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HANNA HEARD FROM IIK I*. TRYINfI TO hTHt I P m ill . IAM IK IMIIIM. QUOTED FROM SENATOR HOAR. MAKE,* IHIHUKI ok HVPOIRIM AOAIKNT C 01.. UHYA.A. Ilia flpeeoh l.ararlr lluraifd la Ibr Imperialistic Isstie— lliclurnl Hry an I r(rd Ratification of ibr Trra- II |n order la treat# Thai !••. Kara Hrynn la aa bnrk aa Advocate of I'nr allail How aa Ha Karr Wia. Delphi, Ind , Bept. 15-Senator Marcu* A. Hanna addressed the Republican* of iha Ninth Congo aelonal District of In diana here to-day. A large crowd had assembled at the train and a procession ttscorted the Sen ator lo the court house square, where he addressed an audhnre of about 5.M0 peo ple. Congressman Chltln B, Landll act ed ae chairman of the meeting and Intro duced Senator Hanna, who was greeted with great applause. Senator Hanna said, "Ths people of the Lulled Stane with out rt spect to party admit and honor In tegrity and honeaty of purpose. Now, my friends, when U came to the selection of who should b< the candidate of the op posing party—l might aay but let uecall U the cuckoo party for the purpose Of assembling It (laughtar)-ll waa a desperate clianee for Mr Bryan. became already the under the Influen.-ea which govern the business and commercial world, influences and laws which are Infallible as the laws of nature, there began to be throughout .he business world a very sertoua que.llon .mong the- Democrats whether It wool* do to renominate this man upon the chi ugo platform. That f* i 1 nir. thr growth of hid been so strong that It was growing stronger every day. and when ll carn 10 close quariers at the Kansas t it> .00- ventlon Mr. Bryan was obliged l<> htln* t.igrth.r all the forces at hia command, and using the Influence of the Populists, the- 80. lollsca and all tie It'"’** lh * t ’" r ' vude politics, he Issued ihe edict, unless veil will again reaffirm the Chicago p.at form upon the stiver plank, 1 will not he vour candidate. 1 was afraid he would not he. (Laughter). .Mr Bryan Is Just as much the advocate of free and unlim ited coinage of silver to-day ash ever was. Bu he was warned by that narrow majority at that convention that at least a very large, part of his party and an overwhelming majority of the people of the country have set their seal against ■liver. Inns of Imperialism. •'lie had up his sleeve lids other Issue Of tm|e rlallsm (VI. lYrttry has told you **- „ t|y ihe truth that Ihe |aitton of tha 1 tamoei atlc party upon the Philippine quest Inn was made and Used up In ihe .tty of Washington by Mr. Bryan an 1 his ikw>- advisers themselves. 1 wss there about that Urn. 1 knew what waa going on. I could see by the evidences when the question waa discussed In the Ben He, after seeing Mr Bryan day ntler day In Ihe corridors and ant*-rooms of the pen ala buttonholing his men that were h'ld lng hack and away from his influence, tii a I he bad said thnt that treaty must be passed, and li was passed. While tv. who had the pleasure, and enjoyed the right of voting fiotn principle amt sustalo ll z tm strong argument of the admlnl-- I .(ton. working ftom the standpoint of .tilv, felt ihut we had laker, a prominent an it- that glorious act of ratifying the irt aty ami saving the honor and Integrity of the American army an l the American n-n, an I iipholltng the American peo- P • fltlll for a.I that we weia not numrr -1 illy strong enough In have accomplished t. ,1 purpose If It had not been for the co hot la of Mr Bryan. A Political Pttrpoae. lUd he and his cohoria a.-t from ihe t ime motives which inspired Heptibll -on 11 • mlrers of* that Benaio? No, 1 am n-hamed to say. no! Bccuuso we knew •hat the pui|s>ses he had In view were purely political, and were Intended to be lived Just aa Ihey have been used. lo make an Issue; isawlhly n paramount ta sue. but a( least . collateral Issue In Ihe •<un,ng campaign. Ami that has been the result. 1 will quote the words of one of the most eminent statesmen In the I'nllad' Biaies. a man against whose motives nr patriotism not a word can be said, n man who. front the con vie Hone of his princi ple.-. has been honestly opposed lo ihe policy of the administration regarding the Philippines. I quoto from Aviator I ban of Massachusetts. Standing in Ihe pres em e of twenty or thirty prominent busl n- a men In Boston n month ago-! was pr.-senl a< that gathering—lt was an In formal meeting, considering the practical questions of th camiailgn, we a-ked B. nator Hoar for hi* views. That grand old man sroae nisi laboring under the s-demnlty. and. as he felt, the Importance of that occasion, felt that he had almo*: been estranged from bin parly ami from his Prerkteni. and yet strong under hi* own convictions that wero rooted within him In a lifetime, he said; What Senator Hoar laid. ‘‘Gentlemen, you all know that I hnvs not been In harmony with my party upon this Philippine question, hut that is only one of the many Important question*, ami a* long aa my party stand up on the foundation, the principles of which were the beginning and baptism of lis life. I shaJl stand by my party. But. he said, '! propose to tear Ihe mask from Ihe face ol ih.it hypocrite. YVtilUm J Bryan. I call him a hypocrite.’ said Senator Hoar. ' leva use like my friends. Senator Dodge and Senator Hanna. I know the motive which Inspired the action on his part to ratify the treaty. You told me then, hut I could hardly believe It wis true, and now 1 see that he Is acting the part of a consummate hypoctiie In all hla connection and advocacy of his op l"ihIon to the President on that ques tion.' He Charges Hypocrisy. "And I repeat here, and 1 will repeat here, and I will repeat M from every ros trum where 1 have tha opportunity, that tho action of Mr. Bryan and those who ore following him in hi* contest on this Philippine question has been one of hy pocrisy and deceit from the beginning and will continue to be so Mr. Bryan and 'hose who are aaslstlng him on the ros trum are attempting to deceive the people of thla country Inio the belief that it It against ihe best Interests of this country and Its prosperity that we shall keep the Philippines; that It Is against precedent, against Ihe very act of independence. And 1 say to you, my fellow cltisens. that he has not yet proposed or offered any sin gle measure different from the line pro posed up lo this time by our President. If he were President of the Unltd States he would have the same power and no greater power than has William McKin ley to-day. "Connected with this question of Ini- P A riallsm which everybody knows Is sim ply an expansion of our territory under ■ ondltlons with which we are all familiar, I' has been charged that the Republican Party Is prompted by motives of greed; that with us It Is purely a question of commercialism. Well. I ani a business men and 1 know what that means exactly and I am willing to go anywhere before any audience and discus* the commercial tide of the queetlon with Mr Bryan or •ny other Democrat.” (At plause and crle* of Grad") Mr. Hanna then road figures showing the growth of our export trade, and the balance in favor of the I'nltcd flutes "U that is commercialism, he said, let u* have aonv. more of li tOI kkIV To NI’KAK ON OIT. 3 • rokrr Will IntriHlaco Inter anil t'oler Will Present llryaa. New York. Bept 15.-W. Bourke Coek ran to-day announced that he will ad dress the annual convention of the No- Honal Association of Democratic Club* at Iniltanapolls, on Oct 2. Ai l>emo.iaiic stale headquarters to *' w ** ald tint Richard Croker wotiM cajl to order the Bryan meeting t'llndu 'T , lr l ,hl * >%r on °> t !■ and In " H,r " •• ■ ohr as chairman, u Mr Bryan C ° l * r ’ r ° UUl "* ,U,n lntrudu ' r "OOIKVEI.T AT lllstl AIICK. "a. familiar Will, ,he Town anil Kee.-Ur.y Ovation. Bismarck. N D., 8-pt. 16—Governor Roosevelt arrived here p . m . . nd malned over the night. This la a place familiar lo the Governor and he met many o: his Old ,os boy friends. A etree, ,|em mnlut'ml! t ’ a / 1 b ‘“‘ n prc|,ar '' l * honor. • g of a parade and lire works In ihe * ' ‘<Mh*r with a reception bv * '“ rK '">>' After rolailng some reminiscence* of h|s cow nll'Yi h ' r " """ he discussed national I**uea. D-Wf * *©!** at .Volin!, ('nnleoit ,M ” b ** ,,a -Charles n. Dawes, onlroller of the Currency, aiklressi | a • r *r audience here to-night In Warner Bab r.. O Bowen was chairman of the r mg. Mr. Dawes’ remarks were greeted wth npplnuee. HR SHOT A WOMAN KIM IT* Mystery of the floleitle of llenrv Gratirser Harbour. New York Sept 15-The mystery aur (Oundlng the suicide of Henry Grosvenor Barbour, won of the Rev Henry M Bar bour. rtetor of the Church of the Beloved Disciple, this city, has loan cleared up. Young Barbour shot himself Thursday e\ enlrtg a> a Brooklyn hot. I. his body be ing found Friday morning He had com.' to tha place with a young woman who was d.scribed ns bring beautiful to a degree. Bhc disappeared and the events leading up to the affair might have re mained hidden had she not been found to-day In Seney Hospital. Brooklyn, with a bullet In her breast This wound, she *ayp. Wiin Inflicted by Harbour. The young wom-m In the .see Is Miss Helen Southgate Forbes. 19 years of age W hen a child -he was adopted by Bishop Horatio Soulhgue. a distinguished Kpls sopal missionary. According lo her story, young Barbour was drinking and propos'd a double suicide. *l*- accepting the proposal. Barbour ehoi her In Ihe right breast. He then killed himself hy sending a butlei Into his mouth She was rally wounded and quickly left Ihe room and hotel and went to Seney Hospital. The physician* there are in doubt as lo her recovery. TUB HI MOH U ea.rvFOl esilKn. V> terlos. Trouble on Hoard the 4 miser Chlengo. Washington, B|>f. 15.—Some lime ago a statement was published to ihe effect that there waa serious trouble aboard the United Slates sbamshlp Chicago, which has just Joined ths South Atlantic squad ron. It was alleged, among other things, that no leas than of the ship’s crew were In Jail. Admiral Schley, the com mnnder-in-chlef of the station, has for warded to the navy department the fol lowing statement (run Ihe captain of the Chicago, denying the charge, and say ing: ”An orderly, well conducted crew, which Is commended on all side* for Its excellent conduct while on shore should not lx- subjected to such falsehood in the public press of the country, and I respectfully protest against It. .Bui five men of the crew of this ship were arrest ed In this port and then only for over staying liberty. ’* SAYS HF.I’OKT* ARK FAI.4K. Statement Regarding the American lllble Society. New York. Sept. 15—The Rev. Dr Wll dam T. Haven and the Rev. Dr. John Fox, secretary of Ihe American HIM* So ciety, to-day Issues! the following state ment regarding tha affairs of the eo clty: "The recent statement regarding Ihe financial condition of Ihe Amcrk-nn Bible Society, printed In certain newepapera. and Its reasons for offering the Rlhle House for sale, are wholly false and with out foundation. The society Is not In financial straits and Its appropriations for foreign work have never exceeded those at the last few years.” ARK AMKfI If * \ t ITIZF.Y9. Coart's llrplsiofl With Reference fo Kallvee of Guam. Honolulu, flepl. 2. via Sari Francisco, flept. 15—The question of whether cltl xens of Guam are Amerl ins was raised In the United States District Court here to-day. Judge Esle* expressed the opin ion that the native horn people of Guam are Americans hy virtue of the annexa tion of their country hy th# I'nlted States. The question arose In connection with the application for noluraltxatlon paper* of Reynold Reyc*. a native of Guam and formerly a subject of Hpuln ll<- took out papers, though the court said that It was probably unnecessary MKT VIOLRST DRATH2. Ilradley Crashed hy a Train and Mirer hy n Piece of Iron. Philadelphia, Bcpt. 15.-Jame* Ilradley of Newport New*. Va., and Frank Murer, a you Hi. living In 4ht rity, who haa been employed In Cramp* shipyard, met violent death* to-dny. Bradley, who lea machinist and who came here a short time ego. Whs riding to work on a freight train and In Jumping off hit a telegraph pole, which threw him under the wheel*. Murer whs working on the battleship Alabama when a heavy piece of Iron lhat whs being hoisted fell on him. IYTKHK4T it TIIK KLF.f T1f214. Nationalist Party Will Win in Ha vana Province. Havana. Sept 15.-There Is a Wrong undercurrent of Interest in the elections to-day for delegates to the Constitutional Convention In *ll the six provinces. In the municipality of Havana • oven-eighth! of the vote was cast before noon. The voting was heavy and the city was excep tionally quid. The result I* yet unknown, hut It e*em foregone conclusion that the national party will have a majority of the delegatee IO be chosen In the Havana province Many of Ihe rural districts wilt not he heard from until late to-moiiow. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER Ifi, lflOo. HARVEY’S PROPERTY IS HELD. Mill \U K K*t TNKIM HKH UKKO run % thi mnc. If Will llr %||tllril Timnrd Mkinn (hmml Ilia >lmrir*r, flhnnltl If 1 lll •iiMfrly llr ft-’iiuml Thai a*h Kborf i|r Hmlh Kalilt-Trctaarrr Hitr ry *•>• llr Kaou> Nolhln* of Mow Ihr Miort Hgr n*ur rril—4|ir flnn of lirunrwick, Ott., 8 pt l.V—Header* of tho Morning Now* 4ir f tmlilar with th# \artoU' coAiPrnifif th Appannt ahoriaff* In Mr. II II liarvey * ac count* aa city frraaurrr. Another waa * ven to the matter to-day by an order iwue<l Jtidite J. W B'Dftftt. In (hiimltm. by which Mr Ed win Brobatnn wa attpointt’d truatrr for Mr ilfcrvey'h profrrty. Thla orlt*r win cr.mird at a rcault of lltljjatlon In ihr Superior Court ft* which Mr Har vrv in voluntarily lindlnf every aid. In hi* (viper* mihmitted to the court, Mr Harvey, through hla attorney, Jud*o H C. Atklnaon, recite* th* fact there r* IM in hit a oounta a* cliy treaaurer an ap|wirent ahortage of |*il.s9 37. Thla abort ae the petition-r nvera. waa rtral dlacov ♦r*d by City Clerk Bodet. who ut the voluntary rrqtnit of Mr Harvey, cho*k '(l up hla accounts us treasurer. The apparent shortage proved a great surprlne to Mr. Hsrvoy, as he state* that at no time and in no manner whatsoever ha* he mlnuord or misapplied rmy funds bt>;onslnK to the city. \N hile ststinK In detail and In the most explicit lerma his absolute ignorance of how, or in what manner, the ehortaKe occurred, and In like manner afflrmtnff his belief that the apparent shortage l* not real but due to come error In account* or records, Mr. Harvey acknowledge* that In the face of the examinations recently made of his record*, he 1 liable to such axtent for the amount named a hoy a. A l|u-ailnu I* Itaiaed. As the question has been raised ms to whom the city of lirunswlck must look to for a oetilement of the amount and that question Is In d!pufe, Mr. Harvey, in the absence of definite Information, asks the court to appoint a trustee* to assume control of his assets until the question* at Issue can be definitely settled by law. As for Mr Harvey’s position In the mat ter the p**itfcon states that he stands sim ply In fhe attitude of miking over io the proper one all hi* asset* in order that such restitution a* may be necessary and as hi* assets may produce, can be placed to his credit against fhe apparent short age in his account# as treasurer. A s hedule of Mr. Harvey’s property Is given and It aggregates In value be tween I1&.000 and lIH.OOO. In the schedule appear all his worldly poesesskms. except wearing apparel and household gomla ac tually needed for the use of his family, lie gives up his piano, horse and buggy and all else fhat U liable for eaay cash selling, and thus strip* himself and fam ily of all worldly possession to reafore money apparently lot through his hands, hut which he avers never became lost by any knowledge or act of hl own. TO RESTORE (ContlnuiNl from Flrw Pwge.) for your assistance In their hour of t rouble and affliction.'’ ID also received n dispatch from Rcpre -entrttlve R H Hawley thanking Man tor sympathy expressed and aid furnished hy tile War Department. After dewrtbktg condition* Mr. Hawley says: "The destruction l so great we have compelled to make our conditions known and „*k for the sympathy and aid of mankind. If you <leem It expedient no gre iter eervlca could be done than io use such agencies as you may have foe uni versal information concerning our unhap py fate.” A dlapvtch wa* received from Gen Mv Kthhen stating that there are plenty of doctors In Galveston, but that disinfect ants are badly meded. B.4TTKHY O’fl MATY LOMBI. Soldiers nf fhe Artillery Killed In f,alve*ton Storm. Washington. Bept. 15.—C0l Roberts of the Third Untied Stales Infantry, acting adjuaant general of the Department of Texas, makes the following report of the loss of the army: Ban Antonio. Tex., Sept. 14.—Adjutant General. Washington -Following 11*1 of dead and miming. Battery O. First Artil lery. so fas os could be ascertained up to the 4lme of my departure from flalves ton on the 12th, forwarded: Dead: First Sergeant Hugh R. Georgs. James W. Uanter. cook. George Link, mechanic. Malcolm McArthur. mualcU Private*: George F. Andrews. , William L. Andrea. Frank W Hunt. | Leopold M Brander. j Hcnjamtn F. Mitchell. | Sidney Wright. Benjamin Van Tilburg. J Otto W. Sorters. Mat M Myers. Fred Hess. ("Sevan 51. W’hllhlte. Missing Privates tyverett A Is>wls, William A Delaney. George Peterson. Private* of the hospital corps missing Samuel Forest. Joseph Gosmge, Elijah T McElveen. WILL ICXTKTD THEIR TIME. •I. Louis Business Men In Assist t.al vealon Merchants. fit. Louis. Bept. 15.—A Globe Democrat rpre*entatlve yesterday made the circuit of the whol-saV business district and a-- cerinlried ' ho ' ,h * 1,1 Louis creditors of Galveston and other huslnees men In the storm oeit will not only extend the time for payment of debt* Incurred hy lha Texas business men. hut will assist them it r.ced be In meeting th* obligations of other firms not willing to extend the time, and will cheerfully open terms of credit u> them If they want mart goods Norfolk's Fund Growing. Norfolk. Va.. Bept. 15.-The movement to" swell the relief fund for the Galveston sufferers Is bringing good results, up to to-night about 12.5 M having been re ceived. The rigger* emp.oyed in the equip ment department at Ihe Norfolk navy yard, 10-day unanimously donated on* day's pay to the relief of the Galveston sufferers It l probable that other fore,* employed in the yard will follow thla ex ample. There are 2.500 men employed In lha yard. Roanoke Relief Fund. Roanoke. Va.. Bept. 15—The Roanoke Dally Times' relief fund for Galveston sufferers is growing dally Editor Clay ton Will on Monday send Governor Bayers of Texa> the amount already received, which will aid In relieving the sufferers. f.urge English t ontrlhutlou. Washington. **?*• 14 - _A private dla- patch received here state* that Robert I*. Houston, a mrmbrr of the English Par liament from Uverpooi. ha* ontrlbuud to the Ualvvffton relief fund. (.> nehliurg to Mend |MMV Lynchburg. Va., Bept. 14. Lynchburg’s fund for tlalveston has reach* 1 nearly It will be forwarded Monday after noon. by which time it is probable the amount will be 91.0 W Will Send nIO.OOO. *Minnepolis. Minn. Sept IS.—Represen tative business men >*estecdny agreed to send SIO,OOO to Owlveeton • ► Minin a|M,is contrlbutkm to the relief fund. llrHsanlrk’* aut*pipt low. Brunswick. Oe . Hept 15 —Brunswick * ensh suhscripttotie to the Ualveston suffer ers aggregate nearly $0)0 toHUgtit, and an* still growing. Kansas City Hrllrf Fund. Kansas City, Kept X 6 —The relief * ind raised In this It> f>r the Texas #t ers now amount* to sl4.<ko. HOMES OK THE W ISIII\NTOS9. Oar of Tbfw (n West Virginia That Ntnrkton l.lui In. From the New York l're**s After looking all over the Middle an l vm of the Southern mat* ■■ for a hrnc to work and die in. Frank It. Stockton stumbled upon one of the Wasmngton es tates, situated about three mile* from Charlestown, W. Va I say ’’one” of the Washington estates, for there were many. The "Father of Ilia Country" was Im mensely rich In land of the finest qual ity. At the age of lv with an eye to bus iness that would have made him the Rockefeller of 1900. he patented a- re* of the creme de la cr*me of the bottom lands of the Ohio and Great Kanawha valleys in West Virginia. lie was an ordinary, rudimentary "peg-sticker" at the time, otherwise a surveyor, nd mer< ly took advantage of his opportunity. He Inherited from his half brother, Law rence Washington, the splendid estate of Mount Vernon, whk h he m.idc his home Anntehr of hi* propertle* waa Clnymont. In Jefferson county. West Virginia, whl< h Htockton found after many years of searching George Washington tris born at the home-ue.id of his father on Bridges creek. This house commanded a view over mmy miles of the lYitom.q- and the op|M*sMe shore of Maryland. Not a vestige of It rcmiilns Numermia picture* of it have been published, but all were faker) George was not horn, to tell the truth. In the family home, but In **n outhouse, or "quarter." a few hundred feet away. The night of his birth the old home was burner! down, and George's mother was t.iken to lids cabin, where the "hornin’ " occurred. A stone marks the slte*of the house, and an Inscription denotes its be ing the birthplace of Washington Not long after George’s birth his father mov ed to an est ite opposite Fredericksburg. The house stood on rising ground and overlooked a meadow' which bordered the Kaptytthnnnork This was the home of Gec#rge’* boyhood, but It too has disap peared. Mount Vernon would have gone with th** re*t of the Washington homes if straitened circumstance* had not forced John Augustine Washington II! to sell It to the Indies’ Mount Vernon Association At the death of Mr*. Washington ("Mar tha") liushrnd Washington, son of George’s full brother. John Augustine I. and the favorite neph* w of our Cincin nati!* of the W’est, Inherited th** mansion and $0 acres of the Mount V< rnon estate Bushrot dying without issue the rstab pass-d to his nephew, John Augustine 111 son of John Augustine 1! He got too poor to keep it and was fortunate enough to sell tho house, and 300 acre* of land to . 04$. I don’t know what become of the other JW acres. An old friend writing from Charlestown the other duy said of ,’laymont: "This colonial mansion was given by Gen. Washington to his brother Bushrod, and Is one of the few buildings left iindlsturb ,d by the Civil War In the Bhenandoah valley. It t- matmd In the Washington family until sold to Col Marseh Nine yearn ago It wa* purchased from that gentleman hy ('apt Ludcn L. Dawson, formerly of the United States marine corps, who sold It about one year ago to Francis IIP hard Stock! it.” The price at which the Dawsons hld Oaymont was 225 (Mi. but they finally panel with It for 23U.CMO. The hou-e, oveilo'klng the She nandoah valhy for many miles. Is or* of the grand old specimens of the architec ture of 140 year* ago Htockton has re stored It and add-d wings The Stocktons gave a tea at Claymont on 8* j* 4. at which were pneent num erous and beautiful losterlty of some of th* fnmuu- families of the two Virginias -Capt. and Mr*. Baylor. Ml* Baylor. Dr. and Mr*. Rauson, Dr and Mrs. Rich ardson, Dr and Mr*. Neill, Miss Neill, Mrs. iAJCkn L. Dawson, the Misses Dhw mn, Charles Daw on. Col. and Mrs. Black. Mr and Mr*. Htiehrod Washington. Mr. and Mrs. George Washington. Mrs. Hte|.h •ii pmural. Mr* Rchojrler Crosby, Mian Crosby. Gen and Mrs Brown. Mis* Not tlng. the Misses Dodge, and many other*. Th* Washingtons luirtirularly Interest me The family I* so little known that some folk of broad knowledge believe George r> ally did have a brother Bushrod. Tho statement that he gave Claymont to "hi* brother Bushrod" I# quite absurd, and thnt this belief should obtain among the good people of CharltMtown, the home of many Waehlngtonlan*. la more ahsutd. Who ar* th# pro* nt llushrod Washing ton*? Who are the prearnt Georg* Wash ingtons? Georg* Washington died without l**u. Ills half brother Lawrence and his favor ite nephew, Buehrod. were not blessed with children. What became of hla lialf hrother Augustine and hi* full brother*, •flam” and "Charlie.” I have forgotten We have among us a Col. William l 11, rt burns, or D'ilertbume, or de Hert tHirne. Washington, who. I bslleve. was appointed conwil at I-ondon In HU*;, and Is now Interested In several corporations, being president of five, vice president of two and director In-oh. I don’t know how many. He I* the non of a Lewis William Washington, who stayed In Eu rope during the Civil War The govern ment confiscated hla property, but subse quently released It. D’Hertburne has the sword that wra* presented by Frederick th* Great to George Washington It bear* the inscription. ’’From the oldest general In th* world to Ihe greatest " He has been a partner In enterprises with Turner A Beall, who was president of the ITo durc Exchange Trust Company when It failed l**t De-ember for 111.000.f100 lleall was a chum of his when both lived In Charlestown. W. Va. His aunt ran a small hotel, and Turner ueed to help wait on the table. He t* a clever young finan cier. D'Hertbume Washington le 27 years old. Frank Stockton, who began life as an engraver, and abandoned hla trade for literature, la now a feeble old man. It Is hard to believe that he le S years of age Hie hair Is very while, and his mustache Is grayer than a badger Hla limp tauees him to appear more feeble tnan he really Is. His wife and daughter are his com panions at Claymont. and all the family are happy In their retirement from the huigsh and bustle of the work-s-dai world. Surrounded hy a fat library of rare and useful books, possessed of suffi cient means to gratify every wish, situ ated where he can lounge til a window and converse with as fine a prospect as nature ever vouchsafed lo mortal man. Francis Richard I* going down to the lean and slippered pantaloon with almost Joyful resignation Ere long he will have anew and quaint book on the market, the out growth of a ** ml - soil! ude toe m< m orle* of 1774-IMW—memorise reaching ail the way from Washington to John Brown The hills and mountains of West Vir ginia. i FIGURING ON CONGRESSMEN. MKKOHTft Ol 1111 Dl>lo< It ITS TO c%i*ti hi: thi; hoi *e. I halrniAn IllrluiriUiiii l Cnttliig In Some tlnril \\ irk lte|ubll*Mis Arc hr !io Brans < ertaln That the llmisc Will llr Tbrlrs—srw I nrL Is Their A| Issltmary 4rtnnd—**nmr of tl* Familiar I luurra and Thrir Chances for Orttlng Hack. Washington. S* pt i*’ Sum Jim" Rlch ardson presents the nuv-t prontinent figure In (he Washiitg.on end of a-live tumpnxn m'inngctncfit them'd*)*. When the Inmo mi *.f the House i. their catM'U* b<itan n -*ch for . man to serve as chairman of the National t’u greneioiial r'iniimign I'ommittee. the* turned to tile lul i*t son, le nusc, as they put it, he bad more i*al interest in the captuie of the House of He|resrittatlves than any other man. It was presumed, therefore, that luised on (hi.s iidenwt, he would tnke a more a live part In the management of the <'.mrr knal Com- mit teo than atiy other man who could bo selected. If the Houbc |h Democratic. "Slim Jim ’ will l* the Bt'eakur an*) former Congr***- inan Jim Kerr of IVnnsyH .tnfa, will ba Ihe clerk Both ore d*'Mrabte Jobs and with tle i(k of nmkltig these gi-ntlc men earn them, the one hna beet) male chalrm in and the other s* ret ary of the committee, which is hard at work down ar Metropolitan Hotel. There are mime Democrat* who profee to believe that uulcs* they <tin tspture the prevldency. the 1 termcrati*' party tvoukl la* better off %\lthou: tho House of Represen;*tl%e*. They nrgue that from • parly m <iktpolnt, W would be better for !!M to b*\ e fhe HepuNk ata* In full coti trol of all branches of the government In the meantime. That is, of course, pre auming Derik>cratlc defeat in the national election. But there are two met* who do not agree in thi* view Richardson and Kerr. The> are working from early morn |ng until midnight pi their efforts to cap ture doubtful congressional districts, and they take n rather optim -tic view of Democratic chan s in their particular line. Republics ••• Ant I rrtntn. Republit an managers ar- hy no means eerluln that they will he aide to capture the House even If they elect McKinley. They talk \agu,ly ah u! gains In the far \\*st, hut the fact Is they bare about everything west of Missouri and Arkans as as things now stand If they make a clean sw,ep. they will gain no more than they lose In the Buuthern states. For they count on bating majority of the few members they now havn from the flouth The Irtrn'crat* expect to regain the one district In T- xas. the one district In Alabama, and two or three districts In North Carolina which ar. now repre •u-nted hi Republicans and these, they bel.evc, will at least ofls-t the gains which the It- publicans would make In th# West by an absolute <1 an nrp Through the Middle West, the fndlea t|.'iie p In, to the two parties retaining nbout th. same streniith they have In the present Congress It Is difficult to see. no matter what turn the national campaign may lake, how thes- is lative positions will be affected to any egtent There wu* some tn k at otic time among R>publican manag.i- of the probability cf gaining a me -eats In l’ nnsy l, an) , but Col. Guffey, the Immortal If leader In that state seems to have things so well In hand that the Republicans have about ahand and th- Ir hie* about mak ing any gains there unh s* they call the election of fllldsy a gain fllbley was elect ed as a 1 irmoerat, it Is true, but he has acted with Ihe R-publlcan* on practically every measure, so even If he l suc cessful, It can hardly be called a Republi can gain. hew York as Ml„alnnary Field. In view of these facta, the Republican rn inager* are Inclined to believe r 4• itt New York Is about the only mliedonary ground Ihey huve left. They hive sir-him liotws ■f getting leick some of the districts In Brooklyn, which the Democrat* carried at the lasi election. Tho failure of the Dem ocrats to nominate Cider plays Into their handa In this re.peel. The announcement thnt Tommy Brad ley Is to lo* left at home creates no sur prise among Dcm.smie in Washington The chief consideration which has I men glV‘*n Bradley In the pi, *4 hits been o won - der ae to how he ever rnme ,o lie sent to Congress at all. Hl* fellow D< mo rats have pretty generally cons hi. rcl him a blot on the escutcheon, and they are not „t all worry that Bo** Croker has decided It will be best for the young man to re main In New York. There will be weeping and walling In r, m qunrter*. however. If ChefT In-vy t* left t home, for whatever else le-vy Is, he ho* been a good soft thing for ths newspaper hoys. No nmtter how weird nr wild an Idea someone nf the yellow Jouriails dc*lr,,| to have advanced, Cheff was always ready to help It along The statesman from the Thirteenth District went ahrsit Washington met session with ho, pocketc nn>l even bis hot bulging with bill# prepared for presentation to Con gres* No man has ever yrt been able to compute Ihe total number which lvvy. from lime to time Introduced, hut |, been perfectly easy matter to keep track of those that were acted npnn A* a mat ter of fact, not one<>/ the moliftorir, which hnre his name, every saw Ihe light of day. If he la occupied at home, there will lie sorrow In the hearts of the newer taper hoy*, nnd all III* howls of people who were Invited to Levy’s free ’•feeds.” ||| . pp., of society seem* to he tlojk the greater 4 ment And he had the satisfaction of knowing that his record In his own par ticular line was not excelled by any of ihe leaders of Washington society. They Want I ummlngs. All the Democrats want Amos Cum mings to come back, although Amos lias a Hill# way of differing from Ihe mem ber* of hi* parly on almost every ques tion that cornea up: Jake Ruppert has made no -snail number of frlcnda among hi, colleagues who would regrat to are him left off the list When Tim Campbell w„* her# last win ter lobbying on certain posts.' matter*, he caused It to he understood that Croker had promised to send him back to Con gress Whether Tim thought this, or whether he was Just t I lint It for the pur pose of Incraaidng tils own Important-* among Congr. ssmen It la hard to say. flo far a* the material end of It la concern ed. if Tim could make many auch kill ings a* he made last winter, It would be I* tier for him to stay out of Congress A* the purely disinterested frl-nd of the employes of the government prin’lng of fice Ttm lobbied Industriously for some bills In their Interest A, good many peo ple have thought that'the hills would have gone through anyway, but the print ers were satisfied and Tim Is generally ucdeistoid to have puflod out something like ir>oo> for bis share hi* especial availability la this line le based on his supposed close friendship with Chairman Lo,id of California, who served In Con gress with him. If Tim does not come to Congress, the chances ar* that he will be m Washington Just about as much for he ha* found a good thing. Everybody In Washington, irrespective of lo'ltics. hopes that the picturesque flulscr will again be In th harness Con gress without flu x r would l- dull and dieary Indeed, and the men who at both Democratic and Republican headquarter* are figuring on the probabilities always i put down Mulscr as on* of th* guro things. A Healthy Mother and Child. .•ti • . <- . . ... .juo. Mr* )•! K Tn..mas writ. "I h! i < ha*torlng for several years but kept gening wore*- ,i ne day a neighUr woman brought me your ‘The Hl* of Lift and wonted m l tak* vour intkllclne. I toi l her ihat I had given up all h<*t of t ier Ki lting we|i I had trie l • much RSdiriiH Mv neighbor* thmighl I v\.i nearly <ld with consumption. Finally 1 con<'luded that I would trvak* a last til*) Ho id) hw-Unid got us* a Ind lie of IViuna and AI inalln. ••I ruamrlrril takinu them scronlms to dlrertlona. That hmi two >ear nkm, % year mm last \emler I unr birth to a 10-phmml hahy boy, who la well miml hearty, nihl lam doing no on m housework. Irn nearer alse IVrtinN too great gratae. ** Mrs L M Giifllth write* from Oriflno. Nth.: "Your fVruna did me a wrmder ful amount of g.*d. It cured me of l*.urnn-• 1 am .1' yearn old and bad naver Ihmik* any children, but sin. * beginning ymr medicine 1 gave birth to a 10- |SMind baby gill Hhe Is now six montha old and weighs £5 |M>und < I uni atronw *r HiHit I have been alnee I waa unite young. <•! Idea* you nod your medicine forever. I cannot tell all I nexer mw r hennl of anythtfig half *o good I an nver think you enough for your kind nr**. In cases of lu grippe It works like a charm It cured my baby." IVruaa In a specific f*r pelvic catarrh Anv wom.in •uffering from any form of pal vie trouble mi ..*sult Dr. Hartnmn free of charge. Dr. Hurtmin la treating thouaanda of somen for dl ••* peculiar to their sex with universal success. "Health and Beauty.” written especially for women, sent free by ad* dr* - lug llr. llartuiMo, t uttinihna, O. illl.F.K ACCIOK9T W tCNQINBk Mr*. Wllllnra Jnxr. Mr*.l—Go, rniral j of *, I.lmiml I niton. Valdo.U. a> . Sept. 15 —Tho wexthound panxfiKer Irxlfi on tho I’lont Rysltm 4s dolayod |o-.l> al Naylor by a ralh. r !><•- mllfr r ld>nl. A, the enylneer drew lh<‘ whlxll* lever to give the,,union ,l*nl ■ • tho train apprortchefl Navlor. *h. whit tle blew off Mid the noun eecaped from the Irtdler. hrlnxlnir the truln to tand ■illl A fro util engine w;ui rent from this city to pick tip the tram and carry It on aa fur * ThomaavlUe. and a delay of an hour and half x.*n I'euacd Till, I, the aec< fid ac> Ideal of the kind that ha, hap l tied In the post three montha. The other occur, li a this Bide of Quitman aoma tlmo a,o It lipi>*iied. howover. to the came engine Mrs William Jonea. of thla city, died suddenly last night. Hhe had been com plaining for some Urn*', but was not con sidered a*rlouly 111 Hhe was wdl usual at m,|*|s r. hut aiout II o’clock her huehstvl was aroiise.| hy tier hear y breathing Hhe aa,p*d twice and died be fore medical a'tentlon could reach lor. Hhe was a sister of i ifllcer “Bud" Dam pier of the |ol lee force. Tho movemeni of re Island cotton hero has been dw. thotrgh pickers have been loi- i* for a wc. k or so The price t<-<iay ranged aliovc So cent, for ttrst • lass teu ton. sml the heavy rains thut have talien during tho |met day or so hive alvtti strength t the market. In the next week or Ml a great deal of cotton Is ex pec I eel to iemc Into market, itiouali the f.trm'rs be lieve that the price will run still higher, and many of them are dWel *o laud Ihe staple hack for higher price,. At a meeting of the I(emocrailc Huh h. re nexi .Monday night. It Is expected that arrangement, will be made for some, eiieerhea, and Congraesmsn Itranllev will Im> liiv-lt.-l lo address Ihe voters here at an early dale He speak. In H hols cun- | ly, .1 Hiatenvllle. on the 251 h. and It U probable thnt he will come from there here. RK.GHO ATTEMPTEIV ASSAULT. Was Glvra Up lo the Authorities. Ac tv Rank at Moullrlr. Moultrie, Ga . Bept. 15.-Rcott Williams, a negro boy about 17 years old. was placed In Jail to-day on a charge of a*auli with Intent to rape upon the young girl of Mr Hen Hharp. a prosperous farmer In Ihe eastern part nf th* county. It appeart, lhat he entered the room about 12 o'clock Thursday night, but in some way woko the young girl, who gave the alarm, and her father came and caught him bcinre he accomplished his purpnae The Imy had been raised by But ler Btiarp*. a brother of Ban Sharp, the ex-sheriff of the county, ami Ihe appeals of hla brother sml wife saved hi* life, and will allow the law to take 11* rourse. Both of the Menu. Hharp brought the boy Into Moultrie and de livered Mm to Sheriff Flaher. an.l they have received Ihe hearly congratulation* of the cltlsena of Ihe town for their con <**a*„#W bank ha* been organised to-day with Mitchell Brice of Quitman a* presl dent, W H. Barber a* vice president, and j y Monk as cashier. The capital etock of **>, has all been subscribed, and the bank will be opened liy Nov. 1. under name of Oglsens Bank j c Curia, charged with murder of . j Alderman. 1* In JH. he having given himself up a few day# ago. ami ha# made applFstlon for hall, which will be heard V. Thomaavlll* on Hep. 20 Bollcttor Thomas ha* been over here this week gHttnir "!• •vldwrct. Th#* n/IJourfiM i**rm of Kuiwrtor < ourt h„* been chang'd from the fifth Monday In October to Ihe fourth Monday. Class li,,lu*tr> i oaiplieated. Muncle. Ind., Bept 15.-The compll-sted ,-ot dltlon existing In the window glass and Iron worker a trade* which hat. *<ag nalod hualneas here. Is no. the least flevnd to-day. though President Tuasey of in,* Cutters’ Association arrived In Ylunrl* this morning and ha* been meet ln with the members of the window Si. weaker* To-day Ihe American Company notified the managers of Ihelr factories throughout the country that no mote attention would b* given the Cut- T. Association and that anv das* of Lnrkera who could be found could be em riovtl President Bums notified th* lo rlfl assembly to Ihe earn* effect. Population of Viewport, Hr. Washington. Bept- lA-The population of th# city > Newport, KD wa# offlcialD announced to-day Is •• follow*: aanouncwl ]|n 2 t.*U. These figure* Show for the city as a whole an Increase m rliulltion of 2.M. or II per ent fmm l9h 1900 Th* population In IW> was m til showing an Increase of 2.2*5. or 2146 per t.n! • from UK to 1) Omaha May 4ilv* gMMfIIO. Omaha. Neb.. Bept 15. Mayor Moore# ha* sent *t fiftb nd forward# to-morrow another 11. raised here for the relief of Galveston, and aay* he ha* several thousand dollar* In sight, and expecia be fore losing Ihe fund n*xt week, to be able to make q total of know la south Dakota. Dead wood. B D.. Hep. IS—The Black Hills experienced Ite first enow storm to day. I< 10-gan with a rain which turned to snow Two Inches fell on Bald Moun tain, and It 1* very col* LIFE IN THE OLD MARE YET. G.tMH AND POft l.tH *9ll* TfHIK A lllfi HACK AT GktVBMSsYD. %t on (hr Seen,i,l Xyrelal at fhe Prle, of 7 to I—llatl to (-'lght It Onf W itte -uel, Winner, ae Hlulry xts.-L and Kfhellserf—The "Ulaek Whirlwind” la*,l ,lie line- All fhe 11 a > —H,m marlre of the other llaeee. New York, fl.pt. 15. Imp. the Black Whlrktwlrul. the potntter Idol of regular and casual race-goers alike, son the Sec ond B|rll al Gravesend to-day at the prt, eof 7 t< 1 Hhe Woo amongst the wihk. est enltun>l.tsni with the Brooklyn and flu hurtwn hadlcap winner. Klnley Mack. Ihe mlghtly Kthells rt end iho three year-okl M Me. kin behind her. The raeo was run es ihe fourth race, and Ihe four horses originally announced started. -The Ihlrd break wa, acceplahln to tho starter, and he sent them off for ttie mile and a half Journey. Imp broke Inst, hut Burns qutekiy took her to tho front, and she ohowid the way down past tho grand stand with Klnley Mack, M. Mcekltt and Ktheßmrt lengths .i|iarl, behind her. Burns let her race along at her own pace, and there wa, no change In the order mound the near turn and up the back stretch. At Ihe end of a mile McMe-kin rounded up a Ihtie, and Turner on Kthel bert. Wiie already beginning lo ride with tils hands to keep hla mount up. On tho far turn Klnley Mack and M Meekin Isitb wtwved up to th black mere, but Burns lei out a wrap and aho ahowed Iho way Into tho wtreich wlfh everything driving behind her. il M.ekin challenged re.o lutriy when straightened out, but ana dropped back beaten, and It waa left to Klnley Mack and Kthelberl lo fight It out with her. Itofh boys role desperately with whip and ,pur. but nil In vain, and lha wtr„ wrts passed with Itnp a length In front of Klnley Mack, who whs a n.Ck before Kthelberl. Ibr lime was only one-Qfih of a secon. 1 behind her own track record made In the earns event laat year. Sum marls.. First Race—About alx furlongs. Mon tanlc, li to 10. won; Gold Or. 7 fo 1 and 5 to 7, second; Time 1:10 4-5 Second li oe- Hte.qd, tiasc, about two anti a half mile,. (Vide Robin, 4 to 5. won; Cap*. ITcraal, 13 to 1 and 6 lo S. second; Count Navarro, lit to 1, third. Time 4.51. Third Race—Holly handicap, five and a half furl.mg, Conroy, 7 to 1. won; Dub lin, 9 to 2 and * to 6. second; Bellarlo, S to 2, third. Time DI7 45. Fourth Kauw-Tbe gecond special,one and a half mllea. imp. 7 lo I. won. Klnley Mack. 5 to 1 and 4 to 5. second; Kthelberl, 7 to 10. Ihlrd. Tim* 2:M 1-5. Fifth Race—Five furlongs, selling. IJef frlnce. s to 2, won; laidy Fadden. ai to 1 and 10 lo 1. wcond. Gracious, 12 to I, third. Time I;<K 2-5. fllxth Itarw— mile end a sixteenth. Green ock. 10 lo I, won; Olis. 2 to 1 and even, second; Rlnaldo. 40 to I. Ihlrd Time 1 49. A Wtmi.ll’4 II F.COHI) BK ATKY. Interesllngr Fee fa re. ( Grand Clr enli electing. New York, Bept. It—Feafuree of Ihe Grand Circuit meeting to-day were tha lowering of the world's record for pacer, driven by amateur*, and fhe Using Rump's isrcifcsfllonaliy driven world wag on record at 3.03 V,. Free Rood. 204(a to hern, as. was the star In lha leal men tlone.l event, and C. G. Rllitnga drove a lirautlfully rated mile In 2441, with a strong wind a, a handicap, culling tha former record of o*‘, held by the Cleve land twicer Ananias two seconds. Sum maries: Road wagon race, final heat (complete summary*. Roman Crook won first ami second heat, and race; Quadriga, second, winning third heet. Sllvermakcr, third Time 2:13: 2:10; 2:14%. 2:07 class lacing, purse lI.SHi Dumont IV . won fifth, sixth and seventh heafa and race. Indians, second, winning second amt third heals; Choral, third, winning first and fourth heats Time 2.0*4; 2 074' 2. TANARUS%; 2:%; 2:114; 2;M%; 1:124. 2:14 cla„. Hotting, puree SI ino Klein S. won first, eenond and fourth heata and Ihe race; Rosier, second, winning third heat. Dady Norveta. third. Time 2:144; 3:11%; 2:14: 2:14. HIYEItN UN tho: MAMI’AUK. High Water, 4'anelag Great Damage la Mlaneeota. Grand Rapids. Minn., Sept. 15—The I’mlrle river has risen fourteen feet in the pest two days, and has carried away every dam and bridge In tta entire length. Tt* Mississippi here Is very high from backwater. The lowland la all over flowed and m,ny thousand tons of hey are flooded 40 the tope of the etneka. The water has not been so high since DM. l,umherm*t will lose much by the float ing of togs Into the woods l*OFl L-tTIOS OF NORFOLK. It lies 40.4*24 People, an Increase af 33.70 Per t eal. Washington Sept, li.—The population of Ihe rtly of Norfolk. Va.. ae announced to-day for I*oo, Is 4*.*21; Increase 24.70 per sent, lu UM the population waa UJUI. 9