The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1896, Page 1

+4+ 4 ,rAJr:Aql'{ éql woJdy yexey eq 031 | | jou Jeded Sy L VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 124. SAN FRANCISCO, FBV,)IDAYV'HOBNI\TG, OCTOBER 2, 1896. PROTECTION THE PoLICY Three Special Trains Take Hundreds of Voters to Canton. WOMEN ARE AMONG THE VISITORS. Three Marching Clubs Composed Eafirely o Members of the Fairer Sex. RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN THE ARDOR AT ALL. In No Uncertain Tones Major McKinley Speaks for Protection and Sound Money. CANTON, Onro, Oct. 1.—It took three special trains to bring the Portage County (Ohio) delegation to Canton to-day and it numbered more than 1600. There were McKinley and Hobart clubs from all the towns in the county and three marching clubs composed entirely of women, In the drizzling rain they marched, with flags fiying and bands playing, through the streets of Canton toward Major McKin- ley’s residence. When they were within two blocks of it the indications of a heavy storm seemed so strong that the long Ime of enthusiastic citizens turned and trudged back to the vabernacle. The spokesman for the Portage County peovle was ex- State Senator 8. P. Wolcott. In response to bis remarks Major McKinley madea speech which was greeted from start to finish with cheers and tumultuous ap- plause. “We propose in this contest to protect our money from debasement, and with the same votes to protect our industries from foreign competition,” exclaimed Major McKinley in commencing his re- marks, and this utterance was the key- note of his speech. Continuing, he said: In the great contests of the past, both in wer and in peace, the Republican party has done proud and eonspicuous service in the cause of liberty, honor, justice and truth. [Appiatse.] Let us preserve her spiendid ex- ample. [Great applause and cries of “We will]” The issues of the present cempaign, , cpite sssdistinctlyss any of the great cam- “Higns of the past, devolve upon every Ameri- ¢an citizen an important duty. Our conten- tion this year appealsto the best aspirations of American citizenship, and involves just as great interests as any campaign in the past. We cannot close our eyes to the fact that if by our ballots we ruin the credit of the Gov- rnment, repudiate its honest obligations in whole or in part, or deliberartely depreciate a valuable element of its curremey, we have aimed & blow at its hitherto unsullied name and honor. My fellow-citizens, will we permit the name and honor of this great Nation to be or tainted? [Eoud cries of “No, This is the year to settle for all time tional honor will not be tainted. e of the Union ought ever to declare for & financial policy that emcourages the viola- tion of contracts, the repudiation of debts or t sement of our circulating medium. be the common aizm and pride of all 0 preserve American credit and claw. [Greatcheering.] You come from a section of our Rtate very near and dear to me; that has been distin- s history in the very beginning as the highest type of American and the highestideals in govern- ; for having exacted of its public ser- s the most scrupulous regard for good and geod morals in every public law and tion. And s duty devolves upon you in the pending campaign which I am sure you with scrupulous fidelity, perform, io tain your high standard of the past. The nd oid Western reserve is full of patriotic ctions. Itithe home of Wade, of Gid- gs, of Garfieid [Great applause], and the e of the most splendid Republicanism— zation that has prodnced many of of Repnblican thought who have bied the very outposts of human liberty s of the past. The grand old erve must roll up snch a Képubli- rity in November as it hes never be- ded, and demonstrate once more its otism and love of country. [Applause.] Never has the Republican cause more clearly appealed to conscience and intelligence than in this campaign. The patriotism for which you are so just ebrated must not be The strong, clear voice of our people, has been heard so distinetly in perilous 2 iu thunder tones for truth and u honor and honesty. [Applavse.] Your glotious past appeals to you to abate no effort becaus: the tide of public opinion seems 0'strongly in your favor. Itisan interesting recollection that eignteen years ago, when TOUr COUDLY Was & part of my Congressional district, we were fighting for the same princi- : which are aging the country now. Then we Were contending for an American protective tariff that should care forail Ameri- can interests, and were contending for the re- sumption of specie payments, for an honest value, & 100-cent dollar. Tlen it was that you gave to me,the then standgrd-bearer,the large-t majority that you ever gave any candidate for Representative in time of peace. Now, in the year of 1896, let there be & similar, aye, a stronger, verdict in favor of protection, reci- procity, sound money and National honor. [Applause.] A few minutes after the Portage County delegation left the ball the Springfield (Obio) delegation arrived and it proved to be one of the most earnest and enthusi- astic crowds that has been seen here, It was composed of the various Republican clubs of Clarx County. When Major McKinley avpeared on the stage at the Tabernacle the Springfield men rose to their feet, tossed their hats in the air and shouted for several minutes. Major R. B. Herver, commanding tne Me- Kinley and Hobart Brigade, called the meeting to order and the members of the brigade arose and saluted the candidate, J. C. Barnett introduced.the spokesman, Judge John C. Miller, who made a brief speechy, bristling with good points. In re- sponse Major McKinley said: It gives me extreme pleasure to meet at my home to-day the representative citizens of Springfield and Clark County. And 1 never justice and wr— [From the * Examiner,” November 12, 1891. il &) Il \l ] fl o \ Grand Jury—*We may not be able to put you in San Quentin, but we can keep you out of Caldfornia.” A CHANGE HAS COME OVER THE SPIRIT OF S DREAMS. stand before a Springfield audience without having come unbidden to my lips some of the precious names associated with that enter- prising city. Shalaberger [applause] was not only a distinguished lawyer but an eminent statesman, and that dear old cifizen, Judge White [applause], whose learping enriched the judiciary of the State. Names Ml “ghose come to me whenever 1 see a Springfield audi- ence. Itisnotgiven to many cities to furnish as yours has as distinguished ‘and as valued & man as the ex-Speaker of the National House of Representatives, J. Warren Keefer. [Ap- plause]. Nor isitgiven to many cities to have furnished as yours has that splendid ideal business mah and distinguished executive, the present Governor of Ohid, Asa S. Bushnell. [Applause.] Cyrus H. McCormick of Chicago, who was at the heaa of one of the great harvesting- machine companies, the strength and in- tegrity of which the country is familiar with, recently wrote as follows: ‘‘We have never before been so at a loss to lay out our plans and work for the next season as weare at this time. If we thought that the country would go for the unlimited coinage of siiver we would not wish to run our shops for more than half their ¢apacity.” We have in that statement, my fellow- citizens, adescription of our business trouble, and it teaches a striking lesson which must impress every thinking man. The manufac- turer does not know how to plan for next year's business because of the financial uncer- tainty concealed by the attitude of one of the great political parties of this country in con- nection with two other parties. [Applause.] 1f free silver is to be inaugurated in this coun- try it will change all values, disarrange the re ations of labor to production of raw ma~ terial to the finished product and unsettle all conditions of existing business and property. [Applause.[ This certainly makes every business man pause; capital hesitates to invest because jt secs danger ahead and is unable to count with certainty upon either the safety of its princi- palor the return of profits. Take your own city, which has heretofore been one of the busiest centers in the manufacturo of agri- cultural implements, employing 5000 laborers, or once did. [Greatlaughter and applause.] To cut that employment in two would be notonly a calamity to labor, but would be a calamity to every fnterest in your city and'to every farmer in your county. Your business facilities illustrate the close relations be- tween the manufacturer and the agricultural producer. When you are prosperous the farmer is prosperous. When the farmer is prosperous you have /your most profitable trade. Business of every character is go inter- woven, 80 dependent and interdependent upon every other business that to hurt one is to hurt the other. In 1892 people used to think that you could hurt the manufacturer and help the restof mankind. They labor under no such delusion now. Demand is what makes business activ- ity. The sickle and the flail would still be in use but 10r the pressing demand of the great grain flelds of America. You make agricul- tural implements because the farmer wanis them; but when he does not want them you will not make them, or wants fewer of them, you will not make so many, and when that time comes and you diminish your output you don’t need so much labor, and that is what makes poverty and idleness, We must have stability in values and confidence in National and individual integrity before we will have real ani permanent prosperity. We must have confidence that our revenue legisiation will supply adequate money for the public treasury and protect American labor and American interests in every part of the coun- try. 4 Alexander Hamilton once sald: “There is scarcely any point in the sconomy of National affairs of greater moment than the uniform preservation of the intrinsic value of the money unit. On this the securi.y and steady value of property essentially depends.” [Ap- plause.] ‘We must getover the idea, my fellow-citizens, if we ever had it, that Congress by its mere breath can make something out of nothing; that it can decree that 53 cents of silver shail be worth 100 cents. Congress can do much; it can protect the life and property of citizens, as it should do; it can provide revenue laws which will make the treasury easy and protect American producers from the unrestrained competition of the Old World. [tcan do that, aud it must do thet [tremendous cheering]: but it cannot by its mere stamp make a dollar worth a hundred cents out of a piece of coin which sells in every market of the world for 53 cents. [Applause. The great Sénator from New York, Roscoe Conkling, once ssid: “Ido not believe you can legislate up the value of anything any more than I think you can'make all men heroes by legisiation.” [Applause;]: The con- by resorting to penalties, but the inexorable laws of trade, as independent as the laws of gravitation, kept them don. [Applause.] After the speech-making there were songs by the glee clubs and Major Me- Kinley was presented with 8 gold horse- shoe, the receipt of which was acknowl- edged in a few words by Mr. Mc¢Kinley. Mr. Thomas presented General Harrison with a horseshoe of his own fashioning in 1888 and he thinks this shoe sure to bring good luck. X US L ROGEE WULCOTIT FUR GOVERNOR, Republicans of Massachuseits Nominate State Officers. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 1.—The Republi- cans of Massachusetts in State convention to-aay nominated the following ticket and indorsed the 8t. Louis platform: Governor—Roger Wolcott. Lieutenant-Governor—W. M. Crane. Secretary of State—Colonel W, M. Olin. Treasurer—Edward P. Shaw. Auditor—John W. Kimball. Attorney-Generai—Hosea Moulton. The convention was called to order in Music Hall this morning at 10:30 by Chair- man Lyman of the State Commitiee. Messrs, Lyman and Talbot were elected temporary officers, Chairman Lyman de- livered an address and at its conclusion the usual committees were appointed. Fhe representative of the committee on credentials read the report, which was adopted. ‘When Mr. Draper arose to cpeak he was greeted with a storm of applavse. Mr. Draper said in part: The logic of events has brought the cur- rency question into the greatest prominence. The real question is whether we shall change the standard which fixes the value of our cur- rency. Ido not believe thata majority of the voters in this country can be secured for any such poliey. Draper’s remarks were enthusiastically cheered. The platform was thenread and adopted. It indorses the platform adopted at St. Louis and recommends the unalterable opposition of the convention to the free and unlimited coinage of silver by this country alone; the enactment of tariff laws which will provide revenue adequate for the payment of the National expendi- tures and the gradual reduction of the National debt, promote the policy of reci- procity and preserve our own markets to our own people are advocated. Presidential electors were then chosen, after which nominations ior Governor were in order. 'Ex-Governor Brackett presented Mr. Wolcott’s name and 'he was nom- inated by acclamation. W. M. Cran-’s name was then presented and he was nominated on the first ballot. The remainder of the ticket was nom- inated and the convention adjourned. Eraab A il TOUR OF UNION GENERALS. Republican Veterans Who Are Heartily Received Everywhere. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 1.—The ex- Union generals on their Western tour ar- rived in Kansas City, Kans., to-day. The first stop was made at Atchison, where a crowd of 3000 greeted them. Ex-Senator Ingalls introduced General Stewart. Gen- eral Alger was bombarded with bouquats by the children present. Corporal Tan- ner closed the speecies for the party. At Valley Falls General Sickles ad- dressed a crowd of 500. When the part; reached Topeka the civic parade, which it was intended the visil,ingegenemls should review, had already started and not over 100 persons were at the station to meet the party. The welcoming committee con- sisted of Governor Morrill, Chairman Sampson, Mayor Fowler, L. 8. Crum, D. W. Mulvane, Frank Brown, Maior-Ge: eral Hudson and a score or more of repre- sentative Republicans. . After a. hearty greeting the visitors entered carriages and were driven to the reviewing stand at the north side of Capitol square to review the G. A. R. divisions. Public Debt statement. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. L—The public debt statement issued to-day shows a net increase in the public debt, less cash in. the treasury during s..gtunber. of $1806,034. Total cash in the treasury tinental congress tried to legisiate values up | $849,642,772 4 . “Erom the “Ezaminer,” October 1, 1896.] D WORK Fearful Havoc Caused by the Hurricane in ' Georgia. - MANY SECTIONS COVERED WITH RUINS. Buildings Could Not Withstand the Terrible Force of the Wind. ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR THE VELGCITY. Churches and Structures ot Every Description Reduced to Heaps of Wreckage. BAVANNAH, GaA., Oct. 1.—Telegraphic communication between Savannah and Florida has not been restored since the hurricane of Tuesday snapped the wires as it came up northward from .the gulf. The blow came ashore from the.gulf on the coast line extending irom Tampa to Cedar Keys, Tampa getting only the southern edge of the blow. The registry of the velocity of the wind at the Govern- ment Weather Bureau at: Jacksonville showed the remarkable and unprecedent- ed record of nearly 100 miles an hour. The path of greatest severity of the storm seems to have been about forty miles wide. After passing over a strip of territory lying within the northern part of the State, the storm passed on to the Atlantic coast, which it followed north. The storm passed around Tampa, and very little damage resulted from the wind; but the high tides played havoc, and several thousand dollars’ damage was done to property along the bay. _ Bhipping along the river front suffered considerably. The tide overflowed Port Tampa City, and the lower floors of many. houses were under water. At Jacksonville the damage was con- fined to the demolition of trees and signs. At Newberry the wholesale and retail store of Williams Brothers, containing a stock of goods valued at $15,000, was blown down and most of the goods ruined. A phosphate plant was demolished and all the horses were killed. At Gracey the sawmill plant of Gracey & McDonald, the largest in this part of the State, is a com- plete wreck, and thousands of acres of timber lands were destroyed. The heaviest losers are the turpentine manufacturers. Those heard from report a total loss, and since that time they were compelled to go out of business. All the trees are down and it is impossible in many ‘places to ride through' the woods even on horseback. The loss to timber in this vicinity will reach $500,000. ' Osliahan reports a number of dwellings and two churches entirely torn to pieces. Two Savannah, Florida and Western Railwvay buildiogs: were unroofed. The loss will amount to $200,000. At Maclenny full the Baptist church and one of the largest stores were blown flat upon the ground, the principal boarding - house was un- roofed, the County Jail suffering the same fate and a number of small dwellings were razed. At Gainesville a building erected by D. F. Cooper for a sawmill, but which was & warehouse demolished. In Branford the Presbyterian and Meth- odist churches were blown to the ground. The Dréew Lumber Company’s mill is a wreck, The roof was blown from Gilbert’s mill and about one-third of the tin roof was blown from the Plant system depot. The store of W. Williams, general mer- chandise, was badly wrecked. At Lake Butler, seventeen miles west of 8tark, Adams Bros.” and Thomas & Sons’ stores were wrecked. The Baptist church and the old courthouse were biown down. McKinney’'s ginhouse was blown down and the cotton scattered. Fort White caught the full force of the blow. Nearly every store and dwelling in town was more or less damaged. The Methadist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches were demol- ished. The public-school building shared their fate. The Plant system' depot was unroofed. High Springs claims the air monster scorched through the town at the rate of 100 miles an hour. Trees and houses went down like cardboards and only half a dozen houses are left to point out to the investigators the once prosperous town. How much damage was done at the Ceaar Keys bas not been learned at Sa- yannah yet. Itis not probable, however, that the storm proved more destructive there than at other points in the State. Other towns in Florida felt the force of the blow, but the damage done was trivial. None of the famous large hotels suffered 1o any extent worth mentioning. ATLANTA, Ga,, Oct. 1.—A special to the. Constitution at midnight says the storm that struck Cedar Keysdid much damage. Many persons are reported to have been killed. DESOLATION AT CEDAR KEXS. Many Perished During the Sweep of the Storm in_Florida. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Oct. 1.—Cedar Keys is a place of desolation and death. Forty-eight hours ago it was a thriving town of 1500 inhabitants. To-day many of the people are corpses, scores of others injured, and there are but few houses leit standing. Twenty corpses have been recovered. It is known that many other persons have been killed. Of those recovered but few have been identified, so mutilated were they by falling timbers. Many of the corpses were dug out of the wreckage under which they were buried. Of the twenty bodies recovered twelve are white and eight colored. Of the whites six belonged to the Whitson family—a mother, four children and a young woman visitor. The other four white victims are men, and have not yet been identified. Of the eight colored, only one, Peter Woodson, has been identified. Deplor- able as the loss of life is, it is as nothing compared with the number of spongers and fishermen who were drowned. " The Mary Eliza, a sponging schooner, réached Cedar Keys at 10 o’clock this morning jury-rigged, baving bad to cut both masts away 1o prevent capsizing. It reports that Moqdny night nearly a bundred vessels were anchored just be- low Cedar Keys, and that nearly every one of them was sunk by the hurricane. At daylight on Tuesday morning the captain of the Mary Eiiza says he saw only twenty of the 100 sponging and fish- ing vessels afloat, the others having gone to the bottom during the early hours of the storm.’ 3 Twelve of the twenty vessels that ‘rode out the hurricane during the hours of darkness, the captain says, went down at 8 o’clock on Tuesday morning. 4 Beyond the bay tops of scores of masts are visible just above the water, and each of furnitore, was totally ‘dgu_knxpd‘udk PRICE FIVE CENTS. top indicates the burial place of a spong- ing schooner and its crew. ST A ONE FATALITY AT WASHINGTON And Others May Perish From Injuries Keceived in the dtorm. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1.—The Bouthern hurricane, which swept over this city with such disastrous results on Tues- day night, left one fatality and probably several more in its wake. The body of James F. Fitzgerald was discovered in the ruins of the Beatty saloon, 1213 Pennsyl- vania avenue, at 8 o’clock this morning. Advices from peoints on the Potomac River report an alarming rise in the river at all points above Washington. At Har- pers Ferry a rise of thirty-one feet above low-water mark was noted early in the afternoon and a continued rise seems to have followed. Flood river signais are displayed along the river front and at a comparatively early hour to-night a rise is reported, though not to an alarming ex- tent. The alarming condition 1s creating considerable uneasiness among those along the water front in this city. SHOOTS A FORMER EMPLOYER. Coachman Dumontiere Fatally Wounds George E. Sheldon and Leaps From a High Bridge. MARQUETTE, Mixw., Oct. 1. — George E. Sheldon, brother of Hon. Carlos D. Sheldon, Republican nominee for Repre- sentative in Congress from the Twelith District, was shot at Houghton to-day by a discharged employe named Felix Du- montiere. Two weeks ago Sheldon had reprimanded his coachman for a lapse of duty and was knocked down. To-day the coachman was arrested for assauit, and the trial was set for Baturday. To-night Dumontiere met Sheldon on the bridge crossing Portage Lake and emvtied the chamber of a revolver as short range into his viciim, inflicting probably fatal wounds. One buliet entered the neck and another lodged in the brain. Immediatery after the murderous deed Dumentiere jumped from the bridge, a height of 100 feet, into the lake and disap- peared. It is believed he was drowned. He leaves a destitute widow and five chil- dren. His victim is one of the most highly respected citizens of Northern Michigan. MAY YET ACT ALONE, England Seems Anxious to Settle the Vexed Turkish Ques- tion. France, Russia and Austria Evidently - Standing In to Protect the Sultan, LONDON, Exc., Oct, 1—The Evening News published a dispateh asserting *| that Great Britain bas notified tlie powers that uni2ss immediate and energetic action is taken by them to effect a settlement of the Turkish situation, England will act alone. No confirmation of this statement is obtainable. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs that the powers have agreed upon a pacific settlement of the Eastern question which is honorable to all parties. He adds that the agreement amply guarantees the future security of the Armenians. The Chronicle will to-morrow publish a dispateh from Berlin saying that the Rus- sian Black Sea fleet is cruising forty-five miles northeast of the Bosphorus, and that it is in constant communication with the lighthouse at Kila, thirty miles east of the Bosphorus. BERLIN, GerMANY, Oct. L—A Con- stantinople dispatch says that the Ina- dam, a journal of the Turkish Govern- ment, publishes a statement that France and Russia are resolved to maintain the integrity of Turkey and the status quo in the East. It declares that Austria con- curs in this line of policy. The statement refers to an article pub- lished in the semi-official North German Gazette to the effect that Germany sup- ported the Sultan and to the effect that Baron von Saurme-Jeltsche, the German Embassador to Turkey, presented a photo- graph of Emp ror William to the Bultan a few days ago as proof of German friend- ship for Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Oct. 1L.— Considerable excitement was caused in the Yeni Kapu quarter last evening by the explosion of a bomb. The police say that the explosion, which did no damage, was the result of an effort on the part of an Armenian woman to get rid of a num- ber of bombs which she had 1n her posses- sion. She was in the act of throwing the bombs into the sea when one of them ex- ploded. A cordon of troops has been thrown into Peruzagha, the Turkish quar- ter. This action is believed to be a pre- cautionary measure against trouble grow- ing out of the arrest of certain Turks con- nected with the recent riots. " g Tl Fifteen Boatmen Poisoned. NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y., Oct. 1.— Fiiteen men were poisoned hy eating soup containing rough on rats. They were all poatmen and lived at a saloon in North Canal street, owned by L. L. Broadbeck. Two of the victims will almost certainly die, and one is still in an unconscious con- dition. The poison was accidentally put in some soup which was served for dinner. e e Went Throuqh a Trestle. LYNCHBURG, Vi, Oct. 1.—The axle of a car of a freight train coming north on the Southern Railway broke while the train was on a trestle a few miles north of Danville. The dragging of the broken axle caused the trestle to give way and seven cars went through. Nobody was hurt. s anley Coatmakers Go on Strike, BOSTON, Mass.,, Oct. 1L—Coatmakers in this city numbering more than 300 went on a strike this morning because their employers have refused to renew an agreement of wages and conditions. It is said that the strike will affect the largest manufacturers in the city. sided st L e Hard Fighting in Africa. LONDON, Ere, Oct. 1.—The Govern- ment has received a dispatch from Salis- vury stating that serious fighting, lasting three days, bas taken place in Mashona- land, near Majo. The British, the tele- gram says, were hemmed in by natives for ten hours. No details are given, MANY MEN ARE HURT Vice-President Stevenson and Governor Drake Suffer. COLLAPSE OF A STAND AT BURLINGTON. An Accident Mars the Opening of a Semi-Centennial Celebration. BUT THE INJURED OFFICIALS DELIVER ADDRESSES. Achievements of the State of Iowa Dur:ng Fifty Years Are Re- viewed. BURLINGTON, Iowa, Oct. 1L.—The cele« brat. n of the semi-centennial oi Iowa to~ day was marked by an accident which narrowly missed proving serious to the Vice-President of the United States, Gov- ernor Drake and others. As it is there will probably be one death. After the grand parade had been formed for the opening of the semi-centennial fes- tivities and had covered about half of the line of march Governor Francis Drake and staff, Vice-President Stevenson and all of the Stateand local officials were conducted to a reviewingstand. Scarcely were they seated when the stand gave way with a crash and the entire structure went to the ground, a mass of broken timbers. The injured: E. 8. Burrus, County Treasurer, two fractures of the lez and internal injuries; now in a hospital in this city. Vice - President Stevenson, left leg bruised and knee slightly sprained. Governor Drake, bruised and shaken. Ex-Governor Sherman, badly bruised and shaken. Secretary of State McFarland, ankleand leg sprained. Senator Kent of Lee County, head cut. Colonel H. 0. Weaver of Wapello, ankle sprained. Mayor Nauman, badly bruised. Major Wyman ¢f Ottumwa, spine seri« ously injured. Lafayetie Young, ediior of the lows Capital, badly cut and bruised in head. Fred L. Porr, city clerk, bruised and cut. Mary Lord Drake, daughter of the Gov- ernor, shghtly bruised. Secretary Jones, State Commissioner, leg injured. A score of others were bruised and shaken by the fall. Women fainted and great confusion atonce reigned. Governor Drake and Vice-President Stevenson were on the front tier of seats and were thrown backward upon the others and thus escaped fatal injory, but were badly shaken up and considerably bruised. Ex-Gov- ernor Sherman was in the rear of the stand and fell at the very boitom of the mass. He was found with a heavy timber across his legs and a plank resting on his neck and back. . The sufferers were conveyed to hospitals and hotels and their injuries promptly attended to. The stand was a private affair, hastily constructed, and had not been inspected like the others. The crowd was warned not to go on 1t, as the officials were all who were intended to occupy it, and for them it was sufficiently strong, but a rush was made and the stand went down. Serious as it was it had its funny side. Governor Drake, with his hat pulled over his ears, was found sitting n the lap of Vice-President Stevenson. The latter's hat was also crushed over his face, and neither could move until aid came. Governor Drake recovered from his bruises, and shaking up sufficiently to deliver a short address at the Colisseum this afternoon. Ex-Governor Sherman, owing to his age, may be seriously hurt, altbouch he claims to be only badly bruised and shaken up. This afternoon State Commissioner P. M. Crapoopened the exercises at the Cole isseum before a vast crowd. He was followed by Governor Drake, who spoke for forty-five minutes. The officiai poem entitled, “Iowa,” was read by the author,S. H. M. Byers of Des Moines, who was followed by Lafayette Young, editor of the Iowa Capital of Des Moines. The Iowa State band furnishea the music. To-night was held a grand carnival in which a barge representing a fortress was attacked by a float of one hundred boats, using Roman candles and bombs for ammunition. It is estimated that 20,000 people watched the display at the river front and that 10,000 were at the park this afternoon. Vice-President Stevenson spoke at a banquet given in honor of himself and Governor Drake to-night. The Vice-Presi« dent said: Iam confident that I voice the deep feeling of all the people of the great State which lies across ths Mississippt when Isay that Iilinois rejoices with Iowa upon this, her fiftieth anni- versary. We rejoice with you in your wonder- ful developmsnt and prosperity—in the glory that is yours, as to-day you round out the first half century of your history as a State of the Federal Union. The twenty-ninth to seek ad- mission, this historic day, which marksbuta little span in the life of a Btate—the day whose coming has been awsaited with such deep in- terest—finds Towa tenth upon the list of the great commonwealths that make up the Amer- icar Republic. In all the steps that antedated admission you had the earnest co-operation of Iilinois through her delegation in Congress; and fifty years ago this day, at her ancient capital, twenty guns voi-ed Illinois’s congratulations to Iowa. No longer u Territory, but aState, henceforth during all the ages, an indestructl- ble State of an irdivisible Union. How won- derfui the pregress of the State and the Nation during the helf century just closed! What wonderful events make up the woof and warp of their marvelous history! How inspiring to those in old age to behold the glory of thia