VIGOROUS JUL WATSON Letter of Acceptance of the Topulist Candidate. DEMOCRATS, REPtBUCANS ARRAIGNED. Mr. Wallop Say "A Blacker Chapter Than Thai Which Rtcorda How Both the Old Political Partisan lolled to Despoil the Common People ol Their Land la Not to b Fouod lo tbe Anoala otClaii Ltgllatloa." Birmingham, Ala. (Special). The letter of Thomas E. Watson, accept ing the nomination of the People's Party for president, was made public Sunday. It is, in part, as follows: "God never made a grander home for his children than that which the Cavalier in Virginia, the Dutchman in New York and the Puritan in Massa chusetts sought as a 'refuge from the Systems of the Old World. In natural advantages this earth holds no region superior to ours. Once it belonged to the people. With bis gun the com mon man won it, mile by mile, from the Indians, the Frenchman, the Sax on and the Spaniard. What the com mon man did not win with his 'gun he bought with his money. From sea to sea the land which is ours be came ours because the common man was ready to pay for it with his tax money or his blood. "What has become of it? With be wildering rapidity it has been taken from the common people and given to the corporations. It belonged to the government, to all the people. It was meant to supply homes to indi vidual citizens, and there was enough of it to last for many generation To the extent of about 200,000 acres it has been given to railroad corpo rations; and now when a common man wants a home in ail that vast domain lie must go to the railroad corpora tions to get it. "A blacker chapter than that which records how both the old political par ties united to despoil tthe comrnor people of their land is not to be found in the annals of class legislation. Cold and Silver. "Whether the Wail Street influences which produced the establishment of the gold standard emanated from wiser heads than those of Jefferson and Hamilton may be doubted. Both of these great men served their country a long time and died poor. In fixing bimetallism as a system and the sil ver dollar as the unit of value they had no selfish motive. Two lofty-mindct Statesmen agreed upon that system as the right system. It remained in force, giving full satisfaction, until the money power in its march of con quest found it to be a barrier. The money power demands a standard which it can control; and one metal is earier to control than two. For the tame reason it opposes governmental issues of paper money, and will never ie content until the greenbacks are called in and destroyed. "To establish the single gold stand ard, which sets the Constitution a'idc, the statute had to be violated. The word 'coin' had to be construed to mean 'gold only;' and the paper note issued on silver, had to be redeemed in a manner different from that pre scribed by aw. Money Standard Not Fixed. "There are at least five reasons why the gold standard cannot be considered as fixed: "1. It is unconstitutional. "2. It violates statute law. "3. The supply of gold might in crease beyond all the circulations of the money power. Thus, the standard of value would get beyond their con trol. In that event the money power itself would change the standard. "4. The supply of gold might sud denly cease. In that event contraction would at once set in, because the coun try's expansion in business and in crease in population require a con stantly increasing volume of currency. If the horrors of contraction should again come upon us by the selfish pol icy of the money power the people would compel a change in the stand ard. Wall Street gave us the panic of 1X73; Wall Street gave us the panic of 1893. Let Wall Street give us an. other, and it may find that it has given ns one too many. The American peo ple have about reached the limit of endurance. Safe Robber' Bl Haul. Fowler, Ind. (Special). Robbers dynamited the bank at Frceland, and it is reported they secured $20,000. The 6afe was blown open and the en tire side of the bank building wrecked. The Boise awakened the people of the town, who hurriedly gathered, but the robbers were gone, and no clue has been obtained. Everything of value in the safe was taken. Killed By Bears la Veliowitooe. Cody, Wyo., (Special. A man and boy employed in the Yellowstone Na tional Park have been killed by bears. The victims were in the employ of the hotel cn Yellowstone lake. President Roosevelt will be asked to take steps to decrease the number of bears in the park by authorizing a big hunt for the animals. Blllloas of Pouodt f Sugar. Washington, D. C. (Special). The Department of Commerce and Labor issued a bulletin stating that the total quantity of sugar, including that of Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands, brought into the United State from the tropica in 1904 is 4,675,627,813 pounds, against 3,305,087,700 pounds in 1900, 3,332fco,Pjb pounds in 1800, 1, 829.286,030 in ifiSo and 1,196,662,040 pounds in 1870. Evangelist Kalsca 170,000. New York (Special). Rev. A. B Simpson, the evangelist, raised nearly $70,000 in cash and pledges at the Tabernacle Sunday, where he preach ed his annual missionary sermon, the principal event of the twenty-third annual convention of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. The donations ranged in amounts from 25 cents b $5,000. One1 of the largest contribu tion wa paid in five $1,000 bill. In oiakii'g a a for contributions, Rev Mr. Simpson said: "The money will i toward the support of missionaries L the field." . NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Tie latest Happening Condensed for Rapid Reading. . Domestic While suffering from delirium trem ens, Dr. Edward J. Belt, of Spring field, Ma., ,hot and wounded Dr. Rcnjamin Jackson, his physician, and Judson Strong, Jr., and 'then com mitted suicide. 'I lie remains of Postmaster General Payne were buried in Forest Home Cemetery, in Milwaukee, after they had been viewed by about 25.000 per sons as they lay in state in the city hall. Najit Hahiti and his Chicago bride, who were arrested at the instance of the bride's father on the charge of theft, were released on habeas cor pus proceedings. Henry E. Simmons, a member of the wealthy colony at Summit, N. J.. was arrested on the charge of looting while rxceutor of the estate of his Connecticut aunt. The Convention of the Roys' Bri gade, in Washington, concluded with a mass-meeting in Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church. South. Frank Woodbridpe, wanted in Hon olulu for embezzlement committed about three years ago, was found on the transport Logan and arrested. vnaries A. Ward was arrested in N'cw York on the charge of getting S.o.ooo trom justices of the Supreme Court by misrepresentation. Allen M. Gangewar, who was once private secretary to Secretary Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, died in Washing ton. Mrs. Martha C. N'oxon surd Mary E. Remington for $10,000 damages for alienating the affections of her 70-year-old husband. Six Grand Trunk Railway train men were suffocated to death in the tunnel under the St. Clair River, at Port Huron, Mich. John Whipple, (he outlawed Massa chusetts farmer, was surrounded itv a bam by a posse, and put two bullets into his head rather than be captured. ins injuries are probably fatal. David Auld, president of the First National Bank and a pioneer Kansas dropped dead in Atchison, Kan., aged 80 years. Mr. Auld built the Hanni bal Road into Atchison. Rowland C. Hill was shot and killed in Memphis by Ben Gillam, colored, who was defending Mrs. Emma Leon ard from Hill's unwelcome attentions. Six hundred students of the Uni versity of Wisconsin were ducked in the waters of Lake Mendota in the annual university freshman-sophomore rush. The International Peace Congress decided to hold the next convention in Lucerne, Switzerland. A scheme for an international court was proposed. Charles, alias "Shotgun," Foley was hanged in New Orleans. It was the first execution there of a white man in a number of -ears. Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined and sent to jail in Wichita, Kan., for saloon-smashing, while her companions were only fined. William E. Dunlap, an artilleryman made a sensational escape from Fort Snelling, where lie was under sen tence. Four men were horribly b.urned at the Wharton Furnace, at Wharton. Pa., and at leat one of them will die. The three-masted schooner James R. Talbot was burned near Rockland Breakwater, off the coast of Maine. One person was killej and seven injured in a collision on the Pan handle Railroad between the Wheel ing express and a freight engine. The Nebraska, the latest and largest United States battleship, was success fully launched at Seattle. William B. Gaitree, former super intendent of rural delivery for Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky, was indicted by the federal grand jury in Cincin nati cn the charge of embezzlement. At the International Peace Con gress, in Boston, resolutions were passed expressing gratification at the recently adopted arbitration treaties and encouraging disarmament. Receivers were appointed at Mont gomery for the Alabama Cotton Prod ucts Company, a round-lap bale con cern, the capital stock of which is $-Uo.ooo and the liabilities $323,755. A summons in an action for crimi nal libel was served upon Mayor Mc Clellan, of New York. It was Secured by Hal Bell, former civil service com missioner. Under the will of Mrs. Marianua A. Ogdcn, who died at Lenox, Ma-.s.. $.'00,000 is bequeathed to Arnot Og den Memorial Hospital, in Elmira. X. Y. Otto Kuhn, of the firm of Kuhn. Locb & Co., of New York, testified that the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. was responsible fur the Northern Pa cific panic. Pauline Hall sued Moyd, Crawford & Co., stockbrokers, in New York to recover $16,000 for securities she intrusted to them. Foreign. Dr. Bossi, the alienist, says he found no trace of insanity in Princess Louise of Saxe-Cuburg, but he found marks of violence upon her body. A large public meeting in Lage pro tested against the endeavor to displace Prince Leopold from the regency of Lip;e. Miss Annie S. Peck, the American mountain-climber, ascended lluascan Mountain, Peru, to a height of 21,000 feet. A 'whaling vessel arrived at Dun dee, bringing news of the safety of Captain Amundsen's Arctic expedition The anointing of King Peter of Scrvia was performed at Zicha with great ceremony. The steamer Minoola, owned by the Pacific Improvement Company of San Francisco, which had taken to Siberia supplies tor the Russian Army and was returning with a cargo of valuable furs, was wrecked on a reef. Three shells exploded in Fort St. Marie, at Calloo, Belgium, and II sol diers were killed and many injured. Mont Pelce, on the Island of Mar tinique, is in eruption again, but thus far no damage lua been dune. The Italian War Office has recalled under arms the reserves of 1903, ex cept the cavalry and artillery, which places about 50.000 more troop at the disposal of the Government. The fight of Manchester, Eng., for a diversion of a portion of Liverpool's cotton trade from America has re sulted in an arrangement with two steamship lines to carry cargoes of cotton direct from New Orleans to Manchester. Mr. Isabella L. Bishop, the noted traveler, philanthropist and author, is dead. , A MAD MHO RACE Death and Accidents Nark Course of the Yandcrbilt Cup Race. ONE CH ALITOR WAS KILLED. Ao American Finishes First Qeorge Heath's Victory Disputed By Albert Clement, a Frenchman Thrilling Sight Aa Puffing Moo sters hln By At Speed Greater Thaa the Famous Expres Train. New York (Special). Geo. Heath, an American, driving a 90-horsepowcr Panhard car and representing the An tomobile Club of France, was declared the winner of the William K. Van derbilt, Jr., cup in the international road race held on Long Island under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America. He won by the narrow margin 61 1 minute and 28 seconds, covering the 284 'miles from which the time was taken in 5 hours and 26 minutes and 45 seconds. Albert Clement, a Frenchman, who covered the distance in 5 hours and 28 minutes and !3 sec onds in an' 80-horscpowcr Clement Bayard car, entered protest against Heath being declared the winner on the ground that his time had not been taken according to the conditions which were to govern the race. After the protest had been received the decision declaring Heath the win ner was withdrawn. A final decision will be reached after the protest has been formally presented to the Auto mobile Association of America at a special meeting at the Garden City Hotel, Long Island, which has been called for the purpose. There is scarcely any prospect that Heath will be denied his laurels. Clement declares that he was hel! up in Hempstead a minute and a half while making repairs to his gasoline tank. This time, under the rules gov erning the contest, he says, should have been deducted from his actual time. Clement also says there arc several other things which he intends to bring before the association at the meeting. H. H. Lytle, in a Pope-Toledo car, was third. It was estimated that at least too, 000 persons witnessed the race. The contest cost one life and at least four persons were injured. The fatal accident occurred to the car of George Arcnts, Jr., a wealthy New Yorker, and the man killed was Carl Menzcl, his machinist. Arents' car was No. 5 and he was driving at a tremendous speed when, just as he approached a sharp curve on the Hempstead road, a front tire slipped and the great 6o-hors'powcr machine went over. Both Arents and Menzcl were hurled with tremendous force to the roadway. They were picked up unconscious and hurried to .1 hospital, where Menzel died in a short time. Mr. Arents is in a critical condition. Gabriel, the noted French driver, who was looked upon as a likely win ner, was well in the lead in the first three laps, but he was gradually over hauled and passed. In the seventh lap, when he broke a crank shaft, he dropped out of the race. The showing made by the Ameri cans in the race was a revelation to many. It was expected that F'rank Croker, in his own 75-horsepower Sim plex, would be well up among the leaders at the finish, barring accident, but his machine broke down. -FEMALE TRAIN ROBBER. Woman Confesie She Beloog to a Notorious Gang. Fairmont, W. Va. (Special). Mrs. S. K. Jacobs, wife of the former sta tion agent at Worthington, W. Va. has been arrested for being implicated in the robbery of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station at Worthing ton. In jail she confessed to Deputy Sheriff Watson that she is a member of a gang who have committed at least' 20 robberies in Worthington within a few months. She named others in the gang with her, one of the accused, Hays McDonald, being arrested. Officers are searching' for the other accused persons. Among the robberies committed were the Baltimore and Ohio station at Worthington, robbed three times; a flour mill, a barber shop and numer ous residences and houses. Mrs. Ja cobs said that the gang met in the house of one of the robbers, where the plunder was stored. This hou-c was searched by officers and a large amount of Hour and groceries was found. Boys' Brlgadea Prosper. Washington, D. C. (Special). The United Boys' Brigade of America held '.lie first business meeting of their an nual convention Saturday. Lieut. Gen. H. P. Bope, the commander-in-chief, presided. Reports were read from the various divisions, indicating that the organization is prospering in 15 states, am! is developing in others. The total numerical strength of the brigade is estimated at almost 60,000. The elec tion of officers resulted in the re-election of Commander-in-Chief 11. P. Bope, of Pittsburg, and John A. Clark, of Pittsburg, as adjutant-general. Alaska Indians Not Starving. Washington, D. C. (Special). Sev eral days ago it was reported to the President that the Copper River In dians, in Alaska, were starving. He gave orders to Colonel Macklin, com mander at Fort I.iscum, to supply ra tions to the Indians where necessary. Colonel Macklin replied, saying: "In dians not in need of rations. Will watch conditions closely. Twenty-five hundred rations now at Copper Cen ter." Not Fully Bullet Proof. Washington, D. C. (Special). Gcu eral Crozier, chief of ordnance of the army, has received reports of tests of a bullet-proof cloth, the conclusion of all tt which is, that the weight, dis comfort and expense, together with the only partial protection afforded by this armor, render it ue for the in dividual soldier prohibitive. Tested over wood backing, indentation half an inch deep indicated probable in jury to the human body, even if the cloth were not penetrated. WAR MAY COST A BILLION. Akuma Ss laput Must Prepare For Long Contest. Tokio (By Cable). In addressing the members of the United Clearing Houses of Tokio Count Okuma, lead or cf the Progressive party, warned the people to prepare for a long war, the date of the termination of which it was now impossible to foretell. He predicted that the cost to Japan for a two years' war, including the loans which had been placed and the ex penses consequent upon the war at its termination, would total $1,000,000,000, which would make the per capita share amount to $20. Count Okuma said that corruption appeared to pervade the military, po lineal and financial departments of the Russian Government and that this corruption had almost reached a cli max which threatened a revolution. It was even reported that Lieutenant General Stocssel, now defending Port Arthur and upon whose shoulders rested the"Tesponsibi!ity for the loss of a large share of Russian prestige in hast Asia, was guilty of dissipation during the siege. The speaker de clared that the weaknesses of the Kits sian-s gave the Japanese many vie torics. He pointed out that, despite her defeats, Russia continued to hold a prominent and commanding position in Europe, and said that even bin pcror William was "courting the favor ot the Kussran Autocrat. Despite her weaknesses Count Oku ma said Russia possessed immense re souices and had tremendous advan tages in the size of her population and the Rreatness of her wealth, and it would be necessary for the Japanese to make heavy sacrifices in order to attain success. He predicted that the war would cost Russia from $1,500, 000,000 to $2,000,000,000, and said it would be impossible to raise loans or to increase the taxes in Russia because the limit had been reached. The Count predicted that it would be necessary for the Japanese Govern ment to borrow $250,000,000 next year and added that if $75,000,000 was se cured abroad the country must face a depreciation, in the value of its se curities. ONLY BROUGHT $26,000. The Sale at Auction of a $3,000,000 Mercantile Agency. New York (Special). The $3,000,- 000 International Mercantile Agency was sold at public auction here for $26,000. The sale was conducted by George R. Beach, appointed receiver of the company for Judge Lannon,. of the United States Circuit Court at Trenton, X. J., about six weeks ago. Kcceivcr Beach started the auction by putting up the reports of the finan cial standing of tens of thousands of firms throughout the United States and Canada. These were supposed to have cost $1,200,000 to collect. The highest bid was $10. Receiver Beach refused to accept this bid, and revised his plan for con ducting the sale, dividing the prop erty into two lots. In the first lot everything belonging to the company except the outstanding accounts were included. The second lot consisted of the accounts due. I he first lot was sold to Charles II. Barritt, of Philadelphia, for $23,000, and the second lot to the same pur chaser for $3,000, making Mr. Bar ritt the sole owner of the entire cor poration. FIRE IN SEXT0NSVILLE. Fourteen Famillea Burned Out la the Early Morning. Baltimore, Md. (Special). A fire which broke out from an unknown cause about midnight in one of the dwellings composing the little ham let of Sextonsvillc, near the Claremont stock yards, just outside the south western city limits, destroyed four double houses in a row of six, occu pied by laborers. 1 he hre originated in the house of Mr. Anthony Schultz, which was about midway of the row, and spread with remarkable rapidity in both direc tions. The inmates of the houses largely Germans, were aroused from their beds to see their homes catch ing from the Schultz house, and al though efforts were made to get out their effects, the fire spread so rapidly that little could be taken from any save the end houses of the row. Two hours after the fire started three dou ble chimneys alone marked the spot where six of the twelve houses had stood, and two of the remaining build ings were burning fiercely. Brloglrg Aa Eobeiiler Back. Colon (By Cable). Herman Haas, alias Frank Edwards, accused of hav ing embezzled $20,000 from the Corn Exchange National bank of Chicago, and who was surrendered to the American authorities as an act of comity by the Panama government. sailed for New York as a prisoner on bord the steamer Finance. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Rear Admiral Stirling has recom mended the making of important ad ditions to the Asiatic fleet. The establishment of wireless tele graph stations for naval and general maritime use is being pushed vigor ously by the government. The annual report of the superin tendent of Indian schools has been submitted to the Commissioner of In dian Affairs. President Roosevelt formally des ignated First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne as acting postmaster general. For the third consecutive winter extreme destitution prevails among the Alaskan Indians. Three Islands near the mouth of the Mississippi were set apart as a government reservation for the breed ing of wild fowl. Prof. William II. H. Hart will take an appeal to the Supreme Court to test the Maryland Jimcrow Law. President Roosevelt appointed Ju lius G. Lay consul general at Canton, succeeding Robert M. McWade, re moved. Postmaster General Payne died at Washington after a brief illness. The Navy Department published the report of Naval Constructor Baxter, showing that despite all precaution and unusual vigilance some evil-minded person had succeeded on several occasion in tampering with the new battleship Connecticut AFTER THE RUSSIAN FLEET Japs' Big Guns Completing the Work of Destruction. GENERAL KL'ROPATKIN REPORTED ILL. Vladivostok Has Report That He Has Not Been Able To Command His Army Since Battle ot Llioyang-Russlana On the Skir mish Lines Clad In Chines Clothes Delay la Sailing of the Baltic Fleet. Instead of a sortie of the Russian warships from Port Arthur, it now appears, according to Japanese ad vices, that four Russian warships were damaged by the fire of Japanese land batteries, one of the vessels be ing destroyed. Heavy Japanese guns now command every Russian warship in the harbor. Several, sensational reports come from Vladivostok, one to the effect that General Kuropatkin has been very ill and unable to personally com mand his army since the battle of Lia oyang, and another that the Russians are in communication with Port Ar thur by wireless telegraphy. Lieutenant General Hasegawa goes to Korea to assume command of the Japanese forces there. It is probable that his appointment foreshadows a move to expel the Cossacks now op crating in Northwestern Korea. Russian Warships Under Fire. Tokio (By Cable). It is reported here that the fire of the Japanese land batteries severely damaged four Rus sian warships in the harbor of Port Arthur. It is stated that one of the vessels was completely wrecked. The names of none of the ships were given. St. Petersburg (By Cable). The Admiralty continues without news of the reported sea fight off Port Ar thur, as well as of the Tokio report of the wrecking and damaging of Rus sian warships at Port Arthur bv the Japanese land batteries. As a portion of the squadron has been, going out occasionally to bombard the Japanese land positions, the possibility that some of the Russian vessels may have been damaged by the Japanese bat teries is admitted. A dispatch from Chefon states that, in spite of the tightening of the Japa nese blockade, junks are still arriv ing from the fortress bearing refu gees, who say that all the attacks of the Japanese have been repulsed, and that it will be necessary to institute a long siege and a complete block ade in order to reduce the fortress. The blockade, according to the refu gees, is not completely effective, junks continually arriving with food sup plies and munitions for the garrison. The Japanese have instituted a close patrol over the entire Yellow Sea, stopping every vessel sighted. Russian Wore Chinese Costumes. Tokio (By Cable). The imperial headquarters issued a report of the recent Russian military movements and skirmishes with the Japanese soutn ot .Mukden', as tollows: Un October 4 a few of the enemy s cavalry approached the vicinity of Aiyangpienmcn, but our force drove them off. 'The enemy, with a battalion of in fantry, 11 squadrons of cavalry and five guns, advanced toward Shaliu hotzu on October 4 and retreated to ward Huangshan October 5. In this direction there were only two or three of our squadrons of cavalry, whose outpost lines extended between Niao koushan and V.'angchiafcn. The Rus sian infantry heading the column wore Uimcses costumes. "On October 4 a small body of the enemy attacked our pickets at 1 ln taitzu and on the Mukden road and were repulsed. The enemy left his dead and ritles behind. All the enemy wore cuinese doming. Four squadrons of Russian cav alry came to Sunshutshuitzu, on the l'uslum. road, October 3 and remained there until the morning of October 5. ine enemy s cavalry patrols have been sent south of Wulichies and Lungwangiao, but thev retreated north to Lutoakou, leaving infantry patrols. "A detachment of the enemy's cav alry October 4. with three guns, ad vanced toward Shiotai. and, taking up a position at Tatai, fired on our troops north of Yentai. 'The enemy posted at Ch.-fnctan. on the right bank of the Hun River, has retired, leaving a small force there. "There are no troops of the enemv in the neighborhood of Taotaitzu. A small force of the enemv re cently attacked our ou"post on the It-1 1 bank of the Hun River, but was driven back." A Chaulfeur's Fatal Blunder. New York (Special). Driven at the rate of 25 mile an hour, a three-seated touring car, containing nine person four men and five women, dashed over an embankment at the southern end of Jerome avenue, early in the morning, landing on the southbound track of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Just at that moment a southbound local train, running fast to make up time, round ed a curve and struck the automobile. Three persons were killed, two in stantly, two were seriously injured and the other four, although badly bruised and shaken, were able to go home. On t arge ol Starvation. London (By Cable). At a meeting of the Manchester City Council it was announced that owing to the hard times and depression in the cotton in dustries between 40,000 and 50,000 peo ple in the poorer parts of the citv were practically on the verge of starvation. Similar conditions pre vail in London and other large cities of the United Kingdom, where the winter is expected to be one of the hardest in many years for the poorer classes. Trail Runa Into Burning Trestle. Washington (Special). A passen ger train on the Augusta Southern Railroad ran into a burning trestle near Mitchell, Ga., 59 miles from Au gusta, and one man was killed and eight others injured. The 60-foot trestle was entirely destroyed by the fire, and the tender, compartment car and two coaches also were burned. The injured were taken to Mitchell, where physician were waiting. All of the baggage, expres and mail was saved. The origin of the fire is un known. Traffic wa resumed by trans ferring train to other tracks. HENRY C PAYNE DEAD. Postmaster 0nral Yields to Unequal Strug;. to - Tr butt ot President Washington, D. C. (Special). Henry C. Payne, Postmaster-General of the United States, a member of the National Republican Commit tee, a stalwart of his party, with the history of which, both in his home State and nationality, he has been identified for many years, died at his apartments at the Arlington Hotel at 6:10 o'clock Tuesday night, aged 60 years. His death and its cause were announced in the following official bulletin issued by the attending phy sicians: "The postmaster-General died at 6:10 P. M. He died peacefully with out a struggle. Cause of death, dis ease of mitral valve and dilation of th. heart P. M. RIXEY. G. LLOYD MAG RUDER. C. T. GRAYSON." Mr. Payne bad been in poor health for at least two years, but his last illness covered only seven days, an attack of heart trouble last week pre cipitating the end at a time when after a rest he seemed to have re covered a small measure of his vital ity, impaired by years of arduous la bor. Death came after nearly six hours of unconsciousness. The last official caller to inquire as to Mr. Payne's condition was Presi ccnt Roosevelt, and he h'ld been gone only about to minutes when the strick en member of the Cabinet expired. ccretary Hay had called at the Payne apartments a few -ninutcs before the President made his visit. Neither entered the sick room. As Mr. Roosevelt was leaving, about 6 o'clock, he spoke feelingly of Mr. I ayne to the newspaper men gath ered in front of the hotel as "the sweetest, most lovable and trustful man 1 ever knew." The last day had been one during which practically all hope had been abandoned for some hours. The ap proach of dissolution began during the noon hour, when the sick man lost consciousness and no longer rec ognized those whom he had attempted to cheer during his illness by saying to them that he was all right. When Mrs. Payne saw that the end was near she summoned Rev. Dr. Dunlap, and at her request he read at the bed side of the dying man Tsalm exxx, "Out of the Depths," and then re peated the prayers the Episcopal Church provides shall be ntad at the bed of those about to pass away. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in this city F'riday morning, and at 3:15 in the afternoon the b.ody will be taken to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station and placed aboard the private car of Presi dent A. J. Earling, of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pail Railroad, who tendered the use of the car by tele graph. The body should arrive at Milwaukee Saturday evening, and services will be held next Sunday evening at All Saints' Episcopal Church there. A message has been sent to Rt. Rev. Isaac L. Nicholson, the Bishop of Milwaukee, who is now at a convention in Boston, asking him if he can officiate. I.itenncnt will be at the Forest Home Cemetery, Mil waukee. Mrs. Payne has expressed a desire that the services be as simple as possible. The swearing in of Henry C. Payne as Postmaster-General was an occa sion of unusual interest at the White House on the morning of January 15, 1902. The event was more than ordi narily notable in many ways. It was witnessed by more distinguished men and more personal friends of note of the incoming official than any simi lar event at the White House in years. 'I he oath was administered in the Cabinet room in the presence of Pres ident Roosevelt, Charles Emory Smith, Mr. Payne's predecessor; the other members of the Cabinet,- the entire Wisconsin delegation in Con gress, Governor Durbin. of Indiana; Senators Hanna and Scott and Rich ard Kerens, of Missouri. Mrs. Roose velt and Mrs. Payne also witnessed the ceremony, this being a departure from the usual custom. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Fuller, Mr. Payne was born in Ashfield, .Mass., .ovemner 33, 143, ot early Bay State settlers, lie was educated in the common schools and gradu ated at Shelburne I'alls (Mass.) Acad emy in 1859. He removed to Mil waukee, Wis., in September, 1863, where he lived since. Mr. Payne made his first active appearance in politics in the Grant-Greeley campaign of 1872, being active in organizing the Young Men's Republican Club, of which he was the first secretary, and since that time had been in contin uous service a ao officer of the Re publican party organization in Mil waukee, in Wisconsin and in the na tion. In ifiSo'he was elected a mem ber of the Republican National Com mittee, and had continuously held that position to the time of his death, and was a member of the executive committee of the national committee during the last four Presidential cam paigns. . " FINANCIAL Anthracite coal output for Septem ber is estimated at 4,000,000 tons. Wabash's grots 'earnings in August increased 17 per cent., mostly on ac count of the St. Louis Fair traffic. Northern Securities stock rose 4 per cent, on rumors of a settlement of the great fight between Hill and Har rinian. St. Paul's gross earnings for Au gust rose f26,5ij, but the net fell $8141. Philadelphia houses are particularly bullish on Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio. The belief here is that the dividends on both of them will be increased at the request of the Pennsylvania, which control them. "If Schwab bought 20,000 shares of United- State Steel preferred thi week, it wa to cover a hort contract on which he must have lost money," said the president of a Philadelphia trust company. A wager of $5000 to $2500 on Roose velt' election is offered by Phila delphia broker. . It is asserted that the dispute be tween Hill and Harriman over the Northern Securities Company has been brought down to a cash basis, and that $1 5,000,000 'i the sum involved. The Chicago & Alton preferred stork, which was bought last year by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., has been sold by them at $84 a share,- it wa officially announced. r The battleship' Ohio was placed In c(minision at San Francisco,. CONDITION OF THE CROPSj Weekly Report of tbe Federal f eathctj Bureau. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO CORN. Temperature Haa Been Oeneralr Favorable tor Maturing and Harvesting ol Lata Crops Heavy Frosta In Wisconsin Drouth Ion Ithue In iht Upper Ohio Valley Moiilur Needed Id South Atlantic Coast Washington. D. C. (Special). The Weather Bureau's weekly summary ol crop conditions is as follows: "The temperature conditions dur ing the week have been generally fa vorable for maturing and harvesting! late crops, although excessively warm in portions of Kansas anJ the South ern States. Heavy to killing frosts, causing some damage, were reported from Wisconsin. There was practi-i cally no precipitation over the Loweri Missouri Valley and Southern States,' but copious rains fell in New Eng-1 land, New York, Michigan, the Red, River of the North Valley, portions, of the Lower Missouri Valley and) Southern Plateau Region, delaying; work and injuring crops in some of these districts. Drouth continues in the Uppiv Ohio Valley, and moisture is needed generally in the Middle and South Atlantic States and portions o Oklahoma and South Dakota. The weather conditions were favorpble in the Pacific Coast. States, but more rain would be beneficial in Oregon. Corn has experienced another week of favorable conditions, but frost was injurious in Wisconsin, much was blown down and damaged in Illinois, and dry weather is needed in Iowa to( prepare the crop for cribbing. CoriV is practically safe in Nebraska; less, than 5 per rent, is in danger froinl frost in Michigan and Eastern Kan sas; 10 per cent, in Ohio, Central In- diana, Iowa and South Dikota: 201 per cent, in Northern and Central I Hi j nois and Missouri. Cu'ting is pro gressing rapidly in all sections, bcinpjj practi-rally completed in portions o bouthern .Missouri and ncanng com pletion in Kansas. While threshing of spring wheatj was again delayed by rams in Minne sota during the early part of thej week, this work was resumed later, and is now generally .well advanced in that state, and is progressing rapid ly in the Dakotas. With high temperature and practi cally no rain during the week in the cotton region, the staple has contin ued to open rapidly in all sections, prematurely in Georgia and Missis sippi, and picking has progressed unJ der favorable conditions. Complaints! of scarcity of labor are still received) from portions of central and eastern! districts. Reports indicate that neaM ly all rf the cotton crop has beenj harvested in Southern Georgia and( Louisiana and Southwestern lexasl 75 per cent, in Florida, the centra? portions of Georgia and Texas; 5 per cent, and over in other states,1 except Arkansas and Oklahoma, when about one-fourth is picked, and Nort Carolina, where only a small portio has been gathered. Late cotton i still shedding in Georgia, is muc shortened by drouth in Tennessee, an continued depredations of insect pestf have injured prospects for any top) crop in Texas. Tobacco is practically housed, an4 curing is progressing under favorable) conditions. High winds caused considerable) damage to apples in New England) the northern portions of the Middle Atlantic State, Ohio and Michigan, and a poor crop is generally indicated in the states of the central valleys. Aj good cron, however, is being picked in New England, and apnles are betJ ter than anticipated in Pennsylvania! and unusually good in Iowa. j B0VS BURNED TO DEATH. i Others Had Narrow Escape lo Boardlngboust) Fire In Florida. ' Miami, Fla., (Special).) By th burning of the boarding-house of Mrs, M. E. Johnson, corner of Avenue and Ninth street, Oliver Johnson age sixteen, wa burned to death and sev eral others were seriously injured The occupants were all asleep whet: the fire was discovered enveloping th lower floor, and all made their escapl by jumping from a second-story win dow. Oliver Johnson attempted ti escape by running down the stairsj and he ran into the fire. He reached the street entrance and lived until jj o clock. ' J. A. Singleton sustained an injury to his hip and shoulder; W. A. HulinJ of Palm Beach, ustained severe burns about the legs, and Mr. Hart had hia hands badly burned. j EI0HT SKELETONS FOUND. Suppoted Rendu ol Victims ol Early Mlchl gaa Highwaymen. 1 Grand Rapids, Mich., (Special). j Much excitement has been created in the village of Sparta, sixteen miles! north of here, by the discovery ol eight skeletons near the town. Tht discovery was made by three young men who were hunting. They founc one skeleton, and upon investigatiiif found three more buried in the grount and an army of men began digging over the premises. A bullet was founc in each skull. Killed Himself With Chloroform. Celina, O. (Special). James F. Kit ten, prominent politician and exi sheriff of Mercer county, and at the time of death township clerk, com mitted suicide. Killen poured hall a pint of chloroform into a cigar box filled with cotton, placed it oa a chair in front of him in his office and then buried his nose in the cotton. He was) in that position when found dead bW tht janitor. Fatal Accldeot at Exposition, St. Louis (Special). Albert Frank-I borer, of Marion, Ind., chief engi neer of the coal-teating plant of thai ,. . rm . . r , I C J United State ucoiogicm purvey n the World's Fair, was probably fatally! injured by on of ' the trains of thej miniatwa railroad that runs through the mining gulch. Fankborer fell from on of the cars and was dragged more than too feet His right leg was sev ered near tha thigh, his stomach bad ly cut and big head bruised, "
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