Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1896, Page 1

— = —— THE EVENING STAR. i PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pernsylvania Aveaue, Cor. llth St, by The Evening Star Newspa r Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York ile, 49 Potter Building. prepaid—30 cents ° Sheet Star, $1 per year, with $3.00. Mifice at Washington, D. C., e known on application. WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, ~ 1896—T WELVE PAGES TWO CENTS THE STAR BY MAIL. The Star will be mailed to any address in the United States or Canada if ordered at this office in person or by letter or postal cord. Persons leaving the for any period should remember this. Ter 13 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or scents per month. Invaria ubseribers changing y in advance, their address from one Post-office to another should give the lost address as well as the new one. MR. GORMAN’S GAME THIRTY ARE DROWNED Why He, Favoring Sound Money, is Aiding a A Western Pennsylvania Town Free Silver Candidate. Deluged by a Cloudburst. ree Silver oo Looking to Next Year's Senatorial DEVASTATION OF PINE CREEK VALLEY | «— Fisnt—¢osstp in Aas Ce if Bryan Wins. Buildings Lodging on a Railway Bri In political circles one hears a great deal about Mr. Gorman these days. The Maryland Senator is at all times a man of interest, but just now that interest doubled by the Senator's attitude toward the national issue and the national cam- paign. He is a friend of sound money, and as such presided over the Maryland state convention which declared for sound ge Formed a Dam. ee EIGHT FFE — + DEEP WATER PITTSBURG, Pa., August 13.—There was ard yet he is booked to assist a cloudburst at De Haven, a small town Janes iwitlel sugeestions AbOur ar the Wildwoed oil field, about S o’clocit | carrying cn the free silver fight. In fact, this morning, and many are reported he is the main hope of the silver men on this side of the Alleghenies. The Game of Gorman. What is there in the game for Mr. Gor- pan? He is not a philanthropist. Sor Everything Is washed out be- and De Haven. ts from the Pine Creek valley indi- cote that the loss of life from the cloud- wned. Lope ok oo S Yives were reported | thing for nothing is something that nobcdy Atl ped ok valley, eight | 2¥er Sot cut of him. The bellef is general kst. 7 Le aa therefore that Mr. Gorman expects to nm astated. berefit by this lightning change from gold am entire family by the) «6 silver and back again on his (pact, and op were drowned. How | to be continued through the campaign with the fam is not known. |such ease as to give him the appearance others who lost their lives | of being on both sides of the question at Thomas Byrnes and Mrs. | Once. Thompson. ‘Three bodies have been re- Next Year's Senatorial Fight. covered so far. ae Bye ‘ Ae Ete ihe - so rapidly that| ORe answer to this question relites. to tie oaanteea aera Chalfant & Co.’s |Next year’s senatorial fight in Maryland. fron mill ¥ lied to swim out to| Mr. Gorman will be a candidate to s save their lives. The foundry of Walter | ceed himself in the Senate, and oppo Watkins was also flooded and the work-| tion will show itself in his own party to men narrowly escaped drown his return. That opposition will be strong in Baltimore, and in the very circles where he veral hun- 1 about six ven has town of De y City on the cid | sound money sentiment this year is found. teins ereeics ich | He cannot, it is be placated. It river at Sharps- | has Mr. Gorman s a good man to Pointe ata (awn be retired to private life, and it will labor i has overflowed its hank: 1| next year to accomplish that end. Noth- - torrent. Houses and oil tanks, |i8é he could do for sound money now and outiuildings are floating down | Would reach this opposition. It would ris : t the Pittsourg and | UP Next year and smite him even if h brilge at Etna.” ‘The |Sulked ali through this campaign. rapidly, and at Il o'clock If the Party Wins. - eight fect of water on the main] : : phpirig poeraar ea ate id ts are| So Mr. Gorman, in his smooth and some- moving to the of their houses | what non-committal way. is going over to r King safety neq |SUNeF That is to say, he will help the » De Haven E en washed | nomin el nis : is) fg = and the Pittsburg and Western | ominees ef his party in this fight. He will claim to act strictly as a party maz He will obey the will of the majorit while still protesting that the free silver peticy is unwise. And if the party wins, -then Mr. Gorman is to be in clov He will control absolutely the federal patron- at Sharpsburg is expected to go The lowlands of Sharpsburg are new under water, and the flood is spreading rap was the heaviest of the year Within an hour there was a ra two inches. Great damage is | age in Maryland, and the whole power of d from all parts of Pittsburg, but | the new administration will be brought to alities. Every street car line ¥ bear to a in securing, his return to the and heavy washouts are reported | Senate. That will mean much to Mr. Gor- of the ratiroais man. He has built himself up by the aid water is now of the machine, and if he is to survive it must be by keeping the best of working order. Forced thus to reerult his dim machine in the completely »merged Spang hed fol- & mill at Etna, and rose lowing at home, Mr. Gorman will turn to rf y that the men who were at work at | those who, like himself, live by office and the time were comyelied to swim for the:r | its crumbs. Coming to them with his wal- lives. The men In the foundry of Walter, | let stuffed full of prizes, he will be greete Walker & Company great ditt | by the “boys” with their old-time enthusi- culty in escaping. All work was suspended. | asm, and they will work with their ol: 3 of the storm in ide from its y. Wa that it was unaccompanied by thunder and thing. It came quickly, and with > warning wh: ne heavy rain la ed for fully e cause of tr to One of the time ardor to @ up to him for the ! Pine Creek, he has sustained by the defection in the ranks of the business men of Baltimore. Feeling in Spoils Circles. It Is intimated tn spoils circles that if ach of the cool wave | — = che Eee let sctp suber aap uiattarm Pelli ‘A heavy fog, which | Wich declares against civil service reform, Teenie es witli oa hung over the city | the favor of the next administration will au he early morning. This was an be worth something to men with “mouths + storm can be directly at- dication of approaching trouble. to feed” Einties war Lo cee The total rainfall up until 12 o'clock | yy < : z amounted to 224 tnches. In one hour the | 04 Scenes of hustling and scrambling come again. These cannot come at on for the law will interpose an obstacle, but with” spoflsmen again in control means in season will be found for rewarding the “faithful” and the “machines” will again be run on full time. This is said to be Mr. Gorman’s game. + DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. gvard at the weather bureau showed thai precipitation had amounted to 1s0 which ia not unusual for this ye The heavy rains seem to keep well north of Pittsburg. A he Leavis Island dam, the near station to Pittsburg, at 12 o'clock, but hes of rain had fallen. here must have been of rain at De Hav three or f n, While it last so much damage. As a result of A Great Gathering Expected in St. eavy rains there wiil be a rapid rise Wauis Were wence 2 rivers, and to give the people tmely ee. AN on : ng the weather bureau hag arrangei | Now that the New York notification e 3 p.m. her siatio! jorts from all the meeting {s a thing of the past democrats are talking of the next great demonstra- one oe the Moat cera or theerens | tlon their party will hold for the benefit rainfall. was very great, over two [Of the west. It Is the meeting of the democratic clubs at St. Louis on Septem ber 30, and it is thought the demonstration at that time will even exceed that held in Wreck Caused by a Washout. OTIS, Ind., August 13.—A bad wreck oc- curred on the Lake Shore road at 4 o'clock | New York yesterday. Secretary Gardner this morning, one-half mile east of this | Teceived lists of delegates to the convention peint. The eastbound special mail train | ftom sixteen clubs today, and reported hcaiall eltliesaae: cana : igine, | that datly the interest in the meeting is Coen eC nne (OF (an (engine: | roreasing. ‘Ghelllat of (éleshtea willl grote two postal cars, baggage car, one day | aly number 4,0, which will be the largest hand a Wagner r, ran into a attendance of delegates in the history of the organization. feet long and thirty feet train, with the exception ch and the lunged hole, and James Personal Mention. Fireman M ne Were rdinal Satolli is attending the inaue- n tantly killed. ‘The day coach par- monies at St. Joseph's Theological tially toppled over Into the abyss, but one pau S eatee erd remained on the track, being held by | 5¢™#nary, near Aes R. ¥betre © the coupling to the sleeper, which did not ington he will spend se leave the rails Ww Yerk city as the guest The passengers in the day coach escaped | of Archbishop Corrigan. by simply going through the sleeper, and |" ieut. Cornelius C. Smith, 21 Cavalr one of them received injuries. The mai! = es re i " = Clerks and trainmen also escaped injury | has been relleved from duty at the infan. try and cavalry school at Fort Leaven- water caused the washout, and scooped out | worth, Kan., and ordered to join his troop. the great hole in the earth at a culvert Secretary Herbert ef the Navy Depart direcdy beneath the tracks, ment sailed from New York for Southamp- neineer Griffin evidently had no warn- | ton yesterday on board the American liner of the washout whatever, as he mM- | steamer St. Loui. a few moments before he died, what Secretary Carlisle, with his wife, als son, a the wreck. Both of the unfortu-| William, and the latter's two children, ‘ate engineer's legs were severed from the A cloudburst and an immense flood of were In New York yesterday. He is on li be All Lake Shore trains are being | way to Buzzard’s Bay, where he will v sent via Michigan City and Chesterton, | President Cle and thence the Michigan Central Mr. W. tracks, so that the delay to traffic will not | Florida. be great. ‘The Monon road ha o-______ Statistics as to Cotton Yarns. Mr. William F. Grinnell, consul at Man- chester, Engiand, has transmitted to the Department of State some statistics in re- gard to the exportation of cotton yarns to the United States, which he thinks will be of interest to cotton spinners @& New Eng- land and the southern states. During the six months ended June 30 there was ex- ported to this country from the Manches- ter district a total of 792,004 pounds of all sorts of yarn and twine. The number of an elghty-foot wash- out, a mile south of this place, and a miil dam on the north side of the road has just burst, and It looks as if the Monon bridge en the north side will go down. Six ies Recovered. Up to 2 o'clock six bodies had been re- ered. They were Mrs. Popleton, Mr Thompson, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Thomas Byrnes, Mrs. Ald, known man. Ten persons, including a little daughter of Mrs. Popletor ued from the creek. Two members of the Popleton fam- as ae pounds exported each month was as fol be drowned. “Reports of the total loss or | OWS: January, 1 3 Rebruary, 155, life runs from o thirty. Pine creek, | Mareb, MSi1; April, 107,473; May, 641; June, ¥ which fs usua!?: ore-half to three- Dozens of bri feet wide, was from narters of a mile wide. Bids for Painting Opened. all the town are under ” 7 watec ispakche Westmorslin | Bids were opened at the Treasury De- county state that Claridge, Jeanett. and |Partment this afternoon for painting the Irwin are inund: At Claridge the water rese to the second floors and the occupants were rescued with difficult, es YORK TIMES SOLD. third corridor of the Treasury Department building, as follow G. E. Kirk, $2,]65 for corridor and $210 for room; Thomas A. Brown, $2,394 for whole job; James Linkskey & Son, $1,245: Hotson & Co., $915 for whole job; timé, forty working days; C. H. Warden, $1,946 for corridor, $450 for rooms; informal in lacking required certified check; C. R. Reynolds, $2,098 for entire job; Gibson & Sons, $1,398 for whole job. —____-«-______ Wtst Point Cadets Appointea. The following-named persons have been appointed cadets at the United States Mill- tary Academy: Walter H. Smith of Thom- asville, Ga.; Arwin Haupt (alternate), New York; Louis N. Raphael (alternate), Hous- ton, Texas; John K. Roach (alternate), Rock Hill, 3. C.- N The Property Bid in by a Committee of Creditors. SW YORK, August 13.—The New York Times was sold today under crder of court. he property was bid in by the reorgani- ion committee, headed by Spencer Trask, $75.40. The reorganization committee ents all the creditors and all but a sinall percentage of the stockholders. Con- firmation of the sale by the court 1s expec ed next week. Under the new corporation Adolph Oths of the Chattanooga Times will become the publisher and general manager of the New York Times. THE BRYANS RECEIVE Many Call to Greet the Nominee and His Wife. = ——— COMMENT ON LAST NIGHT'S SPEECHES They Were Wide Apart in Their Character. EFFECT FELT IN LONDON NEW YORK, August 13.—William J. Fryan, Mrs. Bryan and Arthur Sewall re- ceived visitors this forenoon in the front drawing room of Mr. Wm. P. St. John’s residence in East 34th street. A large num- Ler of ladies and gertlemen called to extend a warm greeting. Mr. Bryan looked excep- Ucnally well after the fatiguing work last night, and said he felt better than he did yesterday. Mrs. Bryan received in a plain gown of dark material. She wore no ornaments. Among thcse who called were Senator ‘Tillmen, Col. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Lacey of Brooklyn and Mrs. George Paul of North Carolina, George Fred. Williams, Senator I burn, Benton McMillin and George W. Williams. The candidate and Mrs. Bryan chatted with the vistors unul shortly before 11 o'clock, when the start was made for the Windsor Hotei, where the public reception was to be held. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the debut of Mr. Bryan in the east last night was the aftermath attendant upon it this morning. The two speeches, the one in the big garden and the other from a kotel balcony, showed by comparison that Mr. Bryan had carefully prepared his ac- ceptance remarks, and purposely refrained trom oratorical pyrotechnics, in order to give a simple and, if possible, convincing argument. To the 10,000 persons assemb!ed in frent of the hotel balcony, however, he appeared as the striking orator. The Two Speeches. These two attitudes of Mr. Bryan are the tepics of conversation in the city today, and some of the scenes border upon the dramatic. On every street corner, in eve: hotel corridor and in many restaurants ex- ciled groups of men may be found discuss- ing the speeches, printed in full by all the newspaper And it is perhaps the conflict of opinion in the newspapers as to the result of Mr. Bryan's debut that causes men, hatless and coatless because of the intense heat, and refraining from manual labor because of the torridity of the atmosphere, to work themselves into perspiring debates aver the pros and cons of the issues presented by Mr. Bryan, Chairman Jones of the national commit- tee said this morning: “It may be true that Mr. Bryan disap- pointed his audience by not indulging in flights of oratory, but the larger audience that today will read the speech in the newspapers of the country will find a just, fearless, simple and convincing argument in its <“¢ ‘Treasurer St. John of the national com- mittee too what seems this morning to be the prevalling view. He said: “The speech lacked the inde- pendent oratory for which Mr, Bryan is noted, but it is an argument that will be read and pondered over. Mr. Bryan sac- rificed momentary fame to the presentation without partiality of his theories of govern- ment.” A Pittsburg dispatch says: The engage- ment ring belonging to Mrs. William J. Bryan, which she lost in a carriage in Pittsburg, has been found by a. vehicle cleaner at the stables of the Pittsburg Transfer Company. The ring was a plain sold band with a ruby setting. On. the inside was the following inscription: “From Will to Mamie, July 4. 1880." It was beni, as if it had been trampled upon, and was broken. The police will for- ward It to Mrs. Bryan in New York. If Mr. Bryan had any doubt of the suc- cess ofthis speech of last night he did not show it his morning. He was up early and read the newspaper interviews and comments. The adverse tone of most of these articles did not seem to worry him in the least, and he seemed to feel espectai gratification in the fact that all the news- papers printed the speech. To a query as to his opinion of the various criticisms, he said, with a smile: “I did not expect to overcome all the prejudice at one blow. Neither did I ex- pect to set the North river on fire with cratory. It was not a time for oratorical . but for serious and argumentative ion. I am pleased with my recep- The Reception at the Hotel. At 11 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Bryan left Mr. St. John’s house and drove to the Windsor Hotel. A vast crowd filled 5th avenue fn front of the hotel, and under the blazing sun awaited his coming. The party, however, avoided them, and went to the 47th street entrance. Then it was an- nounced that Mr. and Mrs. Bryan would receive in the main parlors, and the great crowd pushed toward the front doors. Po- lca finally succeeded in forming a line, and then people were slowly admitted. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. Sewall, the nominee for Vice President, stood in the parlors, the lady between the two men. Mr. St. John announced that Mr. Bryan would not talk and would not shake hands, as his arm was weary. Mr. Bryan chose to disregard this order, and the entire party gave each visitor a cordial grasp of the hand. Mr. Bryan wore a black alpaca coat, no vest, u black tie and white turn-down ‘col- lai firs. Bryan was in black crepe, with white silk fichu and band trimmings. She wore no jewelry. Mr. Sewall wore a long black frock coat, ght trousers and light e. It was estimated that at least 3,000 shook hands within the hour anda half that the party received, a party of 100 Scranton club men being among them. Later Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Bland, Mr. Sewall and Mr. St. John lunched. Members of the national commit- tee and the committee on notification met Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. Sewall formally. Up to 2 o’clock Mr. Bryan had not ar- ranged his future plans, but it is belleved he will leave for Maine tomorrow. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Bland and Mrs. Stone received the women of New York in the Windsor Hotel parlor. Effect of the Speech Abrond. LONDON, August 13.—The Westminster Gazette, in its financial article this after- noon, refers to the speech made last even- ing in Madison Square Garden, New York, by William J. Bryan, and says: “Mr. Bryan’s speech will certainly not increase confidence in the minds of in- vestors. It is replete with financial here- sies, and will cause investors everywhere to desire to- withdraw their money from the United States while they are able to obtain gold in payment for debts. Should the free silver party be elected gold will undoubtedly be driven out of circulation, and a substantial premium would at once be demanded by those possessing it. We do not belteve that individual Americans will take advantage of the poiitical dis- honesty proposed by the .lemocratic con- vention whereby even existing contracts calling for payment in gold will not be valid when free coinage is carried. It is, however, certain that railroads owing large amounts of gold debts would, with the premium on gold, be unable .to meet the interest obligations temporarily ct any rate, and would be forced yo p: their debts in currency or hecome bank- rupt. The fear of such a con! ders it extremely difficult to sell any Lut the highest class of American Yr bonds at the present time. Still, it is hoped that the eastern electors’ appre- ciate the dangers ahead, and the candidates pledged to maintain the gold standard, otherwise we are lik: to witness a crisis of unequaled eeverity. “On the stock exchange Americaas open- ed weak, owing to strong disapproval of the speech.” The evennig papers here this afternoon reproduce copious extracts from Mr. Bry- an’s specch at Madison Square Garden last evening. The Pall Mall Gazette has a col- umn leading editorial on the subject, head- ed “The Bubble Bursts Itself,” and says “His managers have discovered that it is unsafe to estimate him at more than fifty cents to the dollar,” concluding with the remark that “the gold standard may breathe freely.” "The St. James’ Gazette, referring to the income tax feature of the speech, saye: “lf Mr. Bryan collides with the Supreme Court he will frighten away more citizens than he would by fiscal or economic ex- cesses.” M’KINLEY ON THE STUMP 1 support The Question of Putting Him There Consid- ered by Prominent Republicans, n the Subjec What is Sai by Chair- man Babcock and Secre- tary Mercer. The advisability of placing Mr. McKin- ley on the stump in defense of republican principles and finance and the taritf is be- ing considered with much interest by prominent republicans here. The sugge tion of a joint debate between Mr. McKin- ley and Mr. Bryan is also being talked of, Dut the latter idea has few advocates in republican ranks. Chairman Babcock of the republican con- gressional cominitice was asked by a St reporter today if he favored a joint debat: between the two presidential candidates, but he scouted the idea. said “I do not know Mr. Babeoe! “whether Mr. McKinley will take the stump later on or not. Mr. Bryan's talk makin, Pp he talks the better for make good campaiz: is doing us good right along and republican vot it up. The me us. His spece! documents for u: On the other hand Representative David Mercer of Nebraska, secretary o1 the re- eblican congre 1 commiitee, is en- tic over proposition that Mr. go on the stump ani force the tariff to the front in the mid western states and on the Pacilic coast. ave all along,” sald Mr. Mercer to- day, “hoped that Mr. McKinley would go on ‘the sturrp. On the Pacific coast the great and vital question is the tariff. So far as the money oucstion is concerned w- have the best of that argument, as all will readily sec if ihey t pains to inform , and I hope he will ke e the ley should themselves, I should ike to see Mr. Me- ea tour begin nia. working up the Facifi coming cast, givin ix weeks at the work Mr. Mc- sen and com- of the ereat vould be very end of the camp Kinley has a sj mands the est audien effective. “The demonstration over Mr. Bryan in New York ts of no consequence politically,” continued Mr. Mercer. ‘‘The same thing was experienced with Greeley as the prom-_ inent figure, and IT could name half a dozen like instances where these wild demonstrations have been followed by ishing defeat at the polls. he fact is, the American people are a curious people and fond of new things. They rush to see a man out of curlosity, and a crowd draws a crowd. Then the free silver idea strikes the public as the latest thing out and they rush to take up with it or to examine it as they would welcome some new invention. When they look into its real meaning they turn from it and discard it. While on the surface it may prove attractive to some people, a lite examination shows its true nature. “Why, my mail each morning is filled with encouraging reports that show this to be the case. Here is a letter telling me of a meeting of Hungarians out in Ne- braska, when the meeting was addressed by one of their number, reminding them of the trouble that foliowed the inflation in Hungary and warning them not to vote for a repetition of such trouble in this country.” Those who advocate having McKinley make a tour of the Pacific coast and west- ern states for the purpose of talking tariff say that a part of the program would be to circulate Bryan's tariff. speec ich they assert the democratic con, committee 1s keeping in the background. The fact, however, that tarif? Hterature is not called for, even at the republican head- quarters, causes some to think that any effort to force it to the front will prove a failure. Many republicans think that the run is now on financial literature merely because people want to inform themselves on that subject and not because they place it before the tariff in import- ance. They say the tariff question is well understood, and that the lack of de- mand for such Hterature is merely be- cause people have made up their minds on that question, and that on election day they will not fail to give it weight in the casting of their ballots. ——S ae ENGLAND ACQUIESCES. Agrees to the Arbiter’s Decision in’ the Trinidad Dispute. LONDON, August 13.—Mr. Curzon an- nounced in the house today that Great Britain had accepted the decision of Por- tugal, as arbiter. acknowledging the sov- ereignty of Brazil over the Island of Trint- dad, a question which has been in dispute tcr some time past. ——__. - Taken by the Indians. Acting Secretary Rockhill has received a telegram from United States Consul Long at Nogales, Mex., saying: _ “Yaqui Indians took Nogales by surprise this morning at 4 o'clock, and held it two hours. Ten Yaquis killed. One prisoner and four Mexican guards killed and two wounded.” No Americans were injured. © _—— Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $399,483. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $87,205; customs, $310,744; miscellaneous, $70,069. ——_~+e+____ Presidential Appointments. The President has appointed Silas Penry of California to be register of the land office at Sacramento, Cal., and George B. Cosby of California to be receiver of public moneys at Sacramento, Ca). ———_+e+____ Regular and Militin. Major Louis T. Morris, 3d Cavalry, has been detailed. to command the United States troops which are to encamp with the National Guard of Vermont at Bur- lington at their annual muster, from Au- gust 17 to 22. —-e-_____. Decoration for Clara Barton. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 13.— The sultan has conferred upon Miss Clara Barton, president of the American section of the Red Cross Society, the emblem of the second class of thé crder of Chefakat. a The Order: df Druids. MILWAUKEE, Wis, August | 18.—The Supreme Grove of the Order of Druids, in session here, has selected Minneapolis as the place to hold the next bicnnial session. SOME COMMENT What is Said of Mr. Bryan’s New York Speech. ee REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC VIEWS The Former Think It Will Do Free Silver No Good. THE LATTER ENTHUSIASTIC The Bryan speech and the New York demonstration has excited considerable dis- cussion in Washington, but relatively few who are talking about it have yet read the speech with any care. Its great length discourages many readers and others post- pone reading It to some future time. Among the politicians who have gone over it care- fully there is a wide difference of opinion s merits and its effect. Republicans to be greatly pleased with it on he grounds that it will injure rather than 1elp the democratic silver cause. Demo- rats who are supporting the Bryan ticket re making a demonstration of great de- ight and enthusiasm. Chairman Babcock of the republican congressional committee id he had had no time to read, but said t the more Bryan talked the better the epublicans would like St. Mr. lercer’s Opinion, Represent Mercer, secretary of the republican congressional committee, said that he had read Rryan’s speech through, and that he regarded it as a document the circulation of which would do the re- vublican cause good. “As a speech,” he sald, “it is well con- ructed, but as a campaign document it will, in ‘my judgment, do Mr. Bryan and the ‘cause of silver no good. It is apolo- getlc all the way through. He tries to explain that the Chicago platform is not as bad as it appe He assumes a de- fersive position all the way through. He ignores the two things that have made him—free trade and the populists. He Joes not seem to remember the fact that he the populist nominee. But a short time so he was preaching that the salvation the country lay in free trade. Now he ignores the tariff question altogether. He did not refer to the tar!ff in the speech. The more copies of that speech there ure circulated the better we shall like it.” A Moral Tramp. i Ex-Representative Langston of Virginia id of the speech: “I think Mr. Bryan ¢ well as he could from his point of vie but tha: specch is not going to convert ar bedy. The trouble about Bryan, as shown by this speech, and all others he has de- livered in this campaign, is that he is a moral tramp. You know what I mean. He iuns with the tramp element. He arzues from their point of view, and seeks to rep- resent and to lead them.” A Mew xe to the People. Ex-Representative Dunn of Arkansas, a democrat, said that the Bryan spcech had taken the wind out of the sails of those who heard him,-saying that he was 4 fireworks orator. He had purposely strip ped his speech of what was merely oj torical, by reading it as a message to th people and making it a convincing argu- ment, apperling to reas rather than to motion. “That speech,” Mr. Dunn aid, “entitles Bryan to rank with the gr t of men. It shows him to be a master of the science of government, a philosopher and nvinciag argu- ragraph and shows him self to be a master of the entire subject. He can teach political econom nd point out to the financiers how far they may go. “That speech is the best political doeu- ment we can circulate. It is simply won- derful In its clearn: force. A Valuable Campaign Document. Chairman Faulkner of the democratic congressional committee, who took part in the Bryan meetir, } st night, sa “It was the most remarkable outpouring I have ever seen. The people were not drawn by fireworks or any of the ace: ries which usvally attract a crowd. They came to hear Bryan and his cause. It was noticeable that when the candidate laid aside his manuscript and addressed the open-air mecting there was a wave of that same enthusiasm shown at Chicago. The speech of acceptance is an able and schol- arly treatment of the subject, and it will prove one of the mest valuable campaign dgcuments. It is a document which circu- lates itself and does not need a frank, for the press of the entire country prints it. The demand for the Bryan Chicago speech is unprecedented. I received a telegraphic request from San Francisco for 300,000 copies. It was impossible to supply them, so I sent a revised copy of the speech, and notified them to print the 300,000 in San Francisco, saving the freight. I anticipate quite as heavy a demand for the speech of last night.” y ment in every pa —_—S eee WINDOW GLASS WORKERS. They Notify the Knights of Labor of Their Withdrawal. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Cake, Clarey, Yournon and Smith of Pittsburg, representing the Window Glass Workers’ Association, called at the Knights of Labor headquarters today and renewed notifica- tion that the window glass workers would withdraw from the knights. Secretary Hayes of the Knights of Labor, when ask- ed about the matter, said that the seme action was taken last year and the year before, but the window glass branch of the knights continued to exist. The trouble be- gan, Mr. Hayes says, in July, 1804, after the New Orleans meeting, when the win- dcw glass branch declared they would withdraw. They have not paid their dues since then, but are carried on the rolls. Under the ‘constitution of the knights, any ten men who remain in an assembly after the others withdraw can retain the charter of that branch, so that in case the glass workers carry out their threats to with- draw, any ten men who remain will serve to continue the organization in the knights. Mr. Hayes says there arc not only ten men, but a considerable percentage of the glass workers who favor remaining in the order. The question of the glass tariff has figured somewhat in the controversy, and it has: been said that if the glass workers with- drew, the knights would cast their in- fluence toward taking off the duty on glass. —-e+—____ At Silver Headquarters. Vice Chairman Stevens of the silver party, who is to have active charge of the campaign of that party, is on his way here from Denver, and will immediately assume control on arriving. Secretary Diffender- fer of Philadelphia was in the city today. A lettgr has been received at the headquar- ters trom Charles F. Slater, the national committeeman of New Jersey. He <ays that New Jersey can and will be carried by the silver men. ——2+_____ Ex-Secretary Thompson Recovers. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., August 13.—Ex- Secretary of the Navy Thompson has en- tirely recovered from heat prostration, which overcame him on Tuesday. ~enty; Marcus Scrub, thirty-seven; Police ONLY SLIGHT RELIEF GIVEN Temperature Drops Somewhat-in the Eastern Cities, Deaths From Ucat Continue to Be Re- ported in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston. SEW YORK, August 13.—The heated term in New York and vicinity has not come a close, but its violence has subsided ap- preciably. At 10:30 o'clock this morning the thermometer in the weather observer's tower Indicated S82 degrees, against §5 de- grees at the same hour yesterday. An eight- mile breeze was blowing from the northeast On the streets the temperature was at where from $4 to $8 degrees. The humidity was then 65 per cent. The records at police headquarters showed ten deaths from heat betwee and 9 a.m. and seven prostra- tions. The dead are: Henry Von Der Em thirty-eight; Catherine Tucker, fortweight Mary Herby, twenty; Martin McDonough, seven months; M idenwak, fifty: Wm. Dreutler, y Robert Gibson, thirty; Frederick A. Bowen, se man Walter F. Bray. A statement pri the bureau of vital statistics of New York city covering the period from midnight of Saturday 16 noon today (five days), today’s figures be ing party estimated, shows a total of s, of which 434 a e attribute to the heat. An unofficial estimate of the number of deaths from heat in New York, Brookis n and the neighboring cities and towns in New York e and New Jersey ich cov aclusive, The prostrations for the same period are aid to numbered 1,25 ven deaths from the ock. The ische, John thirt aged forty-one, ; almon, sixty Gallagher, Warner I. forty Annie Markus, eighty-five; Margaret Hol den, seventy; George S four month Thomas Walsh, thirty-one; Elizabeth Mets. teck, fifty-nine; Kate Mabr, seventy t 1:30 p.m. the police records showed nineteen additional deaths from the heat in this city and fourteen more Dead—John MeNally, aged Edward Burke, Fred Geisker, as. Boland, John McEwen, herine Burns, Thos. Powers, John Bra- en; Ernest Cassel, thir in, thirty-four; John Mc eight; Frank Bernstein, rs. Wm. H. Simms, forty-five; Benj. Laskin, Lerts, John O'Brien, Kiernan Clafty Werner. Philadelphia the Hottest City. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Augus cording to the weather bureau Philadelphia suffers the unenviable distinc tion today of being the hottest city in the United States. At 8 a.m. the thermometer registered 82 degrees, one point below yes terday at the same hour, with 65 per cent of humidity distributed through the at- mosphere. At noon the mercury had climb- cd steadily upward, until thermometers on the street registered 95 degrees. A light breeze tempered the awful heat slighty, but the suffering was as great as on any day since the torrid spell began, ten day ago. Between 2 a.m. and 11 o'clock tiv deaths due to heat exhaustion had been reported to the coroner, as follows: Maxi Burke, aged thirty; John Swift, forty-onc Catharine Brannon, sixty; Hugh MeLe: s Willam Hackett, forty. ports from cities all around Philadel- *hia show that the weather i ees cooler today Weather bureau officials say that tonigh and tomorrow there will be a slight chat fifty ty- rank Mar- Edward Al- lin, th: Adolph for the better, but not the decided drop in temperature that the people have 2 looking and hoping for. Brief Rain at Boston. BOSTON, August 1.—A brief rain had the effect of clearing the atmosphere thi morning, and as a result life is more bear- able than at any time since Sunday. Two deaths and five prostrations by heat is the record at police headquarters up to 11 o'clock. The victims are: Dead—Wm. Boylan, forty-five Brighton; Patrick Holluhan, years, Boston. Prostrations—Delia Carroll, years, Charlestow James Bateman, tw ty-eight years, Roxbury; John Carroll, forty ars, Boston; Thoraas Cocroft, tor six years, Boston; Marion Cunka, Boston. eS BLOWN SEVENTY-FIVE twen FEET. Terrific Boiler Explosion Near All ance, Ohi. ALLIANCE, Ohio, August 13.—A_ 150- horse power boiler at the Louisville brick and tile works near Maximo, five miles west of here, exploded this morning with terrilic force, completely wrecking ihe building. Isaac Johnson, engineer, had his back broken, his body being penetrated by an fron bolt. He will Gie. He resides in Louis- ville, and has a wife and several children. Samuel Snyder was badly injured about the head and his breast was crushed. He cannot recover; resides at Louisville, and has a wife an@ five children. James Grassy, John Rufaneith, Sheridan Sell and 8. E. Fong sustained pain®ul in- juries, but will recover. The, boiler was blown ‘through two kilns, a diXance cf seventy-five feet, and the plant destroyed by fire. Loss, $10,000, with no insurance. The cause of the explosion is not known. ARMY RETIRING BOARD. Lieut. Col. Bradford Reported 1 sician, CHICAGO, August 13.—Lieutenant Colo- nel James L. Bradford of the 17th Infantry, stationed at Columbus barracks, Ohio, was before the retiring board Wedne&Sday. He has little hopes of defeating his retirement, though he is said to have made a vigorous protest. Colonel Bradford has one leg shorter than the other, the result of a wound received in the service, and which has not interfered with his active duties during all the years since the close of the war. His post physician reported him as unable to discharge the active @utles of the service, and as the retiring board can only pass upon the correctness of the disability, and that being evident, the retirement of Colonel Bradford will not be a surprise, if it comes. : —_————_ TERRIBLE TURKISH ATROCITIES, The Scene Has Been Changed From Armenia to Crete. LONDON, August 13.—A dispatch to the Daily News from,Athens says: Owing to the recent Mussulman atrocities, the Greek government has decided to no longer place lindrances in the way of arms and volun- teers going to Crete for the insurgents. The government considers that i, would be inhuman to leave them a helpless prey to Turkish ferocity. The Athens correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: Cretan refugees relate ter- rible stories of Turkish atrocities, the scenes occurring daily recalling the Arme- nian horrors. The Christians in the rav- aged districts have lost everything an jack the bare necessaries of life. Two Turkish torpedo boats have passed the Is- land of Syra, going in the direction of Crete. HEAT AND HUMIDITY Washington is Still a Victim tote Combination. NO DECIDED RELIEF IN Sich? : § It May Not Be Quite as Warm Tomorrow. ee THE DEATH RECORD ess While the thermometer at the we bureau showed a temperature at § o'clock this morning of 78 degrees, or four degree: less than yesterday ai same change was nct sufficient to effect a p dable diminution of tions felt by suffering Wae offset by in the relativ this c jon combination temperature dog days ma ween due to t This morning follows -ontinue Major it would thought this qua creased i soon ere wou er energy o'clock the mercur earlier m’s drug store, h street. the Atl on duty at the White House has suffe severely from the cf- fects of the excessive heat. OMiver Lyda was overcome seve ago, ani is now reported to be y i with ty phold malaria bowels. Officer S: at his post last and we to Garfield for tre trouble was due heat stroke. All the other m on duty at and about the mans or less under the weather, and ful that their duties < light, owing to the s The hot weather caused the su th of William, who was so fam’ known as “Bill,” Boss. Yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock he was fou chair near a window at his re ting in a id 1 7th street southwest, unconscious. His son-inlaw, Mr. H. H. Mullineaux, of the bureau of engraving and printing, found him, and he called in a physician, but his condition was such that medical aid wa no avail, for he remained unconsci til death claimed him, at 5 morning. The dh o |. who was a Was more than seventy years o} arly days of W ington constable, and did duty ol prison. Iso ¢% them Th ative of this Union. Th 1 lea children, one of them an Bi 1 engine compan ral wi place Saturday afternoon from h dence. The interment will be n gressional cemetery, Coroner H of « n the avenue yesterda » next victim of the s Catherine Daly of N who was ¢ ay, while walking r home. She was i rfield Hospital, but was beyond the power of medical skill, and died in a few mi Richard employe of the morni| Mu overcome at 4 o'clock In Was removed to his how dria, where he died two hours There were y Sof 7 John Wiills, labor work in noon about 4 heat. He is Goldca him to his hom About 8: Wa: clock an unkn. s found unconscious on 1 between Ist and taken in hous ing attended Pre John Bock of Hyattsville was overcome in the sixth precinct and was relieved at Gartield Hospital. ses were sent to Emergency Hospital follow: woman north- hirley Williams, a colored boy 2147 D street northwest, was prosira While at work, but was soon restored. Mary Postridge, a washerwon living in Mt. Pleasant, was overcom e Was soon out of danger. William M. Buckley of Ana suffered a heat stroke, but was shortly relieved. Policeman C. B. Willis was overcome about 8 o'clock while chasing some boys. He was treated at the hespital and removed to his home. Fannie Williams, colored, who was ove s removed to Fre nt. come by the heat, man’s Hospital for tr Policeman Thomas Hollingberzer the first precinct, who ine White Horse for several years, is in a critical condition from the effects of a sun- stroke he received on Tuesday, and it js feared he may not recover. The First Prostration Today. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Benjamin Williams, a colored boy, living at No. 3 Johnson's court, was taken to the Emer- gency Hospital, unconscious from the hea He was placed under treatment in a fair way to recover at 3 o'c ik. was HOT WAVE COLLAP: Temperature Fell 24 Degrees in Three Hours at St. Louis, ST. LOUIS, Mo. August 13.—The hot spell that has 7 fled her July 27 was broken yesterday, when a « wave stick this city and lowered the perature several degrees. At noon the nal service thermometer registered 4 de- grees in the shade, but a cool wave came over the city at 12:20, and was foll: a terrific thunder storm. The rain several hours, caus perature of 24 deg: the storm broke there were a nw prostrations and several deaths f stroke. wed by ell for tem- —__—._—_. Ex-Senator McK ley Dies. UPPER SANDUSKY, Chio, August 13.— Ex-Senator Robert McKelley died here yesterday, aged eighty-one. He served as land register under President Poik. He was first president of what is now the Fort Wayne branch of the Pennsylvania road.