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ROOSEVELT
AT WHEELING
The Governor at Noon Yesterdau
Entered Upon His Campaign
Itineraru in West Virainla.
AN IMPOSING PARADE
'A Regiment of Rough. Riders Take
"Part in the Exercises One Hun
dred Men Who Voted for Freemont
in 1850 on the Platform Colonel
Roosevelt Nails a Campaign Lie.
By Exclusive Wire fioin The Associated Tress.
Parkcrsburg, W. Vti., Oct. IS. Gov
ernor Iloosevclt will finish his general
campaign at lialtimoro tomorrow
night, after having traveled nearly 19,
000 miles and after making nearly live
hundred short und long speeches. lie
will spend the Hnal week of the cam
paign In New York state. The Boston
visit has been eliminated and, If pos
sible, Governor Roosevelt will spend
next Sunday with his family at Al
bany. Tonight he Is jubilant over re
ports from New York which, to his
mind, presage a great Republican vic
tory there. He attaches no signifi
cance to Senator Klklns' failure to par
ticipate In his tour of West Virginia
and attributes his absence to a desire
to avoid the long journey across the
stale.
Today's work began at Can ton,
Ohio, and West Virginia, Governor
Roosevelt reached Parkersburg to
night and addressed a largo audience
paying special attantlon to Senator
Jones' denial that the American Cot
ton comapny is a trust.
Roosevelt accused the cotton bale
trust of first securing prohibitive ad
vantages in freight rates, gaining the
foreign markets, stifling competition,
establishing controlling warehouses
when the money could be loaned on
rotton crops and In every way fulfill
ing the most heinous offenses that
have been ascribed to the Standard
Oil company and other monopolies.
At Wheeling.
Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 18. Governor
Roosevelt closed his campaign In Ohio
at the town of Navarre and entered at
noon upon his West Virginia itinerary,
making'his first speech here to a large
crowd which had gathered at the fall
grounds or had followed him there in
a notable parade. On the platform
were 500 vice-presidents and 100 men
who had voted for Fremont in 185C.
In the parade was a regiment of Rough
Riders.
Governor Roosevelt in his speech
here said, in part:
Ifcfore I make the remaiks I liae to make, 1
vv.,nt to call jour attention to a circular that
lias bein circulated on those grounds by a lot
ot scoundrels. It contains what purports to be
r(racti frcm a speech I am t.iid to lave made,
in one of nlilch I m accused of eayine; that the,
way to get rid ot Ilryanism or labor tioublcs xcis
to stand the ottu.dir up against the '.sail and
Hhout him, and that any pcison who would Join
a strike or p,o near one should be killed. They
daie not Rive the dates of the speeches because
thire were no such bpecches-, cither in Chicago
or New Yoik or any where else. 'Hie statements
arc lies', known to be lies by those who started
thtni and by those who ciuulated them, and it
ib characteristic of the party which stand-, lor
repudiation of the national debt, which stands
for cWo disorder anil lawlessness at home and
the dishonor of llic Mac; abioad, tii.it it should
trhc refuse in tlio foulest and mo-.t deliberate
mendacity when all other methods fail.
HANNA STILL SAYING THINGS.
Some Straight from the Shoulder
Talk by the Chairman.
By Exclusive Wile from The Associalwl Via
Sioux Falls, S. D Oct. IS. The two
days of speech-making in South Dnko
ta by Senators Hiuiua and Frye were
concluded In Sioux Falls tonight by
three meetings. Senator llunnu put
In the hardest work of his present
campaigning tour of the northwest to
day, making fourteen speeches in tlio
towns and farming communities of the
southeastern part of Smith Dakota,
winding up with a meeting nt Sioux
Kalis, the Iowa state lino. From Sioux
Falls the Republican leuders will enter
Nebraska for two tluys speech making
in the home stato of William J. Ilryun,
tho week's campaigning lour ending
with u meeting at Omaha Hatunluy
night. Aside from Sioux Fulls, the
largest crowd of the day greeted Sena
tors llunnu and Fryo at .Mitchell. Sen
ator Ilunna denounced Wlllluin J.
iRryun for "descending to public lying
from tho lostruni."
Sir. Ilunna also characterized as an
"Infernal lie" tho reports concerning
Govcrnor Roosevelt's leoeut tilp
through the southwest, He said Unit
tho placing of battlchhlps ami troops
In tho Philippines was essential, if fur
not rnoro than to protect the lives of
representatives ami missionaries in
China.
It is reported that an egg thniwn by
some person in tho eimvd lining tliu
utieeta alung the lino of inaicli l-emled
In the carrlugu linniedluti'ly behind
that In which Senators lltmuii ami
Fryo wero silting,
At Egan, Sir. Ilaiiua spoke live min
utes. "When the election of next .No
vember Is over," said he, "thcio will bo
no moro nryanlsin."
At Mudison, Senntor Hniuiu repeated
the statement ho made :n Sioux u'liy
that If It could bo proved in n single
Instance he had denied a hearing to
one of his six thousand employes or
had refused to consider uny grloxanco
presented by a single man or a com
mittee from a labor organization, he
would resign from the United Stales
senate, "because, since the Itepubll
mn party has called me onco more
to the responsible position of munug
In? the campaign, feel that I have
the right and It Is my duty to lull
the people of my country that when
Mr, .Bryan and his demagogical sup.
porters bo before the people and will
nie ft labor crusher, It Is not true."
BRYAN'S NEW YORK TOUR.
In Comparatively Few Places Was
There Marked Enthusiasm.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prest
Syracuse, N. Y Oct. 18. Hon. W. J.
Uryan continued his tour of tho Em
pire state, today, traveling half-way
across It from cast to west. He began
his Journey at Albany, and, following
the course of the picturesque Mohawk
and tho line of the Kilo canal, ho
reuched this point late In the after
noon. From hero he made a run north
ward to the southern shore of Lake
Ontario and made a speech of half an
hour's duration ut Oswego. Returning
to this city later, he spoke hero to
night. The other points at which ho spoke
during tho day were Schenectady, Am
sterdam, Fonda, Johnstown, Glovers
vllle, Fort Plain, Little Falls, Herki
mer, Illon, Frankfort, Utlca, Rome,
Oneida, Canastota, Chlttcnango and
Dewltt.
The attendance at the majority of
the meetings was complimentary in
size and some of the audiences weie
large. In comparatively few places
was there marked enthusiasm. There
was, however, close attention In every
Instance, and in no case was there any
interruption worthy of note. The Os
wego meeting was the best attended
nnd In other respects the most notable
of tho day.
EAST BOSfoSllAMES
C0NRY FOR CONGRESS
Fitzgerald Defeated for Re-Nomination
After Fifty-six Ballots Had
Been Taken and Just in Time
to Get Him on the Ballot.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Boston, Oct. 18. After being in a
deadlock for a week, over a. choice of
a nominee, the Ninth Congressional
district Democratic eonvention late this
afternoon nominated Joseph A. Conry,
of East Boston, by acclamation, after
fifty-six ballots had been taken with
out a choice. At that time only a half
hour remained within which could be
tiled with the secretary of state the
name of the nominee, that it might go
on the ballot as the regular Demo
cratic, nominee.
The district has been represented for
six years by Hon. John E. Fitzgerald,
and Mr. Conry's election Is considered
a certainty.
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
Formally Opened in the Pine Street
Church, Harrisburg.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Harrisburg, Oct. 18. The Presbyte
rian synod of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia was formally opened today In
the Pine Street Presbyterian church
with devotional exercises, followed by
a sermon on "Preach the Word," by
the retiring moderator, Rev. George
Norcross, of Carlisle. Rev. Dr. J. L.
Cotton, of Pittsburg, was elected per
manent clerk and Rev. J. J. McCarrell,
of McKeesport, moderator. Rev. Dr.
George S. Chambers, pastor of Pine
Street church, made an address of wel
come in behalf of the Presbytery of
Carlisle and was followed with a short
address by Governor Stone on behalf
of the commonwealth.
The reports of the standing commit
tees were heard, after which the busi
ness session closed until 10 o'clock to
morrow morning. This evening public
services were held, at the conclusion
of which an informal reception was
tendered the commissioners and their
wives at tho executive mansion by
Governor and Mr. Stone.
MARRIAGE OF MISS GRIDLEY.
Daughter of the Man Who Command
ed Admiral Dewey's Flagship.
By Inclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Erie, Pa., Oct. IS. The marriage of
Miss Katharine Vincent Gridley to
Lewis Buddy, Jr., of Cleveland, took
place this evening ut St. Paul's Epis
copal church, this clly, Rev. F. S.
Pauling ofllclatlng.
Miss Gridley Is the daushter of the
late Captain ('. V. Gridley, commander
of Admiral Dewey's llu.'i.ship in tho
battle or Manila bay, and who died on
his way home from the Philippines.
Lewis Buddy, Jr., Is secretary and
treasurer of tho Stearns Manufactur
ing company, and Is art editor of tho
O'hnutnuquan, a mngazluo published in
Cleveland.
YOUTSEY TRIAL NEAR AN END.
All Testimony Is in and Instructions
Have Been Given Jury.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Presa.
Georgetown, K), Oct. IS. The yout
sey trial Is drawing rapidly to a close.
All tho testimony Is In, tho Instructions
have been given tu tho jury and tho
speeches are being made. A verdict
is expected by tomorrow afternoon,
Theie Is no Impiovement In Youtsoy's
condition, though he was not any
worbo today. Now ami then tho pnr
oxylsms return and for an hour after
wards ho is much worse, but Is still
ablu to rally, showing remarkable vi
tality. Opinion hero ns to tho verdict
Is divided, sonic thinking It will bo
guilty, while others believe In acquittal
or a hung jury.
BIG COPPER COMPANY.
By Exclusive Wiic from The Associated I'lcu.
Tieiilon, X, .1., Oct. IS. Tlio Tilnily Copper
company was lucoiporalcd here today with a
capital id KuOO.OOO. The company propose! to
tnsaji' in all kinds ot inluin', but pirtltulaily
copper. The incorporate'! arc: Thorny W.
Iduvun, Allen Ainuld, William J, Hiley, Levvbj
A. Autibach, xnthony 1'anlfclil, Homer lima
and Kuiuctli Mcl.iuui, all of Jersey fit.
TROOPS LEAVE SHENANDOAH.
By Exclusive Wire from The iwoehted Vt'.s.
.-heiiaMloali, Oct. 18. The uovcrnor's tioop left
here at 1 olock on a nurrli In Tnimn'.. fih
ffw nafl oihecfi who lute been hcic since th
lloop went to Tamaneu left at 't o'clock. Tli're
re now no toldleis at bheujiideah.
CHINA'S OFFER
TO POWERS
Prince China and Li Hung Ghana
Draw Up Proposals lor
a Settlement.
DOCUMENT IS RECEIVED
Considerable Alteration Believed
Necessary Before It Is Acceptable,
Minister Conger Transmits It to
Washington Conference in the
White House Chinese Minister
Summoned United States Will
Probably Act Favorably on
France's Last Note.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated rre.
London, Oct. IS. Prince Ching nnd
LI Hung Chang have finally succeeded
In drawing up ti joint proposal for a
fcettlemont In China. That has been
received by the powers. Beyond the
fact that it Is likely to require con
siderable alteration before proving ac
ceptable, nothing in respect to the
actual terms of It can be ascertained.
The Chinese minister here, Sir Chili
Chen Lo Feng Lull, professes Ignor
ance of such proposal, but it can be
said definitely that it is engaging tho
attntlon of the British foreign office.
Washington, Oct. IS. After three
days' silence, Mr. Conger, tho United
States minister in Pekin, cabled to
tho state department today, transmit
ting the substance of certain proposi
tions a'dvanced by Prince Ching nnd
LI Hung Chang as a. basis for the
conduct of negotiations for a settle
ment of the Chinese trouble.
While the text of Mr. Conger's com
munication is not made public, it is
believed that the Chinese propositions
are in the nature of counter proposals
to the French note, and proceeding
on the theory that what has been
done in the matter of tho punishment
of the guilty officials in China is suf
ficient to meet the demands from the
powers in that respect.
The Chinese minister, Mr. Wu, call
ed at tho stato department today,
by appointment, and had a long con
ference with Secretary Hay. The sec
retary previously had spent an hour
with tho president at the white house.
Presumably Mr. Conger's communica
tion was discussed, and It is believed
that, Mr. Wu was called to the depart
ment to throw llgjht on some of the
detailed propositions.
United States Favorable'.
It is believed that the United States
government will take favorable action
on the latest proposition of the French
government. That contemplates the
opening of peace negotiations with
China on the points on which the pow
ers have agrees, .saving to the minis
ters in Pekln the details of working
out a further agreement on those
points on which tho powers made res
ervations. The basis of negotiation
would be the French note delivered on
October 4, togethei -with the replies of
the other powers. That would practic
ally mean that two negotiations would
have to be conducted at the same time,
one concerning the points of agree
ment, which would have to be adjusted
with China, und the other by the min
isters at Pekln with a view to reach
ing an ngreement to be submitted to
China. It Is felt thut theru would bo
no Inconsistency In that double work
nnd it has the advantage of getting the
peace negotiations actually under way.
In case of a favorable reply to France
it is probable that steps would bo
taken to .designate plenipotentiaries,
for, up to this time, Mr. Conger Is act
ing only as minister, and Mr. Rockhlll
as special commissioner, (to make in
quiries and there is no authorization
to either of them to conduct peace ne
gotiations. Whether special plenipo
tentiaries would be named or addi
tional powers given to Mr. Conger or
Mr. Rockhlll Is not known.
Probably tho most serious obstacle In
tho way of peace negotiations is the
absence of tho Chinese imperial family
from Pekln, and tho doubt that creates
of the approval of tho work ot tho
Chinese plenipotentiaries. While tho
latter asbort that they Have full power,
tho governments of Europe, tho United
States and Jupan have held that tho
presence of tho emperor In Pekln Is an
almost Indispensable requisite toward
giving tho negotiations completo ein
cuey. If ho returned to tho capital the
emperor might establish his authority
nnd freo It from the Intrigues and anti
foreign Influences which hnvo for the
last two years practically nullified his
rule.
CORPORATIONS CHARTERED.
1y Exelushe Wlic from The Associated Press.
Harrlsbtirff, Oct, IS. Cluttcra were Issued at
(lie stale department today ai follows: Tin
(Uirk Mining company, of f'oudersport, Potter
county capital, ?3,000. The Maio Sprlnw Water
company, Bollwr; capital, skiO.oiju. T'ha foal
.'enter W'alir company, Coal Ccntrr, Washington
county J capital, $4,000. Tlio Liwli-.n Ileal Estate
company, Pittsburg; laplUI, HW
BROKE HIS NECK.
iy Exclushe Wire from The Associated I'reii
Eaneastcr, Pa., Oct, J8. I.'iorgc Lilly, El
cais of aj,'c, till Uoun a Might of blairs at
Marietta last iiiRht and broke tils nctk. l was
dead ulull plil.cd up a few minutes l.ilti',
FUND EXCEEDS A MILLION,
By Exclushe Wire from The Associated Tresi.
ilabesloii, Oct. M. John Dcinlln, trcnurer of
the Gihcston relief fund, sue out a, otatemciit
tonight, tl.uwlnj tint the total coutribulloiu to
data are ft.003.CCrJ,
.
SENATOR MORRILL'S SUCCESSOR
By Excluthe Mire from Tlio AuscUted Picu.
Monlpellcr, Vt 0t. 18. Ex-Hovernor W, P.
Plllinglum was elected Hulled states nemlor by
I he Vermont lrstiUtmc today to succeed the Ut?
Justin t. Morrill.
NOMINATION PAPERS VALID.
Objections Aro Overruled in Sovcral
Senatorial Districts,
H.v En-lush e Wire from The Associated Press.
Harrlsburc;, Oct. 19. Mho Dauphin county
court today ocnutcd tho objections to the nom
inatlen papers of r.eroral candidates nnd declared
their paper xalld. The objection were that
randldites nominated by certificate ot nomina
tion lute no right to the uiu ct another column
by nomination paper. The catidlilatca whose
nomination arc Hum sustained ore ltobert S.
IMmlitnii, Twenty-third monitorial rilstttct; Sam
uel (.'roll, nssemblj man Lebanon comity; Albert
W. Juhiiion, anHinbly, Union county; Fundi
I;. Drown, Twenty-seventh icnalorlal district;
Plumer K. .Tcflrld, Nineteenth senatorial district;
II. I'mnlc Italston, John F, Kendall, Thomas
.Sharpies) and William S. Hastings, assembly,
Cheater iounty.
The court declined tu permit the nomination
papcra of Edwin n. Willis, People's candidate
for senator in I.'rlc county and Timothy J.
Qulnn, People's candidate for assembly In rirst
Krie district, to be nmended by striking: out tlis
namo of WIIILj.
The nomination papers of II. Clay Chlsolin,
tn-lnn candidate for assembly in Huntingdon
county, wero declared invalid.
The certificate of Michael J. Tigho and Ed
ward Durkc, rial Democratic candidates for as
Kembly in tho Fifth Luxcruc district, wcie de
clared valid and tho state department will liavo
to determine whlcli i tho regular Democratic
nominee. lluikc's nomination papers were re
cctcd and those of Tigtio declared valid. In tho
Sixth Liuerno leglslathe district, where John
1. McAndrcvs and .Tame McCormlck aro rival
Democratic nominee, the pipcra of McCormlck
woie dcclaud xalld aid those of JlcAndrcws
tin own out.
americaTexhibits at
paris exposition
Archbishop Ireland Gives a State
ment of His Impressions Ex
hibits of American Section
More Worthy Than Ever.
By Exclushc Wire from The Associated Tress.
Now York, Oct. 18. Archbishop Ire
land, of St. Paul, just returned from
an extended trip abroad, gave out to
day a statement of his impressions
of the showing made ty this country
nt the Paris exposition.
The efforts of American exhibitors,
accentuated by the active manage
ment of Mr. Peck, more than com
pensate, he said, for the appropriation
made by congress.
The exhibits In the American section
put this country in a more worthy
light than it has occupied heretofore.
The only crltcism to be made, in his
opinion, is that in most cases artistic
effect lias been sacrificed for plain
utility. This, said the archbishop, re
sulted in a failure to attract as other
wise might have been the case.
The number of awards made to
American exhibitors should make the
people here proud of the part taken
by the United States. The most plead
ing feature he noted xvas the Ameri
can pavilion, at which all Americans
were made to feel at home. But the
general exhibits of this country, its
resources were better known than ever
and the result xvas already seen by an
Increased demand for our products.
"A new era," said the archbishop, "has
set in for us in commercial and diplo
matic relations; and with tho opening
of tho twentieth century America
steps Into the front rank of nations."
The work of Sir. Peck, he added, has
been generously appreciated by the
French government.
THE MYSTERY OP LYNN
Mutilated Corpse Found in Glen More
Pond Thought to Have Been tho
Body of George E. Bailey.
By Exclusive Wiro (loin Tho Associated Press.
Lynn, Mass., Oct. IS. Strong iden
tification of the mutilated corpse
found yesterday In Glen Store pond
xvas furnished today. Wlnfleld Kowe,
a Ind who xvorkod on the farm with
George 13. Bailey, Identified every ar
ticle of elothlng as having belonged
to Bailey.
Young Howe also said that on Oc
tober 10, a day or two after Bailey
disappeared, Itowe had hurt his hand
and as the xvound bled, John O. Best
said to him: "Don't let that blood
drip about hero or they'll have us all
arrested for killing BalVoy.
Beat xvas taken boforo a magistrate
early today to plead to the charge
of murdering Bailey. He pleaded not
guilty and xvas remunded for further
examination next Saturday,
The head and both arms of the vic
tim of tho murder xvero found In meal
bags in Floating Bridge pond late
this afternoon. Several persons say i
the head is that of Georgo E. Bailey, i
The entire remains now have been
recovered.
Miss Susan Young, formely house
keener for George K. Ballev. Is at
tho homo of her mother nbout two '
miles from Wlscnsset, Mo. When seen
today, Miss Young said sho had not
heard from Bailey since she left tho
farm house at Breakheurt Hill Inst
month. She xvas on the best of terms
with Balloy, she said, und sho came
hoitiB at tho request of her mother,
becttuso of Illness In tho fumlly.
Miss Young said Ill-feeling had ox
Isted between Bulley und Best for
somo time, but sho did not know tho
etiusp. She said she considered Best
u duugoroiiH man, ns he. always car
ried u big linltV, xvhlch she hud seen
him use In n threatening manner,
ANTI-TRUST CONVENTION.
Dy Excluiltc Wiic from The Associated Press,
Philadelphia, Oct, IS. Tho dato tor the con.
Uiitlon u( tlio Aiiiciiian Anti'Tnut Ltaguc ot
IViiiis.ilidiil.i lias In en chanced from Oct. 10 to
'.'J. It will bo held ill Odd I'cllous' temple, this
illy, All local and iounty league:, llnotujliout tlio
slate are reipiealtd to send ilclejjitcs. The pur.
pose of tho cuinciiticn Mill be to elect ofllcers
and Indorse landidatrs, both national and ttatc,
who are opposed to Hi) trust;.
DEATH OF VICE CONSUL BEED,
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prcti.
Washington. Oct, I'vThe ttoto department hJa
received a telegram, dated toda, udtltlu,- it of
the death of Dtvight T. Reed, who was appoint
ed ko consul ot tho United bUtr? at Madrid, In
)jy, 1SW. Mr, Kecd was regarded as a man ot
suptilor intelligence and left an cm table record
in the Slate department. -
MR. BEVERIDGE
TO YOUNG MEN
ft Comprehensive Presentation ot
the Much-Discussed Issues
of the Campaign.
THE PARTY OF PROGRESS
Arguments to Show Which System
of Finance and Business Conduct
Affords the Best Opportunities for
the Young Man Who Is Obliged to
Begin His Career nt the Foot of
the Ladder Advantage of the So
Called "Trust" Establishment Over
the Poorly-Equipped Concern A
Few Examples.
By Exclurho Wire from The Associated Press,
Indianapolis, Oct. 18. At Tomlinson
hall tonight Senator Beverldgo ad
dressed a monster mass meeting of
young men and directed his remarks
especially to tho first voters. He said:
In this campaign more than one iiilllio-i )oung
men will cnll't under the political banner under
which the Initial force of their first vote and
nil the influences that bind men to party will
cause them to march for the leniaindir of their
lives. It is lo these young men that I spcalj
tonight. It is to their future that I appeal.
There are natural developments that determine
uiu lines ot cieaeagc upon wncii political par
tics are formed. The elements among the people
which are constructiic, the elements that build,
plant, plan and advance, gradually crystallize
into one parly ;t and against that party the ele
ments that destroy, disintergiate and retreat,
cr.i .stallize into another party, Xo matter what
nanus) these parties may bear, thl Is the nature
and purpose of each construction on the one
baud, destruction on the other.
The question for tho millions of young men,
Mho in this campaign aro going to enlist in
one of our two great political parties is, Where
can they find the moat congenial, mol natural,
most helpful and most hopeful comrades? In
the ranks of which party can they, during the
period of their actlic manhood, bcft adinnce
the power and authority of the American people?
In the ranks of which party can they help to
carry the American flag farther and farther up
tho heights of glory? Our nation is young. Our
country is young. Our flag is oung. Our dls
tiny is the destiny of the youth among nations.
Tho question for the young men of this republic
to decide is whether they will enlist Willi the
lleptibllcan party, which is harmonious xiith all
thoc natural elements of vouth. of uroirrev,
and of power, and whose foieign policy is the
policy of American advance, or with tho Demo
cratic party, which is at war with every con
htmctlvo development of ,V3ur ciiiliaitlon, and
whose foieign policy is the policy ot American
retreat.
Illustrated by Finance.
Let us take the is'uc of money as an illus
tration. It was not long ago that both partb's
xvcre affected by fiatisiu. But the Itepublican
party progresscc). Tho Democratic party re
mained stationary. The Itepublican party per
ceived that constantly und steadily this nation's
business- was incicasing, and that, therefore. It
ought to have money of tho highest standard
x'aluo known to commerce; and therefore we de
clared for gold. The Democratic paity stood by
tho flat idea, and declared that fifty cents worth
of silver cnild be undo a dollar by stamping it
as such. The Itepublican party perceived that
wheic business transactions and amounts of ex
change arc large, denomination of money should
be large; and that the email exchanges in daily
business fluuld be discharged by the smaller
denominations of money. And so tho Itepublican
p.'.rty applied the philosophy of siibsidhiy money
to silver, giving to tint metal its juit and nut.
uial plate and lo gold its just and natural place.
Tho Dcmociatio paity resisted this doctrine of
financial advance, adopted by every 'itl.cr pic
grtssivc nition of tho world. The It.-pulilhjii
party discovered that vvlu-n the farmer has his
crops to nuiket, a laiger supply of money Is
needed in every ngricultui.il ili-triet of the coun
try; and when these exigencies of lnilncs.s,
caused by the xciy natuie of production and
exchange, haxo ceased, thii xolumo of money is
no longer needed, rnd as an excess of riicula
tlou unused is alwjju u source of lhuiicl.il
weakness, the ltepiibllcaii party lias attempted
to provide and has l.vuely provided for this
iiiiniedl.il ii ai'd particular need of builncss by
Loiistiiictlvc Icjhl itlon. The Democratic party
did not even su.'gest a remedy for either, but
merely opposed the proposition advanied by tlio
Hi public aii5. And today then; is not a on
sliuctlve programme of finance in the entire
Ikiuotratlu ciced. In llninuc, the Democratic
prcgrnnuiiu is a prngiauiinii of destruction iiiid
its leader is the greatest iconoclast America lias
jet produced.
Illustrated in the Trust Issue.
Just as l.ugcr denominations of money arc
required to disehnrgc the laiger balances of
tuslrcss, leaving the tmailer denominations to
elo tho work of tho small and iiumberlcas pur
i liases of dally life, t-o theio lias been growing
for xeais all over the world a tendency tonauli
business conollditlon and co-operation, in order I
to ncconiplMi more simply the greater tusks of ,
pioductimi and exchange. This development be I
trail in Prance, ill the great department stoici
of Prls, where, under one loot, the vvorklngiiien
of that gicnt capital sciuied tho ucccoarics of
life at a cheaper piicc und belter quality and !
'Will gie-uic'l eumcnicuci: tnau nicy weie llllio
to get them before in tmall mid poorly-cqulpped
and high-priced shops. And this development
theru Iris now reached the stago vvlicro all tiu
cinplojt-s in the great derailment storrj in Palis
mo paitueis in the rntciprUc mid stockholders
in tho company. This spirit of consolidation and
combination spread all over Kurojic. It affected
nitliiiM as well J J business enterprises, K
foimcd tho German empire out of many separ
ate guvri iimi nts, all weak in themselves, but
liicslstlblc when combined. In tills countiy this
great development of combination and co-opeia.
tlon lias taken bold of every branch of InrhutilM
H'c, It has spread faster nnd wider in Antstlca
than anj where else, (Imply because tho Aineii.
inn people aiu more intelligent than any other
people; Mmply bccaiivj vc coniuiuulcite with
null oilier nioio thin any other people) simply
hccauc wo depend upon each other moro than
any either people, Wo dlscoveicd that vvc (oiild
better facilitate Inislnua under u single rout than
iii.Uir yiparato tools. Capital icsponded tu thiit
great need, and so the period of gicat buildings
in our cities developed, and today tha vvciltb,
tlio intelligence and tho business of u city li
vr;l mcasuiid by the number and magnitude
cf what is called its great buildings-.
This Is tho simplest form of what ie called
n trust. 'I ho fanner discovered that Ids uaper
was belief than la ue.vlhci Hut tho tlur-Iic-r was
belter thin a Hall; that the stacker vt better
than a plti h-fnrle. And all these vviard-llko aids
to the selenec cf fanning f,r fanning is a sci
ence havn been udoplei) by tho Aineilt.ui fjinur.
And jet these devlccx for simplifying the siicico
of farming ait- imply the ilovtdopmcnt on Ihe
farm of the saiuu gnat uicvcmeul of uhich the
great building is tho development in the iltv.
The wcrklngm in iliscoveicd that as uu individual
liu was puwirleM In tho important qiu-stmn cf
fbiug wages, tho hours ot we'll; and all tlio
terms of partnership hctvvcm labor nnd capital
lor labor and capital is :i partnership, W'oik.
ii'Liutii theiefore funned labor uiganuttions, ami
when rlshtly conducted, they are one ol Ilia most
beuile-l.il developments of oui civilization. And
tl tl.y am im-icly the saiuu development in
the world id libur thai the great comhlnaiiiii:-.
of cap-til ai J In the world of capital. Itallmad
nun discovered that by combining many differ,
ent. thort und tepiratr loadi belter (Mad-beds
could be fecured, tluriugh ualns niado possible,
fester time attained, better scrvico given, cheap
er ntti on freight secured, and )pt more em
ployment, I ftter wages and larger piolits to
those who operated the rillroad; and so almost
every railroad in this country has been absorbed
into great v.v stems. And tills is merely the same
development in tho world of transportation tint
(Continued on Page 7. J
THE NEWS THIS M0RNLVB
Weather Indication Today,
FAIR) COOLEn,
1 General Powder Must Figure In Ten Per Cent.
Increase.
Henator Peverlilgo Talks to Young Men.
C'hlni Offers Proposals for a Settlement,
rtonsetclt In West Virginia.
2 (Icmral Northeastern Pennsylvania N'cus.
Financial and Commercial.
3 local Scronlcn G.u and Water Company
Nowr Controls Dunmorc's Supply.
Ilepublitan Meeting at Carbondalc.
4 Editorial.
News and Comment.
5 Local Drier on the Witness Stand.
S.'lcct Council Will lincstlgato Asacmtnts.
0 Loral West Pcrantou und Suburban.
7 Hound About the Coutily.
8 Local Grier on tho Witness Stand (Con
cluded).
Minor Criminal Court Doincs.
PRESIDENT MITCHELL
ABSOLUTELY SILENT
Much Concern Felt in Hazleton Over
the Action of Operators' Confer
ence in Scranton Yesterday.
By K.xcluslve Who liom The Associated Tress.
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. IS. President
Mitchell Is absolutely silent on all ques
tions pertaining to tho termination of
the contest, and It is not believed that
ho will liavo anything ten say on the
subject until he calls a meeting of the
national executive board for the pur
poto of considering 'the question of
issuing a forrnnl declaration calling the
strike off.
The feeling Is ptex-alent here tonight
that the decision of tho operators'
meeting at Scranton today, to insist
that the reduction In the prleo of pow
der must be taken Into consideration In
determining the net ten per cant, in
crease in xx'ages, has complicated mat
ters somewhat. Further delay In reach
ing an amicable adjustment of the
trouble is now feared.
A meeting of union Mine AVotkers
was held here today and arrangements
xvere made for holding a labor demon
stration in this city next Monday. The
feature of the demonstration will be a.
parade, followed by a mass meeting, at
which President Mitchell will bo the
principal speaker. The mayor of this
city, xvho refused to allow the strikers
to parade two weeks ago, has granted
permission for the demonstration next
xveek.
At Republican national committee
headquarters Secretary Heath stated
that somtj-veeks before h'r strike was
ordered Chairman Hanna xvas request
ed by a 'delegation headed by President
Mitchell to try to effect an adjustment
of the miners' grievances. Mr. Hanna
informed the delegation that he xvas
glad to hear from them and that he
xx'ould consult xvlth the mine oxvners.
so as to be informed on both sides of
the situation. After doing so he con
cluded that nearly all of the claims
of the miners should be allovced. The
principal object of Mr. Hanna's last
visit to New York, Mr. Heath said,
was to consult xvlth the miners owners
and railroad officials and then he so
cured a promise that they xvould ac
cede to substantially all of the miners'
demunds.
A 'Wilkes-Barro operator is quoted as
haying: "Now, really, the men can
hax'o no objection to our offer. The
powder rjuestlon lias been terribly
mixed. Tho companies have no desire
to take advantage of the men In the
matter. Tho titst offer was made In
good faith, and today at Scranton we
renewed that offer with another con
dition, that it should hold good until
April 1. Notices In compliance xvlth
this resolution as adopted by the meet
ing will be posted at the collieries to
morrow. The offer mcuns a straight
ten per cent, increase In the xvages of
the men. It is true tlio price of powder
will be computed as part of tho In
crease to contract miners. But that
does not make any difference on the
whole. Every man xvho works will earn
ton per cent, more In xvages than ho
did under the old system. That cer
tainly ought to -be plain enough. If
tho men wero to be paid ten per cent,
increase in xvages and then given a re
duction on tho price of powder besides,
thut xvould practically mean a twenty
per cent. Increase, and as far ns I can
learn tho men have not asked for such
a raise."
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TEN SLAIN FOB, A GIBIi'S LOVE.
A Series of Fierce Butcheries in a
Mexican Mining Community.
By i:.eluslvo Wiie from Tlio Associated Press.
IU Paso, Tvv., Oct, 18, Ten men were butch,
ercd in n succession of fierce encounters over a
girl near tho Dolores mine, in Mexico,
Tlio feud began uhotit tlucn months ago, when
tlnco Mcxli-aii-. longht over tho girl, Two ot tho
mill vveic killed, nnd the third stole the girl
nnd took her to a cave ncaiby, wheic ho kept
her prisoner for a month, Thrco men went out
(o rescue her, A h title ciisiied, and tlio man in
tho c.ivo anil tvvn r.f his av.iilantn wcia killed.
The lemalning ruffian tojls possession ami kept
tlio girl .1 prisoner for two months. Another
attempt lo rescue the unfortunate woman result
cd in tlio death of four men, Tho girl was at
last restoird to her parents at the camp,
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.
By Jlxehuivc Who fioni Tin) Associated Press.
Kcvv Vcik, Oct, li.-Airlvcd; A'ltv. Bremen,
civ. Silled; I'nrst HUnauk, llir-iburg, via
Pljiuoutli mid Cheibouigj l.a 'jdimIiic, llavic,
Bremen Arrived; l.ahn, New York. Plymouth
-.Milved; August o Mciurl-i, how New Ymk fir
llamhliii,', til.Xsgow Ani.ed! );thi')il.i, liuui
r.'ew Yoik. tjucsiislovvii Silh'il: Uii.ii.ii'. ironi
liveptnl f"r .New ,oi!i. iSntteril-ini Killed;
Spa.'ii dam, New Vorlt vlt ehH'o,; i-;,
i
JOHN SHERMAN'S CONDITION,
By Kxcludvo Who liuni Tlio Assoc Ixlrd l'rc'J.
Washington, Oil, 1J. Theio was u) matciial
il.augc In ex-beciclaiy Sherman's condition to
idght, except that ha showed sigut of i-K-rc-asliifa-weakness-.
Tho patient Is partially unconscious
much el the tim.'. ull.Uiij at IntetuU.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON ILL,
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Boston, Oct". IS. Bear Admiral bainpson km
quite ill last night, and today he was not per
inltted by kl physician to leave his bed.
POWDER MUST
FIGURE IN IT
Operators Will Not Allow the Ten-
Per-Gent. Advance Flat, as Re-
Guested btj Mine Workers.
MEETING IN THIS CITY
Representatives of the Big Compa
nies and Some of the Individual
Operators Gathered Here Yesterday;
and at the Conclusion of the Meet
ing Issued a Statement to the Ef
feet That the Advance Will Con
tinue Until April 1 and Indefinite
ly Thereafter Reduction of Pow
der from $2.75 to $1.50 MuBt Bo
Considered as Fart of the Increase"
of Wages Granted by Companies.
A meeting of tho representatives of
all the big- companies and some of the
individual operators xvns held here
yesterday, in the ollico of the Temple
Iron company. It xvas decided to ln
slst on tho powder tiuestlon being
considered In the present negotiations
and not left over for future adjust
ment, as the miners' convention con-s
toinplatcd.
Tho folloxvlng statement was issuer)
from tho meeting:
The representatives of the
larger coal companies after their
meeting this afternoon, stated
that they offered their men a ten
per cent, advance as indicated by.
the notices they had posted; that
this notice specifically stated that
the reduction of powder from
$2.75 to $1.50 would be consid
ered in arriving at the wages of
their contract miners. It was
expected, when the notices were
posted, that the offer was to stand
until April 1 and indefinitely
thereafter, but inasmuch as there
seems to be some misunderstand
ing in this matter, they have
agreed to add to their notice a
clause to the effect that it is their
intention to pay the advance in
wages until April 1, 1901, and
thereafter until further notice.
Addition to Noticed - ''
It xvns also given out that the fol
loxvlng xx-ould he posted beneath the
notices already put up at the various
collleiles:
"In further explanation of the
above notice, this company de
sires to say that it is its inten
tion to pay the advance in wages
above noted, until April 1, 1901,
and thereafter until further no
tice." The meeting xvas attended by the"
following:
General Superintendent I'. 1!. Looiuls, of tho
mlnlnir depaitment of tho Delaware, Lackawanna,
and Western company,
(lencral Superintendent W. A. Lathrop, of tho
Lehigh Valley Coal company,
fieneral Superintendent W. II, Storrs, nt tha
New York and t-cranton Coal company (.Ontario
and Western.)
William Conncll, of the Council Coal coinpanji
and chairman of the independent operators' com
mlttce.
W. A. May, general manager of the Ilillsido
Coal and Iron company (Drie Itaihoad companv).
General Supciiutctidcut W. J. Itiebards-, of tha
Lehigh and Wllkes-llauo Co.il company.
General Superintendent Morris Williams, ot
the Sju-rfiuehann.i. Coal companies (Pennsylvania,
railroad).
General Superintendent Sjehicy Williams, ol
tho IViin-jlvnnla Coal company (Erie and Wyo
miner railroad).
Iicc (!. Urooks, picsddcut of the Laflia4
Greenwood and LanKclitte Coal companies.
J, L. Ciavvford, general aupeilntcndcnt ol the)
Temple Iron company.
What Mitchell Said.
On Monday last, President John
Mitchell, of the United Mlno Work
era, just before leaving Scrantion4
stated to a Trlbuno reporter, that tho
resolutions of tho convention did not
contemplate that a decreaso In tha
cost of powder should be computed as.
part of tho increase in xvages.
District Secretary John T, Dcmpsey,
xvho xvus a member of tho committee)
on resolutions said on Wednesday
that tho matter of accepting tho con
dition that a part of tho ten per cent.
Increaso should bo initio up of a de
crease In tho cost of powder xva
thoroughly canvassed by the commit
tee and that the understanding xvas
the advance; should be n straight one,
xvlth tho matter of the pi ice of powder
left for adjustine-nt xvlth the other
grievances xvhlch tho operators prom
ised to take up separately xvlth their '
niploycs,
District Piesldont T. D, Nichols,
when shown tho .statement Issued by
tho operators' conference, last even-
lug, snld; "This is cHrtnlnly u snug,
liven though wo xvero dh posed to con
cur lit tho condition about including
powder in tho preisent terms, xvo
could not do so, Tho conventions'
resolutions contemplate ti straight
advance of ten per cent, for the vvliola
tcglou. If anything other than a
straight advance for nuy part of the
region Is agreed to It will have to be
done in convention. Another conx'en
tiou will probably liavo to bo culled,
Tho delegates may consent to have us
(Continued on Pjjfo 5.)
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