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John Y, McKane, a Remarkable Product of Politics. % •A vl % 'V ' sf. W /Si 88? U ; % m mmm u r v v ■N A M rycyi MX ■ w m V ivV, ^||MK in V S I FV m a § B im % W \ m JOHN Y. McKANE. The death of John Y. McKane removes one of the most remarkable polit ical characters ovor known to local politics in New York Btate. He was born in the County Antrim, Ireland, August 10, 1811, He lived in Ireland until he was about four years old, when the McKane family immigrated to this oonutry and settled at Sheepahead Bay, Long Island. McKane did not smoke or drink. He was a hearty, rugged, blue-eyed man with Scoteh-Irish blood in his veins, who did not know what it was to become weary either of work or of political turmoil. As a boy he dug clams on the beach in summer and went to the village school in winter. He worked at gardening and other, odd jobs until ho was fourteen, when he was apprenticed to a carpenter. He learned the building trade and laid the foundation of his wealth at this bus iness. MoKane always did what he pleased with the vote of Gravesend. In 1893 McKane was m the height of his power. William J. Gaynor, after carry ing on a fight against the McLaughlin Democracy, became a candidate for Justice of tho Supreme Court. He made a demand on McKaho for a copy of the registry lists of Coney Island. They were refused. Ho said over the telephone ou Ootober 30, 1893: F - Mr. Gaynor will find out that if he wauts to get along with me the easiest way to do is not to fight me.” As a result of the fight McKane became a convict iu Sing Sing, and William J. Gaynor became a Justice of the Supreme Court. MoKane served his term, which, with rebate for good behavior, was shortened to four aud a half years. He was released from prison April 30,1898. lOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOwOOOOO Terrible Edecls of c Porto Ricosbjurricapes OOOOOOOQOOdOCCOOCOaOGOCOO Ponoe, Po tc Rico.—The hurricane, sad as is the havoc it wrought, great as is the misery it cansed, has ac complished in a day what would have taken diplomacy years to bring about. It has taught the natives that the Americans are their real friends. The Americans, by their prompt and gen erous asaistufioe, have wiped out all lingering prejudices. than Porto Rico suffered more auv As regards tho actual financial loss to the island occasioned by tho hurri cane, estimates vary. So far as I can figure it out the loss to tlio whole isl and will amount to about seventy-five million pesos, or more than $30,000, 000 . This amount,covers damage to build ings aud machinery, damage to ware houses and stores of coffee, tobacco and augav; damage to this year’s cane, coffee und fruit crops, including esti mated loss on the next threo years’ fill W a SOUSE IN PONOE DEMOLISHED BY I1IE HURRICANE. oilier colony by the hurricane of August 9. Every distriot in the isl and has been devastated. Thousands of Ironies have been ruined, aud crops upon which the whole population de pended for subsistence have beeu laid waste beyond retrieve for at least three years. —* V. —^ /■ b nC-.r ~ A - :v i XI Ml#o tl 11 J™* -V ‘‘■s*"** ■■'■ ’• ffi ' "" -. if! U(K/> W 1 i If I i i .tF pry \\! STREET IN ARECIBO. FOltTO RICO. DURING THE HURRICANE, SHOWING HEIGHT OF WATER ON THE HOUSES. Porto Rico to-day is as barren as was Cuba at the close of 4ne insurrec tion. Here, iu Porto Rico, field's that were once beautiful with waiving eanes, hillsides but a few days ago covered with the green cofl’ee and banana trees now presout a hare and sorry view. Homes that sheltered happy families have been washed away. The vil lages are crowded with BhelterleSs people. to-day number about The homeless one-third of the whole population of the island.. I have passed through every dis trict from the capital to Ponce, aud I \ n v» A" r-* X iippJifS f-d I irrfs w -- -- =E-H I II dtam S Mill i .1 A y wrecked' cafe in plaza adjoining custom house, tonce. often ridden for miles without seeing a house left, standing. Where the houses withstood the wind the roofs were gone and furniture and clothing were ruined by the rains. It is tho well-to-do who are, perhaps, to be the most, pitied, Beautiful haciendas aud powerful sugar factories were laid as low as the native’s shack, crop; damage to live stock, aud dam age to railways aud shipping. It does not cover the loss sustained by the Public Works Department, which ......... will be heavy; uor does it cover the loss to the island of capital that was con fidently expectad to seek investment here this winter, aud which may now be frightened away. is, The loss of growing crops be- yond question, the most serious item iu tho island’s list of misfortunes, Everything has l>een more or less de stroyed. What the hurricane left the floods carried away. ihe mango, bread fruit and a vocal e trees, upon ■which the natives depend to a great extent for subsistence, have lieeu swept hare or broken down. Only the most sheltered banana groves are left standing. The coffee crop is wholly ruined, and all but the small est of the trees have been destroyed. A coffee plant takes five years to ma ture. The half ripe orange crop is *u the ground. A few cane fields have escaped, but with the factories de molished these are only valuable for fodder. The wholesale, indiscriminate dis tribution of food is being stopped, else the whole population would be come pauperized. In all ceutres I visited rations are now being dis tributed to the old ond infirm aud to young children, To all able-bodied adults is offered work, At first this course of action cansed some com plaint, but now the plan is beginning to work well, and the poor are all the more independent, and better con tented for it. The first care of the military authori ties has naturally been for the troops. In Ponce the$5000granted by General Davis to the commander has been spent in cleaning up in and around the quarters. At eveiy country station the troops are living under canvas. In most cases the barracks have been blown down. At Aibonito not one wall of the whole barracks is 16ft standing. The soldiers lost every thing they had, and those in the hos pital bad a narrow escape with their lives. The barracks collapsed during the .STREET-- IN-ToNCE /,rr£R-TM« ■ FLOOR illte V; C* -X first hour of the storm. Fifteen min utes after the walls had toppled in the men, who had even formed ranks out side in the pelting rain, had appointed a delegation to wait upon Captain Wheeler to ask permission to render assistance to the town. The captain joined his men. Without a thought of their own loss, without thought of any danger, the whole troop crossed the swollen river between the barracks and the town, aud were soon engaged in the work of rescue, dodging pieces of flying zinc or rushing into tumbling houses. On the night of the hurricane I was sleeping on my own plantation iu the rdistrict of Bayamon, about ten miles from the o’clo*ck capical. At about half-past seven Tuesday night my cap- itaza, or head nlau, came to the door aud reported that the Government had sent out notice that a hurricane was approaching, via St. Thomas. Like many others, I did not give full cred euce to the warning. At half-past five tho wind was blowing thirty miles an hour. Daylight was long in coming, for the sky was inky black. Wbeu dawn did come w’6 could be sure the storm w’as not far away, and everpthing movable was ...... taken in. . Tenants began to run to us for shelter aud we took them iu also. At half-past seven o’clock the storm began iu earnest, and in half au hour it was impossible to stand against the wind. We had braced aud tied down the roof as beat we could, but one sin gle puff carried away all our stays. In half an hour our roof was gone and the rain pelting iu. At ten o’clock the wind was blowing seventy-live miles an hour. Once we made a sortie, and rescued a w ( oman aud two children, but lmrdly had we got them iuside when the house began to creak and groan, and we sought the open. Dodg ing flying branches of trees and stray bits of timber, we crawled along the lee side of a penguin feuoe to a shack, sheltered behind a bill, It was half-past twelve before the storm was over and we could venture forth. Our house, we found, had not blown down entirely; but the wooden walls were slanted at au angle of thirty degrees. Tho roof was completely off and everything inside absolutely ruined by the water. It was two days before we could cross (He river to get to market. Every peasant’s hut for three miles around was down. Four hundred houses on the outskirts of Bayamon were piled up in the public road. The railroad running to San Juan had beeu com pletely washed away. The highways were blocked with rubbish. It was two days before supplies of bread reached the town. In the interim the people lived ou half ripe fruit. MUST RESTRAIN ALL COMBINES Outcome of the Convention Held Under Saver’s Call. STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Capital Invested Legitimately Should Not Be Interfered With. After two days of speech-making at St. Louis, the governors, attorney generals and other state representa tives adopted resolutions outlining the legislation needed to control the so-called trusts and combines and ad journed sine die Thursday night. The resolutions embodied were agreed to after a long session of the committee on resolutions. So widely divergent were the views presented for its consideration that it was after midnight when the committee was able to arrive at any conclusion. The whole matter was then referred to a sub-com mittee, composed of Governor McMil- 1 in, of Tennessee, aud Attorneys Gen eral Smith, of Texas, and Campbell, of Colorado, to pnt into proper shape. Governor McMillin, chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented the report of that committee. In presenting the report of the com mittee on resolution, Govornor Mc Millin said he was aware of the fact that the trusts and combinations in restraint of trade are in a de gree dependable upon federal, state and municipal governments for their continuance. He believed it was in cumbent upon the national, state and municipal governments to restrain the operations of these trusts and combi nations. “The situation and perhaps the ef forts of the conference are misunder stood,” the speaker contined. “It is not the object of this conference to crush corporations, nor to interfere with capital in any legitimate form. The object of these resolutions is not to crush either corporations or to de stroy capital, but to regulate them, so as to meet the fair demands of all the people. “This is the purpose and this is the object we bope to accomplish. The organization of trusts and combines within the last two years is the occa sion and authority for our presence We are seeking to ascertain a f–r the curtailment of what is apparently menacing evil, aud the accomplishment of this object can be effected through the independent action of the citizen. We have the best land in the history of man. “We furnish the world with thirty one per cent of the manufactured ar ticles of the world and thirty-two per cent of all the banking. In the mat ter of agriculture, notwithstanding Great Britain, Russia and other coun tries, we feed the world. This agri cultural class is not organized aud cannot be organized into trusts or combines and must be protected against other interests which can combine. “The industrial and other impor ant interests are combined to con trol the wealth of the country in the hands of a few and by these means the sweat aud toil of the millions is controlled. Our object is to prevent this. Corporations are necessary in a proper degree to the successful con duct of business, but they should not be so managed and controlled as to destroy business. It is not proper to place the commerce of this great coun try in the hands of three or four peo pl 0 “ n( l thereby control the labor and destiny of the republic, “When all these industries are combined into one band for the man nfacture of a given article, they paral yze labor without extending sufficient ; protection. It is oue of the objects »f this conference to correct this condi tion of affairs. < 4 Within recent years, I think less than two years, not less than 200 trusts have organized with a capital of $4,25(1,000,000. . If all the gold drawn from the earth could be mar shaled into one sum it could not pay the obligations of these trusts; if ail s plied '\ ver it taken could from not the cancel earth the was obliga- ap tions of these combinations, Iu concluding, tho speaker claimed | that the interests were so vital as not j to be of purtisan character, but con i tended tint a prohibitive tariff bad much to do with the creation of trusts, using the sugar trust as an illustra tion. Resolutions thanking Governor Say ers for his efforts in behalf of the con fereutm were adopted before delaring the conference adjourned. Miners Raise < nin In Arkansas. Mail advices show that a reign of terror exists in the coal mining dis tricts of Sebastian county, Arkansas, where strikes of the miners continue. WHEAT CAUSED FAILURE. Biff Chicago Finn Forced to the Wall With Heavy Shortage. The firm of Barrett, Furnum – Co., a wealthy and influential board of trade concern at Chicago, failed Thurs day. The firm had sold short for sev el days, plunging in the expectation that the New York stock panic would end in Uj break in wheat. The short age of the firm is varidusly estimated at from four to five million bushels of the December option. RERUN MAKES STATEMENT. Declaros Hi« Innoc/Miee of the Murder of Foarl Knott. Great interest has been manifested in the Kerlin cise, on trial in Fayette ville, Ga., on ac mint of the promi nence of Kerlii, and it being oue of the most heinous crimes ever commit ted iu Fayette county. Kerlin made his statement in court Thursday. He said he was not guilty of the charge. That on the night of April 13th lie got his father’s buggy to go to his son-in-law’s, Linsey But ler, after his wife; that his mule got sick on the Jones hill and he had to return home before be went to But ler’s; that he went to Senoia next morning, returning a (Afferent route. He said he was out buying cows, and that was the reason he went in the direction of the river on the 17th and 18th of April. He said he was excited and did not remember what be told Minter; that there were threats of lynching him, and went there to get his advice about leaving the commun ity. He told the jury this was the only ease he ever bad before a jury, and that he had often been on the grand jury iu the county, and had never of fended any one in his life. Kerlin asserted his innoocent several times in his statement, and made a rambling statement of about thirty minutes. The defense put up no witnesses, depending entirely on the weakness of the state’s case. MACVEAGH DENIES REPORTS. Carter’s Attorney Says He Is Not To Re ceive exorbitant Fee. The following letter from ex-Attor Dey Geneial Wayne MacVengh ex plains itself: To the Associated Press— I beg to be permitted to correct, through the Associated Press, two new misstate ments which 1 am sorry to find the enemies of Captain Carter have in vented and put in circulation in differ ent newspapers during my absence in Europe. One is that he has paid mo* a retaining fee of $10,000 and the other is that he has agreed to pay the additional sum of $50,000 or more in case of his acquittal. I only desire to say that both these statements are sheer and absolute falsehoods, with out a particle of foundation or excuse for either of them. Yours truly, Wayne MacVeagh. MOUNT BLAMES BROOKE. Governor of Tndinnn .Scores tile Former Commnnder of Chlckamaugs* Park. Governor James A. Mount, of In diana, in an interview at Chattanooga Thursday stated that Major General John R. Brooke was alone responsible for the immense amount of sickness in Chickamauga park last summer during the time the soldiers were en camped there, He says General Brooke made no effort to protect his men and that he alone is responsible for those horrible conditions, He says that Tennessee and Georgia were roasted all over the Union about the paik conditions, when they did everything to remedy them possible, but were prevented by the tyranny of the general commanding. NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS MEET. State Convention Held In Omaha and Harmony Prevailed. The Nebraska republican state con vention at Omaha Thursday was one of the most harmonious gatherings ever held by the party in the state. M. B. Rease, of Lincoln, was nominated for supreme judge, and E. G. McGil ton, of Omaha, and William B. Ely, of Ainsworth, for regents of the state university on the first ballot. The platform indorses President McKinley’s foreign policy, and his ad ministration, adheres to the gold standard and opposes trusts and com binations having for their purpose the stifling of competion and arbitrary controlling production or fixing prices. RESIGNATION DEMANDED. Governor of Maryland Is After Chairman Wellington’s Scalp. A Baltimore dispatch states that the Maryland republicans are at war and Governor Lowndes, who is a eandii date for re-election on the republican state ticket, has demanded the resig nation of United States Senator George S. Wellington as chairman of the re publican state central committee and it is understood that. Senator Welling ton will comply at once with the gov ernor’s request. SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT In Collision Between Freight, ami I’ns senRer Trains -In Colorado. A special from Denver says’ Six passenegers were killed outright and live injured, one perhaps fatally, iu a collision on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at Reno siding, near Florence, Saturday evening. The trains in col lision were the Phillips- Judson excur sion from the east aud the cast-bound fast freight. Tho excursion train had run from Chicago over the Chicago and Alton and Missouri Pacific railroad and was turneiUpver to the Denver and Rio Grande at 2 p. m. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. Tlie Y'og master at 'Worth, Ga., Arrested By an Inspector. John M. Scoville, the postma’ster at Worth, Ga., was carried io Macon Friday morning by United States Deputy Marshal George White to an swer to the charge of embezzlement of the postoifioe funds. On Thursday morning Postoffice Inspector Ifoller went to Worth on his regular inspec tion tour, not knowing; that anything was wrong with affairs of the office. «* The Prudent Man Setteth His House in Order ." 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