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AMERICAN BANKERS
>IM riXAtMIBB* L t'l llt-Ki:i> AT
nil IIHOTD. VA.
WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR
t
s I'HUMi IKEIH II IDE IIY Till.
GHUI BXEtTTIVB.
|lr 1 rged Thnt llir Mmnlnu of tl.
latcrul Should ll*- Ruluigrtl Ile
> (inil ••1.1-tcd" ktoelts nml Hnntl*
\ llcttrr tixrHi Should Prevail,
lurrruar iu Membership *lmnu h>
•tpfrrlsr)'* 11-i**ri limaiil Ail
i*tMi hy l*ppuiiai Halki-r Mill
Richmond. Vs., Oct. 2—The American
Hanker*' Association convened In annua:
n hen- this morning and n-aa In
session until alter It p. m.
on the ataae dur.ng the opening session
were President Walker Hill of 81. Louis,
dveretary Jamca R. Branch ef New York.
Hon Elite H. Roberta. Treasurer of the
pnted Hates; Hon. J. Hoge Tyler. Mayor
St M Taylor. Col. John B. Purcell, and
other*.
Af.tr the ***ooiatlon had been called
•o orrteh and Invocation offered by Rev.
Carey Morgan. Mayor Taylor delivered a
lort addres* of we come on behalf of the
, ;iy Tbla am followed by the reading of
ihe address of welcome by Virgintur
Newton, on behalf of the bankers of
Richmond, and r.-rponse by ITestdent
Walker Hill of the association.
Gov. Tyler then made an address of wel
ima on behalf of the s>ate. In which he
urged a broader huals of security In the
* idlng of money.
1 believe 1 will speak my mind on on
or two eubjecis." he said "In the first
j> ace you have heard of the word collat
eral’ Well, my frirnds. Its meaning needs
to be enlarged.
It usually meons In all of our Amerl
.an eltle*. the s*eurllle that arc Ifsted
on the stock exchange, ard utiless a morn
can : rteent to the great tru*t i-omr>anles.
savings hanks and national banks, the**-
s .-c ill and 'listed' securities he Is unable
to borrow from them Who lints these se
. urltles? The company of men who do
:hia are themelve* usually large bidders
of these listed *e<urltl s anil are, there
fore. little Inclined to enlarge the limits
of this fevord circle. Yrai may have lands
and houses and cattle, manufacturing
I lants. municipal bonds and a hundred
k nis of property whose Interest bearing
at aclty Is assured. yt you cannot tap
with ever so small pipe these greit
re- ivolrs. Even the small country banks
thrmselvss cannot provide the right kind
of rollateral and so re-dlscount their
not**.
I Better System Needed.
A tetter system ought to prevail. A
man Is not discontented with our Ameri
. in *>stem because It will not lend Its
money on worthless and precarious risks;
i. is not discontented because you refuse
■ go Into *p.-ul*Hon* of a doubtful Issue,
but he I* discontented because so many
mm with Incomes hrlnglng properly can
not always he accommodated with a loan
upon It. not these call loans which will
.■iv you on a moment’s notice to dump
the eccurltk* on tha market whenever
panl 4y tremor runs through the street,
oat time loans, when a mnn can trct*ar<>
to inset them. l>oth principal and Interest,
a .1 |*a> hack the money he has borrowed.
A better system should lie ib-vlsrd either
t >*h branch looks or bureau* of In
formation or a closer union and Inspection
• lid lie mail*- among the banka of the
din. rent states so that a surplus In one
< dd help to make up a deftcll In another.
Hi methods can never be applied to
country ways."
The annual reporta of the president, the
’*tarjr and the treasurer were then read
.*r.| Just before the hour of adjournment
a* re a iso read the reports on "Education, *'
Iform Lows," and "Kldeltty lnsur-
An Informal report was male on ex
*-sa company taxation and the report
■ the Detective CVmmittee was submitted
: I all of them were briefly discussed
Secretary’s Report,
The Secretary's report was .is follows:
he mrmber.-hip and nvource* *: the
i--nclatlr.it ba In* reared as follows:
* >. oher I. ISSa—
Pal*! momhei ships 1.511
Annual dues E.4K!
it.-toiler 1. limb
i’ 1 111- m'lri-jhlp A.aOO
Annual dues 81.200
in Ihe |>aei year 234 members were loat
i ' >Xh failure. liquidation an*l withdraw- I
a from the association, reducing the 1
Membership to g.ttl. Eight hundred ami
t intntn members have Joined since Hep
p :oher 1. HM. a net gain over last year’s
total membership of SBS
The roll now embraces 4,5>10 members,
• e capital, surpius and undivided pto.’-
1 iggregate tl.4l2.te:>*;
•'< m blind dcioelts 5.1tR,377.7*'
Total M.MU.558.1M
* is WttifdlfTh more than the came
ei* of last year’* members. These
r.g'ires do not Incltnle the. capita! and de
b" Its of t3d members, who are private
-ankers and make no sMtemen's.
Rcapertftilly submitted.
JAS. R BRANCH.
Secretary.
t'rfßhlrnl If 111 * Adtlrrii*.
lii ills id drees President Hl!l atd imonf
ot. r thing*:
I fc.xc llcncy. Your Honor, Mr.
■ nt, Uadle* and Gentlemen. and
'■ lulcmen of the American li.mkeis' A
-1 1lion:
11 I difficult for me to assume the role
MMt In thi*. the he.iutiriii Capital
ll,v "i Vi rein la. where I wan born and
•Ii apt nt the itrst ten yearn of my
n. i nluxal, and nerved an apprenticeship at
' kick' In all ponltlons from collector to
ca-hier.
" ith my knowledge of the people of
1:1 'unond I feel assured that we will re
from all sides most rourteoua and
*" i'l attention!!, and mo effort will be
■ to make the visit to thta city of
member of tbla association on event
In *)l life.
' nweet ringer thu* heau'lfully de-
Uie love of her children for Rlrh-
I and their pride In her glories, and
,:,| t>le achievement* of the aonn of
' ir> " • ia In her cauae and In the *ervlce
' common country. though fate may
!t them, aa It hae me, far from her
thi re to finish. It may be. such
-p>t> of life a* may remain to them.
1-'Mt>n '
mond. loved city of my earlier days,
- ' r: hntlshed t 111 in memory's tander
mood,
■o non of thine hut proudly nlnga thy
Pralne.
fl feels hi* love by thought of thee re
!<• Wed;
!■ of the Old Dominion tn her pflde,
' me of the statesman and the cavalier,
-e far my path* may lead, and
wide.
s 111 I* thy glory to my uplrlt dear.
M _
’ I’. ' hmend, aaeretl to the name
, 1 ■ *>*• Cauae. It* faithful citadel.
• "I'l* r talc live* In the book of fame.
how brave Richmond fought, and
. trved. and fell;
'Kuat shade of the lllostrlouf Idte.
1 In thy air. and dreaming eye*
, fiy view.
1 "t army that defended thee,
and forth—the Gray against the
ltlue.
A 1 " n. the Gray and U!uc In union
•'■i.nd.
Their sons went forth to battle wteh
Spain,
Another Lee of Virginia swift was found.
The beloved Fltshuch—to prove the pa
triot strain:
Dauntless he stood against the Spaniard’s
hate.
Fearless, with treachery on every hand.
Defender of his country’s Consulate,
Guarding the standard of hi* native
land.
Dear Richmond, these the thoughts that
stir the souf
Of thy proud sons who see thee now ar
rayed.
In peaceful beauty where the thunder
roll.
Of batile once It* dreadful music made.
Live. In the glory of thy splendid past.
And In thy greater giory yet to he.
Loved City of the South, while life shall
last.
My heart—a son's heart, Richmond—
bests for thee.”
tlf Historical Interest.
"Because of the character of I t people
lie commercial Importance, and it- h.-
terlc fame, I am cor-Adent that all w.ll
commend the choice which has brought
u- together In the city before which those
mighty captains. Lee and Grant, fought
their periless armies In the greatest war
of modern times, as thereby we may be
reminded of that which we should not
forget, especially In this eampaiaa year,
that a Qrar.t and a I- now wear the
same uniform, and that the latest addition
io the battleships of the I’nlted Bi.it-s
bears the name of a state in which wa
located the fleet capital of the Confed
eracy. a name made famous In naval an
nals by the cruiser which drove Ameri
can commerce from the seas, ami whl h
was sunk off the t oast of France by the
Kearearge on a beautiful Bund>ty morn
ing In June of ls*t That which re-lothed
a IA-c In blue and placed in Alai ama
amongst the warships of the I’nlt'd
States, evidencing a* It happily does, that
we are again, and more than ever before,
one people, has brought It* burden* 1
will not call Ihem the "White Min t Bur
dens." hut they arc ours, and wre must
bear them one way or another, though
Just how we should h*ar them 1 do not
propose to discuss, but ll I* altogether
proper that 1 should call your attent on
to some feature* of conditions resulting
Jiom the late war with Spain, und the
foreign policy of our country during th*
past eight or nine years, that must affect
more or less directly a large numliei of
the members of this association Our flag
has been carried Into distant parts of the
world; how long ll will fly In those parts,
and Just what It will there represent no
one can now say. hut this ituy be safe y
said: We have broken our commercl *♦
shell and th trad* of our country will
never again be pushed Tack wlih’n the
confines of the t'ntted State* This new
condition the hank*r* of the country mu*t
meet, for they are the custodian* of tne
money of the country, and If they do not
use Intelligently and to the l>**: advan
tage It* medium of exchange, othets. for
eigners. will reap rewards that should be
our*, for rest assured that we will no be
permitted to long do awkardly, slowly
und expensively what we can he better
done by others Excellence of service will
be demanded of us, and therefore we
gmst educate ourselves In the commerce
of the world. • • •
liMokcr* I)*s*b4 on Good Time#.
• eesesss
"That some of the lewder* of the people
shou'd And It to their advantage to decrv
the patriotism of hankers Is. I am sure,
a source of regret to all the mi-mleb of
this association; hut 1 may venture to
say. without fear of successful .-ontmdl
lion, that no other single cla-s of men are
so dependent on "good time*" as haiikers.
and none do more to make times good or
stand more bravely in the breach und sac
rifice more to stint a panic and avert the
untold evils that follow In Us trail, than
hankers. Ami no one class of men. from
the days of Robert Morris to the present
time, have mad*- more personal sacrifices
and ventured their fortunes mor* freely
for their country than American banker*;
and yet some who must know this hesi
tate not to Induce many to believe the*
hankers are the enemies of their country.
1-ot us hope that the ever-increasing In
telligence of the people will soon make
them lmi*ervlous to such unjustifiable mis
representation and such unmitigated a- m
agoguy as now misleads them to the In
jury of their most tmpnrktnt Interest*.
Let us. the hanker* of she country. In the
mewntlme go steadily along Ihe pathway
that conservative but progressive commer
cial methods mark* nut for ti*. working
In the future, as we hive In Ihe post for
the pro*|erlty of the people In times of
peace and the honor ond safety of our
country In the troublous times of wart
which, let us pray, may not come upon
us again In our generation."
To night the visiting bankets were given
a reception at the Jefferson Hotel and at
]o:3li o'clock sat down to an eltganl ban
qiiH.
MORE BOXES OF GOLD.
And Via it y Greenbacks.
To secure additional Information di
rectly from Ihe people. It I* proposed to
send little l*oxes of gold and greenbn-k*
to persons who write the moat Interesting,
detailed, and truthful description* of thetr
experience on the following topics.
1. How hav you been affected by cof
fee drinking and by changing from t offee
to Postum.
1. Do you know tiny one who has been
driven away from Postum because It came
to the table weak and characterless at the
first trial?
1. Did you set such a person right re
garding the easy way t make Postum
clear, black, and wMh a crisp, rich taste?
I Have you ever found a belter way
to make it than to use four heaping tea
spoonfuls to the pint of water, let stand
on stove until real boiling begins, then
note the clock and allow M to continue
e#*y boiling full IS minute* from that
time. stirring dowr occasionally? (A piece
of butter about the *le of a navy twnn.
placed In the pot will prevent boiling over.)
5. Give name.t and aecounl of thone you
know 10 have been cured or helped In
health by the dl-mlMtil of coffee and the
dally use of Poflum Food Coffee In It*
place.
* Write name* and add re* "e* of twenty
frlende whom you Iwlleve would be ben
efited by leaving off coffee. (Your name
Will not be divulged to them.)
Addre** your letter to the postum Ce
real Cos.. I-td.. Battle Creek. Mlrh.. writ
ing your own name and address clearly.
Be honest and truthful, don't write poe
try or fanciful letter*, Just plain, truthful
statement*.
Decision will tw made between October
Seth and November loth. !**'■ by three
judges not number* of the Postum Cereal
Company, and a neat little bo* containing
a Silt gold piece rent to each of the five
~ m writer*, a box containing u S-* gold
piece to each of the next best writ
er*. a lit greet)bo- kto each of the neat
heat, and a II greenback to ta b of the 33o
next beet writer*, making r%sh prlxe* dis
tributed to 335 reraon*.
AlmoM avery onr In p*>r* food
and drink I* willing to have their name
and letter appear In the |stp*r. for such
help a* It may offer to th- human race.
HowfVfr, ft request to omti nanv 1 win *
respected. . . .
Kvery friend of Postum Is urged to
write and each letter Will be held In high
eateem bv the company, a* an evidence
of such friendship while the little boxes
of gold aod envelope* of money will reach
many modest writers who-e plain and aen
stblc letter, contain the fact* desired, al
though the sender n.ay bave but srnal
faith In winning at the lime of writing
Talk thi* subject over with your freed*
and **c how many among you
prlxe*. It 1* a good honest competition
and In the best kind of a cause. tit t .
statement out for K wIU not oppear again.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1000.
LIVER PILLS.
Dr. Rndnio * Cos., New York.
Dear Sir* l have N*eu sit* for nearly
tuo year*, anti ha\e bon <kK*(orlng with
of the moet *xrri doctor* of tIM
I nit?*) Htaie 1 h\4 been bathing tn anti
drinking hot *air .it th* Hot B:>r‘ng*,
Ark..but ll #e*itid every thing fulled to do
me good After I mu your ulvertln#mnt
I though! 1 Mould try your pill*, and have
nearly used two bo***; been taking tar©
a( bedtime and on* after brrakfaM. and
they have done me mor* good than any
thing ebo I have ued. My trouble ha*
bv*n with th' liver. My ekiu and rye*
were all > .kw; 1 had lkep> , drowry f * I-
Inge; Mt lik>* o drunken man; pain rlgh
.•nose the navel, like a* If It wa> bib on
lO'.* of ihe MiXiutci). My bowel* very
eoatlve. M> mouth and tongue wre inOit
of lho lime A|>{ elite f.ilr. but fo.nl would
no! digent, bui.neitl* heavy on my coni
tv'h. and >ome mouthful** of fo*l
_ nr up ogam. I (<ouM only eat light food
(hot digest* easily Pleatr
Advice. ’* Keapectfully,
BEN ZAl'dG. Ifot B|rlnt. Ark
DAOWAYS
n PILLS,
Price. a box Sold by druggist* or
*ent by mall. Bthd to DR. RADWAY A
CO, X, Elm at real. New York, for Book
of Advice.
PUNISHMENT OF LEADERS.
(Continual from Ftnu Tage.)
Chwang Prince Y'lh. secondary Prince*
T?ml Elen and Thii Ylng. are deprived of
ail iheir respex'tlve r.nk* und oUb'e**:
that Prime Tuan is deprived of office and
handed over to the imperial clan court,
which ehall tonsult and de.*ide upon a
severe penalty. anl hi* Milary le to be
flopped; that Duke Tmi Lan und the
prenblent of ihe ceneorare. Ylng Nlen. are
hnncletl over t" tne *. ild U>ard who ahall
t'onfiili anand
anl that Kang Yi •**la(ant grand fer
ret ary arwl prefldent of the civil board,
and Chao Bhu president of tha
hoard of punishment, are handed over to
:he Uiard of cennora. who ehall consult
and decide upon a patiaHy."
GRHMDS P*OI OHT noXRRA.
Sofnrlnn* % n (I->'or• Iu Ofllelal Tap*
fnred by Jn pHnrar.
(Copyright, 1900. ihe A*socla*ed Press >
Fekln. Wednesday, f*ept. via Taku,
Sept 29 and via 8 i ngh.il. Oct. 2 - The
Herman column consisting of 1.700 men
under Own von Hopfner. encotmterod a
ma!l Boxer force south of Ihe imoerlal
deer park yasterday, ,ind ktllel forty of
the Chinese during a fight which follow
ed. The Chinese wrerg put to flight and
scattered. Four Hermans w’ere wounded
Chi Hsin, a member of the Tsung-ll-
Yamen. of notorious antl*for tgn venden
cfe.- ami a pafon of the Boxer-, ha- been
captured In the imterlal city ty the Jap
anese. HU fate has not been determined
upon.
TO PI MMI THE 4 Hl*Kftfr.e
Ktprdlllnn of €*erinaii Troop* Uaa
Menf Owl for Nsrrsgr.
Pekin. Bcpt. 2*?. via Shnnghst. ryet. 2.
rhe object of yesterday’s movement south
of the imperial hunting park was to pun
ish the Chinese for fit mg on a Herman
p.trol Gen. von Hoepfner’s force, which
include* o battery, burned several village*
where rnn were found.
The German commareler then proceeded
to Nun Hung Nm anti li-persed a body
of boxers outride the town. Half were
•urm'd with rifle* and the others with
pikes ind sword*. Some of ihem advanced
to within twenty yard* of the German
rifles. [er forming Boxer exercises, and
were mowed <k*vn.
M MAY NOT GO TO PKKItf.
V' 111 Take n Month tn Get American
Troop* Out of f 'Mnn.
(Copyright. 1900. ihe Aseoctated Dress.)
Tien Tern, fltpt. 29. via Taku, Sept. 29..
%la HhiinghaJ, Oct. !.-U Hung Chang
ha* abandoned hi* decision to proceed to
l*ckln and will. If omrounced, liegtn nego
tiations with the ftusslan minister to Chi
na upon the latter** arrival at Tien Tsln.
Gen. t'baffee retimateci that It will take
a month o get the American troops out
of China. #
Elll I>ITIO\ WH POBTPORIBD.
tirneral* 11 ho Will Command Fekln
nnd Tien Twin C olumn*.
Taku. Bept. 29.—The expedltiovi to Pao
Ting Fu ha* been postponed, and the
start will not be made until Oct. €. Gen
o.i*eiee .r-d the German general will com
mond the Pekin and Tien coluras,
rrepectlvely.
The Hueslnns hav-e occupied Tong Hhan
wlilmtit oppoeltlon.
The New South Wales contingent of
the British :roop* will winter In Pekin.
TOLD TO SHOOT Ft HI I: IG > t-'.H V
Order* from a l*r!nre < aned lUan
• Innflon of Yon Ketteler.
Berlin. Chet. 2 Ofllelal advirtNi from
Peklfl, dated Sept. 23. assert* that a
further examination of the Chinese non
commissioned officers accused of th# mur
der of lUron von Kettler resulted In this
statement:
••On. June 21, I and my pe>pie received
onlgr* from a prince to shoot foreigners,
wherever we ante aorou them ’*
The acdueed. It appears, denies that the
order was to *hoot a mini*ter. or the Ger
man minister, and ho declared himself un
able to say which prince gyve ihe order.
Order Forbidding l.ootlng,
Washington. Oct. 2.—Th# War Depart
ment has made public General Order No.
2 lH*ued by Gen. Chaffee In China The
order refers especially to the condm t of
the soldiers and calls attention to the ar
ticle* of war which hear especially upon
the protection of cltlsen*. The order was
deslmed to prevent looting, abuse of the
Chinese, and to enforce the same disci
pline In China as Is maintained In the
T’nlted States.
I.lttle Ir* from I'htna.
Igmdon. Oct. 2. 4:iV> a. m —There Is no
fresh news from China to-day, except a
Khmtgha! rumor that the allies have cap
tured Hhan Hal Kwan. end a report from
Cant on that mission prop* rty ha* been
destroyed at Rung Mun. on the Weet
rlv*r.
France** loir 4 onflrtned.
parts. Oct. I—An offl'la! of the French
foreign office to-day formally confirmed
the accuracy of the detgdl* of France’s
note to the Power* on the Chinese ques
tion as telegraphed from Vienna last
night.
% ffyetem of t*aelfleaflon.
Pekin. fG|f 2*. vi * Hhanghal. Ort 2
The with the assistance of
missionaries are m in* a ersiem of ra<*l
flrallon throufftv Ut numerous vlilate* In
the vtrinity of Tun* Chau
Itnsslan l.raatlnn llrnarla.
Wahln*:on. Oi’. 2—The flints Depart
runt hr* received dispatch from Min
tsisr t or.grr formally annottncln* thr
Withdrawal and departure of the Russian
| Ufstion from Pekin.
CLAIM OF THE REPUBLICANS.
Continued from First Page.
Alabama. Arkansas Florkin. Ooorcla,
Louisiana, Mistls.-ippl. the Carolina*, ini’
■lessee. Texas nnd Virginia
Dr thr doubtful column ! put Colorado,
Idaho. Kentwhy, Mi-sourt. Montun r N. •
vada. Nebraska arid I'm: Kvervihn :
else la pul ilgn for McK'nlev, but Indi
ana which with its tlftecn vote# - adtnt’.-
lel to br In doubt.
When shown thl# Ilepubit in claim M*
Richardson, fur th Democrat*, chtrr.i -
tert*el It •< onl> "n> inucli boasting !!•
added lhai the Democrat* also had a jh.:i
which was vo.-y different from Ihe It.
publican one, but that it would not I
made public.
HAfinianx tui tut t\ Tt *ir.
If Not Hr Will Write a l.etter Favttr-
Inu -IcH Inley.
New York. Oct. 2 ~-t*oncert:ln* the re
port that ex-I*resldem llnrrtaon. who
came to the ely last night with his family,
from the mountain*, would make a few
epee, he- dunn* the campnign, 1. was
learned 10-day that the national campaign
committee wrote him about a month
.iro askln* him to take some aeltve part
in the cam|Ml*n. Mr Harrison replbd
aaklng the committee not to press him
to mak" any speeches early in the cam
paign. It Is now said on the highest au
ihorlty that Gen Harrison will not he
atknl to make any speech*- until nearly
the close of the camp.il*n—ill! after Gov
Roosevelt ha* mode hi* tour of New I.>r*
slate. Then he will take the slump nml
make several speeches, nt least two of
which are to be delivered in thl* clt.
Henator Rcotl called on ex-President
Harrison at ihe latter's hotel to-!a\ an I
said afterward that Mr. Harrison will re
main here ten ir eleven day* and will be
able to streak, probably within that time.
If he should not be able to deliver an ad
dres*. said Senator Bcotl. he will writ, a
letter giving hi* view* and showing hi*
position, at.d the letter will favor Ms-
Ivin ley.
I* AIM? NAMED Et*ll GOV HR AIH.
I'lat form Adopted by Hss.ScllßSStts
llfdinpr* •*.
Boston. Oct. 2 —Robert Treat Pane.
Jr., x*a* again nominal#*! for Governor
hy Bay Btate Democrats to-day. The i:t
-form adopt##! det .arct* th# dominant qu -
• lon to be the conllntiane * 1 govemm**nt
by coreei! of th# govemel. t'u*
Porto Rico law le an outrage on the lib
erties of the people, call.-* for a fre* ■#>•-
•tituilon for Cuba. i*l In th# Philippines
(• speedy rest>rrtflon of independence, op
(losee any alllan e. op*n or s# re*. wl*ti
any foreign nation; nHKlemn* coni|*iny
stores in the ro*i tleldi: calls f*r the Ini
tiative and referendum, also sit Inherit
.•nee tax and munn ipni ovtrr.erehlp of pub
lic utilities.
An Innovation woe the rea<Hng of th*
De# lra!ion of Independence previous to
:he work of the convention.
n:U(M t< %TV ANK kITIIRRHO.
Meeting of nt Indianapolis
Will It# a Urge One.
Indian*polls, Ind.. Oof. 2.—Frnm to
1.000 visitors have arrived for the National
Convention cf Demo ratlc CTuba* whl* n
will open to-morrow afternoon In Tom
linson Hall.
The New York and New England dele
gations arrived to-night, the first l lega
tions of any six# to reach here. The
Matos represented hy the arrivals so far
are New York. Milne. Miism-HuhH!s,
t'onnectlciit, Vermont, N w Hampshire,
Tenneuw. Flor Ma. New Jersey, K*
tucky. Missouri. Ohio, Illinois. Texns.
Virginia. West Virginia, Minnesota. Ala
bama and Nebraska
The Indiana crowd, which U expected ,o
form three-fourths of the entire attend
ance, ha* not hr gun to arrive In num
bers as yet. but the leaders of the party
who arrived to the number of s'V<rul
hundred, all say their sections will he
largely represented
To-night at a meeting of the conven
tion managers the official programme of
speeches was arrang'd
oocktrY*ft chop 4 iiMirrioi*!.
home geetlnn* >eed Hair*. It bile Oth
er* Itmr Hern Too *9oll.
Washington. Ort. 3—Th# weather bu
reau’e weekly summary of crop con
sa>*s:
Haln Is generally needed In the Bou h
Atlantic and East Gulf flt.iles. and over
portions of the I’pj er Ohio Valley,
l*ake Region ami .Middle Atlantic state-*,
while excessive moisture, due largely to
the rains of the previous week, rat ard 1
farm work over the region extending from
Arkansas and Oklahoma rorthward to
Minnesota and the Dakota*.
Except where interrupted hy rains In
portions of Arkansas, Oklahoma nnd Mis
souri. cottcn picking hu* progressed un
der exceptionally favorable* conditions,and
via unusually well advanced. In th* cen
tral and astern portion* of the rotten
belt the hulk of the crop will be galhrr and
hy Ort. 10. Picking I* ir vgrc-slng rapidly
In Texas, except in the Dower Braxo- bot
tom* Inundated ly the rains of the pre
vious week, where the crop Is almost u
failure.
Oaman Paalta m Fugitive.
Peril*. Hi'S. 2.—Gen. Osman Pasha, a
near relative of th# deceased Osman
Pa*ha. Ihe *TI roof Plevna.” arrived to
day at Marseille# from Constantinople,
from whence he fl#d owing to th* H lltan’s
suspicions thvt he was engaged in a con
spiracy He embark'd surreptitiously on
the steamer Bagdad In order to rejoin hi*
relative, Mahmoud Pasha. In Pari*.
Jonea tn Arrompanr llr>an.
New Tork, Oct. 2.—The lM*mocratlc
managers have arranged to have M ivor
Jones of Tbledo. accompany Mr Bryan on
his tour of New York stare following Mr
Bryan's appearance at Mid*son tOjusic
Garden.
Nature’s Health Drink
l
• No ne,J o journey to Saratofa Sprinp in starch of health. Saratoga
' Arondaca Water, th* peat health drink, Is now bottled and brottf ht to
J you. The benefit to stomach, nerves and kidneys ar* Immediate,
jrsat and laslin-. Arondack Water u preacrifccd bv leadin* ph. L
dar., everywhere. It t the fureit aikal-nc water Laca n.
.- \ '
1 Saratoga
p Arondack
fqj Water 1
-CteteKjr Fcr aak by froci : ar.d drt-xfirta. - ' -
James M. Dixon & Cos., Wholesale Agents.
WHITE *\ PH EM AFT.
( 01. I. It. I.rwlii* UW la a \ olr far
Vi hltilr) n I*tr for tkr Irgrof
Editor Morning New* You klndiy pub
lished my communication which appeared
tn the New York Hun of Kept. 29. apd also
extt .tets front th* Hun's editorial of the
earn*- date, to which 1 lt*v replied by a
>tid communication to that paper.
In the hi Irtirir I have endeavored to
present .de;>i* for the iuvnalderatlon of
Northern Urpuhli au and their support
ii f the pre>- But your Inur of tht
hum ! u.r- contains < speecit of Hr. Bryan s
which f.• lid bring careful fail act lon to
tlu mmi of every white man in the
Heath
IV * who announced our Intention of vot
ing for McKinley arc .uused of *le*ert
ing the • *u*# of white supremacy and pro
moting negro dominafloti, and the course
of Mr McKinley in hi* first term Is point
cd to os Jus'lffcation for the charge It
mut b remembered, however, that the
conditions of the * mpalgit of IWC and 19nn
are tnnienully different. In IR** ths no
groes of the South ha<l great weight in the
selection of th* Republican candidate (the
only issue in which they ever have any
influence or weight), ami Mr McKinley
had e fulfill the political promises made
bv his supporter* Now lie I* nominated
without opposition, and la free front such
promises, wild even If It be contended that
he la only a poltlirtan, and not a ataes
m.iti, It wouhi nevrtheleas be good |*oll
tt s for him to adopt a different course
from that heretofore pursued as to the
distribution of federal offices In the Houth.
This 1 believe he will do
But wht I wished to point out la that In
this campaign Ihe Hon them peop’.e have
more re ison to fear Bryan ttran McKinley
N gro**s all through the North and We at
in organising against m- Ktniev on the
issue of the rights #.f the negro and they
ar* )<4ilng for support from Hrvau A
Kentiemun fr*m Lowell. Mn*. has sent
me a (lipping from ihe Boston Herald of
8* piemiM r >th. .giving in account of a
nv 'tlcg in Lynn. Mass, on the preceding
• vemng. In wM h the ‘‘Auditorium an
crowded with hi audience of colored
I people wht* hiss# I the nam * of McKinley
and Roosevelt. and listened t> the de
nviiu illt rv of Ihe policy of Ihe present
Hepihll ar* 4lminlstrw!p)n with enthua.-
ustl?' HppioMil. ' Amoi.g the s|eakers n
that meeting wu William IJoyd Gar
rison. a name w hich Is the perroolflcation
of the nlYolltionlst movement, who claim
ed that that tlm# had com* for the
tiegr.* to lay down hla allegiance to the
I Republican party.**
Is i*t Mr. Garrison Justified In this
i dalvn? Who >s It that In this campntgr
advocates the bestowal of blgir office on
the negro? Mr Rryen. and Mr Brvan
alone. Negro Bryan clubs are forming
nil over tb** North and West, snd your
Im ig of this morning give* an account of
a Fjkect h which Ihflr candidal# made to
one of these rluh* yesterday In Ht Paul,
Minn After referring o the course which
he should pursue If he should le elected
President, ami promising that the right*
of the negro would b protected, he says
•‘Certainly you have re|tald the present
Republican leaders for all that they have
•lone for your race. Ho far a offices ar#
concerned, you have bear owed Prenldencie*
upon th*- Republican party, and received
Janltorshlpa In return.”
What does this man. save that the
negro Is entitled to hlrber feJeral office
than Janltorshlpe. higher Indeed than he
has heretofore re*-elved, and that Mr
I‘ryon. If he should l*e ome iTesident. will
give them to hltn?
lyt the fUMithern man who thinks that
by voting for Bryan end agalnat McKin
ley he Is sustaining white supremacy note
what hi - candidate thinks and promt*#.-
a candidate who In justification of hl
•‘our-' and Ihe alleged prln Iples which he
tidvoc oes. (jtiol * alrno-t ex# bistvely frrun
Ahratiam Lincoln* As my Is>we!l corre
spondent says ”#he Wen. Lloyd Garrfaon
• ranks of former years are nil f.*r Bryan
now.** I>o the gout hern peofde belong
with them? Alexander B Lawton,
H.ivannah. Ga.. Oct 2. 190 r.
WON Hit II MtTROV 9TIKRI.
Ileou (sallnnt Won the t*rle nt the
Brlee of 80 to I.
New York. Oci. 2 —Bean Gallant won
the r* h Matron stakes at Morris Park
to-day a half length before the odds-on
favorite C>mmander Bull man brought
him up with a rush In the last sixteenth
and catching Hpenrer napfiing was first
fast the Judges for Ilia ptlxe.
Th# stake of s3r.ti> was tle feature of
the opening day of the fall meeting of
the Westchester Racing Association. It
was a perfect fall day and an unusually
big crowd was In attendance ftpcncer
was suspend'd for a week for carries*
ildlng Hummarlea:
Fir si Race—One mile. Hiar Bright, i o
won, with t*imi(ensotlon. I to 1 and 2
to 1. second, and Brigadier. ** to .*. third
Tim* l^D.
8* . ond Kaco Five and a half furlong**
Trigger. < to 1. won. with Hpry. 4 to 1 ami
% to i. uvoinl, aml Pigeon Post, 7 to 2.
third. Tim# IW4
Thlr*l Race—The Matron, six furlong*.
Eclipse course Beau Gallant. 2T> to I. won
with Fommando. 2 to 5 and out, second,
and The Parader. 15 to 1. third. Time
1:10%.
Fourth Rare—The Manhattan, six fur
longs. Firearm. 9 to 6. won, with Hal'a
ot I** xlntgon, 7 lo 1 and 2 ro 1. second.
ai S 4| Vulo*n. sto 1, third. Time 1:14k
Fifth Race—The Jerome Handicap, on*
mile and quartet Ak*edo. 7to 2. won.
with Gonfalon. 11 to 19 and 1 to 2. ##-#n|
and M* Meekin. 11 tot. third. Time |:f.7
Hixtb Race One inlle. selling It* I
grad'-. 30 to 1 won. with Annoy, 11 to !•>
and 2 to &. second, and Locoehee, & to 1.
third. Tmle HIM*
C olored Mnsonle 4 oagreat,
Washington. Ocl- 2.—Tha olored Maaon
i - gei>etal •mßre*s met l.ere (otky. T>r.
H L Harris of Petersburg, Va . reported
tha' he h and verlff* *1 by the reoorda of the
4)1 it >• Is**>N,*e of England, the granting of
Mu*onlc piv. gee. and th*- right t* father
. Agr* of negroes in the Enlied Htates to
prkn-e Hull, also that the African lyxlge
had never frfelted Its perfect Masonic
standing with the Grand lslge of K*ig
1a nd.
To Soften and Whiten the
HANDS
w *d® rtd. rwu^l ’itlid?u'thU
OT "'VrniWb t urn of t.Alh. for uio'-tibk Irrlt.Uon., f..r
•* otr.o.tT. pr.B<r.tina, m th. “fV
v "I Dn* of —Mhrt for ulcrati.. .Nln'.lu,
C tw mnv aanatlrrs antiMptt. purp<s.. ,n<l foe all tb* a„,
-A-~ ’■ ’■ .TlßifJ l of th. rurlst, hath, and rurnm rtTimn *.*(oniGas. IdOrb
* *""* r *• <> * !*■'■. •* . Twaxrr mi mm, th- rb.t ~ia
Ai VJ ***B*iT7 *"* '"•P•-•'* p. ih *rr tuilrt awl ai.T tab. mm* lo tha
C‘ -sri'i. nrtrm I>*i’.i a*>, <’*■■. t’.Mir . s a l-rosa kusto*.
- All about lb. ahl*. ab<l fcss. ’
NOVTIiI.Y fOTTtd NOYrgRYT.
Deerese s I *psred %% Ifh lw*t
Year Is SltlMMin Vtsles
New Orleans. Oet. 2.-Secretary Hast#r‘a
New Orleans t’otton Exchange statement
Issued to-day covers the monthly move
ment to the close of 8 member
Compared with last year. It shows a de
crease for the month tn round figure* of
229.00 bales The ’element shows re
celpt* at ports for the month. CD.tfci
agalnat 79M-* laM year; net shipment
ovrrlai.fi 22. **22 avalnst W2M lat year.
Houthem mill taking*, exduaive of con
*umpt|on at Southern outpori*. 111,737,
against l>n.SM last yar. InterWtr sto> ks In
excess of amnuni* held H#p 1, 121.071
against 1M.945 lasi year
American mills have ttken during the
month hales against 2&.4M la
year, of which by Northern aplnners and
(*ar>ada. overland M 72ft against UQ 71;
Foreign exports for Heptember were .W.
973 showing a decr#a*e under the s.im‘
(eriod last year of 18,18
Bto<-ks at tle nab ard and the SP had
ing Southern Interlrr markets at the close
of September, were #99.gM. agalnat 1.DM.311
last i^ear
Including stock* left over at tort* and
Interior towns from the last crop and th#
number of li e* of the new crop brought
'lnto eight during H#neml*er. th# auonlv
to dale I* l.tftH.Ml. against 1.727.4b') laat
year.
FIRST lAgISOS MlljgD.
Wat slim Roy and U 111 Yerer Forget Ike
Second One.
Columbia 8. (’.. (Vi J.—At Rmeavllle
Orangeburg county, the would-be ravlah
er haa l>een given another never# lesson
Six months ago Jim Boyd, w young ne*
rro, mad# an Improper remark to a young
w'otnan In Roweavllle. He was taken out
by clt liens and given two hundred la*h*tv s
But the remrdv did not cure him Yes
terday, when the family of a very pretty
ard estimable young lady were absent
from home, nnd she wua in the yard of
her house. ’Boyd made an attempt to *e!sc
her. The girl fU-d and screamed Bhe
ran to neighbors an*l Bovd ma|e his es
cape. Bui he w.im porsu*t n*l captured
He was taken into the county, btH Instead
of fieing lynched, rhe knife was used
Then after the negroe'g ear* were m.irk**)
h# waa released He may dl*.
RIG It 41.1.1 AT lilt I Itfttt ICK.
4 ontrrr.amon llrnotlsy • onaralolot
c.l on Hl* flprsrh.
Rrunswh k. Ga . Ort. J.-A biff rally was
hsld hsts 10-nlffhl under the auspice* of
the Yolinff Men’* I>e macro He Club of
Glynn Conffremman Rrantlsy w*s the
orator of the evenlntr *nd rer-tved an
ovation from his loyal ron.riluvnis. It
wa lntrodur*>l by President Owen* John
ston. Concressman lira nt ley devoted
mo*’ or his addres* to trust* and im
perialism and delivered one of th* finest
rampslffn speeches .ver heard here He
was crowded with ronffratulatlon* on th
effort anti held a si*.-ntan oti. handshak-
Inff rereptlou after It was ovrr An at
count of Hie rally and ffrestlna* were
sent to the- Iw-mrt-railc Club’s convention
in Indfctnapolt* by President Johnaun and
et retary C, W Demmln*
no 4i;iilmh:h 01 ahuisr.
Itrpreaentailse* of Two t ompooles
Met fleerelor, l.ooa.
Washlnffton, Oct. 2.—Only two of the
steel companies were represented at the
conference which had hsstt arranard for
it ths Naty Department to-t Jay to treat
of the subject of naval armor. These
were Mr Underman, for the Bethlehem
Bteel Company, and Mr Hchwnb for the
Cnrnegte company. The Midvale Com
pdViy the |owc,t bidder when hid* were
last opened for supplying naval armor,
sent no rs|M’ca< nt-tlve* to the conference
to-dy. It could not Its learned whethr r
either of the two minor companies rspre
aentedawcrc prepared to offer any belt, r
rate* than tho-e set out In their orifflnn!
hid*. In view of tills fact, the Secretary
of the Navy did not attempt to-dy to
reach a decision on Ihe armor question.
Harder of lan tllanlnnarlea.
Washlnffton, Oet 2 Mr. Ooodnow, oon-
Atil ffencral of the I’nl.’ed States at Shanit
hal, report* to th* department of stat
in Ills dispatch of Au. Si. Just received,
the murder of two American missionaries,
Ml** Hattie J Mice and Mis* Mary K.
Huston, both of tb* China Inland Mis
sion, tend station and at Lu Chen*. In Shan
SI province It I* urulststood that a slater
of Ml** Rice Mi* J. P L-wls. resides
at Hartford. Conn . and that Miss Hus
ton’* moth-r reside* at Mobile, Ala Both
ladle have ■•#.n communicated with on
ths sublsct.
Marn Company Fall*.
Ma-on, Oct 2.—The Macon B*h. Door
and I aim her Company failed to-day for
52514X1 Ths osseta are mid to be Itn.ffsi
Ths receiver was appointed or s forecloa
ure by ths Kxchanffe flank for IlS.tsL.
Tn f omman.l Key Heat flint ion.
Washlnffton, Oct. 2.—Commander Wil
liam H. Kmory. ha, le n orde ed to tem
porary duty In 10-nmand of th* naval
•tenon at Key West. Fl*.
TO INVESTIGATE THE CAMPS.
ottm.it* hv m HitniT stTiion-
ITIFfI IIF IliriMlM.
tenar Mum (mm- Ulif th, Mrlta.
llUlMMf.nnr 4 oasis. Cam,.
sh.nl4 flint ns Abltabs4—Ortisp
Wo. 1.. 11. it lit tl.t- litn.r.nr t'poo
Iks 1 Kara'! Mods It* tc<l.n.nit.nn.
t'rt.on t nnimlHt.R Will Hrtt la
4 ildmr, Ost. IR to Hror fks Gaos.
AI Isnl*. Ort 2 —Tha Prison Cummteslon
ro-rtay *•• out ths following ortter rolo
rlvs to th* '-har*s mat* bjr J. W. IM
■nonaon nnln*t ths I/Crwn<ls* county au
thorltls, bscauar of thr nllßS>l irrsffular-
Itirs of thr Mcßrr sonvln ramp. Ths fol
lowlny l ths orrlrr:
"To thr <’omm!*lonrr* of Rortrli ,nd
llrvrnurs or !ownilr* County:
"Whrrs*., J. W iCilmonrtson. ■ rltlisn
of Rrookfl rounty, ho* prrfrrrod writtsn
(-harffrn attain*! ths Ixtwndr* rounty u
-thortrls*. s ropy of whFh la hsrsto st
tarhrfl. tn which It I* al!a2 that aak!
authortliss bass fnllnl. noil aro naalrctin*
10 comply with ths law* of thl* tats, ami
ths rule* rraularlna ths control and man
■ incrmrnt* of rllrilrmaanor ronvicta, and
ars prrmlttln* and allotarlna many rrUnt
nnl and Inhuman art* to hr don* tn con
nscrlon with, nnd under color of th#
chatnanna of said rounty. ov*r whlrh tbsy
havr and should oxsrctes full and com
plstr mot ml
"You ar*. . hrrrfors. notlflsd to I* and
appsar brforr- ths Governor and ths Pris
on Commission. In Valdosta. Ga., on tho
15th of Octobrr, Inst., at o'clock a. m.,
thsn and thrrr to show cause why th# Mr-
Ksr mis.lrmianor rhalnasna should not
h# ahollshr.t and ths ronvicta thsrsln eon
flnsd tflkrn from your custody and con
trol and disposed an provided by thr law.
"Allen D. Candler. Ths I’rlaon Commis
sion of Georala. by Jossph Turner. Chair
man."
SBMQCTION WIU. IIH Ql IKT.
IMstrlet Mts.lonnry t’owfersars—
Other Moyernss Note*.
Wayeross, Oa , Oct. 2—Th# outlook
now point# to a very quiet election day tn
Wars county. Hut llttlo Interest la man
ifested In the election, a, there I* no con
test In thl* ,ounty, for any of th* orth-m.
Democracy has a clear field thl* tlm*. and
all the nomlnero will he elected without
Opt 10*11Ion ll I* predicted that a eery
llffht vote will be polled
Mr* S. W ffltch. district secretary an
nounce* nn Interesttntf prowramm* for
ths Distrht Mloslonory Conference lo bo
held here Oct. 1. to 12. A sermon will ho
delivered by Kev. Mr T. H. Thompson, of
Brunswick, and paper, will no read by
Mr*. R. O. Nee lay. and Mr*. N F. Cook,
th* former treasurer, and the tatter a vie*
president of the Houth Georwta Coofse
enc* Moctsty. I'rof K. A. Pound will do
liver an address on the situation In Chin*.
Mayor A M Knlffht ha* called a meet-
Ins of cinien* to discus* the question of
Kraritlntt franchise* asked for hy h# Way
rroaa H'reet and Huhurban Railway.
Contractor Geore M Ellteum has 000
to McDonald with * force of hand* to
build a large lumber warehouse for J. •.
Halley A Cos. ll Will be 10 by W feel, and
the workmen wlil be busy on N about eta
weeks.
Th# Plant Rystem coal chut* Is finished.
It hold* 1 •< carloads of coal and la M hy
ion feet. It was hullt by Mr. J. D. Weed,
the railroad contractor.
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KfATIthV TROTTKRH' MF-RTT.
Twrnty-rlahlh l.slhrrls* Hrsagkl
Hot Nome l.oud Talent.
Lex Ire ion. Ky.. Oct. 2-Th# twenty
elKhth fall meetln* ot the Kentucky Trot
ting Association opened to-day. The fea
ture was Ihe great Kentucky Futurity for
518.000 for J-year-old*. There were nlno
starter* and Frreno. the Walnut Hall
farm Ally, owtnd by L. V. Darkness, won
in straight heat*. In the second heat Fero
no broke the Futurity record by cemtns
under the wire In 2:1044. the previous re
cord l-lng that made by Cxtasy, laat
yar. 2:114. Summary:
Kentucky Futurity. 2-year-old*, pure#
518.100. Frr.no won three straiitht heats
and race; Busts J. second; I-ady Thlsbo
third Time 2:124; 2:104i; 2:12.
ThV Tetuieisec, 2X daas, pacing, puree
tamo Connor, won t!rt. second and
fourth heata nnd race; Will Leyburn sec
ond. winning third heat. The Admiral
third Time 2;t&4; 2 04: 2; 2:8*4.
2:l* class, trotting, purse 5!,000. Chestnut
Ktuff won Aim. s cond and fourth heats
and race; Flashlight King sroond. winning
third heat. Wauhan thltd. Tima 2:114.
212; 2.124: 3:124- *
pi i
taolu the Miwbte Pistol.
Columbia. 8. 0., Oct. 2—Two white
men, named Gr.tttfeV and Johnson, em-
P’oyed a: the M-n th m cotton Mill, near
Greenville, mot in o a dispute last evening
over eome trivial matter. The ready pte
<o! was pullel almost simultaneously hy
each man nnd shooting began. Both wero
wounded, and Granger ta expecsd to dla.
5