuck
and her husband, were called, ,
however. j
A little before 3 o'clock Mr. Strong ]
seemed to have a decided change for ;
the worse and his physician was has- |
tily_summoned, but he did not arrive '
until after the patient's death.
"William L. Strong was born In Ohio 1
In 1S23, and came to New York when a ;
young man. He found employment with j
different firms until January 1, 1S70,
when he organized the firm of "William
L. Strong & Company. The firm soon 1
grew to be one of the prominent business
houses In the city. He also Inter- !
ested himself in banking matters and
was president of the Central National (
bank.
Active Interest In Politics.
Mr. Strong took an active interest In i
politics ajicl was one of the leaders of
the reform movement in this city, anil j
wns elected mayor on the Republican- !
Citizens' Union ticket in 1S94. He wai J
the last mayor of the old city of New !
Tork before consolidation with Brook- ;
lyn and the other boroughs composing ^
the present city of New Tork.
At the time of his death Mr. Strong
was a member of a number of societies, j
including the Ohio Society, American j
Fine Arts Society, American Museum of ,
Natural History, Metropolitan Museum ]
Association and American Geographical j
Society.
INDEPENDENT IN VIEWS.
Ult. Strang's Administration Renowned
for Honesty of Purpose.
Boosevelt Ono of His Police Com- .
missioners.
XEW YORK, Nov. C.?At a mass 1
meeting in Madison Square Garden, In
1S34 a non-partisan committee of seventy
was appointed to organize the op- |
position to Tammany hall, to frame a
platform and select candidates for office.
and It was this committee thnt
selected Mr. Strong to run for mayor on
the reform platform. The nomination |
was accepted, and the candidate entered
Into the campaign with .vigor ,
and determination.
His opponent was Hugh J. Grant. 1
and the contest was a bitter one. The
outcome was the election of Mr. Strong
by a plurality of 47.1S7.
Eventful Administration.
The administration of Mr. Strong
was an eventful one. It was he who ?
appointed Colonel Waring commissioner
of street cleaning and in spite of '
periods of strong opposition within and
outside the party kept him In the office 1
until the end of the mayoral term. The '
affairs of the police department Mr.
Strong placed In the hands of a board. '
at the head of which was Theodoro '
Roosevelt, whose earlier conferees were
Col. Fred. D. Grant, Major Avery D.
Andrews and Mr. Parker.
The mayor was often accused of
wasting: money on Improvements. Ufa
Invariable reply was that wherever he
spent a dollar ho "had a dollar's worth
to show for it."
Mr. Strong was avowedly Independent
In his views on city politics. Ir.V- the
municipal campaign of 3S97. which resulted
in the return of Tammany to
power, he took the stump for Seth Low
as against Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, the
regular Republican candidate.
After this election he virtually retired
from active politics, on account of
falling health. He spoke for Colonel
Roosevelt, however, In 1S9S, and had
since been Interested and influential in
the councils of the Independent wlm? of
the Republican party of this county.
? (
President's Telegram of Condolence, ;
^CANTON", Ohio, Nov. 2.?News of the I
diath of former Mayor Strong waa re- 1
reived with great sorrow at the McKlnley
home. Colonel Strong was esteemed
as a personal friend by the
President, who has sent a telegram of
Jondoloncc to the bereaved family.
MIDNIGHT BRIEPS.
The Russian government hascomnl?8loned
the Hamburg-American
Jteamship line to transport troops between
Odessa and the far east.
United States Senator PaVls, of Mln- j
aesota, who has been laid up for some
Lime with blood poisoning Is reported i
auch Improved at his home In St.
Paul.
Advices tram the French Pyrenees
?ay the Carllst agitation still exists j
icross the frontier. Two gendarmes
ind two Carllsts were killed at Baga
ind Berea.
Trouble between the faculty and stulents
at Mt. Union college, Ohio, which
irose over the suspension of several
students and culminated In a strike by
he latter, has been adjusted.
Pursuing his policy of the development
of North Persia, the Kua.?lnn
Inance minister has ordered petroleum
sxclse dutlos to be repaid whan nap:ha
an.l fcrrosene cross the border.
Abel P. Upham, one of the best known
tea experts In the United States, committed
sulcldc at his residence in Chisago
Friday. Illness brought on by
?xco5slvc tea tasting lc thought to have
Seen the cause of the act.
The Fair Haven salmon .canneries of
Washington has closed down for the
season. They put up three-fourths of
:hc Puget Sound pack. The grand total
of cases packed this season here Is
125,000, or nearly 100,000 short bf last
rear.
In spite of the fact that the Carllst^.
Jprislng Is officially declared to be end)d,
a decree has been promulgated suspending
the constitutional guarantees
throughout Spain and empowering the
luthorltles to utterly eradicate CarIsm.
A dispatch from Cambourne In Kootenay,
British Columbia, says a rich
Ind of free gold in decomposed ore has
aeen made, quartz from Assure vein
issays several thousand dollars to the
:on and is freely sprinkled with free
sold.
Loe Calhoun DufT, substitute centre
>n the freshman eleven of the University
of California, Is paralyzed fror^tht*
?houlders down from an injury received
!n foot ball practice last week. The
stroke came on gradually and Friday
Duff became helpless.
The opera house in Paterson, N. J.,
ivas destroyed by lire yesterday. A
high wind was blowing and the firemen
had great difficulty in saving adjoining
property. At one time It looked as
f the whole block would be destroyed,
rhe loss Is estimated at $50,000.
A dispatch from Pekln dated November
I says: The French troops arrived
it Sl-Llng October 2S and occupied the
tomb of the empress. Tho Germans,
Italians and English arrived afterwards
ar.d occupied the other Imperial
tombs. No fighting Is mentioned.
Arthur Harris, the negro who stabbed
Policeman Robert J. Thorpe in New
i'ork to death on August 12th. and who
ivas convicted of murder in the second
Jegree, was sentenced to life imprisonmftnt
vostordnv. The murder of
Thorpe was the cause of serious race
riots in that city.
The steamer Eureka, which arrived
it Philadelphia yesterday from Cleveland.
Ohio, in ballast, and which went
ishore on the flats in the Delaware
river off League island navy yard to
ivold collision with a coal barge, was
floated last night. She was towed to
tier dock uninjured.
Frank Glraud. better known by his
stage name of Frank Glrard, is dead at
his home in Brooklyn the result of diabetes
and paralysis. Mr. Glraud was
sixty years of age and his life was an
Interesting one. leading from the blacksmith
shop to the stage management of f
Tony Pastor's theatre In .Manhattan. j
It Is understood that at the next con- j
sistory, to be held in P.omc probably '
this month, Mgr. Delia Volpe, major
.lemo of the Vatican at Rome; Mgr.
Tripepi, the assistant secretary of state
if the church at Home; Mgr. Generl,
assessor of the holy office at Rome, and
Mgr. Delioleo, an archbishop in southurn
Italy, will be made cardinals.
The will of Thomas Keating, the
tvell known horseman who died recently
at Lexington, Ivy., will bo contested
by his two brothers. The bulk of the
?state was left to Frank M. Leo. of
Reno, New, part of it to be disposed of
according to directions contained In a
private letter. It Is hinted that the
contest will bring to light a romance.
0. J. Reed, of Shamokln, Pa., an ex:ouncllman,
who was recently conin
mnnr>i<tlnn with
borough paving contracts anil admitted
to ball pending a decision of the superior
court for a new* trial, disappeared
three days ago. Last night it was
discovered the local lodge of Maccabees,
of which he was record keeper,
had been swindled out of $6,000 by forg- 1
ed d?ath certificates.
Ex-President Cleveland called in New
Fork yesterday to see his friend, E. C.
Benedict at the latter's ofllce. Mr. I
Cleveland, who looked well, denied '
himself to all interviewers, sending out J
word that he had nothing to say. A I
representative of the Arm of Benedict
Sz Company said that the ex-President j
and Mr. Benedict were going out of
town for a few days. He understood
they were going on a duck-shooting
expedition down in Maryland and that
they would return before the latter part
of next week.
District Attorney Gardiner appeared
before Justice Furnaman In the criminal
branch of the supreme court of New
i'ork yesterday and asked that an order
bo signed resubmitting the evidence
In the case of the Traders* Fire Insur
anle Company to the November grand
jury on (he charge of violating section
;il of the penal code regarding the
presentation of a false statement of a
corporation by Its officials. It is alleged
that a false statement was made In
January by the company. The company's
directorate Includes a number
Df very prominent names.
Golden Admitted to Bail.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Nov. 2.?Green
Coition, held as one of the Gocbel assassin
suspects, was admitted to ball In
[he sutn of 55,000 to-day, and was recaauil
'
BRYAN'S TALK
INDICATES HIS
HOPELESS CASE.
Hakes the Claim That the Full Dinner
Pall Argument Has Been Eepudlated
by Worklngmen.
[GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION
A Favorito Topic Makes No Claim
of Victory ? Fight Between
Plutocracy and Democracy.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.?Hon. W. J.
Bryan, Democratic presidential candl!
date, to-night gave out the following
j statement in the form of nn interview:
i "The Republican campaign has been
! a. failure. The full dinner pall arguI
ment has been "repudiated by the work|
Ingmen and the Republicans are com|
polled to confess that a large propori
tlon of the labor vote will be cast for
the Democratic ticket. Resides bcI
lleving with the Democrats In the
general doctrine of equal rights to all
and special privileges to none, the laI
boring men are against the trusts, the
large army and the colonial policy. The
[ laboring men are also drawn to the
Democratic party by the fact that our
party Is opposed to government by In'
junction, to the black-list, and to Chinese
Immigration and In favor of arbli
tratlon and of a cabinet officer selected
to represent the wage-earners.
Strength Among Farmers.
"The Republicans are now hoping to
hold their strength among the farmers,
I but they have no policy which will ben1
eflt the farmer. The man who makes
I his living on the farm Is the victim of
all the vicious legislation for which the
[ Republican party Is responsible, and
receives none or tne Denenis conrerreu
by special legislation upon corporations
and syndicates. The fanner
pays more than his share of the taxes
I and receives less than his share of the
I consideration of government. Rcpub[
lican policies have lessened the value
of farm lands, Increased the proportion
o< tenants and have driven the
farmers' sons away from the farm,
thus Intensifying the struggle for existence
in the cities. The farmers are almost
unanimously opposed to the trusts
and they can have no sympathy with
the imperialistic policy of the RepubI
Mean party with Its attendant increase
! in the military establishment.
Calls it Industrial Despotism.
I "I believe that the election will show
| that ve have gained among the farmers,
as well as in the cities.
"The small business men and the pro!
fesslonal men are also feeling the efi
feet of the industrial despotism which
has grown up with this admlnlstra|
tlon.
"The poor are coming to the Democratic
.party, because they want a
chance in the race for life and many of
| the well-to-do are coming because they
realize that the Democratic party affords
better protection to honest
, wealth than the Republican party.
"The Republican party Is under the
control of those who seek advantage
through governmental favoritism and
grow rich by the exploitation of citizens
at home and subjects abroad. It
is a flght between Democracy, on the
one side, and plutocracy on the other,
and Democracy appeals to tne judgment
and to the conscience of those
who are willing to let live as well as
to live."
COUNT BOM'S DEBTS
"Will be Settled By His Brotliers-inLaw
in Order to Avoid a Family
Disgrace.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.?On the authority
of an "Intimate friend of the late
Jay Gould," the Evening World to-day
announces that the debts of Count Boni
de Castellane will be paid In full by
the Goulds at once.
"The scandal attending tho claims
amounting to 54,700.000 against the
spendthrift husband of Countess Anna
is to be stopped." The Evening World
adds. "A lump sum probably will be
contributed by George, Helen, Howard,
Edwin and Frank Gould to wipe out
these debts, as they consider the honor
of tho Gould family Is Involved."
"IneWentally." the Evening World
article says, "It was elicited that the
Gould millions have nearly doubled
since Jay Gould's death and Anna's
share Is nearly $1S,000,000 and her Income
nearer 51,000,000 than 5600,000, as
heretofore stated. The total value of
the Gould estate Is now over $125,000,000."
DEATH OF GEOEGE B. HILL.
Well Known Banker of the Iron City.
Born, in Wheeling.
PITTSBURGH. Pa., Nov. 2.?George
Burton Hill, one of Pittsburgh's most
prominent bankers, died at his home
this morning, of brain fever, after an
Illness of three weeks. Mr. Hill was
born In Wheeling, W. Va? flfty-threc
years ago. He came to this city In 1SGS
and has always be??n a leader, in business
circles. His Arm, George B. Hill &
Company, promoted the Pittsburgh and
Manchester, and the Allegheny Traction
Company, the Pittsburgh Brewing
Company, the Pittsburgh Stove, and
Range Company, and the Pittsburgh
Coal Company. Mr. Hill was proml'nent
also In church and social life.
Attempted to Wreck B. & 0. Train.
TIFFIN. Ohio, Nov. 2.?An attempt
was made to wreck the Baltimore it
Ohio west-bound passenger train, due
here at 5 o'clock, this evening. A pile
of railroad tics'had been laid across the
track a mile west of the city, but were
discovered and removed by the bridge
pans: a few minutes before tho train
passed.
"TERRIBLE TERRY"
Wins From Joe Bernstein in the
Seventh Round of Hot Fighting,
featherweight Championship involved.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. l-Terry
McQovern, the marvel of the prize ring,
defeated Joe Bernstein, of New York, In
the seventh round before the Nonpareil
Athletic Club and 5,000 people to-night.
Tho feather-weight championship was
involved and the battlo was scheduled
for twenty-five rounds, according to tho
eastern Interpretation of straight Marquis
of Queensberry rules. Tho Inducement
was a purse of 53,500, of which tho
victor received 52,500. George Slier waa
referee.
Bernstein had withstood the onslaught
of the Brooklyn wonder for
twenty-five rounds before the Broadway
Athletic Club In New York, April 28,
18W, and his entrance to tho arena, a
second time to do battle with the bantam
and feather-weight champion of
tho world was characterized by confidence
and determination. He hod been
here for several days preparing himself
and was trained to the hour.
"Terrible Terry," with all the ferocity
and speed for'which he Is noted, took
his time, only occasionally sailing Into
Bernstein, but when hp did it was a
slashing succession of blows which appeared
to be snatched from a mysterious
source. ;
After two minutes and five seconds of
the seventh round he rammed, banged
and beat down his opponent. Bernstein
was badly dased and could not speak
for several seconds.
The weights were announced as follows:
Bernstein, 125; McQovern, 122.
Oscar Gardner and Dave Sullivan,
challenged the winner.
Clioynski Wins on a Tool.
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 2.?With blood
streaming from cuts over each eye,
Fred Russell, the California, heavyweight,
broke from a clinch as the gong
sounded the close of the fourth round
of his flght with Joe Choypski before
the Colorado Athletlo Association tonight,
and put two stiff punches to
Joe's body, knocking him clear through
the ropes to the floor, where he remained
nearly five minutes. The foul cos*
Russell the flght, which he probably
would have won but for his Inattention
to the bell. His weight and great
strength was too much for Joe.
LINSLY DEFEATED
By the Martin's Ferry Team in Q
Well Played Game Yesterday.
The Linsly Institute foot ball team
was defeated by the Martin's Ferry
high school team at the Island ball park
yesterday afternoon. The Linsly team
was handicapped by having seven men
on the disabled list At the game between
the same teams on Rough Rider
"Field Day" the score was a tie.
The game, as was expected, was a
walk-over for the Martin's Ferry team.
Their heavy backs waded through the
Linsly line at will, making distance on
almost every down. The prettiest play
of the game was made in the flrst half,
when Dixon broke away after a scrimmage
and started for the goal with no
one In front at him. Coldwell chased
and got him ofC his feet at the five yard
line. The whistle blew before the teams
lined up for play and the goal was
saved. Martin's Ferry made all lta
LInsly not once made any distanc?
when In possession of the ball. Tho
final score was 16 to 0.
BARKER TIES THE SCOBE
In tho Championship Checker Contest
by Winning Another Game.
BOSTON', Nov. 2.?Barker won the
evening game to-night in his checker
championship match with Jordan, tlelng
the score again. The score now:
stands: Jordan, 2; Barker, 2; drawn,
30.
It was a "Cook" in the Denny opening.
Play on it has been published by
Heffner, but not in its finest aspect!
and no one has ever ventured it in
match play. It is a distinct addition to
checker literature. After Barker had
made the "Cook," Jordan responded in
a suspicious manner. Ho then attempted
to bring about a position in tha
"Kelso" opening, which Barker avoided,
while Jordan made a misstep, the former
then tried to bring about a variation
of the old "fourteenth," but did
not quite succeed, although winning
easily.
The afternoon game was drawn, being
dull and uninteresting.
PENSION SYSTEM
Inaugurated by Pennsylvania Bail*
road?Goes Into Effect January 1,
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 2.-Offlclal
notices were posted to-day of the inauguration
of a pension system for tho
employes of the Pennsylvania lines.
The new system will co into effect on
January 1, 1901. Employes aged seventy
years or more, will be given the
option of retiring from service on half
pay. Another provision also stipulates
that if an employe has been crippled in
the service of the road he can retire at
the age of sixty-live years. The system
has been In vogue on the Pennsylvania
railroad for some time, and as It
lias met with the approval of the employes,
It has been decldcd to extend It
over the entire Pennsylvania lines.
"Weather Forecast for To-Day.
For West Virginia?Fair* Saturday and
Sunday; northerly winds, becoming vartablo.
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio?
Fair Saturday an<l Sunday: variable
winds, becoming llsht to fresh southerly.
Local Teraperaturo.
Tho temperature yesterday ns observed
by C. Schnopf, druRglst, cornor Market
and Fourteenth streets, was as follows:
7 a. m 4t3 p. m 63
S a. m ro'7 p. m 51
m d^Tcathci; ITair*.

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