YIG0R0lSMR1 WATSON Letter of Acceptance of the Populist Candidate. DEMOCRATS, REPIBLICANS ARRAIGNED. Mr. Watson Siyt "A Blacker Cbipler Thin That Which Records How Both Ihe Old Political Partisans Lolled lo Despoil the Common People of Their Land It Not to b: Found lo the Aooala ol Claia Legislation." 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 Turitan 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 his gun the com mon man won it, mile by mile, from the Indians, the Frenchman, the Sax on and the Spaniard. W hat the com mon man did not win with hi gun he bought with his money. From sea to sea the land which is our 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 generations To the extent of about 200.000 acres it has been given to railroad corpo ration; and now when a common man wants a home, in all that vast domain he 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 tthc commor people of their land is not to be found In the annals of class legislation. Cold and Silver. "W'hethcr the Wall Street influences which produced the establishment of the gold standard emanated from wiser heads than those of Jefferson and Hamilton may be doubted, lioth 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-mindec 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 contrcl than two. For the same reason it opposes governmental issues of paper money, and will never tie content until the greenbacks are called in and destroyed. "To establish the single gold stand ard, which sets the Constitution a'ide, 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 law. Money Standard Not Fixed. "There are at least five reasons why the gold standard cannot be considered s fixed: "1. It is unconstitutional. j "2. It violates statute law. "3. The supply of gold might in crease beyond all the circulations of Ihe 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 r ight 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 u the panic of 1873; Wall Street gave us the panic of 1893. Let Wall Street give us an. Other, and it may find that it has given us one too many. The American peo ple have about reached the limit of endurance. Safe Robbers' Bif Haul. Fowler, Ind. (Special). RoLbcri dynamited the bank at Frccland, and it is reported they secured $jo,ooo. The safe was blown open and the en tire side of the bank building wrecked. The noise 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 Yellowstone. 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 Tiotel on Yellowstone lake. President Roosevelt wilt be asked to take steps to decrease the number of bears in the park by authorizing a big hunt for the animals. Blllloas ol Pounds tl Suf ar. Washington, D. C. (Special). The Department of Commerce and Labor issued a bulletin stating that the total quantity of sugar, including that of Forto Kico and the Hawaiian Islands, brought into the United States from the tropics in 1704 i 4.7S.6.7,8J pounds, against 3,305,0X7 j pounds in 1000, 3,33 J0.8g6 pounds in 1890, 1,. 829.286,030 in 1HS0 and 1,196,662,049 pounds in 1870. Evangelist Raises 171,000. New York (Special). Rev. A. II Simpson, the evangelist, raised nearly $70,000 in rash and pledges at the Tabernacle Sunday, where he preach ed his annual missionary sermon, the principal event of the twenty-third annual convention of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. The donations ranged in amount from J$ cents hi $5,000. One of the Urgent contribu tions was paid in five $1,000 bills. In snaking a plea for contributions, Rev Vir. Simpson said: "The money will 0 toward the support of missionaries 1 the field. - NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Latest Happenings Condensed (or Rapid Reading. Domestic While suffering from delirium trem ens. Dr. huward J. lklt. of Spring field, M.n. shot and wounded Dr. Hcnjamin Jackson, his physician, and Judon Strong, Jr., and then com mitted suicide. The remains of Postmaster General Payne were buried in Forest Home Cemetery, in Milwaukee, after they had been viewed by about 2.ooo per sons as they lay in state in the city hall. N.-ijit Hashin 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 K. Simmons, a member of the wealthy colony at Summit. N. J. was arresteil on the charge of looting while executor of the estate of his Connecticut aunt. The Convention of the Hoys' Tiri gade, in Washington, concluded with a mass-meeting in Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Frank Woodbridge, wanted in Hon olulu f r embezzlement committed about three years ago, was found on the transport I.ogan and arrested Charles A. Ward was arrested in New York on the charge of getting S.to.ooo from justices of the Supreme Court by misrepresentation. Allen M. Gaiigewar, who was once private secretary to Secretary Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, died in Washing ton. Mrs Martha C. Noxon sued 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, file outlawed Massa chusetts fanner, was surrounded in a barn by a posse, and put two bullets into his head rather than be captured. His 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 Hen 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 MenJota 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 Snclling, where he was under sen tence. Four men were horribly b.umed at the Wharton Furnace, at Wharton. Pa., and at least one of them will die. The three-masted schooner James R. Talbot was burned near Rorkland Breakwater, off the coast of Maine. One person was killed 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 on 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 $230,000 and the liabilities $323. "55. A summons in an action for crimi nal libel was served upon Mayor Mc-Clt-Man, of N ew York. It was secured by Hal Bell, former civil service com missioner. Under the will of Mrs. M arianna A. Ogden, who died at Lenox, Mas., $200,000 is bequeathed to Arnot Og den Memorial Hospital, in Elmira. N. Y. Otto Kuhn, of the firm of Kulw. Loeb & Co., of New York, testified that the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. was responsible for the Northern Pa cific panic. Pauline Hall sued Floyd, 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-Coburg, but he found marks of violence upon her body. A large public meeting in Lage tiro tested against the endeavor to displace Prince Leopold from the regency of l.ippe. Miss Annie S. Peck, the American mountain-climber, acciidcd Huascan Mountain, Peru, t a height of 21,000 feet. A whaling vessel arrived at Dun dec, 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 Mincola, owned by the Pacific Improvement Company of San Francisco, which had taken to Siberia supplies for the Russian Army and was returning with a cargo of valuable iurs, was wrecked on a reef. Three shells exploded in Fort St. Marie, at Calloo, llclgium, and it sol dier were killed and many injured. Mont Pelee, on the Island of Mar tinique, is in eruption again, but tliu ur no damage has been done. The Italian War Office has retailed under arms the reserves i loot, ex cept the cavalry and artillery, which placet about 50.000 more troops at the disposal of the stovernnient. 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. Mrs. Isabella 'L. Bishop, the noted traveler, philanthropist and author, it dead. - A MAD MO RACE Death and Accidents Mark Conrse of ths Vandcrbilt Cup Race. ONE CHAITFEIR WAS KILLED. Ao American Finishes First deorge Heath's Victory Disputed By Albert Clement, a Frenchman-Thrilling Sight As Pulling Moo sters Whizt By At Speed Oreattr Than the Fcmout Express Trains. New York (Special). Geo. Heath, an American, driving a oo-horscpowcr Panhard car and representing the Au tomobile Club of France, was declared the winner of the William K. Van dcrbilt, 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 of 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 13 sec onds in an 80-horscpow cr Clemcnt liayard 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. Alter 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 held 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 loo,- 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 1 orkcr, and the man killed was Carl Mcnzel, his machinist. Arcnts car was No. 5 and he was driving at a tremendous speed when, just as he approached a sharp curve n the Hempstead road, a front tire slipped and the great 60-horsepower machine went over. Both Arcnts and Menzel were hurled with tremendous force to the roadway. They were picked up unconscious and hurried to a hospital, where Mcnzel died in a short time. Mr. Arcnts 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 Frank Crokcr, in his own 75-horscpnwer Sim plex, would be well up among the leaders at the finish, barring accident, but his machine broke down. FEMALE TRAIN ROBBER. Woman Confesses She Belongs to a Notorious Gsog. Fairmont, W. Va. (Special). Mrs. S. K. Jacobs, wife cf 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 f 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 tne robberies committed were the Baltimore and Ohio station at Worthington, robbed three times; a Hour 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 rubbers, where the plunder was stored. This house was searched by officers and a large amount of Hour and groceries was iour.d. Boys' Brigades Prosper. Washington, D. C. ( Special). The United Boys' Brigade of America held the first business meeting of their an nual convention Saturday. Lieut. Gen. II. P. Bope, the commander-in-chief, presided. Reports were read from the various divisions, indicating that the organization is prospering in 15 slates, anil is developing in others. The total numerical strength of the brigade is estimated at almost fio.ooo. The elec tion of olliccrs resulted in the re-election of Commander-in-Chief H. P. Hope, 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 Liscum, 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). Gen eral Crozier, chief of ordnance of the army, has received reports of tests of a bullet-proof cloth, the conclusion of all of which is, that the weight, dis comfort and expense, together with the only partial protection afforded by this armor, render its use for the in dividual soldier prohibitive. Tested over wood backing, it-dentations half an inch deep indicated probable in jury to the human body, tVcn if the cloth were not penetrated. WAR MAY COST A BILLION. Akuma Says lapa.i Mast Prepare For Long Contest. Tokio (By Cable). In addressing the members of the United Clearing Houses of Tokio Count Okuma, lead er of 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 litical 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 Stoessel, now defending Port Arthur and upon whose shoulders rested the responsibility for the loss of a large share of Russian prestige in East Asia, was guilty of dissipation during the siege. The speaker de dared that the weaknesses of the Rus sians gave the Japanese many vic tories. He pointed out that, despite her defeats, Russia continued to hold a prominent and commanding position in Europe, and said that even Em peror William was "courting the favor of the Russian Autocrat." Despite her weaknesses Count Oku ma said Russia possessed immense rc souices and had tremendous advan tages it the size of her population and the greatness 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 ws se cured abroad the country must face a depreciation, in the value ot its se curities. ONLY BR0U0HT $26,000. Tbe Sale at Auctioo 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. Receiver Beach started the auction by putting up the reports of the finan cial standing of tens of thousands of firms throughout the l-iutcd States and Canada. These were supposed to have cost $1,200,000 to collect. I he highest bid was $10. Receiver Beach refused to accept tMs 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. The first lot was sold to Charles H. 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. r iFe in seTtonsville. Fourteen Families 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 Sextonsville, 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. The fire '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 bad stood, and two of the remaining build ings were burning fiercely. Bringing Aa Embeizler 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. ' . Trof. William H. 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 precautions tnd unusual vigilance some evil-minded person had succeeded on several occasions in tampering with the new battleship Connecticut. AFTER THE RUSSIAN FLEET Japs' Big Guns Completing Ihe Work of Destruction. GENERAL KLROPATKIN REPORTED ILL. Vladivostok Has Report That He Has Not Been Able To Command His Army Sine Battle of LUoyang Russians On the Sklr . mlsh Lines Clad In Chinese Clothes Delay In Sailing of lb Baltic Fleet. . Instead of a sortie of the Russian warship 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 wit'.i Port Ar thur by wireless telegraphy. Lieutenant General Hascgawa 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 erating 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-1 sian warships in the harbor of Fort 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 by 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 Chefoo 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. Russians Wore Chinese Costumes. Tokio (By Cable). The imperial headquarters issued a report of the recent Russian military movements and skirmishes with the Japanese south of Mukden, as follows: "On October 4 a few of the enemy's cavalry approached the vicinity of Aiyangpicnmcn, 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 Xiao koushan and W'angchiafeu. The Rus sian infantry heading the column wore Chineses costumes. "On October 4 a small body of the enemy attacked our pickets at Pin taitzu and on the Mukden road and were repulsed. The enemy left his dead and ritles behind. All the enemy wore Chinese clothing. "Four squadrons of Russian . cav alry came to Sunshutshuitzu, on the Fushun road, October 3 and remained there until the morning of October 5. "The enemy's cavalry patrols have been sent south of Wulichies and Lungwangiao, but they retreated north to Ltitoakou, 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 Changtan, on the right bank of the Hun River, has retired, leaving a small force there. "There are no troops of the enemy in the neighborhood of Taotaitzu. "A small force of the enemy re cently attacked our oirpost on the left bank of the Hun River, but was driven back." A Chauffeur's Fatal Blunder. New York (Special). Driven at the rate of 23 miles an hour, a three-seated touring ear, containing nine persons 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 e.-e 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 city 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. Train Ruos 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-fool 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 physicians were waiting. Alt of the baggage, express and mail w.a saved. The origin of the fire is un known. Traffic was resumed by trans ferring trains to other tracks. HENRY C PAYNE DEAD. Pjstmaster 0enral Yields to Unequal Struggle - Tr bate ef President. Washington, D. C. (Special). Henry C. Taync, 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 tlu heart. P. M. RIXEY. G. LLOYD MAGRUDER. C. T. GRAYSON." Mr. Payne had 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 Prcsi ccnt Roosevelt, and he hid been gone only about 10 minutes when the strick en member of the Cabinet expired. :sccrctary Hay had called at the Payne apartments a few tiinutis 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 Psalm exxx, "Out of the Depths," and then re peated the prayers the Episcopal Church provides shall be nead at the bed of those about to pass away. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in this city Friday morning, and at 3:15 in the afternoon the body 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. Pajl 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 ofiiciate. I.itennent 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. Ihe 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 llanna 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. Fayne was bom in Ashfield, Mass.. November 23, 1843, of early Bay State settlers, lie was educated in the common schools and gradu ated at Shelb'urne Falls (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-Grcelcy 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 as an officer of the Re publican ' party organizations in Mil waukee, in Wisconsin and in the na tion. In 1880 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 gross 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 riman. St. Paul's gross earnings for Au gust rose $26,5lj, but the tiet 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 controls them. "If Schwab bought 20,000 shares of United States Steel preferred this week, it was to cover a short 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's election i offered by a Phila delphia broker. It is asserted that the dispute be. twecn Hill and Harrinian over the Northern Securities Company has been brought down to a cash basis, and that $15,000,000 is the sum involved. The Chicago & Alton preferred stock, which was bought last year by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., has been sold by them at $84 a share, it was officially announced. . . The battleship Ohio was placed In commission at San Francisco, CONDITION OF THE CROPS! Wcellj Report of the Federal Weather Bureau. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO CORN.) Temperature Has Been Ocneraly FavorabJ tor Maturing and Harvesting of Late Crops! Heavy Frosts in Wisconsin Drontb Con tlnues la il.e Upper Ohio Valley Moisture) Needed In South Atlantic Coast Washington. D. C. (Special). The Weather Bureau's weekly summary oil 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 warmj in portions'of Kansas and the South ern States. Heavy to killing frosts, causing sonic damage, were reported. from Wisconsin. There was practi cally no precipitation over the Loweri Missouri Valley and Southern States,' but copious rains fell in New Eng-. land, New York, Michigan, the Red. River of the North Valley, portions, of the Lower Missouri Valley and Southern Flateau Region, delaying work and injuring crops in some oi these districts. Drouth continues in the Uppi.- Ohio Valley, and moisture' is needed generally in the Middle and South Atlantic States and portions of Oklahoma and South Dakota. The weather conditions were favorable 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 dowin and damaged in Illinois, and dry weather is needed in Iowa to prepare the crop for cribbing. Corn is practically safe in Nebraska; less than 5 per cent, is in danger front frost in Michigan and Eastern Kan-1 sas; 10 per cent, in Ohio, Central In-i -i: 1 I C . 1- T . 1 . - . . (liana, low a aii'l .t'-.iiii i.iimu, v per cent, in Northern and Central Illi. nois and Missouri. . Cu'ting is pro- gressing rapidly in all sections, being practically completed in portions of Southern .Missouri and ncaring com1 plction in Kansas. While threshing of spring wheat was again delayed by rains in Minne sota during the early part of the week, this, work was resumed later,1 and is now generally well advanced in inai siate, ana is progressing rapiu 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 un Afw f a m frtn Hi firm frtmntn int Q of scarcity of labor are still received! from portions of central and eastern' districts. Reports indicate that near- ly all of the cotton crop has been) harvested in Soirthern Georgia and? Louisiana and Southwestern Texas:, 75 per cent, in Florida, the centrar: portions of Georgia and Texas; 50 per cent, and over in other states,' except Arkansas and Oklahoma, where about one-fourth is picked, and North Carolina, where only a small portion has been gathered. Late cotton i still shedding in Georgia, is much shortened by drouth in Tennessee, and continued depredations of insect pesta have injured prospects for any top croo in Texas. Tobacco is practically housed, and 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. A good croo, how'ever, is being picked in New England, and apples are bet ter than anticipated in Pennsylvania) and unusually good in Iowa. j BOYS BURNED TO DEATH. 1 Others Had Narrow Escape lo Boardlnghouse Fire lo Florida. ' Miami, Via., (Special).) By tho burning of the boarding-house of Mrs, M. E. Johnson, corner of Avenue D and Ninth street, Oliver Johnson aged sixteen, was burned to death and sev eral others were seriously injured. . The occupants were all asleep wheiv the fire was discovered enveloping the; lower floor, and all made their escape) by jumping from a second-story win dow. Oliver Johnson attempted ta escape by running down the stairs; and he ran into the fire. He reached! the street entrance and lived until 5 o'clock. I J. A. Singleton sustainej an injury! to his hip and shoulder; W. A. Hulin,' of Palm Beach, sustained severe burns about the legs, and Mr. Hart had hit hands badly burned. ' EIOHT SKELETONS FOUND. i Supposed Remains ef Victims of Early Mlcbl gao Highwaymen. I Grand Rapids, Mich., (Special). J Much excitement has been created in the village of Sparta, sixteen miles north of here, by the discovery o eight skeletons near the town. Th discovery was made by three youn men who were hunting. They foun one skeleton, and upon investigatin found three more buried in the groun and an army of men began diggin over the premises. A bullet was foundy in each skull. Killed Himself Wltb Chloroform. Celina, O. (Special)- James F. Kil. ten, a prominent politician and exi sheriff of Mercer county, and at the time of death township clerk, conn mitted suicide. Killen poured hall a pint of chloroform into a cigar box filled with cotton, placed it on a chair in front of him in his office and then buried his nose in the cotton. He wasj in that position when found dead byj the janitor. Fatal Accident at Exposition. St. Louis (Special). Albert Frank borer, of Marion, Ind., chief engl. neer of the coal-testing plant of the United States Geological Survey at the World's Fair, was probably fatally injured by one of the trains cf the miniature railroad that runs through the mining gulch. Fankborer fell from one of the cars and was dragged more than 100 feet. His right leg was ev ered near the thigh, his stomach bad. lx cut and til head bruised.
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