THeOMOT'WOTVTO" GET TRADE IS TO ADVERTteETORT "IN 'THE ' TRTBOWg; Bryan Helped to Me the Wilson Bill. fis Said Tbat Would Bring Pros perity. Did It? EIGHT PAGES 56 COLUMNS. SCKANTOX, PA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1890. TWO CENTS A COPY VTV. Pn hi imp AND THE That National politics Interfere with trade is known to evi-ry American, and nt no time in the natlon'B history has this fact been ho apparent as now. Hunks refuse the ordinary courtesies and accom modations to their best customers, Kilt-edge securities pro begging for loans, and commercial pnpers, which under ordinary conditions would be as good as gold, is worth less for Immediate use, and the money question is the cause of it all. Under these conditions, when manufacturers or Jobbers arc pinched, there is but one help for them, and that is to realize for spot cash in their stoekB so that they may tide over the present awful stringency. We Had An Offer Last week from n larsje Importer and jobber to sell us silks amount ing to a limited sum at a t rent ft d ous discount for cash on purchase, and as we knew the stock to be one of the richest In the country, took advantage of the offer, although stocks were full for the season. IT II Jul We plflce the first portion of this matvellous purchase on sale. Here tire the facts: 15 pieces nil silk Ta ffcla-Armiires. Full line of lovely new combination effects. Full us good as usually sells for U2Vac Sale Price, 421 -2c 10 plecs handsome. TVUiu Iirncude silks in the very newest of fash Ion's wuys. Hoods tbat could not be sold under ordinary way for less than Sue. Sale Price, 63c Lot III 1:! pieces Cheney ttrns.' best Print ed Warp Taffeta silks. In striking mill elegant styles t hat are new, novel and beautiful. Worth not less than 11.25. . 5ale Price, 79c 10 pieces Irredescent Taffeta silks in exquisite color harmonies that leave nothing to be desired. Cheap est we ever knew silks of this qual ity sold at was 7jc. Sale Price, 62 J -2c 8 pieces Kplnglo Chameleon silks, In rich, subdued triple tones, with contrasting foliage and figure ef fects. These represent the latest Parisian novelties, and are beauti ful beyond description. The select New York stores are getting $1.75 for exactly the same goods. Sale Price, $1;1D 10 pieces Itlnck Gross drain Bro eades. Kvery pattern is new and the silk is of standard inn quality. 4 pieces 22-Inch Black Silk Rhad ames. Superb finish and worth at least 83c. Sale Price, 75c 4 pieces Black Satin Duchess, 20 inches wide and value for 75c. Sale Price, 53c The quantities specified above can not be added to at these figures, and when sold out the bargain op portunity is gone. Sale Price, 53c LOBE :nf!,7Tic lit Marlet GREATEST DAY ON RECORDAT CANTON More Than Twenty Delegations Call on Major McKinlcy. PILGRIMS COME BY THE THOUSAND They Come Hearing the Manner of Peace From Widely Separated State, nud Represent Every Walk and Calling in I.il'e--l.iilior and 1'npital Hand in Hand. Another army invaded Canton yester day. More than twenty delegations called on Major McKinlcy, and. In all, the Re publican candidate made eighteen ppeeches to his visitors. The pilgrims came from Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michi gan and Indiana, and they represented about every calling in life, professional and laboring men and young and old people crowding the streets of Canton and applauding the speeches of Major McKinlcy. Canton, O., Oct. IS. Delegations be gan to arrive in Canton at 6..,0 o'clock yesterday morning, the first comers be ing from Pennsylvania and Michigan. At 8 o'clock 3UU voters from Monroe county, Mich., marched up Market street to Major McKinley's house anil caused him to dispatch his biealtfust with haste. They were not kept wait ing more than ten minutes. Their rpokesman. D. A. Curtis, of Monroe. Mich., made a lively address to Major McKinlcy. and assured him that his plurality in Michigan would exceed :'0, tioti. TO CALLKRS FROM MICHIGAN. Major McKinlcy addressed his callers as follows: I nm Kind to greet and welcome you this morning. I have never believed, as siiine people have been saying, that there ever whs nnv dinger about the state ol Michigan. There lias never been a mo ment of time when I had the slightest iloulit where the electoral vole of yo-ir glorious state would go ill the presiden tial contest of lMHi. No stale in the I moil is move deeply interested in the KUiuiiic American policy that will protect your property, your interests, your labor, your mines, the products of your forests from undue competition from the other sl'le than the state of Michigan, and there Is no suite thai is more deeply interested in haviiiii a protective policy than the state if Michigan. (Applause.) Tin re H one thing thai the Republican party Is dedicated to, and that is labor llrst," I hen to law and order; thfse are in. dispensable to the welfare of mankind and indispensable to the prosperity and the permanency of the Republic. I am glad to know I' rum your spokesman, that you believe not onlv in n protective tar iff, but that you believe In honest money, niieat cheering.) When you do your work, whether it be on the farm or In the mine, von waul to receive In payment dol lars thai are good every day and every ini.nlh anil everewhi re In cverp' purl of the civilized world. (Applause.) Mcjor Mi Kinley'! next callers came with 'drums beating and Hags dying at !l o'clock. There wen- three deli entlona in the assemblage that filled the Mo Kinlev vurd. One was from Altoona. L..........inn.. i...... i mull ennui., j 'iiii.1.. , tiiiiu, ii." ing 1.400 men; a delegation of ir,n min ers came from South Fork and another ! of Kit) miners came from Portage, Cnm I bria county. Pennsylvania. W. H. Schwartz, of Altoona. Introduced the I Ulalr county delegation: .1. H. Dietriok ! spoke for the South Fork visitors, and ' K. II. Hughes, himself u miner, was spokesman for his fellow-workers from Portage. WORDS FOR PF.NNSYLVANIANS. Major McKinley seldom faced a more enthusiastic audience than this one of Pennsylvania workiugmen, and lie spoke with uncommon earnestness, tie said : Tills Is a year of true nm genuine pa triotism. This is a year which registers a revival of true Americanism. Rivers do not divide us; mountains cannot sepa rate us; suite iines and sectional lines are all olilitetated. and lids year we sla.el ' unitedly lor the American union, the ! American honor and glorious old Ptars I'an.l Ktriots. (Ureal ebeerlim.l Two weeks from next Tuesday I he people of tills cmiii trj will cxerclsd that majestic sovereign ly which Is peculiar to no other nation lint ours. J l is dilllcult to meusure the full force of a national election, of its mighty power for good or 111. It deter mines policies and udminlst rations and legislation affecting every Industry of I he country. Its power is both appalling and Insnlriiig. if we needed any demonstration of the mighty effect of such an election as Is to occur two weeks from next Tuesday, it :a furnished 111 that of 1C when from sun rise to sunset, on Nov. , the people changed the administration, not in tier son merely, but in purpose. That election was a verdict for a new policy which w:is opposed to that which had prevailed f ir the greater part of the lifetime of the Re public. The nation stood In dread sileli ill fenr of its own verdict, nnd with all tlio rejoicing there was much foreboding. .l"n looked Into the future with fear and ap prehension. Orders for machinery were cancelled; contracts were annulled; buy ing nnd selling was curtailed; plans which had been formed for the extension of business were abandoned; works al ready built were not equipped with ma chinery: doubt nnd uncertainty hung over the country. Have I overdrawn the pic ture? (Cries of "No!") Did we appre ciate the full force of that great national election and the effect of our individual votes upon its result, and of the result on the country (Cries of "No!" I fear not. I speak of this, not to recall the past, which Is beyond our recall, but rather to emphasize the seriousness of a national election. Its vital and supreme Importune", to the end that we may realize the sacred and valued Interests which are Involved In a popular election under our form of government. .More inllntely more Is Involved in the contest of 1WG thnn In the contest of W.U. grave and serious as It was. We have all at issue that was then Involved, and more. Then It was only a question of the prin'-l-ple of taxation which should govern us. about which honest men might fairly dif fer, but about which there is less differ ence now than then. Now the serious question is involved of all statutes, of ev ery form of property, real, personal and mixed; wages In shops. In mines and on the farms; Investments In building and loan associations and savlgs hanks: the value of every trust estate; the endow ment of every college and charity, every salary and income: the savings of frugal toil, the inheritance of the helpless minor children, and the pension of every soldier and sailor or their widows and orphans, are Involved, and will be affected by the votes of the American people two weeks from next Tuesday. (Applause.) Kvery one of these vital interests Is assailed. Not one of them escapes. My fellow-clllzens, shnll the assault be successful? (Crle of "No, never1.") Two hundred citizens of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, were the next callers. Judge Williamson Introduced them to Major McKinley, who made a short address. TRAVELING MEN IN LINE. The ninth speech was made to one of the largest delegations of the day. It was composed of traveling men from Columbus and Toledo, O. Several bands and the Columbus Glee club were with it. J. Fenimore spoke in be half of the Columbus Commercial Travelers, and E. K. Dow for the To-1-do in ep. Major McKinley made a j r i gir;$ i tpnonse, saying: IVju have discovered In the last four yea vg that It 1 a good deal safer to consult market! than maxims. (Laughter and ap plause.) You have discovered that prices current ami actual exnerlenee in trade and commerce is a better guide to business prosperity than anything you can lind In the books. Your coming together. Demo, crats and Republicans (a voice, "No Dem ocrats in Ibis crowd!" nnd laughter and apphmse,)) well Democrats are now pre ferring country to party, combicr tngeth'-r as you have is an act of sterling patriot ism hitherio almost unknown in American politics, and promoted only by considera tions of public h'oocl. Km these are the characteristic trails of the business and commercial men of the country. 1 do not attribute your call to any personal con cern (or my success. You look beyou I the candidate to the great principle he represents and upon that ground and in that spirit you nre here today, and in tho sumo spirit I address you now. No people In the country can be more Interested in the result or the elections two Weeks from next Tuesday than the com mercial men of the United States. Whtt yon want is business, uml you have dis covered that you cannot sell If there is nobody to buy from you. You have suf fered greatly the last few years nudes the withering touch of partial free trade ,i:id the instability of Im-dnesK, and above all. the absence of conlidence. Shall the com mercial men now embark in the vastly more dlsnstioiis und destructive policy of free silver (cries of "No!"), which l the party shibboleth, not of honor, but of dishonor? A gnat many people lind pe a ll.tr pleasure In the word "free." il.augh ii r.) It Is a glorious word when pripe ly applied, l iio not know what you m ly think about It. but i do not believe in de stroying either the business, the pi-'oiierty or the credit of this country, tinder the cry of free silver. .(Cheers.) We have jnt pride in our glorious record In favor of free speech, free soil, free press, free men und free conscience, but I believe that ihe grill majority of our eoimtrypien lire nei ther in favor of free Ir nle, free silver fri free lawlessness lupplausc and cries of "No!"), or cheating people ill tile sacred name of freedom. The question or hon-st money against free rilver and Irredeemable paper nioiuy, both unlimited and both unsound, has been so thoroughly argued that I do not wish to occupy yeur time in discussion it. Suf fice it to say that no valid or simiclent r ; son has yet been given or can lie given for the t nlted Siates adopting either. Some things are so plain; some things are sn clear and distinct: some things nre so palpable and self-evident that, like day ami night, every man must sooner or ialnr recognize them. If human experience has proved anything, it is that no nation w u ever bem il ted by poor money, or Injur d by good money, und that no man ever suf fered from being honest Hnd no man ever profited by being dishonest, (looil. homst dollars hurt nobody, if we have not as much good money as we ought to have, let us get more, and we will get npee whencvir I lie country requires it. l"tt we will not get them as long as we are proposing to adopt the financial policy of China and Mexico. M'KINLEY'S QUIET SUNDAY. He I'ntcrtainsn Pnrly ofl uion icn erals and Listens to (iood News. Canton. ()., Oct. IS. When Major McKinley looked out of his window litis morning lie saw the tirsl snmv of the season, and Inter in the day lie ob served that it was a. forliuinto thing the storm prevailed today Instead of yesterday, when there were nearly U00 strangers in tile rlty. Major McKinley was beaming with health and good humor today, and had thoroughly enjoyed the fatigue inci dent to the urdinuis labors of yester day. He went to church this morning and the veteran union generals went with him. lie walked home from church in the whirling snow under un umbrella, with (Jcivral Alger on one side and UVnera! (.. ( . How ard on the other. ' '1 lie train bearing the union generals arrived early this morning. On it was Oeiteral and Mrs. It. A. Alger, fleiieriil P. 14. Sickles. Oeneral Thomas A. Stewart, of I'entisylvaldu; (leneral u. O. Howard, (ii neral i leorge A. Warden, of Massachusetts; lleucral James Tunnel-. Major .1. W. litisl. or llliuuis: tVI onel ('. Hopkins, ot Detroit. Col.; I. N. Walker, of Indianapolis. The whole party dined with .Major McKinley tills afternoon. Tiny leave for a trip through Western Ohio in the morning, after hohliiiir a meeting here at 7.:in. (leiierul .lger suid this evening: "We have hail eno. ill us ti.eeli: everywhere, have visited 10 towns and traveled about 6.000 miles. Major Mc Kinley will lie elected and his popu lar vote w ill be surprisingly large." Major McKinlcy has Itcajd a great deal of encouraging news t n'liy, unit II does not ull come from politic tins. K. o. Mi ('orntick. passenger turittle iii'in uger of the Hig Four system, Is one of the most widely u quainted busi nessmen In the ceiitial und border southern states. He said today: "I .have talked with near;" a ben dred well-inl'ornieil men representing all shades of politico I faith and thiamin within the -week, and have been over u considerable portion of the country A great change bus taken place In public sentiment since the llrst of Sep tember in Indiana. Illinois, Michigan. Kentucky. Iowa and ..Mlninsntj. I have taken ptiins to discuss the situation with many workinginen in many places, niul T lind the silver semi el t everywhere declining with surprising rapidity. The fe Tug tint McKinlcy is likely to win obtnins in the business world nnd the railroads nr- fe' ling the evidence of returning cotilid' Hee in very considerably Incieasi d frel.fht and l-a-'senger traillc." A good many delegations will visit Clinton this w-ek. Wednesday, which Is Illinois day, will lie a memorable one, nnd Saturday promises to be n Ilvi ly and almost as crowded as usual, PASSAGE OF THE BANCROFT. Not Known Whether the Little Vessel Will lie Allowed in the llosphoriis. Constantinople, Oct. R The Con stantinople representatives of the I'nited Associated Presses telegraphs that considerable anxiety Is felt regard ing the condition of affairs In Cacserla. On Friday a telegram was received from n prominent lutiiily in that town saying: "We nre alive. It Is bclivede In Con stantinople that the Washington gov ernment has arranged with the Porte for a pence.i'.de passage of the Dar danelles by the I'nited States practice ship llnncroft. Mr. Terrell, the Ameri can minister, has not. however, applied for permission for the -,upsag of u guardshlp since last January, when the Porte objected to the prrmnr? of an American vessel in the Poiiphorus on the ground that if the permission should be granted to the l'n:tcd States that smaller nations would follow her example." , C0NVENriONCL0SED. Final Sessions Held by the Iirothcr hood of St. Andrew. Pittsburg:, Oct. IS. The eleventh an nual convention of the Hruthcrhuod of St. Andrew was brought to a close" at Carnagle Music hall this evening with a farewell meeting. The anniver sary sermon was preached at Trinity church this morning' by Hev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, bishop of Minneso ta. This afternoon a mass meeting wu.i held at Carnegie Music hall, the sub ject being "Social righteousness the mission and power of the church to proclaim it." A large crowd, composed of many workingmen and women was In attend ance. The speakers were Dean Hodges, Of Cambridge University, J. H. Can fleld, LL. P., of Ohio state university, and Rev. C. H. Brent, of Boston. A number of delegates will remain in the city a day or two to visit the large in dustrial establishment!, , WHEAT CONTINUES TO CLIMB SKYWARD It Will Increase Mckinley's Majorities io tbe West. WIND FROM P0PCCRATIC SAILS P. I. Armour Says He Will Carry llliuoi by !O,00OThe Itise n Convincing Answer to Silver Argil incuU- Ml Hiimiiicss Helped by the Farmers' Prosperity. New York, Oct 18. What llltle wind there was left in Ihe i'opocnuie sails must have been spilled out yesterday by the movement of the wheat market. The last week has been a very trying one for l'opocratic orators eveiy whet e, but yesterday capped the climax. In the face of an advance of 4 cents In the price of wheat in one day and of over 0 cents in three months. It will be daily more ditlicult to convince the far mer who gets the benefit of the advance that ln can hope for no better price for his product until the money of the country Is debused. Wheat steadily rising in value und silver steadily fall ing are object lessons w hich the soph istries of the l!oy Talker and his spon sors will find Increasing dillicitlty in ex plaining away. The New York wheat murket was boiling yesterday. It was the greatest duv yet witnessed. Tile bulk of the dealings were In the Pecember option; that Is, In wheat to be delivered 111 December. The opening price was 8o''ii. against a ( losing of T'J on Friday. Sub sequently there was a decline to Sfl' j. Then the price started upward nt a rap Id rate. The advance continued unin terruptedly until the close, when the limitation was SITi. making the gain for the day L':!i cents a bushel. The total dealings were ltl.OOO.UOU bushels. Dispatches from Chicago said the deal ings there were almost unprecedented. The advance was based on hl,'hor prices in Liverpool. The net advance In corn was three quarters or. a cent, and In oals three elghlhs of a cent. vicnic foii tuf, nri.LS. Chicago, net. 18. It has been a pic nic for the bulls on the Chicago board of trade for the last fortnight, nnd the bears have been in n orresnondingly feverish state of excitement and worry. Tlie steadv advance of cereals, espe cially of wheat: the demand by Cal cutta nnd the Islands of the South si as. nud the fluctuations of the Liver pool markets caused the greatest un certainty, and there Is baldly a specu lator on 'Change who knows hulf the time where he's nt. Wednesday's fluctuations In wheat bewildered every one. There were few, even among the nervy specialists, that had stood In the pit all day, who wire certain at the close of the (lay that they could correctly Interpret the (pieer experiences tney had been through. The mnrkct opened strong enough to milk- the best prices that had been reached up to tlmt time. Ill Ihe first hour of trading there was so vast an amount of wheat offered for sale Ihat the price slumped two cents. Yet. with all Ibis, and the fact that the cables brought more selling than buy In"; orders, there was more long wheat sold ubove Til cents than at any time since the bulge started. With export houses at the seaboard reporting1 an absence of foreign demand, ami ti.at only live cargoes for export bad been taken, San Francisco came to the front wilh prices five a cental higher and re ports of large sales for the orient, a report that Counselmnn Pay alum- had i.aketi over I'.miii.liuil bushels for May n::d the effect of rallying prices over one cent inside of ten minutes. "What Is the cause of the market's firmness und strength'.'" Is u riuestion asked on all sides. Many old-limers confess Ihat they cannot unswer It satisfactorily to themselves. "l think," said P. 1J. Armour, "that the recent advances In grain have onlv Increased the majorities In those west ern states of which Mr. McKinley was sure before. He will carry Illinois nv "nu.tiuo. Why. his majorities will be simply overwhelming. This, however, is not news to anybody who lives in Chicago. We all feel it and know it, und have known It lor some lime." ALTGELD DELIGHTED. The Chicago Tin-brand is Well Satis fied Vt ith New York. New York, Oct. 18. Coventor Alt geld, of Illinois, spent a quiet day at the Fifth Avenue hotel. During the morning he paid a brief visit to Dem ocratic headquarters In company with W. P. St. John. In the afternoon he received a visit front friends. At f o'clock Mr. St. John and Congressman Sulzer accompanied the governor to the ( !rand Central depot, where he took the Chicago express. Congressman Sulzer said the gover- nor was delighted with his visit und he considered the Cooper 1 nion meeting a success in every respect. (lovenior Altgeld. before leaving to day, said: "I ant more than pleased with the cordiality und heartiness of my welcome to New York and the kindliness and consideration shown me on every side. My reception by the audience on Saturday night was all that I could wish for. It has never been my lot to address a more en thusiastic or intelligent audience. I believe that New York state Is going to go for lirynn. I am confident thnt they will acquit themselves creditably us will the people of Illinois. Of Illi nois there is not the slightest shadow of doubt." SHOT HERSELF WHEN LOVER DIED. Two Stories of the Life of Miss Price, Yt Iio Committed Suicide. New York, Oct. 18. Amy Price, n stenographer, who formerly lived ot 108 West Fortieth street, this city, com mitted suicide by shooting herself with a revolver, in Philadelphia, on Friday night. Miss Price was employed In a downtown house. It Is said by her relatives that she had been engaged to be married, but that when her Intend ed husband had furnished a home for her, he was taken ill and died. His funeral took place on Friday, and Miss Price attended It. In the afternoon she left this rlty to visit her married sis ter, Mrs. Carrie Clausen, of 1H2 Vienna street, Philadelphia. When she ar rived there she told her sister that she had little to live for. Sirs. Clausen tried to cheer her and told her she should go to bed and get a good night's rest. Miss Price retired, and about an hour afterward Mrs. Clausen heard a pistol shot. The door of the girl's room was locked, but when It was forced open Miss Price was found lying on the bed dead. There was a bullet wound In her breast, and a revolver was clasped In her hand. The body will be brought to this city for burial. Persons who said that they knew Amy Price declared yeBterdny that she was really not Miss, but Mrs. Price, having been married to a man named Price, who lived in San Francisco. Sbe came here a year ago last August, it was suid, and tried to get a position in the cotnpuny which was to support Mrs. Cora I'rquhart and Kyrle llellew in "The Queen's Necklace" at Daly's theater. Site was accepted, on the ground of her beauty, for one of the court ladies In the pluy. She then, it was declared, proceeded to fall In love with Mr. Kelleiv. In the course of the reheursals Mrs. 1'otter took a dislike to her, and she was discharged before the play opened. After that she remained In New York till some months ago, when she went to Philadelphia. HIGHBINDERS ACTIVE. .Waiting fur a Relaxation of Police Vigilance to Inaugurate a Reign of Terror in San Francisco. Chicago, Oct. IS. A special from San Francisco snys the Highbinders of the Chinese colony in this city are waiting for u relaxation of police vigilance to inaugurate u reign of terror. 1 The Chinatown police squad has been so largely Increased of late that the Highbinders ure afraid to take any openly concerted action, but many murderous plans nre said to lie on foot as a result of the efforts of Fung Yung Hang, the Chinese consul, to break up the See Yups, reported to lie the most lawless nnd desperate of the Highbind ers Culmls. Tbe president nnd vice president of tho four companies comprising the See Yup society are reported to be In hid ing, havintt learned that their death wnrrnnts have been signed by the High binders of their society and committees have been appointed to kill the ofllcers. The Highbinders accuse their ollicers of treachery In having signed a treaty of peace with the ofilcers of opposing societies, in pursuant to orders from the Chinese minister nt Washington. The Highbinders nlso charge their president with the embezzlement of See Yup funds. The Chinese are furious at the consul for the destruction of Highbind er rooms and josses. Tbe See Yups yesterday obtained an Injunction from the superior court to prevent further consular demolition. GEN. GROSVENOR'S ESTIMATE. Thinks McKinley is Sure ut 'Ml i:iecloiu! Votes. .Washington, Oct. IS. The following revised estimates have been received heie from Cii-neru! (Jrosvenor of Ohio: "There have been some significant changes in the situation since my llrst bulletin, and I have taken very great pains, by the use of all available means to ascertain substantially what the re sult Is to be. There is yet some doubt and uncertainty about some of the stales, but I think the following may be safely placed in the absolutely sure column: McKinley and Holmri will have In New Kngland, 9; New York, M; New Jersey, In; Maryland. S; Delaware, :!: Pennsylvania, SI!; West Virginia, li; Ohio, Indiana, 15; Illinois, 24; Michi gan, II; Wisconsin, 12; Iowa, lit; Min nesota, U; South D.ikota, 4: North Da kota. S; Wyoming. H". Nebraska, 8; Kentucky, III; Oregon, 4: Washington, 4; California. !. Total, 202. There Hi e some stales which T do not class us sure for McKinley which I be lieve will elve him their vote, to wit: Kansas, in; Virginia. 12; Tennessee, 12; Missouri. 17. Total. 51. The stales which do not seem to lip doubtful und which must be conceded practically without controversy to liry iin remuin us in my first table, except that Florida has disclosed an uncertain ly as to her still us. und T think Unit Texas and Louisiana may lie added to the sure vote for ISryan, in my opinion. Thus, we have 2H2 voles for McKinley and llobarl with 221 necessary to their election, if th y gain in the sumo ra tio for the next three weeks as they gained in the Inst three, litis Is a very conservative of the electoral vole for them." ENGLAND'S NAVY. 'I'nlk of Subsidizing More Mcrclitint Vessels t Act as 'misers. London. Oct. IS. Since the czar com plimented the "very line escort" which the Channel squadron afforded him In his ( rossing from Portsmouth to Cher bourgh. Increased Interest has been taken in the condition of the British nuvv. .Vr. Cioscheit, first lord of the admiralty, has been devoting much thought during the recess to the whole question of naval defense; and he Is credited with the Intention, in next year's naval estimates, of considerably increasing the sum at present provid ed for substituting merchant vessels to at t as armed cruisers in time of war. The present amount set apart for this purpose is IMN.Tnn, nnd rumor has it that it will be increased to ut leait NO.ttiH). In order to allow of nine morn vessels participating in the sum an nually set aside. Among the new con ditions imposed will be not merely an increase in the number of ships, but greater efficiency in their manning; and equipment. It is renorted that the price to be paid for the new first-class cruisers Is iMU.WHi eiich. The highest tender was Messrs. Armstrong's, their price being about taOU.M'JU. evidently showing that they did not want the wot k. TOWN HELD UP. Six Desperadoes Capture Carney mid Secure Several Thousand Dollars. Guthrie, Oklahoma, Oct. 18. A band of six unknown desoeradoes rode into Cnrnry, thirty miles east of here, last night, and held up tho whole town, rob bing twelve stores and the postoftlce. The bandits secured several thousand dollars. A posse of about one hundred citizens was organized and left in pur suit of the outlaws. The news was received here by tele phone and only meagre particulars can be obtained. THE SEWS THIS MORMXli. Weather Indications Today! Qencrally Fair; Cooler. 1 Circntest Day on llecord at Canton. Wheat Continues to Climb Upward. Tom Watson Quits the Ticket. 2 Estimates of Appropriations, lirynn a Drawing Card. Markets and Stocks. 3 Eleventh Anniversary of St. Peter's So ciety. Anniversary of 8t. Luke's Parish. Annuul Meeting of Florence Mission. 4 Editorial. Object Lesson in Sound Finance, 8 (Local) Two Years for Greaves. ' Highwayman CiuikIh. Prytherlck Named for Blewltt's Place. 0 Foot Ball Season Is Now On. Beats the Yarns In Arabian Nights. 7 Suburban Happenings. 1 1 New Up and Down the Valley. TOM WATSON QUITS THE KANSAS TICKET He Sends a Telegram to the Middle of the Road Committee. REED AND WASHBURN AT ATLANTA Their .Mission is to Check a Probable fusion of Kc publit-nus and Popu lists in .corgiu--Wnlon May o on the Stump at Virginia Ncit Week. Topeka, Kus., Oct. 18. Yesterday Abe Steinberger, secretory of the Mid dle of the Hoail Populhit committee, re ceived this telegram from Thomas K. Watson dated at Thomson, Ga.: Hand this to the secretary of state. Do not certify my name on the Abilene ticket to the county clerks. My nllldavit with drawing my name was mailed you. Thomas K. Watson. Atlanta, (la., Oct. 18. Oeorge F. Washburn and H. W. lleed. members of the National Populist executive com mittee urirved here last night on their way to see Thomas K. Watson. Both Mr. Washburn and Mr. Heed de clined to discuss their mission beyond saying that there were certain politclul matters concerning which they desired tu consult with Mr. Watson. Mr. Heed said that he signed the re cent address to the Populist party be cause at the time It wus the licst thing that could be done. Neither he nor Mr. Watson were satislied with the fusion nrarngentents made In the West by the populist leaders, but air. Heed hnd come to the Vimcluslon that nn at tempt to break 11 would Injure Bryun and the silver cause. One purpose of their visit to Georgia is to checkmate the efforts of the Republicans to get fusion with the Populists. Mr. Heed believes Mr. Watson will ac cept tho situation when he gets the account from Mr. Washburn. A move, ment Is on fool now between the Dem ocrats and the Populists of Georgia, to fuse. This will lie discussed at the con ference between Watson und Wash burn and Iteed. Watson's plans are plastic. He may go on the stump In West Virginia next week. ICverythlng depends upon the result of the con ference. KKKD AND WASIinUKX A HE SHY. Thomson, (in., Oct. 18. The much heralded trip of Committeemen Reed and Washburn culminated nt Thomson nt noon toduy where they were met anil driven at once to the home of Mr. Wat son. Tonight they were seen in com pany with .Mr. Watson at his home, and Mr. Washburn said: "We hiive nothing to give out to the public. We have spent a quiet day in private con sultation and have greatly enjoyed the day In this genial Georgia climate." Mr. Watson was asked If ho would re turn to Atlanta tomorrow with Messrs. Heed and Washburn, and said he would not go before Tuesday. Mr. Reed said: "Mr. Washburn and I will return to Atlanta tomorrow and if there Is any statement that we desire to make pub lic, we will make It there, though I do not know that there will lie any." Mr. Washburn added: "The newspa pers seem disposed to attach a signifi cance to our visit lo Mr. Watson that Is hardly justified by the circumstances. There has just been held a meeting of our national executive committee nt Chicago at which was issued an address to the public, bearing on the campaign. It seems most reasonable that after stub action a sub-committee should come lo report to our candidate, w ho was not present ut the meeting, all that transpired I here, to give him nil of the details of the meeting which brought about theuddress we Issued to the pub lic, to exchange views with him on the situation and to consult with him as to the' future of the campaign. If there should be anything of a public nature resulting from our conference or uny statement regarding any future steps in the campaign, Ihut we desire to give to lite newspapers we will do so tomor row in Atlanta." Turning to Messrs. Weed and Walsotl be said: "That cov ers Ihe case, does il not?" and both re plied in the alllrmalive. Messrs. Iteed and Washburn will re main the guests of Mr. Watson at his home tonight and return to Atlanta to morrow morning. WATSON'S LETTER. Washington. Oct. 18. Th's evening Senator Hutler, chairman of the Popu list national commit lee said to a re porter for the I'nited Associated Press es that he bad not yet received Mr. Watson's letter In response to his own notifying the (lorglan of his nomination presidency by the St. t, mis convention. Senator Hutler said he did not care to) coment upon the telegram from Thomson, published this morning', in which Mr. Watson-'was quoted its sny ing that he had mailed the Icier to Mr. Hutler last Wednesday nnd that It should have reached him on Friday. ILLINOIS FOR M'KINLEY, Indiana Is Also Safe in the Opinion of (Governor Hustings. Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. IS. Governor and Mrs. D. 11. Hastings arrived in Pitts burg this morning from the west, where Ihe governor has been stumping for McKinley. In speaking of the po litical situation in Indiana and Illinois the governor suid: "I have no doubt about Illinois giving IDo.UOU majority for McKinley. I think Altgeld will probably cut down these figures from ir..i'il to 20.WM). Indiana. I as confident will go for McKinley. The outlook In the congressional districts of these two states is very good for the return of Republican members." Governor Hastings said that Major McKinlcy had not made a single mis take since his nomination from bis let ter of acceptance to his Inst speech, and has strengthened his cause dny by day. The governor w ill make several speeches In this state during the week und Saturday night will speak at Bridgeport, Conn. Steniiiship Arrivnls. New York. Oct. 1S. Arrived: La Gas cosrne, from Havre: Ohdam, from Rotter dam and Koulogne. Arrived: Paris, nt Southampton: La Hoiircogne. at Havre. Sailed for New York: Etrurla, from yueenstown. Sighted: Southwark, from Antwerp for New York, passed Prawle !olnl' , Memorial lo William I. Berlin, Oct. 1S. The memorial to Em peror William I nt Minilen, Westphnli.i, was unveiled today by his grandson, Em peror William II. 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