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.