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THE MORNING NEWS. . ~ Established 1860. .- - Incorporated 1888 I \T’Ari>r'n -t oon J. H. ESTILL. President l • -'I rSKK 1 1 .S2O. PARKER SPOKE TO A GREAT AUDIENCE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FII.LED ASD MANY COULD NOT EVEN GET NEAR IT. Ttrmrndom Oration for the Demo cratic Candidate for the Presiden cy—There Were Cheers Whenever Ills Name Was Mentioned—His Speech Wa h Warmly Reeeived. Ills First Appearance on the ••Stnmp.” New York, Oct. 31.—Judge Parker to-night, made his .first platform ap pearance, away fiom his home at Ksnpus, since his nomination as the Democratic candidate for President. He addressed a monster mass meeting held in Madison Square Garden, where his reception was attended by a dem onstration seldom equalled, both in the intensity and the duration of the en thusiasm displayed. The nearest ap pioach was that which followed the nomination of Judge Parker at St. Louis, and later the indorsement by the same convention of the candidate's now famous gold telegram. Not only was the appearance of Judge Parker cheered, but every men • tion of his name by speakers who pre ceded him provoked outbreaks of ap plause. The tumult of unrestrained enthusiasm which accompanied Judge Parker’s entrance to the garden was in contrast to the close attention given him during his speech of not more than half an hour. While his adddress was punctuated by applause the throng which filled the garden to its capacity was markedly considerate in its treatment of the candidate. He had but to raise his hand to gain con trol of his audience. Though his voice was not strong it is said he could be heard in every part of the building. Two hours before Judge Parker was scheduled to arrive at Madison Square Harden it was evident there would not be one seat vacant in the mammoth structure. At 4:30 o’clock the line in front of the Madison Square entrance began to form. The doors were not opened until 6 o'clock. Under control of 850 police men. the crowd entered the building in an orderly manner. In less than two hours standing room was at a pre mium and many were turned away unable to get near the garden. Straus Elicited Cheers. The meeting was called to order ex actly at 8 o'clock by J. Hampden Robb, president of the Business Men's Association, who in the briefest pos sible- speech introduced Isidor Straus, who presided. Mr. Straus spoke of the meeting at Carnegie Hall, where he said was introduced “the President that was," and announced that at this meeting would be introduced the "President that will be.'* it was several minutes before he could proceed. The audience rose en masse and waved flags and shouted it self hoarse. He then took up the sub ject of tariff reform, which alone, he declared, to be sufficient to make the great mass of thinking voters cast their ballots for Parker. The demon stration of the few moments before was repeated and outdone. The throng cheered for thirteen minutes, pausing long enough only to gain breath for a renewed outbreak. Suiitli Caught the Crowd. Hoke Smith of Georgia, former Sec retary of the Interior, was then intro duced. and he started his speech in a happy vein, announcing that the can didate would not arrive for more than half an hour, and that so far as he was -"merried he would prefer to hear the audience cheer than to go on with his speech. He suggested that he would speak when they would let him and stop when the people wanted to chepr. He congratulated New York Demo crats for the part they played in na tional campaigns, praising Mayor Mc- Clelland and Judge Herrick. His ref erences to New York caught the crowd, and when' someone in a far corner of the Garden returned the 'ompliment by loudly cheering for the Mutiny South, .nearly every one in the audience responded. Mr. Smith had just begun a dis cussion of President Roosevelt’s Pan ama policy when at 9 o'clock Judge Parker entered the building. He was iu ioinpanied by a committee of fifty Hcniocrats. conspicuous in state and national campaigns, and the party had 1 • en given an ovation which was be gun at the Hotel Seville, where the candidate has headquarters, and con- T 'nued uniil he reached the Garden. He entered the building by the en trance beneath the platform, but be fore he came in view of the audience the signal of his approach had been Etven and the terrific cheering started. Everybody in the building sprang to his feet. The applause was one con tinuous roar. As soon as the candi date reached the platform, he took a scat near the speaker's table. Audience Marled Singing. <'halrman Straus made no attempt to Introduce him. It was impossible to distinctly hear the bands half way across the Garden, until the leader caugnt the spirit of the occasion and Played such selections as, “There’ll Be a Hot Time,” “Way Down In My Heart 1 ve Got a Feeling For You.” and some " f the patriotic selections as well. In these the audience joined in song. Aftar sixteen minutes came a mo- Pient’s lull, and Chairman Straus tried ,r > quiet the demonstration, but failed a ';di,the band played tauntingly, “I '"as Only Teasing You." Another tnlnute passed and Judge Parker step ped to the fore, hut this tended only ®xclte the audience, which refused to subside until twenty-four minutes “f unbroken enthusiasm had passed. Mr. Smith permitted his speech to stand unfinished. Judge Parker followed his manu ■r to t,le letter, hut delivered his speech in a forceful manner, despite fact that tt was read to his audl •Pce. ]|ls speech follows: t iintniuriii-n Grave. , And more, as this Hanvaa* pro lh, o a hd the unjust stewardship of Publican party has made clear. m i convinced that in this election „„ ‘ r confronted with Issues which he determined rightly if we are Bra v consequence to our - f J* The conviction has grown t k. n * w ** I he days Itiv# gone by and puhn •** ,n *ted the record of the Be ll ,„r* n *nd even the defenses •u'erpose* for its justlflref lon, that yermit the conduct of tble party to JSatamab JRfffmntj go unrebuked is to invite the establish mejn or new and dangerous principles ana standards for our guidance as ‘a people. Our return to old fashioned ways cannot, in my opinion, be too precipitate, unless we are prepared to . n t .°V. r eyes to the consequences that w Hi follow if we proceed further along a. path that is full of danger to our future. We need what patriotism, de votion to principle and high moral Ideals have until of late given us—a government of law and constitutional restraint and not of caprice or reckless adventure. In an earlier utterance I Wave refer red in detail to what is notoriously going on in the matter of the collec tion of funds by the Republican party tor the campaign. Now, I know, as you know, that money is required in order to defray the expenses of a cam paign. Under right conditions Its col lection and expenditure are equ’ally legitimate. But the spectacle of de manding campaign funds now present ed to this country is, when rightly re garded, of a character to shock the moral sense. We shall do well to pause for a mo ment to ask whither we are drifting, In our indifference to right standards and to our old fashioned sense of pro priety in such matters. The Ue of Cortelyon. Congress creates anew department of commerce and labor. Of th’at de partment the President of the United States appoints a secretary. That sec retary was his private secretary. With in the department provision is made for the collection from large corpora tions, including the so-called trusts, of information which, it is to be borne in mind, is to be submitted to the Presi dent for public or private use as he may direct. By grace of the same ex ecutive this secretary, through whose department this information is collect ed, becomes the chairman of the Na tional Republican Committee. His chief duty it has been and still is to collect funds for the purpose of se curing the election of the President. And It is now notorious that there has resulted from this organized impor tunity—whatever may be the precise w*ay in which it is made effective —an overflowing treasury to the committee, of which boast is openly and contin ually made. Although this may be satisfactory to the conscience of Republican leaders, it must, I firmly believe, be condemn ed as nothing short of scandalous, not alone by myself or the Democratic party, but by the American people as well. It is by Mr. Hay that the character of Mr. Lincoln furnishes the standard for Mr. Roosevelt in his con duct as President. I do not have to pause to hear your thundering “No,” when I ask would Lincoln have done or permitted this to be done? Shameless Exhibition. The whale performance is a shame less exhibition of a willingness to make compromise with decency in or der that sums of money may be gath ered together sufficiently vast to justi fy the insolent boasts even now that there is no question as to the success which by suoh a course the Republi can managers so confidently predict. The performance is entitled only to the credit that It In no sense partakes of hypocrisy. It is as bold as it Is improper and indefensible. It has been my fortune to take an active part in three presidential cam paigns. The first of these resulted in the election in 1876 of Samuel J. Til den. The younger generation, which has come upon the scene since that time, can scarcely understand the forces which this great man had to meet and combat. He, himself, felt how unequal was the contest which he waged. He knew that he was devoted to the Interests of his countrymen and that they sympathized with the aims which he so well * represented, but he was disposed to admit that he always felt how strong the odds were against him and how almost hopeless it was for him to oombat the combined forces of greed and official power. The 1880 campaign found the party seriously handicapped because circum stances compelled the putting aside of the Issue of fraud, an issue that could only be made effective in the support of Tllden and Hendricks, who were deprived of the office to which they had bean elected in 1876. A gallant struggle was made, however, by the party in the face of claims most In sistently made from every platform throughout the country that the Dem ocratic party could not be trusted. Those foremost in the struggle fur nishing the sinews for the political bat tle against us were the men who were enjoying special privileges. When Clevclnnd Went In. The other presidential campaign In which I took an active part was that which, in 1884. resulted in the nomi rfatlon, the election and inauguration of Grover Cleveland. As I look back now upon this campaign. I recall that Its one dominating feature was the cry that the Democratic party could not be trusted to deal with the business In terests of the country. From every Re publican newspaper In the land went forth that foul stream of personal abuse which made that canvass a disgrace to the party that resorted to this meth od. The only excuse for these falsehoods was the fear that the gains of greedy monopolists would, in some way, be Interfered with, and an ‘attempt was made at every turn to represent to the country that these represented Its great business interests. In spite of this Indecency and bitterness; In spite of th* unlimited expenditure of money In every quarter, the Democrats car ried the election. It would scarcely become me In speaking before an audience of busi ness men, more than to ask the ques tion whether or not. in their own opin ion, every legitimate business Interest in the country was not promoted and enlarged by the election and the sub sequent administration of thia inan? He enforced econmony, he settled great disputed questions and he administer ed the government with an honesty and a courage than which nothing In all our history could bo more positive or distinctive. Same Old Ctjr Again. We now hear again the same old parrot cry, that the business Interests of the country cannot be entrusted to the keeping of one-half of Its people and that their chosen representative, whoever he may be, is th* enemy of thrift and Industry. And that cry wells up from the throats of those whose Interest It Is to preserve untouched the statutes which permit them to collect tribute from the people, or who are Interested in combinations organised to prevent competition. You. who as a business man, are hete to-night and those whom you represent, have not thus shown an in terest In politics because there is something In It for you, or because you ere th* beneficiaries of favors grsn'ed by law. or because you desire legislation whlrh wIU lurn **e* from the g'wmnruenl treasury, in which Continued <hi Fifth Page. JAPS SWARMED AGAINST FORTS HEAVY FORCES THROWN UPON THE RUSSIANS DEFENDING PORT ARTHUR. Desperately Hie Japanese Assailed Them, but Desperately the Rus sians Defended Their Positions. Some Were Carried, However, and the Japanese Are So Mneh Nearer Winning the Coveted Stronghold. Story of the Assault. WAR IN THE EAST. According to Russian reports the army of Field Marshal Oyama confronting the Russian forces in the vicinity of the Shakhe river has been reinforced by from 40,000 to 60,000 men from Port Arthur and JaDan. Earlier reports have Indicated that Gen. Kuropatkin has received nearly equal accessions to his forces, although yesterday's dis patches from Mukden intimate the contrary and convey the impres sion that the present moment finds the Russians not fully prepared to meet a Japanese advance that may begin at any hour. A Russian advance seems to be regarded as questionable, owing to the fact that the period since the close of the battle of Shakhe river has been devoted by the Japanese to a strenuous prosecution of the work of entrenching. The contending armies are with in close touch, and any outpost brush or reconnaissance may bring on a general engagement. There is much cannonading of positions on both sides, Poutiloff (Lone Tree) Hill being a marked storm center. Che Foo, Oct. 31, 2 p. m.—The gen eral assault upon Port Arthur, which began in a preliminary way on Oct. 24, developed into a fiercely raging battle yesterday, when, according to hitherto infallible authority, the Jap anese flung heavy forces against the fortress in their third attempt to se cure a commanding position. The result of yesterday's fighting Is yet unknown. The Japanese have been preparing for this assault for a month. It is believed that the Jap anese did not attempt to capture the town on this occasion, but to accom plish another important forward step. This plan was adopted following the first assault, when thousands of fives were sacri ficed in an attempt to swarm over the fortifications by a mere force of num bers, regardless of loss. This assault, like the previous one, was a climatic incident of weary weeks of trench digging, gun mount ing and small engagements. Japanese AH Prepared. On Oct. 24, having made every pos sible preparation, the Japanese opened fire with their artillery along the whole line. incidentally continuing their daily practico of dropping shells into the harbor. The Russians replied, the sounds as of distant thunder tell ing the inhabitants of Port Dalny th:ii the long expected assault on the fort ress was imminent. The bombardment continued furious ly until the afternoon of Oct. 24, when the Russian guns on Etse mountain, Antse mountain and Rihlung mountain became briefly silent. At 4 o’clock that afternoon a regi ment of Japanese swept out from be hind a recently captured hill adjacent to Rihlung mountain, and advanced on the Russian trenches lying between Rihlung mountain and the railroad, oc cupying them after hours of fighting. The Russians stuck to their posts till the Japanese were within a few yards, both sides hurling hand grenades at each other. The Japanese infantry are now using mechanical devices which enable them to throw grenades with great accuracy and rapidity. * In the meanwhile, another body of Japanese assaulted the trenches on the slope of Rihlung mountain. The Jap anese trenches extended to certain por tions of the slope and stopped some distance above the extreme Japanese outpost, where the ascent of Rihlung mountain, became almost perpendicu lar. The Russian trenches seamed the slope. To advance against them over an unbroken slope, which was mined, even without Russian resistance, would have been a difficult task, but the slope had been torn up, great holes having been blown in it at various places by the bombardment, and the Japanese availed themselves of these Indentation* which offered combined foothold and protection against bul lets. In the meanwhile, the fire of all their available artillery was directed against the Russian trenches, the Rus sians eventually retiring, whereupon the Japanese In thirty minutes con structed trenches sufficient to shield themselves. The Russians exploded mines but, the Japanese claim, without result. . One Company's Good Work. One company of Japanese engaged in this fight aroused general compli mentary comment for Its remarks he coolness, executing the various man euvers for the purpose of securing shel ter with automatic exactness, as If on purade. Upon the retirement of their troops, the Russians opened (ire from List! mountain, and that night they made a sortie. But the Japanese had In the meanwhile brought up machine guns, with which the sortie was repulsed. Except for the knowledge that the bombardment was continued, all Infor mation covering the period between Oct. 27 and Oct. 29 is lacking, but pre sumably It Is much of the same charge, ter as that Jutt described, the Japanese njei'jtlon# gradually assuming the pro. portions of the general attack of yes tenia y. The fighting It reported to have been moat severe from Rihlung mountain down along the whole east side of the I town. SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1904. STRONG REINFORCEMENTS REACH THE JAPANESE. This Additional Ferre Make* Hu>- alana’ Com All the Worse. Mukden, Oct. 31.—The Japanese army is being rapidly reinforced, and It is expected that the new troops will short ly reach 40.000 to 60.000. This great ly complicates the problem confront ing the Russian commander. The whole energies of the- Russians must be devot ed to holding their position unless (they can bring up large reinforce ments speedily. Even in that case the situation promises to become in creasingly difficult. The Japanese fortifications are far too strong, supported as they are by siege guns and i*apid fire pieces, to be carried by a. frontal assault. Pos sibly these fortifications might yield to a turning movement which would force the Japanese, but this would re quire a great superiority in numbers, for the Russians must hold their cen ter with a force at least equal to that of the JVipanese in order to pre vent the latter from cutting through and severing the communications of the former. Two battalions returning early on the morning of Oct. 29, from the banks of the Shakhe river, came under fire from Japanese 12-inch guns. Several shells falling in the Russian ranks did considerable dam-age. One man was rendered deaf and dumb, but otherwise was uninjured, and another was thrown into a ditch and burled alive. A num ber were killed. Simultaneously with the attack on Slnchinpu on Oct. 30, the Japanese assaulted the position held by the Mor hsnsky Regiment close by, but were repulsed. Trrof a hm n ha against Poutiloff (Lone i ree) nlll has been in procress since the night of Oct. 30. Without effect Sunday night, there was a rifle and a f r ,'‘ ery fire I' nm the Japanese along •i he Russian front. Russian sharpshooters are Worrying the Jan anese considerably at night. J P . GEN. STOESSEL SENDS THE CZAR ptSPATCHES. Describes Operations of (lie Japa nese About Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Oct. 31.—1n a tele gram from Port Arthur, dated Oct. 14, Gen. Stoessel says: “The enemy, with 11-inch guns, keeps up a severe fire, bombarding the forti fications on the north and northeast front, on the east of the railroad and on the interior of the ..fortress simul taneously. They are approaching our forts by means of trenches, their fur thest advance being in the vicinity of a fort situated south of the village of Utsiafau, necessitating the great est caution by our gun and rifle fire and gallant sorties by our sharpshoot ers. Our troops, I am happy to re port to your majesty, continue to fight heroically, despite the fatigue and pri vations. We ask for your blessing and for that of the Empress.” In a later telegram, dated Oct. 17, Gen. Stoessel says: “Yesterday at about 3 o’clock In the afternoon the Japanese commenced a furious bombardment of the forts and fortifications. A particularly se vere fire was directed against those on the north front near the railroad, the Japanese having advanced along the railroad to the village of Pallt chouan with field artillery. Our ar tillery and sharpshooters repulsed the attack. The fighting ended at 7 o'clock at night, but the usual bombardment continued all night long. The Japan ese sustained considerable losses.” RUSSIAN LEFT WITH DETAILED REPORTS. Vigo, Spain, Oct. 31.—Two Russian officers left Vigo for Madrid to-day. Presumably they are conveying de tailed reports of the North sea inci dent, and will confer with the Russian ambassador to Spain. Three Russian ofilcers have also gone to Paris with official reports. Admiral Rojestvensky Is busily en gaged In getting up a digest of evi dence in the North sea Incident. The Russian officers here expect the squad ron to remain at Vigo fifteen days. The ships will keep up naval drills making short trips along the coast of Galicia, engaging in target firing and practicing signalling by night. JAPANESE ATTACK REPULSED BY RUSSIANS. St. Petersburg. Oct. 31.—Gen. Sak haroff, in a dispatch to the general staff, dated to-day, says: “A Japanese attack on the Russian entrenchments north of Slnchinpu Oct. 30. was repulsed. The Japanese artillery commenced the bombardment of eight positions at about 10 o’clock at night, and kept It up until 2 o'clock this morning. "A Japanese advance against the Russians, near the village of Tungo was discovered last night, and was tnet by the Russian artillery. The health of the troops Is good.” MOVEMENT OF JAPS TOWARD THE EAST. St. Petersburg, Oct. 31.—A dispatch from Oen. Kuropatkin dated Oct. 30 announces a significant movement of Japanese from the west eastwards. The Japanese are receiving reinforce ments from the south and southeast, and are evidently concentrating for an offensive movement. The weather Is fine, but Is cold dur ing the nights. HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF LONE TREE HILL. Mukden, Oct. 31.—From an* early hour this morning there ha* bean a heavy bombardment of Poutiloff < Lon* Tree) hill hy the Japanese lairge masses nt Japsnsee were moving east ward during Get. 2* and Oat. M. AIRSHIP SAILED WHERE HE LIKED AT A HIGHT OF 2.000 FEET IT CIRCLED ABOVF. THE GROUND* OF THE WORLD’S FAIR. Knnhenaliue Nndr tile Ascent in the Arrow, the Airship of Thomas S. Baldwin of California—His Flight AVna in Every Way Successful. Steered nia Crnft Against an Elght-Mllc-un-Haur llrcetc—Spec tators Applauded. St. Louis. Oct. 31.—After circling in every direction at a hight of 2,000 feet above the Cascades, In sight of thou sands of cheering, enthusiastic spec tators on the World's Fair grounds, A. Roy Knabenshue of Toledo, in com mand of Thomas S. Baldwin's airship, California Arrow, to-day returned to the place from which he started, cov ering three and a half miles, part of the way against sen eight-mile wind. Knabenshue started from the aero nautic course at 3:37 o'clock and re turned at 4:05. On the return trip the airship sailed slowly over the exact spot from which it had risen twenty eight minutes previously and glided about 100 feet further west, where it settled gracefully to the ground. Was a Great Demonstration. The descent of the Arrow was the signal for a great demonstration. Doz ens of eager hands were upstretched to "grasp the frame of the flying machine which, with its navigator, was car ried around the course on the shoulders of shouting men. The Arrow rose slowly and easily, Us prow directed toward the west. When at a hight of twenty-five feet Knaben shue turned the rudder and the aerial craft, answering to its helm, turned south and continued Us flight without interruption. Knabenshue at this time was not high enough to clear the aeronautic fence, and as he rapidly approached it the crowd held its breath, fearing that the craft would be dashed against the barricade and the aeronaut injured or killed. But Knabenshue. waving his cap to reassure those who were fol lowing his every move, moved toward the rear of the airship. The Arrow pointed Us prow upward and, answer !nr the pull of the propeller, soared lightly over the fence and rapidly gain ed an altitude of 1.000 feet. Then Reach*.. 2,000 Feet. After proceeding about half a mile westward, Knabenshue turned the air ship about and again passed over the concourse, at the same time increasing his altitude until he was 2,000 feet above the earth. Knabenshue contin ued In a generally eastern direction until over the Cascades, the center of the fair grounds, and about a mile and a half in a direct line from the point of starting. At about that time a barely per ceptible breeze tlfat had been blow ing from the west. Increased to eight miles an hour and Teered to the north. To return to the starting point it was necessary for Knabenshue to breast this breeze. It seemed that his first effort to turn the airship from a course before the wind was unsuccessful, but Knabenshue, after trying to turn to the left, swung the rudder sharply in the other direction and the Arrow came into the wind, staggered a moment, and then gaining power, came toward the concourse at a speed that caused the spectators to cheer and toss hats In the air. The demonstration was ob served by Knabenshue, who leaned far out 'and waved an empty ballast bag In reply. Alnioxt Whence It Started. When within a few hundred feet of the concourse Knabenshue moved forward In the car. the Arrow {Mint ed downward and sailed towards the ground without any slackening of speed. Knabenshue entered the concourse from the east at a hight of 200 feet and slowly the speed of the motor directed the airship over the wooden frame, that had supported the Arrow before the flight. The momentum was too great to admit of stopping exactly in the place from which he had made the ascent, but the airship settled to the ground within 100 feet of the dock. KILLED MAGISTRATE WHO DECIDED AGAINST HIM. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 31.—F. M. Buntln. a magistrate at Klk Mills, Car ter county, Tennessee, was killed to day by James Powell, aged 52, who has since fled to the North Carolina mountains and is in hiding. Buntln had tried a case In which Powell was Implicated -and the latter did not like the decision. Buntln had disputed Powell’s word, when the lat ter ran upon him with a knife and cut his throat from ear to ear. Buntln died In g few minutes. AGED WOMAN DIES. limns.. Irk Negress Sail) to Have Hera Oldest Woman In Georgia. Brunswick. Os.. Oct. 31.—Elizabeth Large, colored, said .to be the oldest woman In the state, died to-day. While It Is Impossible to tell hsr age exactly, she was reported to be between 118 and 123 years old. Rhe has bene living bars over 100 years. Pool Ckumplanahlp. It. Louis. Oct. 31.—J. R. Keogh of Buffalo. N. Y.. to-night defeated Thomas Huoston of It Louis, lit to 130 In the first game of the pley-off of the three-eerwf ed tie for firet place In the tonrnemeMt to deotde the pool übauipienshlp of the world. WATSON’S BOOST FOR POPULISM IN BULLOCH. Ills Speech at Statesboro a Tirade Aantnet Porker anil Democracy. Statesboro, Oct. 31.—Hon. Thomas E. Watson spoke for two hours and a half at the Court House this morning to a large crowd. The audience, which was almost wholly composed of an cient Populists, cheered him to the echo when he said anything particu larly severe on the Democrats. Mr. Watson said he had been criti cised for saying so much about Par kin' and so little against Roosevelt. The reason for this, he said, was that every one knew he had always op posed everything that Roosevelt stood for; that Roosevelt was a bold cham pion of the principles which he repre sented, and stood out in the open, and anybody that could hit a barn could hit him. On the other hand, no one has ever heard Parker tell Just what he stood for. It cost the Republicans $10,000,009 to defeat Bryan, said Watson, and It was cheaper to buy the nomination of a man who could not hurt them, so the Standard Oil Company and Havemeyer of the sugar trust bought Parker's nomination. The Democratic party is in no wise dif ferent from the Republican, said Mr. Watson, Georgia's senators condemned Roosevelt for the Panama scandal, but both voted for the treaty, he said. Parker said the tariff should be revis ed and so did Roosevelt. The govern ment spent all of the money that It could raise. How could any deficiency in revenue be supplied since the demo crats had abandoned the plank for an Income tax. The Democrats are all down on Roosevelt,said Mr. Watson,fordlning with Booker Washington. Tho governor of Virginia dined with a lot of Mas sachusetts people one of whom was a negro, and nothing was said about it. President Mc- Kinley and the governor of Alabama at Tuskcgc lunched with Booker Washington, and nothing was Bald about that. “The cry of fear of negro dominations is humbug. Every state except Georgia has practically dlsfranchtsced the negro. Georgia refused to do It because the Democrats need the negro to carry their elections.” Mr. Watson said he would carry the vote of Georgia if the Democrats did not use the negro in the election. In every Southern state, he said, even South Carolina, anil in some of the Northern states, he had started the old purty anew, never more to be swallow ed up or merged with any party. The newsminers, he said, are unstinted In their praise of the books he had writ ten, but when it come to politic no abuse was sever enough. Yet, every book he had written, he said, was writ ten with a view to setting forth and Il lustrating the principles for which he Is fighting, and for which he had al ways fought. Mr. Watson said thag no Democrat could tell what principles Parker stands for. Every Populist can tell what he (Wnteon) stands for. The whole ma chinery of the Democratic party In Georgia, he said, is controlled hy the Southern Railway, through Hump Mc- Whorter and other lobbyists. Mr. Watson concluded by urging the people to come out and vote for him. No vote, he said, was ever lost which was cast for the honest convictions of the voter. B U A PSE D. One Man Was f'raslieil to Death In Memphis Accident. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 31.—With a terrific ci'ash, the building occupied by the Continental Havings Rank at 19 Madison street collapsed at 10 o'clock this morning, burying a number of per sons In the wreckage. So far as known, only one person, a negro saloon por ter, remained under the debris. The other victims were quickly rescued by the fire and police departments. Joseph Fischer, a tailor, who bad a shop in the building. Is the only per son known to have sustained serious Injuries. He was badly mashed about the body, but will Recover. That many people were not killed is almost miraculous. The building, which was recently detached from a similar structure, whs a four-story of fice building. Excavations had been made at the corner adjoining, and fif ty workmen who were employed there to-day heard a peculiar cracking noise, and it was seen that the bank building was In danger of falling. The • labor ers immediately sought safety and reached the street Just In the nick of time, as the building fell with a loud report a moment later. Those In the bank and offices also heard the warning noise, and a large number reached the street In safety before the crash came. The dead body of Winters Parker, the colored porter, was taken from the cellar of the wrecked building at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The negro’s head had been badly crushed hy fall ing brick. This Is the only fatality reported, and at 6 o’clock the police an nounced It as their belief that no more bodies were In the ruins. INTENDED >OTCOWT IT STRUCK M’LERQY. Accident In Rwamp Near Cnlumbne Hu> Prove Fatal. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 31.—A. McLe roy, a butcher, aged 69 years, is lying at his home in this city dangerously, and. perhaps, fatally, wounded, the re sult of a peculiar accident. Mr. Mc- Leroy bought a number of cows in the Knelling neighborhood In this county, une of the cows strayed in to a swamp and he asked Mr. Hnell- Ing to go out with him and help kill th* cow. Mr. Hnelltng carried a shot gun loaded with buckshot. They found the cow In s dense swamp. The two men had separated. and when Bnelllng fired, elx of the buck shot (struck th* animal and one glanced and etruck Mr. McLeroy In the knee, shattering the bon*. At tending surgeons think amputation Is firobahly necessary, and It Is Aoubtful f he can survive the operation. C CENTS A COPY DAILY. 18 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TTMEB-A -WEEK II A YEAR GRIFFIN AT LAST HAS TURNED UP MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE EXPLAINED BY \ STORY OF MF.N TAL DERANGEMENT. Puluakl Clouse'* Missing Man Pnts In His Appearance at Camilla—Could Tell no Coherent Story, hot Says He Has Been Wsmltrlng Over Georgia Slaee He IWt Savannah. His wife Has Been Wearing Widow's Weeds, Quitman, Ga.. Oct. 31.—News was received here tills afternoon that E. H. Griffin, who so mysteriously dis appeared In Savannah some weeks ago. Wad turned up in Camilla last night. The news came In a letter to the wife of Griffin, who Is visiting here, and whs from her brother. The letter stat ed that Griffin came into Camilla lost night from Cordele. and that he was in a demented state, not even knowing his own name. He was taken rtire of and given attention and later seemed to be in a semi-sane state, and talk ed of his troubles, though his story w f as vague and disconnected. The letter did not give all the places that Griffin Was visited since his dis appearance, but stated that he had wandered all over Georgia since he had disappeared. It Is recalled that one K. H. Griffin registered'at a hotel In I homasvllle, but disappeared from there as mysteriously as he did from Savannah. His wife learned of his having registered there and made In quiries, but no one seemed to know anything about him. The only thing that Griffin could tell when he reached Camilla Was that hs came from Cordele, and had walked all of the way. Griffin sent a note to his wife in the letter, stating that he was in Camilla and ali right. Mrs. Griffin has been In Quttirfan about a week, and Is wearing deep mourning for her husband, whom she thought dead. She Is, of course, very Jubilant over the news that he is alive and wifi go to Camilla to-morrow. She says that Griffin has not had his right mind since being hurt by falling through a bridge In Alabama some time this summer. She says that she knew that he was not well mentally when he left Camilla for Quitman before go. tng to Savannah, but thought that he could take care of himself. Mrs. Griffin has hopes that by prop er care and treatment, Mr. drlffin can be cured. The disappearance of Mr. Griffin was* the mystery of a week In Savannah, and not even now has It been explain ed how he completely destroyed every trace of his movement* after 11 o’clock on th* night of Sept. 25. According to all evidence Mr. Grif fin did not have a cent when he went to his room at the Pulaski House on that. Sunday night. He had 3328 on deposit In the office of the hotel, but did not ask for any of this. This money Is now In the keeping of Judge Henry McAlpin, of the Ordinary’s Court. Griffin's every movement was traced during the week he spent In Savannah. Nearly every dollar he spent was ac counted for, and every cabman who hauled him was Interviewed. There was plenty of evidence up to the time he left a friend at the Pulaski. Mr. Griffin had been given up as drowned, all evidence pointing to that solution of his disappearance. The announcement that he has turned up In Camilla will boa surprlac to those familiar with the case. The money now on deposit with the Ordinary will probably he turned over to him with out litigation. SOUTH GEORGiTFAIR BEGINS TOrDAY. Gov. Terrell Will Attend—Will De liver nn Address This Afternoon. Waycross, Ga., Oct. 31.—The fifth annual South Georgia Fair will open at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning and will continue until Saturday night at 12 o’clock. There have been greater difficulties in the way of the fair this year than at any previous time, but the united effort* of the officers and directors of the Waycross Fair Asso ciation have met with unusual and un expected success. Every feature of the fair will be better than ever before. The gates might have been thrown open this artemoon, anil visitors would have found every department complete. The main building Is filled with dis plays of agriculture, horticulture, dairy, apalry, fine arts, needle work, ctg. The outside grounds are covered with midway attractions, booths, etc., and most of the stables are occupied by race horses. Nearly every train since Saturday night has brought In shows and showmen from Columbia, 8. C- Jacksonville, Macon, New Orleans and Tampa, and three car loads of raoe horses also arrived yesterday. The number of midway attractions which have secured sftoce Is estimated at not leas than fifty. Gov. Terrell will be entertained by the officers of the fair association to morrow afternoon. He will arrive In Waycross at 12:20, and after lunch at the Phoenix Hotel, wifi be escorted to the fair grounds. At 2 o'clock he will 'deliver an t address from the grand stand ‘and at 3 o'clock he wifi he ten dered o reception In the main building, after which he will be escorted over the grounds. The public schools of the city will attend the fair in the aft ernoon In a body. One feature of the fair, which will be appreciated by the visitors, is the low rate of transportation to and from the grounds. The Mayor and Council liar* passed a special ordinance regulating the rata at 11 cents. Qnarnntlne Will ('ease. Laredo. Tex., Oct. 11. —Th- quaran tine wbkdi toss ex’sted against Mex ico tor many months will -- - n at tuid nt|M to sight.