Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1896, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by ing Star Ne Company. bees SOFPMANN: Frost. Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star fs served to subscribers In the elty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month: Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By maiJ—aaswhere in the United States or Cauada—postage prepaid—50 cents a eee Saturday} ntuple fe postage added, $3.00. {at the Dost Office at Washington, D. C.. -clase mail uiatter.) Tsubscriptions must be pald in advanve. ising made known on appli et Star, $1 per year, with he Eve ing Star. No 13,608. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. CONSERVATIVE CLAIM What Chairman Babcock Says of Sen- ator Quay’s Statement. KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT Vermont's State Election an Index of the National Result. NOT TATES of who vote in Ili- The following statement interest to nois by the republican congr Mr. Jami tary of the republ of Ihnois, has notified Chairman persons who vote in € St. Louis must register in n October y cannot swear thelr vote on election day, but outside of these places } named t ed to their ve Chairman Babcock sa claim of 270 electoral vo which has been made by Ser a conservative one. “The republican managers know what they are talking about.” said Mr. Babcock. “In many states where the democrats do not suspect {t our registration shows a safe majori ear in lay that the or McKinley, tor Quay, 1s Conditions Improved in Maryland. aker of Maryland, in a estimates nd at not an of the Lau- mittee of Lau- republican stand- have been much Our regis- majori 1 Mar. wo, The chairm. public: ne writ © conditions here iin the past t very complete, and the people united in thetr desire to do all le to advance Interest in the repub- 1 November Vermont an Index. rel, Md. point t impre tration is seem to be possi lican cause between this a .” remarked a n headquarters to- che vote of Vermont on the state been an indication, . of the natiena! vote of Novem- r. When the majority in Vermont's st election has fallen ¢ ity for the rep: nm republi: 609 maje be van reverses rr) 3 in repu rem experte has never failed si the recent 2 the past, which I take it that wave in Ver- nger of Bryan's Talk. A man who for years has represented one of the ieading industries in Illinois, and is a keen ob ical events, writing to a fri ngton from Kansas y, under recent date, discusses the sit- as follows: ** I am for sound y, or, in the language of the populists, a gold bug. The majority of voters are on our side, though the other fellows do most of the bar r and curbstone talking. I have fou © money to back I look for a sweep- The longer the it will be for delayed the wors SIGNALS. AND BALLOONS Experiments May Be Oonducted by the Signal Ccrps. Aerial Navigation and Military Seience—Observations in the An- nual Report of Gen. Greely. Gen. A. W. Greely, chief signal officer, has ma his annual report to the Secre- tary of War of the operations of the sig- nal corps of the army during the past fiscal year: “The system of field or flying telegra- phy, initiated by the United States éuring the war for the Union,” Gen. Greely says, “has kept pace in its development with the astonishing advances of electrical science. Other nations have gradually adopted American methods. The Japanese army carried its fiying telegraph line into Seoul the day after its capture. The late Italian campaign ai Massowa, the British Ashanti expedition, and the -present advance on Dorgcla alike exemplify the indispensabil- ity of such’ military lines. In the last case cablegrams intimate that the flying tele- graph line stopped at the crossing of the je for lack of cable, which,-as shown elsewhere, is considered an essential part of the flying train of the American army. Military Balloons. “The addition of a balloon section to the field telegraph trains for the purpose of collecting and transmitting military in- fermation,” Gen. Greely says, “brings into pecial importance the question of aerial navigetion. Ballooning forms one of the gereral branches of such navigation where- in is used, first, an apparatus lighter than air, or, second, heavier than air. The sig- nal corps in equipping a balloon section for use jn connection with each field tele- giaph train is simply amplifying the ideas of Gen. Fitz John Porter, enunciated early in the war of the rebellion. The utility and importance of balloons for obtaining mili- information during field operations ere fully demonstrated by Gen. Porter, but, with many other American ideas, such as repeating arms, etc., proved too ad- vanced for the time, and had to await recognition and development by the mili- tary «authorities of other nat‘ons. The United States, the first nation to use bal- loons in war, as it was first to use the electric telegraph and signal paraphernalia on the field of nattle, has been outstripped these ide have been adopted and im- ail other important military owers. Improved m-ethods of equipment, manipu- fon and transportation have come with improved rial and inventive methods, but to the present day thefe have been no criments sufficiently satisfactory to prove the advisability of replacing the cap- tive ballocn of Gen. Porter by free balloons. ‘ther for extended reconnoissances or as instruments of offensive warfare. The im- portant part to be played in future wars by free dirlgible balloons or by flying ma- Bp ‘ | chines is unquestioned.” Gen. Greely says: ‘The experiments of such able scientists as Prof. Langley In the United Siates, Col. Duchemin, French engineer, and Mr. Maxim, have ‘convinced many intelligent men of the practicability of aerial naviga- tion by air ships heavier than air. The future success of such navigation now awaits a motor considerably lighter than those now used. The successful exper!- nis made by Prof. Langley in filghts th his aeroplane during the past year, would indicate that the soiution of this In- teresting ard important problem is not far | distant. Meanwhile, the chief signa: officer | has teken such action to place on an effi- | cient footing a model captiye balloon sec- tion, suitable as a part of the field train, as facilities and appropriations have per- mitted. This work has progressed at Fort Logan, Col., under the supervision of Capt. W. A. Glassford, signal corps, »ho has how at that post a silk balloon of 14,000 cubic feet capacity nearly complete; a balloon wagon with cable drum, captive ec i = | cables and accessories, complete; four tube a — aebeners th = popes of | wagons and accessories; one service wagon: eeated are ieee bar ata si pan a a ga generating apparatus; a compressor talked with the western laboring classe: for impounding gas in tubes, and 1s) steel Many of them are very bitter, and some »on Bryan as almost a savior such I can scarcely describe the sen- t there are many such, to whom ill not do at all to talk freely. ‘They border very closely on anarchy, and it would take but a few more such as Bryan and Altgeld to raise trouble in the Fortunately, this feeling is much pronounced in the large cities. If you at all familiar with the state of af- fairs In Chicago just preceding the arrest of Parsons, Spies and others you will un- derstand the general tone new when I say that in my opinion ff is much the same and fully as dangerous. That is to say, the Chicago affair was a smaii eruption, caus- ing a bad local sore, while the present threatens the whole body with the same terrible disease. “How serious the danger now is will re- quire the judgment cf some one better Versed in such matters than I am. It is a well-known fact that none of the anarch- ists who were hanged threw the bomb which killed so many at Chicago, but some one less intelligent and stili hotter-headed follower who was stirred up by their taik. Bryan ing the same thing, and the da nger of his views in the minds of his ig- nerant followers is no trifling matte: Making MeKin erts in Utah. Wiliam Ajax, a merchant at Center, Utah writing to republican headquarters, When the Bryan craze—for really I cannot call it anything else—broke on this country it was impossible to reason with the people. Now, however, they are com- ing to their normal heat, and are eager seeking after information on the silver question. It seemed at one time as if there would not be 300 McKinley votes in the whole of this state. Probably we may be stil in the minority, but we are making converts every day, ‘and shall make quite # showing at the polis.” ——_— ERYAN BY 30,000 What Representative Ellett Says Will Be the Result in Virginia. Representative Ellett, one of the gold democrats of Virginia, who was defeated for renomination because of his views on lal question, was in the city to- and in answer to the question of @ : “Bryan will carry Vir- ginia by not less than 30,000 majority.” Mr. Ellett said that Capt. Lamb will be elected in his district. Mr. Ellett’s support of the Chicago ticket has been questioned in Many quarters, but he stated that he not erly intended to vote for and support the ticket, but would make speeches for it. MAJORITY. + A CABINET MEETING. ‘Phe First Formal Gathe mg in Near- ly Four Months. The first formal meeting’ cf the President and his cabinet was held at the White House today, begin- ning at li o'clock. With the single excep- tion of Secretary Carlisle, who was under- going a dental. operation, all the members were in attendance. Secreta: was in St. Louis, and Secretary Morton, who was in Chicago, returned here last evening. The session lasted only an hour and a half and was unmarked by any busi- ness of special importance, so far as yet disclosed. eee Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $204,154. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $299,311; customs, $471,685; miscellaneous, '$239,80f.* for nearly four months y Francis, who tubes, in which gas is compressed to one one-hundredth or one-hundred-and- twentieth of its volume. A balloon house, essential for economical practice, has been authorized by the War Department, and is now in process of construction, and when completed will permit of ascensions in all weathers. A special estimate of $10,000 is submitted for construction and experiments with balloons, and it is hoped it may meet the approval of the Secretary of War and of Congress.” HUTCHINS-DAVIS DEBATE. Much Interest in Next Friday Night's Contest. The public interest in the approaching debate on the financial question now ,con- fronting the country between Mr. Stilson Hutchins and Mr. Henry E. Davis, which wiil take place at Convention Hall Friday evening, is steadily increasing, and among those who take an active political position in the campaign the event seems to over- shadow every other passing consideration. Both gentlemen are almost universally known in this city, and the adherents cf each are emphatic in the expression of the opinion that their particular favorite will get the best of the argument in the dis- cussion. The demand for tickets of admis- sion to Convention Hall fs almost as great as was that for cards to the Bryan meet- ing held here some time ago, and both principals and the gentlemen representing them are deluged with applications for the coveted pasteboards. Mr. Lawrence Gard- ner has charge of the distributing of the tickets on behalf of Mr. Hutchins, while | Mr. C. V. Gates is doing the same service for Mr. Davis, and probably the largest audience ever assembled at an indoor po- litical meeting in the national capital: will test the capacity of Convention Hall Fri- day night. Senator Charles J. Faulkner, the chair- man of the democratic congressional com- mittee, will preside, and the official stenog- raphers will be Mr. Robert Boswell and Mr. Hunter Galt. The debate will begin at 8 o'clock and will be opened by Mr. Hutchins, who will devote fifty-five min- utes to a presentation of his views on the all-important topte under consideration. Mr. Davis will follow and occupy a similar period in upholding his side of the argu- ment. Then Mr. Hutchins will devote twen- ty minutes to a closing argument, and Mr. Davis will do the same. The debate will thus occupy two and one-half hours, equal- ly divided between the principals. a: Army Orders. Lieut. S. L. Faison, 1st Infantry, has been ordered to duty at the Military Acad- emy. Col. Francis L. Town, assistant surgeon general, has been placed on the retired lis co his‘ own application, under the thirty years’ service clause. Lieut. Clarence P. Townsley, 4th Artil- lery, Ras been detailed as recorder of the army retiring board at the Government Hospital for Insane, vice Lieut. George L. ‘Ar derson, 4th Artillery, relieved. - Lieut. W. A. Holbrook, 7th Cavalry,. has been relieved from Cuty at the Military Academy and ordered to join his troop. 3 of absence have been granted bs Lieut. George W. Goode, ist Cav- for one month; Lieut. Charles R. alry, Kranthoff, 14th Infantry, twenty days’ ex- ter:sion. The fcllowing trensfers of offic been ordered: First Lieut. Charles C. Gal- lup, from the 3d Artillery fo.the 5th Artil- lery, Battery C; First Lfeut. Willidm.G. Haan, from the 5th Artilleryto the 8d Ar tillery, Battery L. have BUTLER AND WATSON They Are to Lock Horns at the Popu- list Committee Meeting. THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR'S AIM Looking to the Success of the Party in the Future. —__+—___ PLAYING FOR POSITION The policy which has been pursued by Chairman Butler of the populist national committee has been, it {s asserted, directed to two ends—the election of Bryan and the perpetuation of the people's party. It is hard to tell which purpose has been upper- most in his mind, but it is believed by those who are closest to him*that what- ever he may be charged with by Candi- date Watson, he has had in view one thought, the conduct of the campaign £0 that his party would come out in shape for @ greater future than ever before. The populist national committee, in ses- sion in Chicago today, will be called upon to deal indirectly with this program which has been laid down by the chairman of the party. The committee is called together to handle the turbulent Tom.Watson, who has fought Senator Butler from beginning to end, and whose ideas of what best to perpetuate the party differ irom those of the man from North Carolina. Watson be- leves in force to accomplish his ends, while Butler uses tact and secretiveness. The policy of each of them will be put before the national committee, and it may feel it- self called upon to sustain or squelch But- ler or Watson. The committee as original- ly composed was a ‘“middle-of-the-road” organization. So was Butler to some ex- tent, but his views since coming to Wash- ingtop have undergone a slight change, and he no longer stands wiih the violent middie-of-the-roaders. Watson, on the other hand, has not wav- ered in his violent position from the day of the St. Louis convention until now. He has become more rabid, and the fact that he is said to be scheduled for another and more serious outbreak is what has called the committee together in Chicago. Will Be Butler Against Watson. The meeting, therefore, will be something of an investigation of the conduct of the campaign by Senator Butler. He will have to answer accusations by Watson. These may not be formal, but they may be in- ferred—hinted at by Watson's friends on the committee. If it should come to a show-down of hands before the committee or after, there will be given to the public some correspondence between Watson and Butler will make deeply interesting reading. They have been writing letters to each other for weeks, and copies of the letters have been preserved by both sides. Butler's Hopes and Aims. ‘The hopes and aims of the North Carolina Senator are revealed in these letters, ag well as those of Watson. In his correspon- dence with other populist leaders Senator Butler has indulged in much speculation as to the future. In his letters to Texas pop- ulists, protesting against fusion with -re- publicans, he has laid down the principle that loyalty to Bryan in this campaign by the people’s party means the perpetuation of that party, but that disloyalty in any form means its extinction. He has also taken the position that for the sake of the party it is better that the party give way to the demands of the democrats in nearly every instance. He believes in accepting a few rebuffs, If necessary, for the effect it will have in the future. He believes that a time is coming when there will be a great- er alignment of political forces in this coun- try than ever before, and he is piaying for position for his party. He is figuring much as a jockey does before the signal to start is given. As it stands now, Senator Butler is figuring on his animal coming in second to the democratic race horse, but he is in- structing his horse for the future races In other words, Senator Butler may be lieve now that Bryan will be elected, and is playing the game to that end. He wants to show Bryan that there can be no question of the loyalty of his party, because he knows Bryan will have to recognize that loyalty. Senator Butler sees ahead that if Bryan is elected there will be a struggle for the leadership between all the silver elements. It will be a contest to determine which can get the closest to Bryan. Butler is figuring for himself and his part and his belief is that loyalty now, and shrewd movements in the future, will land him where he wants to be. If Bryan is Defeated. ~ For public consumption Senator Butler does not figure that Bryan will be defeat- ed. The Senator, however, knows the un- certainties and vicissitudes of politics, and his wires have been laid so as to win, he thinks, honors and strength for his party in the event of the defeat of Bryan. He figures that if Bryan is defeated thousands of men who are now supporting Bryan will grow faint-hearted, and will rush tc the national democratic party and be ac- cepted with the “I told you so” of the leaders of that party. The old democratic party may not become entirely disrupted but many of its voters who are left may be disposed to look toward the people's party as the one which stands firm, and which will open to them the best prospects of success. Should the populist party not pretit from @ prospective desertion of thie kind from the old party, there will at ieast be a struggle for leadership in the future contests. The three elements now. fusing wili continue along the same lines, but there will be going on a contest for mas- tery. It is to this end that the populist chairman is shaping affairs. He is ampi- tious for himself and his party, and he is looking forward. If the old democratic party goes to wreck he wants his party to get as many of the pieces a3 possible. If it remains a power in the field he figures that it is short of prominent leaders, and that his party will be able to furnish these leaders. The democratic party, it is ad- mitted, is practically without leaders. Nearly all its leaders of the past have gone. Silver Party to Be Permanent. The silver party is to become a perma- nent party in the affairs of the country. ‘That has been decided on by the present managers and by Senators Teller, Cannon, Dubois and other leaders who have left the old party. They do not expect to af- filiate with the old party any more until the findncial question is definitely settled one way or the other. They do not expect to become adjuncts of either the democratic or populist parties. They went a party of their own, around which they can rally and make demands in the name of that party. The history of this party is full of interest. Launched in Washington without an idea of doing more than forcing action from some of the old parties, it is to be- come a permanent institution. The men who are now running it and who are the biggest men in it were not present when it was born. The man who presided over its first session and who was really the father of it, Gen. Warner, has gone back to his first love, the democratic party, while Tel- ler, Camnon and others have taken front ranks in the new party. The leaders of this party figure about es Senator Hutler does. They are also ma- ‘neuvering for the future and for the what is to come out of it. They hope to bring their party to the front in the changes the future may bring. It has been decided that the headquarters of the party shall remain in Washington vafter the campuign is over, and that some of the officials connected with it will be stationed here to take charge of affairs. POPULISTS IN CONFERENCE Meeting of the National Executive Commit- tee at Chicago, : Chairman Butler Expresses Himself Hopefully—Says Bryanzjs Rapidly o- Gaining im Qhio. — - CHICAGO, October 13.—A meeting of the populist national executive:committee was held at the Sherman House today to con- sider the question of fusion in Kansas and Colorado, over which considerable fric- tion has arisen. It is probable that action will be taken looking toward the displace- ment of some of the democratic electors in the states named and putting populist elec- tors in their places. The meeting was held behind closed doors, the committee going’ into executive session at 11:30 a.m. : Chairman Butler sent out word about 12: p.m. that the committee would prob- ably remain in session until some ume this evening. All of the members of the-national exec- utive committee were present, with the ex- ception of Secretary 1. Ly ‘Stone of the national committce and Chairman Dorr of California. yi Senator Butler, chairman ‘of the national populist committee, when: asked if Mr. Watson would come out inga letter cpp9 ing the fusion arrangemerft{ made in the west, stated that no suchHetter was ex- pected. : “We are all pulling to defeat McKinley,” said Mr. Butler, “and while there is some friction over the division of the electors in several of the: states, no action will be taken that will in the least jeopardize the ces of our ticket. This will be d ed today, and 1 am sure will be j i You can state authori- tatively that Mr. Watson will remain on thé ucket. No thought of his resignation is entertained by u: Bryan's Chances Improving. “What do you think of the political out- look?” was asked. ‘ “Bryan's chances are improving ’ every day. There has been a perceptible change in the last two weeks.’ One of the strong- est factors In the republican campaign un- tl recently is now its greatest weakness, and that is the prodigal use of money. There is a revolt among the werkingmen, espe Ny against the -apparent use of money by the republicans. It would have been far more effective if they had de pended more on the live tssugs of the cam- palgn. As it is now, the money that Mr. Hanna is using is the: party’s greatest weakness.” INinois Dowbtful.+ “What do you think of the situation in Minois?” “Illinois is doubtful. Bryan, however, can be elected without Iinots, Michigan, Minnesota or lowa. Ohio is trembling in the balance. The reaction in that state in favor of free silver is simply tremendous, and it is an even money bet that the state will go for Bryah. If our treasury would permit it we would flood it with speakers. if the sentiment continues to grow in our favor in that state at the rate it is now growing there is no doubt that the state will go for Bryan, and py a large majority. In Kentucky there is a hard fight, but fusion makes it safe.” ees CARING FOR PORPEDO BOATS. Chief Constructor Hichborn Taking the Matter Into Consideration. With the rapid increase in the number of torpedo boats in the navy expected in the near future, owing to the predilection of Congress for that kind of craft, the vy Department has been obliged to cast about for means to care properly for the delicate boats. It is not deemed good pr: tice to allow these boats, while not in commission, to le around the docks, where they are exposed to damage, or to be moored out in harbors in the northern ports, where injury may follow from ice. Moreover, the best resulis are obtained with perfectly clean hulls, freshly painted, and this condition can only be maintained by keeping the boats high and dry ashore until they are wanted for service. At pres- ent there’ is no suitable place for laying up the boats in this way, but Chief Con- structor Hichborn has been giving the sub- ject his attention, and has prepared plans for the equipment of the Boston navy yard as a receptacle for torpedo boats. ‘This will not Inv@lye any great expenditure of money, for no} ich new equjpment will be required, bey ruction of suitable ways on shore and a marine rail- way to elevate the craft from the water. The matter will-be brought to the attention of Congress at the next session, and the necessary authorization requested. ————-e Claims for Wyoming « the Dakotas The silver managers here claim to have received information from the state chair- men of the silver partics in Wyoming that “that state will give a large Bryan majority. One of these men writes that every county in the state will go for Bryan. On the other hand, the republicans declare that Wyoming will go for McKinley, owing to the sheep raisers giving their full support to him. ‘The silver en also say today that they have received informauen from both of the Dakotas, saying that a careful poll of the states shows the situation splendid for Bryan. é ——_—_-» —_ Silver in Virginia. A. J. Wedderburn, national committeeman of Virginia of the silver party, said today that he had received a list of the.demo- cratic clubs of Virginia for the purpose of uniting them with the clubs of his party formed in the same state. Mr. Wedderburn says there are over s00¢silver and demo- cratic clubs in the state, averaging in mem- bership from forty to 500. Of the S00 he says that nearly 300 were formed by his party. They are compcséd of democrats as well as independent silverites. eee British Embassy “Reopesed. The British embassy, which was located at Newport during the summer; was re- established at 1300 Conrlecticut @venue, in this city, today. Pending the ‘return to this city of Ambassacor; Pauncefote, who is on a visit to England, Viscount Gough is in charge of the business of the em- bassy. Sir Julian will prebably arrive here next week. Se ee To Inspect Revetiue:-Cutters, Capt. J. W. Collins, engincer-in-chief of the revenue cutter service, will leave here tomorrow on an extensive tour of insvec- tion of vessels belonging to that service. He -will visit Philadeiphfa, Boston, Cleve- land, San Francisco, ‘Seattle and - Pmt Townsend, and will be gone about tive weeks. One of the main in visiting in: , the Pacific coast is te. ct the Bering sea.patrol fleet.-- 7° ee aSllyer Colppre, Lapt at in, During the month of Sep! 1806, the: mint#of the Unité Stéttes'colned! trom sil- ver Bgllign oa, Nae. chased Under the act_of July 1€ 1990}, 2,70),100, standard cil- ver “doliars,“tontining 2,0S8358.51 ounces of pure silver, the cost of which’ was $1,- 962,071.08, giving a seigniorage orjprofit of $837,428.97 to the government, wHich sum has’ been deposited in ti ry atal added to the cash. APPEAL TO CLUBS -_— Circular Sent Out by the National Democratic Association. REPORTS FROM = SEVERAL STATES The Liveliest Fight in Indiana in Its’ History. MR. LLOYD TO THE VETERANS 2 The National Association of Democratic Clubs is sending to each affiliated club an appeal to the clubs to do their duty on election day. ‘The circular quotes the following appeal, made by William Jennings Bryan, to the clubs: “We ask the members of these clubs to meet at their polling places on election day and remain there during the entire day to work for their country. More than that— you can, if necessary, furnish carriages to bring those who are not able to come alone. There are many who would not otherwise xo to the polls whom you can bring in this way. You should furnish conveyances— carriages, buggies, wagons or carts, or anything you have, because, my friends in this you will be doing the same as it was with the ‘widow's mite’—1f you give all that you have, you give as generously as those who give much. I beg of you that each one of you 1 consider himself ap- pointed as a mis y, so that on election day there shall be nothing lost that you can do.” Continuing, the circular says “We now add our appeal. Do all within by n. The of our campaign t degree upon our club or- Each and every one of you rst be willing volunteers. The very Lf: of our nation is at stake. This is not an idle assertion, but a stern reaiity.” Reports From Several S: your power in the direction indicated Mr. Bry en, A number of reports from state dei cratic committ were reeeiyed at demo- cratic headquarters in this city today. E. W. Curry, secretary of the demo- cratic state committee of Iowa, refers to bogus reports from Jowa sent out from ther by republicans or manufactured in Chicago for tr mission “Their campaign out here,” sists largely of bluff: It Is stated that from laiest polls and estimates the state gmmittec 1 Bryan's majority at ne Jess than 20,000, Harry St. John of the Grand Forks Plain- dealer, North Dakota, writes that North Dakota is a: fe for Bryan as Mississippi. “A conservative estimate,” he says, “is not less than 3,000 for Bryan, and judging from the rumber of converts from the re- publicans it will be much larger, probably not less than 5,000." From Kansas, J. Mack Love, chairman Gemocratic state committee, reports that there is no reason to change his estimate that 20 per cent of the republican vote will be cast for Bryan. “he present in 1 cations are that Bryan will carry the state by not less than 40,000. ‘This is a conser- Vative estimate. On the legislature we have no doubts. It will surely be anti-republi- can, and will clect a silver Senator to the United States Senate. The fusion be- tween the democratic party, people's party and free silver republicans is perfect.” Lively Fight in Indiana. The fight in Indiana is the livellest In the history of the state, according to the re- ports from the democratic stete committee, and everything is being done by the repub- licans, they say, that human ingenuity, backed by ample supply of money, can devise to induce silver republicans to re- turn to their party allegiance; but without avail. The democratic state committee have polled the state and declare that they now feel confident that Bryan will win. Mr. Allan W. Clark of the state committee estimates Bryan's majority at 35,000. He says there is evidence cf an attempt in ihe last days of the campaign ta shift the issue from free coinage to the tariff. This, the state committee think, will prove disas- trous to the republicans. Mr. Lloyd's Appeal. At the democratic headquarters the fol- lowing is given out as an appeal of J. B. Lioyd, “a veteran of 1861-5,” to his com- Trades to support Bryan: “Now, comrades, I will just say here that this campaign brings me back to old 1861, when the democrat and whig party pought up all the daily presses. Banks and every- thing pertaining to money was brought to bear against our people, and called the people who dared to suppert Abraham Lin- coln revolutionists, lunatics, traitors, rob- bers and all the mean names they could think of. But, thank God, when the votes were counted old Abe proved to be elected by a vast majority. And so will it prove November 3, 1806, that W. J. Bryan will be elected in the same large majority. Me- Kinley, Hanna and the rest of the English yndicate can spend money, falsify and ccniract all the wealth against the people, but the people will predominate. Why Because God is with the common people and will protect them sure, as He did in 1861-65. Oh! that we may be successful in throwing oft the shackles of slavery that are now upon our white labor and our peo- ple in general. —_____-e. REDERICK COUNTY FAIR. Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition the Agricultural Society. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FREDERICK, October 13.—The thirty- sixth annual fair of the Frederick County Agricultural Society opened today on the spacious grounds of the society in ‘the eastern suburbs of Frederick. The weather was gloomy and the attendance small in the morning, but a large number attended in the afterroon. President Chas. N. Har- gett formally declared the fair open. There was a parade from the City Hotel to the fair grounds, headed by the Hi: meny Cornet Band, behind which came Merle Hiteshew and their aids, mounted, Merle Hiteshéy and ther aids, mounted, followed by carriages containing ofticers and visitors. There was a great cavalcade of thor- oughbred stock around the race track, and ercwds sought the various attractions of the fair, and enjoyed the day sightseeing. There are 3,000 fowls in the poultry de- partment, 10,0 exhibits in the main building and the largest exhibit of thor- ouvghbred horses and cattle ever seen here. In addition to the regular races today there was a ccntest for hunters and h jumpers. The races were for county horses, free for all, three events, with purse cf $150 each. Thursday Goy. Lowndes will visit the fair, and the sixth district repub- lican club and democratic congressional candidates will also be present on that day. An attractive feature of the fair is the art department, in charge of Miss Florence W. Daub. A display is made of oil and water color painting, crayon and pencil drawing, decorative work and wood carving by the art departments of the Woman's College, the Maryland Schoul for the Deaf and in- dividual exhibitors. The pupils of the pub- Hie schools of the county have a large ex- hibit of penmanship, map drawing and col- lections of botanical specimens, minerals and native woods, of | gun to HE HANGED HIMSELF An Old Soldier Found Dead Near Woodside, Md. Papers on the Body Show It to Be That of S. O’Kane—Taken to Rockville. Commuters living near Woodside, Md., on the Metropolitan branch of the B. and O., were startled on their way to the morn ing train today at the sight of a human form in a kneeling posture suspended from a limb of a tree that had been blown over in the recent gale. The form was that cf a man weighing about 180 pounds and be- tween sixty and sixty-five years of age. His head was covered by gray hair, cut in pompadcur fashion, and a closely trimmed beard coverel his face. His coat and vest were of dark blue material and the trousers were of gray cloth with a dark pin stripe; a black soft felt hat lay on the ground near the body, with a small new leather satchel. In the latter were official letters from the ension bureau and Treasury Department s to S. O'Kane, care Soldiers’ Home, Indiana, and Marlon, Ind., a + tacle ‘case and spectacles and a pocket book containing a gold pen and holder and a number of cards; anda sandwich. The contents of the bag had not been disturbed and everything indicated a delibera cide. 5 The carrying strap for the bag was form- ed into a slip noose and the ends to the tree, and then by throwing his boly ferward the man slowly strangled to death. The man passed up the raiiroad track about 5 o'clock last evening and was apparently sober and sane. He must have taken his Mfe some time after this, be- cause his body was stone cold at 7 o'clock this morning, and Mitie red ants had be- at into the ears and nostr Ju tice of the Peace Lawrence of Linden summoned, and a jury, composed of railroad section hands and nea Istened to the obtainable reported it a case of suicide. The remains will be held at Rockville until the authori- ties at Maricn and the Indiana Soldiers’ Home have been heard from. Was a Veteran. Capt. Simon O'Kane was a member of the 17th Wisconsin Volunteers and was about fifty-five years old. He had been in the soldiers’ homes at Milwaukee and Ma- rion, Ind., practicing at both places as a claim agent. About a month ago he came here from New York, having taken his dis- charge from the Indiana home. On his way here he stopped a short time in Philadel- phia. When he reached here he was with- out funds. Then he made application for admission to one of the branches of the national hom for volunteer seldiers, pre- ferring Hampton. the by citizens, testimony and He was cared fer temporarily at the temporary home on Missouri avenue. Fur- ther than this Captain Campbell, who is agent for the home la this city, knows hething about him. It is thought that the news he got about his chances of get- ting in the Hampton Home at an early date was not very encouraging, and for this reason he ended his life. Sea ee, GEN. HARRISON'S TOUR. The Ex-President to Make Thirty-Two Speeches in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 13.—Com- mitteeman Durbin of the national republi- can committee has completed arrange- ments with Gen. Harrison to make thir two speeches in Indiana. The tour of the state will be divided into two trips, the one to the southern part of the state beginning October 20, at 9 a.m., and consuming two Gen. Harrison will speak at the fol- places: Mooresville, Martinsville, Spencer, Worthington, Edwardsport, Vin- cennes, Princeton, Evansville (at night). The special train will then be t to Ne Albany, where he speaks the mo’ ing cf Octobe On that day he talks at Borden, Salem, Ori s, Mitche! Bedford, Bloomington, G castle. The trip into the n the state will begin October at nt and that day he will speak at Gre A. Knightstown, Anderson, Muncie, Winches- ter, Portland, Decatur. _ October 31 Gen. Harrison Auburn, Waterloo, Ke 4 joshen, Warsaw, North Manchester, Wabash, Ma- rion, Summitville, Alexandria. Gen. Harrison will make his first spe in this city at Tomlinson Hall next Satu day night. In addition to the thirty-two speeches a! ready mentioned, Mr. Harrison will prob- ably make other speeches in Indiana. He, however, refuses to make speeches outside Indiana. A de! ited him from Chicago, but he declined to speak in that city. oh —_-> “UNFAIRNESS CHARGED. Protest by a Middle-of-the-Road Kan- ans Populist. TOPEKA, Kan., October 13.—Abe Stein- berger, secretary of the state organization recently formed by the “middie-of-the- rcad” populists, has filed with the state election board a protest against the certifi- cate of nomination returned by the officers of the regular populist state convention yLich entered into a fusion agreement with the democrats. He alleges that the return, made falsely, states that the elect- ors named, as they will appear on the pop- ulist ticket, are for Bryan and Watson, when, as a matter of fact, they are the democratic electors who are pledged to vote for Bryan and Sewall. He avers that this is an attempt to mislead the populist voters of the state, who otherwise would vote for Bryan and Watson electors. a PRINCE HILKOFF’S TRIP. Inspecting the Railways United Staten. CHICAGO, October 13.—The Russian min- ister of railroad, Prince Hiikoff, the first public man to make the trip from S Petersburg to this country over the ne Siberian railroad, arrived In Chicago at 11 o'clock, on the Santa Fe road. He ‘s ea- gaged in a tour of inspection of the rail- reads in the United States. He will be en- tertained in Chicago at + at noon, and will be given a ¢ évening at the Auditorium. From Chicago he goes to Cincinnati, and thence to Pitts- burg, Philadelphia and New York, sailing for Europe on November 1. He is being escorted by Maj. J. G. Panghorn of the world’s fair commission of transportation. of the Ocean Steamship Arrivals. NEW YORK, October 13.—Arrived, Ken- sington, Antwerp; Venetia, Stettin. ESCAPED FROM JAIL George Mathews Took Advantage of the Jailer’s Negligence. CHARGED WITH JAS. IRWIN'S MURDER - Organization of a Pursuing Party by the Sheriff. FOR RECAPTURE eas REWARD Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Mi., October 13.—George Mathews, who was held in jail here await- ing trial for the murder of James J. Irwin at Allen’s Fresh in August, escaped from jail this morning at about 9 o'clock. The old colored jafler, Washington Burch, was having the breakfast of the prisoners who are confined in steel cages on the second floor carried to them, and in coming out of the cage corridor he failed to fasten the cage doors securely. When he left to go down stairs Mathews, one of the prisoners, pushed his cell door open and then opened the outside cage door and climbed on top of the cages immediately after the jailer went down to get breakfast for the other prisoners and hid himself on top of the cage just over tne corridor near the stairway leading to the first floor. When Burch came upstairs again in a few moments and walked around the outside corridor to the south door leading to the cages Mathews dropped from his hiding place to the corridor on the outside and ran down stairs and out the front door, neither the door at the head ot the stair- hor the outside door being locke Mrs. Irwin and a colored woman con- fined for larceny were in the kitchen be- low and si athews as he ran. The colored woman Called to the jailer to know who it was that ran out. This was the first intimation that the jailer had that Mathews had escaped. Burch gave the alarm, but M svon hid in the woods beyond th State's Attorney Posey was h others, scoured the neighborho: hopes of catching the © ped murderer. Sheriff Wade summoned a posse, who are on the track of the criminal, and hopes are expres d that he m be retake: Great indignation ts being exp on every side at what ig termed ihe criminal neglizence and carelessness of the ja‘ler. Math the « ed prisoner, is about thirty years of age, about five feet cizht inches high and a_ well-built, muscular man; weight, about 1) pounds; has light gray eyes and dark hair, with a beard of several weeks’ growth. As hi man, it is thought he will m and ship aboard some foreign- is a ware © to a city ound vessel. not be He is a desperate man, and will taken without a struggie. The crime for which Mathews was con- of fined in jail was the brutal murder James J. Irwin, at his home at Fresh, in Charles county, whi bed on Sunday night, August win, wife of the murdered man, the self- confessed paramour of the murderer, was held as an accessory to the murder by a coroner's jury, and she is confined in jail here. After the escape of Mathew Mrs, Irwin appeared to be pl State’s Attorney to lock her in a and not to allow any communication with her. The sheriff hi offered a reward of $0 for the apprehe sion of the murderer. oem VERGE OF A DUEL. icians Quarrel Over a Nomination. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Uctober 13.—A spe- cial to the Times Star from Lekington, Ky., says. It is stated here today, on what seems to be reliable information, that State Sen- ator Charles J. Bronstoa and John D. Car- roll are on the verge of a duel. The trou- ble grew out of the late Frarttfort cc vention, when Carroll caused Pror sto defeat by throwing his strength to Evan E. Settle of Owen county. It seems that Bronston had counted »n Carroll to nomi- nate him, end was mad when his eppo- nent was benefited by the withdrawal of the Henry county man. The report says that Bronston cursed Carroll roundly and that Carroll coolly told him to think over the matter, and apolo- gize for his remarks. Bronston proposed this morning 1 4 the sheriff ON THE Kentucky Po n- to settle then in a personal encounter, but Carroll refused and told him that he should have time in which to take back his objectionable language. Letters have passed between them, but it is stated by those close to Brcrston that he does not intend to retract what he said, and they sce no way out of the trouble except in accordance with the code adopt- ed in setliing suca grievance Both are brave men, and if the field is resorted to as the only way of settling the matter, It is believed each will face his foe gamely. + TO POPLULISTS. —The demo- ign comm has made a proposition to the populist state chairman to fuse on the state ticket. The propost- tion is that the populists shall take 1 tenant governor, secretary of state, tre urer and associate justice of the supreme court. It is part of the proposition that W. A. Guthrie, now populist nomince for go ernor, ghall be joini candidate for lieuten- u- ant governor, and the democrats pledge themselves to support him for United States Senate. The proposition also asks for a division of the Congressmen, so that the populists may take those from the first, third, fourth and seventh districts. ‘This is ‘one less Congressman than the republicans have contracted to give the populists. The populist state chairman has called the state committee to meet here W day. As soon as Populist State Chair- man Ayer read the democratic committee's proposition for complete fusion, he said “That is an extraordinarily Hberal propo- gition from their standpoint. But you say from me that it will not be accepted.” —_—-. Mysterious Double Tragedy. HARTFORD, Wis., October 13.—The bod- jes of two men, who had evidently been dead several weeks, have been found in some underbrush near this city. They were well dressed. A bottle containing morphine and another containing laudanum were found in a valise near the bodics. Whether it Is a case of murder or douisl ide 18 not known. There was nothing on the bodies by which they could be identified. ——— Found After Seven Years. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, October 13.—Tae mystery surrounding the fate of William Lee, who mysterfously disappeare? from this locality seven years ago, has been cleared up by the finding of his skeleton on the edge of the bay near Rocheszer, N. Y., with a bullet hole in the head. fie w identified by a “wolf” tooth, a knife, a pipe and a pair of boots. A revolver was found near, but it was not his. There is no doubt the man was murdered. His widow and children live here.