DEATH IN ASTOKM. A. Toruaio Sweeps Over Tennee 83e and Mississippi. More than no I'eople Lost Their Lives, 50 W>r« Injured au'J the Ileatruc* tlou ol' Property was lireat Majority of the Victim* Were Negroes. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 22.—Dis patches indicate that Tuesday night's storm which swept over northern Mississippi and central and western Tennessee was one of great' severity. Advices from special correspondents fchow that f the loss of life in the terri tory visited by the tornado already amounts to 04 and the number in jured to over :">(). A majority of the victims are negroes. Telegraphic communication to the region visited by the cyclone is suspended and it is feared that when full details are known that the list of the dead will be lengthened. The following table shows the loss of life, together with the injured, compiled from dispatches forced through by courier and tele phone from the devastated localities: Killed. Injured. Columbia, Tenn 40 2.i La (i range, Tenn 3 C Lavergne, Tenn 2 1 Thompson, Tenn 1 0 Nolansville, Tenn. ... 2 8 Love Station, Tenn. ..2 1 'j unica, Mi.ss 5 0 Lula, Miss 4 0 Hernando, Miss 2 0 Batesville, Miss 0 8 Box ley's Store, Tenn.. 3 0 -Franklin, Tenn 0 2 Totals 04 51 At Columbia, Tenn., not even the iron and stone fence of the arsenal grounds are standing. The houses of ( apt. Aydelott, the Farrells and other large residences were demolished. With the exception of these four houses the storm's path was through a section of the town populated chief ly by negroes and the poorer classes and the houses mere hovels. It is estimated that 150 of tliem were to tally destroyed and a larger number damaged. The suffering of these peo ple, rendered helpless and bereft of all their goods, is pitiable. The number of houses in the No lansville neighborhood is Hi. There were two fatalities. All of the I<> houses were totally destroyed. Airs. Hampton, one of the injured, had S4OO in money and this was blown away and only a part of it has been recovered. The baby of ,lim Christ man, color ed. was found 300 yards from the house, uninjured. One of the family dogs was lying by its side. At Lavergne. Hi miles south of here on the Nashville, Chattanooga <S- St. Louis road, the velocity of the wind was marvelous and from best reports lasted only about 20 seconds. In this short time about 35 dwellings were turnd into debris. The loss of life is small compared with the miraculous escapes made. The wind made a swath 200 yards wide through the middle of the town. The Lavergne high school and the depot, the two largest buildings, were demolished. The loss on these buildings is placed at $7,000. The railroad lost four sec tion houses, each valued at S9OO. The victims of the tornado are Oeorge Kobertson and his 6-months oid child. Mr. Robertson's house, a strong log structure, was in the middle of the path of the storm and was laid flat on the ground. At the time Mr. Robertson and lii.s child had retired and his wife was sitting near the bed. and before the latter could even warn her husband death had claimed them. Mrs. Robertson's escape was mar velous. When found the unfortunate man was pinned across the back by a large timber and a great scar was on the back of his neck. No mark could be discern; tl o i the child's body. Both are thought to have met instant death. The rise in the Cumberland river at Nashville is the most rapid known in 25 years, the water having climbed 20 feet since Tuesday morning. Memphis, Tenn., .Nov. 22.—Advices received from the storm-swept sec tions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee indicate that the loss of life and damage to property is far greater than at first reported. The difficulties in the way of securing in formation from the devastated sec tions are almost insurmountable. The places affected are remote and isolated and at best are not well equipped with means of communica tion and the storm which carried de vastation across the country at the same time swept away the wires, srf that both telephone and telegraph wires alike were put out of service. Dependence has necessarily been placed in railroad men and travelers •coming from affected parts. In Mississippi the greatest loss of life and damage to property occurred near Tunica, Lula and Hernando. A report from Tunica states that the damage there was so great that it will take weeks to repair it. Five negroes lost their lives on the Hamlin place. In Tunica the school house church and a number of buildings were totally demolished. More than 50 negroes are missing and it is fear ed that several of them have perish ed. Cotton is reported badly dam aged. Arkabutla, Miss., Nov. 22. —Tuesday afternoon a tornado descended upon this town and ten persons were killed outright and 20 were injured. Drlaifuu Hay Award I* Paid. London, Nov. 22. —The Delagoa Bay award, amounting to nearly £1,000.- 'OOO, which the arbitrators ordered Portugal to pay to the heirs of Col. McMurdo, an American, and other •claimants for the seizure of the rail way from Lorenzo Marquez to Pre toria, was paid yesterday. ItlcKlnley Hum 7,H'H Plurality. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22. —The official count for Nebraska, partially finish ed, shows that McKinley's plurality in the state is 7,822. The total vote of the stats is 251,998. Of these McKin ley received 121,K35, Bryan 114,013, THE SAFE WAS TOO STRONG. llx Train llobber* Attempt to Open ait Express Company'* Treasure 4 best, but Pull to Keeure .Tlueh Money. St. Louis, Nov. 22. —News was re ceived here last night of the holding up of the Iron Mountain cannon bull passenger train, northbound, at (lif ford. Ark., a few miles this side of Malvern Junction. The holdup oc curred at 7:30 o'clock und was partic ipated in by half a dozen men. The bandits hud built a huge bonfire on the track, figuring that it would jau.se the engineer to stop the train. He, however, scenting an attempted robbery, opened the throttle anil Sought to push through the fiery ob it ruction. Several ties, of which the tire was made, caught in the pilot and soon brought the train to a stop. Instant ly three masked men ordered the en gineer and fireman to leave the en gine. Another robber went on the side of the car, hailed the conductor and ordered him to remain inside. Each order was obeyed. While the four robbers were standing guard and occasionally firing a shot to frighten the passengers, their two ac complices entered the express car and ordered Messenger Samuel Avery to "step aside, or get to the other corner." The large safe was charged five times with dynamite, each explosion makisg- a terrific noise and tearing otf portions of the car. A large hole was bored into the door of the safe, bu* an entrance could not be effected. Tfie robbers finally announced that they had no more dynamite and then they gave up the task of forcing open the door. Picking up the local ex press box and several packages they ran to their horses, which had been hitched nearby, and rode away. No attempt was made to disturb the passengers except for an occa sional shot at an inquisitive person who peered out of n car window. Messenger Avery was badly hurt about the head and face by flying splinters hurled about by the dyna mite explosions. One side of his face was lacerated and several teeth were knocked out. He was sent to his home at St. Louis on the same train. The top and one side of the express car were shattered to splinters. The sheriff of Hot Springs county organized a posse and started in pur suit of the robbers. The train crew say the bandits are amateurs, as they went at their work in a bungling fashion. All wore heavy masks. The trainmen say the small box carried off by the robbers contained about SSOO. It is positively known that the robbers also secured several sacks of silver containing $l9O. A posse of 15 men left Malvern at t o'clock last night and took the trail of the robbers at the scene of the holdup. Gov. Jones will offer rewards for the capture of the bandits. It is thought they have fled towards In dian Territory. THE GOOD ROADS CONCLAVE. ('lilcuko Convention Approves a Plan for Improving Highways. Chicago, Nov. 22.—Several import ant recommendations were made by the legislative committee at Wednes day's session of the national good roads convention. The report mads the following recommendations: First—That a highway commission er be appointed by each state, to have general charge of ail roads. Second—-That the poll tax be abol ished and all taxes for road mainte nance be paid in cash. This includes the repeal of the state labor laws. Third—That a state road plan be adopted in all states, including the employment of convict labor in prep aration of material for roads. President Moore, speaking in sup port of the last recommendation, said that the farmers of this country, owning less than one-fifth of the property of the country, have up to this time paid all the expenses of roads for all the people except in three or four states. "We believe," said President Moore, "that these ex penses should be equalized and f he people in the cities should give their just share." A committee was appointed to draft n bill outlining the suggestions of the legislative committee. A permanent organization was ef fected. The National Good Hoads as sociation is the name of the new or ganization. Headquarters will be in Chicago. Officers were elected for the first year and it is the intention of the association to continue the agi tation and work for the improvement of the public highways along the lines suggested by the convention. The new organization is to represent the various national, state, agricul tural, industrial, commercial, trans portation, wheelmen's and automo bile associations of the country which are furthering the cause of good roads. A llurrleane at Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Col., Nov. 22.—A hurricane swept over this city yester day. Signs were blown down, light, telephone and telegraph wires are down and chimneys were blown from roofs. People were afraid to venture in the streets and business was prac tically suspended. The velocity of the wind was 70 miles an hour. The plant of the Colorado Springs Elec tric Co. is badly damaged, the steel stacks being blown down. The high school building was badly damaged. The iron roof of the Temple theater was ripped off in large sections and many business blocks were damaged. A Sweeping Denial, Washington, Nov. 22. —A published statement to the effect that the state department lias, at the instance of the war and navy departments, ad dressed demands to the embassies and legations here for information that will lead to the disclosure of the identity of secret agents of foreign governments, is met with a prompt and sweeping denial by the officials of each one of the departments men tioned. The same publication threat ened the dismissal of a number of worthy foreign-born government em ployes as a result of this movement. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1900. WAR REVENUE TAXES. Members of the 11 a) a and tl»«u> Com mittee are Figuring on m Plan to Kediu-e 'l'llem. Washington, Nov. 21.—The republi can members of the ways and means committee met Tuesday to consider a measure for the reduction of the war revenue tax. The most important ac tion taken was a decision not to re move the tax of ten cents a pound on tea. The committee will not take up or disturb the tariff on imports, as the members claim it would open up the whole subject of tariff revision. Secretary (iage and Commissioner Wilson, of the internal revenue bu reau, were before the committee for some time during the afternoon. The secretary told the committee that in his opinion there might be a reduc tion in revenues of $30,000,000. The war revenue act now raises about $100,000,000. ' Commissioner Wilson went over the schedules with the members of the committee and both he and Secretary (iage were ques tioned as to where reductions could be made to the best advantage from the treasury viewpoint. A consider able part of the discussion was eon fined to Schedule li, which taxes me dicinal and proprietary articles and preparations, perfumery, cosmetics, chewing gum. wines, etc. There was also discussion of stamp taxes. The discussion indicated that the committee favored quite a change in this feature of the law and reduc tions wherever possible. The com mittee also desires to eliminate the taxes on conveyances, of which ,there has been a great deal of complaint. It can be stated that in a general way it will be the aim of the com mittee to abolish the most burden some taxes and to grant relief from stamp taxes as far as possible. The committee called on the presi dent to obtain his views on the pro posed reduction. The committee's conference with the president lasted less than an hour. The committee and the presi dent agreed on the desirability of the reduction or abolition of the war taxes where they have proved annoy ing and irritating to the interests in volved and yet have not produced very much revenue. The president believes the surplus in the treasury is accumulating too rapidly and that conservative reductions may be made safely, or the taxes entirely removed in some instances. It is not believed the bill can be prepared and ready for the full com mittee until the session begins. The measure after it is agreed upon by the republicans will be submitted to the democrats of the committee. Suggestion has been made that the oleomargarine bill now on the house calendar and made a special order for December •> might be made a part of the war revenue reduction bill. Rep resentative Tr w >y. the father of the oleomargarine bill, when asked about this, said that the oleomargarine bill would be passed by the house early in the session, so that an opportunity would be given to ascertain if there was a disposition to defeat the meas ure in the senate by any unusual de lay. In such case lie intimated that the oleomargarine bill might be made a part of the revenue reduction bill in the senate. RING DOWN THE CURTAIN. Cliarleo 11. Hoyt, the Famous Play wright, In Head. Charlestown,N.lL, Nov. 21. —Charles H. Hoyt. the well-known playwright, died at his residence here last night of paresis, from which he had been suffering for several months. Ever since his return to Charlestown, after his release from a private asylum in Hartford by order of the court early in August, it had been known by his attendants and nearest friends 'that his condition was serious and that there was little or no chance for his recovery, but Mr. Hovt apparently was hopeful of ultimate recovery. Previous to two weeks ago there appeared to be a slight improvement in his conditon, although he had pe riods of depression. About two weeks ago his appetite failed and he had a bad turn from which he only partial ly recovered. Since that time he had ber jnable to take any except liquid i ishment. but continued to be up a .. around his room until Monday, lie steadily lost strength and yester day morning he suffered a relapse and became unconscious, in which condi tion he remained until death came. A lllg Consolidation Scheme. Atlanta. (ia.. Nov. 22. —The Journal says: The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the ( umber land Telephone Co., operating exclu sively in the southern states, are to be consolidated under a single man agement in the immediate future. Following this will occur a consolida tion of all the Bell systems, including the consolidated companies of the Cumberland and the Southern Bell, the Chesapeake and Potomac, the Chicago, New York and Boston and ail other systems under the direct management of the, American Hell Telephone and Telegraph Co. Head quarters will be in New York. Itesened I'rom the Hlgglng, Detroit, Nov. 22.—After pounding around in Lake St. Clatr for several hours yesterday, fighting the storm which raged all day, the small steam barge Myrtle M. Ross foundered and went to the bottom three miles east or the south end of the ship canal. Capt. Surls and a crew of five men and a woman cook were rescued from the rigging o' the steamer, where they had been clinging for over an hwur with the seas breaking com pletely over them, by the crew of the steamer W. L. Frost. Ordered to Dissolve. Cincinnati, Nov. 21.—I'nited States District Attorney Bunily and Attor ney J. W. Warrington yesterday filed before I'nited States Judge Thompson a final entry in the suit of the gov ernment against the Chesapeake & Ohio Fuel Co. and others, indicted un der the Sherman anti-trust law. The entry declares the trust contract to lx; illegal and it is ordered that the combination be at once dissolved and each company permanently enjoined from further operations under the contract, or from entering into any •like combination. KROGER IN FRANCE People of Marseilles Gave Him an Ovation. \NTI-IJRITISH OUTBURST it was Noisy, but Did NotCauso Serious Trouble. SEEMS lIALE AM) HEART 7. lr. Kroner Surprised Everyone by III* Itoliust Appearanee und Apparently wan Much Pleased wl(li Ihe Warmth ol Ihe Welcome Ulvcil. Marseilles, Nov. 2.S. —Yesterday M-oved a triumph for Mr. Kruger such as even the Boer delegates and lis most ardent admirers failed to inticipate. The delirium of enthu siasm which marked every step of his irogress from the time he landed un il the hotel was reached was a re ve st ion even to the people of Mar seilles. It fully equalled, if it did not, airpass, the frantic demonstration of >at riot ism with which France opened ler arms to Maj. Marchand at Toulon in his return from Fashoda. An unfortunate occurrence 011 the nain boulevard alone marred the •haraeter of the demonstration, vhich up to that moment had been a ribute of sympathy and admiration. •Vive Kruger,'* "\ive I.es Boers and 'Vive La Libcrte," were the cries hat formed a hurricane of cheering ind swept over the city. I nfortu lately the foolishness nf ha a dozen icrsons in throwing small coins into he crowd as Mr. Kruger passed, act >d like magic in conjuring up ail uiti-llritisli outburst, which it needed ill the energy of the police to pre ent becoming a serious disturbance. The hotel remained for the rest of he day in a state of siege, while at jne time a procession several thou sand strong marched in the direction >f the British consulate, shouting •Down with the English." and raising >ther threatening cries. The result ,vas that u strong body of police was •ompelled to disperse the demonstra ors, although it was not found neces sary to make more than a few tempo •arv arrests. Throughout the even ng." however, large bands of students 1 n(i other youths marched up and lown in front of Mr. Kruger's hotel uid of the hotel which was the scene >f the unfortunate incident, cheering for Kruger and the Transvaal and 1 enouncing England. F.vervone expressed astonishment it the healthy appearance of Mr. Kruger, considering his advanced 1 ige. He walked firmly, leaning but iglitly upon his cane, when he cross- | mT the landing stage to the landau in ,vhicli he drove with Dr. Leyds and- MM. Pauliat and Tliourl. The landau ivas followed by five carriages con taining Boer officials and they \\eie followed by six others conveying the jflicers of the (ielderland and the netnbers of the Marseilles reception committee, all forming a procession, headed by societies, escorted by a de tail of police. Mr. Kruger repeatedly acknowledg ed the cheers of the crowd. At sev eral points along the route bouquets were presented to him and 011 the balcony of the Military club stood a group of officers in uniform, who heartily joined the ovation. On ar riving at the hotel Mr. Kruger's ears were greeted with the strains of a I'oer hymn played by a local band, while the standard bearers drew up in two ranks at the entrance and waved the standards as Mr. Kruger, bareheaded, passed between to his apartments. Mr. Kruger replied in the hall of the hotel to the address delivered by M. Thourel, president of the Mar seilles committee, wl.o presented the traveler with a symbolical group en titled "The Defense of Home." Mr. Kruger's reply breathed a determina tion to resist to the end. He said the war was terrible for the Boers. They now appeared to be crushed by num bers, but he was still tirm in the hope that "the reign of the sword would ere long* be overthrown by that of justice." Sessions Will be Publle. Havana. N0v.23. —' was a large attendance of the public sit Thurs (lav's session of the Cuban constitu tional convention. An animated dis cussion took place over the question whether the sessions are to be public or private. The delegates of the na tional party, who were supposed to have been pledged in favor of private sessions, swung over to the other side. The final vote stood 1!> for pub lic sessions and 10 for private. Would llulld u Model Town. Philadelphia, Nov. 23. A project was put on foot here last night which, it is hoped by its promoters, will re sult in the founding of si great model industrial town near this city. It hoped to found a town where shall be gathered a variety of manufactures and an army of employes under so cial conditions creditable to capital and helpful to working people; 3 town organized according to the most practical business methods. Illver and Harbor Bill to be Prepnrrd Washington, Nov. 2.'i.—Chairman Burton, of the house committe- on rivers and harbors, says that the com mittee will meet next Monday to be gin the preparation of a river and harbor bill and he expects to get it through the house before the holi days. The Pope Is Kick. Paris, Nov. 23. —A dispatch from Home says the pope on Wednesday visited St. Peter's cathedral and ex perienced such fatigue that he had to take to his bed. It is claimed that lit fainted twice. AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE. Tti« St*.imor Wilhelm Drr UroMf In KuflWed by llii;-e Sea* and Finally Itiiim Atcruuud. New York, Nov. 23. —The Kaiser Wilhelin- Der (irosse arrived hero Thursday, 4* liours overdue, and t<> add to her other inisfort lines ground ed near the southwest spit in the lower hay, after passing Sandy Hook. She left Cherbourg November 14, making the passage in seven days, 20 hours and 20 minutes, with an aver age speed of 16.22 knots. This is the slowest trip ever made .>y the steam er. From the moment of leaving Cher bourg she experieneed stormy weath er. On November 15 she had south west winds, with rain squalls and high seas. On the 10th the wind in creased to hurricane force from the northwest, v/ith a very heavy sea. The steamer labored heavily during the whole day. The engines were slowed down to nine knots. At times the seas boarded the high-sided craft and caused some damage to her rails and fittings. On the 16th at 8 p. m. one blade of the port propeller was lost and the engineers were obliged to slow down the engines. On the 21st a coal trimmer named Knick jumped overboard and was lost. He was a (ierman about 17 years of age. During hazy weather on the 21st the liner passed so close to tin oil tank steamer which was deeply laden that the passengers could look down upon her decks. Out side the liar, Dennis Reardon. the Sandy Hook pilot, boarded the vessel. On rounding the southwest spit, the steamer being under too much head way to turn the sharp angle of the channel, ran into the mud; later in bacliing off she fouled a spurbuoy and it is supposed that the chain wound about the propeller, as the vessel stopped and was unable to move. A diver's services will be used to-day to ascertain the exact condition before any attempt is made to move lier. A BRAKEMAN'S CRIME. HP Murder* 111* Wllr ami Then Co m mil* Suicide. Tiradford, t'a., Nov. 23.—Thursday afternoon John J. Keating, aged 39, a passenger brakeman on the Buffalo, Rochester & l'ittsburg railway fatal ly shot his wife, aged 35, and then, turning the weapon against his own breast, fired a bullet through his heart. Two bullets wore fired at Mrs. Keating. The first entered her left temple and the second passed through her left breast. After the shooting of the woman, Keating seemed to suddenly realize what he was doing. "My (iod, my Mod," he shrieked, "what have I done." Then he shot himself and fell forward against the body of his wife. Both were soon :lead. in ti small room near where the shooting occurred a 9-year-old son of the dead woman by a former husband lay sick of scarlet fever. The sounds lof the shooting and the frightful death of his mother and stepfather j produced a shock to the little patient ; which may also end his life. The cause of the tragedy is ascrib ed to whisky and insane jealousy without cause. An Army Chaplain'* llrporl. | Washington, Nov. 23. —Rev. Oliver C. Miller, the chaplain attached to the Fourth cavalry, who served under (iens. Bates, Voting and Law-ton, has just reported at the war department, having been invalided home from the Philippines. He has made a state ment respecting vice and immorality in the Philippines, taking - occasion to reply to certain recently published criticisms directed against the can teen and the military administration bhere. He says he knows of no city in the I'nited States where there is so little crime, or where crime is fol lowed so quickly by punishment as in Manila Criticize* Our Clillieae Policy. Berlin, Nov. 23. —The press in gen eral severely criticizes the United States for not agreeing to the de mands of the other powers in China. The Vossische Zeitung, which claims that the Chinese are "only induced by the American attitude to remain obdurate." says:"lt would be im possible to aid more effectually the joint enemy of western culture." 4 rilHlicd the ItcbelM. Colon, Colombia. Nov. 23. —The rebel forces at Ruena Ventura have been completely crushed by the Colombian government troops, who captured three cannon and two generals. (Jen. Alban. governor of Panama, person ally directed the operations from on board the British steamship Taboga, seized by the Colombian authorities. tliMTdllb lirli a Fat Job. Washington, Nov. 23. —Capt. W. M. Meredith, of Chicago, has been ap pointed chief of the bureau of en graving and printing. Capt. Mere dith served as chief of the bureau of printing and engraving during the Harrison administration. He is a practical plate printer. Ilubbrr* Not ( might. Little Rock. Ark., Nov. 23. —Reports from the vicinity of Wednesday night's train robbery on the Iron Mountain railroad show that the rob bers are still at large. Official Vote of lllliioln. Springfield, Til., Nov. 23. —Following is the official vote of Illinois: Mc- Kinley 597,965, Bryan 501,975, Woolley 17,835, Debs 9,072, Yates 580,198, AU schuler 518,966. 'look Too Much 7lorplilne. New York, Nov. 23.—An overdose ot morphine, taken to relieve suffering caused by overindulgence in liquor, yesterday ended the life of Dr. Rob ert Acton, a physician and well known football player on the Harvard team in 1593. Stretched Hemp. Seranton. I'a., Nov. 23. —William Sinims, colored, who shot and killed his wife at Dunbar, Pa., on August 16, 1899, was hanged in the Fayette county jail yesterday in the presence of 60() people. Simmy met his UeuUi unflinchingly. A GREAT SURPRISE. Chairman Jono* Talks About the Klection. WE HE SIRE OF VICTORY. Democratic Campaign Managers Had No l<lea of Defeat. PA RT Y'S REORG AN IZ AT ION. No Likelihood that Any Step* in Till* IMreotlon W ill be Taken Before IDOI and by thut Time Sien Isnues Will Probably Appear. Little liock, Nov. 2.'!.—Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the democratic national committee, left last n iff lit for Washington. Before leaving he said in an interview: "The election result was a great surprise to nil democrats. All were so confident of success that the sweeping republican victory came ,i* a severe shock. Even OIL the evening of the day before election;, reassuring telegrams came from leaders that .New York was safe for liryan ami from leaders in other pivotal state* that the democrats were sure to win. It was these forecasts that buoyed us up to the last moment and made the actual result more startling, "liut Mr. Bryan is a great, man, one of the greatest in the United States, and his influence will be felt for many years to come in American poli tics. He is a giant in intellect anil simply indefatigable in the prosecu tion of a campaign. Whether he wiji be a candidate for the presidency in the near future remains to be seen, but it is not probable that he will. It is more reasonable to presume that he would decline the nomination, even should it be offered to him, "Reorganization? Oh, that's all nonsense. There's nothing in it and it will blow over in 30 days. It is precipitated by those who deserted the party and gave aid to the enemy and. does not represent the strength or the spirit of the genuine democ racy. What they would do is to adopt all the policies of the republican par ty and be democrats mily in name. Hut, grantine that there is cause for so-called reorganization, who has the power within the party to do it now? Not the disgruntled disorganizes who have raised the issue. If there is to be a reorganization of the na tional committee or platform it can not be done for four years, or until the next national convention. "As to the issues, they must de pend largely upon the national and international developments of the next four years. It may be laid down primarily, however, that the demo cratic party will, never vary from its established fundamentals, a strict construction of the constitution an.l an unswerving adherence to its prin ciples and an economically adminis tered government for the benefit of the governed. The silver question may solve itself. Should the amount of gold produced be ample to main tain a sufficient volume of metallic money anil insure %lie stability of prices, the silver question will be sub ordinated; but should the supply fall short of the demands of trade the sil ver question will be made prominent. The question of imperialism may also find a solution outside the ballotbox. I believe the supreme court will de cide against the Posto Kicau law, and should this be done, there will be 'i revulsion on the part of the republi cans themselves against the retention of the Philippines. Hut just what the issues of 1904 will be 110 one can pro diet. with any certainty." Killed tlie Apaclie Kid. Id Paso, Tex., Nov. 23. —President Smith, of the Mormon church, who has arrived here, accompanied by O. A. Woodruff and Dr. Seymour, after u tour among the colonies in Mexico, reports the killing of the notorious Apache Kid in the recent Indian raid at t'olonia Paelieeo. Mr. Woodruff was one of the party that pursued the retreating Indians and assisted at the burial of the dead. Among these was one, apparently the leader, and who is now positively identified as th * notorious Apache Kid. Mr. Woodruff said they will putin an application, for the reward offered for liim in the United States. A Chicago 4'u|>llali»t llles Chicago, Nov. 2t!. —Andrew Craw ford, a prominent fapitalist of this city, died last night. Air. Crawford was for many years western agell'. for Drexel, Morgan <X- Co., but resign ed to take care of his personal af fairs. One year ago Mi:.. Morgan, in formed him that they liad been nil able to fill his place satisfactorily and at his request Mr. Crawford assumed the position once more at an aimuuil salary of $50,000. He was considered one of the best judges; (atL investments in the country. A \etv Melieiun 111 Paper Dlaklßg, Atlanta, Cia., Nov. S3.:—Plans, bavn been consummated at Atlanta for the erection of ten plants to manufacture paper from cottonseed hulls. The en terprise is backed by a corporation with $5,000,000 capital.. Dynamiter « onvleted. St. Louis, Nov.. 23. —Maurice Bren nan. one of the three men arrested for dynamiting property of the St. Louis Transit* Co. during the recent street car strike, was yesterday found guilty by a jury eud sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. .TlvMNOurPn Oltlelal Vole. Jefferson City, Mo„ Nov. 23. Mis souri's official vote for president is: Hryan 351,913, McKinley 314,093, Bar ker 4,244, Woolley 5,953, Debs 6,1.28, Maloney 1,294. Total vote 683,635, Bryan's plurality 37,500, against 3:}, iu 1896, 3
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