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ESTABLISHED 1887.
COLLIER NOMINATED
In the Mayoralty Prinary in
Atlanta
EXPRESIDENT OF THE EXPOSITION
I . -
Won Over Col. Albert Howell
In the Contest
BY A GOOD ROUND MAJORITY
■ Another Heated Municipal Contest in the
’ Gate City in Which the Citizens Supported
the Man Who First Annqunced in Op
position to His Opponent Who Came Out
Last and Got Left.
Atlanta, Aug. 27.—1 n the pending
election for a candidate for mayor to
’ day Mr. Charles A. Collier, ex-presi
dent of the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition Company, de
feated Col. Albert Howell by a ma
jority of 670
Mr. Collier came out several weeks
in advance of Colonel Howell, and the
contest has been warmly waged by
the adherents of both candidates.
The election was very heated today
and each side exerted itself to the ut
most, but the good generalship of the
Collier forces succeeded.
Both men are prominent citizens
and their records stand unchallenged.
Col. Howell has served the city well
as an aiderman and stands very high
in public esteem.
As the nomination is equivalent to an
election, Mr. Collier will, without some
unforeseen accident, succeed Hon. Porter
King as mayor of Atlanta at the regular
election in December. All of Collier’s
■ ticket went through with him.
■ BIG PURSES HUNG UP.
Fifty Thousand Dollars In Stakes Offered
by the California Jockey Club.
San Francisco, Aug. 27.—Over $50,-
000 in stakes alone will be offered by the
California Jockey club at the coming
winter meeting, which will begin Oct.
19, next. At the present time 27 stakes,
Amounting to $42,750, have been ar
| ranged and are now made public. The
* club will open six more 2-year-old stakes
later and the money offered will make
f a total of over $50,000.
' The Burns handicap still remains the
richest stake of the season. It is for
SIOIOOO, all ages, one and a quarter
miles. The Thornton stake is the same
as last year, $3,000 for a 4-mile race.
The first 16 stakes are so arranged for
3-year-olds, 3-year-olds and all aged
horses that the best horses in America
will be brought to this coast. Ten
stakes have been offered for beaten
horses, or those who could not run
much up to Jan. 1, 1896, on account of
sickness or other cause. They will give
a poor man a chance, and even those
who do not own highclass horses will be
able to race in a good stake. The en
trance to these races is free. It is ex
pected that it will be the means of
bringing to the coast 200 or more horses
than would ordinarily have come.
The entries to all stakes must be made
by Nov. 1, except the Inaugural stake,
which is a novelty and will be run on
the opening day of the California
Jockey club on the Oakland track on
Oct. 19. The entries for this event close
on Oct. 1. It is an all-aged stake of
SIO,OOO.
TRIED TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Two Negro Tramps Placed Crossties on tho
Track of the L. & N.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 27.—A bold
attempt was made to wreck the south
bound passenger train on the Louisville
( and Nashville railroad just before day
break by placing crossties on the track.
The engine struck the ties, but the train
was not thrown off the rail.
Detective Watts of the railroad ob
tained a clew near the scene, 20 miles
north of here, and captured two negro
tramps, who gave their names as Henry-
Williams and Henry Smith. They were
arrested several miles distant while
fleeing through the country.' One of
them confessed the crime and said that
they had placed the ties on the track
for revenge on the conductor, who had
put them off the train. They have been
placed injail here.
Stabbed to Death by His Nephew.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 27.—The Dem
ocratic primary for county officers and
a candidate for the legislature held here
was the most interesting contest of the
'kind ever held in the county. There
were numerous candidates for all the
offices, and the rivalry between them
and their friends was lively throughout,
but the best of humor prevailed at all
the precincts except at Lower Fork,
three miles from Hahira, where Sam
Hodge, one of the managers, wa.
stabbed to death by his nephew, Piiim
Hodge. The killing is said to have been
the result of an old feud.
General Fight at a Negro Wedding.
Pittsburg,, Aug. 27.—During the fes
tivities following a negro wedding, Bert
Scott, a former lover, insulted thebrid",
and the groom, George Hall, at oner
shot him dead. A general fight was
then precipitated in which the bride
was dangerously stabbed twice and the
groom badly hurt. The latter was ar
rested and is now in jail.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
DIEFENDERFER’S SCHEME.
Secretary of the Silver Executive Commit
tee Han a Plan For liaising; Funds.
Washington, Aug. 27.—Secretary R.
E. Diffenderfer of the national Silver
executive committee has been devising
a plan which he thinks will assist in
raising a fund through appointing local
committees to carry on the local cam
paigns. No special appeal for funds has
been prepared by the national commit
tee, nor has Mr. Diffendorfer’s scheme
been officially brought before it.
The scheme is simply his own and
will be brought to the attention of the
public through the medium of the pa
pers and the party organs. He says that
if all the farmers will donate any of the
j products of their farm, these will be
sent to a central point, where people
may gather and will be auctioned off to
; the highest bidder. The occasion will
| be a sort of harvest campaign festival
where the people may gather and the
products be bought by those who want
them, the proceeds to be devoted exclu-
I sively to the payment of the expenses of
the campaign of the particular localities
represented.
He thinks that great benefit may be
derived from this arrangement and har
monious results attained. The farmers,
he says, are not able to contribute
money for political campaign purposes
and will, he believes, do what they cau
in the manner indicated to advance the
political interests they have at heart.
The national committee will, he says,
need all the money that may be contrib
uted for general campaign expenses and
. for the sending out of speakers to dis-
I cuss the issues of the day.
George P. Keeney, the national or
ganizer of the Silver clubs, left the city
! for New York Wednesday night. As
, terwards he will go to Chicago to com-
I plete arrangements for the conference
; of the national Silver clubs to be held
there on Sept. 23,
VOYAGE OF THE FRAM.
Captain Sverdrup Gives an Account of th©
Little Vessel's Movements.
i London, Aug. 27.—A dispatch to The
Chronicle from Tromso, signed by Dr.
I Nansen, gives Captain Sverdrup’s ac
j count of the voyage of the Fram after
Dr. Nansen left that boat. The dispatch
says:
“The ice pressure was nearly as se
! vere as upon several occasions before
{ Dr. Nansen left us, during June, 1896.
We were regularly exposed, however,
to vioient pressures, caused by tho
changing spring tide. The Fram was
once or twice lifted from 6 to 9 feet.
Her bottom became visible as it rested
on the ice. So little effect did this havo
on the Fram’s timbers that the men
continued their slumberiugs undis
turbed. An earlier Arctic explor
ing expedition one could hardly
imagine. The principal work was to
take regular observations, sleep and
eat. The health of the men was
perfect during the entire expedition.
There was not a sign of scurvy ap
parent among any of the men. The
efforts to advance the boat through the
ice by the force of steam or the process
of warping failed, and it was found
that the gun cotton mines proved the
best means of shattering the ice. As a
rule, very high ice floes prevailed, so
extensive that their termination could
not be described, even by the telescopes.
Often it looked like a hopeless task,
breaking our way out of the ice floes,
but with the liberal use of explosives,
and owing to the peculiar construction
of the boat, we finally succeeded.”
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
Carlos aud Antonio Ezeta Found Guilty of
Treason aud Rebellion.
New York, Aug. 27.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: “The Herald correspondent in
San Salvador sends word that a court
martial was recently held in that city
and Carlos Ezeta, former president, and
Antonio Ezeta, former vice president,
were condemned to death after being
found guilty of treason, rebellion and
sedition, committed on June 22, 1890,
when Francisco Monedez was president.
It will be remembered that during a
ball tne presidential palace was attacked
by forces commanded by Carlos Ezeta,
who was then general inspector of tho
army. President Monedez was assas
sinated aud by this coup d’etat, Charles
Ezeta was proclaimed president. Both
brothers are now, however, beyond the
reach of Salvadorean justice and will
never return to that country unless at
the head of a revolution.
A Georgia Town Wiped Out by Fire.
Quitman, Ga., Aug. 27.—The little
city of Pidcock, in this county, was al
most entirely swept away by fire Tues
day night. Pidcock is located at the
junction of rhe Georgia Northern rail
' road and the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad and is the headquar
ters of the Quitman Lumber company,
which is one of the largest lumber man
ufacturing concerns in the state. The
fire originated in one of the dry kilns
and soon gained such headway it was
impossiqle to check it. No estimate of
the loss can be made nor as to the
amount of insurance except on the mill
and lumber of the Quitman Lumber
company, which was insured for $45,-
000. This does not cover the loss the
company will sustain.
McKinley Accepts the nomination.
Canton, 0., Aug. 27.—Major William
McKinley has sent to the notification
committee his formal letter of accep
tance. It touches upon all of the im
portant planks in the Republican na
tional platform, but the first half of it
is devoted to a discussion of the money
question. The letter also dwells at
length on protection and says the issue
is one of supreme importance.
ME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 1896.
THE R(
BRYAN OUT IN ERIE
Two Thousand People Hear the Dem
ocratic Canidate.
TOMCHED UPON IMPORTANT ISSUES
He Keeps Up the Side
Regardless
OF THE SEVERE STRAIN UPON HIM
Declared That No One Had Yet Approached
Him With Request* For Offices In Case
of His Success and Dwelt Upon the Ne
cessity of Electing a Silver Congress as
Well as President.
Erie, Pa., Aug. 27.—Notwithstand
ing the three long addresses and short
speeches which he had made Wednes
day, Presidential Candidate Bryan
plunged into the battle again Thursday
morning and spoke from the balcony of
the Reed Hou e to 2,000 people assem
bled in the street and opposite the park.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan had been enter
tained at the residence of Otto Germer,
Jr., a prominent stove manufacturer,
and at 10:30 o’clock drove to the hotel,
where it had been announced they
would hold a reception. The announce
■ ment had been made also that Mr.
Bryan would speak for the benefit of
those who had been unable to get into
either of the three halls on the night
before.
He was escorted to the balcony over
looking the street, where Mr. Theodore
P. Rynder and Rev. Frank S. Heath
had been making preliminary speeches,
and received an ovation from the crowd,
in which workingmen seemed to be in
the majority. In his speech he touched
upon the question of patronage, declar
ing that none had yet approached him
with i equests for offices in case of his
election and he made no promises. He
also dwelt upon the necessity of electing
a friendly congress as well as a presi
dent to insure the victory of free silver,
and closed with an exhortation to the
district to elect Hon. John O. Sibley to
congress for a second term.
Mr. Bryan began to show the effect of
the hard work of this week’s campaign
and was decidedly husky, for the first
time since his week’s rest at Red Hook.
Mr. Sibley followed in a brief speech,
and then the lines were formed for the
reception. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and
Mr. and Mrs. Sibley stood in .the main
parlor of the hotel on the second floor
and the line pushed up the main stair
way, forced through the parlor, each
one receiving a word and a handshake
from the members of the party and
passing rapidly out to a side stairway.
Ex-Congressman Kerr presented the
people to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan.
The reception consumed three-quar
ters of an hour, beginning at 11 o’clock,
and probably 2,500 people were hustled
through in that time, most of them
ladies.
Candidate Bryan’s Speech,
Mr. Bryan, in his speech, said:
I think there was opportunity enough
on last evening to speak to you on the sub
ject of this campaign, and this morning I
desire to say a parting word. The people
are engaged in this fight because they be
lieve that the triumph of the princi
ples presented by the Chicago platform
are absolutely essential to the welfare of
our nation. This is not merely an at
tempt to secure the presidency in order to
divide the offices among the few of our
people. Persons cut no figure in this
campaign. [Applause]. I believe my ex
perience has been rather an unusual one.
The people who have come to me have
come with suggestions as to what can be
done to help the cause and no one has yet
asked for office in case I am elected. I
have not. discussed patrou ige with any
body. I shall not discuss patronage with
anybody during this campaign. A man
who, in the midst of battle, stops to ne
gotiate as to what position he shall as
sume when the battle is closed, is un
worthy to hold any position after the
fight. [Applause].
Nor are we satisfied with securing the
presidency. The president alone is power
less to secure the legislation. He does not
express his approval until the senate and
house have joined in a measure, and I ap
peal to you, if you are interested iu the
success of our cause, to use your efforts to
secure the senate and house as well as a
president who is in favor of these reforms.
Senate Will He For Silver.
The senate is practically secured. We
have no fear but what the senate, which
convenes on March 4 next year, will be in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage of
gold and silver at the present legal ratio
of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth. But
it is necessary that we should have the
house also. The house today is in the
hands of the enemy and we must take pos
session in the house in order to put any
good measure into operation, and I beg
you in every congressional district in this
nation to see to it that no man shall re
ceive a majority of the votes, if you can
help it. unless he goes there to fight for
the money of the constitution from the
first day he takes his seat until the last
day he occupies a place in the house.
You have in this district a candidate.
You have in this district a man who has
been tried and not found wanting. You
have in this district one of the ablest, one
of the most fearless, one of the most elo
quent advocates of this great cause. His
voice has been heard all over this land
and you will be guilty of a desertion of
this cause unless you make Joseph Siblev
your member of congress at this election.
Now, remember that this cause rests
with you. The candidates can do but lit
tle. They cannot see all the people. They
have no time to address the regiments of
every voter, but I commission each one of
you as aids in this great tight to turn out
and preach the gospel from now until
election day. We have faith mainly in
the intelligence of the people; we have
faith in that honesty among the people
that enkindles an enthusiasm which all
the contributions of all the trusts and
syndicates cannot extinguish in this cam
paign. [Great applause and cheering].
! ZANZIBAR ATTACKED
The Palace of Sultan Said Khalid
a Mass of Ruins.
FLAG OF GREAT BRITAIN HOISTED
England Teaches the Rebel
a Lesson
EMPHASIZED BY SHOT AND SHELL
Th© Usurping* Chieftan Refused to Sur
render In Accordance With the Terms
of a British Ultimatum, and a Cruiser
and Two Gunboats Sent a Storm of Shell
and Shot Into His Palace.
[Copyrighted, 1896, by Associated Press.]
Zanzibar, Aug. 21.--The palace of
the sultan of Zanzibar was bombarded
Thursday morning and at noon was a
mass of blazing ruins. The usurping
chieftain, Said Khalid, and commander
of his forces, Said Sales, succeeded in
escaping to the German consulate,
where they have sought refuge and re
main under the protection of the Ger
man flag.
Rear Admiral Henry Rawson, O. 8.,
in command of the British Oape of Good
Hope and west coast of Africa station,
and the British consul general, Mr. A.
H. Harding, 0,8., after holding a con
ference Wednesday, communicated by
cable to the government of Great Brit
ain an outline of the situation of affairs
here, setting forth that Said Khalid,
who seized the palace and proclaimed
himself sultan, on the death, apparently
by poison, of Sultan Hamid Bin Thwain
Bin Said, had been strongly reinforced
and positively refused to surrender.
Said Khalid had with him at that time
about 2,500 well armed and well dis
ciplined men, including 900 Askaris,
who have been trained under British
officers, plenty of ammunition and a
number of field guns and other pieces of
artillery, which were trained on the
British warships. The latter, with the
reinforcements, which arrived Wednes
day, were: the flagship St. George; the
thirdclass cruiser Philomel; the third
class cruiser Racoon; the firstclass gun
boats Sparrow and Thrush.
Later in the day cable in tractions
were received from London and another
conference was held between the ad
i miral and consul general, and eventually
| an ultimatum was sent to Said Khalid,
I ordering him to hajtl down his flag and
j surrender with his forces no later than
9 o’clock Thursday morning. At the
same time the British residents in Zan
zibar were notified to be on board Ad
miral Rawson’s ship by 8 o’clock.
Disturbances Promptly Suppressed.
During the night there were a num
ber of disturbances among the natives
on the outskirts of the town, but they
were promptly suppressed by the 350
British marines and sailors, who had
been landed to protect the property and
guard the consulate of Great Britain.
It is understood, however, that Said
Khalid received further reinforcements
from the slavedealers, who flocked to
his support, as the formal hoisting of
the British flag over Zanzibar would
mean the liberation of about 250,000
slaves and a death blow to slavery in
this part of East Africa.
By 8 o’clock the British subjects,
numbering about 100 persons, and a
number of other foreigners had em
barked on board the warships, the Ital
ians going on board the Italian gunboat
Volturne and the Germans seeking
safety at the German consulate. Shortly
before 9 o’clock a naval officer was sent
to the palace square with another mes
sage for Said Khalid, asking him if he
was prepared to surrender in accordance
with the terms of the ultimatum and
aeaiu notifying him that the palace n
which he had barricaded himself would
be shelled at 9 o’clock promptly if he
failed to haul down his flag before that
time. As before, Said replied that he
would sooner die than surrender. His
answer was conveyed to Admiral Raw
son and the British consul general, and
the crews of the ships, which had been
prepared for action the day before, were
sent to quarters.
At 9 o’clock the flagship signalled the
Racoou, Thrush aud Sparrow to com
mence firing, and a moment later the
cruisers mentioned and the two gun
boats referred to, opened fire with their
heavier guns and ten minutes later they
had sent a storm of shell and shot into
the palace, tearing big gaps in v, scat
tering death and confusion among its
defenders, while dismounting some of
the guns ashore and putting to flight
the gunners handling the pieces. The
fire of the warships was admirably di
rected and smoke was soon seen to be
issuing from several parts of the palace.
During this time, the St. George and
the Phil >mel were held in reserve,
though they occasionally plumped a
shell into the enemy’s camp, adding to
the dismay of its defenders.
The Palace a Mass of Ruins.
The Racoon, Thrush and Sparrow
kept up the bombardment until 9:50,
when the palace was tumbling in ruius
and large rents had been made in the
barricade of Said’s follower.--. Tho lat
ter, however, answered the fire of the
warships with great persistency aud
gallantry, and did not stop firing until
iu response to tho flagship’s signal of
“cease firing,” the guns of the warships
stopped showering shot and shell ashore.
The losses of the enemy were not known,
but must have been heavy, especially
among the defenders of the palace
proper.
During the bombardment, the sultan’s
armed steamer Glasgow opened fire on
the British warships, but a few well
aimed shells from the heavy guns of
the Racoon anti a snot or two irom the
4-inch guns of the Sparrow crushed
through and through her, silencing her
fire in short order and ultimately sink
ing her at her moorings.
Soon after the palace caught fire and
the walls and roofs were sent flying
hither by the shells of the warships.
Said Khalid and Said Sales, the latter
being the commander of the usurping
sultan’s army, escaped with a number
of their leading followers through the
back part of the palace and hurriedly
made their way to the German consul
ate, where they asked for protection,
which was accorded them.
Admiral Rawson, in order to prevent
the escape of Said Khalid and his fol
lowers to the mainland of Africa, where
their presence would undoubtedly have
caused trouble with the slave leaders
and their adherents, sent detachments
of marines, blue jackets and local Zan
zibaris to occupy all the roads and ave
nues of escape, thus hemming in the
enemy pretty effectually, although many
escaped to the mainland and neighbor
ing islands.
As this dispatch is sent firing was still
proceeding in the outskirts of the pal
ace, but the resistance has ceased.
Shortly after 10 o’clock, in response
to another signal from the flapship St.
George, reinforcements of marines and
sailors were sent ashore from the Brit
ish ships and the work of capturing the
insurgents, collecting the dead and at
tending the wounded was commenced.
All Avenues of Escape Occupied.
During this time desultory firing
could be heard on the outskirts of the
town from where Captain Rakes, at the
head of 400 loyas Zanzibarins and a de
tachment of British marines, notified
Admiral Rawson that he was holding
all the main roads. When the insur
gents had been compelled to Js,y down
their arms and were securely corralled
by the marines and bluejackets, the lat
ter were ordered to try to extinguish
the flames in the palace and in the old
customhouse, which had also been
shelled and set on fire, as the insurgents
had fortified it and had to be driven
from the building. But at noon, in
spite of the efforts of the sailors to ex
tinguish the flames, the palace was a
mass of ruins, the old customhouse in
ashes and a number of other buildings
demolished or set on fire by exploding
shell were in ruins.
No casualties are reported among the
British ashore, and although business,
naturally, is at a standstill, order was
completely restored before nightfall and
the foreign residents will be able to re
turn to their residences ashore.
All the warships had some good tar
get practice with their guns, the
6-inch guns of the Racoon proving par
ticularly effective.
Temporary hospitals for the care oi
the natives’ wounded have been estab
lished ashore and they are receiving as
much care from the surgeons of the
warships as if they were British sailors
or marines.
The dead will be buried at once, and,
for the present, the island will be ad
ministered by Admiral Rawson, pend
ing the receipt of further instructions
from the British government.
Auierioans Safe, Says < onsul Mohan-
Washington, Aug. 27.—-The state de
partment has received the following
cablegram from Consul Dorsey Mohuu
at Zanzibar:
Khalin Bin Bargish refusing to surren
der, palace was bombarded l>y English
fleet at 9 o’clock this morning and totally
destroyed. Many killed. He took refuge
in German consulate. Afterwards Ham
mond proclaimed sultan. All Americans
safe.
The state department has no infor
mation from other sources than Consul
Mohun’s dispatch. The United States
buys from there ivory, hides, rubber,
gums and clover and sells cotton and
petroleum. There is anxiety lest Amer
ican interests suffer.
Disturbance* at Constantinople Over.
Paris, Aug. 27.—The manager of tho
Ottoman bank here has received a tele
gram from the directors of the bank at
Constantinople, saying that the disturb
ances there are over. Official dispatches
received here from Constantinople say
that the French charge’d affaires there
has installed a guard of sailors from the
French guardship La Fieche at the
French embassy, as a measure of pre
caution. The French government will
immediately dispatch a second gunboat
to Constantinople. The officials of the
Ottoman bank say that none of the stall
was injured during the rioting there
Wednesday aud that the bank was not
robbed.
Czar and Czarina at Vienna.
Vienna, Aug. 27.—The czar and czar
ina arrived here at 10:30 a. m. at the
Northern terminus, where they were
received by Emperor Francis Josef and
the Empress Elizabeth and all the arch--
dukes and archduchesses. Both sides
of the streets leading from the railroad
station of the Hefburg were lined with
troops and their majesties were enthu
siasticallv cheered on their -way to the
palace. On the outer gate of the Hef
burg the Russian imperial standard was
hoisted beside that of the Emperor of
Austria, and at the Hefburg the czai
and czarina were met by the highest
court dignitaries, ministers and civil
officers.
treiAu Insu,gents luefeat Turks.
Athens, Aug. 27. A dispatch re
ceived here from the island of Crete
says that the Turks have attacked the
Cretan insurgents near Malevyzi ami
have been repulsed with the loss of 40
killed and 21 wounded.
The New British Agent at Pretoria.
London, Aug. 27.—Mr. William Ooa
• yghau Greene has been appointed Brit
! ish agent at Pretoria, in succession to
| Sir Jacobus A De Wett, retired.
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MUST BE NOTIFIED
Watson Anxious to Know Wbat Was
Dona at St, Louis,
HE ENTERS AN EMPHATIC PROTEST
Against the Action of Chair
man Butler
IN NOT NOTIFYING THE NOMINEES
Bays It Is Humiliating Both to Himself
aud to the People's Party to Allow the
Campaign to Coutinue In This Unheard
of Manner —Against Any Dodging—Sen
ator Butler Scored.
Atlanta, Aug. 27. —Hon. Thomas E.
Watson raises an emphatic protest
against the intention of Chairman But
ler of North Carolina not to notify him.
of what was done at St. Louis. Mr.
Watson states that it is humiliating
both to the party and to himself to let
the campaign go on in this unheard-of
manner.
Following is a ringing editorial which
appears, with Mr. Watson’s signature
attached, in the People’s Party Paper:
“The Washington Post quotes Sena
tor Marion Butier, our national chair
man, as saying that Messrs. Bryan and
Watson will not be notified of their
nominations; that it has never been the
custom of our party to notify its nomi
nees, and that Generals Weaver and
Field were not notified in 1892. This is
the second time that Chairman Butler
has been quoted to the same effect, and
we, therefore, presume he has spoken as
reported.
“If Senator Butler will hunt up any
Populist paper containing an account of
the national convention of 1892 (the
first our party ever had) he will find the
speeches of acceptance by General James
B. Weaver, nominee for president, and
General James G. Field, nominee for
vice president. They were both noti
fied of their nominations and made
speeches of acceptance to the conven
tion itself. Iu the National Watchman
of July 16, 1892, Senator Butler will
find these speeches.
“If nominees are hot notified in per
son or by letter and do not respond by
speech or letter, how is the party to
know whether the nominees accept the
nomination and indorse the platform?
If the national convention at St. Louis
did not mean that Messrs. Bryan and
Watson should be notified, why was a
committee appointed to notify them ?
Why does Senator Allen, chairman of
that committee, refuse to do what the
convention instructed him to do ? Is he
afraid Mr. Bryan will repudiate our
support ? If so, our party has a right to
know that fact.
“If Mr. Bryan is ashamed of the votes
which are necessary to elect him, we
ought to know it. He cannot carry his
own state without our help, and if he is
ashamed of our help, he is not the man
our people have taken him to be.
“Let us have no dodging. Let the
committee do its duty and notify Mr.
Bryan. It is humiliating both to the
party and to its other nominee, Mr.
Watson, to let the campaign go on in
this unheard-of manner.”
HOFFMAN USED ACOWHIDE.
Attacked the Superintendent of the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Road.
Charlotte, N. 0., Aug. 27.—Superin
tendent P. T. Wells of the Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta railway was cow
hided here by Charles G. Hoffman, a
well known freight conductor of the
same line. Hoffman had been told that
Wells had said that he and the ticket
agent at Fort Mill, S. 0., wanted to
“whack up” on tickets, the latter sell
ing the tickets and the former not
punching them.
Wells, with several other superintend
ents of divisions, and General Manager
Green came to Charlotte to conduct a
railroad examination. About 3, o’clock,
while the examination was going 0n,..
Hoffman entered the room, and after
cursing Wells roundly, struck him twice
across the face with a cowhide and then
slapped him in the face. Wells did not
rise from his chair, nor did he say any
thing but deny having made the accu
sation against Hoffman. The railroad
men present pulled Hoffman off Wells.
Talk is rife amongst the railroad men
of the affair. Hoffman has been a
freight conductor on the road for six
years. This is the first trouble he has
Deen in with his employers.
Senator Butler’s payer, in a leading
editorial, attacks the Democrats, sav
age.y, declaring the Populists will not
believe them, and says:
“You offered to divide electors, did
you? Well, are you yet such fools as to
think Populists are fools? Are you will
ing to do something to show your sin
cerity? Are you willing to subordinate
party allegiance to principle? If so, do
it at once.”
The editorial is headed “Valedictory
to the Democrats,” and its object is to
endeavor to force Democrats to down.
Sewall in North Carolina and also to in
dorse some Populist congressmen.
Twelve Thousand Veterans In Line.
Warrensfurg, Mo., Aug. 27.—The
booming of j*uns at Pertle Springs
Wednesday awakened confederate and
ex-confederate soldiers camping in the
park. The principal feature of the day
was a parade of the blue and gray, over
12,000 veterans were in line besides sev
eral bands of music and drum corps.
At night a program, consisting of tab
leaux, recitations and music, was ren
dered.