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THE FARMERS VISIT
MAJOR M'KINLEY
Work of Populists Has Beeo io Vain in
Knox County.
MR. M'KINLEV WILL GET THE VOTE
An Able Kilnnuliou of tiie Causes
Which Iluve Krdurrd the Prolits of
AgrieullurvThe Must Eulhusiu
lit Delegation Thut Has lisited
Canton Uuriug the t'niupuigu.
Canton, ., Ausr. 14. Eight hundred
citizens of Kust Liverpool, Ohio, un
der the auspices of the1 McKinley and
l!..li:nt Huh of this Hty. vailed on Ma
ir .McKinley this morning. Kast l.iv-
ttiiinl is the center of the pottery In
dustry in Ohio and must of tiie men in
Hie diuVgalluii re workingmon from
the Jiul teries. The ilclcgntinii ennie till
a special train ami mttichi-d up He'
streets with Hags tlyiiia; and bunds playing-.
The spokesman was till ridllced by
Willium Surls. inarsiin: of the day. The
spokesman was I'. V. Flake, a putter
vhi works at the bench. He made an
excellent address In Major McKinley,
t on ratuhillng liini on the Tai-t that he
bad remained a true and steadfast ad
Voi-ate of protection pi ineiples and as
sured him that the vvoikiiigmen of East
ern Mhiu were enthusiast h- in Ills sup
port. Three rousing, cheers were given
fur Major .MeKinley before he was per
mitted to speak.
Major .McKinley spoke with meat
viuur. He said that twenty years ago
he faced an Kust Liverpool audience .
for the llrst time uml that then, as now.
he was speaking for protection and
'.'uiiiul money, lie then described the
pi.-s.'iit coiiditbuis. comparing Willi
those which existed iiiuler the Harri
son Hilmitiistialiiui. Tin- way to help
labor, declared Major McKinley. Is to
provide il with steady work and good
vanes, and then have those good wages
always paid In good money as sound as
the vovernnient and us untarnished as
in ting. "No mutter what kind of
mon-y we have, we cannot gel it with
t ut work whether It is poor or good
gild or silver. We eunnot get one dol
lar unless we have employment fur our
haoils and heads."
This sentiment wus greeted with pro
louiied cheers.
THE FA KM Kits AKItlVE.
. short time after the East Liver
pool worklngiiieii depot ted u large del
egation of farmers from Knox county.
ihio. piarched tip to th- McKinley
residence. They were must warmly
greeted along their line of march. It
was the lirsl delegation conyiosod en
tirely of farmers which has visited
Major McKinley since his nomination,
and there was uncommon Interest on
the part of the citizens of Canton,
iriesoective of party, to heir what the
fanners would cay-to Major Mcktnhy
and .vvhut he would say tu tuem, lor in
tills state as elsewhere, the funnels
have been de-ply Inter, stsd In the dis
cussion of the silver Uestlon.
Their spokesman. 11. I . I'l Itchlb-ld.
explf Ined in his uddr.-ss to Major Mc
Kinley. that Knox county Is a typical
agricultural community of the Central
slates, mid that It contains men of all
shailerf of opinion. The Populists have
been active there he said, and still are,
"Hut we are here to assure yon. Major
McKinley. that the vote of every Re
publican ulid some of the Democrats
of the county will be cast fur you."
When Major McKinley stepped upon
the chair to speak, the Son fairness wh i
laced him cheered lonjf nml lustily.
Major McKinley sKikc with delibera
tion at lirsl, reading from a typewrit
ten manuscript. His speech was full
f points which were carmstly ap
plauded. Repression iii agriculture al
ways follows low tarltr legislation, he
declared. The farmer is suffering to
day because I he number of his com
petitors has Increased and his best
customer are out of work We can
not decrease competition, but a rts'.o-
ratloti of the protective policy will give
work to your customers-. Major .Mc
Kinley spoke of the ben, -tils of rec p
rocity and showed what the furmeis .
hud lost in foreign mat kels. Five sti
ver, h" said, will le t cure our over
production, nor tinder consumption.
You don't get consumers through the
mint, you get them through the fac
iei ies." These s-nt iineo ts were loudly
cheered. Tile delegation was one ,t
the most enthusiastic that has visited
Canton and gave evld-nce of the dfi-
est Interest In the discussion of money
and tariff questions. Major Mi Kin
ley's speeHi was carefully pr-pured.
AICK INl.F. Y'S K KM AUKS.
Major McKinley seaking to a dele
gation of farmers said in part:
I am glad especially to meet the
farmers of Knox enmity, for the fann
ers of the I'nlted Ktates ure the most
conservative force In our citizenship
and In our civilization. I Applause). A
force that has always Ptood for good
government, for country, for liberty
and for honesty. Kircat applause).
Whatever the farmers Is suffering to
day I because of his competitors hav
ing Increased In numbers and because
his best customers are out of workv
(Applause and crit-H of "you're right"),
f do not know that we can decrease lie
number of your competitors, but with
the adoption of n true American pro
tective policy, we can net your best
customers to work. (Tremendous
cheering: und cries of "hurrah for Mc
Kinley"). We have suffered In our
foreign trade and we have suffered In
our domestic trade. The farmers have
suffered In their export trade and they
have likewise suffered In the home
market. I'mler the? Republican tariff
or two. we imtiorteil in IS3. II l.nun.uuO
pounds of wool valued at over llH.Otui,
MMt. In ISiij. under the Democratic tar
iff law we iniportetl 248.(MM.M0U pounds
of wool, valued at $XI.070.0uo. Nearly
$:i(l.(itM). (MM) worth more of wool was im
ported under the Democratic tariff law
than under the Republican tariff law
In I&S4. The Imports of woolen goods
In iw:i amounted to $16.Son.Uoo and those
of iNHu to SuT.4H4.OU0. From the reports
of the treasury department at Wash
ington we tlml that there were 47.27:1.
(iixt sheep In the United Htates In lh92,
valued at $12.ri.909.04M. On the first of
January. there were .IH.L'HS.OOO
sheep In the t'nited Mates, valued ut
j.r.,0n0.OtHl, a decrease of 9,(MM,n00 In the
number of sheep and of SH0.OOO.OOO In
value, S2.2OO.O00 worth mnre of shoddy
wns Imported under the Democratic
tariff law than under the Republican
tariff law. In woolen Roods the differ
ence la mote than SM.000.000 In favor
Continued on Pas .
CHAIRMAN CARMAN'S CALL.
Democratic State Convention Mill
' Kill Vacancies ou September 10.
Vilkes-Harre, Aug. 24. The following-
call for the reconvening- of the
slate Democratic state convention at
Harrlsburg on S-'ept. 10 next was is
sued by Wtute Chairman John M. Gar
man at his headquarters In this city
tonight:
Wilkes-Ilarre, Pa., Aug. 24. lSW.
The Democratic state convent ion will
meet ul the opera house in llariisliurg,
Ha., on Thiumluy. Sept. hi. ls. at 12
o'clock, noon, for the purpose of nominat
ing candidates for i-epiesentallves-at-large
and for presidential electors where vacan
cies may exist, hy reason of resignations
or otherwise; for the adoption of a plat
form In accordance -with thu principles
declared by t lie national Democratic con
vention held in Chicago in July last, und
for the transaction of such otheiOhusiness
us may be necessary and proper.
hi accordance with Section 7 of Hale
of the rules of the liemocratic committee
of Pennsylvania to elect successors to the
delegates who constituted the last pre
ceding Democratic state convention which
met at Alleutowii April 2!).
Iriigiieil) John M. Carman,
chairman.
Chiilriiian lariuan will have here to
morrow on the Hlack Diamond express
ur Erie. Ha. He goes there for the
purpose of holding a conference on
Wednesday with Kerr, l'duck and
ulher leading Democrats.
BRYAN AT KINGSTON.
He Makes a Speech lo the Crowd That
Had (iiithcrtd to See Him Mrs.
Bryan Shares the Honors.
rpper l. d Hook. X. T Aug. 24.
Candidate liryan and Mrs. Hiyan and
Private Secretary Cutriyht left Ued
Hook ut noon today to begin their
homeward jo; ney lo Lincoln.
At Kingston Fulnl Mr. liryan said:
I don't care to make uny speech, but I
never see people gathered together
without wanting to make a speech. 1
believe 1 represent tile best interest of
the American people. I believe in plat
forms pint forms not to get in on but
platforms to. stand on when you get In.
I believe the money question is the
parartiount issue of this campnign. I
want you to study the question, and
when you study remember that there
are some people who firmly believe In
the gold standard. If you believe in
bimetallism you ought to believe in it
lo the extent thut ynu will vote with
Ihuse who want to bring it about. No
political party has ever declared for the
gold standa'd. The man who advo
cated the gold standard In this country
is a man without a party, and the man
wiio thinks the gold standard is a
had tiling, but thut this nation must
suffer until some other nation comes lo
our relief, will be a man without a party
after this election, if I urn anything of
a prophet. We must make politics a
business this year. A man who has a
huge business !? rs much Interested
hi it us a man who has n small busi
ness. It is all you have, and you have
as much' right to protect your small
Interests us any other man has to pro
tect your small Interests as uny other
man lias to protect his large interests.
Hut I must close, for if I tulk much
longer I will have made a speech.
(Cheers. About forty people were wait
ing to receive Mr. Hryaq ul the Kings
ton station. They shouted for u speech
but the candidate shook ills head. "1
am going to spoak for a few minutes
here tomorrow." he told them, "uud
therefore will not speak uny today. I'm
glad to see you."
Most of tile crowd look the last re
mark for uu Invitation and pushed for
ward to shako hands with the nominee.
The handshaking was lively until ex
Assemblytnan John li. Ciiminings,
standing inside Mr. Hryun on the plat
form, followed the announcement that
the nominee Would speak at the Kings
ton town hall ul 1 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon with the stab-ment that M.S.
Hryun was at the opposite end of the
car. Then lhc" was u rush In Mrs.
Hi van's direction, und until the train
siurled at - :!') she divided honors w ith
her husband.
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MARK HANNA AT THE HUB.
The National Republican Chairman
.tleets .HiivsucliUM'tls Leaders.
Hoston, Aug. 24. A few minutes af
ter !i o'clock this morning, Mark llan
na. chairman of the national Republi
can execu'.iV" committee, walked Into
Young's la. -! end received a large
amount of ton rspondonoe which hud
been waiting his arrival.
lie came in from litvcily this morn
ing, after spending Sunday ut the
home of J. K. Reeder. Tills forenoon
he spent in consultation with a num
ber of leading business men rlio have
been interested in the campaign, and
although he mu-Je encouraging repi rts
of the situation, he had no hesitancy
In declaring that thero Is an immense
amount of work to be done in the
central and western states to insure
Republican success.
This afternoon Mr. Hunna visited
the rooms of the Republican cential
committee to meet some of the Massa
chusetts purty leaders.
Luzerne Convention.
Wllkes-Harre, Aug. 24. At the three
legislative Democratic conventions held
In l.uxcrne county this uftci-noon und to
night, the following nominations were
made: First, district, 'Philip Weiss, of
Wllkts-Hurrc: Second district. W. J.
Sunders, of Wyoming: Third district, Eu
gene Davenport, ot Plymouth.
Played with a C tin.
Glow-ester, N. .1.. Aug. 24. Willie Qulnn,
aged 11 yeurs. shot und killed his U-yeur-oid
sister Mamie with a gun ot their
home on Cumberland street Ihis evening.
The children were ulune in the house nnd
found the gun, und in pluylng with It the
boy discharged the weapon uud killed his
sister.
Carriage Company Fails,
Columbus, (., Aug. 24. The I.lthleum
Carriage company, incorporated with a
capital stork of Sl'Xi.OOn. und one of the
largest carriage manufactories In North
western Ohio, hus failed. The sheriff
levied upon the effects of the company lo
satisfy three Judgments aggregating
ouo.
.Military Kelorni Bill.
I'.erlln, Aug. 24. The Uelchsrainepr, the
ofiichd guxetle, soys that the emperor
has ordered tho Introduction In the relch
stug of a military reform I 111. The meas
ure will be uW-sented Immediately after
tne aliening ot in parliamentary session
In November. ,
CHICAGO EXPRESS
TRAIN WRECKED
More Than a Score of Passengers In
jured, Four Fatally.
FREIGHT COLLISION THE CAl'SE
Pittsburg and Western Passeuger
Train .Moving at the Kate of Thirty
-Miles au Hour Plunges Into n Lot
of Wrecked freight Cnr-Livt ol
the lujured.
Pittsburg, Aug. 24. The through ex
press train from Chicago on the Pitts
burg und Western railroad, which wao
due in this city ut 12.""i p. m. w;:s
wrecked ut Valencia, a small station
twenty miles west of here ut 1 l.:tO
o'clock today and more than a score
of passengeis were Injured, four of
whom may die. Just before the pas
senger train readied that place there
.was a collision of freight trains which
threw a number of freight c:trs on to
the imilii track, and the express train,
coming ulung ut the rate of thirty
miles an hour, plunged into the wreck
ed freight curs. Nearly every car of
the express was wrecked, and the es
cape of the pussengers iroin iustunt
denth Is remarkable. The following
is a list of the injured:
Mrs. XV, K. Marsh, uged f.0 years, of
Tulmage. Ohio, coiupuuud fracture of
fro nnd hone, skull crushed and bruin
proti tiding, will probably die. John
Curry, uged 40 years, u farmer of Pleas
ant Hill, Pa., lower jaw fractured,
throat cut, muscles of tongue uud
throat paralyzed and scalp cut, will die.
Mrs. J. XV. Morse, aged :!H years, of
l.udi. Ohio, lower jaw, clu ck bone und
collar bone fractured and wrist Injured,
recovery very doubtful. Miss Maud
Dennett, III years, of 110 Hci rysville ave
nue, Allegheny, serious contusion of
left temple. Mary Bennett, uged II
years, same address, head cut and luce
bruised. Walter Smith, aged IS years,
a. news agent, of Akron, Ohio, scalp
wound. .Mrs. E. M. Cruuter. uged :"i
years, of Apollo, serious sculp wounds.
Hello Cramer, aged 11 years, head hurl
any may be Injured Intel nally. Jennie
Cruuter. aged 8 years, slight sculp
wounds (irunt Culbel t. of 414 Rebecca
street, Allegheny, Fa., right forearm
fractured, face and scalp wounds. He
was stealing a ride on one of the freight
trains. D. li. Schanlz, a curpenter, of
Harmony, I'u., sculp wounds und spinal
curd Injured, not serious. (!. 1). Hus
ton, telegraph operator, of New Castle.
Fa., bad scalp wound and burn on right
ai in. E. J. Smith, lireinan, of Heaver
Fulls, I'u.. sculp wound and ankle
sprained. .1. W. Weakening, telegraph
operator, of New C'ustle, i'u., leg bruised
and scalp wound. Miss Jennie Smith,
of Verona, I'u., face und lieiid badiy
cut. J. C. Miller, of lla.ehvoud. Pa.,
engineer of Chicago express, legs badly
squeezed. L, L. I Hay. express "messeng
er of Allegheny, Fa., nose broken and
hand and wrist injured. Dr. I.. L. Tier
ncy. of Sliarpsbui g. Fa., serious scalp
wounds. .1. Edward frill, baggage
master of Chicago express, side uud
face Injured. Mrs. C. V. Ilyle, of
Evans City, Pa., head badly cut und
badly bruised. J. W. Mc.Millln, engi
neer, Dennett. Fu., unkle sprained uud
head badly cut. The Injured were
brought to the Allegheny general hos
pital by a special train. The Chicago
express train does not stop at Valencia
and was running at the rale of ubuut
forty miles un hour ,w hen tin- engiincr
llrst discovered I he obstruction on the
track. .The engineer revved and trl -.l
the ulr brukes, but though the speed of
the express was diminished somewhat,
it struck the freight curs on the mam
track Willi frightful force, uud freight
curs nnd engines rolled in u grent
muss of turn wood und rolled over an
embankment Into the ditch below.
The freight cais which were struck
by the express were heavily loaded
with long Iron piping. These heuvy
iron tubes were hurled ovitli great fore--through
the sides of the day couches,
and most of the fatal 'Injurh s to the
pussengers were produced by them.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
Leaders About the Country Make Su;.
gestlons as' to the Party Platform.
Abram S. Hewitt's Opinion.
Indianapolis. Aug. 24. The platform
of the national I letnncru I lo party is In
course of formation. Chairman Itypurn.
of the executive committee, lias u stack
of letters fru'iu suiue of the most prom
inent Democrats of the country nuk
ing suggestions on this subject und
some of them have forwarded complete
diufts of platforms embodying; their
views. These he will turn over to the
resolutions committee to be appointed
by the convention in order thut II may
have the benefit of It In drawing up
plut forms.
In u letter concerning this subject the
Venerable Abram S. Hewitt, ex-mayor
of New York, expressed himself thus:
My views are substantially that there
Is but one issue to be presented to the
people of the I'nited States. The Demo
cratic convention at Chicago made h
distinct declaration of war upon the
constitution of the Cnited States. The
issue therefor Is not linuucial or econo
mic but it concerns the perpetuity of
Republican Institutions. In the pres
ence of this issue ull other questions
sink Into Insignificance just as they did
when civil war threatened the exist
ence of the government. I think there
fore, thut the constitution should be
made the prominent If not the sole topic
for the consideration of the convention.
It seems to me thut if the people can be
made to see that the bulwark of their
liberty Is assailed In Us most vulner
able point, and that the overthrow of
the constitution will lead first to an
archy and then to despotism In order
to .save social order the response will be
so emphutlc as to muke It Impossible
fur the enemies of the constitution to
muke any headway."
ST. LOUIS ToNVENTION.
Bryan and Kewall will be Present and
a Torchlight Parade Civcu.
Washington, Au(r. 24. At the head
quarters of the National association of
Democratic clubs it is stated that there
Is a growing demand that the conven
tion at St. Louis on Sept. 30 should
cover two days. Instead of one as now
arranged for. The orflcers of the na
tlonul association are considering the
feasibility of amending the call and
make the dates Tuesday and 'Wednes
day, Sept. 29 and 30, the llrst day's
session being devoted to temporary or
ganzlatlon and a report from the of
ficers to be followed at night by a meet
ing to be addressed by both Mr. liryan
and Mr. Sewall, both of whom It Is
positively stated, will attend the con
vention. It hus also been suggested that af
ter the close of the convention on the
second day, a night parade be held.
KILLED ON THE READING.
Two I ukiiown .Men Are Struck by a
Piisneuger Locomotive.
Harrisburg, Aug. 24. A passenger
train un the Reading railroad struck
and lustuntly killed two unknown men
neur the city this evening. There was
nothing on their person by which they
cun be Idcutilied. One hud a bank
book showing a deposit III the First
National bunk of Lebanon in
The name of Cassidy wus written In
the book. The men were of middle age
and one was huge. Their bodies are
held for Identitlcutluy.
GOLD DEMOCRATS MEET.
Will Be Called "The Jefferson Demo,
cratic Party of PennsylvaniaWill
Repudiate Chicago Platform.
Philadelphia, Aug. 24 -The boltinggold
gold Democrats from the Chh-ugo con
Democrats from the Chicago enuven
Ihe bolters who will probably adopt the
Imlianupolis convention und form a
new purty orguni.iitlon In this state.
Even the time honored name of "Dcin
ucrut" will probably bo abandoned by
the bolters who will probably adopt the
name of "The Jefferson Democratic
party of Pennsylvania."
As marly every county In the state
has elected delegates to the convention,
there promises to lie a full attendance.
The convention will be culled to order
by Willium ,M. Singerly, proprietor and
editor of the Philadelphia Record,
hitherto a hidebound Democratic paper,
who will Introduce John C. liullllt. a
prominent luwyer of this city, who will
he pernieiiciit rhuirmun of the conven
tion. As there ure to be no temporary
officers, and, us there is but little rou
tine business to be disposed of In the
way of the appointment of committees,
etc., the convention will probably be
a short one. The platform as now fore
casted will be comparatively short, it
will repudiate the Chicago platform
and will pronounce for the existing gold
standard, as did the lute Democratic
state convention at Allentown. It will
further deny the right ot the present
Democratic state chairman to recon
vene the state convention, as he lias
done, to elect electors ut larg;e und
district electors to till the places of
those who have resigned, on the ground
thut the state chairman has no right to
re-convene the state convention, as
the body at Allentown represented the
opinions nnd principles of the Demo
cratic voters of the stute.
The Philadelphia delegation at its
caucus tonight, besides choosinw dis
trict delegates, decided upon 'William
M. Singerly and John C. Dullitt as elec
tors at large. It wus ulso agreed to
present lo the convention for Its en
dorsement the names of two cumlidutes
(for conressman-u t-,1at ge, nominated
at tiie Allentown convention lienja
mill Holts, of Delaware, uud James
Dentuu llaucuck, of Venango. As the
convention does not meet until 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, most of
the delegates will be in uniple time, if
they leave their homes tonight or to
moiTow morning, uud consequently but
few of the out of town delegates are In
the city tonight. Lancaster and Lu
zerne cuusused tonight uud ugreed up
on their district d legates, but the
caucuses of must of tile delegates will
be held tomorrow morning.
READING GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Roll Iroin (he llrynn Dcinccitic) Wu
n ('rent Surprise.
Reading, Fa., Aug. 24.-The gobl Dem
ocrats held their county convention 4u
the opera house here tonight. Ad
dresses were delivered by Isaac H fester,
(ieorge F. Daer.
Resolutions endorsing- the platform of
tiie stute convention ut Allentown last.
April were adopted. The executive com
mittee wus authorized to confer with
a similar committee from Lehigh to
nominate a congressional caudiilute In
this district in Hci-ord with the Indian
upolls convention to be held next month.
Fully 2.000 people packed the opera
house and the size of the holt from
the liryan Dcinociacy was a great sur
prise. ( lima i'irm I'niN,
Philudelphia, Aug. 24. Judgment. na
gregating ils.i.Hiii were entered today
usaiiisl K. J. Allen, Son & Co., dealers in
chlnuware and oil. No statements of the
lirm's tinuneUtl condition could be ob
tained tonight.
I'.riu en trout Nominated.
lb ading, I'u., Aug. 24. The congression
al conferees for l.eliii'li und Derks met
lu-re this afternoon and rntitled the iioiui
nution of Daniel Eruieniroul tor congress,
TIIl' NEWS THIS M0KMXC.
Weather Indications Today i I
Fair; Slightly Warmer.
l
1 McKinley Addresses a Delegation of
Farmers.
Pennsylvania Cold Democratic Con
vention. Aligeld ou the Rack.
2 Fell's Washington Letter.
Uuom Promised for Iron Workers.
3 (Local) Professor I.ange Resigns
from"High School Faculty.
Narrow Escupe from Suffocution.
4 Editorial.
Sound Money Dictionary.
5 (Local) Died from Wound, Received
by Persons I'nknuwn.
County Institute Matters.
6 Rase Bull Games and Other Sports.
7 Suburban Happenings.
Wall Street Review and Market Re
ports. t News Up and Down th Valley. ..
CAN 'MR. ALTGELD
EXPLAIN THIS
If Not He Can No Longer Pose Before
the Public,
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST KIM
Mr. Pornian Plainly Intimates .Mi,
use of State l'uuds--( 'uuscs a Scu
Mttiou in Chicago--The I'opocratic
Campaign Likely to lie Ovcrw hcbii
cd.(. hairmua Junes, Lvadcs the
Huideu Uccniise Allgcld i4 Xot a
Committeeman.
Chicago, Aug. 24. The charges
against tiovcrnor Altgeld by ex-Congressman
Forman in his oien L iter this
morning are the polliicul sensation of
the hour, overshadow in-- everything
else. The Tribune gives its sulient
ppinls In lung primer, while the other
pupt-rs. Democratic and Republican
alike, dignify it with double or triple
leuds. While many of the charges for
mulated of reckless handling or state
funds uud illegal borrowing of lurge
sums of public moneys have been cur
rent gossip fur some time, and have
been hinted ut by certain pupers. yet
this is the llrst timu that either a Ue
publlcuu or a Democrat has taken the
resiKmsibillty of fathering them and
of accepting the burden or proof. Much
new mutter, moreover, is introduced;
as for instance, the placing In the bank
of which the governor Is vice-president
of nearly $200,000 appropriated for
the 1'nlverslty ot Illinois and Its sub
sequent loaning- to the governor und
his friends. Likewise the fact that
Sin.fiiio was demanded ns the price of
the nomination for state treasurer ut
the Peoriu convention.
There wer ulso some sinister sugges
tions concerning certain nntl-llas
Trust legislation promoted at the last
session of tiie legislature by Altgeld's
partner and brother-in-law, but which
the governor subsequently vetoed, nnd
since which time it is said, he has be
come a member or the hoard of direct
ors of one of the trusts.
Tills Is u new development, nnd m iy
bad to sensational disclosures. The
sentiment In the business community,
as well as in political circles, is that
the charges demand an immediate and
satisfactory explanation, or that Alt
geld will be compelled to withdraw mm
the campaign. Men of all parties insist
that there Is no other alternative. Tile
only exception s ut state Popocrut
headquarters, where, although It is
evident that Forman hus dropped u
torpedo, there Is a disposition to mini
mize Its explosive effect a with the lame
suggestion that silver, and not Alt
geld's reputation und administration,
Is the only issue in this campaign.
JON I'M AFFECTS I'NCONCERN.
As for Senator Jones, his manner
conveys the Impression that he is any
thing but alarmed or sorrowful over
the position in which the would-be
dictator of the I'opocratic cuinpalgn
has been placed, and there was a op
ulur emphasis to his remutk:
" Inventor Altgeld Is not u member
of the National comiuittee.und so I de
cline to discuss his affairs."
Altgeld Is still ut Olenwuod Springs
but is expected buck by the end of
the week.
Formun's charges in brief are that
Altgeld borrowed over $.0.0U0 of ths
late Rufus Ramsay, stale treasurer,
without paying interest; that when
Ramsay died State Secretary Hlnrlch
sen wus hurriedly suit to Jacksonville
lo raise S2.i.oou to take up the gover
nor's due bills ami prevent exposure;
that Insurance Commissioner Durfoe
deposited a clock for s:;o,ooo for the
same purpose; that bank oflicers who
were ulso managers or ill rec tors of cer
tain state institutions wcro removed
from such positions because their
banks refused to lend Altgeld large
sums of inotiev. For man ubo asks
i-vhat .became of Altgeld's due bills be.
tween the time of the official sealing
of the state treasury vaults after Ram
say's death und the utliciul oicniug of
the same when a successor was named;
a query which bears on Its face a sug
gestion of a serious crime.
He likewise. demands a ull explana
tion of the circumstances under which
Altgeld recently brought nboul the
nomination for rongrtss of Jehu Rak
er, a renegade Republican. There Is
much mure to the same effect, filling
several columns and ending with a de
mand for u full and explicit unswi.r.
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REPUBLICANS AT MILWAUKEE.
Delegates lo the .National Convcu
lion Arrive in Time,
Milwaukee, Aug. 24. Delegates and
visitors to the liepuldlcuii National
leugue convention, which opens here
at noon tumorruw. have been stream
ing Into tin- city since early morning
Mo:it of the custom '-tato delegations
ure m-eseiit In full fui.e. The Indica
tions are thut then- wi'l be over 1.000
delegates in attendance.
The fight for the presidency has nar
rowed down to (ieneral McAlpiu, of New
Yolk, und Charles V. Oorlon, of Chi
cago. Willi the chalices decidedly In
favor of the latter.
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Tom Plait "A ill Accept.
Saratoga. Aug. 24. Thomas C. Flatt, af
ter two days of endeavor to prevent Hie
Inevitable, has practieally bowed his lead
to the ill of the niuliil ude, and. burring
accidents, will lie made Die nominee tor
governor of the IP-publican convention
tomorrow.
Hi'' I n ion of I he lillyr iftli.
Harrlsbm-g, T'n.. Aug. 24. The firth an
nual reunion or the Fifty-fifth Pennsylva
nia volunteers will be held in this city
toniorrow and Wednesday. Mayor Fut
terson will deliver the uddress of wel
come. The veterans saw hard service In
South Carolina and Virginia.
Place Relents Harnett.
Rtroudsburg, Fu.. Aug. 2t. Frank E.
Flace defeated ex-County Chairman liur
liett fur assembly by four votes.
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Herald's Wi-iitlicr l-'orcrnst.
Xew York, Aug. 2.V In the Middle
States today fair, with slight temperature
chunges; light to fresh variable winds, be
coming northeasterly and followed by
rain on the southern roast. On Wednes
day, fair, warmer, southerly und south
westerly winds.
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