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*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Vaii cannot do without X ♦ *UU THE DAILY AND ♦ t Sunday Tribune, ♦ ♦ Sent I, 1897, e #■<••> AAA A A A A AAA AAA A AA A A A A A ESTABLISHED 1887. (TOM DON’T WRITE IT Not Responsible For “No Watson, No Bryan” Editorial HE STATES HIS POSITION CLEARLY He Is Not So Rampant as Some Os His Party A TEMPERATE LETTER TO THE WORLD she Populist Vice rrcrsldential Nominee *ays He Will < ontlnue to Give Hl# Loyal Adherence to the St. Lou * Compromise Ticket ami Will Make Any Sacrifice Not r Involving Honor and Principle. New York, Oct. 12. A special to The World from Thomson, Ga., says: New York pt iers have alluded to the editorial, “No Watson, No Bryan,” which appeared iu the People’s Party Paper of Jast week and they attribute it to me. This is erroneous. I resigned the editor ship of the People's Party Paper just after the campaign opened. Mr. James L. Sib ley. the present editor, wrote the article alluded to. Neither directly nor indi rectly am I responsible for it. It repre sented h's individual sentiments and he had the right to express them. My own position is different. From the beginning ■of the campaign I have given my loyal adherence to the St. Louis compromise ticket and shall continue to do so to the end. I will make any per-onal sacrilic not involving honor and pri icip'e to aid Mr. Bryan regardless of the consequences to my political fortunes. Mv protest against fusion is not so much that it pushes me off the ticket, but" that it com pels Populists Jo vote for a man who does not represent, their pritici ties and whom their national convention rejecce f at St. Lillis. Partly for that reason Populists seeing this grew discontented and their discontent threatens the success of Bryan. Especially does the situation in Kansas and Colorado endanger Bryan s success in Os her states. Th : fact thatthe Populist states have I u. out no Populist ticket and the entire electoral vote has been sold to the Demo crats for local offices spreads indignation amo g Populists in every state in the Union. I have mingled among the people in this campaign more informally than any of the candidates and any of the man agers and I know the Populists’ resent ment at the manner in which their party is being wrecked by mere placeliuntefs, jeopardizing Mr. Bryan most seriously. For the saKe of preserving our party or “’ganization, insuring the success of party principles and solidifying the Populist vote for Bryan, I have repeatedly asked that justice be done the Populist national ticket in Kansas and Colorado. I have also felt free to condemn the deal in North by which Populist votes are ex pected to give a majority in the electoral •ccl >ge to Mr. Sewall. This arrangement is dot only unjust, but may cause defeat itself by disgusting the Populists. In other words, it has seemed to me that the very best way to assure to Mr. Bryan the Populist votes that are necessary to his election was to treat the Populists fair as friends, comrades and allies, not mere po litical Hessians who had been hired to fight and who could be disposed of a« th" whims and self interests of the hirers must ■dictate. Ii) continually calling attention to this weak point in our lines my purpose is to help Mr. Bryan, not to hurt him. At no time have I uttered the sentiment that Mr. Bryan must lie defeated unless Wat son could be ele ted. At no time have I harbored such a feeling. At this time, as .upon all other occasions, 1 have felt the supreme importance of Mr. Bryan’s elec tion regardless of what might h ppen to ■either Sewall or Watson and I have also felt that in their stubborn unyielding and insulting policy of trying to force the Populists to vote for Sewall in these fu sion deals, the Democratic managers were •clearly making a sacrifice of Bryan iu the intelests of Sewall. k Thomas E. W a I son. | MACEO IS AGAIN DEFEATED. Win a Victory Over Cuban iu > surge (i t*— Latter’s Lost Enwriniitii. Havana, Oct. 12. Dispatches re ceived here from an official source in the province of Pinar del Rio «ay another battle has been fought between the .Spaniards and the insurgents under An tonio Maceo, resulting iu another vic tory for the former. General Echague was in command of the government troops and Maceo led the enemy. The fighting took place at “San Diego, and the insurgents are alleged to have sustained enormous loss The dispatches also say that the loss •of the Spanish troops was considerable, .and that the fighting cdEntiiwesand that no details are at present obtainable. No News From tire Jacksonville. Fla., On. 12 - Not withstanding reports t > tne c mtrary, mo actual information has be ■ i received 'here that the alleged tHibn.xr.eri iiy tug Dauntless has su ,- ceede.l in landing its cargo on Unoaii shores, although it has diad time to do -so since it left Pai m Beach last Friday night. The Daunt less, when she left here, it is believed, undoubtedly started on another tidbits tering expedition and government offi cials in Jacksonville s.iy they will make it hot for the little boat when it returns. •GORY DUEL WITH KNIVES. Two Artcansas Lninb rman • mvvh Eccli Ollier rill Both Fall to the G.on ,<L Devil's Bluff. Ark , O-t. 1J A des perate duel wita Knives between two desperate men was fought at Henry Clay’s lumber camp, five miles below Devil's Bluff, on White river. Joe Beard and Van James were the partici pants, and the code duello was resorted to minus the formality of writing and •seconds. Beard and Jones were at supper when Beard threw a biscuit across the table, ■striking Jones iu the face. Jones threw , nt back at Beard, which dnraged the lat- THE ROHE TRIBUNE. ter. Beard challenged Jones to mortal combat on the spot. In au instant two gleaming knife blades glistened in the light of thecamp fire. The combatants clinched and be gan cutting and slashing and carviug each other out of human semblance. The combat was kept up until the men sank to the ground from loss of blood. Jones received six or seven wounds, but wih recover. Beard is lit erally carved to pieces and will prob ably die. DIXIE’S COTTON CROP Awrlcnltural Department Issu's its October Report. Washington, Oct. 12.—The return! to the statistical division of the depart ment of agriculture for October make cotton show a decline of 3.5 points from the September condition, which was 64.2 per cent against 60.7 for the pres ent month. The percentages by states are as fol lows: Virginia, 58; North Carolina, 64; South Carolina, 67; Georgia, 67; Flor ida, 66; Alabama, 61; Mississippi, 60; Louisiana, 67; Texas, 57; Arkansas, 58; Tennessee, 69; Missouri, 79. The department’s report as to the condition of cotton last month is fully sustained by the returns for the present month. Iu all the states east of the Mississippi river little or no top crop will be made and the crop will all be gathered by the middle of the month. Damage is reported from Mississippi by frosts on Sept. 28 and 29. Caterpillars and rust are complained of in the Sea Island districts of Florida; slight improvement has been made in some few Louisiana and Arkansas coun ties, but the crop will be gathered before the close of the month. There has been a general deteriorated also in Texas. In some sections the crop has been in jured by worms, rust, frosts and heavy rains during the last of September. There will be a very small yield from the top crop and the reports say the crop will all be gathered by Nov. 1. INGERSOLL IN ILLINOIS. The Famous Agnostic Speaks at Galena. Platform Falls With a Crash. Galena, Ills., Oct. 12.—Colonel Rob ert G. Ingersoll spoke to 8,000 people here on “sound money,’’ and fully 3,000 more were deprived of hearing him by the limitations of the tent in which he spoke. Just before Colonel Ingersoll arose to make his address a section of the seats gave way with a deafening crash and 200 persons were precipitated in a strug gling mass to the ground, a distance of five feet. Many were trampled upon in the general effort to escape and 20 were injured. Those most seriously hurt are J. T. Johns of Georgetown, Wis., and Mrs. G. W. Robinson of Hannibal, Mo., in ternally injured. The injuries of the others are mostly ugly bruises. The crush to hear Colonel Ingernoll filled the mammoth tent early aud the first seats were overloaded. The short distance to the ground prevented more serious results. THE REV. W. K. BOGGS DEAD. Passed Away at Waxhaw After a Most Honorable and Useful Career. Waxhaw, N. 0., Oct. 12.—The Rev. W. K. Roggs died at his home here, aged 46 years. He was a member of the Mecklenburg Presbyterian Synod, North Carolina, and a native of Pickens county, S. C. He was ordained to the ministry by South Carolina Presbytery eight- years ago. His first work was in Abbeville county, next Augusta, then Blackstock, York county, where he served as an evangelist for Bethel Presbytery. He came from there here and accepted a pas torate six miles from Waxhaw. He was thoroughly consecrated to his work. Everywhere he preached his la bors were wonderfully blessed and his ministerial life was a psalm of triumph. A widow and seven children survive him. The funeral took place as Lib erty, S. C. BRITISH PRIZES FOR SHIPS. Big Subsidies Proposed Iu Order to Have Auxiliary Cruisers Ready. London, Oct. 12.—The first lord of the admiralty, Mr. Goshen, has de cided. it is said, to make a big increase in the subsidies granted to private steamship concerns on the condition that they comply with certain regula tions in regard to building and equip ment, so that in an emergency their vessels can then be used as transports or auxiliary cruisers. Nine more large steamships have already been enlisted for this purpose. In future greater efficiency iu man ning aud equipping steamers will be re quired. The admiralty will ask for at least #400,000. compared with #195,000 in 1890 and #240,000 asked for last year. Shot His Sweetheart and Killed Himself. St. Louis, Oct. 12. —Phillip Zimmer, aged 24. and a blacksmith, attempted to kill his sister, shot bis sweetheart, Celia Veitz, in the abdomea aud then put a bullet through his own heart at the Veitz girl’s home. His victim, who is 29 years old, was taken to the city hos pital where it is thought she cannot live long. Zimmer’s action can only be ac counted for on the supposition that he was insanely jealous of the girl he shot. He has been going with her for three years, and was madly in love. Before the shooting, Zimmer asked Miss Veitz to marry him and leave the city, but she i«fu<ed to do so. THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., TUESDAY OCTOBEK 13, 1896. FIRED THE TRESTLE Attempts to Wreck a Night Pa sengera Train OH THE GEORGIA RAILROAD The Engineer Saw a Big Red Flame AND.STOPPED HIS TRAIN TIMELY W _ Detectives are at Work on the Case and are Trying to Bring to Justice the Would Be Ti aln Wreckers But as Yet Have Found No Clew to th* Perpetrators of the Dastardly Deed. Grkensboro, Oct. 12.—Two at tempts were made by an unknown in cendiary to burn a trestle over Rich land creek on the Georgia railroad Friday morning. Both were ineffect ual, as the fire was discovered and extinguished each time before the trestle had been swept away. As it was, however, a considerable portion of the woodwork was burned and had to be replaced. The Richland creek trestle is a few miles from Greensboro. It spans the creek at s considerable distance above it and is a compact, well-built struc ture. The passenger train leaving Atlanta about midnight on the Georgia road passed over this trestle about 2 o’clock Friday morning and at that time, it was intact. At Greensboro, the pas senger passed a freight train, north bound. This freight train continued on its way to Atlanta and as Richland creek was approached the engineer was startled to see a big red flame shooting skyward. He quickly re versed his lever and brought the train to a standstill. The train crew at once set about extinguishing the blaze and succeeded in doing so be fore it had done much damage after which the train passed over the tres tle in safety. A few miles from Richland creek a sec tion boss with a squad of hands was found and was notified of fire. He at once took a party of hands and went to the trestle. He was astonised to find the trestle again on tire. After a hard tight the fire was extin guished. An examination revealed the fact that the trestle had been fired exactly in the middle, where it would burn toward both ends and do the most possible damage. The ties and a part of the support had been burned for a distance of perhaps 15 or 20 feet. The damage was repaired without delay. Detectives are at work trying to discover the identity of the in cendiary, but so far .as known have no clue upon which to work. Gold Speeches In North Carolina. Winston, N. 0., Oct. 12.—Ex-Senator Blair of New Hampshire addressed 1,000 people, half of whom were negroes, here. He spoke more than two hours, discussing protection at length, more briefly touching free coinage. Every mention of Bryan’s name or 16 to 1 brought forth prolonged and loud ap plause. The ex-senator is making sev eral speeches in this state. Another gold standard speech was made here by Hon. Lindley Vinton of Indiana. It Was Opium or Deatn. Ossburg, Miss., Oct. 12. —E. A. Strickland is a man of his word. Last Tuesday evening he dropped a note out of the window of the Jasper county jail, where he was confined on a charge of forgery, saying that if opium was not brought to him forthwith he would burn the jail. Saturday night he ke >t his promise. He was burned to death, and Mollie Daniels, a crazy negro woman, with him. - Discharged Because Tliev Favored Bryan. St. Louis, Oct. 12.—Considerable of a furore has been created in local political circles over the discharge of 12 clerks of Dugold Crawford, proprietor of the large department store of the city, for the reason, it is alleged, that they in tend to vote for William J. Bryan. Chairman Cook of the Democratic state central committe has engaged ex-Gov ernor Chanes P. Johnson, a noted crim inal lawyer, to take the case up and cause Mr. Crawford’s conviction under section 8732 of the revised statutes of Missouri, which makes his alleged of tense a misdemeanor, punishable by im prisonment Hasse!tine Gets Twenty-One Months. Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 12.—Ernest H. Hasseltine pleaded guilty to breach of trust with fraudulent intent, using #4,000 of the Bank of Lancaster, of which he was assistant cashier, and was sentenced to 21 months iu the peniten tiary. The embezzlement vas dicovered two weeks ago. Hasseltine xs 19 years of age. Violated the Civil Service Rules. Washington, Oct 12.—F. S. Ken drick of Alabama, a clerk under the board of labor employment at the Wash ington navy yard, has been suspended on a charge of violation of the civil ser vice rules in improperly advancing names on the list of eligibles. ChiHS Deficit For the Current Year. New York, Oct. 12.—A special to The Herald from Valparaiso, Chili, says: The finance minister confirms the state ment that the deficit for the current year in the public revenue will be 10,- 000,000 poses. BAYARD BEARD FROM Otr Minister to Great Britain Repudiatis Bryan COMES OUT FOR PALMER-BUCKNER He Shows Little Sympathy For the Democratic Sentiment OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE Urges All Democrats to Cast Their Ballots For the Men Nominated at Indianapolis. Writes a Letter to the Kditor of a Wil mington Caper, Giving His Views uu the Political Situation. Wilmington, DeL, Oct. 12.—1 n a let ter to Samuel Bancroft, editor of Every Evening, the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the United States minister to Great Britain, repudiates the platform aud nominees of the Democratic convention held at Chicago and advises Democrats to vote at the approaching presidential election for Messrs. Palmer and Buck ner, the nominees of the Indianapolis convention. The letter is dated at Lon don, Sept. 30, and is iu part as follows; London, Sept. 30. My Dear Mr. Bancroft —lt seems scarcely possible that any one could lie in doubt in relation to my personal opinion upon the very serious issue now placed before our countrymen by the machinery of the several party organizations. When a citizen preferring himself to lie a Democrat is called upou by many or by few to yield his convictions and give his assent to a doctrine that congress has the power and can rightfully exercise it by its legislative fiat to create values, regardless of their intrinsic or commercial value, to invest one or the other of the earth’s met als with an arbitrary power as money, and override and altar at legislative will or caprice, the ratio of the exchangeability of such metal, regardless of the impair ment of the obligation of contracts, his answer should be that such a claim of power is not consistent with a government of limited powers as defined by our con stitution, but contains the quintessence of tyranny, dishonesty and absoluteism as is destructive of that morality which is es sential to peace and stability of civilized society and calculated to destr. >y and break down every local defense for its pro tection. Ou the other hand we have the Repub lican organization whose measures and whose leaders have steadily created such a ticket aud such propositions as were pre sented at Chicago. It, was compelled to recoil from the policy of compulsoy pur chase and coinage of silver as unlimited legal tender, yet it is insistently proposed to employ and intensify the profound powers of public taxation, to prohibit commerce with other countries and thereby prevent revenue from coming into the treasury—to levy taxes, which shall prevent the payment anil collection of other taxes necessary for the support of the government, whose powers are ex erted directly aud personally upon each individual citizen, and over every’ part of land or water within its national bounda ries. Every constitutional Democrat ean truly reply to such propositions that they are fraught with such gross inequality be tween man as is inconsistent with public safety, because it employs the most far reaching and sovereign power of govern ment to impoverish the workingman and the poorer members of society (who form the great numerical majority) aud aggran dize those already financially stronger. Every Democrat, faithful to the princi ples of his party, can properly refuse to aid the election of candidates avowing the principles and policies that have so plainly led to our present dangers and which are manifestly fatal to the welfare of our country. But, happily, there remains a citadel and an asylum for the political conscience for any niau honestly convinced that his path of duty leads him to keep in view the great purposes for which our forefathers ordained the constitution of the United States, for the formation of a more per fect union, the establishment of justice, the insurance of domestic tranquility, provision for the common defense and the promotion of the general welfare and the security of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity. Happily, candidates are pre sented upon a clear and unambiguous platform that secures safety to the na tional honor of our country; to honest transactions of all its citizens, without discrimination to age, race or sex. The personal reputation of the candi dates of the national constitutional De mocracy, Messrs. Palmer and Buckner, is unsullied and guarantees their fidelity to their pledges, and their election would go far to re-establish the moral health of our country. I hope and believe that in every state of the Union an electoral and congressional ticket will be placed before the people and that every citizen will have the opportunity of recording his vote ac cording to his conscientious belief, aud iu support of those principles essential to the maintenance of our government, of our birth and our dearest hopes. lam sin cerely yours, T. F. Bayard. SHOT TO DEATH BY A MOB. Swift Justice Meted Out to One of the Slay ers of Farmer Falls. Birmingham, Ala., 0ct,12. —AtToad- ▼ine, a village 20 miles from here, Jim Anderson, a negro, was shot to death by a mob, after coufe sing that he was one of two negroes who murdered aud robbed Randolph Falls, a farmer, near that place. In his confession Anderson said he had struck the blow which killed Falls. He begged for mercy, but there was no mercy iu the crowd, and he was quickly taken to a place in the woods a short distance from the road, with his hands tied. Allowing him a short time in which to pray, the men leveled their rifles and shotguns at him aud sent his soul into eternity iu a jiffy. Henry Oyral, another negro, was ar rested by some of Falls' neighbors be cause Audersotl had stated that Cvral was his companion in the crime. Oyral was taken to a justice of the peace netu Falls’ home, where he was placed un der guard to await a nreliminarv trial Hundreds of people visited the sceue, and rumors have just reached the city that Oyral was taken to the woods and treated in the same way as Anderson. Mrs. Falls, wife of the murdered farmer, made a speech to the citizens of Toadvine, and it is said the-talk encour aged them ii their aims to lynch ths second negro. Falls was well thought of around Toadvine, and that ■ ntire section of the county has been in a frenzied condition since his murder. CASTLE IS SUFFERING. Beginning to Show the Effects of Hl. Con iineuxent In an English Prison. London, Oct. 12.—Walter M. Castle, the wealthy merchant of San Francisco, who with his wife is confined in Hol loway jail on remand, charged with stealing valuable furs, etc., from shops in this city, showed signs of suffering from his confinement in prison aud from the worry incident to it. A cousin of the Castles, who is at present iu this city, said to a representa tive of the Associated Press: “The charge is absolutely ridiculous. Why, two large packing cases full of presents were sent to my house in Hyde park, from the stores, where the goods were bought. How could they be stolen? The Castles have been abroad a year, and had a large number of commissions from society friends in San Francisco and they had been large purchasers of kuickknacks, etc.” Evidence will be produced that some time ago Mrs. Castle’s health was such that Dr. Gambrell of this city was called. He found her suffering from pains iu the head. THE TALBOT FOUNDERED? -Rumored In Dorerport That the British Cruiser Has Been Dost at Sea. Doverport, England, Oct. 12. —A ru mor is in circulation here that the Brit ish cruiser Talbot, bound for the North American station, foundered at sea dur ing the recent gale. The Talbot is a secondclass cruiser of 5,000 tons diplacement and carries a crew of 433 officers and men. She is a new vessel, bnilt here last year, carries five 6-inch quick firing guns, six 7-inch guns, eight 12-inch pounders aud several guns of smaller calliber. The Talbot belongs to what is known as the Eclipse class of protected cruisers, which includes the Diana, Dido. Doris, Isis, Juno, Minerva, Venns and Eclipse. Her registered speed is 19.5 knots, and she carries 550 tons of coal. Inquiries made at the admiralty show that up contirmatiou has been received there of the reported loss of the cruiser Talbot. KEANE’S SUCCESSOR, New Head of th. Catholic University Will Jle a Secular Priest. Washington, Oct. 12.—0 n Oct. 21 the board of trustees of the Roman Catholic university will meet in this city to select three names to bo sub mitted to Pope Leo XIII, who will designate one of the three to be the suc cessor to Bishop Keane, whose summary romoval as rector of the university has occasioned so much comment, and has elicited so many expressions of sympa thy and respect from Catholics and protestants alike. It is stated with much positiveness, and as emanating indirectly from the new papal delegate, Archbishop Martinelli, that the pope's wish is that the new rector of the miiv—sity should not be a high dignitary f rhe church, but one holding no hig er ecclesiastical office than that of secuiar priest. It is believed that the potent influence of the papal delegation will be exerted to secure this result, the object being to step outside of all controversies between the high dignitaries of the church now menacing the progress of the university. WATSON TO VISIT KANSAS. The Vice Presidential Nominee Will Make Forty Speeches While There. Topeka, Oct. 12.—The “middle-of the-road” Populist committee has ar ranged an itinerary for Tom Watson, who will spend four days in Kansas commencing on Oct. 16. In all Mr. Watson will make 40 speeches in the state. Many of them will be short, but the list of dates and places shows that a great deal of territory will be covered. Mr. Watson will be accompanied on the entire trip by the following well known “middle-of-the-road” Populists, who will also participate in the speak ing: Paul Vandervoort of Omaha, J. F. Willets and M. V. B. Bennett of JCansas aud Frank Bnrkett of Missis sippi, the last named one of the best campaigners in the Populist party. - 1 : Burford Overton Handed at Harlau. Middlesboro, Ky., Oct. 12.—Burford Overton was executed at Harlan, Ky., for the murder, Jung 21, 1895. of Gus tave and Julia Loeb, two Jewish ped dlers. The scene of the hanging is 15 miles from a telegraph station, but the latest advices say that great crowds from all the surrounding country saw the hanging, wjxxch was in public. No effort was made by the condemned man's friends to p event the execution, but to guard against trouble Sheriff Grant Smith had a large number of deputies sworn in. Atlanta, Oct. 13.—The Aragon Ho tel company was placed in the hands of a receiver, Frank Bell, the proprietor, being appointed temporary receiver. The hotel owes #25.000. It was not closed and Mr. Bell states that he will continue to ruu it. The principal cred itors are Wash Collier, owner of the ho tel, who has a claim for rent, and gro cery and liquor houses which have furnished supplies. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ FOR $1.50 : ♦ THE DAILY ANO SUNDAY TRIBUNE ♦ j will be sent until Jan. I, ’97j A AAA.AAAAA A PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROSEBERY’S REMEDY Retiring Liberal Leader Talks of the Turkish Question POWERS SHOULD ICT IN CONCERT He Believes in A I Sharing in the Work OF BRINGING THE TURKSTO TERMS Says Isolated Action by Great Britain For Armenians Would Mean a Great War and He Proposes to Fight Such a Poliey Vigorously—He Does Not Agree With Mr. Gladstone. Edinburgh, Oct 12.—Speaking in this city, Lord Rosebery, the ex-prime min ister. discussed the remedies that had been suggested for the settlement of Turkish question. He adduced reasons against nearly every one of the reme dies. Regarding the proposal that Rus sia should take possession of Constanti nople, Lord Rosebery said that the late government (his own) had been ex tremely auxions to arrive at au entente with Russia, and he was still in every way hopeful that a satisfactory under standing between Great Britain and Russia on the Turkisu question, would be reached. He urged the advocates of the proposal, however, to remember the treatment that had been accorded the Poles by the Russians. Moreover, he asked how is Great Britain to give to Russia what is not hers? Avowing veneration aud unaltered friendship for Mr. Gladstone, Lord Rosebery said that he could not agree with the proposal made by the latter in his Liverpool speech to withdraw the British ambassador from Constantino ple, or to threaten action which could not be effected if the powers did not ap prove. Such a course would lead to humiliation. , Differs With Gladstone. He differed with Mr. Gladstone in the opinion that Great Britain was bound, by the Cyprus convention to intervene in Turkey. This convention had been a dead letter ever since it had been, signed. He did not desire especially the retention of Cyprus and would willingly give it to any power except Turkey, as the price of a European concert. Lord Rosebery further declared that he was emphatically opposed to isolated action by Great Britain on the Turkish question, and would fight the proposal that she act alone, tooth aud toenail. Such action would mean an Euronean war, the slaughter of hundreds of thou sands, threaten the existence of Great Britain, and, perhaps, precede the ex termination of the Armenians. He could conceive of nothing more futile, dan gerous and disastrous than such a pol icy. Any British minister incurring an European war, except through the ne cessity of interests distinctly British, would be a criminal to his country and to his position. He believed that any just war would have the assistance of the British colonies. He doubted that a war in behalf of the Armenians would elicit such assistance. The panacea was concerted action by the powers nearest interested. Th a could not long be postponed. Refer* to His Retirement. Lord Rosebery then referred to his re tirement from the leadership of the Lib eral party, saying that the differences of opinion on the eastern question was only one of a series of incidents that had induced him to resign the leader ship. He added that he had not received the loyal Support that a premier needed if he was to lead his party successfully. His government in its early days had been defeated by its own followers. The policy he had suggested for the election had not yet been adopted. Finally Mr. Gladstone innocently ministered the coup de grace.' The internal differences in the party had been equal to the ex ternal differences. His action had been so hampered as to render his position untenable. He had tendered his resig nation to his colleagues after the elec tion. Lord Rosebery in conclusion thanked Messrs. Foller, Asquith, Bryce aud Arnold Morley for their cordial sup port. The meeting unanimously adopted a resolution expressing gratitude for the manner in which Lora Rosebery had led the Liberal party, deeply regretting his retirement and earnestly hoping that he would reconsider his action and assume the leadership. Lord Roseberry replied that his de cision was the result of mature reflec tion, and had been taken with the con viction of its absolute necessity. Mexican War Veteran Murdered. Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 12.—Al fred Cummings, a veteran of the Mexi can war, was murdered at his home near Leavenworth city limits. He was miserly and had considerable pension money and lived alone iu a 1-room house. Everything indicates that while he was eating supper somebody slipped up behind him and dealt him a blow on the head with a hatchet. The blade sunk into the brain. Prominent Man Accidentally kills Him-elt Newberry, S. 0., Oct 12.-Robert Mocrman, a prominent man of this section, was riding iu a doubleseated buggy with two small sons on the front driving. He had his gnu on the teat beside him, having takeu it to his farm on the chance of shooting something by the way. The weapon was iu some manner discharged, the load entering th. neck and producing instant deatlu