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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XVIII.
, STRIKE CAUSES
MORE RIOTING
Miners and Scabs Come Into CoL
lision Near Hazleton.
MINE OFFICER IS SHOT DEAD
Ten Rioters Are Flore or Less Seri
ously Hurt—-Women Take a
Hand In the Fracas.
A dispateli from ITazloton, Pa., rays:
A special policeman was instantly kill
■ed, another was wounded in the head,
a striker was probably fatally shot and
'ten non-union men were more or less
seriously wounded at the Oneida col
liery of Cox Brothers in a clash bo"
tween the officers and 800 strikers
Wednesday morning. The victims
are;
\villed—Ralph Mills, fifty years old,
of Beaver Meadow, one of the officers
conveyed in a special train early Wed
nesday morning front that jdace to
Oneida.
Wounded-—George Kellnot, i’airty
•eight years old, of Beaver Meadow,
aviso special officer. He received shot
wottuds in the head, but will recover,
Joseph Lesko, thirty-eight years old,
of SUeppton, a striker. He was shot
in the groin and will probably die.
i'en non-union men were stoned,
lmt only two of them Were seriously
injured. They are John Vnublargin
and James Tosh, of Shepptou.
the Oneida colliery having been in
•operation since the inauguration of
the strike, the union meu at Oneida
'and Shepptou, where many of the em
ployes of the Oneida and Derringer
col I cries of Cox Brothers & Cos. live,
decided to close down the mine. They
gathered in groups on the streets as
early as 3 o’clock.
As the non-union men went to work
they were asked by the strikers to re
main at home. Some turned lack,
•other* did not. Those who went to
the colliery were stoned. Vauhlargin,
on*j of ilio nonunion employees, at
tempted to draw a revolver, lmt the
weapon was taken from him and in
the heating he received he had sev
eral ribs brok cn.
As the small mine locomotive used
an hauling coal from tho No. 2 and
INo. 8 collieiies to tho Oneida breaker
pnliod np on tlio road near the latter
colliery, a crowd of women blocked the
track. The women were told by Gen
eral Superintendent Kudliek to go
illume. He assured them that their
husbands would get an increase in
wages and that their other grievances
would be properly adjusted. The
women refused to listen and stouel
the superintendent, who was wounded
in the head.
Then the striking men and the wo
men rushed toward the No. 2 colliery.
•A force of about fifty special police
men, who had been brought down
from Beaver Meadow to prevent
trouble, attempted to intercept tbs
tuob, but they were powerless to do
anything and retired to tho engine
house.
As tho oflieers got elose to the shel
ter a shot was fired. This was follow
ed by another and in a few moments
many shots rang through tho air.
Heliconian Mills was the first to fall.
Then Joseph Lesko, a striker, stag
gered to tho gronud. No one knows
who shot first, lint it is believed that
both tho strikers and the oflieers used
their weapons. A gunshot killed Mills
and small shot struck Policeman Kell
nor. Lesko, the striker, was struck
by n hall from a revolver, with which
all the officers wore armed.
After tho shooting the stiikers dis
persed. Sheriff Toole, of Sehuykill
county, in whoso territory the clash
occurred, was in Philadelphia and
could render no assistance. His chief
deputy, James O’Donell, went to tho
secno in tho afternoon with a force of
men, hut quiet had already been re
stored.
Imliezzlor Located.
Tho police believo that William
Seliriobor, who embezzled SIOO,OOO
from the Elizabothport Banking com
pany, of Elizabothport, N. J., is hid
ing in Now York city.
HEROES AT CHATTANOOGA.
Army of tlio Cumbcrlnml ami Sp iniah-
Amoricun War Veterann In Sosh on.
The opening business meeting of the
Society of the Array of tho Cumber
laud was held in Chattanooga Tuesday
morning, General T. J. Wood, pre
siding. Mnj. W. J. Coiburno delivered
tho address of welcome.
Tho annual report of officers were
received and adopted, one of tho most
important being that of Gon. H. V.
Boynton, corresponding socrotary,pro
viding for tho preservation of tho rec
ords of tho society.
The opening business session of tho
Spauish-Americau war Veterans in the
afternoon was niso largely attended.
Postal Not In Combines
The Postal Telegraph and Commer
cial Cable company officers deny that
they have joined tlio lingo telegraph
and telephone combine alleged to
have been formed.
Car Builders On Strike.
All (lie ear builders at the American j
Oar and Foundry company in Hunt- I
ington, Vn., went cut on a strike at !
Friday morning. They demand $1 !
mere on a car. i
GEORGIA’S PENSIONS
List For 1900 Goes Up 431 Over
the Number For Last Year.
THE EXPENSE IS INCREASED $24,169.
Commissioner Umlsey FnrnMlOn fS|;uro9.
Increase From New Law Will
KefccU 1,503 <jr 3,003,
The expenditure of tho state of
Georgia in pensions for th*> year iOOO
buows an Inefgfkse of $24,160 over the
JfeaV 1899 and a corresponding in
crease in the number of pensioners of
431 of all c’asses. These ale tho main
points of absorbing interest to the
public, Contained in the iepbl't of l>en
sioa CotnmiK&itiaer John V/. Lindsey,
whose report for the year was com
pleted Wednesday morning. They
are sufficient to controvert the prevail
ing theory that the pension expendi
ture of Georgia is on the decrease and
indicate, in fact, a decided increase.
A careful estimato made by the noth
missioner front tho figures furnished
him by otdinaries of the various coun
ties show furthermore that tile Appro
priation for tho ceiAing year will have
m ba increased between $150,000 and
10,000 in order to meet the claims
of the indigent widows of confederate
soldiers who have been made pension
ers by tlio constitutional amendment
parsed in the recent election.
Commissioner Lindsey took occasion
some weeks ago to inquire of tbo ordi
naries of all tbo counties bow many
additional persiona tho amendment
would place upon the Rtntc, In this
way it was found that, tho number bf
eligible indigent widows Would bts be
tween 1,500 and 2,000.
That the constitutional amendment
received tho necessary two-thirds in
the slate election goes without saying.
The returns now being consolidated in
the office of Secretary Cock show that
the amendment has won out by a vote
of ten and possibly fifteen to one.
The total number of pensions paid
during ihe year is 11,556, as against
11,125 in 1899, showing an increase of
that year of 431 pensions. The num
ber of entirely new claims phsSed on
for the first time and grauted is 1,075.
The number of deaths since 1809 goes
to 614.
Last year $652,820 was paid out for
pensions of all classes. This year the
amount has gone np to $670,980, or
an increase for 1900 of $24,100.
Tho Work of Pension Commissioner
Lindsey has been unusually Satisfac
tory to the administration.
IS YOUT.SKY FEIGXIXG?
Too 111 to Appear In Court. Wednesday
and Trial Again Went Over.
Henry E. Youtsey, charged with
being the principal in tho assassina
tion of Governor Goebel, of Kentucky,
was not in court in Georgetown Wed
nesday morning when his case was
called for the second day.
Tho announcement was made that
the pirisouer was ill—too ill to attend.
The case was then carried over an
other day.
Tho condition of Youtzoy has not
been officially announced, hut there
are mauy rumors that the prisoner is
either insane or is feigning iusanity.
His collapse in the courtroom after tho
dramatic scenes of Tuesday evening
caused the wildest confusion.
Tho greatest interest prevails iu the
trial, greater than in the Howard trial.
Thero are many persons who believo
Youtzey is really very ill. He is ail
emotional man aud under tho great
strain of excitement it is possible that
he is temporarily deranged.
Both the state and the defense will
muke a bitter and stubborn fight, and
some very sensational testimony is ex
pected before the case finally goes to
the jury.
Persons of influence and promi
nence, it is said, may beeomo involved
in tho case beforo the end is reached.
Upton Again Challenges.
Sir Thomas Lipton informed a rep
resentative of tho Associated Press in
London Wednesday that his challenge
was on hoard the White Star lino
steamer Germanic, cn route to Now
York. It is reported that tho chal
lenging yacht will bo built on the
Thames, aud that sho will he named
Shamrock.
WILL HEEI’EN’ CIIAXXEL.
Hoard of Engineers Will Convene lit Sa
vnnnaii to Vnvestlgntu Ilarli.ir.
An order has been issued by the war
department naming a hoard of en
gineers, composed of Colonel P. C.
Hains, Captain A. C. Sanford and Cap
tain C. E. Gillette, to convene iu Sa
vannah ou or before October 16th foi
the purpose of making an investiga
tion of the harbor with a view to pro
viding a twenty-eight-foot channel
from tho city to ihe sea. Such a chan
nel has been recommended by Captain
Gillette, whft believes that the com
merce of tho port warrants it. The
board was provided by act of con
gress.
IIOERS STILL AGGRESSIVE.
IJowet Tali ok tho Field Agnln nnd Pre
pares to Keep Ilrltoan lllisy.
Advices from Capo Colony state
thfit General Dewet is reported to bo
a few miles south of Wepener, in the
Orange Eiver Colony, about seventy
miles north of Aliwal North. The
Boers are in a state of great excitement.
All tho outpost camps have been called
in and preparations aro being made to
defend the town.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Material aad Intellectual Advancement rtf the County.
LOUISVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. OOTOBEIMB, 1900
MINERSACCEPTRAISE
Mvancoof 10 Per Cent Must Hold
G:0l Until Next April.
OPERATORS ARE NOW DISSATISFIED
Strlfrors Also Demand That Slid inf*; Scalo
Do Aboli.*ht*d--Committee Deport In
Adopted Unnntmonftly.
Tlio anthracite coal miners now on
strike, after a two days’ convention at
Scranton, Pa., late Saturday afternoon
decide! to accept the 10 per cent net
increase in Wages offered by the mino
owners providing they will contiiino
payment Of t lie advance until next April
and will abolish the sliding acillb: if
the ’consider the proposition
unacceptable, the miners are willing
to arbitrate tho question at issue.
They also decided to continue the
strike until the operators agree to the
convention’s proposition. The reso
lution is as follows:
\N e, your committee, respectfully
submit the following preamble and
resolutions for your consideration:
Wlioicas, the anthracite coal opera
tors have posted notices offering hti
advance of 10 per cent over wages
formerly paid, and have signified their
willingness to adjust other grievances
with their own employees; and,
Whereas, They have failed to specify
the length of time this advance will
remain in force, nml have also failed
to abolish the sliding method Of de %
termilltng wltgeS; wc Wotliil reiiom-.
mend:
That this convention accept an ad
vance of 10 per cent, providing the
operators will continue lift payment
until April 1, liioi, and will abolish
the sliding scale in tho Lehigh and
Schuylkill regions; tho scale of wages
in the two last named districts to re
main stationary at 10 per cent above
the present basis price; and that tho
companies will agree to adjust other
grievances complained of ivith com
mittees of their own employees.
Should this proposition be unac
ceptable to the operators wo recom
mend that the convention propose that
all questions at issue be submitted to
a fair and impartial board of arbitra
tion.
Wo wotlkl further recomiiiond that
under ho fiirbutiistrtiices whatever
should there be a resumption of work
at any of tlio collieries until the opera
tors signify thoir acceptance of this
prosition, and you are notified offi
cially that the strike is ended, and all
return to work in a body on the same
day,
Sfubb'OßN CONTEST EXPECTED.
Judging by the unanimity of the
miners in adopting the resolution and
try the determined stand taken by the
operators, it is generally believed that
a long contest between the strikers
and mine tswliefs is not unlikely.
There was great enthusiasm in the
convention when the counter proposi
tion to the operators was carried, and
three cheers were given for President
Mitchell. The resolutions were draft
ed by a committee of thiftebn, of
which the national president was chair
man.
OPERATORS OPPOSED to DEMANDS.
A canvass of tho operators of tho
Wyoming valley Sunday showed that
there is considerable opposition to
granting the miners any more conces
sions than those Outlined in the origi
nal i ffer, namely 10 per cent increase
without any conditions. The indi
vidual operators, especially, are op
posed to tieing themselves up to any
agreement.
Tho terms of the Scranton conven
tion are not acceptable to operators
and representatives of coal carrying
companies in Shttmokiu and Mount
Carmel. The Reading officials do not
think the sliding scale will bo abolish
ed hv the company, while operators
are averse to signing a contract bind
ing them to pay tho 10 per cent in
crease until April.
The individual coal operators who
could be seen at Hazleton declined to
discuss the action taken by the miners.
Neither would say what steps the em
ployers would probably take.
It is evident from their roticence
that the individual mine owners are
waiting to see what the large coal-carry
ing railroads that mine coul will do.
YOUTSEY HAS PARALYSIS.
Ills riiysiclnii Maker) Statement Showing:
Serious Condition of Prisoner.
While the Youtsoy trial was contin
ued at Georgetown Saturday till Mon
day, there seemed little chance that it
would ho resumed then.
Hr. Garrick testified, under oath,
that Youtsey’s brain is partially par
alyzed; that ho could not tnlk or on
tertnin ideas; that it was a case of
mental breakdown or nervous pros
tration. The commonwealth cross
questioned him on tho idea that
Yontsey was shamming and Hr. Gar
rick said that if ho was, ho aa a
physician could not dotect it.
NE A R LVAM ILLION 1)0 LL A US.
Treasurer of Galveston Acknowledges Re
ceipt of ®D79,fi95 t October 12.
John Scaly, treasurer of the Galves
ton relief fund, acknowledges receipt
of contributions from October Ist to
12th inclusive amounting to $198,552.
This inoludes $125,000 received
through Governor Sayers and $21,-
021.73 roceivod through Mayor Jonos,
The amount previously acknowledged
was $781,043.63, making the total to
date $979,595.63.
COMPANY F RESCUED
A Relief Farty finds Captain
Shields and His Mm.
GOOD NEWS COMES FROM MANILA.
Details Are Lacking But Report Will
Cuu*c Great .Toy to Friends ni.il
fives of Missing Men.
According to advices from Manila,
Captain Deverenx Shields, who, with
fifty-one men of company F, 29th regi
ment, United States volunteer infan
try, was capttu'ed by the insurgent
last month in tho island of Marindu
cjiio; ttas resorted Sunday by the!
American rescue foice, with ail tho
mombers of his party.
This regiment was organized at Fort
McPherson, Atlanta, On., and the men
Composing it enlisted in that ami other
Georgia Cities. Since the capture of
the Company by tho Filipifios last
month friends and relatives have been
very solicitous regarding its fate, and
tbo news of the rescue of tbe company
will be received by them with great
rejoicing.
BOY BEATEN TO DEATH.
Alabama Negro Commits Most
Horrible Crime—Victim’s Neck
and Limbs Were Broken.
On the plantation of C. E: Ghobtofi,
iit Suspension; Ala., twelve rnileS
northeast of Union Springs, Henry
Hough, a negro; killed a ten-ycar-old
negro boy who lived with hint by beat
ing him to death and then breaking
his nock in several places, breaking
his limbs and then leaving him to rot
in a cotton patch because ho ran off
from homo and did not return at the
regular hour.
The hoy had no living people. lie
seemed to have simply taken him itl
charge: On examination at the official
investigation held at that place Satur
day the injuries above mentioned were
found on the dead body. Proof is said
to be positive aud Sheriff G. A. Hitch
now holds Henry Hough behind the
bars to await judgment, for his crimo.
ANSWER TO FRENCH PROPOSAL.
United States Agrees With Franco ns to
Appropriate Reparation.
The reply of tho state department to
the French note, relative to the base.s
of Chine* e negotiations, reads as fol
lows:
The secretary of slato to the French
charge d’affaires. (Sent to Mr. Thie
baut, October 10, 1900.) Memoran
dum: The government of the United
States agrees with that of Franco in
recognising as tho object to lie obtain
ed from the government of China ap
propriate reparation for tho past, and
substantial guaranties for the future.
The president is g ad to perceive in
the basis of negotiation put forward in
the memorandum of October 4th the
spirit that has animated ihe declara
tions heretofore made by all tbo pow
ers interested, and would bo pleased
to see the negotiations begun imme
diately upon the usual verification of
credentials.
will Pay For mob Victims.
President to Suggest Indemnity For Ital
ians Killed In Louisiana.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president will recommend to congress
the payment of an indemnity to the
families of the four Italians who wero
the victims of a mob at Tallulah, Ha.,
about two years ago.
A report from a special agent of tho
department of justice clearly estab
lished the fact that the men were kill
ed by the mob, and none of the perpe
trators of tho crime were ever pun
ished by the state authorities, not
withstanding tho representations of
the national government.
Tho governor of Louisiana caused
ntl investigation to be made and there
Were somo proceeding! before a grand
jury, but the result was that the na
tional government found itself bound
to make some sort of reparation in
answer to the Italian government's
representations.
1! ISPANC‘-AME!!K AN CONG!!FSS
Will Open In Madrid, According to De
cree. Oa November 11.
The II ispauo- American congress,
which was authorized by a decree
signed by (lie queen regent in April
h'ist, will open November 11 in the
grand ball of the National library at
Madrid. The number of delegates ap
pointed already is over 3,000. A pro
gram of fetes lias been arranged.
Gotham’* Gift to Galveston.
Tho New York chamber of commerce
of Galveston relief committee reports
additional contributions amounting to
$6,304 {previously acknowledged, $109,-
693; grand total, $115,998.
RECOKINUREAKING CARGO.
ISritlsh Strnmer ( lour. From Galveston
With Dig l.oad Cotton, Wheat, Flour.
The largest cargo that ever went out
of Galveston, and believed to be larger
than any previous cargo from the gnif,
is that of tho llritish steamer Irada,
which cleared Saturday, She bad on
hoard in round and squaro bales of
cotton tho equivalent of 26,400 squaro
bales. She also carries 24,000 bushels
< f wheat, and 2,000 barrels of flour,
The cargo is valued at $1,381,312,
LAUGHLIN SPEAKS
PROFESSOR POLITICAL ECON
OMY AGAINST M’KINLEY.
Famous University Man Tells Ills Classes
lie Will Not Vote Tor II publicans
This Year —l!i; Oppose! 1 to 1. In
1830.
Prof. .1. Laurence Liughlin, who w as
one of William McKinley’s most ener
getic- supporters four years ago, anil
who look a prominent part in debates
With ' Coin” Harvey, advocating the
single gold standard. has arinoiinfbd Id
Ills classes at the University of ft’
cago that he cannot cast his hallo* foi
the McKinley administration. Prof.
Laughlln gives as liis reason for +he
defection President McKinley's atti
tude on the question of Imperialism.
"The course of tho present, adminis
tration is Opposed tri tbo very origin
and genius of our ifistittiti<jris,' - tiC in
sists. "an.', I cannot vote for McKin
ley."
Prof. Laughlln la head of the depart
ment of political science at the Uni
versity of Chicago, He believes that
American commerce can never iff! in
creased by the methods of imperialism
aioiid.
“Trade doss not follow the flap l " be
insists, "but on the contrary, the flag
follows trade. When American ability
to compete in foreign markets is
ImiVcffi there trade wilt go and later
the protecting flag w’iil folielV;
‘‘There is no need of words how we
came by the Philippines. The war on
those islands was due to some one’s
blunder. They tell us that we must
stay on the Islands to obtain markets
for otlr manufacturers; that tbe Philip
pines Will provide a basis of trade With
thd (Orient. They tffii us that wc ought
to conduct the war to this end oven at
a cost of countless lives and millio'iis
of dollars.
'’The argument, that this course is an
effectual means to trade expansion is
fallacious. Go hack to the years be
tween 1886 and 1890 and you will find
that the total annual value of the ex
ports and imports in the Philippine
islands was $34,000,000. Supposing that
this trade Was all under American
control and that it paid a fair late rtf
profit; say 10 per cent, it would be in
sufficient even id pay the interest oil
Dur war loan.
‘‘lncreasing trade will not depend on
aur owning the Philippines. After wc
get them we must open the doors of
trade to other nations on about the
same conditions aS We dtirselves enjoy.
Then to soil goods to the Islanders We
must make the prices as low as those
of other nations. Our ability to com
pete with these other nations will de
pend upon the industrial conditions at
home,
‘"i'lib fact that tile value of Ameri
can exports has reached A Sum tieVer
equaled before refutes the claim that
we need foreign ports to sell goods.
Whether America shall sell to tho Fil
ipinos much or little depends upon
what the islanders can produce to offer
us find upon otir Ability to supply the
goods they desire cheaper than fitly
other nation. If American manufac
turers wish to sell goods on the east
ern markets tho conditions at home
must he looked after.
"’The ability to sell depends upon
America’s natural resourced, 6ft the
efficiency of labor and the organization
of industries. Also on the low cost of
transportation, the knowledge of for
eign markets and the adaptability to
the customs and the prejudices of buy
era:
“America has taken the lead itl iron
and steel trade because of the abund
ance of ores, the improved machinery
for loading and the capacity of trans
ports. European contracts for bridge
building and railroad construction
come to Americans because advantages
similar to those enumerated enable
them to do the work cheaper and better
and faster than the British firms. Aiid
so I sny that trade with the Philip
pines depends more on the smoking
chimneys of tho south than on the
rapid-firing guns of the army.
“It is the laboring man and the tax
payer who defray the enormous cost
Df exploiting anew country for the
benefit of a favored few Who obtain
industrial concessions there. The
only commercial gains by conquest go
to the few at the expense of the work
ingman and the taxpayer. The course
of the present administration in ex
ploiting the Philippines Is opposed to
tho very origin and genius of our In
stitutions.
“Imperialism is the government of a
colony which has no equal share in
controlling the policy of the parent
r.tate. This is exactly the system which
the American repuhlic once repudi
ated.
“It is the very elementary principle
on which the constitution is based,and
that principle is being betrayed. If
there Is any historic sense in the Am
erican people they will reverse the pol
icy of imperialism, as the hope lies not
so much in presidents as in the houses
of congress.
“President McKinley declared at At
lanta two years ago that ‘the flag has
been planted in two hemispheres,where
it remains the symbol of liberty and
law, of peace and progress. Who will
withdraw from the people over whom
it floats its protecting folds? Who
will pull it down?’ In the Philippines
we are now mowing down tho natives
with rapid-fire guns—‘nigger-hunting,’
it is grewsomely expressed. The flag
does not protect those over whom it
floats. It is thero to Filipinos the em
blem of tyranny nnd butchery.
“The common sense of tho people
knows that the flag cannot he imme
diately withdrawn, but tho moral sense
of the people demands that so long as
it remains its folds shall provide for
White men and brown men alike a free
and independent government and as
surance from outside s,teres?.ion. Asa
nation of freemen al! equal lifi(l*r the
constitution we are stultifying otir
selvas morally and politically. We arc
Showing to the world that our prin
ciples Of SnVeVnfficTit at‘e as nothing in
comparison with grasping land, be
cause it is said by our legislators to lie
fertile and rich.
"Tim baseness of this philosophy
rhould bring it" own punishment an t
dishonor. The base fvreed for gain
which has led .strong interests to ob
tain the promise of special privileged
In return for political support Is ap
parent in the whole business. The ap
peal hi the cupidity of the dishonest
element in the country has been open
ly proclaimed by some of (ftlf legisla
tors. notably by Senator Beveridge,
who advocate- the conquest of tho
pi iip t 'Titr hncausi th’i "bound ,n
gold and hemp."
M’KINLEY'S HEALTH.
Mr. McKiiiie.V,- We must regret to
say, is a man in feeble health. Much
care was used by the trusts and Hanna
in selecting the vice-presidency be
muse of the fear that Mr. McKinley
might fat! to live out his term.
The idea was to carry forward the
idea of changing the form of govern
ment how existing here —a form that
now makes trust.? and their profits
depend on an election, am! is, there
fore. insecure.
Roosevelt was selected to run for
vice-president
If anything should happen to Mr.
McKinley, the trusts Would be quite
content to see Roosevelt in the White
House.
How would the average thinking cit
izen like that 7
We do not ask the opinion of the
citizen whose personal physical timid
ity leads him to worship a ftingazine
made h'wo. We ask the thoughtful
men —men brave enough to do their
own fighting if cause should arise,
tnen who do not hand over their think
ing or govCi’ftlns to a magazine blus
terer:
HOW WOULD YOU TAKE ROOSE
VELT IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
Roosevelt stands for a huge perma
nent army, and for using it against
those who should fail to agree with
him.
He has said that this way of treat
ing those with whom he disagreed po
litically tvbuld be to "stand a few Of
them up against & wall and shoot,
them.”
He Is a man who would use the coun
try mid its citizens for his own stupid
.ambition Slid big-toothed gtory. He
could conceive iici bsfifti' um for young
men than to make the iOilfth ones
rough riders and the -tender off Hr"
rough taxpayers —the rough riders to
build up his fighting fame and the
rough taxpayers to foot the bills.
Softie peaceable frogs—not much
more inteiiigeilt probably than the
average Roosevelt enthusiast—Wanted
a stork to rule them. The stork ac
cepted and had fun. The frogs did not
have fun.
How many voters want Mr. Stork
Roosevelt, to come along and dispose
of their destinies for his greater
glory?
How many want to be rough riders
or rough taxpayers without their own
consent?
if you vote for Roosevelt for vice
president you ai-S not necessarily vot
ing to give an ornamental job to fit!
ornamental blowhart. Y’ou may be
voting to make of a dangerous, ambi
tious braggart a president of the Unit
ed States. —San Francisco Examiner.
waschArLEs Sumner a scut
tled?
Charles Sumner was a great repub
lican statesman. But he was not an
imperialist; ho was not an advocate of
expansion at the price of blood. In a
speech on the acquisition of Alaska he
said:
“But I cannot disguise lily anxiety
that every step in our predestined fu
ture shall be by natural process, with
out war, and, I may add, even without
purchase. There is no territorial ag
grandizement which is worth the
price of blood.”
Sumner was in favor of expansion
by natural process only, He was not
an advocate of expansion by purchase,
and was absolutely opposed to expan
sion by force of arms. He was in fa
vor of the natural expansion that
places the constitution at once over
the new territory, and that makes tho
new territory an Integral part of the
United States of America.
Was Charles Sumner a scuttler?
purchase, you can’t defend a title bas
ed on force. Is the Filipino to be giv
en a hand in the government of our
country? If not, why should we gov
ern them? If we are to control them
we will be doing what King George
tried to do with this country, govern
without the consent of the governed.
The American doctrine has been that
we can protect a people without gov
erning them. We have done it for
seventy-five years with the nations of
South America and we can do it now
with the Filipinos.”—W. J. Bryan.
It is charged that a number of
wholesale clothing manufacturing
Arms in Chicago subscribed to the
Hanna campaign fund and then re
couped themselves by reducing the
wages of their tuilorN S2 a week. Such
sacrifices as this will doubtless be re
membered by Hanna when congress
again grinds out a grist of special laws
favoring the few and robbing the
many.
Belgian Africa, the Congo state, haa
an area of 830.000 square miles.
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NUMBER IC,
YOUTSEY TRIAL
SENSATIONAL
Defendant, In Vehement Manner,
Declares His Innocence.
ACTED LIKE AN INSANE MAN
Excitement Prevailed to Such an
Extent That Court Was Ad
journed For the Day.
Oi if c most -80'ark able scene*
ever efi in a Kentucky court
r ecurred at Georgetow. ■ >day uiglit
in tiic Yontsey trial, the tieft : lant
himself being tho chief participant.
The courtroom was crowded at the
time and the excitement was intense.
Dee Armstrong, the Louisville detect
ive, had just told of his talks with
Youtsey before his arrest. Then Arthur
Goebel was put on the stand aud Judge
Ben William , who for tho first time
appeared for the prosecution, did the
questioning. Arthur Goebel raid:
“I talked with Yontsey the day he
was arrested, late in the afternoon, in
the jail in Frankfort in reference to
the murder of my brother.”
Just at this point Youtsey arose be
hind his attorneys and in a loud voice
said:
“It is not true —it is a lie—l never
spoke a word to that man in my life,
nor he to me.”
Colonel Crawford told him to be
quiet and tit down, nnd others took
hold of him.
“I will not sit down. I never said
a word to that man—it is untrue."
He was shouting by this time and
everyone was on tiptoes of excitement.
Youtsey’s wife sprang to his side and,
while endeavoring to make hirn sit
down, could be heard raying:
“Now you have killed my husband,
suppose you arc satisfied.”
Then Youtsey hysterically shouted
again:
“4 am innocent—there is no blood
Gtt my hands—these men are swearing
my life ttwny,”
4’wo. or (hr. c deputy sheriff? went
over aud grabbed hull. Ho struggled
wiidiy and said:
“Let me alone—l will not sitdown.”
Arthur Goebel meanwhile sat
sphinx-like in the witness chair and
never turned his head. Finally after
Youtsey was forced into a seat he
shouted again:
“Goebel is not dead—nil the de
mons in hell could not kill him.”
“Mr, Sheriff, if the defendant does
not bellate himself, put. linudeuffs on
him,” said .lodge Santrill.
Meanwhile the audience conhl not
be forced to keep tbeir seats until tho
judge threatened to tine those who
stood np. Yontsey settled back in his
chair, closed bis eyes and seemed in
a state of collapse. He waved bis
handkerchief above bis head in an
aimless sort of way nnd groaned and
cried bysteiieally.
Finally quiet was restored and Jndgo
Williams asked Arthur Goebel another
question, when Coiouol Crawford ask
ed a postponement of the trial till
Wednesday on account of tho defend
ant’s condition. Judge Cantrill said
he could see no cause or reason for the
defendant’s outbreak, but in justice to
hie attorneys ho would postpone the
case as requested. Mr. Franklin said
the commonwealth had not the slight
est objection to adjourning till Y7ednea
day, and ro court adjourned.
Youtsey still occupied his chair,
with eyes closed, apparently in a half
fainting condition. After the crowd
passed out Jailer Heed and deputies
carried Youtsey to the jail, as he was
unable to walk. Various reasons are
assigned for his unseemly outbreak,
the first being that his confinement
and strain of the trial caused him to
become hysterical and lose control of
himself. Another is that he is really
demented, as shown by his remark
that Goebel was not dead. He is be
ing attended by physicians and rela
tives at tbe jail aud his condition is
deemed critical.
EMPRESS REPORTED DEAD.
Italian Minister at Pekin So Cables III*
Home Government.
A special from Rome, Italy, says:
The Italian minister at Pekin cables
that the dowager empress of China is
reported dead.
Recent Chinese dispatches have
stated tint the dowager empress is
believed to be ill. This belief was
strengthened by the apparent free
hand of the young emperor in issuing
edicts. For two months the empress
and her parly have beeu shifting the
court about the interior of the empire
with Singan Fu as their objective
point.
MEET NEXT IS LOUISVILLE.
Society of tho Army of the Cumberland
Closes lEeuninn nt Chattanooga.
Tbo final meeting of Ihe Society of
tho Army of tho Cumberland was held
at Chnttnuoogn IVednesdny morning.
Louisville was chosen for tho next
meeting in 1901 during October BtU
week. Tho executive committee took
under consideration n proposition to
make Chattanooga a permanent place
of meeting after next year.