Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1896, Page 3

THE _EVENING STAR, WEDNES DAY, OCTOBER 14, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 — SPECIAL NOTICES. FIGHT IN ILLINOIS THE OFFICIAL WEATHER oS a WESTERN SOLDIERS — 2 eee FINANCIAL. t E secede a MBS, .M@DONALD, PSYCHOMETRIC READER = Sean a AMUSEMENTS . <Page 16 ar eS 5 one, See ee sa xz.t|} Interest Paid! THis IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE PARTSEI: re 2 B BOARDIXG z eas uip heretofore exlating between the undersigned | Tt Will Be Bitter During.the Rest of, General Boynton Finds Them Almost, BUSINESS. CHANCES” ened Upon De it shoers, In the rear of D st. n.w., ts THIS th . Solid f CHIROPODISTS -... -Page Pp Posi Ss. DAY dissolved by mutual consent. ie Campaign. ‘or McKinley. CITY ITEM: -Page 1 . ‘The business will be conducted in future at aisnaces ; ‘You con open an account the old stand by Daniel J. 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SOME FIGURES GIVEN Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, October 13, 16. The fight in Illinois will be fought closely from this time on. It is the intention of the democrats to bring all of their best speakers here, and they will deliver speech- es in every part of the state, making their chief effort in this city. The democrats have rented fifty halls for the closing days of the campaign, and fifty speeches will be delivered every day in this city. All of the best orators will be here. It has been arranged that Candidate Bryan is to be in Illinois from October 23 to October 30. Three of these days will be given by Mr. Bryan to Chicago, and the others will be devoted by him to speechmaking throughout the state. Oth- er speakers who are to be assigned to Ilincis are Senator Butler of North Carolina, Jerry Simpson, Governor Alt- geld, Senators Dubois, Allen, Pettigrew, Cannon and Blackburn, Allen W. Thur- man of Ohio, Governor Stone of Mis- sourl, J. W. Sovereign of Arkansas, Eu- gene V. Debs, John MacLride, Amos Cum- mings, ‘hamp” Clark, “Coin” Harvey, Congressman Towne of Minnesota, General Weaver, General Finley, ex-Governor Boies, Governor Matthews of Indiana, Vice President Stevenson, P. Wat Hardin of Kentucky, Congressman J. W. Bailey of Texas, Walter Thomas Mills and Thomas Patterson. The republicans claim that tnis effort on the part of the democrats is made not so much with the expectation of carrying the state for Bryan, but with the bellef that they will be able to secure the election of Altgeld. This is belizved to be the true reason for the campaign which has been planned. The republican leaders are will- ing to concede that Altgeld will run from 20,000 to 50,000 votes ahead of Bryan, and the democrats believe that this will be sufficient to make his election sure. Republicans Equally Active. But on the other hand, there is to be no diminution on the part of the republicans in the activity with which they will push | rent by circulating charges against Alt- the canvass. They have determiued to send the best of their speakers here. Speeches have been delivered by Cockran and Ingersoll this week, and they will deliver several more. Carl Schurz is to go to Peoria and answer Altgeld’s reply to his famous speech at the Central Musie Hall last month. Speaker Reed will make four speeches; the first will be delivered next Monday, and on the next afterncon he will speak at Joliet. On Ociobér 21 he will speak at Peoria, and the next day he will go to East St. Louis. The republi- cans will send other leaders here to make other addresses, and it is safe to say that every speaker of prominence will be here during the next three weeks. The national democrats. will be. no less active. Former Congressman Forman, the candidate of the party for governor, will speak in nearly every section of the state. He intends to travel from one end to ihe other during the whole of the campaign General Palmer himself will. make three or four speeches, and the flower of the party's orators will also cover the field. Chairman Hanna will remain here until the close of the campaign, and will manage the this point. Apparently the republicans are very confident of success, but the demo- erats profess no less confidence. The battle Il be a contest between. the city and the country. The best opinion fs that Cook county will give a majority for McKinley, but that the country is likely to he car- ried by Bryan. Chicago's republican ma- jerity in 1892 Cleveland carried the city by 26,- ooo. Chicago 1s notoriously fickle in its devotion to one the other of the iwo parties. This year the surface indications are thet it wiil be carried by the repub-. licans by a majority which may range from the 5, which the democrats Gre willing to concede privately to the 100,000 which the republicans -who are. the most enthusiastic claim. On the other hand, the silver sentiment seems to be very strong in the country, and a majority in favor of Bryan may be polled there. A Populist Estimate. A careful estimate, which has been made by a populist who believes in Bryan's suc- cess, is that the country will give 54,000 plurality for Bryan. This is on the basis that the northern counties will give 1,008, the central 29,581 and the southern 23,954, a total of 4,633. The process by which he arrives at these figures is interesting. In the first place, be figures that in 1892 the combined po>u- list and democratic vote in the twenty-six southern counties was 18,037, while the nine counties carried by the republicais gave 31,891, a net majority of 14,146. There | Situteeath ward were 3,817 prohibition votes, and it is be- lieved by the silver people that the fus‘on ticket will poll sixty per cent of that vote, or 2,545, making the majority 16691 cn the basis of 1892. It is generally believed that the democrats will hold their own in that section. The democrats claim large gains, which are estimated In the present instance at 5 per cent, and this does not seem to | Twenty-eiehth ward. be excessive. This, reckoned on a basis cf 5 of the total vote, adds 7,363, swelling the total for the thirty-six counties to 23,- 4. In the central division, by adding to- | Thirt those | Cicero .... gether the combined majority in counties, twenty-five give 20,714. Seven counties gave the republicans 4,739, a ccm- bination of 15; Adding two-thirds of the prohibition vote, which 1s a total of 21,646. The gain here is comput- ed at four per cent, or 71,985, a total for the thirty-two counties of 20,581. In the northern division eight counties gave 5,054 for the fusion, while twenty-five counties gave a republican majority of 20,019, a net repub sixty-six per cent of the prohibition vote with five per cent gain, the fusionists have 1,098 plurality. ‘This is a claim of 54,653 for the fus‘on- vass in the surrounding state from | More than 13,000 ballots were counted on the mayoralty was 40,000, while | rated from them were more than 671, makes | Seventy EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken bars, or lines cf equal alr pressure, drawn for Mines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten svow bas fallen during preceding twelve hours. areas of high and low barometer. CLEARING WEATHER, It is Predicted That It Will Be Fair Tomorrow. Forecast till § p.m. Thursday.—For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia, clearing weather this afternoon, with fair Thursday; light northwesterly winds; cooler tonight. : Weather conditions and general forecast. —West India hurricane has passed to the northeastward, and is now central near Halifax. The winds on the Atlantic coast have decreased in force, and are now light to fresh from the north from Maine to Georgia. ‘The barometer has fallen rapidly to the northeast of New England and north of Minnesota: it has fallen slowly in the cen- tral valleys and southern states and risen repidly north of Montana. Showers prevailed during the night in New England, the middle Atlantic states and upper Ohio valley; also in Texas and New Mexico. The weather is generally clear this morning throughout the central valleys and lake regions, but cloudiness continues on the Atlantic coast north of South Carolina and in the southwest. at 8 a.m., 75th meridian tinte. Solld Ines are tso- each tenth of an inch. Dotted Ines are isotherms, or degrees. Shaded areas are régions where rain or The words “High” and “Low'' show location of ‘Small arrows fly with the wind. The temperature changes have been slight, but it is warmer in the northwest. The indications are that the weather will! clear on the Atlantic coast during the day. and that it will be fair Thursday from New England southwestward to the gulf states. The following heavy precipitation (ir inches) was reported during the past twenty-four hours: Albany, 1.02; Bing- hamton, 1.68; Portland, Me., 1.38; Halifax 2.34. Tide Tabi ‘Today—Low tide, 8:13 a.m. and 8:34 p.m.; high tide, 1:20 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tomorrow--Low tide, 9:15 a.m. and 9:40 p.m.; high tide, 2:21 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 6:00; sets, 5. Moon sets, 0:16 a.m. The City Lights. All gas Jamps are Nghted tonight by 6:15 P.m.; extinguishing 1s begun at 6:38 a.m. Public arc lamps are lighted at 6:30 p.m. and extinguished at 5:15 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 48; 2 p.m., 55; maximum, 56; min- imum, 47. which almost amounts to a probability, that Tanner will be beaten. He is certain to lose if the state is at all close, for Alt- geld has a tremendous popularity with the mass of voters in every section, especially in Chicago, where he has devoted followers who are also for McKinley. The republi- cans are trying to counteract this sen’ geld. The latest is that he filled the Cnes- ter prison with the latest style of m: chinery and put seven hundred convicts at work making goods, which resulted in de- priving as many workingmen of the chance to earn a living. The law requires that convict-made goods be, sold outside the state, and most of them are supposed to be sold in other countries, but the republicans charge that the contractors violate the law and sell them in Chicago to wholesalers. The fight of the republicans will be made chiefiy with a view to electing Tanner, for they ‘seem to regard the state as certain, and they say that the best the democrat hope to do is to elect Altgeld. The demo- rats, on the contrary, say that Altgeld election is certain, but the republicans are trying to secure the state for McKinley. a aes THE POSTAL CARD VOTE. Re urns Received From Many Illinois Counties. A special to the New York Herald from Chicago, giving the results yesterday of the Chicago Record postal card vote, 2 to- Gay in the Chicago Record’s postal card election, and the showing of every ward in the city was increased. In addition to the tabulation of the first returns from IMinois, seventy-seven counties of Illinois were reached in the count, and the votes enume- 009, of which Mr. Bryan received 2,169 and Mr. Mc- Kinley 4,946. The city added more than 2,000 to ihe total of the former candidate, and more than 10,00 to the vote of the lat- ter. The total vote so far counted in the city returns is more than 58,000, and it is to be remembered that by no means all of the voters have even received their ballots, while thousands that have been filled out ‘and returned have not been reached yet in the count. What the Table Shows. The table is: Chicago. First w: Second 3 ‘Third wai Palmer. wth ward. enth ward. Fifteenth ward. ixtecnth w igbtecnth ward. Nineteenth ward. : Twentieth ward 3 Twenty-first. ward 5 cond ward. Tw bird ward. Twenty-fourth ward. ‘Twenty-fifth ward. ‘Twenty-sixth ward. Twenty-seventh ward.- ‘Twenty enty-ninth ward rteth wa ‘Thirty-first wat ‘whirt: ward... Thirt é Torals.... Mlinols, Chicago and C seven Totals. So far as the percentage received by each candidate out of the total vote cast is con- can majority of 14,05. Taking the | cerned, it shows but little variation from day to day. The agricultural districts of Illinois and the other cities of the state show a larger ists in the counties outside of Cook, and | percentage of votes cast for Mr. Bryan even on this basis the republicans are apt to win. The bets in Cook county are us- ually that the city will give over fifty than has been counted in the city of Chi- cago. The changes shown by @ comparison of the Harrison votes of 1892 for Bryan, thousand, which would make the state very | and the Cleveland votes of 1892 for Mc- close. ‘ he Hest Belief Favors McKinley. ‘The truth of the matter seems to be that the state at largé will give the fusionists | cratic and the two about the same plurality that in 1892 was | Chicago and Cicero, given to Cleveland, adding the populist yote. This would give Bryan 14,236, this is not far from the truth. From in- formation obtained from every section of the state, it would seem that the populist- aa ao ‘ana | 1€¥> 78; Harrison, 41. Kinley indicate a gain of 5,484 for McKin- ley. ia A percentage compayison of the votes re- ceived {n 1896 and 1892 "by the two demo- publican’ candidates in ‘shows these results: Bryan, “19 per cent; \Clevéland, 56; McKin- score REECE, _ Army Vacanciey Ejlled. . The President has made the following democratic frsion is complete, and that the | #ppointments in the army to fill existing democratic defection and republican defec- tion will be about equally great’ If any- thing, there are likely to be. more republi- can bolters to Bryan than democratic bolt- ers to Palmer or McKinley. In 1892 Weaver polled 20,543 votes outside of Cook, while the vote of this county, which gave 33,350 for Cleveland, was sufficient to carry the state. With 15,000 outside the city, the question among peliticians seems to be whether McKinley's majority in Cook will | ,,, be greater than 15,000. The best opinion is that it will be, and hence that the state! will be carried for McKinley. At ail events, no landslide one way or the other seems possible. The bets which are being made all are with odds on McKinley. The betting is two to one on his carrying the state, and even money that his :aajority is not in excess of 50,000. This does not, however, truly reflect public op:nion,for there is much more repub- lican than democratic money offered, mosi of the people who have money being on the republican side of the question, and it being vacancies To be captain and assistant quartermias- ters, Lieut. Arthur Murray, Lieut. Daniel E. McCarthy, Lieut. John F. Knight. To be captain and commissary of sub- sistence, Lieut. William A. Baldwin, Lieut. David L. Brainerdy. : ———__—-e-+____— : Fled When No Man Pursued. ‘rom the Loulsville Western Recorder. ‘When people are excited they can “read between the lines” almost anything they wish. We wrote some time since about a trouble in a church, giving no names of persons or places. Five differert pastors euch wrote excitedly that “it was evident the Recorder meant” his particular church, for he could “read between the lines.” They were all wrong. FREE TO“ALL!! WATCRES, KAIVES, AZORS, difficult to find enough democrats to cover | pii’ES and other valuable articles in cers the money offered unlegs they are given tempting odds. On this account some bets have been made at even money that Mc- Kinley will have 100,000. Bitter Fight on Altgeld. A very bitter fight is being made on Alt- geld by the republican state leaders, who realize that there is a strong possibility, coupons with MAIL POUCH TOBACCO. z (Gold bs all dealers.) One coupon in each B-cent econ kage. COUPONS EXPLAIN TOW TO. 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For the same reason he classes. as doubtful the states of Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin, He Gives and claims for Bryan the electoral votes of Mlinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michi- gan, Minnesota, North, Dakota and West all " , Virginia, of which were claimed for ven out by Chairman Jones give as certain for, McKinley, 274 fer Bryan and 47 as doubtfal. Nator,Joues added that, thousands of democrats in Connecticut and New Je had informed him those states would cas their vote for Bryan, While“the democrat of Iowa looked uponi-that state sate for Kryan by a large majority. ; The given by Chainman Jones fol- low: 5 Electoral Votes for Bryan. Michigan Minnesota. SUsss-ippi Missouri. Virgin: males Total... McKinley. 3) Penn: Q ® 18 Beet Delaware Towa New York, Ohio .. ee = - GOODE'S SUCCESSOR. President Jordan of Leland Stanford University Mentioned Among Others. President Jordan of Leland Stanford Uni- versity, Cal., {8 prominently mentioned to succeed the late Professor Goode as a: ‘stant secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- tution and director of the National Museum. The appointment is not likely to be made before the Janury meeting of the board of regents of the Smithsonian, but the ques- tion Is already attracting much attention in scientific circles. The appointment is made by the board of regents, usually on the recommendation of the secretary of the Smithsonian Instit ticn, Professor Langley. The latter has recently returned after an absence of some time, and has not yet taken up the question of Professor Goode’s successor. It 1s said, however, that the appointment is of such importance that the members of the board will take a personal interest in it, deferring largely to Professor Langley’s judgment. ‘The executive committee, consisting of ex- Senator Henderson, Gardiner Hubbard and Postmaster General Wilson live in Wash- ington, and if need be a special meeting can be held to make the appointment, but th: is not expected. President Jordan is one of the best known naturalists in America. It appears to be conceded that a naturalist will be chosen, although an ethnologist is among those tnentioned for the place. Mr. Jordan has recently completed a work onthe fishes of North America. He was appointed last spring as president of the commission of ex- perts to go to Bering sea and investigate the condition of seal life. Hefore going to Leland Stanford Mr. Jordan was president of Indiana University. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, ornithologist of the Agricultural Department, as anounced in The Star, is also prominently mentioned in connection with the appointment. He has developed the biological survey in which the government is now engaged, mapping the general distribution of animals and plants, and fixing the economit‘staths of birds and mammals. In the course of the work Dr. Merriam has written..the series of mono- graphs on North American, fauna, which, when completed, will make the first exhaus- tive treatment on that subject. Mr. F. W. True, cutator‘bf mammals at the museum, and, since the death of Pro- tessor Goode, in temporarmicharge of the museum, is also spokey,uf as a possible ap- pointee. Mr. W. J. McGee of the bureau of ethnology is also mentiofied. It is not known that PresidentiJordan would accept. His present salary is $10,000; while that of director of the museum is Iéss than half as much. It is said, however, that the direc- torship would afford a, scientist opportuni- ties for conducting his researches which would compensate for any money loss. ———_———+6- ALLEGED INTIMIDATION. pat Mr. Crawford Says His Factory May Not Ran if Gryan is Elected. The citizens of Hagerstown, Md., are highly indignant, and, in some cases, threaten legal prosecution because of the action of Robert S. Crawford, president of a well-known bicycle manufacturing com- pany, which has a large branch in Wash- ington, who has announced publicly in the Newspapers that his factory, which em- ploys 2,000 operatives, would not start up until after election, and then it would de- pend on whether McKin!ey or Bryan. wins. He satd if Bryan was elected there would be a great panic, and the output of his fac- tory would be reduced, and one-fourth of the force only would be employd, and then only on half time, PROF Results of His Participation in Re- unions in Several States. RAILROAD MEN’S POSITI ON Gen, H. V. Boynton has just returned from the west, having spent some time in Ohio, Iinois and Wisconsin, where he had an unusual opportunity to judge of the trend of political thought. General Boyn- ton’s wide acquaintance with prominent men of all parties, and his keen insight into political matters, which long ago placed him in the front rank of American journa!- ists, always give great weight to his op! jons. He went away from this city regard- ing the political situation as doubtful, but returns firmly convinced that fhe cause of “sound money” will triumph in November. “While I recognize that my observations were over a limited field, and that two weeks is a very Hmited time in which to form an opinion,” said General Boynton to a Star reporter today, “yet the result of these observations was to entirely change the impressions that I had received from the constant talk of those at the democratic headquarters here, to the effect that there was a strong sweep toward Mr. Bryan both in Ohio and in the northwest. Impressions at Soldiers’ Reunions. “During my trip in the west I was not en- gaged in newspaper work and did not go upon any political mission, but went chiefly to attend a number of soldiers’ reunions, partially for the purpose of gathering in- formation in connection with the historical work of the national parks. I attended six soldiers’ reunions, two in Ohio and four in Tilinois. One of the latter was the annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, at which were gathered both republicans and democrats from all the central and southwestern states. My own regiment at the first reunion I attended was raised in Butler county, which, as the cotn- try knows, was the headquarters of the most pronounced Ohio democracy. In three days spent in that and adjoining counties among old comrades I did not meet a single cne who declared his purpose of voting for Mr. Bryan, although there were a few who were for free silver. These latter, however, comprising both democrats and republicans, were almost unanimous in the statement that, although favoring free silver, they would not vote for it in connection with the other planks of the Chicago platform. Germans in Cincinnati. “The s2cond reunion was that of the Ger- man Turner Regiment of Cincinnati, and composed exclusively of Germans, being still a notable military organization in humbers, as it was one of the most dis- tinguished Ohio regiments in the field. At this reunion there was not a single man present who did not make known his pur- pose of supporting the cause of sound money and opposition to Mr. Bryan. This organization has recently sent a communi- cation to Major McKinley, certified by the seal of the association, containing a declara- tion that every member of the association intends to support him. In Ilinoin. “Four reunions were in progress during the same week at Rockford, ill, and upon the third day the veterans united in union exercises. There were probab a thou- sand present, and all seemed to take quite as much interest in the political situation as in the usual features of a soldiers’ re- union, and while there was universally an astic support of McKinley by the no Bryan talk whatever was mong them, and so far as these with whom T talked were concerned, and they cam» from all the surrounding Cities, their testimony was universally that the soldiers in their localities were sclid for McKinley. Those attenling the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumber- land were generally officers of note in that army and came from the states of Ohio. Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Min- nesota and Nebraska. Every cne of them spoke in most positive terms of the uza- nimity of the soldier element in its support of McKinley. “At Chicago it was my good fortune to meet a German lawyer of high standir z. who was an officer in the Army of thc Cumberland, a man of wealth, who takes part in all the republican campa'gns at his own expense, and without the least de- sire for political office as a reward. His opportunities for ascertaining the drift of German sentiment in the northwest are not excceded by those of any other man in that quarter. His statement was that the German vote of the entire northwest would be practically solid for the repub- lican candidates; that while there might be a few who would support Mr. Bryan, £0 far as his own observation went there were none. He estimated the percentage of the German vote that under any cir- cumstances might support Mr. Bryan as too small a matter for conside-ation. German Feeling in Wisconsin, “At Milwaukee the same opportunity for ascertaining German sentim-nt through German soldiers presented itse'f. Very es- pecial inquiries were made in regard to the statement that-had becn telegraphed to the eastern democratic headquarters that the Germans of Wisconsin «nd particularly those of Milwaukee would prove a very uncertain element for the republicans. Not only was there found to be no basis what- ever in fact for such a statement, but the seme condition of affairs was ‘reported there as has already been indicated for Chicago and Cincinnati. These soldiers were from widely different points, ard it is a matter of significance to state that they embraced in their membership a large farming element, and labor elenent as well. The city of Hamilton, in: Butler county, as is well-known, is a large and flourishing manufacturing city and some of the best known establishments in the lard are situated there. A democrat and intimate friend of mine at the head of ene of those establishments said privately that he had never, as I knew, voted anything but the democratic ticket, but now he in- tended to vote for McKinley, and that he was personally acquainted with thirty dem- ocrats, who, like himself, had never before voted a republican ticket, end who were connected as leading men in those manu- facturing establishments, who would vote for McKinley. He further said that the laborers in those establishments were, as he believed, honestly “and carnestly sup- porting the republitan ‘ticket. Railroad Mep for McKinley. “Another class of'voters,:to observe which excellent opportunities were given, were the railroad men. Perhaps the best illus- tration of the setitiment-:found to. exist among them during my two. weeks of travel was the statement made by an old con- ductor upon one of the trunk lines, who, in a long conversation, set forth ‘he unanimity with which the railroad class were opposing free silver. He ins’sted they would all vote for McKinley, not so much because of politics, but because they had come to believe that free silver wou practically reduce their wages one-nalf. He put :t this way: “"We have finally made up our m'nds in this matter and are going -to vote the republican ticket to a man. There is no coercion about it, and if coercion had been attempted with this class of men it would have utterly failed of its object. We know that our present dolar is a good dollar. No one can deny, to put the case mildly, that there is some doubt in reference to the character of tne new dollar that Bryan is talking about. We cannot afford to take any. risks. Our wages are small at best. We know that the great corporations wilt not increase wages for some.time to come even if times grow better, and that, in any event, there cannot be much increase in the near future. So we have come to the con- clusion, as a matter of cold business look- ing to the éupport of our families, that we would be foolish to promote any experi- ment in the currency.’ “This gentleman was asked what propor- tion should be estimated of those in the railroad class who were declaring their adhesion to the republican ticket, and who E URSIONS | FALL RESORTS. FINANCIAL .. = FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. FOR RENT (Flais) FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Rooms) z 3 Been aut oasmesane FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). -Page FOR RENT (Offices) -Page FOR RENP Gtores).. Pare FOR SALE (Bicycles). Page FOR SALE (Houses) Pare FOR SALE dats). -Page PORK SALE (Miser! -Page HORSES A) -Page HOTELS -Page LADIES’ GOO -Page LEGAL NOTICES -Page LOCAL MENTIO: Page 1 LOST AND FOUND. Page MARRIAGES . Pag~ MEDICAL .. Page MONEY WANTED AND TO LOA‘ TRAVEL. ry ASANSaaeenaeSanee teen ee PIANOS’ AND ORG. RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICE: STEAM CARPET CLEANING. UBURBAN PROP UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Mizcellaneous). WANTED (Room:)..... WANTED (Situations). ween sa might go into the booths with a secret bal- lot for Bryan. He insisted that he was thoroughly acquainted with what was go- ing.on in railread circles among the em- ployes, and it all turned upon what he had already Indicated, that they had fully made up their minds, that there was no margin that needed consideration of those who m'‘ght be deemed uncertain. “Whatever the result may be,” continued Gen. Boynton, “it, is unquestionably a fact that with the many excellent faclill- ties I have had for ascertaining the drift of political sentiment in the central west I discovered no evidence that in any ap- preciable degree justifies assertions here among the democrats that the drift in the central western states is now for Bryan. This is significant in view of the fact that all of the gentlemen who talked to me throughout this trip agreed in the opin- ion that if the election had been held with- in a month of the Chicago convention Bryan would have been elected, but that new the current had entirely changed, and the sweep was strong away from him. Administration Influence. “Those gentlemen at democratic head- quarters here who are snecring at the course of the administration and at the President, and who think that their con- demnation of the President at Chicago Is influencing the democratic masses in the west, as they expected it would, will find themscives very thoroughly deceived when the result of democratic voting becomes known. Wherever I came in contact with deme :rats, and a very large number of my most prominent army friends were of that party, there was unwavering and most severe criticism of the uncalled-for attacks upon Mr. Cleveland and his administra- tion which were made so prominent at the Chicago convention. Among the masses of his party the President is undoubtedly regarded as an honest and courageous man, and among business men everywhere, in all parties, his course in upholding the credit of the government, against the ob- stacles placed in his way by Congress, i= 4 matter of admiration and praise. These men, unpracticed in the management of a political campaign, will, unless all indica- licns which came within my view are thoroughly deceitful, awake to find that the power and influence of an administra- ticn cannot be +liminated from a cam- paign by sneers, and that in the present case thée"public Gettarations of the Presi- dent, over his own signature, and a strong and unequivocal support he is receiving from every member of his administration, will exert a tremendous influence and Wholesome effect upon. democratic voting. Indeed, it is probably not too much to say that if the republicans succeed, and of re- publican success no orje can travel in the central western states without becoming convinced, it will be due largely to the courageous and patriotic course of the administration, supported by the sound money democrats.” : a e+ TIONAL DEMOCRATIC.” Indiana State Board of Elections De- cides Against Use of the Words, The state board of elections of Indiana yesterday decided that the electoral ticket of the national democrats should be called the gold standard ticket. The board pre- viously notified S. O. Pickens, the chair- man of the state central comi ee of the national democrats, that the ticket could not _go on the ballot under the name of “national democratic,” and requested him to send in another name. This Mr. Pickens declined to do, stating that the name kad heen advisedly chosen and there was noth- ing in the law to forbid its use. In his for- mal reply to the board’s request Mr. Pickens declared the party which he rep- resented was the only “national democratic party,” and that the name was descriptive as well-as legal. soo. -—____ Coercion of Voters Denounced. The second day’s session of the Interna- nal Typographical Union at Colorado Springs yesterday was largely given over to the transaction of routine business. The subject of the coercion of the labor vote in verlous parts of the country was brought up and the following resolution unanimously adopted: . “Resolved, That the International Typo- graphical Union denounces the efforts be- ing made by certain corporations to coerce or influence their empleyes in their votes as a Gefiance of the most sacred rights of the citizens as guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States, and, be- lieving that the permanency of republican institutions depends upon an honest ballot, we demend that the laws relating to the intimidation cf voters, no matter to which class, rich or poor, the offender belongs, be rigidly enforced. A communication was received from the International Association of Machinists protesting against the International Typo- graphical Union undertaking to control the machine tenders in printing offices all over the land. -Asst. Treasurer -Aest. Secretary merican Securit . & Trust Co., 1405 Gst ve ) ) ) } d ee CHESAVEAKE AND PO’ -—A dividend of one oll: Lare will be payable on the 26th day of « IR, IAG, to the stockholders of record at the clowe of buxiness on the 16th day of Octo‘er. at the office of the treasurer of the compan: 14th st. n.w., Washington, 1 “ The transfer books will be cloned from the 17th of October to the 26th of October, anclasive. SAMUEL BRYAN, resident, CHARLES G. REERE, Treasgrer. D.C. October 13, 1896. Every man’s the ( Architect of his -‘ own Fortune,’ And the one road to “being well off” £ ‘ earners is the Savings Bank. Wealth |: ed by saving, not by making in these Keen competition—t ~and the habit of regularly depo one's weekly or monthly salary aside, If not one’s fortune, at least a coud sub- stitute for it. $1 starts t with us anywhere from 5 cents up maintains it Unicon Savings Bank, *™ \ 0cl0-25d me; ying / eee eae CORSON & MACARTNEY, a MEMBERS OF THE NEW YOWK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F st.. Giover building. hats Or Sicsrrs. Moore & Schley, 80 roedway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds. Deposits. Exchunge. Loans. Ratlroad Stocks and Bonds and all xccurities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, = — Baltimore bought and sold. * ity snade of investment securities. Dis- trict" bonds nd all local Realinead, and Telephone Stock dealt ip O** Tnsurance American Bell Tel a SES ‘elepbone Stock bought and sold. Interest Paid pon Deposits. INTEREST IS ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS on daily talances subject to check. Thase who hare accounts open that usu Balances to thetr credit should consid advantage of such talanees EA TEREST. It is credited cn your piss added to the principal, amd made subject to check. Investments For Sale. We have sume first mortgage real estate € per cent sotes for sale. These are sold in any amovrts ct par and accrued interest. Boxes for rent in burglar and fire-proof ‘uults for enfe deporit and storage of val uable packages. JOIN JOY EDSON. JOHN A. 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OFFICES, Phitagetphia, Baltimore and Washington Transfers of Real Estate. Henrietta Heiskell to Michael J. Burke, lot 4, &q. 833; 825. , Sisters of the Visitation to the sume, same prop- eny; $25, Geo. W. Walsh to same, same property: $25. Benjamta F. Leighton, trustee, to James Ryan, part lot 4, 8. 524: $025, W. Moxby Williams, trustee, to Henson Primrose, Jot 46, sy. 1095; $68.74, Lewis C. Main to Magzie Main, part lots 20 and $5,000. Byron M. Cotcheon et ux. ‘to Joseph W. Babcock, lots 24 and 25, squ 143; $16,000. The Washington Loan atd Trost Comprny, trus- fee, et al. to David W. Lewis, lot 37, block 10, Mt. Pleasant: $400. John Pilling et al., trustees, to Louis P. Ke lot 141, sq. 1248; §600, Howird G. White to Philetus Sawyer, lot 6 and part lot 7, sq 91, and Jot 18, sq. 110; $1 James ‘T. Harbin ct vx, orightal lot 24, eq. S69 dus, F. Hood, comuni . Francis Saul, lots 125, 126, 127, 84. 1. Frank a Attwell to Thos.” A. Griffith, lot 31, 334; $10. “cima B. Fitzgerald to Henry MM. and Lacta T. Ne sq. GIT; ¥ er et all to Alice Skillman, lot Harbin, part amd part Jot F, sq. 2 In, Witsner et ux. to of tegurvey cn Peter's Mill aoa et ux. to Marle Wituncr, same . Williams, trustee, te Chas * ey. 1085; $6.56 wart lot 0. to the Arlington ‘sy. 836; $2,750), Examons, lot 30, er, Eda saad purt ot 23, sy. S43; $100. _ 4e10-1608° AN AKSOLUTELY 8A‘ handsome proft—a beautiful home Park. Call for a booklet. E INVESTMENT. AND A at Cleveland €10 14th st. roxperity. From the Boston Transcript. Rev. Samuel G. Smith of the Minnes: State University,who was one of the speak- ers at the national prison congress, which “has just been held in Milwaukee, brought out the interesting fact that crime is more prevalent in times of prosperity than dur- ing a time of business depression. This; he added, was in part explained by the fact that during times of prosperity drunken- ness and dissipation led up to the commit- ting of crimes. He said that ihe proposi- tion to the effect that crime had incr: i in the United States, while it had decreas- ed in Europe, was entirely a fallacy. His observation had shown him that the great- est number of crimes were committe ty the most advanced and morally. most, pro- gressive nations. For instance, the En- glishman was much more addicied to crime than the East Indian. This was due to the fact that the [ast Indiana was one of an old nation, satisfied to go along in his es- tablished way. He did noi take te- drink, and as a result did noi seek the paths which Jed away from law and crder. see Convicts to Plant Trees. A seemingly practical suggestion-as to employment of convicts is to put them to work planting trees on waste land. "The scheme is rece:ving attention In New York, which has nearly 900,000 acres of waste land, and where inGusirial employment cf convicts ts forbidden. Some southern states 3 uso taking the matter un. The sion VE ile co wore + aynd with jabor uuiens,