COCKRAN'S POSITION.
THINKS GOLD DEMOCRATS SHOULD
INDORSE REPUBLICAN ELECTORS.
Tti ItfmMntl llefm! thn ropifllst and
Ilepnhllran Cnmhlna In AlatiamniThls
Is Kegavdea no. Favorable to swell's
Cannldaey'M'(re of the CimptlR,
NEW Yoiik, Aug. X ltolirke Cockrne
has returned frum Kurope, coming by tun
steamer Paris. Mr. Cookrnn did tint for
got American polities during hi trip, and
lie hM evolved a plan by whloh he think
the defeat of thn C'hlnngo onndldntos may
be euoompnd. Speaking of the situa
tion, he said:
"I regard It a the gravart In the hla
tory of the country, axoeedlng In Impor
tance the oriel of 1 Htm. Tho secession
movement waa but nn attempt to dtvlue
thle country between two government,
each of them designed to protect property
within the limit uf Ita Jurisdiction. The
movement launched At Uhlengo I nu at
tempt to paralyse industry hy lining all
the power of government to take proper
ty from the hand of thone who created It
and plnoe It In the hand of those who
oovet It. Thl I a question of moral a
well a of politics. Nopolltlonl convention
can Issue a valid Ihmnseto uomni It of
fenses against morality, and I decline to
follow Mr. Drynn In n crusade against
honesty and the right of Innor. "
"Do you mean that yon will aotlvely
oppn the l)emooratts party or abstain
from active auppnrt of It. "
"In a eouteet for the existence of civi
lisation no man oan remain neutrnl. Who
ever duo not Htippnrt the force of order
aid the force of rtlorler. If 1 can do
anything to thwart a movement the suo
ee of which I should regnrd a an Irre-
C arable calamity not only to this oountry
lit to civilized society everywhere, I shall
ocrtnlnly do It."
"What do you think of Tammany's ao
tlun In Indorsing the tloketr"
"I simply eannnt understand It. They
strongly opposed the platform at Chicago
on thn ground that It was an assault on
the Integrity of the nation. They decline
to ratify It even now, which shows tlmt
they have not changed their opinion of It,
Vet tliny bare Indorsed tho candidate who
BOt'RKK COCK RAH.
stands upon it and whose election will
mean that the platform which they have
themelvos denounced a a singular com
bination of humor and villainy shall b
Incorporated Into the statute laws of thli
country."
Will Support MoKlnley.
"Will you support Major MoKlnley out
right or do you favor the nomination of
another Democratic ticket?"
"I believe that all Democrat who are 30
thoroughly In favor of souud money tlmt
they plaoe the defeat of llryan above the
Interests of any organization or party
ntouio meet in convention ror the purpose
01 oonsinaring tno rorm and method by
which they oan give the greatest ettlotency
to their opposition. For my part I do not
believe that the nomination of other can
didates for president and vloe president,
however eminent and deserving thoy
might be personally or politically, would
servo any useful purpose. Nobody be
lieves that they oould be elected, and any
Democrat whose hostility to Fopullsi-and
Republicanism would not allow him to
support either Bryan or MoKlnlay could
ahow his opposition to both by remaining
at home on election day quite a well as
by voting for a third ticket. It would be
more convenient to himself Individually
and would not ornate a visible separation
between himself and his party organiza
tion." ' . "Your obvious polloy, thon, would be
to Indorse the MoKlnlay electors?"
"Precisely. The Democrats who will
have achieved the suooee of their finan
cial plank by the election of MoKlnioy
will yet oonstltuto an opposition to the
Republican party the day after election,
based on principles whloh are certain to
be ultimately adopted by the American
people. . What Is needed, therefore la not a
new ticket, but a new platform, whiob
will declare in unmistakable language
the oardlnal features of the party faith,
and which, while Indorsing MoKlnley
electors, will provide for a really Dem
ocratic opposition to the MoKlnley admin
istration during the period of its exist
ence." Alabama Swept by Democrats.
Birmingham, Ala,, Aug. 5. There re
mains no doubt that the Democratic nom
inee for governor baa swept Alabama and
that the oew state legislature will be Dew
ooratlo by large gains over 18M4.
At Democratic headquarters last night
the following former Populist counties are
claimed to be absolutely oertoln for the
Democrats: . Blount, Butler, Harbour,
Clay, Coffee, Cullman, Dale. Da Kalb,
Etowah, Lee, Limestone, Hnndolph, Tus
caloosa, Walker, Winston. The Democrat
also claim Covington, Colbert, Plk and
Coneouh, which were carried by the Pop
ulixta in 1H4.
The majority for Joseph F. "Johnston,
the Deniootatlo oaudlduta tor governor, Is
placed at IB,liOO. The Democratic majori
ty over a Populist and Republican combi
nation at the last gubernatorial election,
In laU4, was HT.HKii.
Goodwyn, the Populist candidate for
governor, says the Populists will put out
Bryan and Watson electors, because the
election, he alleges, was a swindle and
prevents oo-operatloo, between Populists
and Democrat. He says this action will
burt Bryan lu Alatiaioa, but that the
blame rests on the Democrats,
It tHMiqta Hawaii's t'rieads.
AB1LKKE, Ala., Aug. 6. The newt that
the Democrat carried Alabama by a
sweeping majority has strengthened the
position of ajucates oi bewail eleotors.
By many of the delegates to the Populist
state oouventlun It Is aooepted as signifi
cant that the Popullets of the south, even
with Henubliuea fusion, are not capable
of turning down the Democratic electors.
This feeling may spread and have much
to do in deciding the question of fusion
with tlte Democrat It Is agreed that the
first work ot the convention will he the
appointment ol a ouiouiituie to ooutur on
the q uestloa ol fusion with a like ooia
111 it w from tlie Democratic oouventlun.
Next to the question of elector the most
troublesome problem to be solved Is that
oi" giving representation en the state tick
et to free sliver Republicans, 'iheonly
Republican mentioned for a place it . Q
lie of Abilene, who aspires to be con
gressman at largo, lie Is supported by a
strong following uf true silver Uupubllo-
ant.
Muou-rtlsaa Mllvsr League.
Huston. Aug. (. A Massachusetts non
-
partisan silver league has been formed
here, with Norman Cameron of Iloston as
president, Jojro Vangher of l)nton vloe
president, L. . Dnrrnlln of A listen ra
taryand Rev. A. Barmlle of Allstnti treas
urer, letters were received frotn the
Ame-lcnn Silver league In Washington
tendering support and offering literature
anil rrom Henntor Henry M. Teller of Col-
orado. The latter will probably speak at the
run? ot tno league, which will be held
here. Coinninnlcatlnns ware also received
from brunch organisations whlnh have
been termed In Iwall, Iwrenee, Fall
Hlver, Kant Iloston, Hnmarvllln, Maiden,
Springfield, Newton. Camhrldae. Revere.
Lynn and Holroke. It was voted to admit
women tn alt the privileges of the league
except In the matter of voting. The
league's vnpport was pledged to William
J. llrynn, hut the niemlwr, when Inter
viewed, were noncommittal on the ques
tion of enndldnte for vloe president.
The Gold atandard Democrats.
iKiiiAXAl'oi.n, Ang. . It Is definitely
settled thnt the meeting of the national
com 111 It tin of the gold standard Deimwrat.
here Friday shall lie held In the assembly
rooms of the Commercial oluh. Ex-Congressman
W. D. Kyiinni. the Indiana mem
ber of the executive committee, has receiv
ed oonscnt by wire from all the members
of the oommittae that the change from one
uf the large hntel to the olubrooina shall
bo made. The members of the committee
are engaging rooms at the hotels. The
manager of the movement believe that
the Detnwratlo party of the oountry will be
represented by men whose opinions will
be regarded as valuable.
Polities on Wheels.
CnrnAHO, Aug. 5. The Wheelmen's Na
tional MoKlnley and llubart olub was or
ganised at Republican national headquar
ters last night. Two hundred business
men were present, and all were enthusias
tic over the projeot to organize an army of
oycllnta The club start with a prospective
membership In Chicago alone of fully
10,0iHI, A noon an the organisation 1
well under way local eluhn will be formed
tributary to the national organisation,
and the movement will be extended all
over the oountry.
Connell to Go to Congress,
BORAHTON, Pa., Aug. 8. William Con
nell, the multimillionaire ooal operator vjf
this city, wns nominated for congress
from the Eleventh district by the Repub
lican oounty convention. He was unop
poeed. This Is the first ofllce he has ever
sought. The convention resolutions and
Mr. Connell In his acceptance declared
that tho tariff and not the money question
Is the main political Issue.
' Silver Bepnblleaas la feBBsylvsHala. .
Porrnviu.it, Pa., Ang. 5. A number
of prominent gnnbnok, silver standard
Republicans have IsMued a call for a ooun
ty meeting on Aug. 7 to start a movement
against the Republican oounty conven
tion gold standard platform and Congress
man lirumm, who was renominated by
the regular Hepuhllcans.
Nominated For Congress,
PiTTRBiuto, Aug. 5. The Twenty-second
congressional dlstrlot Democratic oou
ventlun nominated John T. Miller for
congress In onpositlon to Hon. John Dal
sell, and resolutions Indorsing the Chi
ongo platform and Bryan and 8ewnll were
adopted.
liland Nominated For Congress.
Jkffkhhon City, Mo., Aug. 8. Rloh
ard P. Bland was nominated for onngrass
by the Democrats of the Klghth dlstrlot
by aoolamatlon. Resolutions Indorsing
the Chloago platform and nominees and
renewing alleglanoe to Mr. Bland were
adopted.
HFTY SPANIARDS SLAIN.
. 1
As Engagement la Which the Press
Censor Mmlta-avsta,k Iamm.
Havana, Aug. 6.- News has been re
ceived hero of an engagement whloh took
plaoe near Meloues, In the Manxanlllo dis
trict uf the province of rJantingo de Cuba,
during whloh the tipanish troops lost 60
killed.
No details have at yet been received.
Lieutenant Posuela, a nephew of General
Oohando, has Just dlod from yellow fever.
There are Indications that an attack Is Im
minent upon the trooha. Bandera Is en
camped near Mangas In Plnar del Rio and
Lacret Is maintaining a watch upon the
troops near Cunas, prepared to second
Handera's attaok. From Artemlsa answer
ing signals of red lights are teen at night
In the Insurgent camps.
A Big Brlckm aklng riant.
Kingston, N. Y., Aug. 6 An exten
sive shale brlckmaklng plant la soon to be
ereoted near Haugertles by a wealthy syn
dicate of New York and Philadelphia cap
italists, who have a similar plant In Ohio,
A dally capacity of 100,000 bricks is prom
ised, and the produot Is to be shipped by
the trolley roads to the Hudson river at
Maiden. An excellent quality of dial Is
said to exist near the West rihore depot at
Baugortles. A large road and paving con
tractor agrees to take the entire produot.
General Markets.
Saw Yohk. Ang 4. FLOUR State and
western quiet, but steady; city mills patents,
4.1ua4.!U; winter patents. l3.4A4tH.IM: city oillts
clears, tJ.UO; winter straights. Uoa..
WHKAT No. t red opened weaker on the
big Chicago failure, but rallied on oovering
and the decrease oa Damage; bepteiuber.tiSv-l
008 16-lSc: October, eittc
COKN No. s quiet, but steadier on hot
winds In the southwest, affectiog lste sown
00 ; Auiimt, suttc.; ttepteuiber, Wltlc.
c"ATS No. dull and featureless; track,
white, state, nmnuc-i track, white, western, x
c.
PORK Firm; old to asw mess, IIJOasJK;
family. $.71U.
LARD Steady: prime western steam, l&Gu,
abked.
BUTTER Steady: state dairy. !0U)4ic,
state oraamsry, lUwoHk.
CHKKSB bteady; slats, me,U7c.i small.
Ms8Ho.
KtlUtt Steady; state and Pennsylvania. 1S
18Hc: westers. UJIlHtc.
ttUOAH Haw nrnu fair reAnlng, ke.t eea
trifuu . u teet, kMc; redned ttruu ornslMd,
54sc.; powdered. 60.
Tl'HPKSTINK-Dull; tCS4Hc
MOLASSES Steady; New Orieaoa, tomato.
Rlc Hteadr; domestic, SHUci Japao, Ae
e.
TALLOW Dull: clu. 8cj poiintrr. Wie.
PntrUrebs Militant la Bnaale.
Bl ffalo, Aug. 6. It la estimated that
there are 8,000 Patriarchs Militant In tha
city to attend the I. O. O. V. eonveutlon.
The arrivals Included cantons from Oswe
go, Hornellsvllle, Blnghamton, G lovers
villa. Little Falls, New York elty, Brook
lyn, Altooua, Pa , Norwich and New Ha
ven, Conn., and from the department of
New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Tba
onmmaudttr in chief, John W. ritobblna of
Rochester, and General W. IL Croaker uf
Chicago, with their respective s tails, arc
also expected.
For Election of BUbop CoxVe Ismwmi
Rophijstisk, Aug. 4 Tb ofliolal circu
lar calling a special oouuoll for the eleo
tiun of a suooessor to the late Bishop Coie
has been seut out by the Rev. Charles W.
Hayes of Phelps, secretary of the oouuoll.
It calls for a council in Trinity eburuh,
Buffalo, Oct. ft, at 10 o'elook In tha morn,
lug.
Dobsoa Mills Besnuse Opemtioas. :
Philadklphia, Aug. 4. The John tc
Jauies Dobeon oarpet and plush mills at
the falls ot 80 huylklll, which have been
Idle for a mouth, have started up again.
It U not kuown how luug they will be
kept running. The mills furnish employ
ment to 1,600 persons.
WHO WAS TO HUME ?
FIXINQ THI RESPONSIBILITY FOR AT
LANTIC city disaster.
Ballroad Trainmen Give Kvldenee Before
the Corener-Ptnkertnn,, the.. Beading
a
Conductor, Ksonerate Ills Knglneer,
The aignal Operator's Rtatement,
Atlantic Citt, Aug. I. A searching
and thorniigh Inquiry Is being made to
ascertain tnneann and fix the reponl
hlllty for the appalling disaster which 00
eurred here last week In which 44 were
kVied and as innrty mors Injured by a col
lision of the Reading express and an ex
etirelon train from Brldgeton on tho West
Jersey road. Coroner Mclaughlin Impan
eled a Jury consisting of six of Atlantic
City's wealthiest and influential oitleeDS.
They art CharUfP Kvana, hotel keeper
and president ot trie Atlantic City Nation
al bank; Lewis Kvan, John Champion,
Levi AllierDon, T. J. Dickinson and
Charles O. Adams. 'r- '
After -formal organlrnllon In the coro
ner's oftiee the Jury, headed by that olll
cial, visited thn old Kxcnrsion house, whloh
has been ullllred as a morgue. The dead
had all been taken there and placed tn Ice
boxes. The Jurymen viewed the bodies. end.
after a few minor formalities, vlelted the
scene of tha wreck. Jttdge Thompson, law
Judge of Atlantic comity, eras there on be
half of the Heading Railroad oonipany and
Joseph H. Uasklll as counsel for the Penn
sylvania. The Jury made an exhaustive anamina
tion of the ground and devoted consular'
ble time to the Inspection of the signals,
which still remain as they were at the mo
ment of thn accident thnt facing the
Heading being the red, or danger, signal,
and that toward the West Jersey meaning
"Coma ahead." As soon as a train strikes
a point In the tracks a few feet beyond the
signal tower stationed at the Junction at
the two roads an aatomatle arrangement
rings a boll In the tower house, and the
train which Hrt rings this bell Is given
the right of way. Wednesday night this
privilege belonged to tha West Jersey
train. But In spite of this and the fact
that the danger signal was against the
Reading that train continued on at full
speed, and the collision followed.
George F. Hnuser, who had ohargt of
the tower and who Is now under arrest,
has made several statements to the nollne.
Ha told them he saw both trains coming
when both were sufficiently far away to
admit of the full display of signals, but
as the West Jersey was the nearest, he
gave the Rending the red light and sig
naled the other train to oomt ahead. The
Reading, however, never slackened speed,
but came on. The man In the cab either
thought he oould easily clear the point In
Urns or the brakes failed to work, and they
dculd not atop In time.
Coroner MuLaughlln nailed Hauser be
fore him and gave him a hearing. It was
purely perfunotory, however, and but lit
tle was said. Hauser refused to make any
statement whatsoever at this time and
was held In I (WO ball for a further hear
ing. Ball was furnished, and he was re
leased. Tower Operator Long's Testimony.
The most Interesting witness of the
Inquiry was Nicholas Long, the day tower
operator at the 111 fated crossing In the
meadows. He corroborated the statement
of Night Operator George F. Hauser at
the tlmeot his arrest, thnt the danger sig
nals were set against the Reading train,
and that the West Jersey excursion train,
which was run Into by the former, had a
white light, whloh, In effect, la an order
to go ahead. Mr. Long testified that he
had worked In the tower about eight years.
He was on duty on Thursday last from
n:4S In the morning until ":HH at night.
He left the tower about 0:40, being re
lieved by George F. Hauser, who got there
on the Heading freight train about 8:88,
The last train Witness taw over wae the
Reading freight train, at 6:88. The entry
on the tower slip, "train Si8 wrecked at
0:48," was not made by witness, and he
knew nothing about It Before Hauser
reported to the witness all signals were set
at danger. He was positive of this. He
did not remember anybody being around
tha tower that day and knew nothing of
a boy from Wilmington, Del.,, who was
laid to have been seen In the vicinity.
As toon as the freight passed, witness
threw the signal back, put the time on
the sheet, reported to the main offloe at
Camden and after exchanging a word or
two with Hauser left the tower and looked
the basement door. He then started to
walk home. The signal towers and Its
appliances wore working properly that
day. When he gave tht clear way to the
freight, neoessarlly the danger signal
went up against every other track. Then
he returned them all to the normal danger
algnala. The Reading track was th only
one he could give a clear signal to in both
directions, because It I a double track on
that road, and trains frequently pats each
other. Witness had gone about 800 feet
away from the tower when he taw the
West Jersey approaching. Ha locked at
the home signal and saw that tha Went
Jersey bad clear trsok. Then ha heard
the long crossing whistle of the In boqqr'
Reading txpresa. When he heard the Read
ing whistle, the train was about ))al,
milt off. He paused and watched bar ap
proach, expecting to ses her stop. Tht
West Jersey was going vary slowly,
Beading Had Bight of Way.
At toon at be taw tht position of tht
trains ha felt satisfied that tha Reading
should have had the right ot way, at was
customary. This wss oloseto8:60. Tht
towerman who relieved him, bowevtr,
bad given the West Jersey the right of
way, and the Reading train should have
come to a stop. The towerman hat the
right to stop an express to let a freight
train pas If be sees St, although It breaks
a rule of the road. Then came the crash.
Witness hurried to the tower and found
Hauser there alone. Together they report
ed tht accident to the railroad 00 in panics
by wire. When fag got back to the tower,
the West Jersey home signal waa dear,
but the distant signal was precautionary.
Witness et plained that the signal at tht
distant point might bavtlndloated a pleat
track to tha West Jersey engineer at tht
tlmt ha approached It, and that after tha
engine bad passed under it, Towerman
Hauser might have ohanged It to lu nor
mal cautionary condition, at he had a
right to da The Reading train was due at
the tower at 8:60. bho usually oame across
the mead owe at a pretty fast rata. Ht was
positive that before leaving the station be
bad, at usual, put all the signals at dan
ger. AU the teen most nearly oonoerned In
the accident gave testimony, Including
Night Towerman George F. Hauser, Flre
uiun Thomas Halllban and Conductor
ptnkarton of the Reeding express and Kn
ginetr Greiner and Fireman News)! of the
West Jersey excursion train. Arthur
Stllea, a resident pf Atlantlo City, who
was riding on bit wheel along the turn
pike road aud taw tba collision, also test!,
fled. Nearly all these w Unease agreed
that Knglneer Edwin Farr of the Reading
train, who was found dead with bis band
on tba throttle, bad done everything In
bis power to stop bit train when bt saw
that a oulllslon was Imminent, aud every
one of them exoept Gretner ttated or In
ferred that the West Jersey train oould
either bav been stopped after Knglneer
Grulner saw the Reading thundering along
toward blus or handled to that only tht
two engines would have oome together.
This would have meant the death of the
men In tht two cabs very likely, but It
would have saved the passenger ooauhet.
Conductor Plukertun of the Reeding
train said this In so many word. He also
gave the Impression that th signals had
not been properly worked A (wording to
hi Interpretation of Knglneer Farr' whis
tle, k eertalt) signal had been given the
Reading train and then suddenly changed
to another. The first must have been the
right of war signal and the eecnnd the
danger. Farrwhlstled to know which waa
right, but It was too late to stop tht train.
Conductor Plnkerton said ht passed
Pleaaantvllle at 8:48 at a rat of 00 Billet
an hour. They were then ene mlntite late.
He wa on the rear platform, when he
heard a long blow of the whistle and knew
tomethtpg was wrong. He looked at tb
signals and saw that they meant danger.
Then he saw thst the train oould not be
stopped, but the brake were put on, and
when the crash came the spend of tht
Reading train had been slackened to 14 or
18 miles an hour and the West Jersey to
about 18. When the brakes were applied,
the train was about WOO feet from the
crossing.
Knglneer Grslaer's Statement.
John Greiner, the West Jersey engineer,
laid that after giving the regular crowing
whistle, he received the right of way sig
nal. When he saw the Reading train
bearing down on them, he shouted to the
fireman: "Look cut) My God, he's not
going to stop I" fie wns about to Jump,
but something told him not to, and this
saved his life. When witness taw that
the crash was coming, he positively oould
not bav stopped his train In time, In
spite of what Conductor Plnkerton bad
said.
"It la not my bnslnttl to look cut for
other tralm there," ht declared with em
phasis. "I look for my signals, and who
ever gets tht tlgnait hat the right of way,
no matter what the result la I paid na
attention to anything beside the signals
and my train."
George F. Hauser, the man who gave
the fatal signal to the West Jersey excur
sion train to go ahead, then took the
stnnd. Hauser testified that he was 87
years old and that prior to Jon 80, when
he entered th eervlot of the Reading rail
road as an operator a!4e Meadow tower,
he was a motnrman (or etirhten month
for the Union Trautlon MiMte of Phila
delphia. Previous to Wff-cw-anntornian
be was a telegraph operator for tbe Penn
sylvania railroad tor H year, lilt work
was on small branch roada
Be Was Mot Intoxicated.
He was on dnty at th time of the col
lision. H emphatically declared that he
was sober at the time and had drunk noth
ing Intoxicating that day. He reached tha
tower about 8:88 and went Inside at enoe.
He could not, he declared, by mistake
have pulled the wrong lover and given th
Reading th right of way. He pulled th
home signal first, giving the clear track
to too West Jersey. He taw tha board
com down. Then he pulled the distant
semaphore.
He saw the steam of th Reading go
down as usual when It was turned off.
The engineer of the Reading gave two
blast of his whistle, but both tralna kept
on, and the oolllalon occurred at 8:48.
Foreman Jtvans asked hlin If bawaa not
disobeying the rule of the company by
giving the exourslon tha right uf way.
Hauser answered that considering the rela
tive dlntanoe from the oronatng of the two
trains he did not think he did. -
Asked If he thought of the difference
between tba speed ot the two trnlnt ap
proaching the orosslng, be replied that th
danger signal was against th Alar, and it
should have slowed up, Hauser affirmed
thnt on the night two week ago when tba
danger elgual waa against the tame ex.
press tb engineer ran past, although ha
did slow bit train down nntll It was un
der control. Tb engineer bat right
to past the distant algual when aet at cau
tion, but muat get his train under control.
Hauser'a statement seemed to lndloate
that he thought the train should oomt to
a fdll stop at tbe distant signal.
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PLAYS AND PLAYBP.S.
"The Lady of the Lake" la to be elabo
rately revived In Bootlund.
Dorothea Bulrd. and H. B. Irving, ton of
Sir Henry Irving, will be married In July,
it Is suld.
George Edwardos' daughter Dorothy ha
mmle a sucoussf ul dobut In London In Imi
tations and tongs.
Leoncavallo's "Cliattorton" hot boon
suocrssf ul In Italy and Is reported at bettor
than his " Pugllaccl.
Carrie Turner will return to tha stage
next year In a new emotional society
droma on which she build high hopes.
. Affair th production of Paul Momioe'i
new,vorion of "Hamlet" Octove Jf'oull.
Jet' "Montjoye" will b given at th
Coinedl Kruncalaa
Blbyl BapUeraon, now at Lake C01110,
will sing In Paris In too early autumn he.
fore appearing In Bt Petersburg before
th Imperial faintly.
It Is now announced that Calve will not
ting this year at tho Paris Opera Comlque,
but will sail for America after a season at
Covent Gordon, London, . ... .
, Calve, while In London, it expected to
originate the loading part in ,4Molp," an
unpublished opera by Inador d Lara,
author ot "Amy Hibsart,"
Padcrewekl ha canceled bit English en
gogoinent and will rest until autumn,
suffering from exhaustion and lunoiuphj
as a result of hi American tour,
Hani Oldun't play, "Melne Offlctella
Frau," said to be an adaptation of "My
Official Wife," has been forbidden at tha
Carl theater, Vienna, th authorities fear
ing that the plot would offend Russia.
An Australian paper reoorde thla mes
sage sent by an antipodean manager to one
of his actors: "My Dear riir Your per
formance lost night waa so bad that sev
eral deadheads have written demanding
that their Dame be removed from the tree
list" ;
Cared Not a D ,
That miller by the river Due
Who "oared for nobody no, not hH
In fact, aa far a we oan diskiyer,
Cared not eye the name of hl river,
Cincinnati Enquire
Merer Bad ICpUoed It Before,
"Curious thing about those Chinamen,"
observed Rivera, looking at the two patt
ing Celestials. "Their q't are a much
alike at two p'a."
"But their l't have a different slant, "
reworked Brooks. Chicago Tribune.
He Strang Beaaty.
Be married her becauae her neck
With rapture wild did set him,
- And yet there were some folks who said
bhe bruke it fur to got him.
How Vurk Her
BoparaMoa,
''Quakers, (ltd you say they WPTt" In
quired the cannibal ehluf.
He paued (o whet the carvlpg knife,
"Ah, well," he continued retloctlvely,
"there U no reusup why we khouiiiaat
Friend Nu." Nuw Yurk Prtan.
Old Books An Hast.
"Old books are best," oh, yes, indeed
bo plain a fact no proof out ueed
h to hold, and, more than that,
Tb iy oaa be ftung to suare the t-
Chicago lieeurd.
Mure Delioate.
Jack Kohlsprlug -Have you taken to
the new style ladies' aw sweaters, Ml
W'aref
Delia Ware (properly shucked) We la
dles pronounce tluim "persplraturt," air.
olilsprtug. Buflolo Times.
CORNELIUS, JR.. WEDS
0ESPITI THB STRONG OPPOSITION
OF MIS FAThfER.
1 eang Taaderbllt and Miss Qraee Wilson
Married at the tatter's Rome Very
Few reopl froMnt The Bridal Coaple
CMi te Bamtoga.
Nkw YorX, Ang. 4. .Despite the siren,
nous opposition of Cornelius Vanderhilt,
Hr., bis eldest living son, Cornelius Van
derbllt, Jr., wss Joined In wedlock with
Miss Grace Wilson at tht home of her par
ent. Mr. and Mra. Richard T. Wilson, on
Fifth avenue. None of tht Vnnderbllt
family wat present.
The greatest secrecy was observed. None
ot the servant was allowed to ay any
thing shout th affair, and they were not
even supposed to know thst a wedding
was taking plnoe In the house. Prior to
the wedding a few carriages drove up to
th house. They were occupied; by mem
bers ot the Wilson family only.
The first Indication that th much
talked of and delayed event was to Ink
place today was th arrival at the Wilson
residence this morning of Alexander Me-
OORNKLIUI VAXbinmi.T, JR.
Connell and a oorps of florist, who at
once began tha work of decorating th
drawing room In tb front of th house.
The deooratlon were entirely of cut
tloweri American Beauty roses. 111! of
th valley. gladioluses, hydrangeas and sml
lax. There were no palm. The florist
brought with them eight botitonnlsre
only for the men who were to be present
One of tbe first oarrtagea that arrived
after thnt oontatned Mra. Marahill Ormt
Wilson and her two small tons. Th chil
dren were dressed In white duck sailor
suits. Their mother wore a modest gown
of brown material.
Boon after the arrival of Mrs. Wilson
young Cornelius Vancerbllt drove up.
He wore a block frock ooat, light striped
trousers and a silk bat and had lilies of
tbe valley in hit buttonhole,
Boon after the wedding took plaoe th
second butler and th maid left tha house
In a oab and drove away.
Mrs. Vanderhilt wore a simple cos
tume, a pal blue gown with black dots,
trimmed with white lace, and a straw hat
trimmed with light pink.
Mr. Vandnrbllt wore a brown mixed
suit and a light straw hat with a black
band.
At tht bride and bridegroom passed
through the vetlbule of the house a little
rloe was thrown over them from Inside
only a little. Then they got Into the car
riage, and It was driven away.
When th carriage left tbe Wilson home,
It went down Fifth avenneto Thirty-ninth
street, crossed to Park avenue, down to
Thirty-fourth street and over to Lexing
ton avenue. It continued up Lexington
avenue te tba Grand Central depot,' where
tbe pair took tbe 1 o'elook train for Sara
toga. The Bride end Groom. WS3
Cornelius Vanderhilt, Jr.. It th oldest
living son of Cornelius Vanderhilt and a
great grandson of tbe oelebrated Commo
dore Vandnrbllt, who laid the foundation
of the family's great fortune. Tbe young
man I 88 years ot age, and was graduated
last year at Yale. He was the first mem
ber of bit family to attain a university
degree.
After hit graduation he went abroad
and tpent a part of th winter traveling
In company with Mr. and Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, with whom wat also Mist Grace
Wilson. It was while he was on thl tonr
that the attachment sprang up whloh hat
culminated In tbe marriage. Mr. Vender-
MRS, OORNRLICt VAHDKRBILT, JH.
bllt on but return to .Hew York took a su
bordinate plaoe In tbe office of th New
York Central railroad, It being bit father's
desire that be should learn the detail of
railroad management
Miss Grace Wilson la not a member of
as old New York family. Both her father
and mother are southerners who settled In
New York after the close oi th civil war.
Richard T. Wilson Is a self made man.
Born with nope of tb advantage of fam
ily or meaqs, be baa forged bis way to tbe
front rank in the financial world, to that
today be s supposed to be th possessor of
810,000,000. Ht was born In Habershaw
county, Ga., tn 1881, and got his educa
tion In the coin on schools. Ha want to
London. Teun., at an early tge and be
came olerk In store. He grew Into a
tlever, shrewd business man, and speedily
became a storekeeper on bit own account
Ht married a Mies Johnson ot Maoon. Ga.
WfcltBay.v'aaderbUt Weddia
N IWPniT R T Ana S TV,.. 11
of Mis Gertrude Vanderblltto Mr. JUarry
. U1LI. I . . . '
rmyaw Truitney, einest son or former Sec
retary ot th Navy William C. Whitney,
Will be celebrated. ancnrl!n In .-........
plana, at The Breaker, th magulnueRi
teastd villa of th bride' father.
Tha date hoe HimI a . ... n a
, , u.
contingent of eonrs. on th condition ot
vuv w mier, woo continue to Im
prove, as otherwise the weddlug festivities
Will b ot tb very simplest character, and
beyond the relative on slthar old prob
ably noos txospt the old neWhbur of the
Vandarullt and Whllusyt will fa preamut
ft thw ceremony.
' Prawned. In Ironaeqaolt Bay.
RooHMTiiB. Aug. 8. Dr. a H. Farlln,
an electric physician of 48 Blrob Crasoent
who has a cottage at Irondequolt bay, was
drowned In the lake at the outlet while
bathing. The body wat recovered.
Jast Like a ataa.
Husband Don't you think you are
rather unreasonable to expect me to take
you to a ball, stav i.k. .,.,.,1 . .
v.. u UlUCX
aud then get up at 8 to go to my wurkr
- "' "e a mue unreasonable,
but It . perfectly brutal of you to nieutio.
It Olds Mild Luuv
L
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NEWS Qf THE WEEK. .
Tharlv. Jnty SO.
About 8,000 children's Jacket maker
Joined thn ranks of the, striking ooat tai
lors In New York. . ...
Robert Garrett former preiVdent of th
Baltimore and Ohio Rnllrnad company
died at Doer rark, Md.
Ppnln so much fears a mutiny that the
great body of re enforcements to bs dls
pstched to Cuba In August will be sen,
unarmed, other vessels taking their equip
ments. William P. Pt. John, treasurer of thn
Democratic national ommnlttee, engaged
permanent headquarter Tn New York for
the Bryan and Bewail campaign la the
Hotel Rarthnldl, .
Mrs. Idlllan Reynold batbrought tult
for thn annulment of her marriage with
Rny Reynolds In Neva York and for
1(10,000 damages. It Ivilliged that he has
another wife living, afliLanyiotlon for big
nmy may result.
A' Friday, inirl.
The Tammany Democracy ha decided
to accept the nomination of Brvan and
Bewail a regular.
Secretary Hoke 'Smith sayt tht story
that ht it going to resign is beneath the
dignity of a denial.
Hevere wind and rain storms did muoh
damage In Pittsburg and other places In
weatern Pennsylvania. Three lives lost.
The explosion of an empty oil still at
Ragle work, Cavan Point, Jersey City,
severely burned Ave men, of whom two
are likely to die.
The preliminary tp for an Inquiry In
to th administration of th British South
Africa oompany was taken In the British
house of commons.
Frank Wollweber, a boy burglar, was
shot and killed by Policeman Thorn K.
Meyer, after committing burglary at Sua
Pearl street, New York.
Attorney General Harmon dismissed the
government suit against about 10,000
settlors mad defendants with th Union
Paulllo and other western railroads.
Saturday, Angnst t.
Cholera It tald to be beyond oontrol In
northern Kgypt; 8,088 deaths have al-.
ready been reported.
Jamea Cody, an alleged wt tide rough,
wat thot In West Blity-flrrt street, New
York, bj Polloeman Klernan while resist
ing arreffu'
Nineteen persona, two of whom are
women, have been sentenced to death In
Agram, Hungary, on the ohnrges of brig
andage and murder.
Mrs. A. S. Rosenthal, wife of silk
merchant In Greene street, New York," ha
;l!oovered that she la one of tbe helm to
an estate of 126,000,000 In Australia.
Major MoKlnley addressed a delegation
nf veterans and others at Canton, O., say
ing In substantia that pensions most be
paid In money as good as gold.
In New York James Bntler, an old for
mer oonvlot, oonfessed having committed
perjury to save hi sister, wbo bad mar
ried a polloeman, the disgrace of having
her brother's reoord exposed and wa sen
tenced to two year and six months In
th penitentiary. '
Monday, Angnst ft.
Four men were killed In a battle be
tween sheepmen and cattlemen In Oregon.
Fire in the Crampt shipyard In Philadel
phia destroyed tbe big palntshop of tht
concern, with It coJUents.
Th opposition or Lord .Salisbury to a
blockade of the Island of Crete had a bad
affect on the Berlin and Vienna bourses.
Riot occurred on the eant side In New
York at the result of effort by, tailor to
olnae down sweatshop started np with
nonunion labor.
Aooordlna; to the Berlin press, the nn
disciplined action of the recent oongreai
of socialist In London baa been a sever
blow to socialism in Germany.
Morrl Connelly, 10 years old, wat
caught picking a man', pocket In New
York. He says h was1 taught by Law
rence Luttrell, whom th polio bav been
nnabl to find.
James Cahlll, while being shaved by
Nioolo Cantagnolo In New York, objected
to the razor's dullness and was attacked
by th barber, slashed and struck with a
hatchet and left for dead.
A fugitive steer escaped from tbe stock
yards at the foot of West Fifty-ninth
street, New York, and finally got Into
Central park, where he railed a ponlo and
waa fruitlessly shot at by three polloeraen.
Tuesday, Angnst a.
Tht Right Hon. Blr William Robert
Grove died in London.
The pope la said to be oonflned to bit
apartments with an attaok of rheuma
tism. The Rockefeller Iron mines in Mlohlgan
bavt been oloaed, throwing 7,000 men on
of employment.
Tbe striking tailors on tbe east tide;
New York, were disorderly, and numsroua
arrests were made.
Mrs. Lenfeoty, a second cousin of tht)
Prlnoess Colonna, wat arrested In Brook'
lyn on the oharge of shoplifting.
Judge Calvin K. Pratt of tbe supreme
oourt, Brooklyn, died suddenly of apoa
plexy at hit country home In Roobetter,
Maaa.
Walter O. Poor stabbed a former "tat
kle" of Princeton' football team during
a game of cards In a boarding house In
New York. The wounded man, wbo will
live, It believed to be J. B. Riggs.
Frank Davis killed Robert Pickett la
Cripple Creek, Cola, onttlng bl head
nearly off with a taior, and also cut May
River to badly that tht will (lie. Ht then
ut bt own throat but It It thought that
tbe wound Is not fatal. Pickett was a
dance ball proprietor, and Davla wo tb
porter of the place. Tb woman was an
inmat of th retort and Jealousy caused
tht tragedy.
WeduMsday, Aagast t.
Frank Loweo, an Italian blacksmith,
thot bit wife three timet and killed him
self In New York.
Mrs. Annl Book wa mysteriously mor
tared In her flat al So 7 East Twenty-first
street New York.
' Twenty-five hundred vestmakara de
manding shorter hours swelled the n ember
of striking garmentmakert In New York.
Two wheslwomen were attacked by a
tramp near Denvtlle, N. J. One struck
him In tbe foot with a stone and drove him
away.
James Phillips, son of a former tolloltor
general ot the department of Justice tn
New York, wa Indicted for forging the
name ot the Rev. Dr. John R. Paxteo.
BoldWra on pioket duty at tb Brown
Hotel work In Cleveland prevented two
strikers exploding what I supposed to
havt been a dynamite bomb. Tbe striker
were pursued by the soldier, and about 80
hot were axohanged.
While diving into the ocean from a
horse's back at Bath Beach, aa Long Ia
laad, bustler naiued Bartha wa kicked
In tb stomach, ile tank and wa drown
ed la th preseno of many peopl who
were applauding hit feata.
veeauoa note.
Tbe husband now will stay la town
And gather shekels In, .
While the family they will roll around
And aiake tne Hlwaels spin.
follauulphia Kurth American.
Al the Soasld.
"And you stood there and saw the young
Woman drown aud made no effort to rat
cue herf"
"Thure woe nothing fur me to do. My
fluauclal condition was such that I oould
not even thiuk of Buppurtliig a wife."
New York World.
MAUD MULLER.
BY H. A. VAN FRRtlRNnfCRO.
Mimd Mitllcr, nn a summer's day,
Mounbtl her wheel ami rode away.
Ilrnonfh her blue cap glowed a wealth,
Ot large rod freckh and firsts rate health..
Pluming, she rode, and her merry gleo
FrlKhtetied tho epnmiw f nun his true.
But when slip win nevornl mllon from town,
I pon tbe hill slope, coasting down.
The sweot song died, and a vague ttnrost
And a sort of terror filled hor breast
A toirthatilio hardly dared to own,
FofVhnt If hor wheel should strike a stone 1
The Judge scorched swiftly down tho
. road
Just then ahe heard hi tire explode!
He carried hit wheel Into the shade
Of the apple tree, to awnit the mold.
And he asked hot if she would kindly loan
Hor pump to him, a he'd lost hi own.
Plie left her wheel with a sprightly Jump,
And In leu than a Jiffy hod produced her
pump.
Anil she blushed tut he gave It, looking;
down .
At hor foot once hid by a trailing goWn.
Then said the Judge, as he pumped awny :
"J'ls very flue wnathor we er having to
day.'
He spoke of tho graa antf .flower and
tree; ' -6
Or twenty mile run and jjenturie ;
And Maud forgot that no trailing gown
VV'i over, her bloomers hanging down.
But the tiro was fixed, alivk a-tlay,
l'lie Judge remounted and rmlo away.
Maud Muller looked and l Joed, "Ah muf
That 1 the JtKtge' hrldo mlgftt bel
"My father should have a bmtul now wh eel
Of the ooBtllest snake and the finest .steel
''Anil I'd Krchno to maof the same design.
So that the d cease to borrow mine."
The Judge looked ck a ho oliinotl tho
hill,
And saw Maud Mullor standing still.
"A prettlnrfiKiit and form more fair
I've sehhrm gaztsi nt, I declarol "
"Would shownro mine, and I to-day
Could mnko her piit.thosu bloomers away.'
But he thought of his slaters, proud and
cold,
And he shuddered to think how theV would
scold.
If he should, one of those afternoons
Come home with a bride in pantaloons! '
He married a wife of richest dower,
Who hod never suooumbed to tho bloom
er's power;..
Yet, oft while watching the smoke w rcath
curl.
He thought of tho freckled bloomer girl;
()fthe way she stood nignoil-'fxiod,
While he was pumping tmslde. the roa tl.
She married a man who clerked In a store
And many children played round her
door.
And then her bloomer brought her joy I
She cut them tlown for her oldest boy.
Rut still of tho Judge she often thought.
And sighed o'er the loan that her bloomer
wrought.
Or wondered if wearing them wa a sin,
A ml then confessed : "It might huve boon.'1
Alas for tho Judge! Alas for tho maid!
Dreams wore their only stock lu trade.
For of all wlae words of tongue or pen,
1 he wisest are these: "Leuve pauta for
men!"
Ah, well! For u all hope remain
Kor the bloomers girl and the man of
brains.
And, In tho hereafter, bloomer may
Be not allowed to block the way.
Buffalo Commercial.
THREE CONGRESSIONAL SQUIBS.
Clipped From Near-by Newspapers and or
Interest to Voters.
Hon. Joscnh J. Kurt.
cod himsolf aa a candidate for re
election to Uongress. "Jo" ha
made an excellent.
and his many friends hope a second
winn win De conceded him. Ho
Juntly doserves it.says the Port Jer
vis Gazette.
It is more than likely that th
Democratic nomination for Congress;
will come to Carbon t.hia
tho Herald of Weatherly. It may
uu umicrBwxxi nrst as last that no
creature of Cassidv will hn
erod. With Mr. Laird H. Barber as
onr choice, Northampton and Mon-
ruw win Hjuisc in malting nlm the
standard bearer for the old Eighth.
Congressional District,
The fight for Congress is exciting
little or no interest. Every gensibln
Democrat knows and th
understands the underlying condi
tions oa wnicn jno. . Lauer, of
Lansford, was pushed into tho mat
tor, but no trouble is anticipated for
Barber, even tlionch MnlnV and f 'aa
id are exerting themselves to down
him. If Lauer had the conferees,
what would he do with them ? Ha
stands no chance for nomination,
and should step aside to avoid and
prevent the trouble and disruption
which threatens the ticket, by a-
continuation of these useless fights.
Stroudsburg Times.
PureFoocU
You agree that baking pow
der it beat for raiting. Then
why not try to gtt itt beat re
ultt ? Just at easy to get all
its ood none of its bad, by
having; it made with digestion
aiding ingredient in
KEYSTAR : greatest raiting
strength, no bad effects. No
use to clog the stomach with
what never helps make flesh
and blood.
KEYSTAR is the ene all
digeatible baking powder. Just
right for best baking retultt ;
harmlet to a delicate diges
tion. Jiooo forfeit if made
with alum or other bad. Freth,
tweet and pure, all food raited
with it digett to easily that
you are quickly turpriied with
better appetite and health.
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