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HEARD IN THE RAIN
IN SPITE OF IT. MANY ATTENDED A
DRY'AN MEETING.
SPOKE IN HIS OLD DISTRICT.
AI L citizens are stockholders
IN THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr. Bryan Tolil Them They Owe It to
Tlieiimelve* to Look After the Di
rector* Repnhllcon Administra
tion Charged With Deceit in All It*
Policies— Republic*! n 1 neon *i ton-
Hea Aired—Militarism and Im
perinlfiam Arrnissued.
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 22.—W. J. Bryan
began at an early hour with what he ex
pected to be a busy day. The first meet
ing was at 8:30 this morning here in the
Court House grounds. A light rain waa
falling:, but a good sized crowd was pres
ent, including many ladies.
All the speeches of the day were plan
ned to be made in the First Congressional
District, which was represented by Mr.
Bryan in Congress, and which, since his
retirement, has been represented by a
Republican member. He made a pica
for the election of Hon. G. W. Berger,
the Democratic candidate for the office
of national representative, and asked for
support for the whole Democratic ticket.
Comparing the government to a corpora
tion, he said that ail citizens were stock
holders. As such, they owed it to them
selves to look well after the conduct
of the directors of the corporation. He
charged the Republican administration—
the government directors, with deceit in
ell its policies. This deception, he said,
had been practiced in regard to the. fitian.
cial system, the trusts and the foreign
policy of the country’. He charged the
Republican party with the intention of
fastening a national debt upon the people.
The Republican party was building its
policy upon the plea that “might makes
right.” They were asserting that the fi
nancial question was this yea.' the para
mount Issue, only because the Republi
can party regarded the dollar of more
consequence than the man. He dwelt up
on liberty as a God-given righ\ saying
that the Filipinos were as much entitled
to it as we. are. In framing them a good
government, we are only promising what
kings promised under similar circum
stances.
Republics n Incoisi*tenofie*.
Mr. Bryan said, referring to alleged
Republican inconsistencies: “You Repub
licans who are shouting yourselves hoarse
when McKinley said in 1891 that Mr.
Cleveland was trying to make money the
ithe master and all things else the ser
vant, did not it take you several days to
come around and hurrah for
McKinley when he did the
same things that Cleveland had done? You
Republicans, who said that the green
backs saved the country when gold and sil
ver left it, did it not take you several days
to turn around and advocate the retire
ment of the greenbacks? You Republi
cans, who were boasting that the party
was paying off the national debt, did not
it take you some time to turn around to
that position where you could say that
a permanent debt is a good thing? Y'ou
Republicans that used to denounce the
trusts in the most vigorous language, did
rot it take you some time to turn around
where you could say that there ore good
and bad trusts, and that the good trusts
are those which contribute most liberally
to the campaign fund?
And don’t you think that some of you
R publicans arc in a posi ion where you
are not going to turn any more? You
Republicans who for years have been
boasting of the Fourth of July, that we
had a country v. hich did not need a large
s anding army and did not have to have
a large n i itarv establishment here as
they have in Europe, don't you think
you will refuse to turn when the Repub
lican party wan s an at my whch is four
times a< large as when the Republican
administration was- e’e ted 1596? You Re
publicans who used to brag of this—are
you not all afraid that now’ you cannot
turn over and make your opinions con
f rm to the Republican policy when you
find that the expense of the army in a
single year is half as much as the entire
amount spent on th-e education of all the
children in the United States? 'Are you
willing to enter upon this career of mili
tarism?
A Word About Militarism.
When we talk about increasing the
size of the army they say it is all bun
combe, and say, ‘What is 100,000 men In a
country like this?’ I will tell you that
100.000 men, compared with the situation
when the Republican party got into
power, is four times as big an army, and
when you defend the increase of four
times the size of the army in the la.*t four
years, four years from now you can with
propriety say that we will have an army
of 400,000 if you have an imperial policy.
The same spirit of militarism and im
'perialism that carried you to the Phllp
plne Island* will carry you wherever you
c an find ape >p!e weak enough to be whip
ped by the United States. The doctrine
of imperialism is the doctrine of the bully
and the coward. It is the doctrine which
take? people under the pretense that you
ore taking them for their good, an 1 you
reach your hands in their pockets and rob
them, while you are taking them. They
say that we cannot haul down the flag in
♦he Philippines, once it Is raised there.
Even this administration doe- not find any
trouble or difficulty in hauling down the
flag in Alaska.”
ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS.
Mr. Rrynu Cutcclii*#*d by Mini In
Hi* tu ill nice—'The Uuentlons
iiiml Hc|ille*.
Falls City, Neb., Aug. 22.—This was a
busy day for Mr. Bryan. It was after 1
o’clock this morning when he reached
Auburn, his first stopping place after
having Lincoln. At 8 o’clock he made an
hour’s address there. At Tecumseh, the
next stopping place, he spoke briefly and
after u hasty dinner, started upon a 21-
mile drive across the country to Fawnee.
At the Tecumseh meeting the most in
teresting incident waa a colloquy lietween
Mr. Bryan and n gentleman in the audi
ence, evidently a Republican, who pro
pounded several questions to the speaker.
This gentleman interrupted Mr. Bryan to
ward the close of his speech by sugges
ting that the Filipinos vvt re on a par with
our Indians. To this Mr. Bryan respond
ed:
"Now, aF 1 understand you, you think
we were right in taking the property of
the Indians?”
"No, sir.”
"Then do you think It right to take the
property of the Filipinos?”
"No, sir.” responded the man in the au
dience. “And nobody 1> going to. How does
the treatment of the Filipinos differ frorn
tht treatment of Jail-birds in this country.'
Do you believe in punishing the Jail
birds?”
Mr Bryan—” Your face is the fsee of an
intelligent man. and you cannot fa.il to t*e
tht di/Teienctt between putting men in tha
penitentiary for the commission of a
; crime and going-over io the Philippines
and taking charge of the government of
j the Filipinos.”
U hen I see a man like you,” was the
reply of the interlocutor who favored the
peace party, “I think that man ought to
have some consistency about him.”
I am much obliged for your montion
| ing that,” replied Mr. Bryan, “for I
should not feel like bringing it to your
attention unless called upon to do so. I
■ urged the ratification of the treaty and
I asso urged the passage of the resolution
I promising independence to the people of
j the Philippines, and if your Republican
administration had passed the resolution
i there would have not been one drop of
j blood shed in the Philippines.”
“Oh, that is your opinion?”
"That is not only mv opinion, but if
you will stop to think about it and give
the public the honest result of your
thoughts it will be your opinion that if
j we had made the same promise of inde
pendence to the Filipinos that we did to
the Cubans we would have had no cariflict
there. Had we treated Cuba as we did the
Philippines, there would be war in Cuba
to-day, and had we treated the Filipinos
as we did the Cubans, there would be no
war in the Philippines to-day.
The questioner made an indistinct ref
erence to Mr. Bryan’s capacity for the
presidency, and asked Mr. Bryan if he be
lieved the Filipinos were capable of self
government. To this Mr. Bryan replied:
“Admiral Dewey stated in a message io
the Secretary of the Navy that the Fili
pinos were better capable of self-govern
ment than the Cubans, and that he based
hi* judgment after*a study of both races.
Whether you believe ns I do or not, you
are not able to draw the line between the
natural right of the Filipino and the nat?
ural right of the. Cuban. If it is true of
the Cubans, it is true of the Filipinos, and
1 want to make it so.”
JONES AND TELLER IN LINE.
Report That They Have Fallen Away
Ha* Bern Denied.
Chicago. Aug. 22.—At Democratic na
tional headquarters to-day Senator Jones,
chairman of the National Committee,
said:
“I see a story printed in the newspa
pers this morning to the effect that Sen
ator John P. Jones has followed Senator
Stewart into the Republican camp, and
that Senator Teller of Colorado is show
ing the greatest indifference to the Bryan
cause. 1 happen to have some definite in
formation concerning this matter, and I
pronounce both reports absolutely with
out any foundation. Senator J. P. Jones
has been entirely consistent in his views
and actions for twenty-five years, and he
is heartily enlisted in the fight for the
Democratic party and for Mr. Bryan this
year. We rely upon him implicitly.
“As for Senator Teller, we are in con
stant correspondence with him, and I can
-ay that there Is not a man at national
headquarters or in- the Democratic party
who manifests greater solicitude for Mr.
Bryan’s election, and who has worked
harder to accomplish it than has Senator
Teller.”
Senator Jones also said: “I notice a re
port that Mr. Carnegie is going to return
ftom Scotland and make some speeches
for Bryan and Stevenson. This informa
tion was given out by the Anti-Imperialist
League at Boston. I have no personal
knowledge of the matter whatsoever. It
may or may not be true. There has been
no communication with Mr. Carnegie on
this subject on the part of the Democrat
ic National Committee.”
HANNA DOESN’T RELIEVE IT.
Nayil flic Report Abont Carnegie I*
H irilculon*.
New York, Aug. 22.—Senator Hanna to
day, speaking of the report that Andrew
Carnegie had announced himself for Bry
an, said:
“It is ridiculous; I don’t believe a word
of it.”
FIRE IN A HARDWARE STORE.
The Henry YVnlke Compuny of Nor
folk Dainnged
Norfolk, Ya., Aug. 22.—The wholesale
and re ail hardware establ'6hment of the
Henry Walks Company was visited by
fire this morning between 5 and 6 o’clock.
The blaze was started in the office and
was discovered by a policeman, who sent
n a general alarm. The flames spread
rapidly, but afier a hard fight for forty
minutes, the fire was. extinguished.
The office portion of the large building
was completely gutted, and many valua
ble hooks and pater* w’ere destroyed. The
flames reached to the second floor, bui
were stopped there. The cause of the
fire is unknown, hut is supposed o have
been an electric wire. The com y car
r es a stock worth about (100,00). The loss
is roughly estimated at $50,00), fully in
sured.
The Henry Walke Company is one of
the largest hardware concerns in the
state. It is thought that the company will
resume business in about thirty days.
DOLLIN' EH TO THE SEN ATE.
Appointed to Succeed the Late John
H. Gear of lown.
Des Moines, la., Aug. 22.—Gov. Shaw
this evening announced the appointment
of Congressman J. F. Dolliver of Fort
Dodge to be United Stale© senator to fill
che vacancy caused by the death of Sen
ator John H. Gear. The appointment
runs to March 4, 1901.
The Legislature does not meet in regu
lar session until 1902, and Dolliver's ap
pointment is likely to he renewed to run
until his successor is elected.
ARE AN INTEGRAL PART.
Comptroller Tracewell’* Ruling Rel
ative to Ifnwall.
Washington, Aug 22—Controller Trace
we 1 of the treasury has rendered a de
cision in which he holds that the Ha
waiian Islands, under the act of May 26.
100 ft. constitute an integral rrt of the
United States, and therefore officer* of
the i avy therein ar<* serving within the
pain or dominion of the United States.
\S MILITARY ATTACHES.
Instruction* Cabled to Officer* to Re
port at < npitnl*.
Washirg'on. Aug. 22 —lnstructions
have been Garbled to MaJ. John B. Kerr,
Tenth United States Cavalry, to repair
to Berlin and rep rt for duty with our
ambassador. J
cabled Ca.pt. Slocum, Eighth United
Hate* Cava'ry. now at Lisbon, to repair
to St. Petersburg
TO THE REGULAR ARMY.
Appointment* of Southerner* Made
l.v President McKinley.
Washington. Aug. 22.—Edward R W.
McCabe of Virginia and Robert M. Milam
of Tennessee have been de*tgna4ed by the
President for appointment os second lieu
tenants 1n the regular army.
Collier Nnceeedi Comb*.
Washington, Aug 22. The President ha*
appointed D. B <’oi ler United State*
pension agent it Louisville. K>\, to su- -
ree l Gen. Leslie Combs, who resigned to
become chairman of the Stwt* Republican
Committee. Mr. Collier was adjutant gen
cial of tha state during Gov. Tty tor's in.
cumbcnc£*
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900.
PROGRESS OF PEACE EFFORTS.
HOW PATCH N O QUEERED THE
GAME OF THE AMERICANS.
He Wa* an Insurgent Who Salil He
Surrendered—Army Report* Say He
Was t npi u red—American Author
ities Expected Him to Aid in Bring
ing About Peace anil Released
Him—He Wan Placed Inoonununl
cailo When He Hail Published nu
Impertinent Plea for Independ
ence.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
■Manila, July 15.—The recent political va
garies in Manila of Don Pedro Paterno. a
prominent insurgent, have received hut lit
tle comment in the local Spanish press, be
cause the press censor prohibited the pub
lication, both here and in the United
Slates, of this man's strange doings. Pa
teruo’s liberation from jail for the purpose
of working on the peace propositions be
gun by Don Felipe Buencamino, hie imme
diate publication of a most remarkable
document in favor of Philippine inde
pendence, his subsequent re-incarceration,
and the fact that he then took the oath
of allegiance to the United Slates and was
freed, but declined to accept his liberty,
electing to remain in jail and pose as a
martyr, read more like an act from a com
edy than the truthful records of a week’s
political happenings in Manila.
Paterno came to Manila about three
months ago from Vigan. He says he sur
rendered, but the. army reports say he
was captured. In Manila he was placed
in the Anda street jail, along with Buen
camino and other political prisoners.
While there he meditated political coups,
studied English and was well-lodged and
fed at government expense.
When Gen. Otis was leaving Manila he
liberated Buencamino with the under
standing that he use his influence with
the Filipino people toward bringing
about peace. Buencamino worked away
on these lines alone until about the mid
dle of June, when he realized that Pa
terno s irfluence would be a good thing
to have on hi-, Buencamino’s, side of the
undertaking; so permission was obtained
from G<n Mac Arthur for Paterno to
leave the jail every day in order to more
easily rni'er and work with Buenca
mino. Paterno returned to the jai! o
sleep nightly, and it was understood be
tween Gen. MacArthur and hiros If that
his efforts and attitude must primarily
embrace the recognition of the sovereign
ty of the United States in the Philip
pines.
With Gen. MacArthur’s permission,
there occurred June 21. the looally-fa
mois meeting in Paterno’s house, where
about 20) well-known revolutionists met
to discuss the terms of an honorable
and dignified peace with the American
army. Thirty of the 29) men present
were liberated from the Anda street jail
purposely to attend the m-eeilng, and, af
ter a stormy and spicy session, they re
solved that peac n could be obtained on
eight certain bases, which, that same
evening were handed to G*n. Mac Ar
thur. The next morning th ' general was
stiicken with a Local fever which pre
vented h<s attending to hit* official duties
for nearly a week. This and lay in the
proceedings were sized upon hv the
Filipino enemies of Buenoemino’s plans
(here were American enemies
to the peace scheme as well, but
these latter were passive), to start an
anti-peace campagn in the country, with
the idea of forestalling the good that the
Manila group hoped to accomplish.
During the delay caused by the Ameri
can General’s illness, Paterno sprang his
coup d’etat in the form of a most re
markable and impertinent document,
without reason, without sequence, with
out head or tail, which began with a quo
tation from a plan of Philippine govern
ment and ended with quotations from
European statesmen like Gladstone, von
Moltke, etc. Paterno’s plan was nothing
less than a seditious plea for Philippine
independence, and it had a disquieting ef
fect on the people. Tt was published
simultaneously in all of Manila’s Span
ish papers, a method of publicity which
insured its spread throughout the entire
archipelago.
In this document Paterno set forth
what he and his followers graciously
would deign to accept from the United
States in exchange for a cessation of
hostilities by the Filipinos. He conced
ed the changing of the “Filipino Repub
lic” to that of “Free Philippine State”
as a sop to the American national pride;
he demanded the admission, on a basis
of equality, of Filipinos into the American
army, navy and consular corps; he de
manded the recognition of the Filipino
flag, hut saw no objection to the S4ars
and Stripes flying by its side. After
many printed columns of rules for our
future restriction and guidance, in Phil
ippine affairs, by which he practically
limited our power and control to the pro
tection of the international relations of
the “Free Philippine State,” Paterno re
marked that when the United States had
conceded the foregoing he opined there
would be peace. He also announced a
meeting in his home for the following
Sunday to discuss his new programme.
As soon as the real nature and signifi
cance of Paterno’s utterances were made
known to the military authorities, they
forbade the meeting in question, and Pa
terno was eont back to the Anda street jail
and kept Incommunicado.
The Filipino people jump at conclusions.
They do not always read carefully and
reason clearly, and Paterno worded his
document in such a way that the com
mon people at once concluded that the
United States had conceded to the Filpino
people all that Paterno had asked for. and
Paterno’s stock, as the man who had ob
tained the remarkably favorable conces
sions from the common enemy, boomed ac
cordingly. On the streets natives talked
voluWy of the new “concessions," and said
they had always known they could bring
the Yankees to terms eventually.
During these days there was mud’ tHk
of uprisings in Manila. Explosive bombs
were found in the streets, houses were
fired. Gen. Estrella and (Jen. KicuMc \v* ie
captured in Manila, each boldly admitted
they were here to take part in an upris
ing. and Ricarte’s followers passed pic
tures of Aginaido among the crowd at the
Tondo Market, whispering mysteriously
that the time had come. But the excite
ment about an uprising died down, and
Paterno took the oath of allegiance #o the
United States before the provost marshal
of Manila, Col. Wililston, and was given
complete liberty. But comp ete liberty
did not suit Paterno. As long as lie
was in jail he could pose before the peo
ple as a martyr In the cause of inde
pendence, and to do this is pari of his
scheme. So r.ow he voluntarily returns
to Jail every night, saying he will not
leave Anda street until every political
Filipino prisoner under American durance
has first been set free.
The prompt action by the American mil
itary authorities stopped the spread of
the Paterno propaganda, but thpy were
U-o late to stop among the natives the
feelings of exultation and consequent de
pression resulting from their Interpreta
tion of the Paterno document, and to give
Paterno an excellent chance to pose as
a martyr for his country’s welfare.
Notwithstanding the Paterno flare-up,
Buencamino has persistently and quietly
gone ahead with his work; he has receiv
ed from Gen. MacArthur the latter’* an
swer to the peace propositions approver!
by the Filipinos nt the meeting held June
2U and ha* embodied these, together with
"he terms of the ninety-day amnesty and
tome remarks of his own, In a pamphlet
which is being distributed to the Filipi
no* in the country, including Agulnabln.
Th* more level-headed Filipino* and many
Americans hop* for a lueceteful outcome
A MOTHER'S STORY.
Telle About Hor Daughter’s Illness
and How She was Relieved—
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.
“Mns. Pin* Kit am : —I write to tell you
about ray daughter. She if* nineteen
years old and is flowing all the time,
and has been for about
JR three months. Thedoc
*P r d° es her but very
use * * have become
very much alarmed
iflKagSy l about her, as she is
ham : It affords me
W great pleasure to tell
V you Q f the benefit my
daughter has received from the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. After beginning the use of
your medicine she began to mend
rapidly and is now able to be at her
work. Her menses are regular and
almost painless. I feel very thankful
to you and expect to always keep your
Vegetable Compound in my house. It
is the best medicine I ever knew. You
have my permission to publish this
letter if you wish, it may be the means
of doing others good.” —Mus. Matilda
A. Camp, Manchester Mill, Macon, Oa.,
September 18, 1899.
to these peace propositions. But the idea
has Its Filipino enemies, and but three
flays ago they showed their hand by sud
denly causing to disappear the trusty
messenger whom Buencamino intended
should convey these proposals of peace and
amnesty to Don Emilio Aguinaldo.in what
ever corner of the woods that gentleman
might be found.
ULUS HELD IN BAIL.
Order* for Cayenne Plnenpple Plant*
Heni'hing Orlando.
Orlando, Fla.,Aug. 22.—The case against
W. A. Tillis for the killing of Joseph W.
Prevatt, at Geneva on Saturday last,
which came up for examination yesterday
was continued until the 30th Inst. There
is but one witness to the affair. He Is
J. F. Prevatt. brother of the man who
was killed, and who went with him to
Tillis’ house ait the time of the trouble
and w ho received a charge of bird shot in
the melee. On account of his injuries he
was unable to come over yesterday. It
is thought that he will be out by the date
set for the preliminary.
Tillis was held in a bond of SI,OOO which
was promptly made up by his neighbors,
who came over with him. He returned to
his home with them las* night.
Mr. C. S. Van Houten, proprietor of
Modello Park pinery, reports that he ha*
just booked an order for 32,000 smooth
cayenne pineapple plants, and that he
has been obliged to decline orders for
still greater numbers for the reason that
ho has not the required plants.
Other growers have calls for oil the
plants they have to spare. There seems
to be no falling off in* the demand. The
business is attracting the attention of
capitalists, who see in it more and surer
profits than any other enterprise into
which they can put their money.
NO FORMAL ACCEPTANCE.
Coinniisniont-r Peek Explniueil Abont
the Cro** of the Lesion.
Paris, Aug. 22.—Regarding the accusa
tion that he violated the constitution in
accepting the decoration of Grand Officer
of the Legion of Honor, Ferdinand \V.
Peck, the commissioner general of the
United States at the Paris Exposition,
said to-day:
“I was especially careful not to make
i formal acceptance of the same when
presented to me. I stated that I had not
examined the laws of the United Slate*
on the subject, and that while I greatly
appreciated the honor, I could not make
n formal acceptance at the present time.”
BOH HR It II FOR GOVERNOR.
Wisconsin Democrat* Endorsed the
Kn n*a* City Platform.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Aug. 22.—The Demo
cratic state convention to-night nominated
Louis G. Bohmrich of Kenosha for Gov
ernor and completed the state ticket. The
platform Indorses the Kansas City plat
form, denounces trusts, and demands va
rious state reforms. The name of Mr.
Bryan was greeted with cheers at every
mention.
A communication was received from the
Populist convention, stating that that
party would indorse the presidential elec
tors as ratified by the Democratic conven
tion.
WITH THE CUBANS AHO ARD.
Transport* Exchanged Greeting*
With the Alabama.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 22.—The United
States transports Crook,Rawlins, McPher
son and Sedgwick, carrying the visiting
Cuban school teachers from New York to
Philadelphia, pas*©d south at noon to
day. At the same time the battleship
Alabama, en route from Philadelphia for
tiie Brooklyn Navy Yard, passed north.
The transports exchanged greetings with
the new battleship* The transports an
chored for the night below Philadelphia.
fc K.Y THEY ARE BRITISH.
Complaint* From Negroe* Who Cof
fered In the Near lork Riot*.
New York. Aug. 22.—The British con
sul in this city stated to-dfiy that he has
received sixteen complaints from colored
men. claiming to be British subjects, who
state that they were injured during the
recent race rioting in New York. These
men claim to be natives of British po
aeselons in the West Indies.
ALABAMA ARRIVED.
New Battleship Dropped Anchor Off
Toniklnsvlllr.
New York. Aug. 22.—The United State*
battleship Alabama arrived from Phila
delphia this evening and came to an an
chorage off Tomklnsville. The Alabama
will be docked at the navy yard to-mor
row*. and after being cleaned and painted,
will proceed to Boston for her official trial
trip.
Oscar a* Arbitrator.
Stockholm, Sweden. Aug. 22.—King Os
car has formally agreed to act a* arbl- j
trator of the claims for compensation for !
loss*** sustained by BrltUh and German
subject* and American clUsona in fta- i
mo*.
NEWS l it o>l W A ACROSS.
Figure* of the Server Syntem—A. V,
Brantley fo’s Improvement*.
Waycross. Ga.. Aug. 22.—Rev. A. H.
Basemore had the misfortune to lose his
wife a few da>s ago. and two days later
his little son. They both had typhoii
fever. Mr. Maze mo re lives at Altemaha,
Ga. 9
Acting upon the advice of the attend
ing physician, Mrs. Childers was to-day
token from jail and will bo confined at
home. The physicians docs not believe
she will live many days. This is the
woman who has been so violently crazy
for several days.
Basc'jm Purcell, living near Glenvlllc,
was called out one night recently to take
a drink with a neighbor. They went to
where a jug stood, and as Purcell start
ed to drink, he was struck by o man who
had been concealed. They beat him al
most to death. The men have been ar
rested.
A force is at work on the new road from
Way cross to Waltertown. It will bo
strengthened so as to run almost on an
air line from here to that place.
CV L. Carver, the white man who was
convicted of selling whisky without
license and fined S3OO. and ecsts or 12
months on the gang has paid his fine,
and been liberated. Carver made a de
termined effort to escape last week, but
waa captured.
Out of $5)0,0X) voted for aiweragc In
Wayoross and for paying off the floating
indebtedness of the city, only $39,045.32
was available for sewerage purposes af
er paying the floating debt. Adding to
this amount realized for material sold, in
terest, etc., gave tHe e munis ion a total
of $39,289.92. Of this amount,
$26,530.70 has been expended in the con
struction of the sewerage system, accord
ing to the report of the Waterworks
Commission. This leaves on hand $12,750.13
in cash and $488.88 in materia’. The cash
on hand will be used to complete the sys
tem in town as soon as the physicians
think advisable and safe for the work to
be done.
A remarkable woman is Mrs. Lena Tur
ner of Fierce county. She is 100 years of
age, and it Is said her children, grand
children, great and great-great grand
children number neary 1,000. Her hus
band died three years ago. at the century
mark. The two lived together eighty
years, and in all that time neither of
them ever took a dose of medicine ftom n
physician. The old lady can see to thread
a needle without glasses.
Richard SAokes, a prominent farmer,
living two miles from Hoboken, was kill
ed by the. Brunswick and Western pas
senger train this morning al>out half way
between his residence and Hoboken, lie
was walking to town on the railroad and
being hard of hearing, the engine was
upon him before he was aware of its ap
proach. Th© engineer supposed, so it I*
presumed, that he would get off the track
un4il it was too late to stop the engine
before It struck the unfortunate man.
The A. P. Brantley Company at Black
shear are spending about $100,009 in im
provements to their immense, plants. This
new' guano factory will be 200x200 feet,
four stories high. The acid chamber will
he 320 feet long, 45 feet wide and 68 feet
high. The company has put in over a
mile of railroad track in. their yard*.
MURPHY TO CO-OPERATE.
He Kin* Entahilslied Himself nt the
Hoffman Ifnnne.
New* York, Aug. 22—Former United
States Senator Edward Murphy came to
this city to-dny and announced that he
would remain until the end of the cam-
I aitn. He made h s headquarters at the
Hoffman House, whence it has been said
he Intends to look after state politics.
Independently of the State Democratic
Committee. His first caller was Richard
Croker, who after a consultation with the
ex-Bcnator, gave out ihe following state
ment :
“It is not true that Senator Murphy is
going to establish state headquarters in
thL city, f said two years ago that I rec
ognized Senator Murphy as the political
leader of this state, and I still claim
fho.t he If the leader. As th* political
leader of the state, he is going to estab
lished himself in the Hoffman House. He
will meet his friends hre Se ator Hill
would have it appear that I am trying to
he state leader. I never irlalmcd to bn
state leader. I always recognized Murphy
as s'ate leadir.”
After Mr. Croker had made his state
ment. Mr. Murphy said: “I am here to
co-op rate with the State Committee in
the election of Wm. J. Bryan. I have
done it for the last 30 years or more. I
am to stay here un:il the end of
this campaign.”
NEW CLASSIFICATION.
Railroad* and Commianlnner* Will
Conlder Reduced Hate*.
Tallahassee. Fia., Aug. 22.—At the sec
ond conference of the railroad people and
the Florida Railroad Commissioners, it
was decided to put in force the classifi
cation existing prior to June 1.
The commissioners are arranging a
classification for Florida freights, whicn
will include numerous reductions in ex
isting rates, and the railroad men are
expected at Tallahassee on Oct. 1, to ex
amine the new classification with the
commissioners.
Adjt. Gen. Houstoun has commissioned
O. D. Jenks of Key West first lieuten
ant of the Island City Guards, and C. F.
O’Brien to he second lieutenant of the
same comjxiny.
Prof. T. deS. Tucker, president of the
State Normal and Industrial College for
colored students, has returned from a
three-week*’ lecture tour of South and
I>ist Florida, endeavoring to nrou*e an
Interest among the people of his race.
ADV ANCE WAS DELAYED.
Y'iolent Rain* Held the German Bat
talion iu Check.
Berlin, Aug. 22.—The German war office
has received a dispatch from Taku, dated
Aug. 19, saying the advance of the Ger
man battailon was delayed by violent
rains. It reached Pekin Aug. 17. Yang
Tsun, it is added, was still threatened by
the Chinese troop* on the imperial canal.
C arl Mmlth, flic Sculptor.
Copenhagen. Aug. 22.—Car! Smith, the
acu’ptor of Washington, died here to-day
of Bright’s disease.
Repartee—Observing the manager of
the drug department, the woman accost
ed him, in a spirit of badinage. “I have
kleptomania,” she said. “What would
you advise me to take?” “The ©levator,
by all means!” said the manager wittily.
“And not something Just a* good?" ex
claimed the woman, affecting great sur
prise.—Detroit Journal.
No tired
Brains
when
Grape-Nuts
food is used
FACT!!!
Sold by all grocers.
Let its twenty years
zf A cOi.:'tantlv-gre?win £ success talk. That ought
A to convince vou that there’s something in
v ' Pearii,.<:.■•
Twenty years ago Pcai*loc was anew idea.
And no new idea could have come into favor
so rapidly and co largely, or vctild have been
so copied and imitated, if it hadn C been a good
idea. Pcarline mere, in washing,
than anything else that's safe to use. rz
HAD A TRILnV CONTEST.
Slittprly AnUlr. Slioyrn lor Prl,. n,
V.ltnry I'nrk.
From thf New York Herald.
Asbnry Pork. N. J., Sunday.—Sedate pa
trons of tha Grand Avenue Hotel deserted
thetr dinner before the entree was served
Saturday evening to embark on a still hunt
for Mr. Bradley, tho moral censor and
founder of Asbury Park and Ocean Grove,
hut fortunately for (he gayer set at the
hotel that stern mentor was nowhere to
be found. And so the Trilby party went
on without Interruption, and It was voted
one grand, good success. The partici
pants said there was no harm in a wo
man showing her feet unshod, provided
they were covered with stockings.
11. A. Stiles was responsible for the par
ty. He persuaded the young women to
onler the contest, and their mammas gave
ready consent. H. A. Bannard, Charles
K. Shantz and Mr. Stiles were selected to
act as the Judges. There was a grand
scramble among the "summer hoys” for
places on this coveted board, but it was de
cided that three Judges were enough.
In preparing for their pleasant task
Bannard, Shants and Stiles studied the
anatomy of the foot until their brains
whirled with meiotarsal ligaments, inter
nal lateral ligaments of the phalanges, cu
boid, cuneiform and metatarsal bones, the
extensor brevis digltorum, the flexor brevis
pollicls, the fascia, the tarsal and sesa
moid bones, flexor accessorus and the !n
--torossel.
These terms and a dozen more they
memorized until they were thorough
enough in the foot anotomy to enter tho
strictest examination required by medical
colleges. Doctors and chiropodists were
consulted in order that the learning of
the Judges mighl be perfect.
Paces Shielded From View.
The contest took place In the ballroom
of the hotel. Seated on a raised platform,
shielded from the public gaze by a cur
tain, thirteen of the prettiest young wo
men In the hotel awaited the decision of
the Judges. Each one wore the daintiest
of dropstitch stockings, and as their
shapely feet protruded from beneath the
bottom of the curtain the "summer hoys"
passed admiringly before the flue array.
Mr. Schroeder, of Orange, was master of
ceremonies. When the orchestra had fin
ished playing "Ben Bolt" he announced
that the contest was open. The audience
WHS invited to come forward and examine
the "Trilbye."
"Oh, you raay look, but you must not
touch," admonished Mr. Schroeder.
Only five minutes was allowed for the
parade of admiration, and then the audi
ence was asked to retire to the seats,
while the Judges made their expert exam
inotton of the "Trtlbyw." They were al
lowed plenty of time to decide whether the
dorsal cuboidea and the metatarsal liga
ment of the fifth toe were sufficiently de
veloped.
They talked learnedly About the astra
galus, the os ealcta and the os cuboldee,
until It seemed as if they would never get
through.
Mies lildgrwar Won First Place.
Long and patiently they posed over the
foot of Miss A. a. Ridgeway, of Wash
ington, and Anally came to the conclusion
that hers was the most perfect "Trilby”
In the bunch. So one of the Judges fast
ened to Miss Ridgeway's stocking the blue
ribbon, indicating that she had won the
prize, and later presented to her a hand
some gold necklace.
Next to Miss Ridgeway's, the foot of
Mrs. T. W. Andrews, of Camden, was
considered ihe best formed. The Instep
waa arched to the proper degree of per
fection, and the tarsal and sesamoid
bones were correct. It was noticed, how
ever, that the extensor brevis digltorum
was not developed to the same extent as
was Miss Ridgeway's. Mrs Andrews re
ceived the red ribbon, and a beautiful
bracelet for second prize.
Third honors fell to Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Dltts, of Asbury Dark, and she was re
warded wdth a pair of fine silk hce and
the yellow ribbon.
Others In the contest were Mrs. I-ybrand
Bill, Mrs. Clarence Smith and .Mrs. E. H.
Wilcox, of Asbury Park; Mrs. T. A. Stoll,
and Mrs. and Miss Eckels, of Trenton;
Miss A. G. Mahon, of Philadelphia; Miss
Wands, Miss Harriet Wheeler and Mrs.
IJna Perry of Albany, N. Y.
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ENGLISH HOSE AWKWARD.
Amerlcnn Visitors Pliable to Get
Shapely Hosiery.
From the New York Herald.
Washington, D. C., Monday—American
women going to England should carry
ample supplies of hosiery with them If
they want to be certain of having stock
ings that will fit.
In an official report to the state depart
ment Col. Marshal Halstead, at Birming
ham, tells about the difficulties which
American women encounter In finding sat
isfactory hosiery. Their English sisters,
he says are accustomed to wearing hose
without much shape and are satisfied with
length that reach only to the knee.
Mr, Halstead’s report show* what are the
trials of visitors from the United States
who attempt to purchase In England such
hosiery and underwear as Is worn at
home.
"American ladles have difficulty In pro
curing hose of sufficient length and rea
sonable shapllness,” he says. "The type
of hose in general use Is short—knee
length only—as side garters are little
known or used, though a few of the bet
ter class stores now keep the 'velvet
clasp,' but there Is positively no shaping
for foot or ankle.”
Hosiery Is not the only source of trou
ble that Consul Halstead has found.
"American ladies living In England fre
quently write home for underwear," he
said. "Sometimes they hove them made
here with their old garments as models,
but even then are seldom satisfied with
either the fli or the needlework.
Mr. Halstead Is certain that by a well
planned campaign American manufactur
ers of all garments for ladlee' underwear
could simply lake command of the mar
ket and furnish shopkeepers with arti
cles which would be a revelation to their
customers.
Mr. Malalead also tells the state depart
ment that he finds tt Impossible to buy
In the English shops men's black dotton
Bocks with the tops at all elastic.
Much of his Interesting report, however,
is devoted to the discussion of American
shirt waists in England and to pointing
out the methods which American manu
facturers must adopt it they wish to re
tain ths trade which they have built up.
He says the phenomenally backward
season In England has not had an In
jurious effect on tha business of Jobbers
and shopkeepers who had stocked up with
summer fabric* and clothing, mid Ameri
can-made ladles' shlri waists have been a
source of partliular anxiety, os the best
shopkeepers had this yaar very heavy
stocks of thm
Tbes# large stocks were tha result of
two season* tn which the demand for
American shirt waists is England has
been grealer than the supply, and Mr.
Halstead says there probably has never
been an article of ladles' clothing which
has so completely dominated the British
market. Yet American manufacturers, he
says, must not expect to hold the trade
unless they conform more to the trede
customs of England.
H AIL KILLS A MIEDiriNB MAY.
Old Two Nose, the Stonx, Kind* His
t'linrm* Are I ttcles*.
From the Ch’cigo Chronicle.
Sioux Fal's, S. D., Aug. 19 —Word coma*
from the Rosebud reseivatlon of the
death of Two Nose, one of the blanket
Sltux, who has had a varied carerr. Hts
death was caused by hail while In an un
p-oteilel part of the r servation, hts
body lielrg horribly mutlla ed by tha
stones.
Two Nose was twice b°fore the sub
ject of the "sorrow' dance" among the
tribe whch reiersd him. When a young
man he dove from the hank with the
avowed Intention of c-osslng a pond 10)
fret wide. He failed lo epp ar for throe
clays He had actually dived across th#
fond and had enured Ihe subme ged pass
age of a b aver den and deg his way
out.
As chief medicine man he had a dream
In whh h he was lold that he could fly
1 ke the . ngl . Ho .‘.pent years tn gather
ing togn'hcr the various herbs and feath
ers he was instructed to use In order to
make him float In the air. The od fel
low' had fal h In his medicine and never
took the precaution to try It on a mod
erate elevation, but went to the top of
H cliff end after propetly anointing hia
b dy. J mi ed - ff and began flapping his
aims as a bird would Its wings But
he did not fly. He f II to the ground ar.d
was picked up for dead and hla funeral
riles agdn we-- solemnized Again ha
fooled the sorr w dancers, for he revived
ancl lived unlit a few' day's ago, when
the hailstorm finished him for all t!m
to come,
FATHER CUT OFF SON’S HAND, '
nitnUtn I seil n Heavy Knife to Stop
I'olaon of n Snake Rite.
From the New York World.
Sellnsgrove, Pa., Aug. 19.—John Rankin,
of Hickory Corners, Pa., cut off his son’s
hand with a knife to-day. Rankin and
the little lad, who Is only 8 years old,
were out picking huckleberries.
The child had been running about in
the bushes, gathering handfuls of the ber
ries and bringing them to his father.
Suddenly ho came dashing back, scream
ing and crying In frantic alarm. Holding
up his hand, the father saw two small
wounds upon It, while the child gibbered
of a huge snake.
Less than ten yards away Rankin found
a great rattlesnake colled and ready to
strike again. With one blow of a club
he killed the reptile, but he knew that
the deadly poison was at work In the
child’s hand, and they were far from ony
medical assistance.
Certain that every moment meant life
or death for his boy, Rankin seized the
child, and with one blow of a heavy knife
he carried he struck of the hand at the
wrist above the snake bites.
Stopping the flow of blood with a cord
about the arm, the father carried the
child home, and after several hours a
tor arrived and dressed the wound. The
medical man says the little lad will re
cover rapidly, but he has no doubt that
the father saved hi* child's life by his
heroic treatment.
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KILLED WITH SUCCESS NEAR.
Mine Owner, About to Sell Oat for
*2,000,000, Meet* Death.
From the New Yoric Sun.
Rawlins, Wyo., Aug. 19.—George Ferris,
president of the Ferrls-Hagerty Mining
Company', was killed to-day In a runaway
accident while traveling from the mine to
his home In Saratoga. He had been di
recting the work of lighting the forest
fires, which threatened to destroy the mine
buildings. The fire swept through the
timber and the men were forced to go
over to the mines to get away from It.
Mr. Ferris started for borne to-day and
while going down a steep hill a few miles
from tho mine his team became frightened
and ran away. After going some distance
they ran into one of the heavy ore teams
and Mr. Ferris was thrown out. striking
on hts head and dying Instantly.
All option was given on tho mine a few
weeks ago for $2,000,000 and word was re
ceived to-day that the purchasers were
on their way to close the deal. Mr. Fer
ris was the discoverer of the Ferrls-Ha
gerty mine and is known as the father
of the Grand Encampment copper district.
He had been engaged In the stock busi
ness before entering the mining field am]
sold hi* eheep herds in order to develop
the copper property he had located. Later
Mr. Hager!y became his partner In tha
mine, but not until Mr. Ferris had spent
his little fortune In the claims.
HIA NECK Hl* AIIBFOHTUYE.
Shortage of Hjg Collars Forres tea.
ntor to Go Home.
From the New York World.
Saratoga, Aug 2).—When S.ate Sena
tor Thomas F. Donnelly, of New York,
came (o Saratoga to see Croker four days
ago he brought twe ve n>w collars with
hm. The humidity of three days put
the entile collection out of commission.
The Senator was compelled to re>urn
to New York because none of the haber
dashers of Birotoga could supply any
that fitted ihe Senator, nor could he
borrow or.e from among the 20,00) men In
town.
Senator Donnelly wears a 19A collar.
He has to have them made to order, as
only one man in New York undertakes
ihe manufactu c and■) irons rous a neck
band. The next largest collar worn by
a public man Is that which ex-Presldent
Cleveland wears. Mr. Cleveland's collar
measures 19'*.
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MOTHER DIES FROM JOKE.
Mistake* Doll ta Her Child'* Clothing
for llody of Her Rnby.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Walmsh, Ind.. Aug. 19.—Mrs. Lillie Eby
of N'sppanee, 20 years old, died under pe
culiar circumstances night before last.
While tn Chicago with her sister-in-law
the latter played a Joke on Mrs. Eby,
wrapping a big doll, with eyes that closed
and opened, k> the clothing of Mre.
Ehy's Infant. Presenting the doll, which
had Its eyes closed as though dead, to
Mi*. Eby, she remarked, "Here Is your
Iruby.” Mrs, Eby took one glance, ex
claimed, "My. how you frightened ms!"
and wan sttsckod with convulsions which
ehortly resulted tn her death
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