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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD.
VOLUME 22r.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., WEDNEBDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895.
NUMBER. 10.
MR, CARLISLE'S SPEECH
Delivered at the Chamber of
Commerce Dinner.
HE MENTIONS HIS TROUBLES
And Asks That Greenbacks Be Substituted for
Interest Bearing Bonds.
AN UNEQUIVOCAL PLATFORM WANTED
Be Says the People Should Have a Chance
to Express Their Wishes-Cleveland
Alludes to the Free Silver Move
ment as Financial Madness.
New York, Nov. 19. —The chamber of
commerce held its 127th annual banquet
tonight at Delmonlco’s. The banquet
hall was decorated with stars and stripes
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
.Alexander K. Orr, president of the cham
ber of commerce, presided, and around
him were seated besides the speakers of
the evening Hon. Carl Schurz, Rear Ad
miral Henry Erben, Mayor Strong, Hon.
Hilary A. Herbert, Hon. Judge Harmon,
Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, Commander
Montgomery Card. J. N. Constable. W.
H. Webb, Calvin S. Brice, Gen. Horace
Porter, J. Edward Simmons, John Jucob
Astor and James G. Cannon. The meet
ing was called to order by President Orr,
who Introduced the Hon. John G. Car
lisle, secretary of the treasury, who
spoke on “our currency questions" as
follows:
iwo years ago l said lo you that the
disposition and ubllity of the govern
ment to maintain its own credit at the
highest standard and lo preserve the
integrity of all the forms of currency
in circulation among the people could
not be reasonably doubted and ought not
to be the subject of further controversy.
While scarcely any one now seriously
doubts either the disposition or the abil
ity of the executive branch of the gov
ernment to accomplish these objects, all
who have given any attention to the
subject must realize that in the exist
ing state of our constitution the task
is both difficult and expensive. Since
the declaration was made here interest
bearing bonds to the amount of $142,315,
400 have been issued to procure gold for
the redemption of the United States
notes and treasury notes, and the obli
gations of the government account of
the notes still remain the same as at the
beginning. The notes are redeemed, but
they are unpaid, and if our constitution
is not changed no matter how often they
bi paid and redeemed hereafter,’they will
remain unpaid. If this policy of re
demption and reissue is continued the
Interest bearing debt will be greatly in
creased, while the non-interest hearing
debt will not be in the least diminished.
The disadvantages of such a system are
so obvious that it is hardly necessary
to enumerate them. The government
has undertaken to keep an unlimited
amount of circulating notes equal In
value to gold coin and at the same time
It has no legal authority to compel any
body to give it gold in exchange for the
notes or to pay gold on any demand
due to it.
"Although the amount of United States
notes is fixed at $345,681,000 and the
amount of treasury notes outstanding is
a little over $140,000,000, yet the total
amount that may be presented for re
demption is unlimited, because there is
no restriction as to the number of times
the same note may be returned to the
treasury and exchanged for gold. The
fundamental vice in our currency system
is the legal tender note, redeemable in
coin by the government and relssuable
under the law. This threatens the stabil
ity of the whole volume of our currency
and has caused immense losses by fluc
tuations, of which it Is impossible to keep
the public aware. It was never con
templated that the government should
convert itself into a hank of issue. The
treasury department is simply a public
agency for the management of the finan
cial affairs of the government. The cir
culation of legal tender United States
notes and treasury notes has a tendency
to drive out of use and out of the country
nit? vt-ry com in wiucn me government is
compelled to redeem them, end It. has ex
pelled millions of dollars from our bor
ders. No other government In the world
Is required to supply gold from Its treas
ury to discharge the private obligations
of Its citizens, and no government ought
to be required to do so. The fact that the
government is required to borrow money
Is an In.lury to Its credit and the credit of
its people; but the Injury resulting from
this cause Is Insignificant In comparison
with the ruin that would follow an aban
donment of the reserve while the notes
are outstanding; for all of our currency
would thus be reduced to the silver
standard. The theories that the gov
ernment can create money by placing its
stamp upon paper; that legislative en
actment can make BO cents equal to 100
cents; that artificially Inflated prices,
paid in a depreciated currency, are bet
ter for the people than natural prices,
paid in a sound currency; and various
other vaguerles are all directly attributa
ble to the long continued use of legal
tender paper money.
“The proposition that a promise of the
government to pay money as money Is
Just as absurd as the proposition that a
promise to deliver a. horse Is a
horse. The agitation of the free coinage
of legal tender silver at a ratio which
would put only 50 cents worth of bullion
in a silver dollar Is predicated upon the
same vicious principle. The United States
note was a forced loan from the people
to the government, which the govern
ment promises to repay in dollars, but the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1 or at any other ratio not correspond
ing with the commercial value of the
two metals would be a forced loan from
the people to the owners of silver mines
and silver bullion without a promise of
repayment by anybody. One loan was
forced for the benefit of the government
in a time of war. but the proposition of
the advocates of free coinage Is to force
another loan for the benefit of private
Individuals and corporations In a time of
profound peace. In principle the two
measures are precisely alike.
“The free coinage of legal tender
silver would be far more unjust than the
Issue of legal tender United States notes.
However, it is not my purpose now to
discuss the question of free coinage. I
think the abandonment or suspension of
the aggressive movement against this
financial heresy would be most unwise at
this time, especially in view of the fact
that a concerted effort Is evidently now
being made In the south and west to re
gain the greater lost during the last
six months. If the friends of a sound
measure of value a^e vigilant this effort
cannot possibly succeed.
/‘But the legal tender notes will re
main to complicate the currency system
until congress agrees to their retirement
and substitution of others In their places.
This legislation Is Imperatively demand
ed, as It concerns the welfare of all the
people:”
The secretary further said: "Neither
the cotton of the south nor the wheat c-f
the west would be worth very much if
there Were no roads to carry It and no
merchants or bankers to supply the
means for its transfer from one to an
other. The merchant and banker cannot
prosper when the farmer and mechanics
are Idle or only partially employed, nor
can the farmer or mechanic prosper when
the operations of the merchant and bank
er are prohibited or improperly obstruct
ed. No nation can reasonably hope to
control the trade of any considerable
part of the world or even to realize the
full benefits of Its own trade, until Its
• exchanges are based upon a standard cf
value recognized as sound and perma
nent In all the centers of commerce.
"The pound sterling has made Uondon
not only the principal market, but the
clearing house of the whole world. No
matter what character of currency other
nations ,may use, at no matter what
standard of value they may adopt, all
their International balances are subject
ed at last to the test of the pound sterl
ing.
"With an inferior currency we could
never successfully contest her suprem
acy, and the belief that we can punish
her, or enrich ourselves by destroying
the value of our own money is one of the
most remarkable delusions of the age.
We are great enough and strong enough
to maintain our commercial and financial
Independence In opposition to any coun
try of the world, but in order to do so we
must be allowed to use as effective in
strumentalities as are employed by our
rivals.”
The speaker closed with a hope that
the political platforms of both the great
parties would henceforth be clear and
unequivocal.
"If a majority of the people of the
United States are in favor of the main
tenance of the present standard of value
and opposed to the free and unlimited
coinage of legal tender silver they ought
to have an opportunity to say so in a
form which will preclude all controversy
las to whether they have said so or not.
On the other hand. If a majority of the
people are in favor of abandoning the
present standard of value and establish
ing silver monometallism by the free and
unlimited coinage of that metal into full
legal tender money they should have an
opportunity to say that. When this is di
rectly presented we need not fear the
result.”
The other toasts responded to were
"Our Domestic Commerce,” by Hon. Ju
lius C. Burrows: "National Development
and Opportunity.” by Hon. Charles Em
ory Smith: “The City of New York.” by
Mayor Strong, and "Kthics In Politics,”
by Rev. Dr. M. W. Stryker.
Among the letters of regret iread was
the following:
CiACCuim.’ iviri im iuii,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1!).
My Dear Mr. Orr: I am sorry that I
feel obliged to write It; but you must let
me off from the chamber of commerce
dinner this year. There never was a
time when my admiration for this Im
portant business organization was so
great, and I am sure that the recent ef
forts of its members to save the country
from the havoc of financial madness
ought to be appreciated by every patri
otic citizen.
I would enjoy exceedingly a renewal
of my association with my frlends^.t
the chamber at their banquet board; but
the trouble is, I cannot attend this year
and do the things required of me here in
the way of official duty. Very truly
yours. GROVER CLEVELAND.
A letter of regret was also read from
Gov. Levi P. Morton, who stated that of
ficial engagements prevented him from
being present.
A Death at a Funeral.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 19.—Mrs. Louisa
Porter Gilmer, widow of the late Gen. J.
F. Gilmer, chief of the engineer corps of
the Confederate army, and a sister of
Gen. E. P. Alexander, dropped dead to
day in Bona Venture cemetery, while
standing by the grave of Miss Chisholm,
who died in New York Sunday, during
the progress of the burial services. Mrs.
Gilmer was 71 years of age and death re
sulted from apoplexy. While the clergy
man was offering a prayer she fell back
ward and died almost instantly in the
arms of those around her. Mrs. Gilmer
was a member of the Alexander family
of Wilkes county, Georgia, one of ten
children nnd the first to die. She was
prominent in charities, was president of
the Telafar hospital and a patroness of
the Louisa Porter home.
PARROT AND MONKEY TIME
Members of the Convention Voted to Raise
Their Per Diem and Then Got Scared
at What They Did.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 19.—The consti
tutional convention today continued the
consideration of the article on education,
and at 2:20 p. m. passed it to a third
reading subject to a good many amend
ments then to be considered. The clause
providing for a negro agricultural. In
dustrial and mechanical college was
amended so as to divorce the present
Clofiin collgp from Claflin university,
and allowing negro teachers only to be
employed. The article as amended puts
the dispensary profits, exclusive of those
given to counties and cities, into the an
nual public Bchool funds.
The constitutional convention had a
regular parrot and monkey time tonight.
The legislature last year fixed the per
diem of the members at $2 a day. An
ordinance to provide for the disburse
ment of the $30,000 appropriated to de
fray the expenses of the convention was
taken up tonight, and it provides for a
per diem of $4 for members after October
15 last and to the final adjournment.
The convention rushed ahead and
adopted this and then increased the pay
of all employes until the per diem pro
vided amounted to about $55,000. Eighty
nine members came to the hall pledged
to vote themselves $4 a day, so Senator
Tillman stated on the floor, and no one
denied the assertion. When they real
ized what they had dope and how much
they, had voted on attempt was made to
recall the ae.tion by conservative-minded
members. Amid the greatest confusion
the convention finally left all the em
ployes at a low rate and voted them
selves a per diem of $4, this conclusion
being reached a few minutes before mid
night. _
The Uiasion Loss Is 9100,000.
Boston, Nov. 19.—A telegram received
by the American board this afternoon by
way of Phlllopolls confirms the United
Press dispatch stating that the loss at
Harpol Is $100,000; that- the raiders were
protected by soldiers, who fired on the
mission houses and JoilUed in their plun
der: .that’ special malfee was shown to
ward the missionaries; that a shell burst
In Missionary Barnum’s house and that
the missionaries are now protected. The
Information is that additional troubles
are reported as beginning in Marsovan,
Van and Alntaine.
PUGH IS IN THE RACE
For Re-election to the United
States Senate.
ANNOUNCES IN PLAIN TERMS
That He Is a Candidate for One Office
Oniy.
THE SENATORS SPEAK AT UNION SPRINGS
Today—Gratified at Their Reception Wher
ever They Have Spoken—That Depot
Story — Feck-Dillard and Me
Callum-Thornton Marriages.
Montgomery, Nov. 19.—(Special.)—The
Impression has gone out that Senator
Pugh stated in his speech at Livingston
that he was not a candidate for re-elec
tion to the senate. A report of Governor
Oates' speech at Clayton yesterday in
dicates that the governor was under the
impression the senator had so declared.
Colonel Pugh was asked by your corre
spondent today about the matter and
replied that his name would certainly go
before the caucus of the next general as
sembly—that he was a candidate for one
office only, and that was the senatorship.
Senator Pugh was very much gratified
with the results of his series of speeches
with Senator Morgan. He said they had
been greeted with large audiences and
the most hospitable reception every
where. He said the audience at Tuska
lnosa was smaller than elsewhere on ac
count of the rain. He was enthusiastic
about the meeting at Thomasville yes
terday.
The senators will speak at Union
Springs tomorrow.
That Depot Story.
The Advertiser this morning contains
another wild story about It being a fact
that Montgomery Is to have right away
a handsome new union depot. The facts
and all the facts briefly stated are these:
Last month the board of aldermen ap
pointed a committee to look Into the mat
ter of a new depot for Montgomery. The
committee wrote President Smith of the
Louisville and Nashville, asking his co
operation, or something of that sort. Mr.
Smith wrote them ti! call on Colonel
Falkner, the head of the company’s law
department in Alabama. They called
and Colonel Falkner advised them to con
fer with the authorities of the (other
roads, looking to a conference in the mat
ter, and that is all there Is to it. None
of the roads appear to have committed
themselves in any way. It is sincerely
hoped that the depot will be built. It Is
needed badly enough and the council
committee are making an Industrious,
and, it Is devoutly hoped, a satisfactory
start towards getting it.
Peck—Dillard.
Miss Gena Dillard and Mr. William
Peck were married at the home of the
bride’s parents this morning and left im
mediately on a bridal tour. The marri
age ceremony was witnessed by a number
of friends of the bride and groom, and
the presents were numerous and costly.
The young couple are deservedly popular.
The bride is a sister of Mrs. W. F. Smith,
Mrs. Dr. Luckle and Mrs. Judge A. C.
Howze of Birmingham.
McCallum—Thornton.
Mr. D. Kingsley McCallum of Jackson
ville, Fla., was married at the Methodist
church at 11 o’clock this morning to Miss
Annie Louise Thornton of this city. Miss
Thornton enjoys the reputation of being
perhaps the most beautiful woman in the
state, and her personal graces, together
with her charms of mind and heart, have
endeared her to a large circle of friends
here. Mr. McCallum is one of the fore
most young business men of Florida.
Circuit Clerk Appointed.
Governor Oates today appointed Henry
J. Law circuit clerk for Covington county,
vice W. J. Mosely, who recently ran
away to escape the service of a true bill
charging him with having burned the
court house.
Death of Mr*. Marks.
Mro. Katherine A. Marks, one of Mont
gomery’s oldest and most highly es
teemed women, died at her residence in
this city tonight surrounded by her fam
ily and friends. Mrs. Marks was in her
86th year, and had perhaps a larger fam
ily connection in Montgomery than any
other Individual. Her funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon.
Proposition Accepted.
Governor Oates today accepted the
proposition of the defense In the Robin
son impeachment case, agreeing to pay
$100 of the cost of taking the defendant’s
testimony, and the supreme court au
thorized Commissioner Sayre to proceed
with the work and report it to the court
on December 20. The court adjourned
until Monday.
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ROBERT P. M’DAVID BURNED OUT.
His Furniture Was Saved, But the House
Is Gore.
Montgomery, Nov. 19.—(Special.)—The
dwelling on Court street owned by W. E.
Haygood and occupied by Robert P. Mc
David was burned at 11 o’clock tonight.
The house is a wreck. Most of the fur
niture was saved. Insurance is partial.
EUGENE DEBS.
Bocal Labor Organizations to Celebrate His
Release November 22.
There will be a free mass meeting to
celebrate the release of Eugene V. Debs
from Woodstock Jail at 8 o'clock p. m., in
the Winnie Davis wigwam, November 22.
The occasion will be observed under the
direction of Birmingham Trades' council
and local union 141 of the American Rail
way union.
J. R. McMullen, president of local union
141. American Railway union; W. H.
Stanley of the plasterers’ union, and H.
B. Stamper of the United Mine workers,
will address the audience on the subject
of "Liberty.”
Good music will be furnished and an
interesting programme is promised.
“Baby Bunting” is Dead.
Ironton. O., Nov. 19.— Miss Clara Camp
bell. who figured in the famous Arbuckle
breach of profnlse case as "Bunny” In the
love letters of Arbuckle, being "Baby
Bunting," died at 1 o'clock this morning
at the Hanging Rock sanitarium. An op
eration was performed upon her tor tu
mor last week,and she had been gradual
ly sinking since Sunday. Miss Campbell
was 45 years old.
THE BLOODTHIRSTY KURDS
Are Getting Entirely Beyond the
Porte’s Control,
THE SULTAN HAS NO TROOPS
Ht May Be Compelled to Admit His Inability
to Restore Order.
THE‘MISSIONARIES ARE PROTECTED
The Turkish Soldiers Are More Aggressive
Than the Kurds Themselves and
Thousands of Christians Are
Being Slaughtered.
London, Nov. 19.—The latest advices
received from the representatives of the
United Press in Constantinople say the
sultan appears to be greatly alarmed
over the Btate of affairs In Asia Minor,
which has unquestionably reached a
point beyond his control. He spent the
entire night of November 16 by the side
of a telegraph Instrument In the Vlldlz
place, personally dictating to the oper
ator dispatches conveying instructions
to the various provincial governors In
Asia Minor, commanding them to spare
no effort to restore order, and his anx
iety to escape from the tolls In which he
has Involved himself has within the last
few days been displayed in many other
ways. The lack of troops with which to
suppress Kurdish outbreaks and so re
strain the blood-thirstiness of the Kurds
and to guarantee order in future Is being
greatly felt, and the porte may yet be
compelled to admit Us total inability to
restore affairs in Asia Minor to the con
dition demanded by the powers.
runner details ot me recent massa
cres at Kharput have been received,
showing that the Kurds first made an
attempt upon one part of the town and
were repulsed by the Armenians. In
furiated at this, they proceeded in a
body to the American mission quarter,
where they ransacked houses and set
fire to them, the burned buildings, in
cluding eight, belonging to the mission
Itself. The Kurds were supported in
their attack by the Turkish troops, who
should have preserved order. Instead of
doing so, or even attempting to do so,
the troops were in the thick of the pillage
and bloodshed. It is safe to say, upon
the strength of the advices received, that
almost if not quite as many Armenians
were killed by Turks as by Kurds.
1'iie authorities succeeded in protect
ing the missionaries who took refuge
in pieces of safety, but were powerless,
even If they had the desire, to protect
the other Christians.
The massacre took place on November
16. The Kurdish raiders, report says,
were joined by the Turkish soldiers, who
assisted them throughout the massacre.
They were more aggressive in many
cases than the Kurds themselves. Be
sides joining In the sacking of the
houses, they did the greater part of the
firing upon American buildings, being
armed with superior weapons. A shell
was thrown into the house occupied by
Dr. N. H. Barnum of Leicester, Mass.,
with his family, where It exploded, but
fortunately none of the household was
hurt. The raiders and their military al
lies showed especial malice towards for
eigners. No accurate estimate of the
number of Christians killed is possible,
but It Is known that hundreds if not
thousands of them were slaughtered
throughout the vilayet. The value of the
missionary property destroyed was
probably $100,000. The American mis
sitjps are being amply protected now,
and United States Minister Terrell has
obtained from the porte an order for the
stationing of a guard around every house
occupied by Americans, as well as a
guard for the interior of ench building.
A Canadian missionary named Marlin
was terribly beaten and afterwards Im
prisoned at Fekkeh. near Padjln. where
he was detained sixteen hours before he
was released.
GEORGIA DAY A SUCCESS,
The Weather Was Fine and 'the Attendance
Exceeded That of Any Previous Day,
President’s No» Excepted.
Atlanta, Nov. 19.—Georgia day wag an
Ideal one so far as the weather was con
cerned and proved also a beautiful day for
the exposition. Monday night's trains
weire brought In double sections, with
freight engines to help push them in,
and this morning all the trains ran with
extra cars, and some with double sec
tions.’ People were packed in the cars
and on the platforms, and the street
cafs and the Southern railway had all
they could do to move the people to the
exposition grounds without the help of
hacks and herdlcks. By 2 o'clock the
turnsiiles showed larger admissions
than any previous day, not excepting
president's day. People were here from
aU garts of Georgia and some from ad
joining1 states. The first center of at
traction was the auditorium, where a
legislative programme had been prepared
in honor of the state. A Joint committee
of tike Mouse and senate, headed by Sen
ator'Walter C. Beeks, took charge of the
oceaylon. First came the reviev;. of the
exhibitors’ association. The exhibitors
sat In reserved seats in front of the
stage, wearing badges. They were men
representing most of the leading manu
factured of the United States and some
fronr (Other countries. Chairman Berks
first addressed himself to the exhibitors,
thanMirg them in behalf of the people of
Georgia for their help In making this
exposition. President Johnston of the ex
hibitors' association introduced Mr. Ben
nett of Ne York, who made a telling
reply, in which he stated the exhibitors
considered it an honor to have partici
pated In the exposition, the greatest in
the world’s history, with the single ex
ception of the Chicago fair in 1893, and
congratulated the people of Georgia and
the entire south upon this magnificent
exhibition of their resources and their
enterprises.
The speeches were short and much to
the point. Chalman Beeks. W. H. Vena
ble, president of the senate, and W. H.
Fleming, speaker of the house, were the
prfncipal speakers present on the stage.
Hon. Albert Cox was Introduced as or
ator for the colonial committee. He
traced the history of the state in the
different phases of Its life, and concluded
with a tribute to the state and glorious
prophecy for the future. . . .
Sir Alfred Moloney Pleased.
Sir Alfred Moloney, the governor of
British Honduras, is In the city today,
and spent the day at the exposition In
company with Evan P. Howell, Con
gressman Livingston and others. After
attending the exercises of Georgia day
he visited the agricultural building and
the mines and forestry buildings. He ex
pressed much surprise at what he saw
and remarked upon the good educational
value of such an exposition. After an
other day of sight-seeing, he will return
to New York.
Midway as Lively as Ever.
Six of the attractions of the midway
were closed temporarily last, night and
this morning their proprietors were tined
$100 each because of alleged Immorality
of the ballyhoos or actresses used in
front of the shows to draw crowds. The
midway has been exceedingly noisy, the
spielers vieing with each other in mak
ing the most noise to attract the atten
tion of the crowd. The beauty show, the
Parisian novelty show, the eolloseUm,
the trocadero. the gypsy village and "A
Night in Egypt” were the places closed
up. This morning after payment of the
fines all except the gypsy village were
allowed to resume business upon promis
ing to discontinue the ballyhoos. Hy 1
o’clock today the midway was as lively
as ever, with the exception that no hally
hoos were seen In front of the palaces.
Some of the concessionaires paid their
fines under protest.
A New Trial Necessary.
Columbus, O.. Nov. 19.—The trjal of
Col. A. B. Coit for the killing of the cit
izens In the Washington court house
riots will have to begin over again. Upon
the certificate of two physicians Juror
Whltsell Is a victim of heart disease and
will in all probability never be better
and liable to die at any moment If sub
ject to the least excitement. Upon re
ceiving this professional Information the
jury was discharged from further con
sideration of the ease. The trial Is set
for December 2, when a new Jury will be
impaneled and the case again begun. It
Is said that every juryman of the old
jury was for acquittal, they having ex
pressed themselves since being dis
charged. The costs in this case, which
must, as in any case other than convic
tion. come out of the treasury of Fay
ette county, amount at the present time
to between $10,000 and $12,000. Colonel
Colt's expenses and the tees of his law
yers will of course be paid by the state.
HEED’S ANNOUNCEMENT.
He Will Go to Work Without Waiting to
bo Chosen Speaker.
Washington, Nov. 19. — Ex-Speaker
Reed and future Speaker Thomas B.
Reed of Maine writes that he will be in
Washington on the 25th instant. The
explanation of Mr. Reed’s intention of
reaching Washington so late Is generally
accepted as a desire to avoid as long as
possible the personal Importunities of
representatives who are anxious for com
mittee chairmanships. The pressure for
these places among the members who
were re-elected to the next house began
last winter, and It is presumed that it
has greatly intensified with the near ap
proach of the reassembling of congress.
The republican caucus will meet In the
hall of representatives at 8 o’clock on
Saturday evening, the ROth Instant. The
first business will be the selection of a
candidate for speaker, following which
the names of the candidates for clerk,
doorkeeper, sergeant-at-arms and post
master will be presented.
Messrs. McDowell of Pennsylvania
and Glenn of New York are making the
fight for clerk and doorkeeper respective
ly, and Representative Henderson of Il
linois is also contesting for the clerkship.
Both McDowell and Henderson have
opened headquarters and begun a sys
tematic campaign.
William Tipton of Cleveland, Tenn., Is
the candidate of the southern republi
cans for doorkeeper.
Capt. Thomas McKee of Indiana, who
had charge of the house document room
in the Fifty-first congress, announces
himself as a candidate for sergeant-at
arms. During the congressional cam
paign of a year ago he was assistant sec
retary of the national committee.
YALE MEN SMILE.
The Students Tickled at the Victory of Capt.
Thorne’s Eleven Over Orange.
New Haven, Nov. 19.—To say that Yale
students are tickled over the result of
Saturday’s football game with the Or
ange Athletic club Is putting it mildly.
The victory of Captain Thorne's team
has put a broad smile on the entire uni
versity.
The students were on the point of de
spair regarding the condition of the team,
and the players themselves were greatly
worried. Saturday’s victory was like a
tonic to the players, while to the stu
dents it has brought back confidence In
the team.
Yale’s splendid brace has been due sole
ly to the splendid coaching the team has
received during the past week by the
little band of royal coachers who came to
New Haven to help Captain Thorne out.
The Improvement made by the team un
der their care has been nothing short of
wonderful. The cry now Is, "Defeat
Princeton,” and every one Is satisfied
that Yale is going to do it. Last Friday
it would Indeed have been hard to find
anyone who would have been willing to
wager much on Yale’s chances. It Is ex
pected that Heflleflnger, Yale’s former
guard, will be here this week to assist
In the coaching, and that also that Vance
McCormick will return. Ex-Captain
Hinkey, Dr. “Josh” Hartwell Howard
Knapp, “Pa” Corbtn, "Kid” Wallace,
“Billy” Rhodes, John Greenway and sev
eral more will also be on hand.
THU TKIKKO UUrU Jj.
Broken Up Player* Returning to the Fold
the Cause of Joy.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 19,—Prlncpton'e
prospects are beginning to assume a
more roseate hue as the cripples Improve
and one by one return to the ranks. The
latest arrivals from the hospital are
Hearn, Armstrong, Suter and Cochrane,
and it Is rumored that Lea and Baird
will be In condition to play before the
Yale game. Should such be the case the
personnel of the team will be identical
with that which lined up against Har
vard, with the exception of Kelly at left
half-back In place of Armstrong.
The men will line up In the remaining
few practice games against a second
eleven composed largely of stars of
former Princeton teams, and some lively
games will be seen till Thursday, when
the men will be given a rest until Satur
day. “'Phil” King. ‘'House" Janeway,
"Beef" Wheeler, “Johnny” Poe and
Parke Davis have signified their Inten
tion of reinforcing the scrub and will ar
rive tomorrow.
Captain Lea states that the men were
surprised at Yale's sharp game yester
day, but their confidence was not shaken
a particle and a spirit of determination
was evinced at the club house today,
which has not been equaled In recent
years. _
A Large Factory Burned.
Winston, N. C., Nov. 19.—A farge fac
tory for the manufacture of telegraph
and telephone pins was destroyed by Are
at Wllkesborro today. It was owned by
R. A. Spalnhower, who places his loss at
several thousand dollars.
TRAIN WRECKERS CAUGHT
One of Them Has Made a Full
Confession.
THEIR O'fc-CT WAS ROBBERY
the Rails
They Ren? ,e , the Spikes and Fish Plates From
o
f —
TO / JOMPLISH THEIR PURPOSE
gi isor was Dashed to Death, but the
Fifty lassengcra Weis Mot Hurt.
Biverat Mail Clerks 'Wore
Baoly Injured
Home, N. Y , Nov. 19.—The deliberate
wrecking of fast mall train No. 6, east
bound, on the New York Central, was ac
complished about three miles west of this
city at 4:o0 this morning. The wreckers
had broken open the company's tool
house near by and obtained a wrench and
crowbar, with which all the spikes and
fish plates from two opposite rails on thJ
southerly track had been removed. The
two released rails were left In their places
on the track. As the train comprising
four mail cars and three sleeping car3
came along at the rate of about forty
miles an hour the locomotive left the
track, bounded over the ties and fell
side wise into the ditch 12 feet deep on
the south side of the track.
The first two mail cars shot over the
engine, the first one landing fully 75 feet
from the point where the engine left the
track. The second and third mail cars
came together In "V” shape, and the
wreck of the engine laid in the open space
between them. Under the second mail
car, pinned down by a pair of trucks and
stone dead, was found Engineer Hager.
The fourth mall car was toppled part way
over. The first two slepers were partly
turned over and The last one remained
on the tracks. Strange to say the two
loose rails had not been thrown ft;om the
roadbed, the last car rocking upon them.
There were about fifty passengers in the
two slepers, and not one of them was
hurt. The passengers were taken east on
another train shotly after the accident.
The killed and the wounded In the
smash-up are:
Nathan Hagar, engineer, Airauj,
killed.
Robert Elliott or Bond, from Syracuse,
a tramp; died after being removed from
the wreck. , . .
E. Reardon, mall clerk; head and body
cut and bruised.
J. E. Ravine. New York, mall clerk;
upper arm bruised and sprained and face
c«t. „ , ,
H. B. Robinson, Syracuse, jnall clerk;
ankle sprained.
F. N. Paddock, Syracuse, mall clerk;
arm cut. , .
C. W. Sackett, Herkimer, mail clerk;
arm cut and bruised.
M. J. McCarthy, Buffalo, porter mall
car; head cut and bruised.
Conductor Charles R. Reynolds, Al
bany; Injured In the chest.
John Macey, tramp, Syracuse; right
foot smashed and amputated. He is at
the Rome hospital.
C. Wagner, Albany; fireman; head cut.
The body of Engineer Hagar is In
charge of Undertaker Orton of this city.
The tools with which the spikes were
pulled were found on the track after the
wreck. . , . ,
One week ago last Saturday night a
fish-plate was loosened near the point
where this morning’s accident occurred.
Several trains passed over the place In
safety. The matter was discovered by
the track walker the following morning
and a watch was kept there each night
until last night.
Three young fellows, aged 18 and 19
years, have been arrested for wrecking
the train. They are J. Watson Hildreth
of New York, Fred Bristol and Herbert
Plato of Rome. Hildreth has made a
confession implicating the other two and
Theodore Hibbard, who has not been
apprehended. Their object was robbery.
The arrests were made by Detective La
tham of the New York Central and Po
liceman Keating of Rome. They found
Hildreth’s hat with his name in it in
some bushes near the wreck. Upon con
fronting him he weakened and told who
his accomplices were and their object.
Tweyity-two persons unhurt were ta
ken out of the windows of the sleeper,
the Inca.
All of the mall and sleeping cars were
lighted with gas.
Theodore Hibbard, the last of the four
train wreckers, was captured at 3 p. m.,
and is now in custody with the others.
A yellow-covered history of the ex
ploits of the James boys was found In
one of Bristol’s pockets._
To Unify Us Again.
Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 19.—The following
letter is self-explanatory:
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 12, 1895.
To Hon. Patrick Walsh, Augusta, Ga.—
Dear Sir: I have received communica
tions from Several commissioners of the
World’s Columbian committee asking
If I ha t 1 call a meeting for the 15th or De
cember at Atlanta to pay our respects to
the officials and managers of the Atlanta
exposition.
Independent of the pleasure of our com
ing together and renewing our acquain
tance It seems to mt that some action of
this kind should be taken to show our
appreciation of the slgral success of our
southern friends and this promote what
we all have so much at h -art—the unifi
cation of our people. Very truly yours,
T. W. PALMER,
President World’s Columbian Commis
sion. _
Captain Hughes Out on Bail.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 19.—Captain
Hughes of the steamer Laurada was re
leased from custody today, the American
Banking and Trust company becoming
his surety In the sum of $3000. The 4th
day of December was set for the prelim
inary hearing of the case, which will be
tried before Judge W. H. Brawley of the
United States district court. ■
A Cuban Expedition Safely Landed.
Boston, Nov. 19.—J. V. Fuentes, pres
ident of the Cuban club of Boston, re
ceived a telegram last evening stating
that Gen. Agrlerre Carlllos' expedition
had arrived safely in Cuba. This expe
dition is said to be the largest which has
landed so far In behalf of the patriots
and la well equipped with men and am
monition. _
A Blizzard in Indiana.
Laport, Ind.. Nov. 19.—Northern Indi
ana Is In the throes of a blizzard. A gale
Is blowing from the north and the snow
is being piled up In drifts. The trains
on north and south roads are delayed.
Telegraphic communication has been se
riously interfered with.