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TWO CENTS.
SCKANTON, PA., SATURDAY MOIINING-, OCTOBER 23. 1897.
TWO CENTS
SILVER'S LAST HOPE
THE CAMPAIGN
IN NEW YORK
England Refuses to Enter
Into Bimetallic Agree
ment of Any Kind.
WOLCOTT'S SUGGESTIONS
They Find No Favor in the
Eyes of Salisbury.
Although I'rmico Is Itcady to I'.ntor
Into nn Agreement in the Intcrosl
of International llimctnlllsin, Ung
land Rcluscs to Assist in Clinngiug
tho Order ol Things--No further
Hope lor Silver.
London, Oct 2?. The correspondence
in logard to the bimetallic proposals of
tho Vnlted States monetary comnftsslon
was is-su'd by the British foreign olllce
this evening. Ihe following account of
the negotiations Is taken fiom the ofll
t'Ktl publication:
At the confeieuro held at tho foreign
ifllco on Jul) 12, the piomler, the Mar
liils of Salisbury; the secretary of
late foi India, Lord George Hamilton:
i In chanoelloi of tho exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach; the first loid of
th tieaMin. Mr A. J. Balfour, tho
United States nmba.s-adur,Colonel John
'Iij, nnd tlu lTnlt-d States monetaiy
commissioner h. S"intoi Edwaid O Wol
cett, of Colorado, ex-Vlco Pi evident
Aillal W Stevenson, of Illinois, and
General Charles Jackson Paine, of
Massachusetts, weie present.
On the Invitation of the Biltlsh pr
mlei Senator Wolcott explained th.t
the object of the mission was to aster
tain. In advance of an International
lonfeience, the levvs of the govetn
n.onts, and thi? er.vo)s had determined
tc ascertain the views of the French,
Biltlsh pnd Geitnan governments on
the question of reaching an Internation
al blmetnlllc agieement. They had
been to Fiancv, where thev leached a
complete and satisfactory understand
ing with the French government, and
the envoys would have the cooperation
In this matter of the Ttench ambassa
dor In London.
Tho senator then oxii2tiied thai"tht
success of the mission depended upon
the attitude Great Britain would take,
and he requested Great Britain to agree
to open tlu English mints, us Its contri
butions to the attempt to restoie In
ternational bimetallism with Trance
and tho United States co-operating to
gether In an attempt to that end.
The Marquis of Salisbury asked If
Trance was ready to opjn her mints
to free coinage, cwJ Senator Wolcott
leplled "yes"
Th piemier thereupon Inquhed at
what latlo Tianee would open her
mints Senator Wolcott said nt 10,
adding that the American envoys had
accepted this ratio
AVOLCOTTS SUGGESTIONS.
The senator then presented the fol
lowing list of contiibutions which,
cimorqr others, he suggested Gicat Brit
ain mlht mike:
Tirst The opening of the Indian mints
and the repeal of tho ordti waking tho
sovereign legal tender in India.
Second Placing one-lifth of the bullion
in the Issue department of the Bank or
England In silver
Third Raising tho legal tender limit of
silver cay 10 and Issuing 'JO shilling
notes based on silver, which thall be
legaf tender, and tho rcthenient. in grad
uation, or othciwlse, of the ten sailing
gold pieces and the substitution of paper
based on bllver.
Fourth An agreement to coin annually
so much silver, the amount to be lelt
open
Tlfth Tho opening ot the English mints
to tho coinage of rupees and to tho coin
age of British dollars, which thall be full
legal tender In the straits settlements
and other silver standurd colonics, and
tender In the United Kingdom to the
limit of silver legal tender
Sixth Colonial action and tho coinage
of silver In Bgjpt
Seventh Something having the genera.1
scope of the HusklFson plan
The meeting then closed., and It was
undei stood by the parties that the ab
sence of the Trench ambassador, Baron
de Courlel, fiom the proceedings should
be legarded as Informal, and n second
conference was held on the 15th, at
which, In addition to those already
mentioned the Trench ambassador and
M Oeoffiey, the counsellor of the
Fiench embassy, were present
The Tiench ambassador was there
Invited to declare tho position of the
French Government, and he said
Franco was leady to le-open her mints
to tho coinage of silver if the commer
cial nations adopted the same course,
nnd he advocated at great length the
ratio of 1514
But, ho explained, Fianco would not
consider tho re-opening of tho mints
of India alone as being sufllclent guar
antee to permit tho French govern
ment to ic-onen the Fiench mints to
the fieo coinage ot silver.
GREAT BRITAIN STUBBORN.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach then an
nounced definitely that Great Biltnln
would not agre to open th" English
mints to tho unlimited coinage of sil
ver, and thnt whatever views he and
his colleagues might separatelv hold
tcgaidlng bimetallism, he could say
that they were united on this point.
Hoi on do Coined said, us u personal
suggestion, that among nthei contii
butions, ho thought Gieat Hi Haiti
should open tho Indian mints and also
agree to puichuso annual!) 10,000,000
pounds sterling silver fot a seiles of
jeais. Senator Wolcott accepted tho
proposal that the British government
should make this pin chase with proper
safeguaids and provisions us to the
place and manner of its use
Hlnco this conference tho Biltlsh gov
ernment has been considering thn pro
posnls and finally made tho loply hand
ed to the United States itmbaFbadur
estiday and cabled exclusively to tho
Absocluttd Piess.
The reply of the government of In
dia upon which Lend Salisbury based
this decision, Is a long document, giv
ing an emphatic negative to tho pto
posnl to rc-opcn tho India mints.
HARRISON'S DOOM.
Mayor of tho Wlndr Cilv Is Favored
by tho Editors.
Chicago, Oct. 22. Mayor Huirlson's
gubernntotlal boom was launched to
day at the second annual meeting of
the Democratic editors ot Illinois.
About one hundred and fifty editors
were present when Mayor Harrison
wag Introduced by President A. I
Hereford, of tho association. Mr. Here
ford remarked that If Mayor Harrison
"stood with both feet on the Chicago
platform he would be heard from in
state and national politics."
The mayor In his nddtess of welcome
to the delegates realllrmcd in most
positive language his allegiance to the
Democratic docttlnc of 1896, and was
heartily applauded. Before tho ad
journment tomorrow night It ib ex
pected a platform will be adopted en
dorsing the Bryan platform for 1900
and pledging every member's suppoit.
BUSINESS IS ON
A SOLID BASIS
Iron Industry Waits Because l'ossi
blo Production for tho Year Has
Uoen Practically Ordered.
New York, Oct. 22. R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade will bav In
Its Issue tomorrow:
After tho heaviest buying ever known
In many branches during September
and the flint half of October, It was
both natural and desirable that a more
quiet pet loci should give time for test
ing the size and temper of retail trade
and for distributing part of the enoi
mous quantities bought. In textile
goods the rush of orders went far be
yond all distributive demand In Aug
ust nnd representee! great leplenlsh
ment of stocks and the similar rush
for goods has been coirespondlngly
great in other lines during the past
two months In Iron and steel and in
boots nnd shoes thete was actual dan
ger of a speculative Inflation of prices
such as was teen in 1893, but It has
been avoided, apparently, for this sea
son, by the solid sense of leading men
w ho regard u time of comparative quiet
as essential to the coming and pei
manence of piosperlty in their lines.
As the Inning for leplenlshment is
partly satisfied nnd diminishes, there
la some decrease in the volume of
transactions, though at the same time
the working force has further in
creased, the wages of labor have been
In numeious cases advanced, and the
foundation laid more btoadly every
week for larger buying and business
hereafter.
The Iron Industry waits, because pos
sible production for the year has been
practically oidered, while neither buy
eis nor sellers regard contracts at cur
rent prices for next year's business as
quite safe. Bessemer pig Is n shade
weaker at $10 40, and Grey Forge at
$9 63 at Pittburg, while billets aie hard
to get at any price, owing to the stop
page of only two works of moderate
size, so much has the current demand
come to exceed production. Sales of
warrant pig Iron at Philadelphia twenty-five
cents below is not In fact a. de
cline. New business In finished pro
ducts Is almost of necessity smaller,
since manufacturing vvoiks are neatly
nil full for months ahead, the plate
mills nt the west so full that thev could
not compete nt all for three Rocke
feller vessels lequlring 2,500 tons each
The demand for bars is the best for a
long time, and contracts for the East
liver bridge, for numeious new build
ings and railway bildges, aie btill
pending The coke output has llsen to
143,033 tons weekly, nnd Is the laigest
known for years, Anthracite coal is
sold at $4.15 in New York hnibor, or
twenty cents below the clicular, and
conservative estlmntes make the j ear's
output 40,500,000 tons. The onlv note
worthy featuie in minor metals Is a
sensational collapse In lead of thlity
points, with sales of 3,000 tons.
The severe decline in cotton to C 12
cents from 8,23 cents on August 30 Is
due to wldespiead confidence In large
estimates of vleld. A natuinl conse
quence of the decline is the fall of
print cloths to the lowest point In the
history of the market. 2.37 cents, and
cotton goods generally nie easy with
limited tales of staples. All woolen
goods are firm, but there is no new
business of note for spring outside of
diess goodh. Sales of wool have shaip
ly decreased again at Boston, amount
ing to only 3,043,000 pounds, against
over 13,000,000 pounds last week in
September and the week there was
the dullest since January 7. Some
largo offerings were made to realize
pioflts before prices fell, but quota
tions lemalned unchanged because
even at half a cent decllno buyers were
not disposed to take hold
The produce market acted with as
little apparent reason as usual, Al
though Atlantic exports of wheat
were 35,576, 007 bushels, Hour Included,
and for three weeks of October, 10,
039,098 bushels, against 7,742,214 last
year, with western receipts not half
a million bushels larger, the price ad
vanced 2'sc. Corn, with smaller re
ceipts and exports, baiely a quarter of
last vear, declined a small ft action.
Falluies for the week were 224 in the
United States against 274 last jear, and
36 In Canada against 60 last year.
Reception to ."Ills. C'lsuoroR.
Washington, Oct 2.' The president gavo
a public recep'lon this uftei noon at which
a largo number of callers paid their le
spects to hhn in tho cast loom Among
them wero Mis Coslo CIsneros, the ts
cuped Cuban girl Shu was accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Karl Decker and Mrs.
John A. Logan iJIih. Logan Introduce!
tho party and 1'iesldent MeKlnley shook
hands with them, but as is the usual cus
tom at these publlo receptions, said notr.
Ing. Hank Run Absorbed,
Ashoville, N. C, Oct. 22 The run on the
Battery Iiark bank stopped about 2 p, m.,
leaving more money In bank than when tt
opened this morning. Tho statement of
tho National bank. Is to the effect that in.
abllty to make collections was the caute
of tho failure and thnt it Is prnbab: the
assets will be sufficient to pay all depositors.
DOCUMENTS IN THE
SCHROEDER CASE
Au Important Letter to Bishop Horst
mann, ol Cleveland.
IS TIRED OF PERSISTENT HOSTILITY
Had Intended to Send in Ills Resig
nation Some Time Aso--ill Re
tire Within or at the End of the
Scholnstlc Year ol 189708.
Washington, Oct. 22. The official cor
respondence relating to the case of
Monslgnor Schrocder, which attracted
such widespread attention, became
available today. The letter of Mon
slgnor Schroeder submitted to the
board of directors of the Catholic uni
versity is addiessed to Bishop Horst
mnnn, of Cleveland, who acted ns at
torney for the monslgnor before the
board. II was vviltten shortly before
the final meeting of the board, Is dated
je3terday, and Is as follows:
To the Bight Rev Bishop Ing, J Horst-
mann, Blshoo of Cleveland.
Right Rev. Bishop. When I had a. few
da)s ago tho honor to meet ou I took the
opportunity to it form jou that during tny
last stay in Geimany I Intended to send
from thero my leslgnatlon as proressor
of this university As a mailer of fact
that persistent hostility to which I have
been subjected for jiars past, not only
within the unlvcrsltj, but constantly,
also In tho English newspapeis. Catholic
and becular, made such a resolution not
only advisable but also necessarj on ac
count of my own health and peace of
mind. 1 had In. en suffeilng from neu
ralgia In the most painful manner after
tho close of the last scholastic jear and
tho phjstclau declared it my earnest
duty to avoid every mental excitement,
i'ou also know that I did not send my
resignation and thut 1 came back to
Washington on account of tho letters of
Cardinal Steinhuber, In which he ex
pressed his own anil tho will of tho holy
father. When 1 followed this order, I
was convinced that his holiness Intended
to ndvlso me nut to give up m position
immedlatcl). I theieloie expressly told
his eminence, tho cardinal of Cologne as
well as my rejuthes and friends, lint
the next scholastic jear would bo abso
lutely the last jear that I would sta) at
tho unlveisltj.
When I nrrlved heie on October 9 I was
not a little astonished to hem that tonio
members of tho board had determined to
demand my resignation. Before X had
any chance to see ou personal'), the sen
tenco of the boaid was proclaimed pub
licly In the newspaper.
The anostollo delegate about the snmo
time communicated to mc the dispatch ho
had received from Cardinal Rampolla. I
lepeated expressl to his excellency that
under no circumstances would 1, or could
I, remain In Washlrgton bejond the scliol
ustio year. I at tho yamo time remarked
to his excellency that I would In no wise
admit any appeal anco of any well-ground,
ed grievance against me.
I am therofcro faced by a two-fold fact.
On ono hand I cum.ot and wi:i not change
tho resolution to leave the university
within or nt least ut tho end of the schol
astic ear, on tho other hand tho uuws
paipcM havo published charges against
me which would bo brought bcfoio the
"board that ray character ns priest and
professor imposes upon mo tho Imperative
duty not to send mj resignation If I urn
mot vindicated im torau way ijnibJlely
against such accusations which I declare
to bo entirely faleo und calumnious.
In sajlng this-I do not consider what
has been said or wilttcn about my pics
enco at tho university being un nbstacio
to peace and hanrony among tho pio
fessors. I repeatedly expressed my views
of this point to several members of tho
boaid. If 1 am a stumbling block I am
convinced that I becamo suoh because I
did what I thought and still think to havo
been my duty. Hut n n. Catholic nnd a
prlost 1 also realize the fact that on uc
eount of tho sentiments and prejudices ex
isting in legard to mo In this house, peace
will not be ro-eutabashed without a sac
rifice on my part.
And I understand that fiom this stand
point member of tho board may find It
advisable for me to mako that sacrlllce.
I am ready to do so and will send my
resignation to his eminence, tho chancel
lor, within or At tho end of the scholastic
jear '97-'91 Moanwh'lo I must enjoy all
tho rights and privileges that belong to
my position as profcuscr ot dogmuUc the
ology. I felso expect that cvciy member of tho
AFRAID OF
board will pledge himself to seciecy con
cerning this, m letter. 1 must also add
that my resignation must bo conditional
on the approval of our holy father, and I
will notlfj his holiness Immediately of the
letter through Cardinal Steinhuber.
Joseph Schroeder.
Washington, B. C , Oct. 21, '97.
STHINHUBER'S LETTER.
Another impoitant document which
has figured In the case Is a letter from
Catdinal Steinhuber dated at Rome,
S"pt. 13, lb97. It is as follows.
This morning I had ,the opportunity to
ripeak with our holy futhci. When I re
marked that the hostility to ou Is duo
to the opinion that jou caused tho re
moval of Monslgnor Keano from tho post
of rector, the holy father Interrupted me,
saj Ing. "Ma questo rfon e vero. notn o
affato vero (but that is not true; It Is'not
truo at all"). Entirely of his own accoid
the holy father then expressed his views
relative to the question jou proposed to
me, his fevs coinciding oxactly wIMi
mine as already expressed to jou lies
sajs jou must not leave until It becomes
clear who jour successor will be. It it be
nt all likely that a suitable substitute can
bo found. In a woid the holy father is
opposed to jour hasty departure and de
sires to know clearly befoiehand what
the consequer.eps of such a step would be.
As Cardinal Stelnhuber's letter was
not an oflicial communication Inqulrj
was made direct to the Vatican, and
In response to this a cab'egrnm was
iccelved by Monslgnor Mn-tlntlll, the
papal delegate, on Sunday, substan
tial!)' as follows:
Tho holy father himself advised Mgr.
Schroeder not to send in his leslgnatlon
as a professor of tho university. It seems
that members of the board want to forco
him to do to. You i excellency may in a
dellcato way call their attention to tho
Impropilety Oconvenleiua) of such a
measure
The word "sconvenlenza ' Is given, ns
It is variously translated.
YELLOW FEVER
IS DEVELOPING
Nenrlv 1'ilty cvv Cnscs Reported
from Now ()rlenns--Snnntor Cngc a
Victlm--Situiilion in Other Places.
New Orleans. Oct. 22. Tonight at 7
o'clock the new cases of j-ellow fever
had reached nearly fifty, and there had
been no fewer than live deaths, of
which ono was that of a distinguished
citizen, Rev. Dr. Puiser, of tho Val
ence Street Baptist chinch. Tluee
cases developed today in tho asylum
for destitute orphan boys, and It seems
now as if every Institution of this
character in the city will be Infected to
some extent before the disease Is
stamped out. Eight or more havo nl
rendy reported cases. Tho list of new
eases has been swelled by three In the
home of State Senator Cage. Mr. Cage
was taken sick a few daj-s ago. His
wife, who nursed him, was stricken
todaj, nn were also a servant. Thcie
have been rumois of frost In the out
Ijlng countiy. Captain Keikham, of
the weather bureau, saj-a, howevei,
that tho temperature In Louisiana has
been entirely too high for frost, and
that none need be expected until No
vember. Jackson, MUs , Oct. 22. The state
board of health tonight Issued tho fol
lowing official statement.
The boaid has been advised of the
existence of a case of (suspicious fever
at Memphis, and In consequence, has
promulgated an older quaiaiitlnlug
against that city. One case Is report
ed from Cayagua; under ttcatment. 15
Bay St. Louis has one new case Clin
ton has eleven cases under tieutmeut
At Edwards theio aio four new cases
Memphis, Ten n , Oct 22. Pmddent
Thotnton, of the board of health, to
night olllclally declared that u case of
jellow fever exists In Memphis. Tjio
case Is that of B. H. McKeriln, le
poited hist night us suspicious, Ha Is
a yiud conductor, and was taken sick
Sunday.
Pounded Her with u Lamp,
Now York, Oct. 22 Patrick Burns quar-nlc-d
with Kate Gibbons, his slstcr-ln-law,
In their Brooklyn home lubt night
and pounded her over the head with a
heavy lamp. She Is expected to die. Burns
wua o Treated today. Ho is 23 jcura old.
THEIR TICKET.
PRESBYTERIANS AT
CHAMBERSBURG
Interesting Sessions ol the Synod Held
Yesterday.
BUSINESS OF THE MEETINGS
Dr. Ilnthnvvay Spends Against Sun
day Excursions, Newspapers nnd
HicyclON--A Big Tight Prccipltntod
by Dr. Krsklnc's Rcpoit--I)r. .Mc
JLcocl, of Scrnnton, Civcs Statistics.
Chambersburg, Pa., Oct. 22. At to-daj-'s
session of the Presbyterian
synod, the committee on synodlcal sus
tentatlon asked for an appropriation of
$30,000 next j-ear, $5,000 additional for
woik In now fields
Dr. I V. Hath iwuv. of New York,
secrJtaij' of the National Sabbath
Observance unlon.spoke against Sundaj"
exclusions, newspapeis and lilcycles.
Dr. David Mills, of Tnconv, submit
ted a lepoit on army chaplains. lie
stated there were thirl v-four chaplains
in the armj", four of v. horn were Pres
bj terlans. He recommended an in
crease in army chaplains to eoi respond
with the number of posts. The repoit
vas oidcied to bo nrln'cel and s nt to
congiesK
Di. Ilbenezcr Jiskln?, of Novvvllle,
read a lepoit on Sabbath observance.
The report picc!p!tatiel a big fight. It
lorommi-nded the avoidance of "scan
dalous sins" such as tho saloon, riding
on rallioud tialns, Sabbath excuisions,
Sundaj newspapers, trolley and bioj'cle
tiding. It was finally refened back to
the committee.
Dr. James McLood. of Scrinton, re
ported that durin;; the past year twen
ty mlnlstf is of the tynod had died.
W. II. Weaver, o Lincoln unlversltj',
addressed the synod on behalf of freed
tnen, asklm: further aid for a race al
wajs true to this country and which,
has nevr producM a single socialist
or nnaichlrt. Rev. J. V H. Schweitzer,
of PhlladOphh, spoke of work among
the Geirnns. Tho sjnod has seven
Geimir congieg.itlons, 1,490 members,
ai.d rnlJc.l $17,200 for various purposes
last rear.
A spltlted debate occurred on the
report ot the commute which visited
AVest Viiginlj. unlveislty. It lecom
mended the appointment of three min
isters to aid the Presbyterian associa
tion therewith such moral and finan
cial support ns necessiry.
Dr. Robert Hunter, of Philadelphia,
was re-elected stat3 clerk for three
j ens, nnd Dr. J. J Bearorn, ot Pitts
burg, pennanent clnk. Tonight the
board of foreign missions' held a meet
ing, and en address was made by Dr.
AilhVir J. Brown, secretary of the
board. A recjptlon followed.
BUTLER'S SUICIDE.
Philadelphia Ir.suruuco Agent Tnltcs
Strvchninc nt the I'litnnni House.
New Yoik, Oct. 22 James L. Butler,
who came heie from Philadelphia two
weeks ago and became tin ageiv for a
gas company at No 10 East Fourteenth
street, committed suicide last night,
taking uttychnliio In a room at the
Putnam house.
Butler and his wife had been living
in apartments at a house in Fifteenth
street. Last night Butler went to tho
Putnam house, engaged a room for tho
night and letlrccl, When the hall boy
went to his loom today to call him he
found the door ajar. After knocking
on the door nnd receiving no response,
ho enleied and found Butler Ijlng on
tho bed. On tho buieim was found n
bottle of whlto liquid and an open let
ter. The letter lead:
Oflicial To whom It maj concern. This
requests jou to penult Mr. Stephen Jlei
rllt, of No. .'11 West Tvvcntv-third street,
this rltj-, to'tako charge of my body for
Its final disposition.
Tho cause for my ending Is to avoid
wxirso coikUII iiv h tunlty. Reecntly for
a few moments my mental condition infs
been Intermitted with a. languid tfiidencj',
I did this. If vll, to avoid a worm' ami
jfi eater mil. With good will to all nin, 1 1
nsk for tho chcirlty of silence and beg
for the sako of gentle cnes who love ray
verj Infirmities nnd believing that tho
chivalry of my fellows will grant this
charity. I am,
James L Butler, aged 53.
At the bottom of the letter In lead
pencil wns a postscript as follows:
Putnam House, 2 50 p. in. A few m!n
uteswlll end me. The emulsion Is strjeh
nlno and milk.
Tho suicide, who was at one time an
agent for an Insurance company, cai
ried s large Insurance on his life. Mrs.
Butler could not be seen today,. Mr.
James Campbell, who Is connected
with Merrltt'tt undertaking establish
ment, said that Butler's family in
Phladelchla Is a nromlnent one.
Philadelphia, Oct. 22 The name of
James L. Butler does not appear In the
Philadelphia dlrectorj-, and there is
no family of that name prominent In
tho social circles of this city.
Killed by a Lunatic.
Great Barrlngton, Mass. Oct 2i Geo.
Spencer, of Harlsvllle, died today from
injuries Inflicted by Nathaniel Mosel), a
demented man. spencer wub shot In his
own dooiwaj- last Saturday morning, tho
contents of a shotgun taking effect in tho
top of his head Jlosely is still missing.
It Is possible- that he has died from ex-
posuro in the hills to which he fled.
Stenm.ihlp Arrivals.
New York, Oct. 2J Cleared. La Gis
cogne, Havre: Urr.brla, Liverpool. crra.
Naples, Havel, Bremen. Southampton
sallou: Augusta victoria, New vok.
Liverpool Sailed: Taurlr New i'ork.
Genoa Arrived1 Kaiser Wllhclm II, New
York. Hamburg Arrived: Pueist Bis
maick, New York
Tilth Victim Dies.
Cincinnati, O, Oct. 22. Jicob Weil, a
prominent met chant, who was injured in
tho collapse of Robinson's opera house a
week ago, died toda), making the fifth
victim of that accident Three others are
still in a serious condition.
A POLITICAL POINTER
If you Indorse the freo traJe and frce
sltver Chicago platform ns tho Lacka
wanna Democracy docs, "fully and
without reserve," then woik and vote
for ScJhadt, Horn, et. al. If you be
lieve In McKlnley, protection and pros-peritj-,
turn these agents of Brjan
down.
The Herald's Weather Forecast.
New York, Oct. 22 In tho middle states
and New England, todaj", partly cloud) to
fair and slightly warmer weather will pre
vail, with fresh to light northeasterlj and
northerly winds, becoming variable, pre.
ceded by cloudiness on the coasts In the
morning.
THE NEWS THIS MOHNINU.
Weather Indications Today:
Qinerslly Fair; Northeast Winds
1 General England's Rcfi'scil to Enter
Into a Bimetallic Agreement.
Correspondence Relative to tho Case of
Monslgnor Schroeder,
Presbj terlan S) nod at Chambersburg.
Development of Yellow Fever.
Tho Nuw York Campaign.
2 State Capitol Building Commission
Adopts Design for the New Kdiilce.
Annlveieaiy of the Battle of Red
Bank.
3 Local City Cannot Collect License
Feei from Transient Merchants.
Coutt Proceedings.
New Street Car Fender.
4 Bdltnilal.
Comment of tho Press.
5 Local Social and Personal.
RellgloiiH News of tho Week.
C Local Demoetats Out Looking for tho
Wherewithal.
Kimoith Leaguers Will Meet In Elm
Patk Church.
7 Local Spirited Republican Sleeting In
Tajlnr.
High and Training School Commllteo
In a Turmoil.
8 Lov-al West Side nnd Stlbuiban,
9 Lackawanna County New.
10 Slory "Perchunce to Dream."
11 Sunday School Lesson for Tomonow,
Notts of an Intel view with John
lluskiu.
Bloodiest Man in History.
13 Neighboring County Happenings,
Financial and Commervlil, .
Great Number of Politi
cal Mass Meetings
Are Held.
MEETING AT THE CASINO
General Tracy One of the
Principal Speakers.
Independence Hall Dcmoorney nt
Cooper Union-. . ludgo M nn Wyck's
Letter--CnrI Schur. tho Chioi
Speaker at tho Meeting ot Gormnn
Amcricnn Reform Union--Hcnry
Coorgo on tho Plntlbrni--Spcochcs
By Col. I'rcd Grant and Others,
New York, Oct. 22. A great number
of political mass meetings were held
throughout the- metropolitan district
tonight, and the champions for the dlf
feient mayoralty candidates wcio out
in foiee. Senator John Ford presided
at a Republican meeting held in the
Atlantic cnslno, this city, at which
Geneial Tracy was the principal speak
er. He said, In pnit:
Bejond tho consequences to jou as citi
zens of New York, thero are intoresls at
stnko which concern jou as citizens of
tho Union. It Is idle to say thftt tho result
of this election in a city of thice and a
quarter millions people more than tho
colonies had at tho tlmo of tho Revolution
is to havo no Iniluenco out'ldo of tho
city. It is recognized bv nil tho pooplo
outside that tho result of this election Is
bound to havo a great influence In tho na
tional election of l'JOO
The Republican party was the gulwark,
tho rall)lng point to which patriotic Dem
ocrats flockeel to innko a last stand for
tho honor and integrity of tlKlr country
when It was threatened bv Bryanlsm last
year. Brjinlsm is not dead; tho fight
against it Is not jet ovei.
They say tho government of a city Is
business and not political. This Is truly
a strange doctrine. What is politics.
Politics, my friends, is nothing moro than
governmental policy There Is no differ
ence between tho (politics of a nation, a.
state or a dtj There is a business side
and a political side In the government ot
a nation, a state, or a cltv.
Cooper Union wns filled to the doors!
with adherents of the Independence
hall Democracy, to ratify the nomin
ation of the Tammany ticket. The In
dependence hall Democracy has for lt.s
leaders Julius Harburger and Ernest
Hnivler, and has declared for tho
Tammany ticket because of the Raines
law. The latter was made the feature
of the speeches In the evening, and
Mr. Harburger tnlked for forty-five
minutes on that subject.
JUDGH VAN WYCK.
Judge Van Wjck, It was expected,
would be present ut the meeting, but
he did not go. Instead he sent a let
ter which was read at the meeting. Tho
lettei, In part, follows:
I stand with jou In heaitj seppoit of
tho utterances on the Impoitant subjects
uf homo rule and personal llbert) m.iJti
in tho platform of tho Democratic con
vention which hcnoitd mo with Its nomi
nation. Wo belle vo that home rule Is is
sentlal to tho ptcsci vatlon of llbeity J ho
Democratic party fctunds for tho niprc
iraey ot tho iruuklpallty In matters of
local governrrcnt We denounce as a
usurpation of tho lights of both the Indi
vidual and tho municipality any attempt
of the stato leglslatuie to dictate the cus
toms, habits and pursuits ot our citizens.
We condemn tho icpented flagrant vlo
Hllons of our rights In this legaid by the
lie publican majorlt) in the state legMa
tuie e be'.leve that undei free Institutions
tin onl) picper function ot government Is
to providofor the convenience, well being
ond protection of tho people nnd that all
laws that unduly ubildge the personal
right of the citizens In the practice of In
nocent customs und In tho uursult of
haimlexs pleasure until icpealtvl shall tm
care full) construed and liberally admlii;
Istcred.
Wo denounce the s)tem of unlawful ar
rest and detent lun that has grown up in
disregard of the coircct principles of gov
ernment as a development ot tho nibt
trary exerelso of ofllci il povvei. and wo
demand a. strict observance of all legul t
qulrements before any cltlrcn shall be de
prlved of his libertj .
A Citizens' union mass meeting vaa
held at Cl'imont rink In Brooklyn, un
der auspices of the G"rman-Amerlcnii
P.efoini union ot NW York, at which
Dr John W. Shlldgo presided and the
chief HpeaKer of tho evening was Hon.
Carl Schui7 Resolutions weie adopt
ed denouncing the Tammany Hall can
didates as "notoriously nothing but
tools of one man" denouncing tlw Re
publican candlelit s ns "equally under
the subjection ot one man," Henry
Geoige as 'a dt earner and a theorist,
who has never Htudled municipal piob
lems and 'vhose administration would
undoubtedly In a falluie," nnd pledg
ing the suppoit of the Got mans to Seth,
Low,
BOUQliUT FOR LOW.
A letter was received fiom Oswald
Ottentloifer, propiletnr and editor of
tho New Yoik Stints Zeltung, in which
he said: "In Seth Low we hav . a man
who It it Is nt nil feasible will bring
some a) stem and order Into the chaos
which will follow tlu enaction of the
clnrter for Greater Ne-v York. The
misfortune of ,v vlctmy on tho part ot
eltlwr the Democrats or Republicans
at tlili uleeMun would Increase tho cha
os and would produce nlmycH with
which nn entlio generation might
stiugglo in Mllll."
Henry George made the muiids of
the east slda tonight la iv carriage, ac
companied b) his wife and two friends
and III tho set-ei'al halls he visited ho
was greeted by largo and onthuhtacstla
audlenccH who accorded hlni an ova
tion. Colonel Ficd. I). Grant presided ovep
a Republican rally tonight at the Cen
ti al Oieia house, Thero was an au
dience of 2,000.