SHOOK THEIR HEADS
Capitalists Did Not Take Kindly to
Morse's Invention.
Declined fop n I.on* Time to Invest
iii Tch'Krapli Slock—Govern
ment Control Sutsifeateti
iii IS 15.
[Special Washington Letter.]
£ | | EKE ib a relic of a struggling
I | industry, the handwriting of
a genius," said Mr. .Max
Xansburgh, ktudent, scientist, philos
opher and retired capitalist.
lie handed the narrator a pamphlet
bearing the imprint of "J. & (j. S. (Jid
«on, Washington, 1&45." Ihe title
page reads: "Description of the
American Electro Magnetic 'lele
grnph; now in operation between the
cities of Washington and Baltimore;
illustrated by fourteen wood engrav
ings. By Alfred Vail assistant super
intendent of the Elec. Mag. Tel. for the
L. S."
Beneath the title, in small type, is a
quotation from the report of the com
mittee on ways and means of the
house of representatives, 1545, as fol
lows: "The same principle which jus
tified and demanded the transference
of the mail on many chief routes,
from the horse-drawn coach on the
common highway to steam-impelled
vehicles, on laud and water, is equally
potent to warrant the calling of the
electro magnetic telegraph—that last
uud most wondrous birth of this teem
ing age—in aid of the post oflice, in
discharge of its great function of rap
idly transmitting correspondence aud
intelligence."
The philosopher observed: "You will
see that almost sixty years ago the
far seeing statesmen intended that
the telegraph should become a vehicle
•of the post oflice department. All of
those statements are in their graves,
but the idea which most impressed
them has not yet been developed into
en actual condition. It is yet a theory.
Of course the government uses wires
for almost all of its correspondence
on affairs requiring immediate trans
xnisaionof intelligence. Individuals ex
pend many millions of dollars for tele
grams. But the time has not yet ar
rived for the government to apply the
principle enunciated in that commit
tee report.
"The wording of the report is sig
nificant of the age. Only a few years
had elapsed since the steam railroads
had succeeded the coaches in carrying
the mails. The men who formulated
that report had seen all of the mails
carried on coaches or on horseback
■when they were children. They had
witnessed and participated in the long
(Struggle of the slow goers against the
steam locomotive. Therefore it was
that they referred to the principle
'which justified and demanded the
transference from horse-drawn coach
es to steam-impelled vehicles.' They
undoubtedly expected during their
lifetimes to see the mails carried on
the wires, excepting, probably, tbe ;
newspapers and magazines.
"I have often noticed," continued I
the philosopher, "that all inventions I
are timely; that they are projected ;
upon the world precisely when they
are required for the development of
mankind. The power which makes the
electricity of the clouds, the power
which lifted he veil for Benjamin
Franklin, prepared in many ways for !
the then-coming civil war. The same
power to decelop in Ericcson's mind j
the revolving monitor turret in time, j
just to the very minute and second, j
The same power developed there- j
peating rifle in time to hasten the
close of that war. Great disclosures :
like the magnet, movable types, the
compass, electricity in its various j
forms and appliances, are not acci
dents. They are disclosed to mankind
.A
if; :?Jp
SAMUEL, F. B MORSE.
(Inventor of the American Electro-Mag
netic Telegraph.)
in time for great crises. They are not
discovered by men. They are dis
.closed unto men."
The pamphlet which Mr. T.nnshurgh
loaned the writer was issued manifest
ly for the purpose of booming the new
enterprise; and presumably to aid in
the disposal of stock in order to raise
money to further develop the business.
Htock which people to-day would be
.glad to buy was hesitatingly taken In
those days. It seems strange to us
that anybody should have hesitated.
But distrust is the habit of conserva
tive men. The narrator once heard
the great Methodist pulpit orator.
Bishop Simpson, say:
"How can anybody blame the people
for not accepting Jesus when he WHS
on earth? 1 don't blame them. 11 ( .
was out of the ordinary. They did not
comprehend Mis words or lli.s works.
]le spoke as never man spake. Hi*
W'i"'\- were high above them. His
work* made the w i»e and eotiservntive
oil) .lew h In ! kve that he was :i mount e
bnnl lit- wns beyond thil imi.pre-
This new bntiuti* vf ttlkixg in
instantaneously over an electric wlrr,
for a distance of forty miles, seemed
a trifle doubtful to capitalist#, large
and small. The inventors and man
agers queered their own business by
claiming that they could transmit in
telligence over wires a thousand miles
in length just as easily a* over the nno
wire of forty miles, then in operation
People naturally were inclined to be
lieve that they were lying. The pam
phlet says:"The term circuit, used
frequently in this work, has refer
ence to the wire, which, commencing
at the positive pole of the battery,
goes to any distance and returns to
he negative pole of the battery
When its going and returning- are
continuous or unbroken, the circuit
is said to be closed or complete."
There is. the claim that the wire
will carry the electric circuit "to
Lr- l-i
. 14CA Z.M
CYRUS W. FIELD.
(Prime Mover in the Building of the Trans- t
Atlantic Cable.)
any distance." That might mean j
around the entire earth. That was a ;
wonderful claim for that period, 1845. j
One of the most remarkable things j
set forth in that pamphlet is the state- ;
inent that Morse at one time contem
plated using twenty-six wires for the (
transmission of thought. He says: j
"During the period of thirteen years :
many plans have been devised by the j
inventor to bring the telegraphic al- I
phabet to its simplest form. The plan ;
of using tbe common letters of the
alphabet, twenty-six in number, with j
twenty-six wires, one wire to each let- j
ter. has received its due share of his time j
and thought. Other modes of using j
the common letters of the alphabet j
with a single wire have also been un- j
der his consideration. Plans of using j
two, three, four, live and six wires to
one registering machine, have, in their
turn, received proportionate study j
and deliberation. But these and many j
other plans, after much care and many j
experiments have been discarded, he j
being satisfied that they do not pos- j
sess the essential element, simplicity, ;
which belongs to his original lirst ;
thought, and the one which he has
adopted."
The inventor then gives illustra- j
tions of his proposed methods of
transmitting the alphabet with two, i
three, four, live or six pens operat- ]
ing together or in succession.
"The average inventor is a crank :
who don't last long," said the phil- !
osoplier. "But the telegraph grew
gradually in Morse's brain for a
period of 13 years. With that idea
uppermost in all of his waking
thoughts during that period he must
have been unhappy indeed, for he
was obliged to keep his secrets to
himself. If he had talked with any
body capable of comprehending him
he would have given away his rights.
If often happens that an inventot
will be able to discern almost nil ol
his plan, but it rests with some one
else to discover and apply the one
little missing principle which is
necessary to success."
What was said of electricity in
that pamphlet might as well be said
to-day: "The effects produced by the
; galvanic fluid upon the metallic
bodies, its decomposing effects upon
liquids, its effects upon the animal
| system, are generally well known,
j Hut of the character of the fluid it
] self, its own essence or substance,
we know nothing." That is true to
day. We know, nothing more than
we did then, although the fluid is
used commercially all over the
world, and for multifarious purposes.
After a brief treatise on galvanism
the pamphlet proceeds: "We will
now describe the battery used for
telegraphic purposes; the same in
principle, but in arrangement more
complicated, than those in common
use. Two distinct acids are em
ployed ; two metals and two vessels."
Then follows a minute description of
the invention, illustrated very nice
ly (for that age) with wood cuts
showing every form of appliance
used, from the "glass tumbler of or
dinary size," to the diagram show
ing how "both stations could trans
mit at, the same time, with one bat
tery for both."
In 1845 the inventor did not imag
; ine that the human ear would b«
i sensitive enough to distinguish be
[ tween the dots and dashes in the
telegraphic signal code, for tlx
I pamphlet gives careful attention to
a description of the pencils, pent
i and inks used for making impres
i sions upon paper, all of which meth
ods were a discard, lie conclude)
| with praise of the last patented
I point: "It produces an impression
: upon the paper, not to be mistaken
I It is clean, and the points making
the impression being of the hardest
steel, do not wear, and renders th«
writing apparatus always ready foi
use."
Hut very soon after that young
men everywhere, and now-a-dajri
voting Indies alsn, take messages "bj
sound," thereby rendering the in
ventlon many many times more \al
liable for rapid work.
It .-IMIIM st ranee to look at tlata
venerable pamphlet and recall the
fact that the success of electrn
| telegraphy was ever in doubt.
sitmi D. I V T.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902.
WITH A REVOLVER.
A Striker is Instantly Killed
liy a Deputy.
Dynamite Fxploded I'liilor Ulnrrs'
limine by Unknown Parties
"■llotlicr" Junni Tlirealoim to
Leud nil Army of .Miner*'
Wive* to Washington.
Nesquelioning, Pa., Aug. lit.—ln a
clash between striking mine workers
and deputies here last night Patriek
Sharp, a striker, i>f Lausford, was
shot, and killed almost instantly by a
deputy. The shooting caused consid
erable excitement for a time, but or
der was soon restored without any
other persons being injured and the
town is now quiet.
Witnesses to the shooting went to
the office of \V. I{. Watkins, the jus
tice of the peace, and made com
plaint against McKlmoyle, charging
him with the murder of Sharp. The
justice placed the warrant in the
hands of a constable, who found Mc-
Klmoyle at the shaft anil accom
panied by a guard of other oflicers
took his prisoner to the county jail
at Mauch Chunk.
VVilkesbarre, I'a., Aug. 10.—The 24
deputies who were arrested by the
authorities of Dtiryea last week for
wounding and inciting a riot were
given a hearing Monday before Judge
Halsey and all but three discharged.
The tiiree held were placed under S2OO
bail each.
New York, Aug. 20.—The presi
dents of the anthracite coal roads
had their usual weekly conference
here Tuesday. Before going to the
meeting Mr. Truesdale, president of
the Lackawanna Railroad Co., said:
"There is no foundation for the
rumor that the anthracite coal oper
ators will make concessions in order
to end the strike. I think work will
be resumed in time to produce plenty
of coal for the fall demand."
Wilkesbarre, I'a., Aug. 20.—Un
known parties exploded a stick of
dynamite under the front door of
John Workiuk's house in I'ittston
township early Tuesday morning.
The door was wrecked and the in
mates of the house were badly fright
ened.
Indianapolis, Aug. 22.—"Mother"
Jones, well known throughout, the
mining districts, was a visitor at the
national headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of America yesterday.
She said:
"The wives of the miners will
march on Washington, if the strike
is not settled by next winter. We
will shake them up down there. We
will have a popular congress there
when the other congress is in ses
sion."
"Mother" Jones is going cast from
Milwaukee, where she has been speak
ing. She said that she was under
the orders of Secretary Wilson. He
said she would goto Charleston
and points in the Kanawha rfcer
country in West Virginia.
"We are waiting to see what Mr.
Morgan is going to do," Mr. Wilson
said.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 22. —T. W.
Hart, chairman of the Public Alli
ance of Wilkesbarre, issued an ad
dress to the press and public last
night in which he urges that every
influence be used to bring about the
settlement of the coal strike by arbi
tration. He says the situation is now
becoming acute and threatens every
business in the strike region.
The Warnke wasliery at Dtiryea
prepared considerable coal for the
market yesterday. The wasliery is
still under heavy guard, but the
strikers have made 110 attempt to in
terfere with the employes.
Scranton. Pa.. Aug. 22. —The Von
Storch mine of the Delaware & Hud
son Co. resumed operations yesterday
with about SO men. The washery of
the Nayaug Coal Co. also resumed
and it is expected that the West Kidge
colliery of the Ontario & Western
will resume. The Von Storch makes
six collieries in this city now in opera
tion.
Shenandoah, Pa., Ails'. 23.—Fifteen
cars of coal were shipped from Sil
ver Creek colliery, near New Philadel
phia, last evening, and a.sit was the
first coal that has been prepared for
market in that district since the
strike began, the strikers were very
much excited and several hundred
congregated along the railway track
watching the train go by. The crowd
got in an angry mood at the sight
of the loaded cars, but there was no
serious demonstration.
HiimcH Sage Denounces Trunin.
New York, Aug. 22. — liussell Sage,
in an interview yesterday, referred to
a statement quoting .1, Pierpont Mor
gan as saying that the era of great
trusts had just begun, and that more
gigantic corporations arc storied in
the near future, some of which may
overshadow the steel trust. Mr. Sage
said: "Whether Mr. Morgan said
tiiat or not, combinations of all in
dustries are a menace to true govern
ment. Not only so, but they are op
pressors of the people." "What will
be the result of such an era?" asked
a reporter. "In such an event the
American people will revolt, against
them and there will be financial ruin
the like uf which this country lias
never seen."
r»al al 91 I Fer Toil,
Omaha. Neb., Aug. 22. l'lie price of
anthracite coal has jumped to sll a
! ton and dealers refuse to take orders
, except in small quantities for inuue
! diate delivery.
Will l»e a 4>ra 11 il % It'll Ir.
Chicago, \iitf. 22. The states of the
I Cnitcd States, President Itoosevelt
and prominent government officials
( will co-operate and participate in the
: production of 1 In- international <ll\ui
pian games of I'.nM. \ll foreign coua
trie will lie represented. France has
promised to end its ariuv cadets and
has asked for the games 111 tmis. This
I much is indicated iu letters from gov-
I eriiors of states and commanders of
national guards throughout the coun
try, iu ••«• |»l\ to invitations ,cnt out
ten tillv S ago from the general of-
I tier iii tfii city and from cables just
received from I'ari and lierliu.
WAR MANEUVERS
They Will Take Fluca Kvery Year
llerealter, on (•overiuiieut Land.
Washington, Aug. 21. —The war de
partment, has ordered companies of
regulars and militia to proceed to
Fort liiley, Kan., for the purpose of
going through war maneuvers. The
governors of the various states were
invited to send detachments of mili
tia. but only a few responded. Many
governors, however, will send ofliceis
to witness the maneuvers.
The benefits to be derived from
bringing together regiments, brigades
and divisions is so apparent that the
war department has fully deter
mined upon this policy for the future.
Many of the states have permanent
maneuvers for their national guards
during the summer months and the
result has been extremely beneficial
to all those organizations.
The regular army has had an
abundance of field service during the
past four years, but nearly all the
recent work in tin- Philippine Islands
has been done by small detachments,
frequently mere squads.
There will be no effort to imitate
flu'great maneuvers which take place
annually in Kurope. The government
intends to utilize its own reservations
for this work, whereas, iu Kurope,
the maneuvers practically cover a
space as great as the whole of New
Kugland. With their long experience
iu these matters they have become
able to maneuver over private prop
erty under some just and equitable
arrangement for compensation, but
in America any attempt to do this
would be followed by a flood of
claims for damages.
UNDER A NEW FLAG.
The Former Colombian liovcruniont
(•unboat lioyaca Now Files a Hi-be I
Mannar,
Panama, Colombia, Aug. 21. —-The
former government gunboat lioyaca,
which left here July 2!) to carry 300
soldiers to Agua Dulee and which was
captured by the Colombian revolu
tionists, is now at sea flying the rebel
flag. The rumors that the lioyaca
had been sunk are therefore refuted.
lie fore she left here Gen. Salazar,
governor of Panama, ordered the
commander of the Boyaca not to fire
the guns on board on account of the
bad condition of the vessel.
Revolutionary reports of the cap
ture of the gunboat are that she
fought two hours before being
captured and it is believed that
some accident to her machinery or
rudder forced the commander of the
lioyaca to accept, unequal battle un
til further resistance was impossible.
The lioyaca was an old ship and her
machinery and keel were in very bad
condition. She was built in tss3 at
Wilmington, Del., for the Colombian
government.
The hopes of the conservatives of
Panama are now centered in the
steamer which Senor Concha, Colom
bian minister at Washington, is sup
posed to have bought recently at San
Francisco. Should this vessel sail
promptly for the isthmus with good
gunners 011 board, it is believed by
government officials that with the re
inforcements expected here from l.ar
rauquilla, (Jen. Salazar need have no
fear of an attack from the revolu
tionary force.
The Illrth of a Town.
St. Louis, Aug. 2.'!. A special from
Thomas City, Oklahoma, says: The
oirtli of the new town of Thomas City,
Custer county, Oklohonia, was attend
ed by about 3,000 persons. Drawing
for lots began Friday afternoon ami
more than 200 lots were placed with
owners. Some of the lots which cost
S2O are now marked SI,OOO to $1,500.
There is plenty of good water and an
abundance of food. The barren plain
is converted into a tented village of
~000 inhabitants. A few hours after
the lots were drawn a newspaper was
printed and circulated in the village.
A big celebration will be held next
October.
Fire Throw* 1.000 Hen Hut of Work.
ISutte, Mont., Aug. 23.—The rever
beratory building <if the iiutte reduc
tion works, owned by Senator W. A.
Clark, was destroyed by fire FriiUiy.
The tire originated at furnace No. 1,
and was caused by the roof of the fur
nace caving in. The loss will amount
to $30,000, 011 which there is an insur
ance of one-half. The loss of the re
verberatory will necessitate the (dos
ing of the smelter and the three
minen which supplied it with ore. One
thousand men will be thrown out of
work for two months.
lirecil t.oodn Hans Arrested.
New York, Aug. 22. What is said
to be the biggest round-up of green
goods swindlers ever made by the fed
eral authorities iu this city was an
nounced Thursday. Five men and a
woman were taken into custody and
an entire green goods plant was cap
tured. Four of the prisoners, Joseph
1!. llaker, Elmer Brown, S. (iottliib
and the hitter's wife, were arrested
in Newark and (leorge Hrown and
Thomas Henry were arrested iu this
city.
A Doctor'* Fatal .■»! Intake.
Kansas City, Aug. 21. Dr. S.
Foote, aged so years, died in his of
fice at \rgentine. Kail., during Tues
day night from morphine, apparently
taken by mistake. The drug had
hi en taken Tuesday and the physi
cian was not found till several hours
afterward, lie left, a note describing
hi* death struggle and giving direc
tions for tiie disjMisitioii of his prop
erty. lir. Foote came to \rgentitte
from Ohio and had a daughter at
Willoughby, that state.
Hore Fay lor Railroaders.
Indianapolis, Aug. 23. -The new
schedule of wages on the l!i)f Four,
agreed to by the company and the
men, will become operative .September
1 and will increase the pay rolls of
the coliipunv about SIOO,OOO a year.
The pay of through freight conduc
tors ha been •; '.i 111 cents a mile and
the increase nives them three cents a
mile straight. The enginemeii get an
increase of pay on the I j;e freight,
and passenger • >• ill ■ tin local
freights. Ihe men are paid on a daily
basis. The men on the mixed passen
ger and freight runs were uUo given
••1 increase.
LIGHTNING SPEED.
Cable Cars Crash Into a Train
at Kansas City.
The (irlpnian Lour* Control of Hl*
Motor and In Instantly Killed
A Score or iTloro or the Ter
rilled Faaneimern Hurt-
Some Narrow K*ea|>e*.
Kansas City, 'Mo., Aug. 23.—A cable
train crowded with passengers
escaped from the control of the grip
man in charge at the top of the Ninth
street incline early last evening and,
dashing down at a terrific speed,
crashed into a train standing at the
bottom. W. 15. Taylor, gripmau on
the descending car, was instantly
killed, and a score or more passengers
were bruised, but as most of these
were quickly taken away by their
friends, the number of the injured and
the extent of their injuries are not
known.
Among those most severely injured
a re:
Francis Bishop Powers, a well
known tenor singer of New York City,
cut and bruised.
Prof. 11. N. Itichmond, of William
Jewell college, Liberty, Mo., hurt in
ternally.
Mrs. Ola Jorndt, Kansas City, back
injured, hurt internally; unconscious
at, a late hour.
William C. Underhill, Kansas City.
J. E. Hawk, Kansas City, leg broken
and other injuries.
The train at the bottom was being
prepared for the return trip, but had
not been switched to the second
track, when the descending train, be
yond control, came dashing down the
incline. Passengers in both trains
became panic-stricken when the im
pending disaster was foreseen, and in
the efforts to escape from both, many
had narrow escapes from death.
The incline, which has been the
scene of several fatal accidents, is
300 yards in length, and starting at
the top of the bluff at Penn and Ninth
streets, descends at an angle of 43
degrees to an elevated platform.
LACK OF FUEL.
It la the Only Keally Serlou* llnndl
rap to Induntry -Kevleiv of Trade.
New York, Aug. 23. R. (}. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Kevicw of Trade says:
Fuel scarcity is still the one serious
Industrial handicap. Protracted idle
ness at anthracite mines has increased
the pressure for soft coal and coke
and, despite new records for output,
deliveries are utterly inadequate ow
ing to the lack of motive power.
This freight blockade of coke trains
has closed many furnaces, while the
Increasing call for transporting facili
ties on crop account gives little pros
pect of early relief.
Current trade is of good volume for
the season, while the outlook for the
future is bright. Buyers are numerous
in all the leading markets, placing or
ders liberally at well sustained quota
tions. As the active blast, furnace ca
pacity of this country decreases
through want of fuel foreign pig iron
is purchased more freely. Domestic
needs are now far beyond all prece
dent and even with the available
home capacity active there would be
imports, although less than arc now
arriving.
Textile mills are well occupied,
business gradually increasing in the
cotton goods division, and demands
for quick delivery emphasize the fact
that stocks are low and requirements
for consumption are pressing.
Footwear shops at the east have as
surance of full operation for two
months.
Failures for the past week num
bered 207 in the United States, against
20.", last year, and 30 in Canada,
against a year ago.
NEW SCALES OF WAGES.
They Will lilve *Jore Fay to the Flint
<>la«* Worker*.
Pittsburg, Aug. 23.—After a two
days' conference between the manu
facturers and workers in the pressed
ware department of the flint glass
trade, a horizontal advance of 5 per
cent, to the men was agreed upon,
with the proviso that the proposition
be submitted to the several lodges
for ratification. With this there are
now before the workers propositions
for new wage scales carrying ad
vances all the way from !> to to pep
cent. There remains for committee
settlement the wage scale in the stop
per department. A conference to ad
just this will be held in Philadelphia
on Thursday of next. week.
Some 7.500 men are directly affected
by these different scales, and with
them are concerned about 30,0i10
others who are dependent upon the
skilled branches. It is believed that
the propositions which will goto the
workers practically eliminate till like
lihood of trouble in any of the flint
glass trades.
IVloiiiitnln t llniliern Killed.
Oriiidiwald, Switzerland, Aug. 23.
The bodies of two Londoners named
Fcaron and those of two guides who
started August 1!) to ascend the Wet
terhorn and who did not, return have
been found near the summit of the
mountains. Iwo of the party were
apparently killed by lightning and
two met their deaths by falls. The
bodies were blackened by lightning
and were still roped together. The
handle of the guide's ice ax, which
was found stuck in the snow on the
summit of the Wet.terhorn. had been
split by lightning. The guide's body
was parti,\ consumed ami his skull
was crushed.
Died from Starvation.
Baltimore. \ii|». 33. Mrs. Sarah
Schumacher, aged 70 years, was found
dead in her room late Thursday night
and her daughter, Martha, was wan
dering in a half era/ed condition
about their home. Coroner Jones said
ve-terdav thai Mrs. Sellllllllielier had
dico from starvation. Martha Schu
macher aid she anil her mother were
too proud to tell any one of their
impoverished condition and that for
several days neither had had a meal.
It is said the Schumachers have well
to-do relatives iu I'hiludc Ijdilw unil
Vlrg
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
In (lie Yacht Sylph He Arrive* at
New lluvcn and Commence* Ilia
Tour of New England Ho Iflaeta
Willi Kiithu*la*tlc Iteceptlou* a* lie
Proceed*.
New Haven, Conn., Aug. 23.—Presi
dent Roosevelt entered upon his New
England tour yesterday and New
Haven was t.he first point visited by
him. The yacht Sylph, bearing tho
president, wa.s sighted off New Haven,
harbor just before 1 o'clock. Half an
hour later the vessel was lying along
side 1 telle dock, having made the run
up New Haven harbor to the accom
paniment of salutes.
Mayor Studley and a committee of
aldermen greeted the guest Ihe mo
ment he landed and conducted him t<>
the carriage in waiting. Troop A,
Connecticut national guard, consti
tuted the military escort. At 1:23
the procession moved. The mounted
police were followed by Troop A, and
then came carriages containing the
president and his party and 00 invited
quests.
The program provided for nothing
but a drive and the progress of it
ook the distinguished visitor through
lie slums, the factory quarters and
lie center of the city. All traffic over
the line of march during the hour of
he president's stay was suspended
ind the city's factories and shops
ivere closed between 1 and 2:.;0
j'cloek. The workmen lined the win
lows and crowds thronged the streets
lours before the drive began. The
;ity was gaily dressed in flags and
bunting.
Meriden, Conn., Aug. 23. —The train
bearing President Itoosevelt and
party reached here at 3 o'clock. A
salute of guns greeted the president
and all the bells in town were rung
while 20,000 people lined the streets
through which the procession escort
ing the distinguished visitor passed,
l'he program included singing by 1,000
school children stationed on the lawn
in front of the Methodist church and
i greeting to the president by the
local veterans of the Grand Army in
front of the city hall.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23.—The
president on his arrival at the depot
here was welcomed by a committee of
representative citizens. He was taken
for a drive around the. city, occupy
ing, with Col. Jacob L. Greene, a
handsome automobile, in charge of
two expert New York chauffeurs. He
was enthusiastically cheered all along
the route.
In Pope park, one of the beautiful
recreation spots of the city, the presi
dent was greeted by 10,000 working
men, who presented him with a mag
nificent floral horseshoe inscribed:
"VVorkingmen's Welcome to Our
President."
Last, night after his address at the
Coliseum the president was the guest
of Executive Secretary John T. Robin
son. The president invited Mayor
Sullivan to meet him at Mr. Robin
son's home. The mayor is an ex-clerk
»vho was elected by the laboring men,
a fact that the president was familiar
with, and he expressed a desire to
have a personal chat with Mr. Sulli
van.
GOV. TAFT ARRIVES.
le I* Welcomed at .Tlnnlla With an
ICntluinlaatlc Popular Or mount ra
tion.
Manila, Aug. 23.—Civil Gov. Taft
reached here Friday morning at day
light on board the United States gun
boat General Alava, from Singapore,
He was welcomed with an enthusias
tic popular demonstration.
The day had been made a holiday
and the city was decorated. Eight
large arches had been erected on the
streets. Twenty thousand natives
from adjoining provinces participated
in the demonstration in honor of the
governor's arrival. There was a
parade of vessels in the bay and 30
decorated launches carrying members
ol' civil commission, military officers
and the reception committee met the
General Alava down the bay and
escorted Gov. Taft to the entrance of
the Pasig river. Tbe governor was
escorted by a large procession to the
palace in the walled city, where a
public reception was held.
Responding to an address of wel
come, Gov. Taft outlined the progress
and the result of his negotiations at
Koine in the matter of the Philippine
friars, and said that all church ques
tions were progressing toward a sat
isfactory settlement. The governor
said the action taken by congress con
cerning the Philippines showed that
the American people honestly desire
to help the Filipinos. The Americans
were determined that the islands
should not be exploited by Americans
at the expense of the Filipinos.
Gov. Taft predicted that eventually
the archipelago would have practi
cally free trade and he congratulated
the Filipino people upon the restora
tion of peace. He advised the Fili
pinos to till the soil and restore their
country rather than waste time in
useless political agitation. He prom
ised personally to labor for the na
tives and asked for their confidence
and support.
Gov. Taft was given an ovation on
the streets of the «jity on his way to
the palace and lie received another
ovation at his reception.
Tilt Latrnt 'rtilns In Trusts.
Louisville, Ky„ Aug. Charles 1).
dates, president of tlie Turner, Day &
Woolworth Handle Co.. has returned
from New York where In- conferred
with capitalists who are promoting
II $25,000,000 trust, to take in all the
ax manufactories, handle manufac
tories and grindstone factories in this
country and Canada, the plants to he
operated under one managament.
Roll I lirrkot) llie flame*.
New York. \ug. 23.- \ tire of un
known origin started yesterday in the
tower of the main building of the
Catholic protectory, in West I hester.
Owing tn iiisuflieieiit water pressure
the building was for nunc time in
ilitnger, but tin- tire department of
the institution, composed <.f Mi boys,
held the flumes ill check until the tir
rival of the engines, when the tire
was soon extinguished. Perfect
cipline was tuuiiitu'tied uiuoiig the sno
boys in the i iisi It lit ioit. who at the
Hi—t alarm 11>• ik fielr Are station* and
went through their cu tnui.ir.t iliilL
The ilaiii'ige estimated at >lu,ooo.
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