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CB ANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21); 1896.
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A Mess
urns
Stock
is always of more or 1?S3 Interest to
women of fashion, but the
Opening
Days of a
New Seas
possesses the rare rhiirm of novelty
which few cure to set aside lightly,
for the flays have come when
thoughtful women no longer accept
unqucstlonlngly a certain weave or
pattern, bcranse she knows or has
heart--that It Is faHhlonahle.
This Is an age of Individual fancies,
a sort of go-a-you-plnne porlod,
when personal requirement and tastes
ure consulted Independently of the
fashion plnte; consequently the buying
of a satisfactory dress good stock Is a
matter of much difficulty, and entails
an endless amount of thoughtful care.
or course we have had lone years
of experience to guide us, and being
perfectly lur touch with the require
ments nf the local trade In every de
we bought liherally, and we be
lieve safely. As the following list will
show, we have consulted no Individual
tnsie merely, but have catered to all
with a luvlshness hitherto unknown In
this city.
Itcxnrdlng styles, we have little to
sjy. Holh fabrics and gowns show
a radical change, but seeing Is believ
ItiK. and we therefore ask the favor of
n call during the opening days, which
begin
Thursday,
Aug. 27th
AM Gaitae
For tee Week
To tne new weaves named below, we
will show a full line of domestics and
staple cloths such as are always In
demand.
new
Wool liroeatelles, Illuminated Kp
lngles, 811k and Wool Corduroys,
Diamond Honeycombs, Kedfern
Checks, Knotted Diagonals, Wool
Crepes, Scotch Tevlots, Mosaic Suit
ings, Harris Tweeds, Persian Ja
quards, Terslan Brocades, Persian
Fantasies, Persian Bronzes, Perslnn
Pamasses. Persian Loulslnes, Ktu
tnlne Fancies, Mohair Yetiltlans,
Crochet Buttings. Fancy Whip Cords.
I.Izard Suitings, Fancy Nigger
Heads, Fall Bark Suitings Brownette
Clothes, Metallic Kepps, Illuminated
Poplins, Kebetlnes. Fancy Mosaics,
Honey Comb Suitings, New Knotted
Effects, Galashiels Mixtures, Heathen
Cheviots, Ktc Etc.
For fancy waists and children1 wear
come In many new effects, and the
most popular weaves are Rough Mo
hairs. Poplins, Cashmeres, Herges, Ot
tomans, and crochet effects.
Tk
. Leading
Feature :
. In this display will be exclusive novel
ties which cannot be found elsewhere,
and all are welcome to roam at will
through this great department during
the opening days. s
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NaveMies
WAR SHIP WILL BE
SENT TO TURKEY
The Bancroft Has Been Selected to Pass
tbe Bo.'pborus.
MR. TERRELL SNUBBED BV THE PORTE
So Satisfaction Received Concerning
the Outrage at Ilarpoot.Ma
royuni Bey's Col l.cllrr to Secre
tary Olney Concerning the l'utnage
of the UaurroftTho Government
Evidently .Means Business.
Washington, Aug. 28. The president
has decided to send a war ship to Con
stantinople, and the little cadet prac
tice ship Itnncroft has been selected as
the first American national vessel since
the ratification of the treaty of Berlin
to puss the Bosphorus and anchor In
the (loldcn Horn opposite the gardens
of the Zuragllo.
The navy department is In a state of
suppressed excitement toduy. on nc
connt of preliminary orders to lit the
vessel for a foreign cruise, and although
olliclals have been placed to unusual
secrecy over the immediate cause of
the departure, It is well known that
extraordinary efforts are being made to
expedite the despatch of the vessel friim
Annupulls, where the cadets have Just
disembarked from the summer cruise,
and the instruction officers have been
i.rdered ashore to the naval academy.
Within a day or two, under peremp
tory orders. :i new eomolement of of
ficers and men, it U understood, will
man the ship, and she will go to the
Norfolk or New York navy yard to
ninke ready for a duty she was never
designed to underiuke. Congress au
thorized her construction solely ns a
practice cruiser for the education of
nuval cadets. The administration hav
ing reached the decision, however, that
the presence of a, t'nited States war
vessel was Imperatively demanded at
CoiiHtantimsde to perform duty similar
to that of the guard hlis maintained
there by England and France and other
Kuropean powers, and the Turkish laws
forbidding a vessel of over six guns to
enter the Hosphorous, the Bancroft
alone was found available for the ser
vice required. She has four guns, and,
therefore, is under no obligation to se
cure permission to paBS the forts, as
would 1m the case of all other Ameri
can war ships save the Concord, now
out of commission, atid the Bennington,
attached to the l'aciiic station, both of
which have six guns, and the despatch
boat Dolphin, which has two guns. It is
understood thut at Minister Terrell's
suggestion lh step now to be taken has
been under contemplation for some time
and is hot due to any sudden and un
foreseen complication.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BANCROFT.
The cruiser Bancroft, was laid down
in ISM by Jioore & Sons, nt Elizabeth.
N. J., and went into use three years
! ugo. She cost SKO.oiK) and is only K39
tons displacement, being 18i feet 6 in
ches lng. 3i broad, with a draught of
11 feet ti Inches. Her horse power on
trial wus 1,213 and her speed 14.37 knots.
She can only carry 200 tons of coal, and
must therefore make port frequently
on a cruise. Her main battery con
sists of four 4-inch rapid fire rifles and
a number of small secondary weaons
and two torpedo lubes. She carries ten
otllcers and 120 men. . In all respects
she is a warship of the highest class
in mlniuture, equal In appearunco to
Hie finest vessels In foreign navies. For
her size she Is probably the most for
midable of Vnited Slates naval ves
sels. It is Impossible to learn al the state
or navy department today whether any
assurances have been received from
Turkey that Minister Terrell will be
permitted to hitve the moral support of
a ship Hying the stars and stripes near
his legation. The utmost reticence is
preserved about Turkish affairs, and
even in the pust few days when it was
learned thai Mr. Terrell's demands
were not receiving satisfactory' replies
from the Porte and he was said to have
exhausted his efforts to secure redress
for the Harpool and Mat-ash outrages,
officials here declined emphatically to
insuer questions about the matter. It
appeurs, however, that the ndmlnistta
tion has contemplated for some time
the dispatch of the lianerofi to Con
stantinople as shown by the following
letter addressed by Mayroyeni Bey, the
Turkish minister lo .Secretary olpey,
last January.
ORIENTAL HI.l'FF.
Turkish Legation,
Washington, Jan. lii, lv.i.
Mr. Secretary of Stale;
His excellency. Tewllk Pasha, has just
informed me that the sublime porle re
grets that it cannot comply wiih Mr.
Terrell's reuqest for permission for the
Bancroft to pass through the strait, that
vessel having been authorized to remain
at the disposal of the United States lega
tion at Constantinople.
Your excellency knows perfectly well
the earnest and sincere desire of the Im
perial government to do all In Its power to
strengthen, if passible the ties of friend
ship which unite the two countries, but
In this case a certain fact Is involved, to
wit: That only the signatory powers of
treaty of Purls enjoy the right to have
vessels of war permanently nt Constanti
nople nt the orders of their respective
embassies. Now. the fulled States gov
crnmeHt does not appear In the number of
the signatories of that tieaty. 1 am. con
sequently, sure that your excellency will
be pleased to take the foregoing into con
sideration. (Signed) Sfavroyenl.
If any reply was made to thla letter,
or if any correspondence followed Or
preceded it, that correspondence is not
obtainable. It is believed In naval
circles here that the preliminary orders
sending the Bancroft to Constantinople
constitute the first step In the admin
istration programme to compel Turkey
to respect the peremptory demand for
full and Immediate satisfaction for $100,
000 indemnity made last November for
the destruction of the American col
lege and the property at Harpoot and
a similar demand for the burning of
the college at Marash. It Is bellevd
this will be enforced before the close of
the present year even If it be necessary
to detach all the battleships and big
cruisers from Admiral Bunce's fleet for
the purpose.
, SCHOOL B0 YS ROMANCE.
It Ended in Marry! the Girl Who
Chased Hiss lo Chicago. '
Chicago, 111, Aut. I8.-!aarle" Slof -tnbop,
a boy of N, and Catharine Doer
were married at the Harrison street
station this morning by Justice Rich
ardson. The young couple are from AI
toona. Pa., and uo to a few months
ago the father of the boy was chief
engineer In a big manufacturing plant
there. Charles and Catharine were
companions from childhood. She was
the daughter of the foreman of the
mill at which Slogenhop, sr , was era
ployed and Is very pretty.
Charles was sent to the eastern cities
to study engineering, and six months
ago, when home on his vacation, he had
a little romance In which she figured.
Then he returned to the east to finish
his studies, but promised to marry her.
Slogenhop, sr., suddenly moved from
tho town, and the girl was left alone
to her (rouble. At last she determined
to find the youth who had deserted her,
and she went to the city, where he was
at school. He had left there for Chi
cago. The girl followed, and arrived
here Monday. She immediately applied
to Captain Elliott, of the detective bu
reau, and two detective sergeants were
ordered to find the boy, before they re
turned to the station. After several
hours' work they located htin at No. 758
ogden avenue, and he wns arrested.
The officers then tried to settle the
case, and this morning Charles relented.
He wns taken to get a license, but It
was refused on account of his age. The
r father was then culled In, and gave
his consent.
THEY SCORN FUSION.
The Indianapolis Gold Democrats Pro
pose to Nominate a Ticket of
Their Own.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 28. Neither
Tlourke Cockran nor D. B. Hill will at
tend the gold Democratic convention
which meets In Indianapolis next week.
Their failure to do so is attributable
to the political mix up In their own
state. Hill's position will certainly not
be defined until after the Buffalo con
vention, where, If he succeeds in him
self securing the reins, he will dictate
a policy. While the manager of the
gold Democrats have wished heartily
for the attendance of Cockran, It Is now
said that ihey have never openly made
overtures for him to accept the tempor
ary chairmanship. This honor seems
certain now to prove a friendly mantle
to ex-Uovernor R. V. Flower, of New
York. L. C. Kraulhoff, of Missouri,
member of the national executive com
mittee, arrived In Indianapolis today
and will henceforth usslst In the prep
arations for the convention.
In regards to the statement of the
Pennsylvania gentleman thut "Mark
Hanna be culled to the Indianapolis
convention and be offered the support
of the sound money Democracy for Mc
Klnley, provided the tarin: plank of the
Republican platform be tempered down
and Mr. Carlisle be substituted for vice
president in the place of Mr. Hobart,"
he said: Mr. Carr ought to know that
such a thing would mean the election
of Mr. Bryan before you could shut
your eye. The public ought to know
by this time that we nre coming here
for the purpose of nominating a ticket
of our own. There will be no endorse
ment of any other ticket or platform
than that nominated by the conven
tion." Mr. Brynuni added: "We will conv
sort 'with neither the Republicans nor
the Populists."
MURDER OF A FAMILY.
Mrs. Charles W. Green and Her TTiree
Children Are Found Dead at
Their Home.
Kansas City, Aug. 2. At noon today
the fuinily of Charles W. lireeii. travel
ing passenger agent of the Rig Four
railway, consisting of Mrs. fireen and
three children, a boy, aged 13, a girl,
aged 9, and a little girl of 6, were found
dead In their home, ill!' West Thirty
fourth street. All the llitl ones were
In their beds and the mother lay dead
In a doorway with a revolver by her
side. The murder or suicide is sup
posed to lmve occurred Wednesduy
morning about 2 o'clock as at that hour
neighbors heard pistol shots near the
(liven home but no investigation was
made until the non-appearance of the
(ireen family led to an inquiry.
Mr. (Ireen left this city a week ago
last Tuesday to go on a trip to Halt
Lake city with Mr. Lynch, assistant
general passenger agent of the Big
Four. Thursday morning one of the
neighbor's children went to the Green
home to piuy with the children. He
could nol find anybody ul the house
and told his parents. They thought It
strange but did nothing until morning
when there were still no signs of life
about the house. Repeated knocks at
the door falling to bring a response a
ladder was raised to a second story
window and one of the neighbors went
In and the dead bodies of the family
were found.
Mrs. Green had not undressed for
bed and it was evident that she. had
put the children to bed, and waiting
until they were asleep and then sent
them Into eternity. The only explana
tion fur the terrible crime la thut u-.
Green was crazy. Mr. Green Is now on
ms way tram salt Lake. Kis friends
say his home life was especially happy.
DROWNED IN A FIT.
John Evnns, of Secleyvillc, Found
Head in Water 20 Inches llecp.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Seelyvllle, Aug. 2S.-John Evans,
while fishing In a Hi tie pool of water
back of his barn was drowned. He was
subject to fits and It is supposed that
he fell Into the water when attacked by
a spasm.
He left the house about 6.30 In the
morning, to look at the poles that he
had set the night before. He was found
by the hired boy lying on his face In
about twenty Inches of water.
Coroner Foster was called and em
paneled a Jury as follows: Henry
Ludwlg, George Grlener, Edward Ord
nung. Bottle Moser. A verdict of acci
dental death was rendered.
The deceased was 29 years eld, and
leaves a wife and two children.
Collieries on Pull Time. v
Wllkes-Barre, Aug. 2S.-A11 the collerles
under the Lehigh Valley Coal company's
system !hve been ordered to work six
days a week until further nolle. This Is
tha first time lit many years the miners
have had a chsnoe to work full Urn. ,
LI HUNG CHANG
AT NEW YORK
The Greatest Chinaman on Earth is Now
Guest of the Nation.
BROUGHT HIS YELLOW VEST ALONG
World Itcnoused Orieutnl Diplo
mat is Greelrd with Dooming Can
nons nnd Gay DecorationwThe
Viceroy is Pleased With the Kcccp
lion UivenQuartercd at the Wal
dorf. New York, Aug 2S. LI ftunf Chang,
viceroy of China, ambassador extraor
dinary to Russia, and world renowened
diploma te, arrived In New York today
and became the guest of the nation.
The stately St. Louis passed Fire Is
land at 10.3.1 a. m. with the disting
guished visitor on board. The Ameri
can built grey hound of the seas made
the trip from Southampton in six days
and three hours. She was saluted by
the tooting of whistles, tugs and steam
ers ns Bhe- passed up the lower bay,
and entered tho narrows.
It wns 12.40 p. m. when the St. Louis
came abreast of Quarantine. Shortly
before this the warshins of the North
Atlantic squadron had formed in an
indented double line, through the cen
tre of which the St. Louis was to pass.
This arrangement wns to allow a clear
vision of each man of war to the visit
ing Chinamen. The St. Louis was es
corted through the lower bay by quite
a flotilla, composed of yachts, tugs and
excursion boats. Whistles were blown,
canon fired and the people aboard the
different crafts phouted words of wel
come to LI Hung Chang and his party.
When the steamship was sighted by the
warshins the men were ut once called
to quarters on the quarter deck where
they held their position until the St.
Louis had passed as a mark of respect
to the Oriental visitor. After General
Tiuger and party stepped aboard the
St. Louis at 12.15 p. m. they went im
mediately to the uft drawing room
where they met Vice-President Wright
of the Aihoiican line. Li wns In his
state room and word was sent to him
that the government representatives
were ready to meet him. About the big
liner were gathered crafts of every
description, crowded with people anx
ious to get a gllmps of the celebrated
Chinaman. Whittles were kept going,
yachts boomed cannonades and on some
of the tugs firecrackers were sent off.
Coming by Fort Wadsworth, a salute
was tired us the S. L-ij'.is passed
through the warshli. the tlagship New
Yory firing a salute of 19 guns, which
Is the Kngltsh lord high admiral's of
ficial recognition.
THE VICEROY WELCOMED.
LI Hung Chang, after a delay of
fifteen minutes, was conducted to the
docking room by A'ice President Wright
and his interpreter nnd secretary. He
was at once presented to General Ruger,
who said:
"I am directed by the president of
the United Slates to meet you and ex
tend to you the freedom of the nation.
I bid you welcome." The Viceroy
bowed his head and said:
"I thank you for the courtesy."
LI was dressed In the highest of Chi
nese distinctions, the famous yellow
Jacket with Its accompanying ornament,
the peacock feather, nil of which the
grand secretary was temporarily de
prived of once because he did not man
age the Chinese-Japanese war to the
emperor's liking, lie wore a durk blue
brocaded Mtrcoat, opening on to one
of paler blue, w hich was turned aside
to display the yellow riding Jacket. This
was completed by a crimson skirt, which
was profusely covered with floral de
signs. The peacock feather hung from
a red-topped button-crowned mandar
In the hat and drooped down to the
hack of his neck.
LI was formally presented to all pres
ent In the room, some dozen people.
He shook hands with them all. He was
asked If he would like to slip out on
to the deck and look at the harbor as
the ship sailed up, but he motioned
thut he preferred to sli down and talk
with those present.
General Ruger took a seat to his left
and the interpreter to the right. The
Viceroy. In a democratic position, threw
one knee over the other and began to
ask questions. He would like to know
If the president of the republic was in
New York. He was told thut he was,
and that he would see him tomorrow.
To this the Viceroy bowed his head in
acknowledgment.
"The French people," said LI, sud
denly chunking the subject, "tried to
influence me to go home by way of Mar
seilles and the Suez canal, but I de
clined, telling them that I wanted to
visit the United States." LI talked free
ly with everybody In the room.
When the steamer came to Castle Wil
liam, a salute was fired. The envoy
asked what it was, and seemed pleased
when told it was in his honor. All
along the water front crowds had gath
ered and cheer after cheer went up In
honor of the great LI.
TALK WITH GENERAL WILSON.
Li Hung Caang has a remarkable
faculty for remembering faces. Among
the party who went down to meet him
was General James H. Wilson. It was
many years since the two men had met.
"Your moustache was black when I
saw you last." said he, "and now It Is
gray. How Is that?"
"That was a good many years ago,"
said the general. "Ah. so it was," said
Li, and then followed his usual ques
tion: "How old are you," "where do
you live," "what's your income," etc.
The Viceroy asked for John W. Fos
ter, and when told Tie was not aboard
he asked for John Russell Young, who,
he was told, would meet him in Phila
delphia. This seemed to please him.
Mr. Rockhlll, of the state department,
who speaks the Chinese language, had
a long talk with the Viceroy. Aboard
the steamer LI was much absorbed In
his conversation with Mr. Rockhlll,
General Wilson sat next to them on a
sofa and was talking to the interpreter.
Thla seemed to annoy LI and he rapped
the general on the knee as an Indica
tion that he did not care to have him
disturb his conversation with Mr. Rock
hlll. Li wanted to know who GeneVal
Ruger was. When he learned, he askjed
him If he was a retired or active if.
fleer. When he secure! his Informs tionna
aid: "The retired officers, I suppose,
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become wealthy, the active ones be
come patriotic."
"How old are you?" asked General
Ruger.
"About sixty." replied the general
slightly blushing.
"You look younger, how is that?"
"Good habits and plenty of sleep."
said the general, adding; "you do not
look 75 years of age."
. At this remark Li broke Into
heurty laugh and a pleased expression
crept over his face. All the way up the
buy the viceroy kept firing his pointed
questions to all who attempted conver
sat ion with him, much to the amuse
ment of the group gathered about.
LI had a comparatively pleasant trip.
He remained In staterooms most of the
time but found time each afternoon to
mingle with some of his fellow passen
gers. He was greatly liked aboard.
He attended a concert given aboard
ship and at its conclusion presented
himself to the Abbott sisters who were
among the entertaining artists.
A Miss Bessie Gattle, who recited
also attracted Li's attention and to her
he gave a silver medal. On the way
over Li said he was coming to a friend
ly country on a friendly mission.
LI PREFERRED TO WALK.
It was 1.20 when the steamer touched
the pier. Li's sedan chair was got
ten ready for him but he turned to the
men and said: "I do not need It.
prefer to walk upon American shores.
At 1.30, accompanied by the official
escort, he left the steamer by a pri
vate gangway, and was greeted by the
naval militia who beat a welcoming
tune upon drums.
The party descended from the upper
pier by elevator, which was elaborately
decorated with Chinese colors, to the
floor below, where a company of the
naal reserves formed a cordon. Here
eight carriages were in waiting for the
foreigners. There was a delay of half
an hcur in getting away. In the mean
time an Immense crowd had gathered
ou'slde the American line dock at the
foot of Fulton street.. A lurge force of
police was on hand and they had all
they could do to restrain the throng.
A detachment of the Sixth cavalry,
United States army, was in waiting to
escort the Viceroy and his suite to the
Waldorf. A start was made at 2 p. m,
In the first carriage was LI Hung
Chang, Ids secretary and Interpreter,
General Ruger and Mr. Rickhlll. The
rest of the suite followed the other car
riages. As soon as IJ's carlrage came
off the pier into West street, half of the
cavalry detachment fell in and pre
ceded the procession. The other half
Joined lit behind the last cariage. and
In this order the march to the Waldorf
hotel ws begun. The route was down
West street to Bowling Green, thence
to Broadway, up that thoroughfare to
Fourth street, over to Fifth avenue
and through that street to the hotel
where they aiived several hours later.
All ulong the route large crowds
were gatherd. The name of LI Hung
Chang was upon everyone's lips and
he received a great ovation probably
the like of which was never tendered
a foreigner In this country. The streets
and Broadway were jammed all the
uav with a cheering1 multitude. Tho
procession pasesd up Broadway from
the Battery to the Waldorf and was
uninterrupted by any unsual incident
until Nineteenth street and Fifth ave
nue was reached. There a little raga
muffin threw a dried lanioh peel at the
ambassador's cariage. It made a curve
in the air and General Ruger and I.I
had to dodge so as not to be hit by It.
There was an Immense crowd at Thirty
third and Filth avenue but Li entered
the hotel quietly. The cavalry lined
upon ihe south side of Thirty-third
Btreet. saluting him as he pnssed.
As LI wns about to enter Ihe Waldorf
he saw standing on the steps the Hon,
John W. Foster, ex-secretary of state,
Titer shook hands very cordially, Mr.
Foster, it will be remember, acted as
adviser to the famous Chinaman dur
ing the negotiations for peace between
China and Japan in the lato war.
The Viceroy did not register. Ac
companied by Mr. Foster, Mr. Rockhlll,
assistant secretary of state, and Gen
eral Ruger. he ascended to his apart
ments which embrace the entire first
lloor. The sleeolng apart nients are on
the corner of Fifth u venue and Thirty
third street. The distinguished China
ma u was left alone for a few moments.
At 4 o'clock he gave audience In the
banquet hall to the hundred or more
silken robed Chinese merchants of
New York.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today;
ratr; Northwesterly Wind.
1 War Ship Will Be Sent to Turkey.
Li Hung Chang at New York.
2 Whitney's Budget of News.
3 (Local) Deaf and Dumb Every Four
Years.
County Bonds to Be Issued.
4 Editorial.
Comments of the. Press.
5 (Local) Foul Attempt at Murder.
Another Scheme for the Viaduct.
After the Bottlers.
t (Local) Society Gossip.
Church Doings and Religious Talks.
7 News of the Suburbs.
Collapse of the Boy Orator.
Markets and Stocks.
8 Base Ball and Other Sports.
Some Mean Tricks on Young Players.
9 An American View of Canada.
Almost Ready to Harness Niagara.
10 (Story) "The Way of the Transgres
sor." Rare Bones These.
U Hopes Hang on Oxygen Lens.
Interesting Letter on Welsh Topics.
12 News Up and Down the Valley.
Herald's Weather Forecast.
New York, Aug. 29. In the Middle
States today fair and cool weather, light
variable winds, followed by rising tem
nerature. On Sunday, fair to partly
cloudy, warmer, southwesterly winds, fol
lowed by local rain or thunder storms In
the lake regions, possibly extending east
ward to the coast by night.
Objections lo Itotledge.
Harrisburg Aug. 88. John J. Monagan
has filed objections in the Dauphin coun
ty court to the certificate of nomfnatlon
Hied by William N. Rutledge, at the state
department. Rutledgo Is the Denoc ratio
eandhlate for tho Ijagialattti la Um flits
Laserna diatrlo
TWO SPEECHES BY
MAJOR M'KINLEY
They Were Among the Most Eloquent of
the Campaign.
COMPLIMENTS YOUNG REPUBLICANS
The Knei'tivenes of Ihe Work of
tho Republican League Receives
Froper Recognition--A Cordial
Speech to the 1'nited Brethren.
Mam Letters of Congratulation
Received. '
Canton, Aug. 28. Major McKlnley
made two speeches today and they
were both Bhort. His first visitors were
a committee representing the executive
committeee of the National Republican
leage. They came fresh from the en
thusiastic meeting at Milwaukee. The
committee gathered in Major McKln
ley's 1 Unary and after they had been
presented to him, John Goodnoe, of
Minnesota, the spokesman. In a short
speech assured the Major of the earnest
support of every member of the league.
In response Major McKlnley made
one of the moat Impressixe little
speeches to which he has given utter
ance this campaign. He spoke with
wonderful force and earnestness. He
said:
Mr. Goodnoe and Centlemen: It gives
me great pleasure to greet at my home
this large committee representing the Re
publicans of the t'nited States. I know
some of your worth' and work. I know
how. In former campaigns, the splendid
services of the young Republicans of the
country have contributed to bring to us
most signal triumphs. I am glad to hear
from your spokesman, fresh from your
national convention, that the Republican
party and the Republican cause this year
are to have your united, aggressive and
unfaltering support; and I am sure, with
that support, connected with the support
which will come frOm all classes of our
fellow citlsens everywhere, will give to
the national ticket and to our party a tri
umph, the like of which we never have had
for many, many years. (Applause). We
cannot overestimate the value of our
young men In politics, and I would not
have believed It If Mr. Goodnoe had not
told me that they were not practical poli
ticians, (laughter). My experience with
them Is that they have been politicians
of tho most practical sort. (Laughter).
Gentlemen, you never had a worthier
cause to strive for than you have this
year. The financial honor of the country
und the prosperity of all Its people are
enough to inspire every American heart
to the best possible effort. (Laughter).
I have seen somewhere an inquiry
"Cannot the United States establish a
tinunciul system of Its own; Is it too weak
and dependent to do that? I answer; Thn
United States han a financial policy which
In the msln it has been pursuing since the
beginning of the government and which
It does not mean to change until U can
find a better one. Those who make the
Inquiry are usually against our Amerl
can policy of finance and they are Insist
ing that we shall adopt the flnanclnl policy
of China and Mexico. I hope It will not be
thought an evidence of luck of national
spirit and national independence that we
decline to adopt their proposition. (Ureal
applause). I thank you for this call and
for the messago of good will and greetings
which you bring to me from your great
national body. (Appluuse). The speech
was warmly applauded.
Address to ixited brethren.
At four o'clock a large delegation of
United Brethren clergymen who are
attending a conference here, called on
Major McKlnley. Bishop J. If. Mills
of Oregon, spoke In behalf of the min
isters and Major McKlnley in response
said:
"It gives me sincere pleasure to re
spond to this call of greetings and con
gratulations. I am duly appreciative
of the mesasge of good will which you
so kindly bring from the great religious
body you represent, it Is a good omen
when religious teachers are alive to the
questions affecting: the public welfare,
Nothing is more worthy of your study
and consideration than those questions
which tend to make the country great
proseroiis and religious. Civic virtue
is a good text for the preacher always.
but a lieter thliiK for every citizen to
guard in his daily life. Good citizen
ship lies at the foundation of our true
greatness as a free government. Those
who proclaim it are indeed Christian
teachers aud public benefuctors. The
better the citizen the better a free gov
eminent und Its laws. It is a gratify
ing fact ns yau state that in our form
of government character counts nor so
much, the lack of it amounts to ut
most disqualification of public trust.
Whatever man s individual opinions on
moral questions may be. whether good
or bad. whatever may their narty af
filiations, all prefer (hat public olliiials
shall be of high character. They may
be heedless of virtue and careless in
their own lives, but they Insist that
those who are to execute the public will
be the men of unquestioned integrity.
Public opinion demands this and hap
pily all political parties respect It. I
wish for every religious body and every
other agency whose object is to elevate
mankind the fullest measure of suc
cess. No nobier cause could engage
your faculties. I trust that ygur con
ference here will be productive of good
and that your stay here will bring
pleasure to you, as I am sure it has
brought pleasure to our people and to
our city. I will be jtlad ta mee"t and to
greet each one of you who have honored
me today and I thank you over und
over again for the courtesy and com
pliment of this call. (Great applause.)
Major AicKtniey received even more
messages of congratulation concerning
his letter of acceptance today than
yesterday.
BUTCHERIES IN TURKEY.
lletwccn Three and Four Thousand
Armenian Slaughtered.
.London, Aug. 28. A dispatch to the
Dally News from Constantinople says
that fearful scene were enacted there
Wednesday night. Mobs of the worst
character looted shops and residences
and murdered everybody whom they
suspected of being: an Armenian or a
sympathiser with the Armenians.
A moderate estimate places the num
ber killed at, between 3,000 and 4,000.
Gold Coming Our Way.
New York, Aug. 28. The total known
amount of gold now on European steamers
ailing for New York, or already engaged
for exportation are as follows: Laznrd
Freres. 5.600,O0O; Heldelbach, Ickelhelmer
Co., $2,0110,000; Kunn, Loeb Co., 11.000,.
000; Ladenbnrg, Thalman ft Co., tSiO.OOO;
tk Von Hoffman, $250,000; J. ft W. flellg
man Co.. $250,000, and First National
bu 8UN.0O0. Total p,4M
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