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HANYE HANGED HIGH
At Noon in Fulton County Jail
Yard
\ WITH A PRAYER ON HIS LIPS
He Passed From Tima Into'
Eternity
MRS. ATKINSONS NOBLE EFFORT
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Every Effort Had Been Made to Induce
Governor Atkinson to Spare the Life of
the Unfortunate Young Man, But He De
clined to Interfere and Did His
Duty.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4.—Arthur
Hanye, the murderer of Will Spinks,
was hanged in the Fulton County jail
yard at 12:16 o'clock this afternoon,
h He met death with unsurpassed calm
|» ness and fortitude and died with a
prayer on his lips.
Hanye spent the morning delivering
farewell to his friends and continued
'' to write messages of warning and
forgiveness to various persons.
Hanye was calm and his expression
(was peaceful; there was no troubled
look upon his face.
> ‘I accent my coming death asProv
idential, ” said he. “1 have no malice
in my heart against the governor, the
judge, or the jurors—no censure for
them. lam in peuce with God and
man and have no room for malice in
my heart. I think my death will serve
' as as a lesson to young men, and thus
I will have accomplished some good.”
• Mr. Ellis prayed while those present
bowed their heads, and whan all arose
Hanye’s eyes w’ere wet with years.
As the company turned to leave
Hanye embraced each of his friends.
I and their tears were mingled while
the ministers hid their faces in their
hands, overcome with emotion.
Turning to one of the young men, a
companion of his rough boyhood, with
| ’ trembling voice Hanye put his arms
about him and said:
“1 hope this will be a lesson for you
I want you to promise me that it will
be a lesson to you.”
t The young man’s reply was inaudi
ble, as he was overcome with emotion
j and sobs shook his frame. He pressed
a farewell grasp upon the hand of his
friend and went out.j
While this affecting scene was taking
place a lovely bunch of white roses came
; to brighten the pathway of Hanye to the
gallows.
They were sent him by Miss Mary Lag-"
qmarsino from the collection in her fruit
knd flower store.
I While these'things were taking place
Ip" Hanye’s cell the telephone in the office
F rang. Whe Jailer Eubanks answered it
L he was spoken to by Mrs. Atkinson, wife
• •of the governor. She asked that the ex
ecution be delayed as long as possible, as
she declared she intended to have Hanye’s
sentence commuted.
She said her carriage was getting ready
and as soon as it was she would go to ree
Judge Candler and do ah she couid to
have the sentence commuted, and she
would also telegraph the governor, who
left the city this morning. Several times
during the morning Mrs. Atkinson
called up the jailer and urged him to de
lay the execution.
At 10:30 o’clock Ilauye's last dinner
arrived. When it was sent up to him he
i. • seemed to feel grateful for the attention
of his friends, but ate little.
, At 12 o’clock the sheriff came from the
1 cell, wher • Hanye was closeted with his
kinsmen, and made the arrangement
for the small gathering which had been
, admitted to go into the jailyard.
■ The members of the press went first,
Fl then came the solemn procession. Hanye
I > lean :d on the arm of Mr. Fred Ward and
f the preacher who has been in attendance
k u; on him. He wore a black suit, and
■ there was a white rose in the lapel of Lis
I coat, and, and he carrie 1 a boijuet of
R white roses in his right hand, lie was
I pale, but perfectly calm as he mounted
L the steps leading to the scaffold. 8 leriff
| Barnes and Jailer Pat McCullough a:
I com pan led him and his two compani' ns
| Hanye was asked if he had anything to
I Hiy. In a voice in which theie was not a
L solitary tre.n O' he said:
“I wait’to say to all young men to
HK leave whisky and bad companions alone.
E” If you do imt they will bring you to rur.
uad to the gallows, as they Lave me ”
. He then asked the blessings of God
V upon them all ami said that lie Hop- d
I to meet them in heaven.
I There was a prayer by the minis er,
I followed by one from Mr. Aard
■ Then came a short consultation bc-
F tveen Hanye and Mr. McCullough,
■ which could not l:e heard. When it
■ was through Mr. McCullough began
■ totieait up around Hanye’s ankles,
| another around his knees, another
V around h s arms, pinioned in the back.
L The airansremeuts were completed
by tieing the condemned man’s hands
behind him
• “Don’t tie them too tight, Pat,”
said Hanye, calmly.
• “1 shan't hurt you, Arthur,” said
the jailer.
A t T Jailer Pat McCullough had
■ Hastened straps about his ankles and
B knees and had buckled his hands and
■ arms back of him, he slood in perfect
■ balance and turned calmly around
■ and said:
“Pat, 1 would like to offer prayer.”
Then he said:
“Merciful God. In the few moments
I that 1 have left to me on this earth I
■ want to ask that you have an angel
B. dowi he e to receive my soul when I
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die and carry me to heaven, where I
shall meet my loved ones and friends
who have gone before, and where I
shall meet those who shall follow me.
May the blessings of God be upon
each and all for Christ sake, amen.”
Mr. McCullough asked him if he
was ready. He answered yes. The
noose was adjusted, the black cap
placed on 1 is head, and while perfect
s’lence prevailed in the jailyard, a
solemn voice counted.
“One, two, three,” and the body
shot down, the body heaved c< nvul
s'vely three or four times, and the
form of the young man hung silent
and motionless in the bright light of
the midday sun.
£h<l crime for which Hayne paid the
death penalty was the killing of his
chum, Will Spinks, last March. The
young men were lifelong friends and
had, several years ago, killed an Italian
who attacked them. One night last
March they were in a Decatur street
saloon, when a quarrel arose over some
trivial matter and Spinks applied a vile
epithet to Hayne. The latter resented
the insult and a scuffle ensued, during
which Spinks was .-tabbed in the skull
with a knife, from the effects of which
he died a few days later. Hayne claimed
the killing was purely accidental but
was convicted and sentenced to hang.
Au appeal was taken to the supreme
court and the decision of the lower court
was upheld.
The governor gave the condemned
man a week’s respite in which to pre
pare for death, and, at the expiration
of that time, ou the representation that
new evidence had been discovered,
a further respite of two weeks was
granted. The governor considered the
case carefully and decided there was
not sufficient ground to warrant his in
terference and ordered the sentence of
the court carried out. On the evening
before the execution a crowd visited
the governor’s mansion and made an
effort to have the sentence commuted to
life imprisonment, but failed. •
CHANG AT WASHINGTON.
The Chinese Ambassador Spends the Dav
In Seeing the Sights.
Washington, Sept. 4. Before the
sun rose on the capital city Li Hung
Chang had arisen and was making
ready for a day of sightseeing. The ar
rangement of the program had been left
by General Huger entirely in the hands
of Li Hung Chang himself, and while
the points of interest that it was thought
he might be pleased to see were sug
gested to him, no attempt was made to
urge his fancy. After some discussion
among the suite, the Chinese decided to
go first to the capitol. He was accom
panied by ex- Secretary of State Foster
and his suite.
Li Hung Chang’s party remained at
the capitol less than an hour. The dis
tinguished visitor was conducted to the
office of the sergeant-at-arms, where he
was presented to Colonel R. J. Bright,
sergeant-at-arms. From this point he
was escorted in procession to the marble
room, the president’s room, the senate
chamber, the supreme court quarters,
the rotunda, the congressional library
and the hall of the house of representa
tives.
Very little time was given to any of
these halls, and when he had rested for
a few minutes in the house, the viceroy
demanded to be taken to his carriage in
order not to be late at an engagement
which he had made with the Chinese
minister.
Filed Notice of the Reduced Rates.
Washington, Sept. 4. —Notice of the
reduced rates on the Southern railway
incident to the rate war now in progress
between it and the Seaboard Air Line
have been filed with the interstate com
merce commission and they will take
effect Saturday. The schedule filed was
prepared by the Southern States Freight
association and applies only to freight
tariff’s. From the terms of the notice
the tariff does not state whether the
maximum rates apply to intermediate
points or not, and Auditor Smith wrote
a letter to the Southern railway request
ing information regarding that fact.
All Ouiet at Constantinople.
Washington, Sept. 4. —The Turkish
legation has received the following tele
gram from the sublime porte: “The im
perial authorities handed to the govern
ment attorneys all documents in con
nection with the criminal acts of both
Christians and Mussulmans. The Ar
menian anarchists threw bombs on the
troops passing through Galatia. One of
the officers and a few soldiers wore
killed. Since then, however, no fur
ther criminal acts were committed and
order prevails in the capital and prov
inces of the empire.”
Brewer Nominated For Congrm
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 4.—Hon.
Willis Brewer of Lowndes was nomi
nated for congress by the-Democratic
congressional convention of the Fifth
district after several hundred ballots,
defeating ex-Congressman Cobb.
Cretan Assembly Accepts Reform Plans.
Cane a, Island of Crete, Sept. 4.—The
assembly, after consulting with the rev
olutionary committe, has accepted the
reform plans drawn up by the powers
and approved by the sultan of Turkey.
Deskirk Named For Congress.
Middlesbobo, Ky., Sept. 4.—James
Deskirk of Barbourville was nominated
by the Democrats of the Eleventh dis
trict for congress at London. Bryan
and the Chicago platform were indorsed.
Czar to Meet Emperor William.
Kieff, Sept. 4.—The czar and czarina
have started for Breslau, where they
will meet Emperor William of Ger
many and witness a portion of the mil
itary maneuvers.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, HOME, GA., SATURDAY SEPTEMBER £>, 1896.
HANNAJSDELIGHTED
Thinks the Third Ticket Will Help the
Republicans.
SAYS PALMER IS A STRONG MAN
Thinks the Nomination of Buck
ner Also Good.
COUNTING WITHOUT HIS HOST
And That His Nomination Will Weaken
the Silverites In Illinois—The Republi
can National Chairman Thinks the de
cent Vermont Election Shows Which
Way the Wind Is Blowing.
Cleveland, Sept. 4. —National Re
publican Chairman M. A, Hanna, in an
interview, said, concerning the result of
the Indianapolis Democratic gold stand
ard convention:
“I think the acticn of tho convention
will be of assistance to us. Senator
Palmer is a strong, reliable man and
has a heavy following among the Dem
ocrats of Illinois. This nomination, fol
lowing that of a gold standard Demo
crat for governor in that state, will
weaken the forces of the silver Demo
crats in Illinois materially.”
“How about Mr. Buckner?”
“The nomination of Mr. Buckner will
also do us good. He is strong in Ken
tucky and throughout the south, and
will help us very much.”
Regarding the Vermont election, Mr.
Hanna said:
“The result of the state election in
Vermont makes it appear that the peo
ple exercised sound, sober sense in deal
ing with the questions at issue, and
showed their temper toward the Chicago
platform. It indicates .that the people
as a whole will repudiate that plat
form.”
Mr. Hanna leaves at once for Chicago.
HAMMOND’S GRIEVANCE.
The American Mining Engineer Sava Jame
son Should Exonerate Him.
London, Sept. 4.—Reports are being
circulated in the United States that Mr.
John Hayes Hammond, the American
mining engineer, who was manager of
the Deebs mines in South Africa, had a
serious dispute with Dr. L. S. Jameson,
leader of the Transvaal raid, now un
dergoing a sentence of 15 months’ im
prisonment for that offense in Hollo
way jail. The representative of the As
sociated Press has had an interview
with Mr. Hammond on the subject.
When questioned regarding the re
ported financial misunderstanding be
tween himself and Dr. Jamesou, Mr.
Hammond said that t e rumor was
“absurdly untrue ” He added:
“I never had any transactions of any
kind with Dr. Jameson, and so far as
personal feelings go, I admire tho man.
But I and the other reformers have one
great grievance against Dr. Jameson,
namely, that he has allowed us to re
main under the imputation of coward
ice.
“Our lips hitherto remained sealed; it
was solely to help Jameson and his fel
low prisoners. Had we spoken while
they were m the hands of the Boers or
in the trial there, the case might have
been very different.
“As a matter of fact, and one which
will be conclusively shown during the
coming parliamentary investigation, Dr.
Jameson started in spite of my express
orders to the contrary. I will not at
tempt to disguise the fact that we at
tempted to secure by force of arms the
reforms which were denied to us and
that wo intended to establish an inde
pendent republic; but not then.
“I not only telegraphed Dr. Jarno > i
not to come, but I sent two of his offi
cers who were at Johannasburg, Cap
tain Holden and Major Heany, the lat
ter being an American, back to him,
telling him ou no account to start.
“I have not seen Dr. Jameson since
my arrival in London, but both Phillips
and I have written him that we think
that the time has come for him to ex
onerate us.”
Phillips Confirms Hammond’s
London, Sept. 4.—The Pans corres
pondent of The Daily Mail has had an
into view with .Lionel Phillips, the Jo
hannesburg reformer, who was con
victed, together with John Hays Ham
mond and others, of high treason
against the Transvaal, in which he gen
erally confirms the statement made by
Ml*. Hammond as to the protest made
by the reformers against the Jameson
raid. But Mr. Phillips decline.-, t > say
more than this till the pari ameutary
commission on the raid sits
Commander J:>hn Stark Newell Dead.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 4. Com
mander John Stark Newell, commander
of the United States armored cruiser
Detroit, is dead from aenemic condition
of the blood. His remains wil be sent
to New York at once. Captain Newell’s
illness was contracted while undergoing
the privations in connection with his
labors as representative of the United
States in the investigation of the mas
sacre of missionaries at Kiepsiu, central
China.
Receiver For a Street Railway.
Columbus, 0., Sept. 4.—The Colum
bus Central Street railway was thrown
into the hands of a receiver Friday
morning, George H. Worthington of
Cleveland being appointed. The assets
and liabilities are not known. The
trouble was precipitated by Michael
Deguon, who built the road. Business
was light.
THE GOLD LEADERS
The Men Who Will Lead the Gold
Democratic Forces.
NAMED ON THE FIRST BALLOT
Praise For Cleveland From
the Convention
THE GOLDOCRATIC PLATFORM
General Bragg With*drew From the Race
and the Nomination of the Illinois Sen
ate Was Made Unanimous—Buckner
Had a Clear Field For Second Place.
The Platform.
Indianapolis, Sept. 4. —General John
M. Palmer of Illinois was nominated
for president and General Simon Bolivar
Buckner was nominated for vice presi
dent by the gold Democratic convention.
When the platform had been adopted,
a motion to take a recess was voted
down, and on motion of Mr. Breckin
ridge of Kentucky, the convention pro
ceeded to the nomination of candidates.
The roll of states was called. When
California was reached the state yielded
its place to Michigan, and Mr. L. L.
Kilborn of that state put Palmer in
nomination.
Senator Palmer’s nomination was
briefly seconded by a delegate from
Michigan. Connecticut yielded to Wis
consin, and Mr. Jones of that„state took
the stand, to place General Bragg in
nomination. Hartridge of Florida, and
Corrigan of Georgia, also seconded the
nomination of Bragg. One delegate
from Oregon seconded Palmer, as also
did Vermont and Virginia. Washing
ton also seconded Palmer.
All the states having been called for
nominations, the chairman stated that
the vote would now be taken. The
states and territories were called and
progressed as far as the state of Wiscon
sin, Senator Palmer receiving a very
large majority of the votes.
Palmer Unanimously Nominated.
When Wisconsin was called General
Bragg made a motion that the nomina
tion of General Palmer be made unani
mous. It was put to the convention
and carried, and the chairman an
nounced officially that General John M.
Palmer is the nominee of the national
Democratic party for president of these
United States.
As soon as the announcement was
made, there was an outburst of wild
enthusiasm on the part of the conven
tion, and when the uproar subsided, the
chairman announced that the nomina
tion of candidate for vice president was
next in order. TheSk was no useless
formality about that proceeding, calling
of states alphabetically, but the secre
tary started at once with Kentucky,
when Mr. W. B. Browder of that state,
made a speech nominating General Si
mon Boliver Buckner. The convention
was impatient at the speech, but was
ready to declare the nomination, and
the chair put the question, and declared
that General Buckner was the nominee
of the national Democratic party for
vice president of the United States.
This announcement, like the other, was
followed by loud cheering.
i Resolutions of thanks to the members
of the temporary national committee
i and of the temporary national executive
’ committee, for their good and wise
work, and to the people of Indianapolis
1 for the manner in which the oonven
; tion was entertained, were presented
and adopted, and the convention ad
journed sine die.
■ GOLD MEN’S PLATFORM.
It Declares For Sound Money, Denounces
Protection and Praises Cleveland.
PREAMBLE This convention has
assembled to uphold the principles upon
which depend the honor and welfare of
the American people; in order that
Democrats throughout the Union may
unite their patriotic efforts to avert dis
aster from their country and ruin for
their party. The Democratic party is
pledged to equal and exact justice'to all
. men of every creed and condition; to
i tiie largest freedom of the individual
consistent with good government; to
tlft' preservation of the federal govern
ment in its constitutional vigor and to
the support of the states in all their
•just rights; to economy in the public ex
penditures; to the maintenance of pub
lic faith and sound money; and it is op
posed to paternalism and class legisla
tion.
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM—The
declarations of the Chicago convention
attack individual freedom, the right of
private c.mtraet, the independence of
the judiciary -and the authority of the
president to enforce federal laws. They
invoke a reckless attempt to increase
the price of silver by legislation, to the
debasement of onr monetary standard
and threaten unlimited issues of paper
money by the government. They aban
don for Republican allies the Demo
cratic cause of tariff reform, and court
the favor of protectionists to their po
litical heresies. In view of this and
other great departures from Democratic
principles we cannot support the candi
dates of that convention nor be bound
by its acts. .The Democratic party has
survived many defeats but could not
survive a victory won in behalf of the
; doctrine and the policy proclaimed in
its name at Chicago. The conditions,
however, which make possible such ut
terances of a national convention are the
result of class legislation by the Repub
lican party. It still proclaims, as it has
for years, the power and duty of the
government to raise and maintain prices
by law; and it proposes no remedy for
existing evils, except oppressive and un
just taxation.
I DECLARATION OF FAITH—Tho
national - democracy, nere ■ convened,
therefore makes its declaration of faith
in the principles especially applicable to
the conditions of the times. Taxation.:-
tariff, excise or direct, is rightfully im
posed only for public purposes and not
for private gain. Its amount is justly
measured by public expenditures, which
should be limited by scrupulous econ
omy. The revenue derived from taxes
is affected by the state of trade and the
volume of consumption. The volume
of money iiAlhe treasury is determined
by the appropriations made by congress.
The demand of the Republican party
for an increase in tariff taxation has its
pretext in the deficiency of the revenue,
which has its cause in the stagnation of
trade and reduced consumption, due en
tirely to the loss of confidence that has
followed the Populist threat of free
coinage and depreciation of our money
and the Republican practice of extrava
gant appropriations beyond the needs of
good government. We condemn the
Populist convention of Chicago and St.
Louis for their co-operation.
PROTECTION DENOUNCED—The
Republican party m creating these con
ditions pleads them in justification of a
heavy increase in the burdens of the
people by a further resort to protection,
and we, therefore, denounce protection
and especially the free coinage of silver
as schemes for the personal profit of a
few at the expense of the masses, and
oppose the two parties which stand for
these schemes as hostile to the people of
the republic, whose food and shelter,
comfort and prosperity are attacked by
higher taxes and depreciated money.
In fine, we reaffirm the historic Demo
cratic doctrine of tariff for revenue only.
LIBERAL SHIP LAWS-We de
mand that henceforth modern and lib
eral policies toward American shipping
shall take the place of our imitation of
the restricted statutes of the eighteenth
century, which were long ago abandoned
by every maritime power but the
States, which, to the nation’s humilia
tion, have driven American capital and
enterprise of the United States to alien
steamers and crews, and have made the
stars and stripes an almost unknown
emblem in foreign ports and have vir
tually extinguished the race of Ameri
can seamen. We oppose the pretense
that discriminating duties will promote
shipping; that scheme is an invitation
to commercial warfare upon the United
States, un-American in the light of our
great commercial treaties, offering no
gain whatever to American shipping,
while greatly increasing ocean freights
on our agricultural and manufactured
products.
THE MONEY PLANK—The expe
rience of mankind has shown that by
reason of their natural qualities, gold is
the necessary money of the large affairs
of commerce and business, while silver
is conveniently adapted to minor trans
actions and the most beuficial use of
both together can be insured only by the
adoption of the former as a standard of
monetary measure, and the mainten
ance of silver at a parity with gold by
its limited coinage under suitable safe
guards of law. Thus the largest possi
ble enjoyment of both metals is gained
with a yalue universally accepted
throughout the world, which involves
the only bimetallic currency, assuring
the most stable standard and especially
the best and safest money for all who
are earning their livelihood by labor or
the produce of husbandry. Realizing
these truths, demonstrated by long pub
lic inconveniences and loss, the Demo
cratic party, in the interest of the masses
and of equal justice to all, practically
established by the legislation of 1834
and 1853 the gold standard of mon
etary measurement and likewise en
tirely divorced the government from
banking and ’ currency issues. To this
long established Democratic policy we
adhere and insist upon the maintenance
of the gold standard and on a parity
herewith of every dollar issued by tho
government, and are firmly opposed to
the free and. unlimited coinage of silver
aud to the compulsory purchase of sil
ver bullion. But we denounce also the
furth r maintenance of the present
costly patchwork system of national pa
per currency as a constant source of in
jury and peril. We assert the necessity
of such intelligent currency reform as
will confine the government to its legit
imate functions, completely separated
from the banking business and afford to
all sections of our country a uniform,
safe and elastic bank currency under a
government supervision, measured in
volume bv the needs of business.
PRAISE FOR CLEVELAND—The
fidelity, patriotism and courage with
which President Cleveland has fulfilled
his groat public trust, the high charac
ter of his administration, its wisdom
and energy in the maintenance of civil
order and the enforcement of the laws,
its equal regard for the rights of every
class and every section, its firm and
dignified conduct of foreign affairs ami
its sturdy persistence in upholding the
credit and honor of the nation are fully
recognized by the Democratic party,
and will setnire to him a place in history
beside the fathers of the republic. We
also commend the administration for
the great progress made in the reform of
the public service, and we indorse its
effort to extend the merit system still
further. We demand that no backward
step be taken, but that the reforms be
supported and advanced until the un-
Democratic spoils system of appoint
ments shall be eradicated. We demand
strict economy in the operations mid in
the administration of rhe government.
We favor arbitration for the settlement
of iut rnatiouai disputes. We favor a
liberal podcy "f pensions to the 'serv
ing soldier and sailer of the United
States.
THE SUPREME COURT—Tim su
preme court of the United States was
wisely e tah-' h i; 1 r the framers of our
constituti a as c ■"f the three co-ordi
nat-e 1 r..ii",h’s o th? government. Its
indupeml -a< e :ri I aut-hontv to interpret
the Jay <£■ the imi'l Wl .mu ;C.:r o-'invar
must :■•! > i.n t i-:cu. Wo must pr;
dawn all _.*t? . ... > th u ribuu.d
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QUAKING IN JAPAN
Town of Rokugo Has Been Completely
Destroyed.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES WERE LOST
Multitudes Suffering From
Loss of Property
THE CISASTER IS WIDE SPREAD
The Disturbance Occurred In the Same
Provinces as Those Devastated by the
Awful Tidal Wave and Earthquake of
June 15 Last—Damage to Property Be
yond Estimate.
Yokohama, Sept. 4.—Much alarm is
felt here over a report of a great earth
quake, which occurred in the northeast
provings of the maia islands of Japan
on Monday evening. The town of Ro
kugo has been entirely destroyed, and
several other towns were severely dam
aged. Many persons are reported to
have been killed by the earthquake, and
a still larger number injured, while a
multitude have suffered severe losses by
damage to property.
The provinces visited by the earth
quake are the same as those devastated
by the terrible earthquake and tidal
wave of June 15 last, when a large num
ber of towns were wiped out, and the
estimated loss of life was 30,000. The
provinces of Rekuzen and Rikuchu,
along the coast from the island of Kin
kasan northward, were the principal
sufferers.
The recollection of the havoc to hu
man life wrought by that convulsion
causes grave anxiety as to what further
reports may show of t >e results of Mon
day’s earthquake. On the same day a
typhoon caused extensive damage in
southern Japan.
Severe Earthquakes In Iceland.
London, Sept. 4. —Steamers arriving
at Stornoway, Scotland, from Iceland,
report that the severest earthquakes
since 1794 occurred on the night of Aug.
26. The report states that two churches
were destroyed, cattle killed and farms
destroyed. No persons were killed. The
center of the disturbance appeared to
be the volcano Hecla.
BRYAN REACHES CHICAGO.
Arrives In the Windy City and Is Met by
Several Hundred People.
Chicago, Sept. 4.—The train bearing
the Bryan party arrived in Chicago at
9:20 a. m., after an uneventful trip from
South Bend, where Mr. Bryan spoke
Thursday night. The nominee took a
train at 6:44 Friday morning, thereby
proving again his great vitality, he hav
ing received callers until after 12 o’clock
Thursday night. On the outward tain
were ex-Congressman Shively, the Dem
ocratic nominee for governor of Indiana,
and Senator Joe Blackburn.
There were no demonstrations, how
ever, along tho line and but a few hun
dred people gathered at the-depot at
Chicago to meet Mr. and Mrs. Bryan.
Mrs. Bryan will leave Chicago at
once for Lincoln in order to attend to
the starting of her children to school.
Mr. Bryan did not know what the
program of the day was, but said he
w uld confer with Chairman Jones and
others of the national committee.
The New President 'of‘Chill.
New Yokk, Sept. 4. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Valparaiso says: Af
ter an excited session the Chilian con
ference, by a vote of 62 against 60, de
cided that the relatives of Frederico
Errazuriz had a right to vote. The
Rayists protested against this action, as
it allowed Errazuriz’s relatives the right
to vote in their own cause, but in spite
of this, Errazuriz was proclaimed presi
dent of tho republic of Chili by the
the same vote—62 to 60. There is great
excitement in Valparaiso aud in Santi
ago, but so far order has been preserved.
The term lor which Errazuriz was
elected was for five years from Sept. 18.
The Late Kate l'iv*<Fs Will.
Washington, Sept. 4. —The will of
the late Kate- Field, who died at the
Sandwich Islands recently, has been
found in a box loft by Miss Field with
the manager of the Shorehnn hotel,
prior to her departure from Washing
ton. It names J. Santord Beatty and
H. H. Kohlsaat as executors. Mr.
Beatty is understood to be the chief
beneficiary. Tne will requests that the
body be brought home and cremated.
The estate is said to be small, consisting
mainly of books and personal articles
accumulated by Miss Field during her
lifetime.
Lively Timos In Virginia.
Richmond, Sept. 4. —The Third dis
trict Democratic convention held a
stormy session here aud did not make a
nomination. Three Lamb men went
over to Congressman Ellett and charges
of bribery were publicly made. The
Lamb people will try to prove bribery.
Several Lamb de.egates have made affi
davits that they were offered money to
vote for Ellett.
Bryan to Speak“li» Louisville.
Louisville, Sept. 4. Mr. Urey
Woodson of Owensboro, Ky., the silver
Democratic national committeeman for
Kentucky, has received a telegram sta
ting that the Hon. W. J. Bryan would
speak in Louisville on the evening of
Sept. 14.