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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE Mi
VOLUME I.
IL B. PLANT DIES SUDDENLY
The Great Railway /. and Steamship Magnate
Succumbs To Heart Failure.
DEATH OCCURS IN NEW YORK AND WAS UNEXPECTED
Accomplished a Great Work For the South, Wherein
He Found a New and Large Field.
Henry B. Plant, president of the
famous Plant system of railways,
steamships and hotels, and of the
Southern Express Company, died Fri¬
day afternoon at his home on Fifth
avenue, New -York, at 2:45 o’clock.
The immediate cause of his death was
heart failure, brought on by a general
state of debility. No one was with
him at the last hour but his wife aud
family physician.
Mr. Plant had complained of feeling
ill the day before, but went to his
office at 12 West Twenty-third street,
and attended to business with his ac¬
customed interest and alertness. In
the evening several friends called on
him and he chatted with them in his
usual good-humored way. During the
night, however, he was takeu sick and
his physician was called. Dr. Durant
staid with him to the end, Friday af¬
ternoon, as did also Mr. G. H. Tilley,
secretary aud treasurer of the South¬
ern Express Company. His only child,
Mr.Morgan F. Plant, was not present,
being on ajdeasure trip on his private
yacht off the coast of New Jersey.
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HENRY li. PI,ANT.
Head of the Great System of Railroad.
Which Rear HI. Name, Who Hied
Suddenly In New York.
Mr. Plant, bad not been sick since
last November, when, on returning
from a trip from Florida, he was sud¬
denly seized in his private ear in the
Jersey City railway station at which
time his life was depaired of, but
ho revived and went back to Florida,
where he has been able to attend to
liis various business interests during
the winter season. His death was so
sudden as to have surprised even
those closest to him.
Brief Sketch of His Rife.
Mr. Plant was a native of Connecti¬
cut, nnd was born at. Branford on
October 27tli, 1819. Ho came of a
long line of Puritan ancestors, and
among the forefather were men who
fought for the independence became of the
country in which they all fac¬
tors more or less prominent during
their days.
His ancestry came from England in
1639, and nearly everyone occupied
some position of honor and trust. On
liis grandmother’s side he was descend-
ed from Joseph Frisbee, who was a
major in Washington’s army, the same
family that gave Harvard itn profes¬
sor, Levi Frisbee. Through the Fris-
bees he was related to Sir William Pep¬
pered, Bart, and tho same strain gave
him a kinship wnh the late Sen¬
ator Hoar, whose middle name was
Frisbee. Like the maternal side of
his house, Mr. Plant’s paternal ances¬
try figured prominently wherever they
were known.
For over two hundred years tho
Plants resided at Branford, and on the
lands which were given them by the
crown their descendants still reside,
nnd all, like the late railroad king, are
men prominent in the section of the
country in which they reside. Mr.
Plaut’s father died while he was quite
young, and at the time of that death
Mr. Plant was himself quite ill, so ill
that he was not informed of his father’s
death until several days after it oc¬
curred.
Why He Came South.
In 1853 Mrs. Plant was seized with
congestion of the lungs, aud the fami¬
ly physicians ordered that she bq taken
to Florida; and this was-the inception
of south Mr. and Plant’s the work connection^. ho has accotnplish- -wjt-h.-Ahe e
ed in this section. In March, 1853,he
left New York with his inialid wife on
a steamer, and Savannah, after touching at Char-
lesto'n and lauded at Jack¬
sonville. At that time tho Florida
metropolis was made up of a
Tft&OPS READY TO EMBARK.
Englabd Still Entertains Prospect, of War
.In South Africa.
A cable dispatch from London says :
The Shropshire regiment has been or¬
dered to hold itself in readiness for
immediate embarkation for Capetown,
The order, which was given Friday
afternoon, creates the most intense ex-
citement, aud the talk of war with the
Transvaal js r>ow absorbing all attea-
tion,
huts, and Mr. Plant foutiil it hard
work to secure accommodations for
Mrs. Plant.
The day after reaching Jacksonville
Mr. Plant secured a home with a Flor¬
idian six miles from Jacksonville, and
during the winter Mrs. Plant's health
improved no much that he Was able to
return north with her the next spring.
But during that time Mr. Plant had
found tho great health-giving qualities
there were in the climate of the Pe ;
niusnla Btnte, and Within less than a
year he had again invaded the state
and made some investments, which
later turned out to have been judi¬
cious.
About this time the Adams Express
company was' more fully organized
iu the east, with some cf the leading
capitalists Of that section as stock¬
holders, and Mr, Plaut had a conaec-
tioli with the company. On hiS trips
south ho found And large f field
a new
for the Wprk of the company, and in.A
short tiitte had extended the business
over the lines into many soj^JielUl
cities,, hlut where an express company’s The
work tioVer been heard of:
leading cities of the south were brought
into the territory of the Adams Ex¬
press company, and no more profitable
territory was to be found than that
discovered by Mr. Plant.
The entire southern field wns under
his direction, aud when the civil war
came oil the directors of the company
decided to dispose of the southern ter¬
ritory, believing that the work of
transmitting valuables and packages
could not be carried on with safety.
Then it was that Mr. Plant showed his
great and unlimited faith iu this sec¬
tion and tho ‘people the of it. He knew
the character of people among
whom he had cast his lot, aud as soon
as the old company was out of the way
he . organized the Southern Express
Company and was elected its first
president. his residence
During in the sojith ha
bad won the confidence, esteem and
respect of all, and none were slow to
come to his support in the new enter¬
prise, notwithstanding the fact that
it was generally known thatMr.Plant’s
sympathies were against secession.. In
a short time after the new company
was formed the seat of the Confederate
government was at Montgomery, cabinet and
there President-.Dqvis and his
were located. M. Plant was always
open nnd frank; - There was noUiing.
of the deceptive nature him, and’ be¬
fore entering upon the duties of apub- ’
lie carrier in the new government he
decided to let the head of that govern¬
ment and his advisers know just where
he stood.
By an attorney he presented his
views and ideas to President Davis in
the presence of the entire Confederate
cabinet. Mr. Plaut was known to
each of the gentlemen personally or
by reputation, been and when his position
had defined he was told to go
ahead with the work, and that the
government had every confidence in
his honesty and integrity.
After the war Mr. Plant continued
the express company and was again
and again elected its president, never
being out of that office from the time
of its creation up to the time of his
death.
In the later seventies and early
eighties Mr. Plant made two or three
trips to Europe, aud it was while on
ono of these trips that ho Conceived
the idea of building palace steamers
for his lines. How he carried out
those plans tho thousands who have
ridden on his steamers know well
enough.
Along with his steamboat lines, Mr.
Plaut projected a system of railroada
wheih today reach far. and wide. All
Florida is touched by some of his
lines, either a branch or a main stem
tapping sections of the entire state.
Few roads are better equipped and
few employes find themselves so well
cared for as those on the Plant system.
It was not until 1879 that Mr. Plant
became interested in Florida railroads
and laid the foundation of the great
system bearing his name. The first
railroads purchased by him were the
Atlantic &■ Gulf, now known as the
Savannah, Florida and Western, and
the Charleston and Savannah.
Sifice then many lines have been ac¬
quired nnd numerous comiectinglinks
constructed, now all embraced in the
Corporation chartered by the leg¬
islature of Connecticut as the Plant In¬
vestment Company. Supplementing
the railroad properties nje several
steamship lines, the most important of
which is that running from Tampa and
Key AYest to Havana, which has been
in-operation since 1884.
ROOSEVELT IS PATRIOTIC.
He Is Anxious to Furnish All Volunteers
That May Be Needed.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York,-
telegraphed President McKinley Fri-
day, informing him that in the event
of a call for volunteers being made
New York was prepared to furnish all
the men the government might ask
for, and asked that an opportunity be i
New York state tp do ea, j
OAUNl^SVlLLE, GAi, FilliFAY, JUNE 30, 1899.
ALGER FOR SENATE.
War Secretary Formally Announce* 111*
Candidacy At Chicago.
General RuhsoII A, Algor, secretary
of war, anntmnced at Chicago Friday
that he is in the Michigan senatorial
fight with “anti-trust” and “election
of senators by direct vote of the peo¬
ple” on his banner,
“It is perhaps a little early to say
that trusts and trust legislation are to
be great factors in coining elections)”
said General Alger. “Other issues of
greater importance may arise, but,
however that may be, it is Certain that
the widespread spirit of Consolidation
of great financial interests is an evil
which must be contended against
legislatively. I am a foe to these great
amalgamations and believe in the
election of senators by the direct vote
of the people, as Governor Pingreo
states, oil these planks I will stand,”
trustees AmisEi) of Fraud,
Managers Of Georgia Lunatic Afcyluil tlii-
der lint Fife.
The report of the Georgia legislative
committee appointed to examine into
the condition and management of the
state ttsjdtim at Milleflgeville featitreS; Contains
some Very sensatiouiil The
committee was at work in the senate
chamber at the capitol for nearly a
week, and distinct charges of dishon¬
est management are fearlessly brought
against three trustees of the sanita¬
rium, the inevitable result of which,
it is predicted, will be prompt and
vigorous legislation by tho house and
senate, for whose consideration the
committee was appointed and the re¬
port drawn up,
DEEDS ARE RECORDED..
Swift, Company raid *150,000 For tli*
Smith Chemical Works.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The deeds
qj purchase by. Gustavus F. Swift
from G. A-. Sinith & Co '., of the Chem-
ciftl Wo^ orQhe Western and Atlan¬
tic "railroad “were filed for record
Thursday morning. The considera¬
tion named Is $18O,O0O. It required
$150 of revenue stamps 'to make tile
execution of the deed legal.
The history of the financial troubles
of O. A. Smith & Co. dates back to
the failure of Moody & BreWSter, and
to the large amount of ftciibiittii dilation
endorsements by O. A. Smith & Co.
for Moody and Brewster.
These embarrassments culminated
in an application for an adjudication
in involuntary bankruptcy.
A “STANDSTILL” RESOLUTION
Will DH I)s-t'd JUy Member, of tile
Peace Conference.
M. d* Staal, president of the peace
conference at The Hague, introduced
before a committee Friday the Russian
proposals, looking to the arrest of the
’'armaments and read a declavatioirdis-
• claiming all int_eh(iohof proposing a
reduction of the armaments at present.
But, he added, he was of th. opin¬
ion that if a standstill could be agreed
upon, a reduction would soon come of
itself.
The speeches and the resolution
were ordered to bo discussion printed and cir¬ nct-
culated and the was
•jourued Until Monday.
A'.haval standstill resolution will be
introduced’ later.^
•'.“jVeSv (TAftTNJSf PORTFOLIO.
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Fjr<‘rti(>cnt ^'oiilaVjyul To Su^V*st tto.teign ^i>%'f)ArFineiit Commerce.’’ of Col-
.
: A special-to Tile ^ew Yoi^k
fr 9 'mAV(ishjngtoil says! •
A new ekecutiv’e’brdTiitih of the gov¬
ernment wit’h fbe title of “Department
ef Colonial Affairs and Foreign Com¬
merce,” or something similar to it, is
deemed by the administration abso¬
lutely necessary to meet the new con¬
ditions which confront the United
States as a result with the war with
Spain.
The word “colonial” is repugnant,
for political reasons, to some members
of the cabinet, because it smacks of
imperialism, afid it is probable that
some other title will be adopted. The
meaning, however, will be the feftme.
CUBA FULL OF FEVER?
New York*. Health OHlcer Relieve. True
Situation Is Withheld.
Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer of
the port of New York, is of the opin¬
ion that there is more yellow fever
among the troops in Cuba than is re¬
ported by the war department. With¬
in six months he says 6,000 soldiers
have returned from Cuba and more
than 6,000 more will arrive in New
York within the next two months. He
proposes to make special precaution.
FEVElt RAGES IN SANTIAGO.
Fourteen Caaen In the Hospital and Two
Deaths Reported.
Surgeon General Wyman, of .the
marine hospital service received a
cable from Dr. Park, of the qimran-
tine office at Santiago, Wednesday, re¬
porting the existence at the port of
fonrteen cases of yellow fever, and
four deaths from that Oause...
This is not the first- report the ma¬
rine hospital service ji.as received of
the existence of the scourge at Santi¬
ago. Five days ago -cpme the first re¬
port of the appeataudS. "were of tho fever.
On that day five cases reported.
ALL PRISONERS RELEASED.
Newly Enacted Cherokee Daws Empty
the Tribe’s Penitentiary.
A dispatch from Tahlequah, I. T..
sa^s: The' Ghdrqkffe all executive coun¬
cil has liberated 'the criminals in
the Cherokee penitentiary, There
were sixteen serving terms of from
one to fifteen years.
This action was iaken on account of
the bill prohibiting any more convic¬
tious under Cherokee laws.
The office ef jailer was abolished,
HISTORIC BUILDING, “SUTHER.
LAND” IS REDUCED TO ASHES.
HEROX WORK OF BRAVE WOMEN.
Atueh of tii© Costly Furniture arid VajUi-
ktil© Relics Wore Ilescucd
From Fla inert.
The historic and palatial UCunfry
home of General John B. Gordon,
"Tho Sutherland,” was totally de¬
stroy, by fire YVedesduy night.”
The loss is inestimable, for tho mag¬
nificent home) evth^jf room furnished
in the most gorgeous fashioh with
rtfircs of three or feat generations,
cahuot be replaced,
“The Sutherland” was the home of
General and Mrs. Gordon for thirty
years. It was located in Kirkwook,
Gii.j four rhiles ftotti Atlanta, and
is one of the most charming kud de¬
lightful retreats about Georgia’s capi¬
tal city- For years the hospitality of
the home place was proverbial, and it
was there that many house parties,
many receptions and notable gather¬
ings were held,
The fire originated iu the cellar.
The flames were first discovered by
the faithful old Cook, who was the only
fiersOil in the house at tile tithe, -Mis.
GoFdou and Miss Caroline had walked
from the house across tho Spacious
lawn to the front gate when they heard
the cook screaming that, the house was
on fire.
The alarm was heard by neighbors
and friends who rushed to the fire
with all possible haste.- Countrymen,
driving visit along the road from the day’s
to the city, sprang from their
teams and went to the rescue. Hun¬
dreds worked with strength almost
superhuman, ing but the grancTotd edfiug build- flame
crumbled Under the
aiid fell in bne hour after the fire was
first discovered.
The women of Kirkwood played a
heroic part in the conflagration. They
worked from the moment tliey-reached
the home until it became necessary for
men to hold them awayI .om the tot¬
tering and careening roof and walls.
General . Miss Caroline Gordon, Gordon!,, carriedr daughter trunk of
out a
packed with valuables Which she could
not possible lift again Wu ler ordinary
circumstances: In a yJ
frenzy of the situatic'u women ran
down steps with heavy pieces of furni¬
ture and brick-n-braek weighing more
than 100 pounds.
And while this herotef work saved
thousands of dollars of furniture, there
was much more lost than saved.
The old-fashioned canopied bed of
rosewood, that for generations has
been family, jealously guarded by the Gordon
was intact, not, a scratch be¬
bfed ing received to mar its beauty. The
Weighs several tons find is mas¬
sive beyond imagination, but it was
brought out of the building by a doz¬
en men, who tore away a portion, of
the wall and brought the piece in
safety to the lawn.
All of the wearing apparel was
saved, as the clothing had been pack¬
ed in trunks: General Gordon and
ijis family were to leave next week for
Virginia, w here they were to spend the
summer, and in anticipation of the
trip all the clothing had been packed
up, the rugs rolled up and the furni¬
ture and all the upholstered pieces had
been wrapped and much of the bric-a-
brac and little pieces that wore den?
to the family had been packed in
boxes. This fortunate situation made
it possible to save a vast amount of
property that otherwise would have
been impossible.
The valuame library of General
Gordon’ was SftVed with the loss of
but a few volumes, The books were
brought out by the women and child¬
ren, and they show little of the rough
handling they were given. • ,
In the rush and excitement the
manuscript of General Gordon's flew
hook was not overlooked, and every
sheet was saved.
General GoAdon was'absent at the
time, being or. a* visit to his farm in
tho southern part of tlTe state.
The insurance carried on the resi¬
dence was only $6,500 and the insur¬
ance on the furniture was $4,000, mak¬
ing a total of $10,500.
NOT PRACTICABLE,
Ager Declare, a Farmrrs’Trust I. Out of
tlie Question.
Joseph R. Ager, president of tho
..InffuStnal Maryland state grange, was before tho
commission at Washington
Thursday. tlie He said thafn trust among
farmers such as was suggested by
Mr. Hnvemeyer was ‘-impracticable
owing the difficulty of getting the
farmers to hold up prices. Speaking
of colored labor he said it was unrelia¬
ble because of tho natural - indolence
nnd indifference- of individuals ofthe
colortjd race. Liquor he regards as
the great bane of that people oud re¬
sponsible for niue-tonths of tho crimes
committed bv them.
Hanna Denies a Report.
Senator Mark Hanna has flatly de¬
nied the report,sent out from Wash¬
ington that he intended to retire from
the chairmanship of the national re¬
publican committee.
Cremated His Own Sou.
Gary Booker, a negro, is in jail at
Jacksonville, Fla., charged with the
murder of his ten-year-old son. The
coroner's verdict was to the effect (hat
the boy was huvugrl to death by jiic
fa that-
REUNION OF ROUGH RIDERS.
Governor Roosevelt Rrcdvri n Grout Re¬
ception at Lai VrjfiiB, N. M.
Governor Roosevelt arrived at Las
Vegas, Now Mexico,. Saturday after¬
noon, to attend the first annual re¬
union of the Society of Rough Riders. as"lio
Tho popular colonel was greeted
stepped off the rear car with tremend¬
ous eheeriug front 5,000 people massed
arottnd the depot. The noted New
Yorker was clad in his Bough Rider by
uniform nnd was easily recognised lifted bod¬
tho crowd. He was altnost
ily from his feet by the press of per¬
sons anxious to grasp his hand. Ho
looked in excellent health and seemed
to appreciate the hearty enthusiasm of
the people who greeted hint. As iiite he
walked down the depot sidewalk a
of Rough Rider veterans saluted and
joined in the general ovatiou.
When Colonel Roosevelt enme op¬
posite the lino of Rough Riders he be¬
gan slinking bands with the troopers
aud gnVe them a most cordial greeting.
During tho reunion meeting Gov¬
ernor RboSetelt was elected an honor¬
ary president of the association for
life. Colonel A. 0. Brodie, of Frfes-
cott, was elected president, and Lieu¬
tenant Dame, of Cerrillos, secretary
for the ensuing year; Captain W. H.
H.' Llewellyn, Goodrich, first vice Second president; vice
Lieutenant
president.
Tho governor was ordered to be
brought before the meeting, was ap¬
prised of his election and responded
iu an eloquent address. There was
quite a spirited contest for the selec¬
tion of the place to hold the next an-
i nal reunion between Oklahoma City
nnd Colorado Springs, The former
city had decidedly lSll. the best, of it, tho
vote Standing SO to
Memorial SertiCes was the first thing
on the rough riders’ reunion program
Sunday. They were held at 11 o’clock and
a. m., at the Duncan opera house
Rev. Thomas A. Uzzelle, pastor of the
People’s tabernacle, of Denver, preach¬
ed the memorial sermon.
TAMPA HAS EXCITEMENT.
A N'l'tid Ftllthr tVli. Killed Hurlng a
ttefiSriil Ftullt’
At Tampa, Fla., SaturdaV aflei-hooff
M. j. Christopher, colhred, editor, of
the Union Labor Record, was shot
and killed.
Several days ago Christopher pub¬
lished a scurrilous article about Po-
Hceman W. W. Woodward, who bad
some trouble in arresting a negro wo-
man., Since the hiding "-publication, GhristtK
pber had been hut, bttt Satttr-
day lie aud Woodward met. A
words ensued aud then came a general v
fig bb
Cliristopher was armed, and bad
several armed negroes with'him. A
number of white men were close by,
and rnn in, while Woodward was beat-
ing tho negro, and a shot wns fired,
which resulted in the denth of tho
negro. No one know's who fired the
pistol. but it is snid that Policeman
Woodward did not,
After the fight several thousand tie-
grOe* throUged the streets, nful many
of them were armed. Thek ffiado
threats, and a large posse of deter-
mined white mfeu was placed on duty
armed with rifles. The police main- force
was doubled. Peace will be '
tained if possible. ' the
Christopher was custodian of
lar^e government warehouse at Tnmpa,
and as such government officer it is
claimed that tho affair the will be department reported
to Washington aud
asked to take a hand in the inyestiga-
tion.
CLEVELAND STRIKE ADJUSTED.
Men Will Be Reinstated and Running: of
Cars Resumed.
An agreement between the big Con¬
solidated Street Railway Company of
Cleveland, 0., niid its striking em¬
ployees wfts reached Saturday
The agreement provides for the
hearing of grievences and a resort to
aliitration - in case the rnen aud the
company cannot agree aud it also pro¬
vides for the reinstatement of practi¬
cally 80 per cent of the old men at
once, tho remainder except those who
have been guilty of violence, being
placed on the waiting list.
Condition of Spain's Rank.
The Bank of Spain's report for the
week endod June 24th shows the fol
lowing changes: Gold in hand,
crease 5,063,000 pesetas; silver iu
hand, increase, 3,773,000 pesetas;notes
in circulation, decrease, 1,120,000.
Gold was quoted Saturday at 23.22.
RIVER ROAT SINKS.
Apalnehee Supposed to Have Struck a
Snnff-Ono Person Drowned.
The steamer Apalachee, one of the
finest vessels plying the Chattahoochee
and Chipola rivers, between Colum-
bus, Ga , and Apalachicola, Fla.,
went to the bottom Saturday after-
noon opposite Wewahitcbka, Fla., in
twelve feet of water. Tho Apalaehee
had on board a large list of passengers
bouiid for different Florida resorts,
Meager ; reports of the catastrophe
stated that four persons were drowned,
while in fact or.ly one person perished,
It is supposed that the vessel aud struck was
ont of her regular quurfce,
hidden obstruction.
RAGING RIO GRANDE.
An om Town On the Texa. Rorder i.
Completely Washed Away.
A dispatch from Austin, Texas, says:
The old town of Carrizo, county seat
of Zapata county, about midway be-
tween Laredo and Rio Grande City, on
Yho Texas border, has been swept away
by tho Rio Grande flood. The Rio
Grande ia higher than has been known
for forty years, »nd it continues to
rise rapidly.
OLD PLATFORM REAFFIRMED
By Kentucky Democrats In State Convention
Assembled at Louisville.
HARDIN WITHDREW FROM GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
A Week of Wrangling Over Nomination For Governor.
State Administration Condemned.
After a week of wrangling and ten
ineffectual ballots, the Kentucky dem¬
ocratic state convention in session at
Louisville took an adjournment Satur¬
day until Monday. It was a few min¬
utes before midnight when the motion
to adjourn was declared carried, and
every man in the cenveution hall was
heartily glad that a day of compara¬
tive rest was in sight,
The first feature of the day Saturday
was General Hardin's sensational with¬
drawal from the race. At a highly
interesting stage of tho morning’s pro¬
ceedings, when the tension was great,
aild there was much talk of the proba¬
bility of the Hardin forces withdraw¬
ing because of the rulings of the chair
and the adverse decision of the creden¬
tials committee, General Hardin sud¬
denly appeared, and in an impassioned
speech declared that he would with¬
draw from the race.
Harmony and the party’s good were,
he declared, more to him than his per¬
sonal ambitions, and to prevent the
trouble impending he would withdraw.
Whether this w«s done iff good faith
or not is open to conjectnre, but it
was so taken until the Stone people
saw that Goebel would surely be nom-
mated Then they rnSUcd a lot of
votes to Hardin and drew a lot of Her-
dm men from Goebel, preventing
the latter s nomination.
- Nme other ballots were token after
that, the dreary smg song of the rol
n
be7ll40 StO, *‘ 9765 Hnrdin ’ 3655 G ° e '
Stonehad led on most of the ballots,
wffh the other two alternating in sec-
^wevei veryfittU dTfferenc^bCtween
the real strec-th of the three men, a
f ew votes being scattered about each
time , in the hope of creating a diver-
,
.T-ho Platform Adapted
The platform adopted by the
vCntion for the presidential campaign
of 1900 reads in part as follows:
“The democrats of Kentucky in con-
vention assembled, reaffirm, without
the slightest qualification, declared the princi- dem-
pies and policies in the
ocratic nationnl platform adopted at
Chicago in 189(1,
“Out faith in bimetallism is vindi-
cated by events. Tl^e the necessity
for the restoration of finable
standard was acknowledged by the
president - nhd congress- in 1897
when a commission was Seht to Eu-
rope to entreat other nations to aid hi
establishing bimetallism, and the fail-
ure of the commission to secure Euro-
pean co-operation confirms the friends
of free coinage iu their belief that re-
Hef can only come by the Independent
Action of the .United States. Tho pres-
fent legal ratio bimetallism of 16 to 1 is the only
Vatio at which can be re-
stored and opposition to it is confined
to those who oppose bimetallism at
any ratio and those who misapprehend
or ignore the rensons which led three
national conventions to adopt it.
“We denounce tho present republi-
can national administration for its
reckless extravagance in the conduct
of public affairs; for its cruel and in-
human neglect in its treatment of our
soldiers and sailors during the Span-
ish war; for its Complete subordina-
tion to the interest of organized
wealth; for its protection and encour-
agement of trusts and combinations,
aud especially for. its appointment and
retention in office of an attorney gen-
oral devoted to the interests of trusts
and combinations.
President Kruger lliijing Buns,
A London special says: The govern-
ment of the South African Republic,
according to a disputch to ThifDaily
Mail from Rome, is ordering large
quantities of rifles from Italian firms
for immediate shipment.
FEVER SPREADS AT SANTIAGO.
Thirty-Three Canon and Five Deatlin Make
the Record So Far.
Thirty-three cases of yellow fever
with five deaths have been officially
reported at Santiago sinee the begin-
niug of the present outbreak. Ono of
the deaths occured in the Fifth infan-
try. The other four fatal cases were
civilians.
Captain Fabrions, a popular medical
officer, died Sunday.
For three days the Cubans the past
week conducted a patriotic demonstra-
tion, the festival of Han Juan, iu honor
0 f the victory won there by the Amer-
i ca p troops over the Spaniards,
TO STOP AT BOSTON FIRST.
Admiral Dowot'I Flagship Will Touch At
the Hub Soon.
xhe Boston Herald says that Admiral
Dewey will visit Boston and be enter-
tained there before he goes to New
York, this forecast being based on the
reported statement of the United
States consul general at Halifax that
he had received word direct fromNV ash-
ington that the Olympia will make
Halifax its first American stopping
j place, , *
»
“We call attention to the ir.compe-
tcncy of the present republican ad
ministration in Kentucky; to the
abuses in scandals iu tho management
of penitentiaries and nssylntns while
under republican control, and wo
.commend the wisdom of the last gen¬
eral assembly of Kentucky in the en¬
actment of laws which secure the wise
aud economical administration of the
penitentiaries and other public insti¬
tutions of the state under democratic
control.
“We believe the trust is the result,
in a large measure,.of the policies
adopted and pursued by tlio republican
party, chief among which are the de¬
monetization, of silver by wbicli the
volume of currency has been kept be¬
low the demands of business, and the
enactment aud enforcement «f vicious,
unwise and unpatriotic legislation,
such as tho protective tariff laws
known as the McKinley and Dingley
bills, whereby there corporate'wealth is u djporiinina- and
tion in favor of
against individual entd£prise’.‘
“We favojr thedesttiiclion of the re¬
sult as well as tho removal of tho
“^ ^ The re-eslablishmeet of in-
bimetttllsm ut , 0 to 1 and
,,/a , f the protective, fariff laws
w0( 0 moro to cripple nnd destroy
b aulZtion aIul operation’ of the
trusts than “ otber lawH .
(<We j believfJ tb(J lau . in , Kentucky hould
kn vn tho anti . tn]af , , aw B bo
amended as to make unlawfi.l any
8 ment combiuatiou incffvjuals or-arrange-
m by corporations £«“ syit or 1SS un-
ft"™*
thereby bo fixed. controlled' or regu-
“‘f.'we inilo „ e tho . amendment to the
^ e , Bolion law passe d by the last
t1e " in< ' ra,i< ' general assembly of Ken-
tuoky over the veto ol a republican
f°If"‘, ‘i 0r ' 77 ' ?ho irit^rnToAmr *
and i honest elections. Its faithful ft ,l en on
wiii render impossible the
commission of sij£h frftnds anti rob-
beriefc ns were perpetrated in this state
ill 18D6 whereby the will of the people
was overthrown <md the state lost to
William J. Bryan, the
“We indorse the provision of
hill passed by the democratic general
assembly of Kentucky discriminating to prevent and ex¬
tortionate, unfair,
ruinous freight rates by transportation
companies, which bill was vetoed by a
republican governor; and we likewise
indorse the provisions of the bill pass-
ed by said general assembly to in sure
competition in the sale of schoolbooks
for the use Cf tlie children of this state,
the purpose of which bill was to de¬
stroy tbs extortionate and oppressive
prices now maintained by the school
book trust iu this state- and we pledge
the democracy to such -e\isiou or
amendment as time or necessity may
show is I,eneficiul to the school child-
ren of this state.
“Wo hereby express our continued
confidence in William .f. Bryan and
favor his nomination for the presidency
of tho United States by the democratic
national’convention of 1900.
“We recommend to the democracy
of Kentucky J. C. S. Blackburn as the
successor of William Liniftay in the
United States senate,
“Wo indorse the war carried tosuc-
cess for the freedom of the enslaved
Cubans; and we appreciate and honor
the courage and heroism of our sol-
diers and sailors therein engaged,
But we declaro the conduct of the
present national administration ns io
tho Philippines to bo repugnant to
every line of the bill of rights, the
constitution aud the declaration of in-
dependence.”
Havana’s Customs Receipts.
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
announced Saturday tho customs re¬
ceipts at Havana for tho week ending
June 17th, exceed those of any pre¬
vious week for 1899 by $9,600.
RECRUITING STILL GOES ON.
The Army I. Now Up to Renal Maximum
of 65.000 Men.
Recruiting officials at the war de¬
partment say the work is progressing
with pleasing rapidity. Recruits have
been received at the rate of 1,000 per
week for the past three weeks and
there are now at San Francisco about
5,000 recruits awaiting transportation
to the Philippines. practically recruit¬
The army is now
ed up to its legal maximum of 65,000
men, but it is understood that.the re¬
cruiting at the present rate will be
kept up for some time, or at least till
tho department receives further ad¬
vices from General Otis.
- • BIG CHEMICAL COMPANY.
Corporation At Barberton, O., Hus a Capi¬
tal Stock of *45,000,000.
There is a big corporation back of
the enterprise to establish a soda ash
factory at Barberton, Ohio. The two
leading spirits in the corporation.
which is to be known as the Columbia
L’ witn a capital of
$4o,000.000, aie• H.. q E F i c k . of tbe
of tbe Pittsburg P.lato Glftss Go