Newspaper Page Text
AAAAAAAOAA4AAAAAAAAA4AAA
3 FOR $1.50 1
♦ THE DAILY AND ' Y
SUNDAY TRIBUNE ♦
J will be sent until Jan. I, ’97 J
ESTABLISHED 1887.
ISSUE A MANIFESTO
Butler Will Tell Waat Has Been Done
As to 'Fusion.
AN' EFFECTUAL REPLY TO WATSON
The" Populist Chairman Talks
On the Subject
WILL GIVE IT OUT IN A WEEK
While the National Chairman Denies That
the Statement Is to Be an Answer to the
Georgia Populist** Contentions, It Will
Be Accepted by “Middle-of-the-Road
er*” as Such.
Washington, Oct. 1. —Senator Butler
says that the Populist national commit
tee is not going to prepare a specific an
swer to Tom Watson’s letter, but
that he is preparing an address to the
Rppulist voters and the people of the
country, showing in what states fusion
has been effected, to what extent, and
the good effect that may be expected
from the union of all the silver forces.
The statement will also cover those
states where ther; are hopes of effecting
fusion, and will point out that the suc
► cess of pending negotiations to that end
will insure the election of Mr. Bryan.
While a member of the national com-,
mittee was very confident that this com
• ing statement would be an effectual re
ply to the contention of Tom Watson
that fusion had not fused, Senator But
ler denied that he proposes to take any
notice of Mr. Watson’s letter. He said
that one or two passages, especially that
expressing fear of Mr. Bryan’s defeat,
were not well considered, but he was of
the opinion that Mr. Watson had in
this instance failed to say what he had
intended to say.
“I am running a campaign,” con
tinued Chairman Butler, "and it is not
k part of my business to engage in news-
I paper controversy with either my friends
I or my enemies. The statement lam
preparing was begun a week ago with
| the object of calling attention to the
national campaign. It is being delayed
in order that it may include some states
I —like Indiana, for instance—where fu
k sitin has beeen perfected, and it may be
A --.a week before it is given out for publi
cation.”
i Whether or not it is the intention of
I the Populist committee to put out this
address as a refutation of Mr. Watson’s
statement that Mr. Bryan’s defeat is
I ’-.probable through the dissatisfaction of
the Populist voters and the inability of
their leaders to control their votes, it is
certain that the "middle-of-the-road”
I people will take it as the national cqm
. mitree’s reply to Mr. Watson and as an
* evidence that the Populi-t managers
’ have surrendered to the Bryan and
Sewall Democracy.
WANTED BRYAN DETAINED.
I Newspaper Men Thought His Testimony
Would Convict Piokpokets-
Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct. I.—The
Bryan party left Grafton at 6:30 a. m.
and arrived here an hour later. Two
short speeches were made, one at the
hotel balcony and the other at the fair
grounds. Mr. Bryan came nearly being
held at Grafton by a subpoena until
I afternoon. When that place was reached
< after 11 o’clock Wednesday night the
newspaper correspondents caused the
arrest of two alleged pickpockets who
had been following the train for some
weeks and asked for a subpoena to be
r issued for the nominee’s retention,
claiming he was an important witness
for the defense. The proceedings be
; fore the magistrate lasted until 4:30
a. m. and resulted in the refusal to issue
' the subpoena and consequently Mr.
Bryan was not detained.
The trip was continued in the special
■kr chartered by John T. McGraw, the
HHRional committeeman of this state.
■ Arrangements for the trip through this
IK state have been much better than at any
■ other place.
K Mr. Bryan spoke at 10 o’clock to a few
H hundred people from the balcony of"
the Traders’ hotel. In the crowd were
■ Bryan and Sewall clubs and "Hickory”
■ clubs, the latter carrying canes made of
■ that wood. A larger crowd listened to
I him at the fair grounds and he was
B cheered and applauded enthusiastically.
■ He left for Parkersburg at 11:30.
f REVIEW STAND COLLAPSED.
■ | Governor Drake and His Staff Thrown
Violently to the Ground.
Burlington, la., Oct. I.—While a pa-
W rade was passing a review stand during
R the lowa semicentennial celebration,
® the stand, containing the governor and
staff and 50 others, collapsed, throw-
all to the ground, injuring many of
but none fatally.
County Treasurer Burrows of Bur-
had a leg broken; Fred L. Dorr,
{■city clerk of Burlington, Major Wyman
tHof Ottumwa and James D. Bowen of
■ the governor's staff were painfully
■ bruised. Others hurt were only bruised
scratched. Governor Drake was
injured.
■ Fifty years ago lowa became a state,
having previously occupied a prominent
■position among the wild western terri
gHSO.OOJ people gathered in this city to in-
an eight days’ celebration.
was selected as the place for
,■■holding the celebration on account of
prominence in territorial affairs, be-
for a number of years the seat of
This wus—thn opening
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
uay, anu the city'was’honored' by'uie
presence of Governor Drake and staff,
several ex-governors, Vice President
Stevenson and a large number of prom
inent citizens of the state and nation.
WOLCOTT FOR GOVERNOR.
Bay State Republicans Put Out a Ticket
and Nominate Eleetorj.
Boston, Oct. 1. —The Massachusetts
Republican state convention met here
for the nomination of presidential elect
ors and state officers. The proceedings
were most harmonious and 'the work of
the convention was accomplished with
celerity. *
Ex- Governor J. Q. A. Brackett and
W. H. Hale of Springfield were desig
nated as electors-at-large. ■ Roger Wol
cott, who has filled the executive office
since the death of Governor Greenhalge,
was unanimously nominated for gov
ernor.
The rest of the ticket is as follows:
Lieutenant governor, Murray Crance;.
secretary of state, M. Olin; treasurer
aud receiver general, E. P. Shaw; au
ditor, John W. Kimball; attorney gen
eral, Hosea M.
yale siVIJTnTS' rebuked.
Indians Adopted a Resolution Denouncing
the Bryan Incident.
Muskogee, I. T., Oct-. I.—At a mass
meeting of the Cherokees, Creeks, Choc
taws and Seminoles, held here, the fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we contemplate with
deep regret the recent insulting treatment
of William J. Bryan by students of a eol
legelin the land of the boasted white man’s
civilization, aud we admonish all Indians
who think of sending their sons to Yale
that associations with such students could
but prove hurtful alike to their morals
and their progress towards the higher
standard of civilization.
Nominated by Alabama Gold axeu.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. I.—The na
tional Democrats of the Fourth con
gressional district held their convention
at Caleramia, and after indorsing the
Indianapolis platform and candidates
and Cleveland’s administration and con
demning the Chicago convention, nom
inated Edmund H. Dreyer of Talladega,
Ala., for congress. The Fifth district
convention at Dadeville adjourned with
out making a nomination for congress,
deeming it inexpedient. The national
Democrats now have out candidates for
congress in seven of the nine districts.
Tom Watson to Speak at Gadsden.
Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 1. —Congressman
M. W. Howard states that positive ar
rangements have been made to hear
Tom Watson speak at this place some
time during the month. Dates have
not been arranged yet. Arrangements
are also being made by the gold stand
ard Democrats to bring W. O. P. Breck
inridge here to speak. R. A. Mitchell,
president of the Queen City bank, makes
the positive assertion that Breckinridge
will be here about the same time as
Watson.
Decision In the Famous Green Flag Case v
Lawrence, Mas&, Oct. I. Judge
Hopkins, in the superior court, has
passed on the somewhat famous green
flag case against Patrick O’Brien.
O’Brien was arrested July 6 for flying
an Irish flag on a portion of the staging
of the new Sixth ward school on Inde
pendence day. As there is a statute
forbidding the display of any foreign
flag upon a public building, O’Beien was
found guilty and Judge Stone of the
police court fined him $lO. An appeal
was taken to the superior court and a
decision was given. Judge Hopkins
ruled that Ireland was not a foreign
country in the meaning of the statute
governing the case and had no flag ex
cept that of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland. The case
was accordingly dismissed.
Big Fire at 5.”71 Waukee.
Milwaulee, Oct. I.—A stubborn fire,
which had its origin in the World cloth
ing house at Chestnut street, kept the
firemen fighting for three hours. Three
stores were burned out, two being oc
cupied by the clothing house and the
other by William Paschen’s crockery
house. The loss will probably exceed
SIOO,OOO. Four members of engine com -
pany No 2 were overcome and were ren
dered insensible, but were taken out by
their comrades. Two of them may die.
To Reorganize the Lombard Company,
Topeka, Oct. I.—The Atlantic Trust
company of New York has filed in the
federal court a bill in equity against
Frank Hagerman, agent of the Lombard
Investment company in this city, and
others, asking for a decree of fore
closure in the $1,000,000 debenture bonds
delivered by the Lombard company to
the plaintiff in trust for money loaned.
The suit is the first step towards the re
organization of the Lombard company.
Spreckels Sugar Refinery Shuts Down.
Philadelphia, Oct. I.—The Spreckels
sugar refinery, operated by the sugar
trust, has shut down for an indefinite
period, owing to dull trade. About 800
men are thrown out of employment by
the closing of the establishment. The
other refineries iu this city under the
same management are not affected,
but it is reported that they, too, will
curtail their production on account of
dull trade.
• # I • tA
Heard Jackson** Appeal For a New Trial.
Frankfort, Ky., Oct. I.—The appeal
of Scott Jackson, condemned robe hung
for the murder of Pearl Bryan, was
heard before the court of appeals on a
petition for a new trial. Prosecutor
Lockhart appeared for the common
wealth and L W. Crawford for the de
fence. reserve.!.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., FRIDAY OCTOBEu 2, 1896.
EFFECTS CHARTERE
Os a Number of Towns in the State of
Georgia
NEV ARGUMENT IN TEE CASE
The Supreme Court Re-Enters
An Important Case
FIRST DECISION WAS ADVERSE
But the Decision Was Made When There
Was Not a Full Bench Present-It Wilj
be Some Time Before the Court Hands
Down the Second Decision-It Is an In
teresting. Story.
Atlanta,'Oct. I.—The supreme court
reopened the case in which the town
charters of a number of Georgia towns
are involved and the new argument of
the case was heard. The supreme court
had already rendered an adverse decis
ion in the case, but the decision was
made when there was not a full bench
present, and for this reason the case was
reopened. « „ ,
In uie year IB9r the legislature passed
an act providing that all charters
granted to towns and cities of less than
2,000 inhabitants be granted by the su
perior court. In 1893 the legislature
undertook to repeal that act. Since the
repealing act was passed in 1893, about
100 towns have been incorporated in the
state by special acts of the legislature.
The town of Pinehurst of Dooly
county was in this manner chartered by
the last legislature. ' The charter of the
town met with the disapproval of cer
tain citizens on account of some of the
provisions, and they refused to pay
taxes assessed by the town council of
Pinehurst. When the authorities un
dertook to collect these municipal taxes
these citizens appealed to the courts for
an order restraining the officers from
collecting the taxes, and, as one of the
reasons, alleged that the town was not
properly incorporated, because of the
fact that the act of 1893, which sought
to repeal the act of 1891, was uncon
stitutional.
The superior court of Dooly county
held that the charter was good, and the
objecting citizens brought the case to
the supreme court. It was argued there
several mouths since and shortly there
after the supreme court, with only two
judges presiding, held that the court
below had committed error, and that
the act of 1893 was unconstitutional, as
it did not sufficiently refer to the act of
1892. This ruling created considerable
excitement throughout the state, as it
virtually made null and void about 100
town charters. In several of these towns
bonds had been issued and school sys
tems established.
Several weeks ago the supre me court
decided to have the case reargued be
fore a full bench and set the hearing
for Wednesday. Colonel J. H. Martin
, appeared against the charters and iu
favor of the former ruling of the court
and Mr. Crum cf Vienna appeared for
the other side. Attorney General Ter
rell was retained by several of the towns
interested in the question, and made an
excellent argument in favor of the va
lidity of the charters.
It will be some time before the su
preme court renders a decision in the
matter, but if its previous ruling is ad
hered to it will affect hundreds of laws
that have been enacted during the last
25 years, repealing aud amending other
laws.
STAYED BY JUSTICE POPE.
Town*end*s Decree Will Not Be Enforced
Until Appeal Is Heard.
Greenville, S. C., Oct. 1. —The rail
road case of James T. .Williams, owner
of the Carolina, Knoxville and Western,
has taken a new turn. Judge Town
send ordered Mr. Williams to start up
the road “forthwith.” J. A. McCul
lough, attorney for Mr. Williams, has
returned from Newberry with the fol
lowing order from Judge Pope:
“Upon hearing the petition of James
T. Williams, appellant, in this entitled
cause, and upon receipt of a telegram
from U. R. Brooks, clerk of the supreme
court, that the return in said cause has
been filed in his office, on motion of J.
A. McCullough, attorney for said de
fendant, it is ordered that all pro
ceedings to enforce the order or de
cree of his honor, Judge D. A. Town
send, dated Sept. 25, 1896, now ap
pealed from, shall be stayed until
the hearing and determination of
said appeal, upon the expressed condi
tion that the respondent,'James T. Wil
liams, do forthwith enter into a written
stipulation before the clerk of the cir
cuit court for Greenville county to be
lodged immediately thereafter in the
office of U. R. Brooks, clerk of the su
preme court of South Carolina, that he,
his assigns and his servants will not in
terfere with t l -1 said railroad property
by removing any of the same until the
further order of the court herein. ”
Bomb Explosion at Cou.tautlnople.
Constantinople, Oct. 1. —A bomb ex
plosion caused a panic in the Enikapou
quarter, and a cordon of troops was de
tailed to surround the Turkish quarter
of Peronzagha. It is believed that the
military movement was made iu con
nection with the arrest of Moslem agi
tators against tl\e present regime.
Wales’ Colt Again Victorious.
London, Oct. I.—The Prince of Wales’
colt Persimmon, the winner of this
year’s derty and St. Leuer stakes, won
the jockey stakes of $50,009 at New
market. Pierre Lorillard’s American
horse Sandia won the double trial Stakes
at 200 sovereigns for 2-year-olds.
MR OLNEY’S AMBITION
Wants Yeiezutilan Dispute Settled
Before March 4.
BE REQUESTS AN EARLY REPORT
The Report Will Be Ready in
Six Weeks
IT W.LL FAVOR VENEZUELA
Urges the Boundary Commission to Sub
mit Its Findings, Which Are Understood
to Be Favorable to the Claims of Vene
zuela, Before Congress Convenes —Salis-
bury Playing For Delay.
Washington, Oct. I.—Secretary Ol
ney, who is expected here next week, is
ambitious to have the Venezuelan
boundary dispute practically adjusted
before he retires from office. To this
end he has requested the Venezuelan
commission to submit its report as early
as possible. The report is delayed only
by the nonreceipt of certain information
from the agents sent to Holland to ex
amine and make copies of documents
there bearing on the subject, and these
agents will have finished their duties
within the next six weeks. Thus the
report can he ready for submission when
congress convenes. Lt is said that the
president will lay all the papers before
congress, with a special message mak
ing such recommendations as occur to
him. The intention of Secretary Olney
is to have the work expedited so that
congress will have abundant time in
which to take action prior to its dissolu
tion on Match 4.
The present understanding is that the
report will be altogether favorable to
the contention of Venezuela. It is said
that the more pronounced the snub
given by the commission and congress
to Great Britain the better it will please
Mr. Olney.
Lord Salisbury is playing for delay.
He desires to have the settlement of the
matter go over until there shall be a
change of administration, in the hope
that what he regards as a meddlesome
policy will be abandoned. Mr. Olney
seeks to deprive Lord Salisbury of such
a triumph.
A gentleman in this city, who has
been connected with the work of the
commission as a semiofficial representa
tive of the Venezuelan government, ex
presses belief that sufficient pressure
will be brought to bear upon the presi
dent and Secretary Olney to prevent
them from openly humiliating Great
Britain, even if they might desire to do
so, and that a more diplomatic course
will be pursued than by sending the re
port to congress. He thinks that a
transcript of the report will be sent to
the English authorities immediately
upon its completion, with a statement
that it represents the research and con
clusions of five of the most distinguished
men in this country, and that the gov
ernment must accept the result of theit
inquiries as final. This course, he bolds,
would give England an opportunity ot
quietly settling the controversy without
public disquiet or threats of war.
CARDINAL GIBBONS SUED.
Defendant In Two Damage Actions, the
Result of a < liurch Difficulty.
Baltimore, Oct. 1. —Cardinal Gib
bons is made defendant in two damage
suits begun before Judge Phelps in the
city court. The plaintiffs are Vincent
Kabot and his wife, the husband claim
ing SIO,OOO damages and the wife $20.-
000, for personal injuries she sustained
by being ejected from the Polish Holy
Rosary Catholic church.
The Kabots belonged to a faction in
the church that was opposed to the pas
tor, Father Barabasz, who was ap
pointed by Cardinal Gibbons, and hav
ing refused to abide by the orders of the
new pastor, were debarred from the
church. They had paid their pew rent
in advance, and Mrs. Kabot insisted
upon entering.
The usher, it is alleged, struck Mrs.
Kabot and pushed her down the steps.
Then he gave her into the hands of the
police and she was taken to the station
house. She was very ill while there,
and continued iu a dangerous condition
after her release.
The cardinal was made defendant, as
he is held to have been the author of
the trouble, and the exclusion of Mrs.
Kabot from the church is alleged to
have been under his direction.
BAD WRECK ON THE B. & O.
Ona Man Killed, Two i'atally Injured and
Several Others Missing.
Pittsburg, L et. 1.—1?wo freight trains
collided at Philson, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, 124 miles east of
1 Pittsburg, making one of the worst
wrecks in the history of the road. One
man is dead, two probably fatally in
jured aud several others missing. The
latter are lying dead under the wreck
almost beyond the shadow of doubt.
The details of the wreck are meager
’ aud difficult to procure, as the storm has
1 left the telegraph lines in horrible con
dition.
The grade at Philson is very heavy,
the line descending at the rate of over
100 feet to the mile. Fast freight No.
74, eastbound, was scheduled to meet
’ westbound freight No. 5 at Philson.
i The latter train reached the siding aud
waited on the main track for the east
-1 bound train. Shortly after starting
down grade the engineer on No. 74 lost
1 control of 'hetrain. In an instant it
1 was going at a furious rate of speed,
the crew takinn their chances in stay-
X
ing aboard the train rather than jump.
As the train went around the curve
at Philson the eastbound train struck
the other train, and the former was
ground to atoms. The engines were
smashed to scrap iron. The other train i
was also badly wrecked. The debris
was piled as high as the telegraph poles.
The rescuing crews worked all night
and abandoned it at daylight.
Superintendent Cutter started for the i
scene and will personally attempt the J
removal of the wreck. The property
loss will reachLjnany thousand dollars.
The names killed and injured
have not yet been learned.
EXPLOSION OF AMMONIA.
An Indianapolis Brewery Wrecked and
Sixteen Men Badly Hurt.
Indianapolis, Oct. I.—A tremendous i
explosion of ammonia occurred at the
Schmidt brewery, owned by the In
dianapolis Brewing company, which
completely wrecked the cold storage
plant. Sixteen men are badly injured,
and it is thought several Other victims ,
will not recover. They are: Edward ,
Huegle, chief engineer; Otto Keiser, as
sistant engineer; Rudolph Stickmeyer,
night watchman; Charles Klein, assist- ■
ant manager; William Mills, engineer
ice plant.
The following who were watching the
progress of repairs to a leak in the am
monia pipes are badly injured: Frank
Funk, L. Michaels, Lewis Muller, G. A.
Grassow, George Drake, Alexander Mc-
Nutt, Peter Pfeister, Henry Brucht,
Henry Meyerm, John Reider, George
Gilding.
It is believed there were two explo
sions, first of the ammonia pipes and
then of the steam boiler. The effect of
the explosion was shown by the injury
of Funk, who was standing in front of
his saloon across the street, and was
badly burned. The fumes of ammonia
were so strong that the firemen and
others found great difficulty in getting
to the scene of the fire.
BARELY ESCAPED DEATH.
General Nelson A. Miles Owes His Life to
the Coolness of Subordinates.
San Francisco, Oct. I.—General Nel
son A. Miles, the commander of the
army of the United States, had a nar
row escape from death while driving on
the hill leading from the Cliff House to
the ocean beach. He owes his life to
the coolness and agility displayed by
Colonel Amos S. Kirnall, chief qdarter
master of the department of California,
and Mr. W. H. McKittrick of Bakers
field. a son-in-law of Colonel William
Schafter.
After inspecting the waterworks plant
at Presidio, General Miles hud a party
of friends started for town in order to
catch the train for the south. While
going down a grade the pole of
the carriage in which the commanding
general was riding snapped short off
near the axle and frightened the team.
The vehicle was dashed against the
bluff and the driver thrown from his
seat between the plunging aud kicking
animals, but Colonel Kimball and Mr.
McKittrick jumped out and ran to the
horses’ heads just in time to prevent
their bolting down hill to almost cer
tain destruction.
Californian* to Call on McKinley.
San Francisco, Oct. I.—California
is not to be left out of the prosession of
the states sending delegates to Canton
to participate in the demonstration on
the McKinley lawn. Some time between
now aud Oct. 20, not legs than 100 Cali
fornians, and probably twice that num
ber, will pay their respects to the Repub
lican leader at his home. This was de
cided upon at a meeting in the rooms of
the Union League club, at the Palace
hotel, when the state from Ukiah to
Redlands was represented.
The Democrat. Claim Missouri.
St. Louis, Oct. 1. —The Democratic
state committee has received returns
from 1,200 school districts of Missouri. .
Taking the increase as shown over the
vote of 1892, it seems that Bryan will
come to the city limits of St. Louis with
a plurality of nearly 100,000. There are
2,000 townships outside of St. Louis.
The state committee claim they will
carry St. Louis owing to the Filley-
Kerous fight in St. Louis.
A Bride of Four Day* Suicide*.
Cairo, Ills., Oct. I.—Mrs. Frazer, a
bride of four days, shot herself through
the heart, dying instantly. No reason
can be given. The young couple were
prominent in church and society, both
members of the choir of the Church ot
the Redeemer, Episcopal, in which
church they were married last week,
going from the church to their hand
some home, where the young bride now
lies dead.
A New Railroad Nearing Completion.
Raleigh, Oct. I.—The railway be
tween Star and Asheboro will be com
pleted this week, it is expected, and the
route opened for traffic between Ashe
boro and Aberdeen.
Morgan -peaks At Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. I.—Senator
Morgan addressed a responsive and re
spectful audience here. He devoted
most of his attention to a discussion of
state questions, but took occasion to
rally his hearers for Bryan occasionally,
and his encouraging predictions were
received with the greatest enthusiasm.
Hoke Smith Will Not Attend.
St. Louis, Oct. I.—Word has been re
ceived by Assistant Secretary McGann
of the National association of Demo
cratic c übs to the effect that ex-Secre
tary Hoke Smith of G -orgia will not be
able to attend the convention here this
week.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
4 Vnn CANNOT DO WITHOUT X
♦ X (JU THE DAILY AND ♦
♦ Sunday Tribune, ♦
X Sent until January I, 1897, X
X for $1.50/ I
WvW’VvV▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A PLOT TO KILL HIM
The Life of Nicaragua’s President in
Danger.
PROMINENT PERSONS IMPLICATED
A Despatch to the Herald
Tells of It
THE CONSPIRACY WAS DISCOVERED
Revolutionists Planned to Assault the Bar
racks and Palaces Simultaneously and
Assassinate the Chief Executive of the
Republic, but the Conspiracy Was Dis
covered on the Eve of Its Execution.
New York, Oct. I. The Herald’s
correspondent in Managua, Nicaragua,
telegraphs that a plot was formed in
Managua to overthrow the government
of Nicaragua aud kill President Zelaya
Some of the most prominent persons of
the republic are implicated in the plan,
which was well prepared.
Since the close of the last rebellion, in
which Zelaya was victorious, his ene
mies and a majority of his former allies,
namely the Conservatives, have been
plotting to upset the government by
force of arms. The barracks and pal
aces were to be assaulted simultane
ously, and President Zelaya was to be
assassinated. The barracks were to be
blown up by dynamite iu case the as
sault failed.
The conspiracy, however, was discov
ered on the very eve of its execution,
and some of the leaders captured. Oth
ers escaped and are now in hiding. The
principal leaders are former President
Cardenas, General Paisdego and Fer
nando Chamorro. The latter two are
wealthy and prominent members of the
Conservative party.
The Conservatives who aided Zelaya
to suppress the last rebellion on condi
tion that they would receive part in the
government, finding themselves de
ceived, have turned against the presi
dent and his early downfall is predicted.
KOLB IS OUT FOR SEWALL.
The Alabama Populist Wants Thomas E.
Watson Thrown Overboard.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. I.—Captain
Reuben F. Kolb, father of the Populist
party in Alabama, and editor of the
People’s Tribune, the organ of the party
here, is out in an editorial, over a col
umn in length, in which he comes out
for Bryan and Sewall and the entire
ticket and the Democratic candidate for
congress, throwing Watson overboard
with Dr. G B. Crowe, the Populist can
didate for congress. He contends that
the Populists are for Bryan, but cannot
do anything for him by voting for
Bryan aud Watson. Following are ex
tracts from The Tribune:
“The Tribune appeals'to the gentle
men who compose the Populist electoral
ticket in Alabama. They present now
the only obstacle to the success of Bryan
in this state. Circumstances of a very
peculiar kind compel every Bryan and
Watson elector in Alabama, who is also
a Populist, to serve Populism by inde
pendent individual action. That inde
pendent individual action of the Peo
ple’s party electors which will take
each man’s name down from the ticket
and result in a public announcement
from each elector over his own name
that he withdraws in favor of Sewall, is
the best and only way to carry Alabama
for Bryan.
“Gentlemen of the People’s party
electora’ 1 ticket for Alabama, this state
of ours is due to the Populist nominee,
W. J. Bryan. Every syllable that flows
from the lips of this most remarkable
leader is an appeal to your reason and
your conscience to stand by him. Will
you dare to do right?”
A BIG FAILURE IN IOWA.
F. H. Whltpey & Son Go to the Wall—Own
Property In Birmingham, Ala.
Atlantic, la., Oct. I.—F. H. Whit
ney & Son, managers of the Bank of
Atlantic, have gone to the walk Coupled
with the distressing failure is the an
nouncement that F. H. Whitney, whb
is highly respected, is at the' verge of
death. He has been ill for several
weeks, and this may account for the in
ability of the bank to recover its diffi
culties.
J. B. Bruff has been appointed re
ceiver and announces that the bank
proper has $205,000 liabilities and assets
of $175,000 composed of notes, bills and
credits that cannot be made available
at once. F. H. Whitney’s assignment
showed personal notes due his bank,
mortgages and other debts, aggregating
$166,000. A schedule of assets shows
$522,700.
Whitney’s property consists of real
estate and buildings in Atlantic, Kan
sas City, Birmingham, Ala., iu Ne
braska, Colorado and lowa.
strike at Leadville Will Continue.
Leadville, Colo., Oct. I.—The pos
sibility of ending the strike by arbitra
tion or by other amicable means has dis
appeared for the time being at least, the
majority of the members of the Miners’
union having voted in regular meeting
to continue indefinitely the fight for the
uniform $3 per day for all of the men of
the mines. Two hundred members of
the Miners’ union have withdrawn and
will seek work. The operators will re
place the strikers with outsiders as rap
idly as possible, and the state militia
will probably be kept here a long time.