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JfCEPTING
; Nomination for
resident, i
LY DECLARATION
nocratic Principles
ctrines.
hearty accord
land the Platform
BILL, CURRENCY
for Tariff Reform,
ver Dollar Worth
Cents The Ef
jrce Bill Issue in
Uready Felt—It
d Development,
'roubles and De
lis Effect on the
if, Plain and Con
: of Gen. Steven
i Every Issue.
Ltov w V.v.. October 30.—
fv.v. - Democratic candi
L„ V -Pi ' denry, has sent
t.rDj ytt<T uf acceptance to
Ltat of the* National Demo
Lveolioo:
Li<T"N. U. \ A., Oct. “J9, 1993.
L If... ■.; ( » i "’"i. < W-iirr.’uui,
1 <a the presence of twenty
.:.n;TKU, I accepted
Lrconf-rr-1 upin me by the
6a, over wh: n. you presided, I
m a indicate by letter, in a
ini man:.- r. my acceptance of
LiMt'un tendered me by the
M represcLtatlve* of the
wit party of the Lnited
Sjlc® that time I have been
dcoct ma. y ;q the discussion
ti»peoiv ■'! ri.any Mates of the
*i me :- s emphasized by the
pea ma r>;r •'••uted by our can
forf’-e-.a.-i.t, '.i ver Cleveland,
sa.ty his thus been denied tie
rtuntne care I would like the
l&ii iL'W-r promised to your
net. The full discussion of
questions luMniiuuly expected
t candidate for Vice
ct Has been rendered
imperative by the com
mutation of the Democratic
fthe genticuian with whom I
ki honor to be associated as a
rtuctLe National ticket. His
•tof the i*si;.-t now before the
dor discussion and settlement
tcipirte that 1 can do little
Istn endorse h*s position and
iketHipnasis of u.y unqualified
WK GREATEST POWER
*4 din,a human gov. rament is
UiatioQ. All the great strug
^P->t fora broader political
kit*; looked toward the limita
Ik’spow-r by right *o tax. a
•kichshould always be limited
■«ss;tiesuf government and to
P*t;ch inu> h.> shared by all.
ft this power Is used
PW tribute from the many
k*a»5t of the few, or when part
are oppressed in order
FftBainder may prosper unduly
F.14 sii'ht of. injustice
M>to preced-nt, which is used
P tivw Iran,actions, and there
pScul d:>tQctlons which the
PjMeorat; look* upon indue
PVeated r:;its sacred to them
mih ___ i . ..
[ "•yUf yitracufc iiinjun*
1 °*ar!flT taxation has pro
\vth of such conditions in
red though it has been by
» and enterprising people,
uate, a productive soil and
development of political
he beneficiaries of this
be able to add a new
wer to those they have
red, the development of
able conditions must oon
the power to tax will be
use who are willing and
for the perpetuation of
iginally conferred by a
>ple, for the preservation
their own government.
R l'RETEXT OR EXCUSE
euanoe of a war tariff in
e, and more than a qu&r
iury after armed conflict
The platform if the Xa
ratlc Convention demands
this system aod/the adoo
ice of one which will in
to all our people. I am
learty accord with these
7RRKXC r qUEsTio*!.
ition also declared i^oosi
arre&cy question iu| >n
rds when it said I *s
the use of both gold *
idaro money of the cl
mge of both gold aU(jl
riminating against I
re for mintage, but theft
<e of both metaia mift
tricsic and exchan*
adjusted through in*
oct, or by such safe* “I
shall insure the naritv M
nd the equal poWer LW
imes in toe market, m
>bt, and we demand
y5b.1t be kept
le in such coin.” ■
du and unequivocal deft
of sound, honest®*
1 subscribe without reservation orqual
tieat."»n. A safe circulating medium is
absolutely essential to the protection of
the business Interests of our country
while to the wage earner or the farmer
it is all iruportautthat evey dollar what
ever its form, that finds its way into his
pocket shall be of equal, unquestioned
uud universally exchangeable value and
of equal purchasing power.
Another issue of great moment in the
pending contest is
T1IK FORCK BILL,
the magnitude of which cannot be over
stated. It may mean the control of the
election of representatives in Congress
by the bayouet. The Republican party
by it acts in the Fifty-first Congress,
and by its platform in its late National
convention stands pledged to the pass
age of this bill. That it will pass when
it has the power, no sane man can
doubt. To all our poople who desire
the peace aud prosperity of our common
country this question is all important.
Since my nomination 1 have been in
e ghl of the Southern and Southwest
ern States of the Uuion, and have
talked with men of all classes and con
ditions there. I found a general and
growing apprehension of evils, which it
is believed would result from the pass
age of the Lodge bill or similar threat
ened legislation. 1 found that the in
dustries established by Northern capi
tal during Mr. Cleveland’s administra
tion in a languishing condition, that
the immigration of labor and the
investment of capital invited to those
States by their then peaceful condition,
had in a large measure ceased. The
enactment of the Force bill into a law,
while It would threaten the l berties of
the entire people, would undoubtedly
retard the material growth of the
States at which it is specially aimed,
would iucite in many communities,
RACE TROUBLES
and invited retalitory legislation, which
would disturb property values and dis
continue and destroy the security of
Northern investments. Aud its reflex
action upon the Northern States would
result in a consequent loss of commer
cial aud trade relations with the vast
territory now beeomiug tributary to
their wealth and prosperity. I say
uothiug now or tne innereni vice
of the uu-Ameriean and revolu
tionary spirit iuvolved in the Lodge
bill, which was pronounced by a Repub
lican Seuator, “The most infamous that
ever crossed the threshold of the Seu
ate.” I appeal to the instinct of self
iuterest and to the sense of common
justice in the American people. The
era of good feeling and renewed cotn
mericial relations commencing with the
election of Mr. Cleveland in 18S4,
should not be interrupted by the
inauguration of a policy which
tends to destroy popular representation
and the purity of local self government
which furnishes an instrument to dis
credited federal power to perpetuate
Itself, which seeks to keep alive sec
tional jealousies and strife, which
threatens important and material inter
ests and which offers no excuse or pal
liation for its existence except the per
petuation in power of a political party
which has lost public confidenee.
I accent tho nomination tendered me,
and, should the action of the conven
tion meet the approval of my country
men, will, to the best of my ability, dis
charge with fidelity the duties of the
the Important trust confided to me.
Very respectfully,
Adtja E. Stevenson.
A <«•!» Democratic Day in Addison.
Special Correeponder.ee of t\e K-Qti*r.
Addison, YV. Va., October 20.—Yester
dav was a gala day for the Democracy of
YVebster county, au ox roast, pole raising
and the annouucemeut thnt Congressman
Alderson and Hon. John A. Preston would
speaK was the occasion of bringing together
the largest crowd ever assembled in Addi
son. Everybody came bringing their
wives, Daughters and children. Hou. John
A. Preston opened the ball with oue of the
most forcible and eloquent speaehes ever
delivered in the place. Congressman Al
derson followed and^from the applause
which greeted his appearance when he as
cended the rostrum and which followed
him throughout his speech sent
such a chill down the spines
of the few Republicans present that the
heat of au August sun could not remove.
A beautiful Hag, beariug steamers on
which were inscribed the names of our
national standard b arers, “Clevelaud and
Stevenson,'* Johu D. Alderson, State and
county ticket, was swung to the breeze,
while* numerous small Hags, beariug
streamers on which was inscribed the
name of our honored Congressman. John
D. Aldersou, decorated the Court House,
as well as numerous private residences. It
was a red-letter day for the Democracy,
and its results will be felt on the 8th of
\I rtt-ani Kaai* liwvt
Politic* in Preston.
isl Ttugram to t/U li’QU’*r.
Kingwood, w. Va., October: 30.-Every
school house, cross roads, blacksmith shop
and rrog pond in this county has had a Re
publican blow-out during the past two
weeks. What means all this battle array
in the banner county ? Evidently they are
scared and realize that the Democrats are
making inroads into their majority. In
this couuty gave Goff 1,59$ majority but
this vear they cau crow if they
get 1,400 majority. The chair
man of the Republican Couuty
Committee has been in Washington evi
dently to see Elkins, aud then he called on
Chairman Dawson. On his return he came
back happy with an infant tiu-piale mili
or two.
Republican officials here are secretlv
knifing the countv ticket, it is said, and
the Register correspondent has their
names. Verily, verily, the Republican
family is not a happy, united one, as the
vote will show.
The Eathailun in Greenbrier.
TtUeram to t\$ Rtavaur.
Ai.dbkson, VV. Va., October 30. Green
brier Democrats raised their seventh liag
at Blue Smphur Springs barbacue yester
day. Hon. C. T. Smith, fittingly called
"Cvclone Smith,” addressed $00 people,
whose applause was frequent and strong
as he held them firmly with an able speech
full of telling points and strong arguments,
made more interesting by flights of elo
quence, forcible logic and sallies of wit
aud humor. Our people went away de
lighted and thoroughly aroused. \ ou may
expect great gains in this enunty. rne
enthusiasm is greater than for ten years.
Church Dedicated.
'•'ptcial Tttt yrass to (fit R(ffM*r
Kisgwood, W. Va., October 30.-Rev.
W. E. Powell, of Parkersburg, preached
bededicatorv sermonia the N.W. Baptist
*hureh here to-day. His subject was
Christ Crucified,” and bis text was first
oriatbians, firs-, chapter and twenty-third
rse. The church cost twenty-two hun
• d dollars, and to-day three hundred was
.cribeu in a short time. ^ -s
jocsnbss, constipation *>rPidT1£®*‘
cured by Miles' Ne:.*e and Liver
. 50 doae^ 36c. Samples fr*4
m Drug Coc\»aay’s aqd Rurt s, and at
eBros.% Brjd^port.)
wriniL
If a Yacht Race for the America Cup
Will be Had.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DDNRAVEN,
Who is Not Satisfied With the
Forms of Agreement in the
Answer of the New York Yacht
Club to His Challenge—The
Noble Yacht Racer Juggles
With Worda
London, October 30.—Lord Dun
raveu has given to the Associated
Press, in an interview, a statement of
his position in connection with the
challenge he recently sent to the
New York Yacht Club for a race for
the America cup. Relng asked, “Are
the chauces for a race good,” he replied,
“I cannot possibly tell. I hope so,
but a definite opinion is impossible
until I hear further from the New York
committee. Judgiug from what I have
seen in the American press I greatly
fear the chances are doubtful; but ex
cuse uiy saying so; I do not attoch much
importance in such cases to newspaper
gossip.”
“To what do you especially allude?”
Lord Dunraven was asked.
“The New York Herald of October 20
states that the New York Yacht Club
had voted that while the deed of trust
obliges the club haviug the custody
of the cup to accept the
conditions therein prescribed, if
so elected by the challenger, as it also
permits such club to accept any condi
tions mutually agreed upon, this club
regards any further understandings or
agreements as unnecessary and will
make no agreement that in the
event of it becoming a chal
lenger it will adopt such
terms in its •challenge. The meaning
of this is not clear to me,” continued
Lord Dunraven. “If it means that the
club declines, should It become the
challenger, to bind itself absolutely to
reserve the conditions of my challenge
I quite agree aud resolve never
to think of asking them so to
do. If it means that the club
through which I challenge, in the event
of my winning, must hold the cup un
der the full terms of the new deed of
gift, then we are no further forward
than we were in the case of Valkyrie,
and this projected race will also break
dov/u.”
_i<>
BLAZING OIL
Causes a Lose of Several Vessels at Point
Breeze. Near Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., October 30.—Shortly
after four o’clock this morning, and but a
few miuutes after the fireman at the pump
ing station at the Point Breeze Gas Works
had replenished his fires, the people in the
vicinity were startled by the sound of nn
explosion. A moment later the flames shot
from up the river and a pall of dense black
smoke began to gather over the wharves
and shipping in the harbor. An alarm of
fire was turned in, and immediately the air
was filled with the screams of
the whistles in the neighborhood, the cries
of the sailors and the hoarse summons of
the officers on board the vessels lying at
the wharves. The bark Felix was sur
rounded by burniug oil and badly dam
aged. The* bark Elena G. was not so for
tunate. Before the tugs could get to her
the starboard rail took fire, aud the flames
spread up the ropes to the rigging. The
fire was prevented from reachiug her cargo
of case oii and saved her masts and spars,
but she will have to bo newly rigged be
fore she can sail for Genoa, for which port
she had cleared.
A lighter belonging to the Standard Oil
Company, which was loaded with case oil,
was uurned to the water’s edge und sauk,
her cargo floating from the deck aud adding
to the spreading of the flames. Captain
Charles Houseman landed bis barge at the
gas works wharf on Saturday evening for
the purpose of loading with foul liine, aud
it, too, became a victim to tho flames and
was entirely destroyed. Five hundred
feet of wharf between the pumping station
of the Atlantic refinery, and owned by the
city, and the Standard Oil Company, was
so badly damaged that it will have to be
almost entirely rebuilt. The boat house
of John L Davis, Jr., adjoining the pump
ing statiou was entirely destroyed with
two gunning skiffs which were stored in
the buildiug. The fire was caused by the
explosion of oil which had leaked from ibo
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phia and the Atlantio oil refineries located
ion each side of the gasworks. The tug
boat Charles E. Pugh also caught fire and
was completely destroyed.
The loss will aggregate $134 .>00, divided
as follows: Bark Felix $50,000: Bark
Elene G. $15,000; Standard Oil Company’s
lighter $2,500; Captain Houfemann’s barge
! $5,000; wharf property $50.000: barn and
house belonging to city $0,000; tug boat
Pugh $6,000. _
Cleveland's Right to Vote to He Ques
tioned.
New York, October 30.—The Republi
can leaders at the National headquarters
I are questioning Grover Cleveland's right
to vote at the coming election. They are
keeping the matter very quiet and will not
disclose their plans, but it is rumored that
I Mr. Cleveland will be challenged if he at
tempts to deposit his ballot on November
3. The Democratic Presidential condidate
resides at No. 13 Fifty-first street, the
Thirteenth election district of the Twenty
first Assembly, but did not take up his
residence there till after October 12, wta'.ch
renders it illegal under the thirty days
residence in the district for him to vote.
Inception of Methodism Celebrated.
New York. October 30. — Beginning
with a love feast vesterday morning, a cel
ebration of the 136th anniversary of the
inception of the Methodist doctrine in this
countrv has occupied the entire day and
evening, and the Old Church has been
crowded to the doors. Among those taking
uart in the exercises were Rev. Dr. W. M.
Dupuv, Rev. Bishop Newman, Rev. Bishop
Carman, Rev. A. B. Sanford and Bishop
W alden. ^__
An (Jnfaitful Chairman.
Mxn'sfield, O., October 30.—A psterdav
the Executive Committee of the Peoples
oartv of Ohio met here and removed H. t.
Barnes, of Cation. Chairman of the»State
Committee, on the cnar8eofu?/.aitb^ j
ness to his party, in that he tried to seli
his party out to the Democrats of North
western Ohio.
Tta* Plain Troth
Is good enough for Hood's Sarsaparilla
—there Is no need of embelishmeot or
sensation alisa:. Simply what Hood a
Sarsaparilla dtW ♦*** tells the story of
its merit. '<*:; ;V.
Hood’s Pills *
1
1 77 PAN MB. KLKIN* DELIVER THE GOODS?
A CLEAN SWEEP
Made Uy the Flame* la Milwaukee—'The
Aggregate Los* Estimated at #(5,0«0,
000.
Milwaukee, Wis., October 30.—
The scene of Milwaukee’s great lire
was visited to-day by fully 150,000 peo
ple. It is one of the cleanest swept nre
districts ever seen. All of the impor
tant firms burned out will resume busi
ness at once, or many are already pre
parihg to rebuild. Insurance men are
confident that the insurance will reach
three million dollars. The aggregate
loss will bo double that sum.
Subscriptions to the relief fund have
reached 868,000; among the large addi
tions to It to day was 81,000 from Clara
Barton, of the Red Cross Society. The
distribution of clothing to the needy
will begin at once. Over 3,000 meal
tickets wore issued to-day and the eat
ing houses were crowded all day. Many
of the homeless are being cared for by
friends and about 600 nioro located in
the Third ward school house, where
beds and cots are provided. Soveal
large passenger steamers are being used
as temporary quarters._
EXPLORER BARTLETT’S CRI1E.
On© of the Survivors of the .Jeannette
Arctic Expedition Murders Ills Niece,
Attempts to Murder Hls Wife and Com
mits suicide.
San Francisco, October 30.—Early this
morning James E. Bartlett, one of the sur
vivors of the Jeannette expedition, shot
and killed his wife’s niece, Lottie Carpen
ter, shot his wife in the shoulder and then
shot and Killed himself.
Mrs. Bartlett was aroused by a pistol
shot in her niece’s room, and as she rushed
out into the hall she met her husband, who
without a word, shot her through the
shoulder, inflicting a painful but not dan
gerous wound. Then he sbot himself
through tho head. When the neighbors
rushed in they found Miss Carpenter
dead by the sideof her bed, whore evident
ly she had sunk down when shot as she
was trying to escape. Since his return
from the Arctio regions Bartlett’s mind
has been weak, as the result of hardships
experienced, and yesterday he threatened
to murder his wife and niece.
The Situation at Homestead.
Homestead, Pa., October 30.—Sunday
has been uneventful except for the pres
ence of a large number of sight-seers who
were attracted by the reports of renewed
trouble. There were no outbreaks during
the day although one non-uaion worker
was seriously beuten Saturday night. He
was Charles O’Neil. He came in upon a
late train from Pittsburg drunk, and dis
regarding the advice of the depu
ties, started down town. W’hen in
front of the post office two men
sprang out from a little alley aud knock
ing O’Neil down, kicked him in the face
and head and then disappeared. Deputy
sheriffs were within thirty yards of the
spot, but before they could come up
O’Neil’s assailants had escaped. He is
suffering from a serious cut on the back of
the head and one above his right eye. It
is stated that exasperated beyond en
durance over the assaults on fellow work
men, over 100 of the non-unionists met
Friday night and determined to go into
the borough toavengo their disabled com
panions. The coal and iron police had
groat difficulty in restraining the men.
A Murderous Political Affray.
Raleigh. N. C., October 30.—Rev. Dr.
George Sandelin, State Auditor returned
to-dav from a canvassing tour west of the
Blue Itidge mountains in this State. He
! had an appointment to speak at Burnsville
I countv seat of Yancey.
A gang of desperadoes in that county had
i sworn that no Democratic speaker should
| be heard, and when they found that Dr.
Sanderlin was to speak, determined to as
sassinate him.
There was a large erowd outside com
posed of Republicans, who renewed the
old threats and seemed determined to
! have a row. Their leader was
Bud Parrot, a noted desperado,
j who was for a lime an outlaw.
A desperate fight ensued. Parrot was
shot twice through the body and killed,
while a Democrat named Phillips was so
terribly cut with a bowie knife that he
died shortly afterward.
Three other men, whose names Dr. San
derlin did not ascertain, were also killed.
More than a dozen men were seriously in
jured with bullets or knives.
Come Off, Joseph.
New Yokk, October 30.— Joseph H
Mauley, member of the Executive Com
mittee of the Republican National Com
mittee, in an interview to-day spoke as
follows regarding the electoral vote:
“We can count 216 electoral votes that
may be regarded as sure for the Republi
I can ticket. The Democratic managers on
j the other hand cannot safely count more
than 143. While we do not Indulge in any
rainbow chasing and we do not in
clude in our 216 sure electoral
votes a single vote from the South there
are, outside of West Virginia, twenty-two
electoral votes in the South that cannot be
given to Mr. Cleveland except by the
grossest and most glaring and outrageous
frauds.” . '
Asked regarding New York, he said:
“In the great Empire State of New York
it would be folly to say that the Republi
cans are absolutely sure of carrying it. II
the Republican rote ia polled, and every
effort will be made to poll it New York
will surely give its electoral vote to Mr.
Harrison.”
1 wo West Tlrglntaas Killed.
Axron, O.. October 30.—Charlea Conley
and W m. J. Golden, of Dost Creek, W. 7a,
employed at the atlonal tube work* at
Barberton, were indy kilied this af
ternoonat 5:43 south-bound Valley
♦rain just bevon eastern limits of this
THE BIG PRIZE FIGHT.
To Take Place To-day Between Choynski
and Godfrey at Couey Island.
New Yoke, October 30,—Tho most
important prize fight that has yet been
fought in the commodious amphithea
ter of tho Coney Island Athletic Club is
the battle which is to take place Mon
day night between Joe Choynski, of
California, and George Godfrey, col
ored, of Boston. Choynski has been
defeated three times by Jim Corbett
and twice by Joe Goddard, but they
were all hard fought battles, and both
Corbett and Goddard speak of Choynski
in the highest terms, and say
that he is not only a good
stiff puncher, but one of the garnest
men that ever entered the ring. God
frey, on the other hand, though the
oldest man In the prize ring to-day, Is a
deter fighter and a very free hard hit
ter. Ho has only met two defeats in
his long pugilistic career, one at the
hands of Peter Jackson and the other
with Jake KHraim. who knockeJ him
out in the forty-reurth round. Both
these battles were most desperately
fought, and Godfrey made his oppo
nents realize the fact that they had no
easy task to perform.
TUK WHEAT Wtur.
It Is Estimated for 1892 at 494,430,000
Bushels—The Area Exaggerated.
Nbw York, October 30.—The American
Agriculturist in its November number prints
an elaborate review of the wheat situation.
It points out exports from India are falling
off and that Russian wheat is being held
for an advance and that the surplus for ex
port from Australia and South America is
very small. The world’s reserve supply
was by no means made up by lust year s
heavy yield in the United States and the
replenishing of these reserves accounts for
our enormous exports and the active foreign
market at present. The Agriculturist's ver
ification of the returns for 1892, by confer
ence with state agencies for crop statistics,
where such exist, and by its own system
on reports, indicate a total wheat crop for
1892 of 494,434,000 bushels. It claims that
the area of wheat has been greatly exag
gerated, the yield per acre underestimated
and total crop reported at 5 to 15 per cent,
more than was actually harvested.
Counterfeiters Nabbed.
Boston, Mass., October 30.-A man giv
ng his name as YVm. D. Fuller and bis ad
dress as 613 State street, Chicago, was ar
rested in East Boston last night for pass
ing counterfeit silver dollars. His opera
tions wereconfldbd to drug stores. YVhen
arrested a bogus dollar was found in his
possession, and the only genuine money he
had was a quarter. Fuller had a com
panion who was traced to this city. Later
in the evening officers made ^ a de
scent upon the house No. 17 Nor-(
man street, where they arrested John
Dempsev, giving his residence as Provi
dence, R. I., and YVm. Powers, claiming to
hail from Buffalo. N. Y. A search was
mado of the premises resulting in the con
fiscation of the gang’s outfit, consisting of
moulds, melting kettles, ladles, etc., to
gether with several counterfeit dollars.
Fuller claims that the gang has floated
£>0,000 in spurious money in Boston.
A Negro Incendiary Lynched.
Birminoiiam, Ala., October 30.—Newt
comes from Monroe county of the lynching
near Monroeville last night of Allen Park
er, a youdk negro. He had been arretted
on the charge of burning agin house and
tsftnon nf The nroof was re
garded as conclusive. A deputy sheriff had
him in charge, and was carrying him to
jail at Monroeville. Two miles from town
the deputy was surprised by a party of
twenty masked men who were hid by the
roadside. They took Parker, and. after he
confessed, hanged him to a limb. The mob
then dispersed. It was lu Monroe county
where four negroes were lynched two
weeke ago for the murder of the Johnson
family. _
He Was a Keely Graduate.
New York, Otober 30.—Thomas Hill, of
Hillsboro, N. C., a connection of the
famous Hill family of that State, and said
to be a cousin of the Confederato General,
Ben Hill, died Saturday night in a cheap
lodging house in Clinton Place. Hill came
north a few months ago to take a course of
treatment in the Keely Institute at VN bite
Plains. After graduation from the insti
tute he did not reform, but drank more
than ever, his friends say. Among his
effects, which consisted only of a phial of
nitre and a package of letters, was found a
letter from his wife, in which she said that
she was disposing of the cotton crop on the
plantation and beseeching her husoand to
come home.
Forest Fire* in Penn»ylv»ijla.
Pittsburg, October 2t» —Disastrous for
est fires are reported to be raging in tbe
Beaver Valley in the vicinity of Beaver
Falls. Passengers on the Fort Wayne
railroad who arrived this morning, state
that they observed a glare in the heavens
on this side of Beaver Falls which indicat
ed that the Games were fiercely at work in
the country. The strong wind is fanning
the flames and driving huge clouds of
smoke before them. As near as oould be
seen from the train window there appear
to be few bouses in the neignborhood. Tbe
farmers are oattling the fire and doing
their utmost to check its consumption of
the timber. a
■' 'ng to Colorado Democrat*.
k>L., October 30.—Dr. A. J.
i Silas Hauchett, two of the
on the Weaver ticket, have
srroit their names to be used
,f the Cleveland Democratic
r action is embarrassing, to
in view of the fact that th^
t had withdrawn their elector
WHAT IS GERMANY DP TO?
All Europe Excited and Cneaiy Over the
Military BUI.
Paris, October 30.—Tho German mil
itary bill is the single thought of ail
Europe excepting France. Nobody un
derstands why Germany should increase
her affective force to such aQ extent as
to be able to throw next spring 200,000
men in twenty-four hours upon her
eastern or western frontiers.
Numerous notes have been exchanged
between the different European Cabi
nets. Mr. Gladstone, at & Cabinet
council on the 25 instructed Lord Pose
berry to get at the bottom of the r^al
intentions of the German Government.
The sole object of Germany is to make
it for the deficiency in the Aus
tralian and Italian forces, the
financial condition of those coun
tries not permitting them to in
crease their armies, as members of the
triple alliance. Germany is therefore
obliged to make the effort herself as It
is impossible for her allies to do any
thing. Nevertheless the tendency is
bad. The Bourses are weak and ill at
ease. This is especially tho case in
France.
In addition to the fears she has of the
causes for the Increase in the German
army, she has her own difficulties to
contend with.
The strike at Carmaux Is a proof of
the weakness of tho Government. The
country feels that it Is badly governed
as before the Bolangist explosion. It
wants a chauge,
FKOM LONDUN.
Gladstone Will Iudulg# in the L.nxnry of
a Telephone—Another Divorce.
London, October 29.—Mr. Gladstone has
decied to have a telephone put in between
his official residence in Downing street ami
the House of Commons. This action is
taken in view of his appointing Sir William
Vernon Harcourt to the position of deputy
government leader in tho House. Mr.
Gladstone himself and Mr. John Morlev,
chief secretary for Ireland, will leave the
House during’its coming sessions early in
tho evenings, except on special occasions
when important measures are up for con
sideration.
Mr. Gladstone has just purchased a set
of the complete woras of Win. Watson, a
young poet, who published the best fenny
)uu uuuuoi y *•»»• ** «wwVH - - ■
said, u favored candidate for the poet lau
reateship. , '
Mrs. Bernstein, who gained notoriety
through her connection with Sampson, the
strong man, who was sent to prison for
stealing jewelry belonging to her, has de
cided to defend the action for divorce
brought against her by her husband in
which a man uamed Turner Is named as
the co-respondent in the case, Sampson is
still in prison. During the trial of Mrs.
Bernstein against Sampson it was brought
out that they had maintained immoral re
lations.
Twelve New Cholera Cases.
Bcpha Pest, October HU.—Twelbe new
cases of cholera and four deaths were re
ported to the health officials of this city to
day.
A <>noen Deud.
Berlix, October HO.—The Dowager
Queen of Wurtemburg is dead.
A OKKAT FIHB
At 8t. Johrwbary, Vt., Destroys 8150.000
Worth of Property.
St. Johxhbuky, Vt., October 30.—
The worst fire that St. Johnsbury lias
ever known broke out about 7 o’clock
tnls evening and raged fiercely for two
hours before it was brought under con
trol. In that time several business
blocks and a large number of stores
were destroyed.
The flames first appeared in the rear
of Lougo Bros. &, Smith’s large dry
goods store on the east side of Railroad
street. A gale was blowing from the
northeast and the film swept on with re
sistless force, licking up property to
tbo value of at least 8150,000.
The local firo department responded
quickly and did splendid work, but the
high wind and the oil Btored in the
burning building did much to assist the
progress of the flames. It was not un
til 9 o’clock that the flames were really
under control.
The other tenants had to fly for their
lives. The total loss will fully reach
and may exceed 8150,000.
The list of business establishments
burned is as follows: Loug«*o Bros. «fc
Smith’s dry goods store, Balcb’s photo
graphic studio, Williams’ moat market,
the Merchants’ National Bank, T. C.
Spencer’s Jewelry store, Bagley’s drug
store, Sylvester’s meat market, Lynch’s
restaurant, a four-story brick structure,
three stories of which were occupied as
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le tie tut: u
wholesale dealers In dour, grin and oil.
The origin of the fire is not definitely
known, but It Is thought to have start
ed about the boiler In the basement of
Lougee Bros. &. Smith’s store. It Is
now thought certain that a man and
woman occupying room# In the build
ing where the fire started, were burned
to death.
Blew a Hole In Her Hol er
Alexandria, Va., October .'10.—The
steamer Wakedeld of the Potomac Kiver
Line, while on her way up the river to-day
and when off Maryland Point blew a hole
in her boiler where the steam chimney con
nects. The accident caused the death of
three colored men and the serious injury of
two others, all members of the crew. En
gineer E. L. G&rmond was also painfully
scalded about the hands and face. There
were about thirty passengers on board but
none of them were Injured, nor was there
much excitement among them. The United
States steamer Jessamine brought the dead
and injured and some of the passengers to
Quantico, whence they were sent to this
city oy rail. The steamer was but slightly
damaged and a tug has been sent to tow
her to tais city.
Gallant Rescuer*.
Bostos, October 30.-British Steamer
Oram or*, which arrived here to-day had
on board the crew of the wrecked barque
Supreme, gailautly rescued at sea. Wben
sighted the barque was almost totally dis
masted. Her foremast was gone by the
deck, main top gallant mast and rudder
were carried away and the vessel had
twelve feet of water in her hold. A volun
teer crew was mustered and
one of the life boats was launch
ed. After with the
Hi tit-for nearly the volunteer*
managed to reach the WW? '
tain, eleven seamen
landad **fo t thall of
mors w
An Interview With Him on the
Political Situation.
THE WEST VA. SENATOR’S VIEWS
Of the Infamous Force Bill, Which
Iniquity Is
LAID BARE FROM HEAD TO FOOT.
The Base Hypocrisy and Cow
ardice of the Republican Lead
ers Exposed, and the Plot to
Deprive the Pooplo of Their
Rights Mercilessly Torn Open
to the Public Gaze—What the
Effects of the Force Bill Would
Be—The Situation in West
Virginia.
Stwiat ComtvontUne* or t\t Rtaitttr.
Washington, D. C., October 30.—
Finding Senator Kenna at the Capitol
to-day 1 said to him that he would
gratify a general do»lre if he would fur
nish for publication his views of the
present political status. The Senator
has been debarred by the advice of bla
physicians from making speeches In the
campaign. He la, however, profoundly
interested, and to the forogolug sugges
tion responded promptly:
“I will do so with pleasure. I have
never felt more and dono less in any
canvass since I attained manhood. I
have never felt more wilting and losa
able to contribute one man’s work to a
great cause,” said the Senator. “I re
gard the situation as serious and, from
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Win SiailU^DlUb W4 V.UUUKI / WHW • • '••
stltutions, it is alarinlug. Tho best re
assurance is to bo found in tho evidence
which accumulates every day, that the
people, conscious of tho peril of their
liberties, will snatch tho Jewel of Amer
ican independence from tho band of the
vandal and show the Intelligence to pre
serve it in peace as they have exhibited
the manhood to protect It bv arms.”
“What do you regard as the chief
menace to the liberty of tho people?”
“The menace of ail liberty, the bayo
net. Iu tho present crisis, the conspir
acy of the Republican party te domi
nate tho freedom of the ballot by force.”
“You regard the Force bill, then, as
tho supreme Issue?”
“Supreme! Ye^, supreme, because
with that measure adopted every other
Issue would be controlled at will. Su
preme, because with that bill on thfc
statute books tho ‘
FEDERAL BADOE OF*-"
and tbo bulDdog - ■
elections by the people, would make ana*
unmake McKinley bills as they would
make and unmako McKinleys them
selves. Ail absorbing, however, as this
bad measure Is, it must not be forgotten
that the prostitution of the
FOSTER OF TAXATION
to eat out the substance of tho people
is a tit precursor of tho sound of the
drum beat and the strain of martial mu
sic, which have mocked the hopeless
ears of every bondage from Israel to
Ireland. Establish power In any form,
call It by whatever name you please and
arm It with the sword and purse string,
and popular freedom w II vaulsh before
It, as it has done In every ago and stage
of tho world. If the Force bill, as
passed by the last Republican House of
Representatives, could be read by every
voter lu the country, and the record
with it showing that every Republican
iu tho House but three voted for It, them
would, in my opinion, be no need for
another Democratic speech in ’die cam
paign."
“.Senator, give me a brief statement of
the principal features of the iortu
Bill.”
“I cannot give the details of till* bill
In an Interview. The House bill as
passed covers thirty-five pages, pr'nted
in book form, about as our ordinary law
hooks are printed, and with the Senate
substitute or modlflcatioua added the - wo
embody seventy-two pages. I declar 'd
on the floor of tho Senate, and I have
never heard a denial, that
JOHN I. DAVENPORT, \
Chief Supervisor of New York, who !A
1878 arrested In one day by bis marshal? «
and deputies nearly ten Uu/utand IrUh- l
men on charg9» of fraud, held them till V
after the election, when they had «o*t
their votes, and then released them
without a single prosecution or correc
tion, is the .
At'THOR OF THIS BILL.
“Every one of thoie men was entitled
to vote. That was one day’s operatloa
of the present law, which reaches only
& certain class of the cltlea of the coun
try. There were more men
DESPOILED OF THEM FREEDOM
by the act of this one man than rallied
in biooi and blizzard the standard of
Washington at Vailey Forge. And this
bill Is to put that man In every district
in the Union and give biru that pow« r
over every citizen of the republic. In
the multitude of words contained in its
seventy-two pages is a sweeping, com
plete and everlasting
U8CBPATI05 BY FEDERAL «CFERYt»OR*
and marshals of all control/over Jbe^
conduct, management and cerEfyli^ 7*^^
the returns of every CongreealinaJ
tiou of every State and dlstrfct ^
country. This it the utter d«wtr(lr -
of the popular franchise. TJ,*» | j
complete stiffilibg of the vote
people. These marshal* an a r/
sors are to be armed, have r
power to make arrests, and tb/
need be, may be brought it/
This 1* the end of elections
pie. The
BALLOT or TOE BA VOICE'
and the freedom of a/
point of the sword/
farce. The bill rotf
that the mirsbaly
authorized to b^r
tain restrictions^