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HASTINGS
ANSWERS
SWALLOW
Exposes Falsity of the
Latter's Numerous
Charges.
WILFUL LIBELS NAILED
Also Pays His Bespects to Candidate
Jenks, a Sample of Whose Menda
cious Mis-Statements -Is Dissected.
Facts nnd Figures to Be Pondered
by Every Voter No Apology Made
for Legislators Who Betrayed
Their Trust, But the Republican
Party Ample to Punish Its Own
Evil Boers.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10. Hefore an uudi
ence which taxed the capacity of the
Academy of Music last night. Governor
Hastings paid his respects to Rev. Dr.
Swallow. He said:
As a humble member ot the Repub
lican party who has been honored by
It and by the people of the state with
the- highest ofllce within Its gift, I am
hero this evening1, not no much for the
purpose of discussing the national fea
tures of the campaign, but to render
to you and the people of the state some
nccount of my stewardship. The peo
ple have the right to demand a faith
ful, just and honest administration of
the public service. Nothing short of
this will satisfy the public demand.
Every unfaithful act of a citizen in
olllclal station is not only a blow de
livered agalt free government, but Is
a wrong co- Itted against every other
citizen of t tate and a reproach and
an Injury to tho party that honored
htm.
On the other hand, let it be kept be
fore the people that money Is not the
only property that men in olilclal sta
tion are entitled to possess. A good
name has value in the public market.
We have the best authority for the
statement that it "Is rather to be chose-n
than great riches," and that lie who
robs me of that treasure is a greater
thief than he who steals my sliver or
loots a bank.
The human mind Is so constituted
that men may differ In Judgment upon
almost every conceivable question and
do it honestly "ui from the fairest and
best motive. who undertakes the
performance . .1 public duty and falls
only in the Judgment, or from lack of
Judgment, will not be placed in the
same category with him who under
takes the same duty with dishonest
and corrupt motives, no matter what
the end mav be. When a man does a
good act. his motives nre rarely ques
tioned. The wrong act or the wicked
act must have a bad motive behind it,
and courts and Juries in meting out
Justice inquire as earnestly for the mo
tive as for the wicked fact,
CHATtGES MADE.
It is my purpose to call your atten
tion to some of the arguments being
repeated daily throughout the com
monwealth charging wrongdoing by
some of the state officials who hold
their position by my appointment, or
for whose official conduct It Is charged
I am responsible.
I. One of the candidates for gover
nor in February last year charged in
a religious newspaper, of which he was
editor, "That new metal furnishings
have been paid for by the state, but
old ones in use by the state carried
into the state house cellar, cleaned and
returned, were made to personate the
new ones paid for."
"That In the purchase of material and
labor for making additions, alterations,
repairs and refurnishing the capitol
buildings, and cellars and grounds, also
for the executive mansion and now for
Grace church, the state has lost many
thousands of dollars as the result of
an unfair system of competitive bid
ding. In other words, that the cost to
the state has been two, three, four, as
high as eight times, in some instances,
as much as it should have been, nnd
that not all of this money went to the
persons furnishing tho materials and
labor, and further that at least some
of the board of public grounds nnd
buildings custodians have guilty knowl
edge of this excessive cost." These
charges. If true, should have made It
impossible for me to appear before this
audience or to hold tho office of gov
ernor for nnother day.
WHAT FOLLOWED.
Lot me tell you what followed the
publication which I have Just read to
you. Its author was Immediately ar
rested on the charge of criminal libel.
He was taken into the criminal court.
Ho was tried by a jury of his peers and ty court above referred to, the ca mil
was convicted. The verdict of the Jury date, in his defense, brought out of
was "guilty.' He applied for a new ' course everything that ho could to Jus
trial. It was refused, unci, the trial tlfy his charges In regard to the fitting
Judge, in his opinion refusing a new i up of Grace church, and lnamuch us
trial, Inter alia, said: "The Indictment 'he was found guilty of rVimlnul libel,
alleged that these paragraphs (the after producing nil the testimony wlth
quotatlons Just read) were published In bis reach, it Is hardly worth the tlm
"of and concerning' the members nml of this audience to im.ke nnv fnrthnr
superintendent of the board of public
grounds and buildings and that the
manning of the purpgrapns was to
charge them with 'kmmlngly and cor
rurtly and fraudulently cheating ar.d
defrauding the commonwealth, and
with fraudulently and corruptly ml3.
us'rjg and misappropriating to them
selven and to othars the public moneys
of the Commonwealth.' Defendant ad
mitted the publication, but denied ttvn
he Intended It to refer to the board or
its members, or that it In fact charged
them with the offense allegc-d In tie
Indictment.
"The burden was of course on the
commonwealth to prove that these
paragraphs would be understood by (he
public to charge1 the mirbers and
superintendent of the board or some
of them, as alleged In the Indictment,
and the Jury were Instructed that If
the commonwealth failed In this proof,
defendant could not be convicted. In
view of the verdict, wo must assume,
the Jury found with the commonwealth
on these points.
"To establish the defence that the
publication had not been maliciously
or malignantly made, defendant testi
fied at lensth. giving in detail ull the
facts claimed to be within his own
knowledge, and all the information that
ho had received which led him to make
the publication; and nothing of this
kind, however remote, wa .vrimied
Since then the convicted editor bus
mercilessly abused the trial Judge, the
Jury, the opposing lawyers and the
prosecutor, and Is still going about the
state, reiterating the same charges, par
ticularly about Grace church. Who
would not commend at Icnit his mis
directed energy7 Ills defense must
have been well prepared. He was In
defatigable. Ho left no stone unturned.
Ho was several times at my stable
cross-examining my hostler and tho
cook In our kitchen to tlnd something
In the garbage or the manure pile to
Injure me or my family.
ANOTHER CHAHOE.
IT. A sain this candidate in the same
paper charged "That articles have been
furnished for the soldiers' orphans'
schools that cost tho state eight fold
more than reliable bidders were will
ing to furnish the same articles for."
The soldiers' orphans' school commis
sion Immediately held a meeting In the
executive chamber, Its members con
sisting of General Gobln, Senator
Mitchell, Captain William F. Stewart,
Hon. Ira F. Mansfield, Hon. Robert M.
Foster, Colonel Ezra H. Ripple and
Captain George W. Skinner. The mem
bers of the commission at once re
solved to arrest him and the warrant
was served. When ho faced tho Jury.
his princinal defense was that there
was no malice Intended. This was the
(list case tried nnd the jury leniently
found him "not guilty but pay the
costs." It was In effect notice to him
that we will let you off this time, but
pay the costs and don't do It again.
I am sure you will admire his mod
esty when I tell you that he shortly
afterward wrote me a letter hero It. Is,
I hold It In my handr asking me to
donate Mm fome tr.i ney to help pay
tliese very costs. This Is the letter:
"Harrlsburg, Pa.. Nov. 16, 1S97.
"Governor Daniel H. Hastings:
My Dear Sir: The suit against me
on the charge of having libeled the
commission of soldiers' orphans'
schools, of which you are a member,
should never have been brought, as I
am now prepared to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of all concerned. Including
the taxpayers of the stnte.
"The JCGO bill of court expenses. In
cluding the nnmes of many witnesses
who were never subpoenaed, should not
have neon Inclined, or at least should
not have been placed on me.
"The bill of expenses over and above
$660, and which I was compelled to In
cur in my defense, Including my wit
nesses, my time, my lawyers" fees, and
Incidental expenses, amounting in all
to $1,250. ls-a burden I should not and
will not be compelled to bear unaided.
"In view of all the circumstances, the
commission should, and can well afford
to pay both of these bills, aggregating
$1,910, or less than $175 for each of the
eleven commissioners. This should be
attended to by or before December 1.
1897. Yours truly,
S. C. Swallow."
STILL ANOTHER.
III. The same candidate hns charged
repeatedly on the stumn and in the
newspapers "that the sum of $S,330.01
was paid for carpenter work on the
rose propagutlng house which the state
authorities admitted was not worth, In
cluding material and labor, more than
$1,800."
The rose propagating house referred
to was built under an act of the lesls
lature of the session of 1895, In which
in the general appropriation bill the
sum of $1,800 was appropriated. The
language used In' the act Is as follows;
"For the payment of the erection, con
struction, completion and furnishing of
a rose propagating house the sum of
one thousand eight hundred dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary."
Under this act a house was built forty
ilve feet long by forty feet wide. In
two sections, each twenty feet wide, a
roof and ends being covered with glass,
having brick foundations about four
feet high, six rows of shelves each
about three and one-half feet wide, one
row down the center of eacli house be
ing double, two four-foot projecting
vestibules, one to the entrance of each
house, two rows of brick walks down
the entire length of each building, and
across their ends, ono boiler houso slx
toen feet four Inches by sixteen feet,
constructed of brick, with metal roof,
and having a brick smokestack about
twenty to twenty-five feet high, con
taining two separate and distinct hot
water boilers connected with lines of
four-inch hot water pipes running
through the entire length of the two
propagating houses mentioned, and of
sufficient heating capacity to maintain
tho temperature at a proper degree to
protect the plants during the coldest
weather, patent iron ventilating lifts
and supports running the entire length
of both of the houses, operating simul
taneously, hinged sash that run the en
tire length of the roof of both of these
buildings, together with all the exca
vation, masonry, carpenter work, glass.
Iron, painting, nnd material of every
kind, finished complete for use, for the
sum of $1,800, the amount appropriated,
built by Charles H. Miller, who took
the bid.
I have these figures token from the
record of the auditor general of the
state. The statement, therefore, that
this building cost over eight thouonnd
dollars Is utterly and unqi uKt'.e Uy
false, and I challenge nny practical
builder who understands the value of
material and labor to construct a
duplicate of this building for nny
smaller sum than was paid for this rose
propagating house, by the board of pub
lic buildings and grounds of the com
monwealth, nnd 1 ulso challenge any
man to show that the building In ques
tion cost more than $3,800.
GRACE CHURCH.
IV. At tho trial In tlu Dminlilii rnnn.
...4 ..... .......
' reference to It. As a matter of fact.
the church wus (itted up for the occu
papcy of tiis legislature In four days
and four nlghtM I took pctsonal charge
of the work myself, and If the Dauphin
county jury hud brought In a verdict
of acquittal, there might be fume
ground on which the defendant might
rest his allegations. It was necessary
to fit up rooms for the Bonatc and
house of representatives. The cellar
was utilized for committee roomy.
There were required new bolters, par
titions, windows, electric light, steam
heat, plumbing, r. tiring rooms, desks,
chain', tables, camels and what-ver
else wns necessary to make the church
habitable by the legislature ItB officers
and employes. Every bidder who hud
obtained, after competitive bidding, the
yearly contract tor furnishing the sup
plies to the state government, was
summoned and Uliected to do his part
of the work by the following Monday
night.
The fire occurred on a Tuesday. The
contractors went to work on Wednes
day, and although the church was not
completed, tho church was huhltabto
for the lcElsluture, nnd tho two houses
met on Monday evening according to
my promise to thein. There was n dis
position among tho members of the
general assembly to take a recess for
thirty days, f
I was opposed to the recces, and it
was only when I gave them my per
sonal word that the building would be
ready for their occupancy on the fol
lowing Monday night, that they ac
ceded to my wishes, A delay of thirty
days would have cost the stute, at a
conservative estimate, between twenty
and thirty thousand dollars, perhaps
more than tho latter figure. The old
capitol building was completely de
stioycd by fire. Nothing but a smalt
amount of furniture was saved. Mark
you, every contractor was required to
furnish his material and do the work,
under his contract price for the year,
after the competitive bidding and let
ting on the pievious first of June. Two
sets and sometimes three sets of work
men worked alternately through twenty-four
hours of each day. The desks,
chairs, tables, bookcases and paper
flies comprised a large part of the ex
pense, amounting to $16,511.68. The
lumber used was measured after it was
tint In place and paid for on that meas
urement. I am Informed the defend
ant hlirelf had It measured, at least
he had the opportunity to have It meas
ured for use in his triuland still the
Jury found him guilty. Since his con
viction, he has been as assiduous In
repeating his chnrges as he was before.
This must convince the people of the
stute the kind of regard he has for laws
and courts as after his conviction he
continues to repeat the crime for which
he was convicted.
PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES.
It may be proper for me to say that
the present law providing for the pur
chase of supplies for the state govern
ment is modelled after that in force by
the federal government nt Washing
ton. Rv our law and the Constitution
there Is a maximum price fixed for each
article and the commission Is required
to give contracts to the lowest respon
sible bidders, each bidder being re
quired to bid such percentage as he may
desire off the ninxlmum figure. The
law requires that each Item must be
advertised for bids In twelve news
papers of the state and that not more
than three of the twelve shall be In
the same county. Any person desiring
to bid on any articles can apply to the
board of public grounds and buildings
through Its representative, who fur
nishes the schedule of maximum prices.
He cun make out his bid and hold It
until the day of letting, which Is pub
lic, In the executive chamber, where all
bids are opened. The contracts arc by
law leqillred to be awarded to the low
est responsible bidder, who must fur
nish a bond for the faithful perform
ance of bis contract. All parties have
a right to be present nnd the awards
are made publicly and each and every
bidder has the opportunity to see and
examine the bids of his rivals for the
contiacts. Inasmuch as the material
furnished and work done Is for the
slate, the rivalry for the contracts Is
always spirited.
SWALLOW PRICES.
V. Mr. James Campbell, the factory
Inspector, had prepared a list of slate
supplies and prices as furnished by
competitive bidders under the law to
the state and then had his agent go to
the book store In Harrlsburg kept by
the defendant candidate and purchased
certain articles of the some kind, at the
prices demanded by the candidate In
his store. He has made a duplicate
statement of the same, which I hold In
my hand, which shows that the prices
charged at his book store average about
sixty per cent, higher than wus paid
by the state under the competitive bid
ding, which 1 have just described to
you. The statement Is as follows;
State. Swallow. Per
Cent.
1 drawing pen, ivory
handle, with Joint, No.
536 K. & E $2 41 !!ti 10
1 quart mucilage 5:i CO 13
1 ream typewriting paper,
8-10 S4 1 00 19
1 Congress Ivory paper
cutter, extra heavy, 10-
luch 90 1 10 22
2 reams typewriting paper.
8-13 1 Gt 2 00 22
1 compass, 5-lnch, with
pencil, pen and needle
point, No. 415 K. ff E... 3 04 G 23 24
1 pound of sea Island
twine 20 25 23
1 box of Underwood's car
bon paper, purple, S-13. 3 13 4 00 27
1 box of 100 sheets W. S.
& R. carbon paper. No.
1, black, S-13 3 08 4 00 30
5 gross Faber's No. 30
bands 26 33 34
1 dozen of Mount Holly
tablets, No. 301 39 84 42
1 ream of Mt. Holly crown
linen. 10 lbs. to ream 2 32 3 30 42
1 dozen Dixon's pencils,
No. 929 or 928 2S 40 43
1 box Mlddleton's paper
fasteners. 100 In box.... Hi 23 44
1 ream of Mt. Holly legal
cap, blue lined record,
18 lbs. to ream 2 07 3 00 43
,4 dozen Day's rubber
penholders. No. 1 15 22 47
1 drawing pen. Ivory
handle, with Joint, 1-
ineh, No. 523 N. K. ft E.. 95 1 40 17
1 Remington ribbon
(black)
1 Remington ribbon
(blue)
50
50
11
50
1 gross Easterlironk pens, 41 62
1 ream of Mt. Molly com
mercial note paper, 7 lbs.
to ream 75 1 15 53
1 Miller Pros, steel eravcr.
No. 68G 20 40 54
1 ream of Mt. Holly Con-
Bros letter paper, ruled,
12 lbs. to ream 1 2S 2 00 56
1 ream of Mt. Holly paper.
Congress cap. 14 lbs to
ream
1 quart Stafford's fluid...
I MueUlo's envelope
opener
1 box Spenceilan pens...
1 W. S. .i li. non-lllllng
typewriting ribbon ....
1 boxwood pin cup
40 2 .VI r,s
07 CO 62
1-1 2.'i fit
CO 1 00 66
50 S3 C'J
21 40 C7
I pair Seymour scissors,
full nickel, pocket size,
D-lnoh 27 4n C7
1 pint Carter's crimson
Ituld ."(! 93 70
1 i.-,jc of McGlll's fast-
jniis, round head, No. I 7
Mi iotvn Excelsior pocket
diatles. deal, K. ft T
No. 457 1 92
1 Mullln's paper weight.
12 71
leather covered, No. 2 A.
U groan E. Faber's rub
ber bands, No. C'J
1 cut glass paper weight,
2Mj Inches square
U dozen of typewriter nil
Vi dozen of No Plus Ultra
10
11
21
37
70 75
20 S2
40 ?0
75 100
brass pins, assorted
sizes 10 20 100
1 boxwood ruler, brass
edge, 12-Inch 17 35 105
1 rubber ruler, Schram's,
12-Inch 11 23 109
1 spiral pen rack, nickel.. 4 10 l'.O
1 dozen tablets 59 150 154
Vi ream of Mt. Holly type-
writing paper, special,
cream bond, 8-13 40 110 175
1,000 circulars 71 2 50 250
200 cards nnd printing.... 31 1 50 384
ANOTHER FALSEHOOD.
VI. On last Saturday night In this
hall, and standing on this platform,
this same candidate made the follow
ing charge:
"In Grace church they bought 146,000
feet of lumber when only GG.000 feet
were used. Thoso familiar with their
methods say that they had the lumber
carried In by the front door, charged
to the stnte, and then removed half of
It by a back window, but I do not
vouch for this. Put that 146,000 were
charged to the state while tho amount
used wns CG.000 I do vouch for. The
bills were regularly 'O. K.' and would
have been paid had wo not nrrested
them."
The nnswer to this assertion is, that
It Is not true. The state did not buy
ono hundred and forty-six thousand
feet of lumber, as alleged; neither did
the state buy 06,000 feet of lumlier, as
stated by the candidate. It did buy
exactly 115,232 feet of lumber and paid
for It the sum of $2,910.01. The total
cost of the lumber that went Into the
church repairing was $2,910.01, and the
total cost of the planing mill and car
penter work was $2,382.51, making a
total cost of the lumber nnd the labor
upon It of $3,292.55. Here are the bill
and the voucher for It over the hand
and seal of the auditor general of the
state.
RURNINO OF CAPITOL.
VII. Again, this candidate for gov
ernor has declared In bis newspaper
and on the stump that the burning of
the state capitol building was by de
sign and that it wan done for the pur
pose of burning up public, documents
which might be used as testimony
against certain members of the Re
publican party; and that "further,
there is convicting evidence of crimi
nal carelessness and neglect on the part
of the state housa custodians."
The last sentence, quoted from his
newspaper, contains a serious charge
In no ambiguous terms. After this
statement he was called upon to tes
tify before the joint committees of the
two branches of the general assembly
on public grounds nnd buildings. He
was sworn to tell the truth, and then
under oath he did not In any way,
either directly or indirectly, Indicate
that he had at any time regarded the
building as having been set on lire by
design. He could give no names of the
guilty: he- could furnish no witnesses;
he could give no data; he rould do
nothing, not even repeat the assertion
made In his paper and so at last he
declared, under oath, "I have already bodies of sailors. Four nre vet unlden
testifled to all the facts within my per- 1 tilled, Including those of two elderly
sonul knowledge in relation to the cnpl- I
tol building, anil so far as I can recall
them. Any further testimony would be
hearsay evidence and I have heard I
nothing from anyone responsible for i
the care of the building burned." This ,
testimony Is contained In the leglslu- j
live record, pages "li and 72S inclusive.
and there Is not a scintilla of evidence j
given uy mm or anyone eise 10 sup-
port his charge of carelessness or ne- j
s I
At a later date, in an nrtlcle pub
lished in the "Pennsylvania Metho
dist," of February 11. 1898, he inti
mates! that the building was burned In
order that valuable papers and docu
ments relating to the treasury investi
gation might be destroyed. When
called upon the witness stand, he ad
mitted writing the article and said that
when he wrote It. he had In view a
statement which he hnd seen in the
Philadelphia newspapers bearing on the
subject and averred that It wus made
"op the statement of gentlemen who
profess to know what they were talk
ing about." He refused to give the
names of the gentlemen who had given
him the information and has not yet
done so, although a year and a half
has elapsed since the Investigation was
held. Everybody, at all familiar with
the facts, knows there was not a rec
ord relating to the treasury or any
other department on file In the build
ing burned.
COMPOUNDING FELONY.
A citizen of this commonwealth, who
Is a candidate for the highest office
within the gift of the people, who with
holds Information from the public,
which he avers Is "convicting evidence"
of the destruction of the capitol build
ing of our commonwealth for the pur
pose of destroying valuable papers and
documents relutlng to an investigation
of the state treasury then being made,
charges an awful crime, and, in with
holding the evidence, if It exists, com
mits himself a. greater crime against
the people. He Is constantly repeating
the charge, but he steadfastly with
holds the proof of guilt which ho avers
he possesses. No citizen need be told
that if he is telling the truth It is his
solemn duty to go to the nearest magis
trate and inako his Information and
furnish the names of tho witnesses. If
ho fulls to do hi duty in this regard,
he Is worse than nn assassin.
He has latterly In his public! utter
ances been declaring that he has tho
advice of ahle counsel to the effect that,
under the lnw, the nttorney general Is
the only citl'eu of the state who has
the power and whose duty it Is to prose
cute thoso whom he alleges to be guilty,
and he has, Just as often, In his news
paper and on the stump, called upon
Continued on Page 1.
POSITION POR GRANT.
He Will Do Given Command of the
District of San Juan.
Ponce. Porto Rico, Oct. Ifi. The Stars
and Stripes will be formally raised at
San Juan on Tuesday.
Rrlgadicr General Fred D. Grant will
be given command of the district of
San Juan, comprising the jurisdictions
of Areclbo, Hayamo and Humaeoa,
with the adjacent islands.
Rrlgadicr General Guy V. Henry
will then be gheo commnnd of tho
othei- portions; of Porto Rico.
INSURGENTS ACTIVE.
Filipinos fit la Cr.spl Interfere with
American Ship.
Manila, Oct. 16. Tho Insurgents at
La Caspl have prevented the American
steamer Heriuanos from loading or un
leadlng, on the ground that there were
Spaniards on board.
They also refined to allow an ofllcer
of tho United State?, cruiser Raleigh to
land without permission of General
Aguliutldo.
Agoncillo nt Paris.
Paris, Oct. 10. Senor Auonclllo, special
envoy of tho Philippine insurgent gov
ernment, arrived at Havre by La Tour
nine today and reached Paris late this
afternoon. He bus apartments at the
Hotel Continental, ohm the same floor
with tho members of the United Stntes
peace commission, whom he camo to hee
residing tho fato of the Philippines but
whom ho has not yet met.
Steamship Arrivals.
Nov York. Oct. 18. Arrived: Umbrla,
Liverpool. Balled: Rhynlnnd. South
ampton. Havre Arrived: La Touralne,
New York. Quornstown Stilled: Lu
canla. (from Liverpool) for New York.
Flaherty Would Eight.
Now York, Oct. 10. Martin Flaherty,
the Lowell, Mass., featherwelsht pugil
ist, is out with a challenge to meet any
man in the world from ISO to 134 pounds,
Tommy White, of Chlcaeo, preferred.
THE PASSENGERS
OF THE MOHEGAN
COMPANY'S STATEMENT RE
GARDING THEIR FATE.
Only Eleven Were Saved Ten Bodies
Recovered and Thirty-Threo Miss
ing List of Thoso Recovered.
Cause of the Disaster a Profound
Mystery.
London, Oct. 16. The Atlantic trans
port company issued the following
statement this evening regarding the
fate of the passengers and crew of
the steamer Mohcgan, which was
wrecked last Friday evening off the
Lizard, between the Manacles nnd the:
Lowlands;
"Of the passengers eleven have been
B.aved, ten bodies have been recovered,
and thirty-three are missing.
"Of tho crew and cattlemen thirty
nine have been saved, fourteen bodies
have bcn recovered and fifty-one are
mlaslns." f
Since this statement has been Issued
nine bodies have been picked up. In
cluding two that have been Identified
us those of passengers.
The reports of the different corres
pondents differ widely as to the res
cues, recoveries nnd losses, though
none have been able to obtain the ex
act number of thoso saved or the bod
ies recovered.
The bodies of the following passen
gers have been recovered: T. W.
King, Edna King, Master King. James
r.lackey, Miss H. M. Cow-en, Dr. Fal
lows, 11. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. T. M.
Luke. George Seymour, Mrs. L. H.
Wnrrener.
The latest advices from Falmouth
this evening says that thirty-nine bod
ies have been Identified, mostly the
ladles. One nonpars to be a Germnn.
She wore a watch nnd a wedding ring
both engraved "1871." The other wore
a sllved brooch with the letter "D" In
pearls. This Is probably the body of
Mrs. Charles Duncan.
Nine of the bodies have been brought
to Falmouth, the others to the village
church at St. Keverne. The rescued
passengers are being sheltered at cot-
tmraa (ilfinti- tVia uhiv.-i n n .1 lm npnni
n.i i"iiu 111- miuit; fltlt Lll 1,1111 i.
the sailors' home at Falmouth.
Tugs have been cruising In the Vicin
ity all day, despite the very rough
weather. In hope of picking up other
bodies.
THE CAUSE A MYSTERY.
The cause of the disaster remains the
profoundest mystery. Nobody attempts
to expluln how the Mohcgan got bo far
north of her true course from six to
seven miles. There was no fog at the
time: while the wind on her port quar
ter was not sufficient to prevent, her
answering the helm." It has been sug
gested that her compass was faulty;
but daylight lasted long after Eddy
stone light wns passed.
The Bailors) say the fact that the Liz
ard light was not visible should have
served to give the alarm.
The masts of the Mohegan, which are
above water, show that her stern Is
landward, causing a theory that the
navigating olHcer, on discovering that
he was In the bay, . suddenly turned
seaward. Two engineers .vho are saved
declare, however, that they never slack
ened speed.
Remarkable stories of rescues con
tinue. Robert Harrow, a seaman, per
formed the feat of swimming unaided
through the roughest water to Cover-
ack Point, a distance of two and one
half miles. He climbed up the ragged
cliff, where ti searching party found
him early the next morning completely
exhausted. A C. L. Smith, of Oregon,
a passenger, surrendered to a woman
In the watVr wreckase that was sup
porting him and swam ashore unaided.
The woman wns saved. Her name Is
reported as Miss Webb, but no such
name appears in the company's list.
Mopsrs. Smith and W. J. liloomlng
dale say there was the greatest diffi
culty In launching the boats. The ropes
were new and stiff, and tho blocks
would not work. Four or five times ns
many sailors ns should have been nec
essary struggled to lower each boat.
The lockers were hard to open.
The crew, In a chivalrous effort to
save the women, made the mistake of
undermnnnlng the boats. There were
only four sailors In one Ivoat, which
capsized r.ci soon as It was launched.
Messrs. Smith nnd Hloomlngdale say
that Captain Griffiths had appeared ill
all day.
The death of T. W. King, who was a
newspaper proprietor at Nantucket.
Mass., and of his family, Including
Mrs. King, her mother, Mrs, Weller,
and hlrt sons. Itufus, aged 11, and An
thony, aged 7, has caused deev sorrow
nt Penzance, where the family had a
summer cottage and were very popu
lar. Joseph O'Rorke, Mr. King's vnlct,
who was saved, says he was on deck
when tho crash came Tha lights
went out Immediately. Uucdilng to tho I
saloon ho heard Mr. King exhorting
his family to keep cool,
O'llorke, with seven others, clung to
the rigging un,tl! 6 o'clock yesterday
morning, when a life boat took hlin
off. He identified tho bodies of the
Kings nnd Mrs. Weller, and will havo
them embalmed and taken to tho Unit
ed States, in accordance with cabled
Instructions from tho relatives of the
family ut Nantucket.
Falmouth. Oct. 16. Up to midnight
tlfty-one bodlew had been recovered.
Some were found miles uwny. In coves;
nnd It Is expected that more will be
washed ashore tomorrow.
Many persons undoubtedly were
killed by being dashed on the rocks,
who would have escaped if cast ashore
on nn ordinary coast. Some of the
bodice uro horribly mangled. A good
deal of Jewelry and money hns been
found.
As nil tho navigating officers were
lost, It Is doubted whether light will
ever be thrown on the causes of the
disaster.
All the flags ashore and on the boats
In the bay are at half mast.
Sixty Thousand Dollar -iaze.
Nov York, Oct. 10. Fire todny de
stroyed a three-story brick bulldlnrr on
North avenue, Plalufleld, N. J., entailing
a 1ob of about JlM.000. Thu ground floor
of the building was occupied by the
Barge Cycle company and A. P. Thom
son, a real estata broker.
TIIU NKWS THIS M01INLVU
Weather Indications Today:
l-alr; Rising Temperature.
1 General Governor Hastings' Reply to
Swallow.
Wreck of the Mohcgan.
Affairs In Cuba.
National Democracy's Open Letter.
2 Ocnoral Close of the National League
Season.
The Markets.
3 local Ilev. Dr. Reed's Sermon on
Kindness.
First Sermon on the Prodigal Son.
Editorial.
G Local Grey Process ot Rolling Reams.
Sentence Day In Court.
Thirteenth Regiment .Member Dies.
8 Locul West Scranton and Suburban.
7 News Round About Scrunton.
8 General Doings of a Day nt Camp
Meade.
DECLARATION OF
GOLD DEMOCRATS
Emphatic in the Denunciation of
Silver nnd Protection They Advo
cate the Unalloyed Principles of
Jefferson, Jackson, Tllden and
Cleveland.
Indianapolis, Oct. 16. The national
Democratic committee Issued the fol
lowing address today:
To the National Democrats of the
United Slutes: Your national committee,
speaking for tho National Democratic
partj-, congratulates the country on the
emphatic and merited condemnation at
the polls by the people In ISM, of the dis
honorable and dangerous doctrines pro
mulgated by the Chicago platform. The
moral Influence exerted by the Indlanup
olls convention, lias amply compensated
for the efforts made in behalf of unal
loyed Democratic principles, us held and
taught by Jefferson, Juekson, Tllden and
Cleveland, And today, this platform Is
tba rock and firm foundation on which
ulone a Drmocrut can rest his political
faith. W.e therefore, take tlds oppor
tunity to reaffirm with accumulated force,
the principles of our party us enunciated
nt Indianapolis in 1SIW.
Wo believe that the llieory of so-called
protection, which in Its last anulysls. in
volves the spoliation of the many for the
benefit of the few, is dishonest, and that
It directly and Inevitably breeds trusts,
monopolies, and those special privileges
by which the cunning and uicscriipulouii
prey on their unsuspecting and credulous
fellow citizens. The protective tax Is
not only dishonest and oppi esslve. but It
obstructs that free and natural Inter
change of commodities, which would in
creasingly tend to lessen the cost of the
necessities and comforts of life to our
wage earning classes. It bus destroyed
our merchant navy. It has practically
driven our flag from the seas, and has
forced us Into the humiliating necessity
of paying vast and constant tribute to
other nations for ocean carriage. We
oppose the extension of this Insular sys
tem to nny colonies that we have ac
quired, or hereafter may accpilre, and
fuvor, ns we alwuys have favored, the
widest freedom of trade. It Is folly to
think of securing fortlgn markets, un
less wo are' willing to trade with foreign
countries. Especially do we denounce
the Chicago platform, for Its virtual
abandonment of this great ami lime hon
ored principle,
The doctrine of free silver Is an exten
sion of the protective principle. Free
coinage is the protection of a few silver
mine owners at the expense of our la
boring classes. This policy, were It udopt
ed, would rob the workers of half their
earnings and by unsettling values, would
bring about a paralysis of trade and com
merce and reduce us financially to the
level of barbarous and uncivilized na
tions. We are unreservedly for the single
gold standard, and oppose International
bimetallism, so colled, as both are Im
practicable and undesirable. We believe,
that the theory of tho utaudard. and the
selection of gold as that standard, has
been struck oft In tho mint of human ex
perience, as the result of a slowly de
veloped and beneficent evolution In civil
ization.
More than ever do we believe that tho
continued existence of our national or
ganization Is desirable for the well being
ot our country. There Is no other party
that represents the principles for which
we are proud to stand. Our work is not
completed. We are not only against free
silver, but we are for sound money.
Tho same causes that induced the In
dlauupolls convention of 1RM still exists.
The financial relief expected of the pres
ent administration hns not been given.
Tho recent utterances of no less than six
teen members of the Democratic nation
al committee, declaring for free silver
and the renomlnatlon of Mr. Hryan, show
conclusively that efforts will bo mado
to fight the campaign of 1900 on the free
.silver Irsue, and under the old leader.
As long ns the principles of the Indian
apolis platform remain disregarded by
thy old partlc3. our duty to our country,
to our party and to ourselves, demands
that we should continue our light against
free silver, and keep up our efforts to
secure fur this nation, such financial leg
islation ns shall muko us commercially
tho strongest nntlon In the world.
Wo protest against tho pollution of tho
Democratic party by alliances with thoso
tinnncial declarations which are at war
with Its old and true creed.
With the situation as It exists In some
of the various states, we have no prov
ince to Interfere. The NatlonnI Demo
crats of each stale must solvo their local
problems In such a way as may seem to
them most likely to Insure tho triumphs
of the principles for which the national
organization stands, and to tho main
tenance of which It Is solemnly pledged.
We seek no offices, and wish for no re
wards, except tho:io that flow from tho
consciousness of duty done. Our prin
ciples, tho gold standard, monetary re
form, tariff for revenue onlv, civil ser
vice reform, rigid economy In the ad
ministration of the government, the main
tenance of law and order, freedom of
contract, and the protection of all con
tract rights, must triumph if our repre
sentative federal republic Is to be per
petuoted. In behalf of these principles,
we nppcul to tho sober, settled Judgment
of the American people. We should be
prepared now, and at all times, to defend
them against nssault from any quarter.
It Is our earnest hope that our fellow
Democrats In overy nook an corner of
our land, may realize their error In fol
lowing tho vagaries of the Chicago plat
form, nnd may unite with us In tho ad
vocacy and promulgation of those sound
and fundamental political principles
which will lead to a rntllicutlon ot them
by the vots of tho people, ensuring a
truly Democratic victory.
tSlgnern Ttin National Committee of
the National Democratic Party, by Geo.
Foster Peabody, Chairman.
In a Dangerous Position.
Ually Caitle, Ireland. Oct. 16,-Tho
lirltish Rhlp Gantcck Rock, Captain Lau
rie, which sailed from the Clyde on Oct.
U. for New Castle, N. S. W Is anchored
In a dangerous position near the shore
In the bay. The crew have landed here.
PROGRESS IN
CUBA SLOW
Colonel Waring Has Found
Havana a Very
Dirty City.
BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL
Many Planters nnd Merchants Who
Beturned to Havana Anticipating
an Early Resumption of Business)
Are Going Abroad Again to Walt
Until Affairs in Cuba Aro Settled.
Sugar nnd Tobacco Crops Are Un
sownCondition of tho Cubans
Not so Desperate as Is Painted.
They Will Battle for Independ-
Havanu, via Key West, Oct. 16. Doc
tors Lane und O'ltellly have made a
report to the surgeon general, Insisting
upon the Immediate establishment of
an American fever hospital here. The
existing hospitals do not isolate yel
low fever patients, and the result ia
that if a person suffering from any
other complaint Is removed to the hos
pital he runs the risk of contracting
the fever. This wns the case with
Stenographer Dalbey, of tho American
evacuation commission, who is suffer
ing from malarial fever. His next door
neighbor Is 111 with a fever of a, different
character.
Colonel Clous has received a plan of
every fortification on the Island, each
one Blgned personally by General
Hlanco. These plans had been request
ed by our commissioners ever slnca
their arrival, but were not delivered
until yesterday.
The transportation commission ha4
begun work upon the plans for the ex
tension of the railroad to the camp at
Ouunabaeoa, which will be the first to
be got ready. They have asked for bids
for the work and laborers are being
employed to push the work actively.
Colonel Waiing has found Havana
dirtier than he anticipated. He says
it will be neceflsary to tear open tho
streets and lay drainage pipes and
sewers. He sees no reason to fear an
epidemic, as there was no spread of
disease when the ntreets. were opened
recently to lay water pipes. He Is
greatly satisfied with the excellence
of Havana's water supply. Industry
and commerce continue at a standstill.
PLANTERS GO AHROAD.
Many planters and merchants who
recently returned hen.' anticipating an
early leauinptlon of business are go
ing abroad again to wait until affairs
are settled In Cuba, as, they do not
dare embark In business ventures or
risk a cent In the present unsatisfac
tory and Indefinite condition of polit
ical affairs In the Island. In the mean
time the country dally grown poorer.
The sugar and tobacco crops are un
sown. That the condition of the Cubans Is
not so desperate or black as Is painted,
outside the fact that they are short of
rations, is confirmed by Colonel Rowan
and Lieutenant Parker, who, after
crossing the Island five times, covering
1.C00 miles and visiting every Insur
gent camp in the island, report that
the men in the camps, are efficient, well
disciplined and officered by men of
a high order of intelligence and edu
cation. From these men who havo
struggled and suffered for three long
years for their ideal of freedom re
sistance is to be feared to any solu
tion ot the problem not having for its
basis Independence,
SULTAN DECEIVES STRAUS.
The New United States Minister
Gets the Glad Hand.
Constantinople, Oct. 10. The sultan
today gave nn audience to Oscar S.
Straus, tho new United States minister,
with the customary ceremonies of re
ception, which was of the most cordial
character.
His majesty expressed pleasure at
seeing Mr. Straus again, and his hope
that the excellent relations that pre
vailed between Turkey unci the United
States during Mr. Straus' previous term
at Constantinople would bo maintained.
The sultan added that he understood
tho United States proposed to ralso tho
American legation to the rank of nn
embassy and to make Mr. Straus an
ambassador, a suggestion which, ho
observed, was being carefully consid
ered by the Ottoman government,
After the audience nt the palace, Mr.
Straus visited the porto and then the
American colony.
The Sultan Yields.
Canea, Island of Crete, Oct. 16. Ismail
Hey. tho Turkish military governor, tills
evening Informed tho udmirals of tho
foreign warships that the sultan had or
dered tho withdrawal of all the Turkish
troops In Crete, In compliance) with the
Joint note from Great Hrltaln, Russia,
Italy and France.
Valuable Horse Stolen.
Chicago, Oct. 10. Populist, the steeple
chaser, wus stolen from tho Corrlgan
stables at the Hawthorne track yester
day. The horse, which was brought here
from Kentucky a month uco, was valued
at $10,000.
Emperor's Health Is Good.
Pekln, Oct. HI. Prince Chlng, on bchalt
of tho Tsunir LI Yumou, has given Bit
Claude MacDonnld, the lirltish minister,
satisfactory assurances us to the health
of the emporor.
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WEATHER TORECAST.
Washington, Oct. 16. Forecast
for Monday: For eastern Penn
sylvania, fair: rising temperature;
variable winds shifting to fresh
southeasterly. For western Penn
sylvania, Increasing cloudiness,
rain; easterly winds becoming
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