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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
i. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XVIII.
WALDERSEE IS
NOW IN PEKIN
Received With Military Honors
and Escorted to the Palace.
EARL LI DICTATES PEACE TERMS
Conger Cables Department the
Substance of the Propositions
Advanced for a Settlement.
According to Asssciated Press dis
patches from China, the Pekin column
of tho Pao Ting Fu expedition arrived
at a point six miles south of Chi
Chow without encountering opposi
tion. They found the heads of four
teen boxers on the walls at Chou
©boon, and they killed seven of the
imperial troops.
Field Marshall Count von Walder
see has arrived in Pekin and has been
accorded fall military honors. Ho was
accompanied by an escort of interna
tional troops to the palace of the dow
ajer empress.
LI DICTATES TERMS.
The Havas Agency at Paris has re
ceived the following dispatch from
Pekin:
"“The diplomatic corps bas received
® joint note from Li Hung Chang and
Priuco Ching, sayiug that it is time to
end the present situation and to treat
lor peace and that tho princes and
ministers who were accomplices of the
boxers will bo handed over to the
courts to bo judged aud punished ac
cording to Chinese law.
“In their capacity of plenipotentia
ries Li Hung Chang and .Prince Ching
•offer to treat for peace and accept the
principles of indemnity for the lega
tions destroyed. The losses nro to be
estimated by delegates of the powers.
“European nations can be accorded
fresh commercial advantages on the
old treaties modified; but as the re
quirements of the powers vary, each
power must formulate its own.
“The plenipotentiaries demand nu
immediate cessation of hostilities be
cause of their offer, and request au in
terview with the tsuug li yamon for
October 21st.
'“Replying to the note, M. Ficliou,
the French minister, said that China
having recognized that she had vio
lated the law of nations, was bound to
accept, for that very reason, the re
sponsibilities involved. Consequently
he demauded that exemplary punish
ment be inflicted upon the principals
guilty, namely, Prince Tuan, Prince
Chwang, KangYi aud Tung Fu Ksiang,
adding that as long as their heads baiT
not fallen it was impossible to cease
hostilities.
“Owing to the arrival of Count von
'Waldersee, General Veyrhring, com
mander of the French forces, lias de
cided to not prolong his stay in Pekin
until he receives fresh orders.”
DISPATCH FItOM CONGER.
A Washington special says: Minis
ter Conger was heard irora at the state
department Thursday. Ho communi
cated by cable the substance of certain
propositions advanced by Prince Ching
and Li Hung Chang as a basis for tho
conduct of negotiations for a settle
ment of the Chinese trouble.
The Chinese government had pre
pared the way for these by a prelimi
nary action looking toward the pun
ishment of Chinese officials guilty of
complicity in the boxer uprisings,and,
while the text of Mr. Conger’s com
munication is not made public, it is
bolieved that the last Chinese advance
is addressed to some of the proposi
tions contained in the French note,
being in the nature of a counter propo
sition aud proceeding upon tho theory
that what has been done in the matter
of punishments is sufficient to meet
tho demands of tho powers in that re
spect.
It was learned at the state depart
ment that Mr. Conger’s previous in
structions fit him perfectly to deal
with the new phase of the Chinese sit
uation developed l>y the general ac
ceptance of tho French note as the
basis for prosent action.
M. Thiobnut, the French charge,
called at tho stato department and
proposed to the secretary the imme
diate institution at Pekin of negotia
tions for a settlement, and it appears
that the secretary agreed to do his
part. His promise was made verbally,
and it may not be reduced to writing
at all, but Mr. Conger is already acting
in conformity therewith.
Most of the powers have accepted
the French note with reservations, but
it is said that they all agree upon a
sufficient number of points of the first
magnitude to warrant the assembling
of the diplomatic body at Pekin to
the work of formulating objects of com
mon desire, and reconciling divergent
views. It is probably that to this
body will bo referred tho latest
Chinese counter-proposition reoeived
from Mr. Conger.
ROOSEVELT TOURING OHIO.
Rough Rider Make Initial Speech In
Buckeye State at Hamilton.
At Hamilton, 0., 25 miles from Cin
cinnati, Governor Roosevelt made his
first stop Tuesday on his tour of Ohio,
speaking to a large crowd. The speak
er’s stand was a block from the train
and thither the governor was escorted
by Governor Nash, Food Commission
er Blackburn, L. C. Laling, cardi
date for secretary of state, and otb irs.
RUSSIA CUTS LOOSE
Czar Declares He Will Act Inde
pendently of Allied Powers.
TIRED OF THE INACTIVITY IN CHINA
Announcement Is No Snrprlne to Wabß*
ington Officials, As Such a Move
Has Boon Expected,
A cable dispatch from St. Peters
burg says: Tho Russian government
permits it to become knowh Ihat its
attitude in China will be increasing
from independence of the concert of
the powers. Hussin, it is explained-,
is disposed to attach less value to joint
action since her interests have been
fully secured by tho successful cam
paign in Manchuria, Moreover, Rus
sia is not willing to ‘‘follow the irre
concilable policy cf some of the pow
ers.”
The expectation, the publication
adds, is that the Chineso government
is about to utilise all its resources of
duplicity to keep the powers occupied
with vain negotiations and proposals
and the dispatching of notes in order
to gain time until the winter, counting
on the rigor of the climate to prevent
military operations and nllow China
to gather her resources for a spring
campaign.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS NOT StJttFittsED.
The cable dispatch from St. Peters
burg, indicating that Russia’s attitude
in China will be independent of tho
concert of the powers, caused no sur
prise among officials in Washington,
who have been looking forward for
some time to just snch a line of action.
It was noted when the aggressive mil
itary movement was inaugurated by
Germany, and the expedition against
Pao Ting Fu started that Russia was
among the powers whioh did not join
in the movement
As the hulk of the American troops
had withdrawn from China, leaving
General Chaffee only a legation guard
at Pekin, the American forces also ro
(rained from participating. Tho Ja
panese forces participated in a very
limited degree, by continuing tho de
fenses of Pckiu during tho absence of
the other allies. The dispatch from
St. Petersburg is looked upon as
merely another step similar to that
taken when Russia withheld from the
Pao Ting Fu expedition and othor
aggressive military moves.
Moreover, it is regarded ns quite in
consonance with the pacific tendencies
of this government, which have been
directed all along to securing a settle
ment by diplomatic means, rather than
by tho sword. The Russian purpose
of pursuing independent, action has
not made itself evident in any official
or formal way thus far, either to the
state department or to the Russian
embnssy here.
FATAL FI HE AT HETKOIT.
Shoe Manufactory Burnt; Two Men Dead
anti Eight Kecoive Injuries.
Asa result of a fire at Detroit,Mich.,
Tuesday afternoon in the building at
No. 15 Jefferson avenue, occupied by
tho Witched Brothers Company, man
ufacturers of shoes, two men arc dead
aud eight persons are more or less se
riously hurt. The fire started in the
basemont, which was used ns a store
room for boxes and lumber. The or
igin remains a mystery.
The flames spread so rapidly that
none of the employes who were on tho
second and third floors were able to
escape by the stairway. Tho girls em
ployed in the building wore on the
third floor, and when the cry of fire
was raised they became panic stricken
aud rushed for the windows, where a
general fight followed in tho efforts to
get out. The firemen took several
girls from the third story front win
dows, while others escaped from the
rear by means of fire escapes. Tho
money loss was small.
$2,000,000 Fire In Costa Rica.
A fire which started in Port Limon,
Costa Rico, Saturday, according to late
dispatches received in New York Tues
day destroyed tho entire business sec
tion of the city and cnused a property
loss of over 82,000,000.
DEMOCRATS OF HAWAII
Hold Convention at Honolulu and In
dorse Bryan and Stevenson.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Honolulu says: Tho Democratic party
adopted n platform at its convention
last Monday night, in which the na
tional ticket nnd platform are in
dorsed. The locnl platform declared
agninst the acquisition of any more
sugar producing territory to the United
Stnteß. An application for a pension
for ex-Queen Lilliuokalani by the
next legislature was favored.
Prince Kawananakoalias been unan
imously nominated for the unexpired
term of the fifty-sixth and the full term
of the fifty-seventh congress.
Croaker Did Not Contribute.
Richard Croker emphatically de
nies the story that $50,000 had been
contributed by him, as coming from
Tammany Hall to the Demooratio
national committee.
Steamer Made Safe Trip.
The steamer Bertha arrived at Seat
tle Monday from Copper River with
17 passengers and $75,000 worth of
gold dust, the first from New Ohisna
and Ohristoohina plaoers.
k Weekly newspaper Devoted to the Material aad latelleetaal Advancement of the Coaatjr.
LOUISVILLE, GA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1900.
SUSPICION AROUSED
Strike Leaders Fear Treachery on
Part of Operators.
A SETTLEMENT NOW SEEMS BLOCKED
Cttftl (.'oinpniitcn nr© Charged With At
tempt to BronU Up Workingmen’s
Association.
A special of Friday from WilkeS
baiTS; Eli., Tho strike leaders
hero are growiug suspicious that there
is some kind of an agreement between
the coal companies by which they ex
pect to break lip tho miners’ union.
The offer of tho Reading company ami
the opposition to the same on the part
of tho eompauics is something the
lnbor lenders cannot understnn 1. At
the conference in Philadelphia on
Wednesday the Lehigh Valley agreed
to tho same terms as tho Reading) so
far as their Lehigh Collieries were
concerned, but tbe, company refuses,
so the sti-ikors allege, to make the
same concessions to their employees
in the Wyoming region. Tho officers
of the United Mine Workers here say
there is no consistency in that.
Tho action of the Lackawanna, On
tario and Western Pennsylvania com
pany and other large producers in
combining ill with the Lehigh Talley
on the pi-ice of powder question
tends to confirm the views entertained
by the officers of the union that a con
certed effort is to ho made by the com
panies to get the better of tho union
and incite a break in tho ranks of the
strikers.
Advices of same dale from Scranton
say that it is a practical certainty that
the miners Will hot be back tti work
Moildny, its was expected from tho ac
tion of the Philadelphia conference of
operators on Tuesday and Wednesday
and tho Scranton conference Thurs
day.
Smo of tho biggest of the local
companies are balking at the Agree
ment to cl'utinue tbo 10 per cent offer
in force until April, 1901, as is de
manded by tho resolutions of the
miners’ convention. They were all
willing enough Thursday to amend
their notices to conform to this do
maud, but in tho meantime they ceem
to have undergone a change of heart
and only one operator of any promi
nence Would sny outright that he
would mako the modification. They
say it would bo humiliating for them
to come with an amendment to thoir
notices. As one prominent operator
put it:
“The modification would servo but
one purpose, and that is to gratify a
whim of dohu Mitchell. We don’t
propose to waste any energy bowing
and scraping to Mr. Mitchell.”
STUDENTS INTERRUPT BRYAN
Nebraskan Has Encounter With
College Boys and School Girls
at Ithica.
Hod. William Jennings Bryan ex
perienced his second encounter of tho
campaign with college students Fri
day. It occurred at Itbaeai anil the
students were from Corilell university.
The incident was not so exciting as
that at Ann Arbor, for the reason that
the young men were not so persistent
and did not work in such unison, but
there was one feature of interest which
was not noticeable at Ann Arbor.
This was tho participation of young
women in the affair.
A hundred or more of fair ones were
statioued at windows in the high
school just back of and over the stage
from which Mr.Bryan spoke, and they
disturbed the proceedings to as great
an extent as they could by lowering
posters bearing n picture of President
McKinley so ns to nttraot the atten
tion of the crowd.
The young men who Were below re
sponded to these signals with cries
aud yells and they also asked numer
ous questions while the speech was in
progress. Evidently, too, a large per
centage of tho students were in sym
pathy with Mr. Bryan, nnd some of
them shouted lustily for him when his
replies to the questions of thoir fellows
were especially to their liking.
LIKE A DEAD MAN.
Youtsoy Again Brought Into Court on n
Bod—()1>1 iviolin to Everything.
A Georgetown, Ivy., dispatch says:
If Henry Youtsey heard a word utter
ed in his trial Tuesday he gave not
the slightest indication of it by any
movement of tho hands, the head, eyes
or lips. So far as anyone in the court
room could tell, he did not utter a
word all day.
He was the unconscious actor in an
other realistic scene Tuesday after
noon when ho was brought into the
courtroom proper, lying on his bed.
His eyes and mouth wore tightly clos
ed and ho looked every whit a dead
man.
Alabama Mine Workers to Meet.
The annual meeting of tho United
Mine Workers of Alabama will occur
in Birmingham on December 10, the
election of officers being one of tho
numerous important matters which
will come before the meeting.
Cholera In Afghanistan.
Associated Press dispatches report
a Berious outbreak of cholera in Af
ghanistan and appalling mortality is
reported.
IMPERIALISM’S MENACE.
WHY YOUNG MEN SHOULO FIGHT
THE FORCES OF PLUTOCRACY.
tTotir Nlrti-f 1 Vorira fyf M©K<tilcyisiii Will
filnko it biffionii J*<u* Any linii ii Karii
a Living Except by Grace of tbe
—Militarism a Danger Which Threatens
There is no element.which has more
ht ..’itl?c ill tile political OolitbSt this
year than the young men, for upon
their shoulders will fall the brunt of
tho heavy burdens which Republican
policy, if approved at the November
election, will Impose Upon tlm Alnerb
tail Peojlitf
If :t majority of the voters Hectare
at the polls next month that Imperial
ism is a good thing for this country:
that cwmnereialisill based upoii iVar.s
bf conquest, expansion and colonial en
terprises Is hereafter td.be the Policy
bf the American republic; Ijljtf Ltfitig
men must not forget that it is they
who will largely pay the price of main
taining it. They will constitute the
bulk of our armies of occupation, our
colonial garrisons, They will be hailed
hpoii tfi tlri tii hard wdriit tvhhsS re
train! is merely the soldier’s pittance,
with (fie pension for disability result
(tig fro -.1 w liidS or disease: And gl)
their labors and privations,they should
remember, will not be so much for “tho
honor of the Ilag” and for the exten
sion of American principles and insti
tutions as for the benefit of those who
will share none of the dangers involved
In Imperialism, but will greedily seise
nil the profits:
. Tile yotillg iriaii wild Is shouting for.
imperialism now probably does hot ri
al ize wlmt may happen to him if “Mc-
Kinley expansion” Is permanently
fastened upon the American people.
For who can say that the war in the
Philippines, expensive ns it has al
ready pi rved in blood mid treasure,
Will be the end Ot OUr troubles lit our
Asiatic possessions? The time may
also come when war with European
powers will result from our colonial
enterprises in the East, when the re
sources of this imperial republic will
bo taxed to their utmost, and our
army and navy will he supplied with
soldiers and sailors by conscript loin
!s there any yauitg niau liiixiatta td be
drafted Into our military or naval es
tablishment, carried thousands of
miles from homo and compelled to
fight, the battles not of Ills country,
hut ot certain interests which use the
(lag as a “commercial assett* 1 This is
(he fate Which Imperialism iiiay bring
upoii (he jaliitii 8f Aiiiericlij Kiiii td (he
average young man it should not be a
pleasant one to contemplate. When
the honor of the flag and the true in
terests of the country are at stake, our
young men will always be ready to
volunteer Hint light, AM tiie ; V iviiiiiig
to place themselves in it position in
Which their Services bail lie fieitiaiided
Whenever our commercial imperialists
determine to use force to promote trade
expansion? That may be the result
of the triumph of the imperial policy
in the election next month, The young
man who votes then may pass sehteiicc
Upon himself if he gives ids euppefft id
iteptiiilieah policies.
Military and political imperialism is
not the only danger, however, which
menaces the young men of this coun
try. They have also to take into con
sideration the Startling dCvelojlnlCnt of
trdstS) Which hi ay he legit rtieil tis ti
form of industrial imperialism. The
average young American has intelli
gence, industry and enterprise, {jllaii
tles which in the past usually assured
success. Since the trusts became the
mighty force which they now are, the
young man has unquestionably fewer
opportunities, not only as an employe
of a trust, but also to tdlgrtgt iij liiiai
hesSs for himself. The trusts do not
allow competition if they can prevent
it, but destroy the humble rival with
ns little compunction as the more for
midable competitor. In time the great
combinations of capital will be In ab
solute control of the Industries and re-*
sources of this country. Does any
young man think this will be a good
thing for him? Does he think It Will
be to his advantage to have ail com
petition destroyed, with no opportunity
for Idm to establish a business of his
own? If he is satisfied to go through
life with the trust yoke about his neck,
to he a dependent and subordinate all
of Ills days, lie should support Repub
lican policies. If he seeks a fair field
and no favors he will not vote with
the trust party. The syndicates which
control the Government do not supply
campaign funds "from pure and tinsel
Dsh motives. They are settling up now
for favors received in the past, and
Contracting for more favors In the fu
ture. They want a “business adminis
tration” —that is, an administration
which will help along their schemes at
the expense of the general public. Is
there any young man who lias to make
Ills own living who thinks a govern
ment created by the syndicates and
operated for the benefit of syndicates
Is a good thing for him?
The man who has sous must realize
tlio responsibility which rests upon
liim in this crisis. It would be an un
natural father, indeed, who would vol
untarily bring upon Ills children the
evils Inseparable from Imperialism, or
condemn them to the servitude of the
trusts. An equal responsibility rests
upon young men lu tills struggle
against trust domination and for the
preservation of our free Institullons.
The young men realize that the con
test this year Is one iu which their
welfare is at stake. If tne Republican
party is given four years more of pow
er. the trusts will become so strongly
intrenched tlmt it will require almost a
revolution at the polls to dislodge
them. Four years more of Republican
rule will make Imperialism the estab
lished policy of this country and may
lead to disastrous wars with European
Powers. Four years more of Uepubli-
tali administration will make the par
ty of McKinley lltid Hanna believe
that it has a divine right to rilic, and
that tho plain people of this country
have no rights which tho syndicates need
respect. Four years more of MoKin
ieylsnt Will make It difficult for any
.voting inati to earn a liviiig (“Seejit by
the grac'd bf tho trusts, it is high
time, therefore, for young j"t to en
list . with tlielr fathers ill the tigiif
Sign hist (lie forces which now domin
ate this Govcrumei'ii "gainst the
forces of plutocracy, corruption and
imperialism. It Is their fight and
should he fought to the finish.
*The liepiflilicnt! Too Trust.
tiqtehiOr RoosifVeit has devoted
much bf his time and atioiitioii till tlif
stump flint not hi his official Capacity)
td .the lee trust) Which lie has declared
to bo “tho worst and mealiest (if
trusts.” lie will be Interested to know
that: according to the published ad
missions of cliiifleil IV; Itiorse: Presi
dent of the American lee Company,
all the officers and directors and nine
ty-three per cent, of the stockholders
are Republicans! Vice-President W.
II: tieislieiieib Of tlih ice trust direc
tory,- hris been said to be a UcuWcraf,
lmt "CvCii air: tleisheben.’' Mr.- Morse
says,, “voted for McKinley If! ISOth”
Mr. \jorse probably resents the at
tacks by Roosevelt unoft ft trust which
Is as strictly Republican and Orthodox
McKiuleyite as all the other trusts,
which was organized and nourishes
under Republican laws, under a solid
ly ileptiiilicaii State and Notional \d
lniniatrntiOil; and which, iio doubt, has
done (I tiit fight tiiiiig" for the Hanna
Corruption fund.
Dangerous f J ills IVopte.
All readers of history knoiv Mow
dangerous to the liberties of the peo
ple, how burdensome and what an
invitation ro national aggressiveness,
n big regular army is. And the ten
dency is td constantly increase the
force: The principle of jloiicy tilict*
iiiiinitietl tiic gradual increase Is easy
enough. And the nnUj biice author
ized It must be recruited to its
strength by every means possible. If
voluntary enlistments fail to accom
plish the end, conscription, or the gen
eral Imposition of military duty upon
ail inaies between Certain flgeS, tiliißt.
be resorted to; it is idle tfi say tiiaf
there need be no fear of txiii.scrtp
tion. If we must have an army we
must have it, and If young men won’t
volunteer they will be forced to serve
--that’s Inevitable. Houston (Texas)
Post:
Jxill Tiicfai Role Foi* Hanna.
If the time should evef Conic; which
heaven forbid! when the Interests of
any portion of our people were be
lieved to require a little more bend
ing of the Constitution in order, say,
td keep sonid hiaii iil the Presidency
for. life, so .that these elections so iiis
tiiHilhg td business, might. Jt>o\hvoUlcd,
Mr. Hanna would he ail itledt man to
manage the campaign. The manager
who can protest with a straight face
that there is no possible political issue
involved in the Porto Rican law, or
in tile liioody conquest of the Phiiip
piilbfi; tvbjjild iik just tite fine tri .tell
the country that a law, or ail edict,
making some future indispensable per
sonage President for life, was no pos
sible occasion for a difference of opin
ion:— Springfield IMnss.) Republican,
. Th® Constitution nnd tlio Flag;
if tiid Cpidtftittitioii does not follow
the flag, what does the flag SyiilLuiijtc
wboii the fcotlstitntloti stops and the
flag advances aloffe? Nat tho repub
lic, for the Constitution is the bond and
seal of the republic—tear off the Con
stitution and the republic, with Its
flag, sinks into fragments. Not cer
tainiy the GoyeHihieut, for the Govern
ment is bill tile I’niistlttitioii executed.
The flag Is only the emblem of iiie
Government ns the Government Is only
the embodiment of the Constitution.
The flag is the sign, the Constitution
is tlio thing signified. Let us have
doite With the treasonable folly of try
ing to Sever them, The flag without
the Constitution—what Would it be?
The phantom ting of a phantom repub
lic!—Fhiladeipiiia liefeord:
Cannot Ilhto tlio Foots:
It takes a good deal of nerve for
the nominee of the Republican party
to throw out of his message the sug
gestion of prohibitory or penal legis
lation against trusts.
The Republicans have had control
of all branches of the Governmeut and
yet flit' President Is not able to point
to tt single action by Ids party look
ing td the repressing or restricting of
the trusts. There has beeii absolutely
no move of the Republicans Which,
by the widest stretch of the Imagina
tion, could be construed Into a desire
to In any way hamper the trusts.
The trusts are for the Republican
candidate nnd the Republican party,
and the Republican party nnd the Re
publican candidate are for the trusts.
No amount of high sounding phrasing
can hide these two facts.
Two Gigantic Evils.
Imperialism Is a great issue, but side
by side with it stands the Issue of
the trusts. As imperialism is the foe
of the liberty traditions of the repub
lic the trust power Is the foe to the
home and to individual endeavor. The
commercial travelers will vote against
usurpation and capitalistic greed,
whatever they may say. They are
thinking nnd the fruit of their thought
will ripen at the ballot box.
A Bulldozing; Bin AT.
The declaration of manufacturing
concerns —usually the beneficiaries of
big tariff bounties—that they will
"suspend If Bryan is elected," Is the
meanest kind of political intimidation.
Most of these would-be bulldozers are
selling goods cheaper to foreigners
than to home consumers, nnd are slui
ply trying to preserve tueir license to
rob. .i.
M’KINLEY and trusts.
NG ACTION TAKEN BY HIM TO
SUPPRESS THEM.
Four Wai l Governor nml Four as Prrs-
Ment—Correspondence of ConKi-essmoii
OttUllhu Tennessee, W ith AtWmoj-
General I'frCil- Motineil, of Ohio.
[Hiring the four .tears , McKinley
was Go\v!'[vf of Ohio not a single law
was passed against trusts fln;l no pros
ecutions were instituted. Although
Mr. McKinley lots been President al
most foul- years !lot a single law
against trusts has been passed and
the administration lias failed to en
forec the anti-trust law of 1890, hav
ing filed lmt 'hree suits during ilte
four years, although trims have in
creased a hundred-fold daring that
time, Congressman John V Gaines,
of Tennessee, Who attended flu- N
tioual Convention of the Association
of Democratic Clubs in Chicago, be
fore leaving for home discussed this
important fact, lie raid:
“Mr. McKinley was four j-eare Gov
ernor of the trust-ridden State of Ohio,
yet during his entire administration
not one law was passed against trusts.
This is proven by the following cor
respondence, which I will show you:
’’Washington, June 22, 1900,
“ ‘The lion. Frank Monnett, Colum
bus, Ohio:
‘‘ -'Was au.v anti trust law enacted
while McKinley was Governor of
Ohio?
‘“JOHN W. OAINEfV
“Here Is the reply of the same date:
“‘None (Hid no prosecutions insti
tuted.-
"‘PRANK F. S. MONNUTT.’
“General Monuell, yoit remember,
wilft fbuv years Attorney-tleilerffl of
Ohio, and-until fbe Republicans turned
him out, and that, too, without Indors
ing his brilliant record ip fighting
trusts. The Democrats did indorse
his record, however, in fighting trusts
ldit Went down in defeat. The Legis
lature adjofffned in Ohio last spring
after refusing, over the protests of tlm
Doinoei'fits! to pass' any anti-truSf leg
islation, General MOPnett saying that
‘every anti-trust resolution offeMd this
winter was voted down at the dicta
tion of the bosses at Washington and
tlld trust magnates of New York.
“ T Cahhot iieiieVo that We (the Uc
piiWlentf party) tvl 11 CscYipe ptinish
nient, and I believe it will Coll IF this
fall. Why should hoi the party be'
punished when the men who Control
its actions disregard the will of the’
people. Although the Russell bill
vaS bili fjfi, Id, it Was side-tracked by
the lobbyists and held bih-fe until near
the adjfihrhlmeirt ami then, OFei' the
protest of some of ™> best meit Of the'
party and almost all of the iiVirloerntlc
members, It was defeated. This was
it repudiation of the party platform
niid the Sentiment of the party.’
“In additibri to this failure of the
Republican party to keep its promises
as tb Slate anti-trust laws, over the
protests of the licitl corals hi the Uni
ted States Senate, the Republicans of
that body, as a unite, refused to enact
ally anti-trust legislation, although
the House had Sent them a bill for
which bterj- Democrat voted, while
eight Republicans voted against It,
The Republicans smothered this bill
and prevented its passage by referring
It to the Republican Judiciary Commit
tee, Where it now sleeps anil will con
tinue fa Sleep until tho Democrats get
in power.
"whti do you know that Air'. Mc-
Kinley lias been Fft-'s-blent nearly foitf
years and no anti-trust laws Lite been
passed, nnd in' addition to that, he
and his Attorney-General. Mr. Griggs,
have failed to enforce tbo anti-trust
act of ISOO, having filed only three
suits during this administration
agfiinst trusts, although trusts have
liloi'cbEed a hundred-fold during tills
administration.
“This clearly show's, to ihy mind,
that the Republican party has refused
and failed ns a party, and the Repub
lican officials, too, to enforce the law,
to kill the goose that lays the boodle
egg, and that for the people to crush
trusts, we must turn the Democrats
into power. We refer with pride to
the record of the Democrats 111 Texas,
who Crushed, with a State and anti*
trust iaW, it foreign trust oil concern,
and to the present fight Of tile Demo
crats in Nebraska against trusts, ns
well as to the great pipe case recently
decided by the Supreme Court of the
United States that was begun in my
own State by Democratic officials and
prosecuted successfully. I believe
that the people will place the Demo
crats 111 power, headed by Bryan, w'lio
is it deadly enemy of monopoly, trusts
and combines and is the unimpeach
able and courageous friend of tho
masses.”
Wo Ncod Idealism.
The charge is brought against Mt.
Brynu that lie Is an “idealist.” It is
meant to be a reproach. But if Mr.
Bryan is an idealist he comes along
just at the right time. What the
country is suffering from at tills mo
ment is the reign of commercialism;
what it needs Is more idealism, bet
us get back to the ideal of constitu
tional rights for all people under the
stars and stripes; the ideal of libera
tion, not subjugation; the ideal of a
world of republics, not satrapies or
subject colonies. If Mr. Bryan is au
Idealist he is the man for the crisis.—
Boston Post.
A Wamhiif.
Some of the Republican spellbinders
admit that there are trusts, but say
their party is the one to destroy them.
The voter who has a good memory
will recall that in the Harrison cam
paign of 1888 the Republican party
admitted that the tariff needed revis
ing and that they would do It them
selves. Aud they did. They made it
higher.—Rochester (N. Y.) Herald.
Kafescrlplion : SI,OO in Advance,
N UMBEit 4T.
AMBUSH AMERICANS
Twenty Men of 24th Regiment
Overpowmi Ey the Filipinos.
MAJORITY Or THEM ARE CAPTURED
InterekthiK Details nt Haml of tlio Cap
ture and llcmmio of Captain Shields
und His Mon.
A Manila special via Hong Kong,
October Id, says: A detachment of
twenty men of tho Twenty-fourth reg
iment, while engaged iu repairing
telegraph wires October 10th, at a
point near .Sur, Jose, Nuevo Ecija
province. T.-ur -n. srre set upon by
200 re! and .< re vei ju wered ar.d
scattered. .Seven of tho Americans
reached Sau Jose, but it is probable
that the remainder were captured.
The enemy surprised a party of
scouts of the Forty-third infantry at
a point three miles from Takloban,
Leyte island, killing three of the
Americans at the first volley. Twi
escaped and gave tho alarm, but thi
enemy sneeeedeit iu evading theii
pursuers. The native police of Taklo
bau had conspired to surprise the
Americans. The bodies of the dead
soldiers were badly mutilated.
RESCUE OF SHIF.DDS AND MEN.
Full details are now at band as to
tho capture of Captain Devereux
Shields and his party by the insur
gents in the island of Marinduqne last
month, and their experiences prior to
thoir rescue by General Luther B.
Hare.
After four weeks of captivity, hard
treatment, nutiger and marching to
avoid the rescuing force, which greatly
aggravated the suffering of tho wound -
ed, Captain Shields and his men were
delivered by the Filipinos to General
Hare last Sunday at Buena Vista, on
Mni ’nduque coast.
Captain Shields and his patty, while
operating north of Torrijos, were
taken in ambush in the steep hills.
They attempted to cut their way out
to the coast, but became subjected to
the enemy’s four sided fire, Captain
Shields being shot twice and badly
wounded. After four had been killed
and five wounded, being out of ammu
nition, tho command surrendered
through a misunderstanding among
themselves, to twenty-five insurgent
riflemen and 3,000 bolo man. Tho
rebels separated their prisoner.* into
small patties aud conveyed them
heavily* guarded to the mountains.
On this news reaching Manila two
companies of the 3Sth volunteer in
fantry, under Colonel George Ander
son, WCTo immediately sent to Jiariu
dnque. This force was followed by
eight companis of tho First infantry
under General Have. Tho combined
forco of 1,300 men proceeded to occu
py all the towns in the island and to
scour the country. General Hare gave
the rebels one week to surrender the
prisoners nnd tho latter’s rifles. Tho
Americans controlled the situation.
The rebels percieved that it was
only a question of time when the re
lease of their prisoners would be
effected nnd they opened up commu
nications with General Hare, which
resulted in the handing over of the
captives, thirteen of whom, the sick
and Wounded, were sent to Manila by
the gunboat Villilabos, Lieutenant
Simpson commanding. Captain Shields
is improving.
General Hate’s command will remain
in Marindnque. He has given the in
surgents uutil October 21st to surren
der themselves and fifty-one captured
rifles. If they fail to comply he will
undertake an active punitive cam
paign.
Captain Shields and bis companions
suffered greatly at the hands of their
captors, who robbed and maltreated
them. The rebel officers had to re
strain tho hollo men from killing the
Americans. When wouuded Captain
Shields was unable to move. He or
dered bis soldiers to go forward and to
leave him, but they deelinfed and
fought stubbornly until they were
overpowered.
British Capture Fifty Boers.
Advices from Capetown state that
the British re-entered Bioemhoef, near
Kimberly, October 14th, unopposed
and captured fifty Boers.
HUNTING FUR TROUBLE.
Dowlelte Elders Determined to Hold
Tlieir Own In Mansfield* O.
The Dowieites are determined to
thwart the efforts to keep them out of
Mansfield, 0., and the results may be
serious. About three have been de
ported since Sunday. Three are known
to be in hiding and have been hold
ing secret services. Elder Williams,
of Benton Harbor, Mich., who was
sont out of town on Monday, rode in
again Wednesday on a bicycle and
gave the police a lively chase before
they captured him. They sent him
away on a train, but he said he would
return every day, as he bad been or
dered to do so.
BOERS STILL AGGRESSIVE.
Oewet Take, the Field Again and Fre.
pare, to Keep Urltone Bn.y.
A.dviccs from Cape Colony state
thnt General Dewet is reported to be
a few miles south of Wepener, in the
Orange River Colony, about seventy
miles north of Aliwal North. The
Boers are in a state of great exeitement.
All the outpost camps have been called
in and preparations are being made to
defend the town.