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BRYAN TO THE WOMEN
Bern cratic Nomime Addresses Min—
k. neapolis Ladies.
SOMETHING NEV UNDER THE SUN
The Most Unique Feature of
the Campaign
LADIES GAVE HIM AN OVATION
The First Instance on Record of a Politi
cal Meeting: Presided Over by, and Made
Up Exclusively of, the Fair Sex —Ne-
braskan Tolls Why He Would Rather
Have the Wife on His Side.
' Minneapolis, Oct. 13.—Perhaps the
most unique feature of Mr. Bryan’s
■visit to Minnesota was his address at
the Lyceum theatre to an audience made
•up exclusively of women and presided
'over by women. There were 2,000
women present and Mrs. Frank A. Va
lesh presided. When Mr. Bryan ar
rived about 10 o’clock the lad : es arose
enmasse, waved their handkerchiefs
and flags and clapped their hands and
called his name—in fact did everything
men might have done except give three
cheers and a tiger. Mr. Bryan said :
Ladies, this is a novel experience, not
only new in that I am unaccustomed to ad
dressing an audience of ladi -s, entirely, but
new in that I have to compete against an
other “boy orator.” [Laughter and ap
plause], When I am talking against older
persons, I have the sympathy of the moth
ers; but when I am talking against a
younger person I am afraid that the moth
er’s sympathy would go out to the smaller
of them. [Applause]. And I confess that
I cannot blame you, because I felt that, if
I were judge, I would award him the
prize, even though I were a contestant
myself against him. I believe this is the
first political meeting where a candidate
has addressed his remarks to ladies en
tirely in the discussion of an economic
question, and yet I offer no apology. On
the contrary, I deem it not only a great
privilege but a great honor. My experi
ence teaches me that the mother and the
wife are important parts of the family.
[Applause]. In fact I would rather have
the wife on my side in the beginning of
the campaign than to have the husband,
if I could only have one. [Applause].
• And I will tell you why: Because if 1 have
the wife I am almost sure to have the hus
band before the campaign is over, and if I
only have the husband I am never sure of
.him. [Laughter and applause].
. Gold Men Without Gold.
A lady who was canvassing down In Ne
braska the other day gave utterance to ono
of the best things which I think this cam
paign has enjoyed. She was canvassing
ana called at our house to get some liter
ature on the silver question to circulate
as she went from place to place, and while
there she said that she had a brother who
was a gold man, without gold. [Laugh
ter], She said she could understand how
a man could be a gold man who had gold,
but she could only pity the gold man who
was without gold. [Applause and laugh
ter], And you know, my friends, that is
the condition in which a large majority of
the gold men are—gold men without gold,
and when you find a gold man without
gold you find one whom you can convert,
because, while the gold standard is a good
thing for a few in this country, the gold
standard is a bad thing for the great mass
of the people, and the reason why our
cause grows from day to day is found in
the fact that the arguments in behalf of
bimetallism appeal to the heads and the
hearts of the American people and the
gold standard appeals only to the heart
less. [Applause],
The reason why mothers are taking
such an interest in this campaign, the rea
son why the wives are feeling deeper in
terest than they usually feel is because
they are becoming acquainted with the
gold standard. This money question is
not too deep to be understood by an Amer
ican citizen. Every great political ques
tion is first a great economic question,
and every great economic question is at
least a great moral question. Questions
.are not settled until the right and wrong
of the questions are d termined. These
questions are not settled until people
grasp the fundamental principle, and
when these principles are finally compre
hended then the people settle the question,
and they settle it for a generation. The
people are studying this question, study
ing it as they have not studied it before.
Aye, studying it as they have not studied
question before in your lifetime or
mine. Study leads to understanding. But
to study you must commence at the bot
tom and study up. Now. what is the first
great principle? The value of a dollar
depends upon the number of dollars. You
can make dollars dearer or cheaper by
changing the quantity. Now, this is a sim
ple proposition. It is fundamental, an I
■when you have studied it, and when you
have understood it, you understand tue
•.money question.
The Law ot Supply and Demand.
Suppose that we were walled in and hid
-enough wheat in the inclosure to last us a
year. And, taking the supply and demand
into consideration, wheat was worth $1
per-bushel. and suppose the wheat was
gathered into two great piles, and one
woman owned one pile and another woman
owned the other pile, and suppose that
the owner of one pile jf wheat should read
in the papers that the other pile of wheat
had been destroyed by fire and the people,
instead of having both piles for their year’s
supply, must all be fed from one pile.
Now, what would be the result? Every
bushel of wheat in this pile would rise in
value. Why? Because the demand for
wheat remained the same and the suppl/
of wheat is cut in two: now, what is the
second thing you learn? That the lady
who owns this pile of wheat will profit by
•the rise in wheat. And which is the third?
That was the other pile of wheat instead
of hers. [Applause].
Now that is a simple question. Let me
apply it to silver. We have about. $4,000,-
flOo.OOOof silver money and abouts 4 000.000,-
000 of gold money in the world. Suppose
we destroy one pile and make the other
pile <lo the duty of both ? What is the re
sult? The d-m ind for money remans tiie
same, and stripiy of mon-y is cut. in two.
It must be tout the value of each dollar
will rise. W len wheat raised in value, a
tgishel of wheat brought more n.'. iiey
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
wnen money raises in value, a dollar iu
money buys more wheat. What is the
second result? The people who own the
money or who own contracts payable in
dollars, profit by the rise and they are
very glad of the rise. [Applause and
laughter].
The gold standard means dearer money,
and dearer money means cheaper property
and cheaper property means hard times,
hard times means more people out of
work, more people out of work means
moYe people destitute, and more people
destitute means more people desperate,
more people desperate means more crimi
! nals. [Gr.at applause],
NEGOTIATIONS_AT AN END.
North Carolina Democrats and Populists
Fall to Reach an Agreement.
Raleigh, Oct. 13.—The Democratic
central committee held a very impor
tant meeting here. One of the matters
before it was the reply of the Populist
state chairman to the committee’s let
ter of last Friday, making inquiry as to
whether arrangements could be made
to elect free silver congressmen.
The Populist chairman, in reply, says
he is anxious to see nine free silver con
gressmen elected, but declares there is
nothing tangible in the Democratic
chairman’s letter which can be acted
on. He adds that the conditions have
changed since Senator Butler .made the
proposition last August for complete
fusion.
It is evident that the Populist leaders
could not now, even if they desired to
do so, control their party’s full vote, in
further fusion with the Democrats. It
is regarded certain that negotiations are
now at an end. The Republicans are
•carrying out their contract with the
Populists on congressmen.
Both Populist and Republican chair
men declare the Democrats cannot elect
a single congressman. The Democrats
assert they will almost certainly elect
three—one in the Fifth, Sixth and Ninth
districts.
In accordance with the agreement of
the Republican state committee to sup
port the Populists' nominees for con
gress in five districts in North Carolina,
the Republican nominees in all these
districts have withdrawn. The last to
withdraw was Pat Massey of this dis
trict. .
LEO FELICITATES VICTORIA.
Pope and Queen Exchange Cordial Letters
on Her Anniversary.
London, Oct. 13.—The queen and the
pope have exchanged cordial letters
upon the occasion of her majesty’s six
tieth anniversary of her reign.
The pope, after congratulating her
and sending his best wishes, thanked
the queen for the freedo-n of worship
enjoyed by Roman Catholics throughout
the British empire.
Her majesty’s reply was most cordial.
She declared herself happy to repeat her
former assurances of the perfect free
dom of Catholics within her dominion,
and added that it was her pleasing duty
to acknowledge their fidelity and loy
alty. ________
Palmer and Huckner Coming South.
Cincinnati, Oct. 13.—Senator John
M. Palmer and ex-Governor Simon B.
' Buckner Were entertained at the Queen
City club here by Senator Julius Dex
ter, who is a candidate for elector-at
large on the Palmer-Buckner ticket.
President M. E. Ingalls, S. M. Felton,
Lars Anderson, E. S. Bliss, Edward
Colston and ladies were among the
guests. While many colled on the dis
tinguished visitors, no public meeting
was held here. The national candidates,
Manager Jacob W. Richards and others
in their party left for Louisville at noon.
They proceed thence to Columbia,
Tenn., Pulaski, Birmingham, Mont
gomery, Mobile, New Orleans and other
southern points.
The Castles Remanded For a Week.
London, Oct. 13. —At the Marlboro
street police court, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter M. Castle of San Francisco, who
were arrested at the Hotel Cecil on
Thursday last, charged with stealing a
quantity of furs, etc., from various deal
ers in this city, were arraigned on re
mand, and after a short hearing, were
again remanded for a week, bail being
allowed in the sum of $15,000.
The Steamer Spartan Ashore.
Cape May, N. J., Oct. 13. The
steamer Spartan of the Windsor line,
from Boston to Philadelphia, is ashore
on Hereford bar, a few miles above this
city. The sea is heavy and the life
saving crew will board her as soon as
possible. The steamer was due in Phil
adelphia Monday morning and she was
probably detained by heavy seas and
stormy weather.
Sutton’s Wound Prove* Fatal.
Janesville, Wis., Oct. 13.—John
Sutton, who was shot in an attempt to
rescue a friend from the Edgerton night
watchman a few weeks ago, is dead.
Sutton’s mother was a cousin of Chaun
cey M. Depew. The young man stood
high in Edgerton business circles. The
night watchman in Edgerton had ar
rested a man and was locking him up.
Sutton and a friend tried to rescue the
prisoner and lock up the watchman.
They had the watchman inside the
building when he fired through the
door, the bullet breaking Sutton’s leg.
Sutton became insane and died from a
breaking down of the nerve force. The
watchman says he acted solely in self
defense.
Burglars Wreck m Bank.
Brainerd. Neb., Oct. 13 —The Brain
erd bank was practically demolished by
burglars, who attacked the safe with
1 dynamite. Cashier Smith engaged in
. battle with the burglars and drove them
, away. No money was lost, but the sa.e
and buildings were wrecked.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBEt( 14, 1896.
BUTLER (8 HOPEFUL
Says Bryan’s Chances Are Improving
Every Day.
WATSON WILL NOT COME DOWN
• A
Meeting of the Populist Na
tional Committee
WORKING .10 DEFEAT M’KINLEY
The Popnlint National Chairman Declares
the Georgian 1« In the Vice Presidential
Race to Stay—Think* the Division of
Electors Will Be Adjusted Amicably.
Meeting of the Executive Committee.
Chicago, Oct. 13.—A meeting of the
Populist national executive committee
was held at the Sherman House to con
sider the question of fusion in Kansas
and Colorado, over which considerable
friction has risen. It is probable that
action will be taken looking to the dis
placement of some of the Democratic
electors in the states named and the
putting of Populist electors in their
place. All the members of the national
executive committee were present with
the exception of Secretary Edston of the
national committee and National Chair
man Dorr of California. The meeting
was held behind closed doors, the com
mittee going into executive session at
11:30 a. m.
Senator Butler of North Carolina,
chairman of the national Populist com
mittee, when asked if Watson would
come out in a letter opposing the fusion
arrangement made in the west, stated
that no such letter was expected.
“We are pulling to defeat McKinley,”
said Mr. Butler, “and while there is
some friction over the division of the
electors in several of the states, no ac
tion will be taken that will be in the
least jeopardize the chances of our
ticket. This will be discussed today
and I am sure will be adjusted amica
bly. You can state authoritatively that
Mr. Watson will remain on the ticket.
No thought of his resignation is enter
tained by us.”
“What do you think of the political
outlook?” was asked.
“Bryan’s chances are improving ev
ery day. There has been a perceptible
change in the last two weeks. One of
the strongest factors in the Republican
campaign until recently is now its
greatest weakness, and that is the prod
igal use of money. There is a revolt
among the workingmen, especially
against the apparent use of money by
the Republicans. It would have been
far more effective if they had depended
more upon the live issues of the cam
paign. As it is now, the money Mark
Hanna is using is the party’s greatest
weakness.”
“What do you think of the situation
in Illinois?”
“Illinois is doubtful. Bryan, how
ever, can be elected without Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota or lowa. Ohio is
trembling in the balance. The reaction
in that state in favor of free silver is
simply tremendous, and it is an even
money bet that the state will go for
Bryan. If our treasury would permit
it we would flood the state with speak
ers. If the sentiment continues to grow
in our favor in that state at the rate at
which it is now growing, there is no
doubt that the state will go for Bryan
by a large majority. In Kentucky thero
is a hard fight, but fusion makes it
safe.”
CHIEF DANIEL IN ATLANTA.
Great I noohonee Royally Entertained by
Bed Men of the Gate City.
Atlanta, Oct. 13.—The Red Men of
Atlanta had the privilege on Tuesday
of receiving in state Judge Robert T.
Daniel of Griffin, Ga., the great inco
honee of the United States. The recep
tion Tuesday night in honor of the
great «chief was attended by several
hundred braves and warriors and the
occasion was an enjoyable one.
The event of the evening was an in
teresting and eloquent long talk by the
great incohonee. He spoke of the rapid
growth of the order during the past
year, of the vast amount of benefit the
order had done to elevate and upbuild
humanity. He impressed upon his
hearers the fact that the Improved Or
der of Red Men was the oldest secret
order in America; that it was insti
tuted before the revolution, and that
the members of the order had alwavs
been loyal citizens, liberal in their sup
port of charitable institutions and fore
most in all good works. He predicts a
greater increase in the order during the
coming year.
After the speech delightful music and
substantial refreshments were served
and the occasion in every respect was
an enjoyable one.
AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS.
Result of Rapid Crop Movement and the
Advance and Steel.
Chattanooga, Oct. 13.—The Trades
man's special reports from southern
manufacturers show a steady increase
in business due to the continued cool
weather, rapid crop movement and the
advance in wheat, wool, iron and steel.
Railway earnings show an improve
ment, and in the bank clearings for the
past week an increase of 18 per cent
over the week previous is noted.
The iron and steel market is active
and the advance in prices is being firmly
maintained. Some large contracts are
reported, especially in steel and iron
bars and also iu nails. Pig iron con
tinues cneidcruit:-’.-. ay i .iu a
or 25 per ton has been made on
i some grades.
i. Very little change is visible in the
lumber market. Business is not up to
the average for the season and a num-
i ber of lumber failures are reported. The
■ export trade is unusually active.
Textile manufacturers are doing a fair
I amount Os business and expect an im
. provement after the election. The busy
se ison is fairly on in the coal mining
, districts and business is increasing at a
lively rate.
The following are among the most im
portant new industries: The United
States Construction company, capital
-$250,000, chartered at Atlanta, Ga., to
build and equip railroads; a large cot
ton compress at Augusta, Ga.; the
American and Mexican Mining and
| Treasure company, chartered at Rich
mond, Va., with a capital of $500,000;
■ an oil mill at Macon, Miss., and the J.
D. Burr Lumber company, capital $25,-
000, organized at Ennis, Tex. A num
ber of woodworking plants are reported,
i the largest being the rebuilding of the
, mill of the Peters Lumber company,
burned recently at Alco, Ala., at a loss
of SIOO,OOO.
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WORKINGMEN IN MEXICO.
Long Hoars and Low Wages Combine to
Make the Laborers There Slaves.
Chicago, Oct. 13.—The Trade and
Labor assembly has received the report
of the committee (P. J. Maas and Pat
rick Enright) which it sent to Mexico
for the purpose of studying the social
and financial condition of the Mexican
laboring class. The report is in part as
follows:
“The Mexican laborer is apparently
content with the four bare walls of his
10-foot square abode hut, with nothing
inside but the ground to sleep on, a
shawl or blanket to cover or wrap him
self up in, a dish of tortillas (corn pan
cakes) and frejoles (beans) for his fru
gal meal, and in a large number of cases
a little pig, a dog and a chicken or two
of the gamecock order sharing his scant
quarters. Wages, except to skilled and
steady mechanics—always foreigners—
are very low. .
"At Leon, where nearly all the leather
goods in Mexico are manufactured, the
peon gets for making shoes $1 and up
ward per dozen pairs. On the other
leather goods he receives 37)£ to 60
cents a day for his labor, working as
long as daylight lasts, averaging 12 to
14 hours per day. Common laborers can
be hired for 18 to 50 cents per day.
House servants, male or female, receive
$3 to $5 per month and board themselves.
The day’s work in Mexico runs from ten
to 14 hours. The bakers work 20 hours.
“The cry is raised that there are no
poorhouses in Mexico, but that is no in
dication of the absence of poverty, as
your committee can fully testify with
out tear of contradiction, as the voice
of the mendicant supplicating alms rang
in our ears all through Mexico.
“The American workingman is a
Srince compared to the workingman of
lexica”
To Assist the Guayaquil Sufferers.
New York, Oct 13.—Zimmerman &
Forshaye, bankers, are asking aid for
the sufferers from the fire that wiped
out half of the city of Guayaquil, Ec
uador, which they describe as the only
artery of communication between that
country and the United States. Hav
ing sent a cable message to Jose M.
Oarbo Aguirre, governor of the province,
asking whether assistance was required,
the firm received the following re
sponse: “In the name of the govern
ment and the people of Ecuador, I
thank you for your offer, and if any as
sistance can be given by the New York
Stock Exchange or others, it will be
gratefully received on behalf of the
sufferers.”
Mistrial In the Seal* Case.
Columbiana, Ala., Oct. 13.—A mis
trial has been ordered in the case of
Mrs. Annie Seals, charged with the
murder of her husband, J. Alfred Seals.
The case, after one of the hardest legal
battles Shelby county has ever known,
was given to the jury Tuesday and since
that day the twelve men holding in their
hands the fate of Mrs. Seals have been
trying to reach a verdict. Interest was
intense during the time, but the jury
was unable to agree, and the sensational
trial will have to be gone over again.
Mrs. Seals is charged with killing her
husband at their home in Shelby county
on the night of Dec. 18, 1893.
Gambler* Swindle the Indians. ,
Fayetteville, Ark., Oct 13. —Much
excitement prevails in the Indian Ter
ritory over the operations of gamblers
who are fleecing the simpleminded In
dians. The quarterly payment of the
Osage tribe was made on Tuesday, and
hundreds of gamblers were present with
all kinds of devices, from the shell
game to the gold brick swindle. Two
gamblers fleeced a crowd of full bloods,
and their victims became so enraged
that they drove them out of the settle
ment. The gamblers were overtaken
at Turkey creek and killed. Their
names are not known.
To Put Ecuador on a Gold Basis.
New York, Oct. 13.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: The Herald’s correspondent in
Guayaquil, Ecuador, telegraphs that
General Alfaro, now the chief execu
tive of the nation, has presented a bill
to the national convention providing
for a gold basis, the premium not to ex
ceed 100 per cent.
Harrison to Speak In Indiana.
Indianapolis, Oct. 13.—Committee
man Durbin of the national Republican
committee has completed arrangements
with General Harrison to make 32
speeches in Indiana,
SMALLPOX GROWING
Over a Thousand Deaths in Havana
Last Month.
YELLOW FEVER ALSO ON INCREASE
Sanitary Inspector Burgess Re -
ports to Washington
A BAD CONDITION OF AFFAIRS,
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Spanish Soldiers Die Like Sheep In the
Military Hospitals—Likely to Be Many
Months Before the Scourge Is Over—The
Report of Sanitary Inspector Burgess of
the Marine Hospital Service.
Washington, Oct. 13. —Sanitary In
spector Burgess of the Marine Hospital
service reports from Havana, Cuba,
that there were 1,034 deaths in that city
during September, 179 of which were
from yellow fever.' During the week
ended Oct. 1 there were 251 deaths, 43 of
which were from yellow fever. Forty
of the 43 deaths from yellow fever oc
curred among the Spanish soldiers in
the military hospitals.
The inspector, in a recent communi
cation to the bureau, calls attention to
the wharf Tallapiedra, at Havana, at
which the American steamship Herman
M. Doutzaler went to discharge a load
of lumber brought from Pensacola.
While the vessel was there one of its
men caught the yellow fever. This
wharf, Dr. Burgess says, “is in close
proximity to the old and badly infected
military hospital, and is probably, and
has been for many years, the most dan
gerous place for vessels to discharge at
in the whole harbor on account of the
invasion of yellow fever. It is a pity
that some way cannot be devised to pre
vent vessels from going therq, particu
larly American vessels and those subse
quently bound to ports in the United
States.”
Speaking generally about the yellow
fever and smallpox, the inspector says:
“It will be seen by statistical reports
sent on that yellow fever continues to
be an active epidemic here, and I am in
formed that it is so in most of the places
where Spanish soldiers are found. The
steamers plying between this place and
the western end of the island bring on
their return trip from ports along the
coast numerous cases of that disease.
It is reported that the hospitals of
Guanajay de las Vegas, San Antonio de
Los Banos, Artemisa and other places
have many sick of that complaint The
large Casa de Beneflcencia y Materni
dad, or Foundling and Lying-in hospital
has, by orders of the government, been
emptied of its women and children,
and is now being occupied as a hos
pital for Spanish soldiers. Small
pox, instead of diminishing, in
creases daily, not only in Havana
proper, but in its suburbs. In Regia,
on the opposite side of the bay from
Havana, there are many cases, amoun t
ing to an epidemic there. It is difficult
to see v hen this epidemic will come to
an end, with the influx of unvaccinated
people from the country driven in by
the conditions of war, and the frequent
arrival of Spanish steamers from the
mother country with cases of that dis
ease aboard. As practically no precau
tions are taken to prevent smallpox
spreading on those vessels, I am afraid
that it will be many months before this
scourge is over.”
PROMINENT GEORGIAN DIES.
Dr. John Springs Baxter Breathes His Last
In the City of Macon.
Macon, Oct. 13. —Dr. John Springs
Baxter, president of the Southwestern
railroad, died here after an illness of
several months with cancer of the liver.
He was one of Macon’s most prominent
citizens.
He was born in Macon Deo. 3, 1833,
attended Dr. Beman’s famous school
and was graduated from the University
of Georgia in 1853. He graduated at
Jefferson Medical college at Philadel
phia in 1856 and returned to Macon and
practiced medicine. He enlisted in the
war with the Macon volunteers in 1861
and was made a surgeon of the battalion
in 1862. Later he was assistant surgeon
at Richmond to the Third Georgia hos
pital and then became surgeon of the
Forty-sixth Georgia regiment in the I
field until the surrender.
After the war he resumed practice in
Macon for about a year and then went
into the general merchandise business
under the firm name of Jones & Baxter.
Retiring from business iu 1873, in 1876
he became director in the Southwestern
railroad and in 1891 became its presi
dent, which position he was holding at
the time of his death.
THEY MAY FIGHT A DUEL.
Likely That Two Well Known Kentuckians
W ill Meet on the Field of Honor.
Cincinnati, Oct. 13. A special to
The Times-Star from Lexington, Ky.,
says: It is stated here ou what seems
to be reliable information that State
Senator Charles J. Bronston and ex-
Chairman of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee John D. Carroll are on
the verge of a duel.
The trouble grew out of the late
Frankfort convention, when Carroll
caused Bronston’s defeat by throwing
his strength to Evan E. Settle of Owen
county. It seems that Bronston has
counted on Carroll to nominate him,
and was mad when his opponent was
benefited by the withdrawal of the
Henry county man.
The report says that Senator Bron-
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ston cursed Carroll roundly ana’ that
Carroll told him coolly to think over
the matter and apologize for his re
marks. Bronston proposed to settle the
matter in a personal encounter, but
Carroll refused and told him that he
should have time in which to take back
his objectionable language. Letters have
passed between them, but it is stated by
those close to Bronston that he does not
intend to retract what he said, and
there seems no way ont of the trouble
except in accordance with the code
adopted in settling such grievances.
Both are brave men, and if the field
is resorted to as the only way of settling
the matter, it is believed each will face
his foe gamely.
SCALES COMMITS SUICIDE.
Prominent Citizen of an Alabama Town
Takes a Dose of Laudanum.
Whistler, Ala., Oct. 13.—Emmet
Scales, aged 30 years, an operator for
the Mobile and Ohio railroad, one of the
best known and most popular citizens of
the town, committed suicide by taking
laudanum.
Scales left his office, where two offi
cers of the (Southern Express company
were examining his books, entered an
onthonse a few feet away and swal
lowed the deadly drug.” Five hours
later he was found by several friends, *
■whose suspicion was aroused by his
sudden disappearance. He was uncon
scious and his body was livid from the
effects of the drug. Vigorous work was
begun in the hope of saving his life,
but the efforts were of no avail.
Examination of his books by the rail
road officials show Scales to be short
about SSOO. This shortage dates only
since Oct. 3, when he received $225 from
a local lodge of a benevolent organiza
tion to be forwarded next day. He re
ceived sllß from another organization
also, but neither amount was sent to its
destination.
The Southern Express company loses
the principal amount of the shortage,
the railroad’s loss being less than SSO.
WRECKED IN A FIERCE GALE
Schooner Luther A. Roby and Three Men
Lost Near Cape Henlopen.
Lewes, Del., Oct. 13.—The American
schooner Luther A. Roby, from Schi
verie, N. S., for Philadelphia, with a
cargo of plaster, struck near the point
of Henlopen during a terrible northeast
gale and pounded to pieces before the
lifesaving men could get a line to her.
All of the crew, except Harry Milby,
Thomas Simes and an unknown Nor
wegian sailor were rescued. The sur
vivors are Captain W. H. Maloney of
Boston. Mate George A. Hopkins, Fred
Oslen, Alexander Melan and Edgar
Lewes. The bodies of those lost have
not yet been recovered.
Captain Maloney and his four com
panions were taken ont of the sea after
they had given up all hope. When the
schooner went to pieces the five men
managed to get hold of the deckhouse.
On this frail raft they were buffeted
about at the mercy of enormously high
seas until they were seen by the lifesa
vers. A rope was thrown to them, and
the five men, now nearly exhausted,
were hauled through the surf to a place
of safety.
Prlnca Hllttoff In the Windy City.
Chicago, Oct. 13. —The Russian min
ister of railroads, Prince Hilkoff, the
first public man to make the trip from
St. Petersburg to this country over the
new Siberian railroad, arrived in Chi
cago at 11 a. m. over the Santa Fe road.
He is engaged in a tour of inspection of
the railroads of the United States. He,
as a boy, came to this eountry and
worked in the American railroad shops
and on his return to Russia was pro
moted gradually until he became a
member of the imperial cabinet. He
will be entertained in Chicago at the
Chicago club and will be given a dinner
at the Auditorium. From Chicago he
goes to Cincinnati and thence to Pitts
burg, Philadelphia and New York, sail
ing for Europe on Nov. 1.
Stockholder* ot the C.,H. & D. Meet.
Cincinnati, Oct. 13.—At the annual
meeting here of the stockholders of tho
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail
way, M. O. Martin, George W. Davis
and George R. Balch of New York and
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., of Cincinnati
were re-elected directors for a term of
t.hrAA Ths other director®
holdover. There were 56,167 shares of
preferred stock and 69,627 shares of
common stock voted, all being cast for
Martin, Davis, Balch and Maxwell. Tne
new board will meet iu New York Moon
for organization.
Decided In Favor of Colson.
Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 13.—Judge Ha
zelrigg of the court of appeals decides
that Congressman David G. Colson is
the regular Republican nominee in the
Eleventh district, thus knocking out
the contention of ex-Congressman John
D. White, who alleged fraud in the pri
mary and sought to prevent the com
mittee from issuing a certificate of nom
ination by injunction. Judge Hazelrigg
held the grounds were insufficient. This
insures Colson’s re-election.
Killed Iler Ha.band With an Ax.
Clyde, Ga., Oct. 13. A horrible
homicide took place threo miles from
this town. Three months ago a young
white man by the name of Lommie
Long married Miss Roxie Tillinan, front
Chatham county. He brought his wile
to live at his father’;, near this place
Monday she killed him, splitting his
head open with an ax. The coroner has
been sent to investigate the case. She
made a confession. She said that she
killed him in self defense. There were
no eyewitnesaee to the killing.