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NOW CHEERFUL
AT BUFFALO
Pan-American Prospects Recover
irom the Blow ol the
Great Trauedu.
M'KINLEY'S FOND HOPE
It Was That the Exposition Might
Be n Gicat Success, Both Finan
cially and as nn Expiession of the
Pnn-Anieilcan Idea, Which Occu
pied n Lai go Place In His Mind as
a Statesman His Wish Should Be
a Command to the Ameiir.in Peo
ple Now.
l'.timtlo. Sc-jit. 2j. Till c in is pull
lug Itself together again lifter u foit
nljjit of imxlety and sot low, such as
it has never Known. What was In
li tided to be tin' gain pi i did of lt!
ll (-1 r- was tinned into ll11pe!lUlllil
gl o f. ivhhh has gone Into every home
ti Itli it fono lint l for any one not
lieie to loall.o. Iluffalo was full of
nelson, il loillltv 1111(1 enthusiasm fH
I'l evident MeKlnlev. It has lieeti n
linn-? of MeKlnley sentiment nil
'liiuiiglt Ills public ciueoi and theie
miis no rlty in the countiy wIipip
filendship and devotion foi lilm was
iiioie niarki'd. Xiitutully. his ti.iglo
end while Its guest depiessod t e i Ity
beyond expiession.
There never was a eoniinunltv tli.it
as so engiossod In u great millet tak
ing .is Hu'alo was with the Pan
Vinrilcan exposition tlnee weeks ago.
l;ei' in. in, unman and child In the
llv hud a dliect Inteiest and pi die
'i tin uiidoi taking. It seemed that
" erj Imilj w Ith w horn n sttailger spoke
had In uillid the pilgp (deal of the
uat good which the ileniontialon of
ill. woiulPiful i .".mines and abilities
I UlP western lloiiilspheio Bin to do
foi th lountry Hllffnln people seemed
I ithp tmilld th.it the whole expense
of Hie ih-nionstintloii had fallen upon
idem and their fellow -oltUons They
u 1-1 tall attention to the f.n t that
a I of the funds hail been raised In
Kuwaiti, without assistance fiom the
nation the state ot eeu the eltv uii
pniution. Buffalo's Honest Filde.
It s the tlft exposition whhh has
had no subsidies," so slriiiigeis were
ill Citizens said: "The I'nlted
ites has furnished a wonderful ev
I ilill fin moie nttinitlvo than has
ever been seen betoie; the state of
ew Yolk has elected a beautiful
inaibli palaie; the elty of ISlllYnlo has
built a hi idgo. and has luiuMicd
n and llle ullll indite plolei Hull.
b tie funds to eiei t the ( it of light
'' M ill tome fi inn llle pliialc if
- i it . s ol I'.ullalo ptople "
V lir ii ill Ills iiiPinoiable nihil t"-s the
1 -Klr-ni emphasized the Pan-Ann il-
in exposition Idea and made It pait
n In-tni y the people of Hllffnlo ic.ll-l-"l
that theli elloits weie appie-
ateil Tliey seemed contented and
pioinl that as Individuals of one iitv
thp had done the wot I; which might
well hae been the nation's undoi tak
ing A Teirible Revulsion.
The i evuNlon was ten Idle, and now
that It is paired the iiuestlnt' of what
l to loilie s lutricsllllg. Tile public
for ling Is stioug, and all one way.
i;! one -(.ems to ie,ili.e that the
stoikhohloi of the eposlon have met
a 'iient loss, piolinhly of not less than
n million dollars. That practdally
means the iltlzens, for about eveiy
lhiftiilomaii lias stot K In the exposi
tion iim oiilliiir to his means The dot.
hii's ami tents seem pi elty thninuglily
to be ellmlnatpd t'oui the tali uhitioii
now but the woik to be done ami the
end to be achieved seem foieinost In
(Vt-iv man's mind. They foel now that
the exposition niiisl be tarried to a
glorious (lnish as n labor of pnttiotisni
and Ioe. Pieslilent .Mllbuin put this
thought Very stiollglv. lie said
Tdeie must be no fnltoilug In our
ittoits now, tonsblciing how mm h the
mil ess of the Pnn-Anioiluin exposi
nun means In the development of i loser
political and tomineitial relations be
iwppti the peoples ot the vvphUm'U henil
spluie. That vu a policy eninoslly
taxored by I'lesldent Sit Klnlev and
vhbh Interested him so tleeply In the
t xposltiou from its llrst liueptlou. It Is
a strange stioke of fate that the sin -i
ehH of the exposition sdould be lineal
eiied thioiiKll this leal fill tiugedv. We
should be lacking In lo.vnliv In his
uicmniy If we tlid not bend all our en
eigles tti clowning the woik width he
had so close to his lieait.
Mr. MeKlnley 's Deep Intel est.
The position In which the tuigcdy
found mo gave me the nppnitunlly
to know what was In that gie.it soul
(lining the holllH Just befoie the ex
ecrable shot. The iiiesldent had taken
the tleepest Inteiest III the exposition
from the sunt its Ideal and concep
tion aie In haiiuony with hl wile and
beneficent ptihlli pnllc). Tlie years
that bine hep spent In the evolution
and development of the Idea of the es
Plltlill Intel dependence of the n.ltlniiH
,it this hemlspheie whlih we cull Mm
I'dii-Amuiicin idea hae thdi lull ex
(reflon In this i Nposltlon. it pine
he oppoitunlty which he utlllxed in
that Ki-eat sppei Ii which has nliendy
pafsed into lllstoiy as thp highest note
of Ameiican stiitcsmanship and the
most pet feet expulsion of the Pan
American Idea. The way In wlidh the
idpa Iibh Iippu devplnppd bete and the
Ilnrlous HPttint; which art and Indtis
tile have given It gratllleil and even
nuprlspd the president lie was deep
y Impipssed by the beauty nnd nuig
iliudo of the exposition, Mm wtinder
'ul display ot electilcal Illumination
i nrt the evidence on every clde of the
hearty co-opeintlou of the, govern-
jieiits and peoples of thn North, South
nu i.'intiai AtncikuH In rimUIng It tiu-
i-an-Amerlean. He tuld me that
above everything he wished that he
could have had time and opportunity
for an extensive nnd iinintPirupted In
spection of the gioumls, the buildings
and the exhibits. 1 know that had
In.' been Bp.trcd to conclude Ills vllt
ho Intended to conimend the exposi
tion In his powclfiil nnd convincing
way to thp suppoit of the public.
As to the rutuie.
"Theie ale six week? mote of the life
of i lie exposition and It Is in the mil
bloom of Its beauty and Inteiest Kvei.v
fpiituie of It hurt been developed to Its
highest point and It Is being operated
in n more elaborate scale than ever.
It Is a complete mass of varied activi
ties and entPrtninedinenls mote Mum
atlpiUately inriylng out Its alms and
purposes it Is u national cnloipiksc
and should be suppoited as such for
tlie nodlt of our countiy as thu lead
ing nation of this hemisphere That
stipptiit I feel certain It will have In
fullest and ovci rowing measure."
Iteferting to PieslilPiit Mllbuin'
statement. Ulieitor (leueial lliiehnniiii
said that at no pievlotis exposition had
(be tountiies of South anil Central
America taken as deep a peisonal In
teiest In the siu cos of the exposition
as they had in this one that this was
especially title of Chile, which hail ex
pended upon a building anil an exhibit
here half a million dollais, and finally
so of Cud.i. "which for the 111 si Mine In
hei hlstoiy stood Independent In a
gieat exposition, within n liiagnlldeni
building of her own, Illicit with her
natural resoiiries ami piodiiels.
Attendance Growing.
"This one feat tit e of the exposition."
said tlie tliieetor gtMiPt.il, "lias uttiact
ed gieater t omiuendalloii from the
millions who have visited It than has
been tlie case before at any plate." He
said, fm ther. that the attendant e at
the exposition now was lemaikublc,
when till the t Iicuinslances sun mind
ing the present weie taken Into ton
sldpratlon. From evpiy ipiai tei tele
graph lissut nines weie being leielved
of the pin pose of tlie tlllTeietit states
and of munbeile.ss oignulxutions to do
everv thing In their power now to give
exptesslon to the vvnilil genet al feeling
of Inteiest and commendation In the
gieat woik- which had been uudprtak'eli
and m sin tessfully and magnltlcentlv
tan led out by Buffalo. All state days
and otbei special days set heretofore
for this month and postponed on nt
lount ot the sad events nt lending the
tiagd end of tlie president hcie were
now being to-nslgnpil anil taken up
by the illffeieut states and localities
Intel pstotl with Ineieaspil Inteiest and
a purpose mi the pait of eveiy one to
make Miein mine billll.int and spliMidld
in every wav than would have been the
i asp had they been i allied out as 01 Ig
Inally Intended. He added that the onlv
piobleie now i onfiontlng the exposi
tion w ? how to find days enough with
in the ''losing wepks to aiPti.itely take
aie .' Mip tn.inv attr.it tlons autl fe.i
tin now being planned. He piedd ts
a gieat htlciiduiiip during Hie month
of October autl one tar in ei ess ol th
highest estimates that have been made
by tlie most sanguine. in answti to
the liuiuli.v as to whether or not Uuf
falo t olild take tare of the cinwds that
weie toiiiing. he said theie was no illfll
' nlt whatevei in tills icgatil that
Ituff.ilo could easilv i.ue for L'Oa.noO
sti.mgeis ev -rv ilav toinfoitabh and
at reason.tbli pi d w
NEW YORK POLICE
RAID ANARCHISTS
Clubbed Theii Way Tluough the
Ciowcl and Captured the Famous
Heir Johann Most.
B FitliiNfr Wirr turn Dir AoiUtnl Tim,
New Yoik. Sept. 1'J The polite of
Newton, Uoiotigh of Ijueeiis. tonlglit
anesteil Jolialin Most, tbe jinaiehlst,
as a distudeily petson. They suspectetl
that he was going to tonduit an au
aiihlst meeting In a saloon In i 'inula,
1.. 1 , and followed him up. They also
imested chiistlau d'llilj. who Is said to
inn the saloon, on the charge of vio
lating the Honor law ami keeping n
dlsoiderl.v house.
Heir Most Was galheied In while
hni aligning a ciowd of r.Oft people,
Theie was a scramble f,,, the tloor
when the police upppaied, but the olll
lets stici ceded In enptuilng Most, ns
well as several men who they claim to
be pioinliicnt In getting up the meet
lug Captain ll.mlv nnd bis foice of inld
eis weie all In plain tlothlng. and pu
ttMPd the .saloon without (mention.
Thev weie inside of the hall befoie
their pipspiup was suspectetl. Most
was on the stand at the far end of the
hall, tlepl. liming loudly. Tile polite did
not Intend to act Immediately, but to
wall ami bear some of Mm pioieed
Ings. Thev weie let Denized, however,
and llle ti of wauling was tiiisid.
The call t.iused mitnv to make a
bunk tot the doots and for the win
dows, and theie was a llvelv si ene.
Most dest ended ftoin the platform,
whoie he had been HpeaUlng, and for
a lew minutes was lost In the rmwd.
Captain Haidy kept his eje on the
giuup of men Into whlih Most hud
been seen to step. Hacked bj his men
lit began not king bis way tbinugh the
rmwd When the pollie weie (lose
upon Most, some of the gioup about
the leader attempted nctlvo leslstanio
and In an Instant the police had their
stltks ill awn. one or two of those
about Most went down with blood
flowing fi om sculp wounds nnd nthets
gave way so that Captain Iliudy &ot
a hold on Most.
All lesistance then ceased and Most
and the otliPi pilsoneis weie led to
the police station. District Attorney
Men ill was summoned and questioned
the pilsoneis In seciet Ho declined
to say what. If anything, lm had
liainud rt mn ihein The polite seized
a lot of pnppis and a iod (lag, which
was displayed in the room.
BULLET FREE
FROM POISON
Ghemlcal Tests Show That Gzol-
qosz, the Assassin, Shot Only
an Ordinaru Gharue.
TESTING HIS SANITY
Noted Alienists Visit the Muideier
in His Coll nnd Remain with Him
nn Hour nnd a Half, but Give Out
No Hint of Their Conclusions.
Annngements Mndc for the Tilnl,
Which Will Begin Piomptly in the
Supieme Couit Room Before Jus
tice White This Morning.
llv I'x. 1 iil Wiro frdtn Tlif Vttucl.inil Pros,
Huffalo, Sept. L'2. The most Impoit
niit development In the Czolgosz ease
today was the nnnnuiiLeinent that no
poison had been found on the bullets
or the levolver with which the anaieli
Ist assassinated I'ipsldeiit McKlnle.
Ch'inlcal uiiil bacteilologlcal eMiinlna
tlous were mn Jo. and both levelled the
latt that no poison v.is used by the
liuiiderei.
Another examination to ilctei mine
the exact mental condition of the ptls
oner was iniiile in the Jhie (ounty Jail
this nftprnoon by Dr. Chillies V. Me
lionald. of New York, the alienist who
was In might here lor the defense by
the Kile iiiunt.v Jlar association, and
Dr. Althur W. Husted, supei IntcudelH
of the Huffalo state hospital The alien
ists weie wltli the assassin lor one hour
and a half, and when they left both de
clined to dlsiusH the. ease.
Ulstih t Attorney Penney and his en
tile staff spent nil or Sunday at the
city bull, piepuilng for the tilul of
Colgos7. which will begin befoie Jus
tde While in l'.ut ;: of the Supreme
i outt tonioi row mottling. Mr. Penney
had cont'd ouces with the alienists and
with City chemist lleibcrt M. Hill,
who submitted his lepmt upon an ex
amination of the bullets and levolver.
Examining' Czolgosz's Pistol.
Immediately aftt r the death of tlie
president one of the staff of physician
In attendance on the president fx
jnessed the opinion thai the bullets
niiir have been poisoned. Dlstidt At
torney IViuiv, "who had possession of
the assassin's revolver, oi deled fateful
and thotoiigh examinations maid' Dt.
Dill was directed to make a tin luteal
examination of the bullets and the
cli.inibets and bairel of Mip ipvolvcr,
and Dr. Hoiniaun O. M.itsslngei, one of
llic suigeons who peilnrmed the au
topsy upon the president's bod.v. was
in del oil to make a bat topological ex
amination This afternoon Dr. Hill
it potted to the district attorney that
Ids woik showed that no poison had
In en used. He also piesented a vviitteii
ii mi L but it will not be used on tlie
tii.il as that itiustlon Is now eliminated
i loin the i asp.
Dr Matlnger has finished his b.n -teilologlcal
ex'iimlniitlon and his woik
also levelled the absence of nnv poison.
The illstilit attorney h bien Inform
ed lo thai effect, although the foim.il
lopoit has not been submitted. Au
thorities on this question stulo that
the two examinations form n iiiinplete
test ami that the slightest ti.ite of
poison would have been revealed.
itv. Mt Donald and Dr. Hurd, alienists
for the defense, called on Dlstilct At
torney Penny shoitly befoie I! o'clotk
Milt, afternoon and lenialned with him
until SI,", when they wete escotted to
the jail by Detective Solomon. The
insanity exports went in to Czolgosz's
cell In murderers' row and were locked
In Hie loll with him until .: o'clock
when they returned to the eltj hall
and held another couteiciiie with the
dlstiict attorney. Fifteen iiilmup.s
later Di James Y. Putnam, a local
allonl.-i, appealed and Joined the ton
feieiice. Question of Insanity.
Although gieat sotiecy was main
tallied nt the dlstrkt nttornov's oillto,
it was learned this afternoon that Dr.
Allen McLano Hamilton, one of the
most noted alienists In the I'liltcd
States, and who was nn experl witness
at the tilal of Oulteau, is In UuiTalo.
Not a doubt as to Czolgosz's sanity ex
ists In the mind ot the dlstiict ntloi
nev. so that It Is piesumed that Dr.
Hamilton Is here ineioly to meet tho
question of insanity should tho defense
deteimlno to make u light on thut
giouud. Although tho delenso declines,
to make any definite statement on the
subjptt. pending tho final opinion of
Dr. McDonald, It is the cmuonsus of
opinion among those luteicstcd In tho
uiso that no Insanity plea will be In
let posed by Judges Titus unil lewls.
Tho dlstiict attorney Is ahoady fniti
lled with the opinion of Dr. Joseph
Fowler, Dr. James AV. Piitnani and
Judge Crego, the nuffalo alienists of
Koine note, that Crolgosz Is peifeitiy
sane,
The conference between the tlottois,
Dlstiltt Attorney J'onnej and Assist
ant Dlstiict Attorney Hnlleck lasted
until fi o'clock this evening. At Its closit
Di. McDonald paid to an Associated
Piess leptesentative:
"I laimot say a woul upon this sub
jeit until I have lepoited my tlclinlte
coiKiuslons to the t ouiisel lor the tip.
I'ense. Judge J,ewls Is out of town over
night, so that I shall do nothing until
morning. I taiinot te whether or not
I will bo a w Itness."
Tilal to Begin Today.
CViilgosz's tll.ll will begin at 10
o'clock lomoriow nioinlug and the
'ouit has requested thai all who ex-P-ot
lo attend the trial be in their
noats at (ISO o'clock so as nut to delay
tho imnmoncement for a moment. Pre
parations have been made to accommo
date over 50 newspaper men and tho
(ouit room Is so small that It Is fenied
that not moie than 100 spectator can
secuie admission. Those who appear
first will ho admitted alter which Mip
iloert will bo cdwed and the city lull
lieaied of all except those having bus
iness with Mm city or county depait-
lllellts.
Police lines villi then bo established
on the streets nt both ends of the city
hall and they can be passed only b
t'u i.icsentatlon of passe to tho court
mom oi good business, excuses. The
Delawaip avenue eiittanee. which faces
the Jail, will lie locked thioiighout tho
tilal and tlie elevatoi.s will not stop
at .he mi outt Hoot, on whlih the couit
loom is totaled,
Whin the pilsouer leaches the city
hull end rf the tunnel from the Jail, be
will lie nn rounded by u guard ot po
licemen and the stall ways and lotrl
dors lending to the court loom will bo
entlieiy cleared to prevent any possi
ble denu munition against the assassin.
These ; hi tuitions me to be taken ow
ing to the fact that when Czolgoz
was oe'r g taken back lo the Jail upon
the ocnslon of his nialgnmenl the
crowds In the conldora suiged about
the n lienor and hissed him.
PRESIDENT SCORES
A CAMERA FIEND
Said It Was a Disgrace to Tiy to
Tnlte a Mnu's Picture as He Was
Leaving a House of Woiship.
Uf ExriM Wr fremi TIk- Ar-oclit.d Prm.
Washington, Sept. 'Ji -President
ltooseveU'H lltst Sunday In Washing
ton as chief executive was compara
tively uneventful. Ho went nut twice
dining the dux, In the morning attend
ing leligious set vices with his bt other-In-law,
Douglas Itnblnsoti, of New
Yoik, and In the afternoon taking a
long sttoll thiottgli Hock Cieek J'ark
with (Jem nil l.eon.iid Wood, military
govoiiuit of Cuba. In tlie evening he
lunched with the family at tho roM
urnie of Captain Cowles. of the navy,
at whoso resilience he Is staying, pie-
I paiatoiy lo moving into tho white
house. This Mr. ltooseeii probably
will do on Tuesday, his family Joining
him Mieie a tlav or two l.itei. Tlie
president did not visit the white housL
dm lug the ln.
Accompanied bj Mi. Ilobinson. Mr.
Itoospvelt left the Cowles lesdlencc
shortly befoie 11 o'clock lor the He
foiined (dim th, located on Fifteenth
and o .stuct. which, as vice president,
lie those ;is his chinch just after the
Inauguration. ltoachlng the chimb
Just hi foio the hour of woiship. Presi
dent Koosevelt was met nt the door by
llev. J. M. Slid k, the pastor, who ex
tended a tot dial greeting, to which
Mr. Jtoosvelt lpspoudcd, at tho same
time ltitiodlli lug Mr. Ilobinson The
two wcip then esioited to the piesl
dent's pew. the second fiom the liont
In the center sei tlon. The church,
whlih has a seating capacity of pci
haps jihi persons, was HUed to over
flowing, and many pet. sons weie un
able to gain .'idmlltaiii o. The piesl
ilent p.iitlolpated in tlie services anil at
the i lose the tongiegatlon lemalnod
standing until he and Mi. Itoblnson
left the edlllte.
A lather uuoxpoi led liuldent oc
ttuipil Just as .Mi. Koosevelt and Mr.
Ttobiusoii left the tluiiib. A fifteen
v cat -old bov. anxious to obtain a.
photogiaph of the ihlef executive, had
stationed himself on the sidewalk
about sixty feet fiom tlie entianeo to
the chiiiih. As soon as Mi. Koosevelt
leached the sidewalk he savv the boy
with his big box imnieillatelv and,
raising his baud In a signal to :i bi
c.vclo policeman standing item, said
"Stop that, stop that."
Tho ollliei Jumped in ft out of the
camel a, and the piesident stiode foi
vvatil almost on a inn. Coming up to
the boy, ho shook his linger menacingly
at lilm, nnd declared:
"You ought to bo ashamed of om
self. Tr.v lug to take a man's pictuie ns
ho loaves a house of woiship. It's a
dlsgi.iie. You ought to bo ashamed of
yourself."
With Mi. I'.obhison. the piesident
then started acioss Fifteenth stieet,
with head eiect and shoulders back. A
blcvcle ofllcer, under insti actions pievi
ously given lilm, started lo follow, but
Mr. Koosevelt tin nod and. with an im
patient wave of the baud, said. "I
don't need jou."
The odlcer theioupou tin nod b.u k,
and the piesident anil Sir. Itoblnson
continued their walk, going In a lound
about way to Captolu Cowles' house.
Many poison passed and lecognlzod
tho piesident. The lattei pleasantly it
sponded to their salutations. Two b
lyelo polkeuieii, who kept at a lospoii
1 it 1 distant o in the lear, had followed
the president when he wont tp chinch,
The piosldent's walk witli (iPiiprul
AVood coveted six miles lu all. The
i leueial called for Mr. Hoosevelt with
an autoinoble. The two got Into tho
vehicle together ut the Cowles' lesl
denco but tho chaffeur was dismissed
when the outskirts of tho iltv weie
leached and tho two men, 'who had teen
much of eiuh otbei as commtindliig
olllieis of the Kough Kldeis In Cuba,
footed the tilp the rcinninder of the
way. They weie gone about two bonis.
During that time lleneial Wood went
over much of the Cuban situation with
the piesident. He infoimod him In de
tail of the londltion of nffnlrs and of
the piospects of tho futuie of tho Isl
and. The remainder of tho day was
spent nt home, the piesident dining at
tho Cowles' lesidince, those pn-ent he
lug (oiiihiPd to the niPiubciH of tlie
liPiifehold.
(Julio a iiumbtr of poisons called
il tiling the afternoon to pay their le.
spects, nniong them being Admiral
and Mrs. Dowev, Adnilial Walker. Ad
itiirnl and Mis. Hvans, Admiral Tay
lor. Assistant Secietary and Mi.
Hackett, Mis. Mile and Mi. and Mis.
James (1. Hhiine.
Senator Quay Not 111.
llv Iviludvp Vine from 'III .vniutnl l"irv
Jji'kwmille, 111. sit. I-' 1'rotn Infvriiuiinn
roiilvfil Iioip tmilulit from St liuu', lij , S,e
nlnr fjuiv I. In gmul liMllh, with tlii- rmptian
uf ,i lllit tulil. He Ii njoi uiC tiltinr-If at hli
m Inter litinif Willi a put of ovrnl frlnuU ami
n (until of liU i'Tion. llliir- aie not well f.tinl. .1
Movements of Steamships.
fly l.'vilmivi lri fiom 'Hid .Vimnihli'il I'nv.
Mvrrpnril, Sept. 'Ji Vrrlvdli I'mlirU, .Sew
Vnik vii (Jurfif.mvii, (Jii.'onstmvii Sjllfili Tain,
piul.i (Irniii l.ivrip.iul), ,Xov orU. (iilirill.ir
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STATE POLITICS BECOMING LIVELY
Campaign lor Delegates tor Gov
ernor Next Year Opens and
Excitement Begins.
MR. C0NNELL TALKS
OP HIS CANDIDACY
Has Been Uiged from Many Quar
ters to Enter the Race with a View
to Healinp; Sores Without Preju
dice to Republican Stalwortism.
Has Given the Matter Careful
Consideration nnd Will Doubtless
Be a Candidate What He Did
Tluce Years Ago Opens the Way
to a Favorable Issue Next Year.
Tho lecont action of the Hoiks
t ounty nepubllcan convention In In
doislng Attorney General John P. Hl
kiu, of Indiana county, for governor
and hi Insli noting the delegates from
that county to support Mr. Hlkln in
the next Htute convention, stints the
canvas? for delegates for this olllce.
From now on, the situation will bo
likely to grow steadily In Interest. Mr.
Hlkln is the fli st open and avowed
candidate to appear In the field.
Othpi have boon talked of. but only
In a tentative way. Mi. Hlkln ropip
Pelits the western pait of the state,
a section alto represpntPil by tho pies
out governor. Since the time of Homy
M. Hoyt, Northeastern Pennsylvania
ha not boon lepresented lu the execu
tive mansion at Hnirisburg. Tlie
ncaiest it came to It was tlnee enis
ago, when Congiessmau William Cou
ncil, 0r Mils city, held tlie balance of
lower that enabled the candidacy of
Av'llliani A. Stone, a regular, to pievall
over that of Chailes W. Stone. vvhoc
principal suppoit caine from the ele
ment since known as "Insm gents."
because of their lefiiMil to abide by
Kepubllcan piuty tilbunals. Mi. Cou
ncil saw then that a disruption of the
putty would bo u pi nimble lonsequonoo
of the eledlon of a governor at odds
with the oig.inl'.atlou, and, to avert
It. tin civ his strength where in his
Judgment It would do the most good,
both for paity Interests In general and
for the lutetcsts of this section. Hy
that action, ho established a position
In state politic whlih litis ill awn to
L.acknvvannnit nnd the adjoining coun
ties a liieasuie of (onsldointlon In
p.lity councils nol pieviously iiim-
CONDITION OF
MRS. M'KINLEY
Dr. Rixey Says She Still Seems to
B Holding Har Own Gift
from the Czar.
IP I JCthiMVp VViip Irom Tlio A'oilatfil Vtef
Canton. ()., Sept. T2. I)r. Itlxey said
this ovpiilng that there had been no
material change lu the condition ot
Mis. MeKlnley nnd that she Is doing
as well as could bo expected. He said:
".She went out for two hours' driving
today, and .seems to bo holding her
own."
There was plsu ed on tho MoICItlley
casket today by Judge William It. Day
a l.ugo floial wreath from the em
pel or of Russia. Judge Day received
a telegram fi om Cbaige d'Affalres Do
Wollante, of the rtusslan phi
bassv at Washington. leiiuest
lug him to have Mils wicath
placed on the casket of the
late piesident. It H oval In shape and
seven feet by six. It Is composed on
one side of American beauty roses and
on the other side by orchids. Tho
base Is ot sago palms, the entire
wreath being Inteispeised with small
cocoa fotns, told with on hid satin
ribbon.
Tho rcbting place ot the late piesi
dent was visited by thousand of peo
ple today piob.ibly over 20,000 people
entering the gates ot Westlawn teiue
tiry between the early boms ot the
mottling nnd the late hours of the eve
nuig. The attractions weie the not.il
t. Unites ,ont for the funeral, which
have been arranged at either side of
the vault. They aie still In veiy good
state of pieservatlon and piobahly
wlll be for spvim.iI davs longer. The
guai d of tegular soldleis pati oiled n
veiy wide ciiclo mound the vault and
the (low cos today so that it long Hup
could view Mm (lowers ai one time, and
thus they prevented seilous congestion.
A tiuniber ot beautiful lluvveis weie
nldo placed on tlie gi.ues of the Mi
ICiuley ihildien, width also ait pin
touted by a paliol of soldleis. Many of
the rtovvd vvamloiod fiom the vault tn
tho pilvuto lot. Many also climbed
the high knoll lu the new pint of the
cemetery the piospectlvc siL t tho
pormunont MeKlnley loinb ami monu
ment. The thousands of visltoi at the
cemetery oere not fiom Canton alone,
but huddled came fiom iielgbboilng
towns. The mint house was kept iipuu
all day for the accommodation of bun
dled s of people, who had not yet seen
he catafalque and miin.v people paK-cd
through the corildoi of that build.
Jug during the duy.
ANTI-ANA SCHIST CONGRESS.
fli I'viln.lvp vlirp fiom 'II c Vniitn iVv.
Ilrmnptii, Vpt. SJ.'Hie Mrnioriil l)lpl.in.illqiip
vorti tint mi lntfrniitlon.il .imII-.iimii hl.i ton.
frnntc will noon inttt in Home.
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM CONNELL.
mantled. He took Mils ionise unsel
fishly and without baigalu or price,
but the action naturally established
obligations of a political i blunder.
Mr. Conncll Intel viewed.
Kor sov ei.il mouths loiunient in tin
state piess and among pnlltli Ian has
connected the name of Congiessinan
Council with the nepubllcan nomina
tion foi governor next year. Mr. Con
ned on Satuitlny was asked what theie
was in this talk. He replied:
"I am being urged by many Influen
tial Republicans to announce my can
didacy for governor. Argument has
been brought to bear upon me that a
candidacy 'by me would bo calculated to
heal some of thp sores that have ailsen
because ot the bitter factional conten
tion of the past low yeans, without pie
Jlidlcp to stalwart Republicanism. This
hits been put foi Mi not onl by expe
rienced polltlilans n v.ulous set tlons
but also by many lepiesontntlvo lie
publicans who have no persona! inter
ests at .take but who have In view the
lust Intel osts of the party. Personally
I feel that they ovei-iato my .suitabil
ity for stub a mission. Hut the assur
ance which come to mo aie of such a
nature ns to Iniprcp me with their gen
uineness. 1 have given the niattei caie
ful consideration. You ninv say that
If the situation develops along this line,
as now looks probable. I shali be a ian
tlidate for governoi, and shall bo giati -
PLATT ON THE MAYORALTY.
Thinks Republican Convention Will
Endorse Seth Low.
Di I.vilniivp Wire Irom Tin A.oilnul l'rp-
N'pvt uiK, Sipt 22 -suitor I'litl tniniilit i
fiicil a stitrmcnt In whlih ho sits-
"I tin not iloudt that Hip Idputilu.in utv on
vrnlion will Mfit tip juiUmint ol the .inti
T.inimany confprpnie nml noniliutr Vlr. Low. t
notltp tint sonip ptupli ate trilne to iiuki
tionlilp mion Inilt m ntlorits .mil II, mo'iaM dv
tiptCMiitlinr thn I hmuulit jdout tho thoiio ot
hU lump in thp toitftrpiKC loinnulpp 'llio.j
who diiiPVP thU will ill t-o mnpli dpiaup tliov
want to. I ilnl not fttor Mr. I,m, ami tlm-o
nipindor of tho tonfirptup muting who wpir it
till Intlth iKi'd dv tnv vlpv .udoi-ilp't tin Hum
nation of an Irnlojn-tul.-ut Dimon.it
idlt pvcrjdoilv who ha tollowril thp pun ppid
lns of Hip rontorrnip louiiniltrp umst h.ivo mi
lh.it Mr Low vvjit thp otil min ntonu; t li,,
vliop mmPs wrre c .inv.ifs. l who inwd wh.it
i( called Mat Ing povvir'
"Tho flrpndllrnn oicanlation, if I imilpri.iiil
onrt rpprcdiit its tptnpei anil iuipop, htjiulii
witli re'pptt to Vlr. Low preclude where it was
pnpiri'U lo si mil In tho event of jn othtr ri
(pfct.ihlc camliJiti wluther tint of ,i llepuhllun
or pemntrat lie will lie nipjiui to.f licntilj,
enllnnljtu jIU- anil Willi m iitiiu-t strenctb.
"If he l rletteil we tlull evppct linn to do
lut m the platform ilnlan gne to the nv
uoKrrsivc, bum. like ami nonpjitiMii Jid
lnlnMration uf allin. '
CLEAR THE COUNTRY
OF ALL ANARCHISTS
The Ameilcnn Patriotic Educational
League Has Been Organized nt
Milwaukee Purpose in View.
lljr I uln-iie Mae Hutu 1 ho VMi'i.ihd 'ie
.Milwaukee, Wis.. Sept. 22. A national
oigaiilutlon, having for It put pose the
dealing of the countiy of aiinichists,
has been organized lu n small way In
this city. The organization Is to bo
called "The A mot hull Patilot IMuca
tlonnl League "
A (ousMtutlnii wus adopted, lu which
1 set forth the belief that the ouati
uipfit of law to pi event tho spiead of
aniucblstlc doitilins Is pracflcally In
effoitual, bill that those tloclilues tan
be extirpated by appealing Muoiigli
ediitatlonal menus to pnblli sentiment
and by making those doclilnes so un
popular and contemptuous that no que
would have the liaitlihood to promul
gate Miem.
It I the put pose of tin piniuoteis to
begin at live oigaiilatlou tluougliout
the I'ulon, A button will be adopted,
and I'lety poison opposed lo amiKliy
will be asked to weal It.
Conference of uiiltaiiaus.
Hi Diilmlie Wirt from Tne Aitooiitnl I'rem
SiraloL'i, N V . s,pl 'ii - I'he nillonal ion
firinie of the iilnrtertitli tinellni; of 1'nltaruu
(ImriliK will Ik mn II dlinnlal aoMlnn litre
tomorrow. Vn lnfuiiii.il nervlie wit hihl fota.
The llev. Ihonu. II s,P1, f smU' chnrcli,
New- nik lilt, tlehveriil an aiMreM on "l'on
Miuttive t'ailli,"
nrt
. n. . "- m LWHSH V:
-"- -m iwm
fill for united support from my fiiend.i
at home "
Colonel Wntres Says He Is Also a
Candidate.
Ilr l.ulutbe Wirr (mm Tli Asoclatnl PifM.
Philadelphia, Sept. L'.'. Colonel l.otils
A. AVutieH of Lackawanna county, has
sent the following letter to active pai
ty woikei.
Sept. .'!
Vl ,lur nr Nn ilti'ui nrcil lu ilMtnrd 'o
own in ambit ion tn irve tho Mite ai Iiit ililil
vnuilvK I mnj thnrfnrp, witlioul lirilt,itlin,
lnfiitiii iu tint it i m. ilc-fro to ntiua t ti-
EttlllltlltOlill It tit.
I lino lltril all mv Iifi In I.ul, luniin.i iimntv,
ami Into nTVcd riulit ;. . irx in tlm nt.iti' vni"
nml four jpirj In tbe olllrp o( Hi utrn.uit bovp'
hoi. Vlt l.iisiiir.s ,inil ijlloi il i xpei It ore his Iv
tii mi Mime iiifomutlnn ef the nruN ot the stJ'i
I hop fit veil .it eliiiiniin of the Itipuhlii ei
i oiiiiiiltiro of Jiil.it.ihiti tonnt, tlulini.ni iif
llii Itipiihlii.in ht an Mitinnillip .init tor ft'i
vi ii i luiinlai of thp iMtntlvp tonimltlpp ttf
tin jit.itp titmnittpp I pntpiHp IipIhc a i tmllriitp
of thp prtite ldptililli.ui pol un.l not of ,in
fr.it I ion thirpnf.
s il viouhl not dp prt,siililo to pi toil in
poooti t wish to tiivic on lint I will .admit
in) n.inip Hip liott i:piiiMli.in intiMiiHon .n ,t
ijndlihtp lor Rovi'innr .iiitl to riy Hi it I rlull
ln clnl if tin Mill aMt mp wild voitr .uppon
atul intliniiti in Muirtnir ih'ltmti. fiom jr
liWrn t
Vn itTjsvx . r KiutiiT or u of rlie sitMHlior
will dp fir. if I v iipir, i itt'l
. I V II Hlv VollM
I V VVjii
NEWS OF THE DEFEAT
IS NOW CONFIRMED
Colombian Libeials and Their Vene
zuelan Allies Had a Hard Time
of It at La Hochn.
He llvidi-iie l ne fiom'lhe Voi i.itul l'rp
Willonistiidt, Island of Ciuacao, Sept.
22. The Vcneuelan gnnho.it Miiniid.i
has ai lived at Cains fiom Ciiadajuin,
badly in need of repair. She c .intuit
go to sea again until she ha been ovet
hauled Her toiiunaiider brings news
tonfll tiling the tepoits of the tlefe.it of
Colombian libeials and their VeneziP -Ian
allies, m ai l..i Iim ha, Scplciuber
I.I and II. It appeals that the Colom
bians, the logiilais, withdievv atul scat
tered as the libeials and Vcne.iUPl.iiis
advanced, and then giitheieil iigiiln in
linger nnmbeis, surioundliig (loiioial
(lavilns' lomin.ind Jusl pi lor to the en
gagement of the llth. Thole I Mt 111 no
tellable infoiniallon as to the number
killed.
An Indian thief named .lose Uoloroh,
whose follower aio lighting Willi the
Colombian goveiiiineut. Is reported to
liiiv'u cut oil' Ooneial Cavil, i'h ielir.it
to Vene.uolan toultory.
Ii Is now poislslenlly leported that
the C'oloiiibluus have captuiod and shot
(ietierul Hchovcrila. The Venezuelan
government has just ntiiulied 3,"0 toux
of coal in Caracas, whlih was shipped
today to Knit San Cailos and Mum
raibo. It was not paid for before de
p.u Hire, and the owner vainly attempt
ed to stop the shipment.
Congiatulations from Spain.
P Kuiimve VMie ficm The Aorutfd Pr.w.
sin sdi-lian, spiln. s, pt 2." -The national
ita of the lliue innintii luie wilt v iiipv.j;,
to Pre-hli nt ftnokeielt roiiKrauilatini; him upot
liii uie'kion nml ivprrwltig their hit wlnhei
fir lie ii rln re of the I nlted Si.nr ai the "dc
ft mil r tif opinied peopli.. '
Comniissioner Wiight Honored.
fly l.tdiive Mire ftoin The vk atnl rre
Wi.hiiiElon. s,i ij 'P InieiiLiiiotiil Inttl
lute of shIoIorv. whlih tontlitji of the Itadnil
ii ioloiiiM of itie wnrlil, with headquarter at
Pain, ln eltitid I nihil st.a, Ctnmik'lonr o'
I. .bur ( .ti mil II Wtluht lo memdenhli
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
I., t nl iln i f.n sept. '.', llnl
HiKhti t mpintiito 71 d'etfl
Iim it tiiiipei.iiniu iZ drcrrei
IMalive llutnldil.t -
s 'i ii 7a per eent
P- 1" M per ernt
I'reupltailon, 21 lioiirn endtd 8 p, tn., none. '
fU Ut-r-r, t-r'4-
f
WEATHER FORECAST, -f
Ma'lninjt f pt. 2.'. rorecvut Ut
vioniliv mil Tueediji Ktttcro rennyl" 4
viinU I'alr, warmer Mondajr. Tuiadij, 4J '
fair: freth tn brisk outhrly iflndv 4i
tt ttt t.-tjklt.