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ESTABLISHED 1887.
[FIVE IN SO FAR
IA Hot Fight For the
F Senatorship.
| RUMOR UPON RUMOR
Atkinson, Howell, Clay, Walsh and
B Robertson, Candidates
L WITH OTHER PROBABLE ASPIRANTS
■ Hal Lewisana Major Cummings
May Enter ths Race
I GOVERNOR ATKINSON IN THE LEAD
E'ection For Governor Could Be Held
' Simultaneously W1 h that of Su
-1 preme Court Judges.
( Atlanta, Oct. 27.—The condition
■ot things tonight are in a greater
stew, if possible, than they were last
' night. The entries in the senatorial
handicap has taken the shape 6f a
I fr -e for all. The bridle, in the vern
| acular of the turf exchange, has been
pulled off and the old racers are trot
ting dead heats with unbroken colts.
The positive entry of Gov. Atkin
son. Capt. Howell, A. S. Clay. Patrick
Walsh and J. W. Robertson is made
fcaown, and there is the strongest be
t lief that tomorrow morning will bring
the announcement of Hon. Hal Lewis,
■of Grfeensboro and Major Joseph B.
' , Camming,
Governor Atkinson has the appear
ance of being in the lead. If he wins
I out General Evans is slated for the
executive chair. Bob Berner hopes
(or the presidency of the state senate,
go in the event of Atkinson’s elevation
‘ he will be governor ex-officio until he
can order an election, which he could
■do in thirty days and have it come
along with that of judg es for the su-
L preme bench. Events follow events
f so close they almost tread upon the
■ heels of each other.
| BOIFEUILLET RETIRES.
JSon. ‘ Hut” Jenkins to be Next Sp ak r of
The House.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27.—A rumor to
the effect that Hon. John T. Boifeuillet,
of Bibb county, had retired from the con-
for the speakership of the house of
BSMk'presc-ntatives lias been in circulation
since Monday. Friends who have been
I supporting him say he will shortly an
nounce his withdrawal. Mr. Boifeuillet
L will probably be elected speaker protem
pore. He is a very popular member and
r has a strong support.
TWO JAILBIRDS CAPTURED.
"McKenzie and Kelly, Who E<capeii From
, Prison Sunday, Are ('aught.
Louisville, Oct. 27.—Tom Kelly and
Tom McKenzie, the two least important
k, prisoners of the lot that broke jail Sun
day night, have been captured at their
homes in this city, but the prisoners
under heavy sentences, including the
■United States convicts,are still at large,
with no clew in the hands of the au
thorities as to their whereabouts.
Judge Barr of the United Sta es court
is expected to consider the request for a
rule against Jailer Watts, made by Dis
trict Attorney Smith. In this request
the jailer is accused of gross negligence
in caring for the United States prisoners
and if Judge Barr grants the rule it will
L likely go hard with the jailer, who is
I now under the odium of allowing a sim
ilar wholesale jail delivery within a
year.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
Venezuelan Brief Forwarded to Waflhing;-
ton by the Caracas < oiiiinMlon,
Washington, Oct. 27.—The Venezue
, lan government has forwarded to Wash
ington the brief prepared at Caracas by
n commission of five eminent jurists on
the British-Venezuela boundary ques
tion. and it will be submitted to the
f United States commission as soon as the
translation is completed. The Venezue
lan government named this commission
last February with Dr. Seijas. dean of
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
diplomatic and. judicial service ot tne
country, at its head. The brief covers
300 pages, and is said to boa forcible
presentation of the case.
Aside from this brief, coining direct
from Venezuela, Messrs. Scruggs and
Storrow, the counsel of Venezuela in
this country, are about to submit
final arguments. Heretofore the docu
ments presented have covered points of
evidence, but the taking of proof is now
practically over and the final arguments
are in order.
The argument, which has caused
much comment among officials, is pur
ported to be written by a Jesuit priest.
He represents thg English side of the
case, citing Catholic authorities drawn
from the Vatican archives. The book
was printed at Rome. The Venezuelan
officials say the views it expresses have
been fully met and overcome in the
Venezuelan documents presented to the
commission.
DEATH IN THE BULLRING.
A Man’Kitted While Trying to Place an
Infuriated Animal Under Control.
Noagles, A. T., Oct. 27.—A bullfight
with fatal results occurred at Noagles,
Sonora, and for a short time caused a
panic in the audience. One of the bulls,
becoming more enraged than usual at
the rather tame fight, rushed about the
arena, goring everything within reach.
A horse was disembowled.
A picadore, Joseph Angueln, in an at
tempt to place the animat under con
trol, was caught on one of the animal’s
long horns, which piercod him like a
sword. He was tossed and fell to the
ground, bleeding and mangled, where
the beast impaled him by the horns, bit
and pawed him. He was frightfully
injured and died a few minutes later.
There was intense excitement in the
audience, and at one time it was on the
verge of a panic, but was quieted by
the killing of the bull.
Commissioner Nesbitt’s Annual Report.
Atlanta, Oct. 27.—Commissioner of
Agriculture R. T. Nesbitt has submitted
, his annual report to Governor Atkin
son, in which he reviews the work of
his department for the past year. He
calls attention to the condition of the
farming industry of the state and urges
that certain things be done by the legis
lature to improve farming methods and
to better educate the planters of the
state on matters affecting their inter
ests. Colonel Nesbitt transmits the re
port of tile state fish commissioner and
the report of the state chemist, both of
whom submit some interesting facts
and figures in connection with their
work and departments
Court Clerk’ 'Makes a Costly Error.
San Francisco, Oct. 27.—Owing to a
court clerk’s error, the Mutual Life In
surance company of New York must
pay Mrs. Nellie Phinney a judgment of
198,000 with interestsand costs, making
over SIOO,OOO. Such was the decision
rendered by the United States circuit
court of appeals in this city. The com
pany refused to pay the life policy of
Guy O. Phinney for $98,000 and suit
was brought by the widow and judg
ment given, but the case was appealed.
R. M. Hopkins, clerk of the court at
Washington, failed to pronerly indorse
the writ of error filed witfi him, there
fore there is no official record showing
that the writ was actually filed. The
time allowed within which another ap
peal might be filed has expired, so the
decision is final.
Former Russian Pope Tolstoi Banished.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 27.—Former
Pope Tolstoi of the Russian church, re
cently deposed from the priest’s func
tions because he refused to clear him
self of an accusation that he had been
converted to Catholicism, has been ar
rested at Moscow and taken to Nijni,
where was condemned by a church tri
bunal to seven years’ banishment from
St. Petersburg and Moscow and was
forbidden to hold any state offee for 20
years.
Paderewski Enjoying; Good Heal tn.
New' York, Oct. 27. —William Stein
way has received the following cable
gram: “Aix-Les-Bains, Oct. 25. In
spite of all socalled friendly reports, I
am enjoying perfect health. At least,
it is good enough for me. Thanks. Re
gards. Paderewski.”
Shootingr Affray at a Republican Meeting.
Knoxville, Oct. 27.—A special from
Coal Creek, the famous rioting mining
town. 30 miles from here, says a very
sensational shooting affray occurred
there in which two men were killed and
others wounded. The fight occurred at
a McKinley and Hobart meeting. A ne
gro named Bud Black began shooting
at another negro named Frank Martin.
They exchanged several shots and Mar
tin fell mortally wounded with two bul
let holes through his body. One of the
shots struck and instantly killed Squire
Robert Laughlin, a justice of the peace,
and one of the leading citizens of the
town. Others were hit, but not seri
ously hurt. Black made his escape.
Gat Men Meet In St. Louin.
St. Louis, Oct. 27. The twenty,
fourth annual convention of the Amer
ican Gas Light association met here with
about 200 delegates present. O. J. Hum
phreys of Lawrence, Mass., president,
called the convention to order. After
the delivery of addresses of welcome,
reports of various committees were pre
sented, and papers of interest to gas
men were read and discussed.
Butler Goes to Indiana.
Washington, Oct. 27. Chairman
Butler of the Populist committee has
gone to Indiana on matters connected
with the campaign.
THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBE LC 28, 1896.
TOM WATSON SPEAKS
Addresses a Ciowd of Populists at
Lincolnton,
SAYS HE IS STILL IN THE RACE
Will Make No More Speeches
in the Campaign
THREE HUNDRED HEAR HIM SPEAK
Declares That the Withdrawal of the Pop*
uli.-»t Electoral Ticket Iu Georgia Doefl
Not Indicate That He Will Como Down.
Denounces Arthur Sewall as a Plutocrat,
National Banker, Etc.
Thompson, Ga., Oct. 27.—Hon. T. E
Watson spoke at Lincolnton to a crowd
of 300 Populists.
He declared that he was still in the
race for vice president, and would bo
until the last vote was counted. He
said that the withdrawal of the Popu
list electoral ticket in Georgia did not
indicate, as some supposed, that he
would come down, but was only a pro
test against the management of the
present campaign.
He declared that the Populist party
had been betrayed by its leaders. He
declared his undying devotion to Mr.
Bryan, and said that under no circum
stances would he vote for or assist in
the election of McKinley.
He denounced Sewall as a plutocrat,
a national banker, etc., and said that if
Bryan was defeated the responsibility
would rest upon Sewall and the Demo
cratic and Populist managers.
Mr. Watson will make no other
speeches in the present campaign out
side of the Tenth congressional district.
THE VATICAN INTERESTED.
Presidential Election In the United States
the Topic of the Hour at Rome.
London, Oct. 27.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette publishes a dispatch from Rome,
which says: The presidential election
in the United States is the absorbing
topic at the Vatican, the explanation be
ing the strides which Catholicism has
made in America, which is now one of
the church’s largest sources of income.
It is recognized that the standing dan
ger to Romanism in the United States
is the independence of the American
bishops, noticeable since the time of
Pius IX. The latter fully recognized
that these bishops enjoyed greater power
than their brethren elsewhere, and
showed that he understood this by his
Witty answer to some English pjiests
who asked for certain privileges.’He
said:
"I am, as you say, pnpe; and yet I
cannot accept your request. But,”
added the pontiff, with a slight twinkle
in his eye. •'I can show you away to
obtain your desire. Go to America, for
there the bishops are greater than the
pope.”
On the accession of Pope Leo matters
assumed a different aspect. He charged
Mgr. Satolli with the duty of intimating
to the bishops in unmistakable language
the limits of their powers and the re
sult was something like a split, which
it took Mgr. Satolli two years to heal.
But his mission had good results.
Continuing, the correspondent of the
Pall Mall Gazette remarks (bat the Vat
ican does not desire its representatives
in America to take an active part in the
campaign, fearing a new division in the
ranks and apprehending at the same
time that some of the more impetuous
bishops might break out. He adds this
feeling of uneasiness at the Vatican
would not disappear until after the elec
tion.
Consul General Lee Not Coining Home.
Washington, Oct. 27.—General Fitz
hugh Lee, consul general at Havana,
has given up his proposed visit to his
home in Virginia, w’hich he had ex
pected to make within the next few
daysl The determination toremain’at
his post is understood to beadne to the
reports current in the United States
that he was dissatisfied with his in
structions and desired to be relieved.
As his retura might give seeming ap
proval to the rep >rts, the consul general
determined to give up the vacation he
had planned, although he is much in
need of a change of scene, owing to the
hardships of the Havana climate during
the last six months.
Chicago Lake Front Case to Be Heard.
Washington, Oct. 27.—The heatings
in the Chicago lake front case, involv
ing lands of immense value in Chicago,
has been postponed until Monday, Nov,
23. Thecase was up before Commissioner
of Lands Lainoreaux Tuesday, but it
was evident that none of the parties to
the big triangular legal battle was ready
to proceed. A- stubborn fight will be
made on all sides for the lands, the
claims of whose value range from
one million to several millions of dol
lars. ~
Well Known NewApuper Man Dead.
Denver, Oct. 27. Major Henry
Waid, a well known Colorado newspa
per man, employed of late as editorial
writer on the Leadville Herald, Demo
crat, died of pneumonia. He was born
in Mansville, N. Y., in 1841. He made
a brilliant record as a soldier and while
a prisoner at Libby was breveted major
for gallant and meritorious service*
More Gold Coining to This Country.
1 Sydney, Oct. 27.—The steamship Al
ameda, Captain Vanottendorf, from this
port for San Francisco, will take £425,-
090 ($2,125,000) in gold.
MOB GETS IN WORK
Masked Men D molish Many Kentucky
Toilgates.
THE RAIDERS WERE WELL ARMED
A Shining Moon Gives Them
Plenty of Light
WANTON DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
Seemed to Be Eager For Fight, but the
Gatekeepers Offered Ljttlo Resistance
• and No Blood Wai Shed--Stockholders
of the Pikes Are luceused and Have Pat
Detectives on the Caw.
Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 27 —A mob of
several hundred masked men raided the
county during the night and completely
destroyed every tollgate along the
pikes. The raiders were armed to the
teeth, eager for fight. They rode by
twos, closely following one another. A
bright moon gave them good light as
they dashed at a rapid pace down the
Lawrenceburg pike from Audersou
county. They demolished the tollgates
as they passed with axes and saws, and
throw them on the side of the highway.
Ou reaching Frankfort the larger
part of the mob galloped out on the
Louisville pike. Joe Robinson, the
largest stockholder, hud lieeu notified of
the raiders.’ approach. A hot skirmish
was looked for, but the gatekeeper, Du
puy, wan aroused just, as the raiders
had completed their work. He put his
head out of the window, and the leader
of the mob, reining in his big white
horse, yelled:
“We have come to warn you not to
charge any more toll at that gate. If
ydu do, what we shall do to you on an
other visit will be a plenty!”
Dupuy made no response. Some of
the raiders were drinking, and he feared
trouble.
Other sections of the mob dashed
along the other pikes and put up warn
ing notices at gates that had been torn
away. By daylight here was not a
gate to be found iu the whole county.
Gatekeepers on the Louisville and
Lawrenceburg pikes are charging toll as
usual, despite the raid. Stockholders of
the pikes are incensed at what they
team wanton destruction and confisca
tion of their property. They have put
detectives on the case. The granfl jury
will be urged to find indictments, r
Posses are lying in wait at some of
the tollgates for another raid, and then
trouble is feared. The county voted for
free turnpikes tt the last election. The
courts have not been able to buy the
pikes as yet, and the law’s delay has led
to mob violence.
RECENT RISE IN WHEAT.
It Originated In London, Says the Editor
of an English Trade Journal.
New York, Oct. 27.—A dispatch to
The World from London says: A re
porter held a conversation with Mr.
Rash, the editor with Beerbohm’s'Corn
| Trade List, the standard authority on
the market Mr. Rush, who had just
' left the Corn Exchange—where he had
1 ascertained the views of all the leading
men in the trade —said:
j “This rise, almost for the first time
on record, originated here, not America.
This shows that it could have nothing
to do with any manipulation of the
markets for any political or other pur
poses. Its cause is that after several
years of abundance, the people now rec
ognize this year is one of ordinary sup
ply. Owing to the previous abundance
everybody held aloof from buying and
' the stocks ran down. Besides, the Aus
tralian crop is pretty certain to be a
failure and there is the extraordinary
fact that India has become for the nonce
thought to be, to a small extent, an im
porter. These things caused the recent
advance in the prices.
“The trade always goes to extremes
to start with. A reaction that has oc
curred was to be expected, but the
cause of the advance remains.
j “The men of the most experience in
; the London market believe that wheat
is going to rule at 35 shillings ($8.75) a
quarter (8 bushels in a quarter) because
it is now realized, in addition to the
other reasons I have given, that it is
not possible to produce wheat in Europe
cheaper.
| “If America could hold back wheat
' for a month, it would go up 10 shillings'
(si.so) a quarter. But I suppose the
American banks do not consider wheat
a commodity on which it is safe to give
large accommodation, so that America
is obliged to send on as fast as it can.”
UNCLE SAM TO HAVE HELP.
Both Rus.la anti Japan Will Aid In the
Protection of Fur Neale.
Washignton, Oct. 27.—1 tis stated by
. officials that the United Stateswill have
the co-operation and the support us both
Russia and Japan in the approaching
issue over establishing adequate pro
tection for the fur seals of the north
• Pacific ocean. Aside from the infor-
I mation secured by the commissioners.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin has made a
j report after personal inspection of the
seal islands, stating that if modifica
i tions of the Paris award regulations
i were not agreed to “the fur seal within
one or two seasons would be commer
cially extinct,”
The Japanese government stands
ready to join the United States in any
plan of seal protection, and is desirous
also of including sea otters, which are
being exterminated from the Japanese
islands. The co-operation of Japan is
- iw- ■ -
said to be or mucn importance to me
United States, as the seal poachers and
pirates have been found mainly at Jap
anese ports. A large trade with them
has been built up at Yokohama and
Nagasaki, and Japan feels it to hor in
terest to suppress them.
Many of the Canadian preachers go
to Japanese ports and either ship under
the Japanese flag or take out sealing
permits from the British consuls there.
The Japanese government want prohi
bitions made far reaching so that UO
doubt exists as to their desire to include
sea otters.
The Russian government also, it can
be said authoritatively, would welcome
the extension of protection to seals. It
is pointed out that while Russia owned
Alaska and the seal islands now at
tached to the United States, there was
complete protection to the seals and that
the destruction began under American
management.
The Russian policy continues to be to
protect the seals on the Russian islands
of the Pacific, and they will be fully in
co-operation with the United States to
wards any concerted action to that end.
RUNON THE SUBTREASURY.
Al<l From Chicago and Other Son roes Is
All 'I hat Saved the Gold Reserve.
San Francisco, Oct. 27.—The sub
treasury has just pulled through a rather
serious run, which threatened to anni
hilate its gold reserve and leave it with
out a dollar with which to redeem the
perfect avalanche of greenbacks that
poured in over the counter. Timely aid
came from Chicago and other sources,
and when the outpouring of gold finally
stopped, the $12,000,000 of a few mouths
ago, despite the frequent additions that
have been made during that period, was
reduced to a bare $4,000,000.
For once the subtreasury had on hand
more greenbacks than it wanted. In
two weeks’ time $10,000,000 worth of
them were dumped over the counters
and the gold they represented with
drawn. There was something like $7,-
000,000 in gold in the vaults when the
run commenced. Chicago was appealed
to for aid and sent $4,000,000 and an
equally large amount was secured from
the mint, while $1,500,000 in British
sovereigns recently received from Aus
tralia were coined into double eagles at
the mint and carted to the subtreasurv.
Only $4,000,000 of the entire amount
was left after the flurry was over. That
has since been increased by the deposit
of oyer $1,000,000. upon which green
backs have been withdrawn, and there
is every indication that the flurry is all
over.
Much of the gold withdrawn went be
yond the mountains. The subtreasuries
here and at New York are the only ones
authorized to redeem greenbacks. Usu
ally the demand for greenbacks is steady
at the subtreasury here, and the ex
change is almost invariably in favor of
New .York, and it. posts less to ship
greenbacks than gold.
TWO KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Train on the Central Railroad of New Jer
sey Dashes Into a Carriage.
New York, Oct. 27. —Dr. W. W.
Palmer and Miss Fannie Palmer, his
granddaughter, 15 years of age, of
Keansburg, N. J., were killed, and Wil
liam Hauran of Atlantic City, was
probably fatally injured by a train of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey at
Keansburg.
Mr. Hauran had gone to Keansburg
to visit the Palmers, and all three,
with a daughter of Dr. Palmer, were in
a carriage crossing the railway track,
when a train that had been unobserved
by them struck the vehicle, wrecking it.
Dr. and Miss Palmer were killed in
stantly. Hauran can scarcely survive
his injuries. Dr. Palmer’s daughter
was not seriously hurt.
Czar’s Visit to France Meant Peace.
Vienna, Oct. 27.—A statesman, un
derstood to be Prince Bismarck, asserts,
in an interview with the Hamburg cor
respondent of the Nene Freie Presse,
that the czar’s visit to France was nec
essarily for the maintenance of the rela
tions hitherto existing between France
and Russia and to keep the French in a
good humor “From the trippie alli
ance point of view the visit increases
the existing guarantees of peace,” he
said. ‘ ‘The overpowering question be
fore the world is the Russo-English an l
tagonism.”
killed by his companion.
A Young North Carolinian Accidentally
Shot While Hunting For Ducks.
Wilmington, N. 0., Oct. 27.—Thomas
Ashe, a youth of 16 years, son of T. A.
"Ashe of this city, was accidentally shot
and killed by a young companion, Her
bert Steljs, while hunting for ducks in
the river near here.
They were in a small skiff Ashe, lying
in the bow of the boat, had fired at a
flock of ducks on the water. Steljs had
his gun pointed for a wing shot and as
he pulled the trigger Ashe rose to his
feet and received the load of shot in the
back of the head, killing him instantly.
The body was brought to the city and
an Inquest held. The coroner’s jury ex
onerated young Steljs.
Foreign Capitalists Are Interested.
San Francisco, Oct. 27.—Paul Isen
burg, the wealthy Hawaiian sugar
planter, who, with his family, has
been spending several months in
Europe, has arrived in this city. Mr.
Isenburg’s European trip was for the
purpose of interesting foreign capital
ists in the gigantic Ohu plantation
scheme, of which much has been writ
ten ii-tsly. His mission was in a meas
ure successful, for he is now returning
to Honolulu with a guarantee of about
$1,500,(XX) from several Dutch million
aires. , . .
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IS STILL AT IT
Bryan Is Shelling the
Woods in Illinois. j
HE SPOKE AT LINCOLN •
And at Bloomington a Large Crowd
Listens to the Triple Nominee.
CROWDS ABOUT THE CAR AT LINCOLN
Bryan and Sewall Badges
Plentifully Worn
TEE LAST WEEK OF THE CAMPAIGN .
Crowd Waited at the Depot All Night, and .
When the Democratic Nominee Ar-
rived His Res* Was Disturbed.
Bloomington, Ills., Oct. 27.—William j
J. Bryan evidently will make the last
week of the campaign one of hard :
work, and in all probability a record
breaker. Shortly after 7 o’clock he was :
talking to the people of Lincoln, and at
9 o’clock the people of Bloomington were
listening to the triple nominee. At
Lincoln there was a goodsized crowd ,
down to the depot before breakfast. In
fact, many were there all night, for
when the special car was sidetracked
shortly after 3 o’clock, a crowd of ardent i
admirers of the nominee showed their
affection for him by disturbing his rest
and demanding a speech at that early
hour.
When he arrived in Lincoln the crowd ;
surrounded the car and loudly demanded .
his appearance, all of which was very
comforting not only to Mr. Bryan, but ,
to the other members of the party.
When Mr Bryan began to speak there
was a crow of several thousand assem- ;
bled about t ,ie platform in the publio ’’
square in Lincoln and nearly every
member of the crowd wore a Bryan
badge. Mr. Bryan’s talk was in the
main in reference to the statement that
a panic would follow the enactment of
the law looking toward the free coinage
of silver. His speech was liberally ap
plauded and" he was in touch with the •
crowd which heard him. He said in
part: . §
One week from today the zVmerlcan peo- ,
pie are to decide upon the financial policy ’
of this nation for at least four years, and
possibly for a longer time. When Our op- |
ponents have failed in everything else, i
they commence to make gloomy predic
tions of what will happen if we have the
free coinage of silver. You know when- ■
ever we have complained of existing con
ditions they have called us calamity howl
ers. But, my friends, the worst of those ;
who have complained of the conditions- >
then are speaking words of praise com
pared with the language used by our op
ponents when they begin to tell what is .
going to happen after the adoption of the ;
tree coinage of silver, and one of the most '
frequent prophecies which they make is
that a panic .vill come from the moment
that we have free coinage of silver; that
all people who have money will lock it up, '
and the people who have mortgages will 1
foreclose the mortgages, and that there is
going to be a period of ruin here, and that
language fails to express their ideas of t e ■
subject. They simply stand aghast at the
picture.
I want to show you that, the free coin
age of silver, instead of bringing a panic,
will stop the panic that the people have '
been suffering from for years. We are in
the midst of a panic now, and we have
been in the midst of a panic. Business s
failures have been increasing and hard
times have been becoming harder. That
is the kind of a panic we are in the midst
of now, and there is no way out of that 1
panic unless you stop falling prices, and
there is no way to stop falling prices un
less we increase the volume of money,
which measures prices. Now. there is one i
safe principle to go on, when you are dis- j
cussing what is going to happen, and .
that is that the people are not going to :
do anything that is injurious to them
if they know it.
You count on selfish interest always
when you tell me that men will hoard
money under fr e coinage. I ted you I
know they will not hoard money, because
people never ho ird money when money is
falling in value. They do not hoard wheat
when wheat is going down. You will find
that when the price begins to fall they be
gin to get rid of the thing falling in price,
and under free coinage there will be a
larger amount of money brought into cir
culation and the people understand that i
that means the purchasing power of the
dollars will fail, and when that, com
mences the man who owns the dollar will
try to get rid of the dollar and get hold of
something which is rising in its purchas
ing power.
The British frleet Not Increa.eo,
London, Oct. 27 The officials on
duty at the admiralty denied the re- j
ports cabled from Halifax, N. S., of the
increase in the strength of British fleet
iu American waters.
Death of an Ex-CongrHitin m.
Fo.n Du Lac, Wis., Oct. 27 —Ex-Oon
gressman Charles A. Eldridge died here
after a prolonged illuess. He served
six terms.