The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1896. BRYAN RECENED - AT CINCINNATI All Kinds of People Turn Out to See the Boy Orator. CHEERS FOR McKINLEY Some Unwelcome Sounds That Are Not Appreciated at the Rally. BRYAN ABUSES HIS OPPONENTS Also . Tries to Justify the Chicago Platform by Casting S urs on the Supreme Court. CINCINNATI, . Omip, Oct. 2. —No speeches were made by William J. Bryan between Huntington, W. Va., and Cincin- nati, altbough he gave explanations along the route about the necessity for saving his voice and at one place told the crowd thet he was obliged to go out fo talk to the people because most of the news- papers were against him. Stops were made by the candidate’s special train at Cattletsburg, Ironton, Asbland, Greenup, South Portsmouth, Vanceburg, Maysville, Augusta and Men- tor, all towns in Kentucky along the Ohio River. At New Portsmouth there was a big gathering. Many people came over the river from New Richmoend, Ohio, and gave the can- didate three cheer® on the Kentucky side. Big crowds at Maysville and Augusta cheered Mr. Bryan. Many peoplée from Portsmouth, Ohio, came over the river to see him at South Portsmouth, and along the Ohio bank were several people who viewed the candidate at long range. It was Mr. Bryan's second visit to Maysville within a jmonth. He toild about his in- valided Voice, and caused a great scramble in the jam around the train by scattering & boxful of flowers among his audience. Augusta furnished s cannon salute. Congressman McMillan took Mr. Bryan's place as speechmaker at néarly every stop. Congressman Berry introduced the candi- date along the route. The run over the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks from Hunt- ington to Cincinnati was a record-breaker. At one time a speed was made that if maintained would have given seventy- three miles an hour. Twelve miles were run in nine minutes in one spurt. The delays caused by stops at stations where crowds were gathered were made up by the rapid locomotion. When Mr. Bryan reached here at 6:30 o’clock to-night he was “escorted by the Duckworth Club and other political or- ganizations of the State to the Gibson House. Considerable enthusiasm was shown by big crowds along the route. A hasty supper and a quick change of cloth- ing and the candidate was taken to Music Hall under escort of the Duckworth Club. Here he was down for a speech, but it was not the only one he was expected to make. At Music Hall there were about 10,000 people in the audience. Outside the streets were jammed by enormous crowds and all the entrances were besieged by en- thusiasts eager for admittance. Louis Reemelein, chairman of the Demo- cratic County Executive Committee, called the meeting to order and was bowled down. In seli-defense he pre- sented Mr, Bryan. Gustave Staple, who had been chosen to preside, came in just then, and made a speech, which nobody heard in the confusion. He, too, intro- daced Mr. Bryan. v, Cries of ‘‘Hurrah for McKinley” aroused the ire of the inmates, and they tried to find the culprits. While the shouts and calls were at their height Otway Grove, president of the Duckworth Club, jumped upand called the disturbers blackguards. He demanded the removal of three men in the balcony, and when this was done and the confusion stopped he presented Mr. Bryan. Having been so well introduced the Democratic nominee began his speech without delay. He said in part: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I esteem it a privilege as a candidate for office to be presented (o the peopie of Cincinnati. We are compelled to face an enemy in this eampaign which is not only well organized and well equipped with means both for legiti- mate and illegitimate work, but we are also compelled to face an encmy which is not entirely honest in ite dealings with the peo- ple. Before addressing myself to the para- mount issues of the campaign I want to call your atlention to two or three questions that have been raised by our opponents, Some of our opponents have attempted to arraign us before the bar of public opinion upon the charge that we are trying to aisturb order and to overthrow law. "I want for & moment 1o meet that proposition There is nothing in our piatform that justifies that charge. If they say that our declaration in favor of any income tax isan attempt to dis- credit the Supreme CourtI deny it. There is pothing in our platform on that subject which is balf as severe as the minority of the court itself uttered against the judgment of the Bupreme Court. [Applause.] t me call your attention to s criticism which Abrabam Lineoln made of a decision of the Supreme Court, and when you read his criticism you will find how far we fall short of him in criticism. And yet there are good peo- le in this country to-day who think that X orabam Lincoln was mnot only s great man Here is his but agood man and & patriot. lang e in June, 1857: “We believe as much as Judge Douglas, more in obedience and re- spect for the Judicial Department of the Gov- ernment; bnt we think that the Dred Scott decision was erroneous: we know that the court taat made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shull do what we can to have it overrule this.” My friends, the position taken by Abraham Lincoln is exactly the position which we take to-day. [Applause.] Weexpect that this de- cision at some time in the future shall be over- ruled. We expect that in this Nation it Will be possiblé tomake wealth pay its share of the burdens of the Government. I call your attention to the fact that the men who are criticizing us for still favoring an in- come iax do not eriticize the income tax. Our opponents want you (o believe that we are op- posed to the enforcement of the law. So far as that critieism is directod against me as a candidate I assert, as 1 have asserted ‘before, that there is not a citizen in all this land who believes more thoroughly in the .enforcement of every law upon the statate- books than I do [applsuse], and, my iriends, if by the suffrages of my countrymen I may be made the chief executive of this Nation I will promise you that I will so enforce the laws that some of my critics will come on their knees ing not to have the laws enforced. [Tremendous applause.] Let me state 10 you a reason for the opposi- tion of sume of these railroads which they do not the ves possess. They object to our platiorm because we demand that instead of summoning an army to settle labor troubles that we shall have arbitration to settle them. But the worst part of all this opposition is that the men who attempt to destroy labor orgnmflonl and to make the laboring man delenseless are the men who 1n this u:m- are attempting to use the votesof TS themselves to overthrow their rights. [Great .plphen “I another plank that these men fii fault with, but they do not say much about it, and that is the plank which declares against overnment by injunction and in fayor of the i1l that passed the Senate to protect people whe are arrested for contempt. Why do mm not criticize that plank? the bj ‘which we indorsed in our platform the Senate of the United States without opposition enough to secure a rolleall. The bill is just. It is giving the right of trial by jury, and these men dare not oppose the justice of the measure, and therefore they seek some other excuse upon which to oppose the prineiples of of our platiorm. Mr. Bryan then rehearsed his familiar arguments on the money question and continued: They say that we sre irying to raise class against class. I deny it. We are trying 1o arouse the people to protect their homes from & conspiracy which has no equal in the his- tory of the world, [Cheersand applause.] After his Cincinnati speech Mr. Bryan leit immediately for Coyington, arriving there at 10:30 P. m., and spoke for forty minutes to a crowd of 8000 people. His address was similar to that made in Cin- cinnati. Bryan was taken to the residence of A. Turvin, where he spent the night. He will leave Cincinnati to-morrow morning over the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad for St. Louls. w7 SPEECHES IN WEST VIRGINIA. Bryan Talks Lowdly About Silver, Trusts and Syndicates. CHARLESTON, W. VA, Oct. 2. —This morning Bryan began anotherday of cam- paigning at Point Pleasant, W. Va. He reached here at § o’clock. Bryan made a short speech to 1000 peoplé. Charleston gave the candidatea hearty reception. The train arrived at 9:20 A. ». A lone proces- sion escorted the candidate about the streets and then to the City Park, where he made a speech. Ten thousand people composed the audi- ence that heard the candidate. Hisrecep- tion was of the heartiest. Mr. Bryan said n part: Ladies and Gentlemen: In this capital of West Virginia 1 desite to express my thanks for the very cordial welcome which has heen extended to me by the members of the Triple Alliance. I find here upon the platform Demo- crats, Republicans, Populists, members of all parties, who while differing among them- selves on minor questions are united in their determination o restore to the peole of this country the gold and silver coin of the consti- tution.” I beileve that in this uumrmgn we are entitled to the support of all political parties whe believe still in a_government of the peo- ple. by the people and for the people. We may differ upon the iundamsental priuciples to the various questions which arise. We may differ in opinion upon policies sug- gested by various parties, but my friends, whenever any party in this' Nation denies the ability of the Nation to have such a financial policy as the American people want to have the other quesiious disappear and we stand united to vindieate the right of self-govern- ment. Those who have been Republicans in the past, those who have voted the Republican ticket from the time the party was organized can find & good excuse for leaving that party this year, Go back to 1838 and you will find thatthe Repubiican party declared for gold and silver as standard money and even went 50 iar as to denounce the Democratic party for trying to demonetize silver. Read that plat- form adopted by the Republican National Convention of 1888 and see how it tried to turn the indignation of the people against the Democratic adminiétration because 1t had been hostile to silver, and on that platform the Republican party won the election. Mr. Bryan maintained that one of the best evidences that the silver idea was the correct one was found in the fact that ail great trusts and combines are against the Democratic ticket. He followed up his old line of argument and discussed the iaw of supply and demand as applied to siiver. Another special train was provided by the West Virginia State Committee for Mr. Bryan’s journev to Huntington. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Oct. 22.—Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia contributed to the throng that heard William J. Bryan speak here this afternoon. Excursion trains were run from a number of places. Mountaineers came in cn horseback and afoot. People were landed from the river steamers, and altogether Mr. Bryan had as picturesque an andience as he has ever addressed. His hearers numbered, accord- ing to various estimates, between 10,000 and 15,000. Mr. Bryan made a short ad- dress, in which he said: You talk to Republicans about the gold sianderd and they will tell you they sre us good iriends of the double standard as any- body, and yet when they come to get out their badges, wheh they come to print the name of their candidate on paper, they by some strange circumstances select yellow paper to print it on. [Cheersand laughter.] Another thing, you cannot find any clubs among the Reptblicans which are called gold- standard ciubs. What you do find is the sound-money club. Now, why do they use sound money instead of gold? Because they dare not tell the people what they mean by the term. They are using these words to de- ceive. My friends, everybody wants sound but the question is, what is sound 1 will tell you what I understand sound money to be. Sound money is fur nished in sufficient quantitfes to form a safe basis for the business of the country, There is something necessary besides quality in money. Money may be good, splendid, but there may be none of it. 1iis of money as it is of food—you have got to combine quality and quantity. You must combine quantity and quality. The gold standard is of no advan- tage unless you can find enough gold to fur- nish the standerd money. Our opponents have not furnishea that gold. They cannot furnish it. All over the world to-day the na- tions are scrambling to- get all the gold there is. When they talk about the invisible sup- ply of gold they talk about the supply which cannot be seen, because invisible mcans not seen, and I will tell you that this invisible a‘upgly of gold is getting more and more in- visible every dsy. [Applause.] Now, my friends, there aré two reasons which may ex- plain tiie fact tist our opponents 4o not pro- pose & financisl system to the American people. Ia the first piace, they may know what is best. WI1ll they admit that their failure to tell you what ought to be done is ignorance ? 1fso, how can they ask you to trust those who don't know what the party does not know to-aay ? [Laughter.] If our opponents do not know what kind of a system s good for us, then, if we should trust them, it would be the blind lesding the blind. And you know what the Bible says abott the blind ‘leading the blina; they both fell into the dith. If. on the other hand, our opponents say they know what ought to be done, then we ask them why they don’t tell the people what they know. Our OFponenls can only excuse themselves on one of ‘two unds: their failure to elaborate a financial system must be due to ignorance or it must ue to an unwillingness to let the reaple know what their plans are before giv- ng them their vote. [Applause.] Mr. Bryan spoke of bankers who grew rich on the interest of deposits, and added : And yet these men who actin the capacity or trustees are so insolent that they are now contributing to Republican campaign funds the money that the people have deposited with them for security. (Applause.] My friends, if the banks want to go into politics let them beware of the result that - may follow political banking. -1f they train 1o be business men and run their business on base principles they must not come into the field of poiitics and attempt to run politics, I realize taat the g”“ corporations, trusts, syndicates and com- inations are against us, but I remember that they were against Andrew Jackson in the same fight that we are making to-day. [Applause.] They were powerful in the press, &ay were powerful before the people, but when the time 10 vote came the people were greater than the combination. [A plsuse] 'ar, my friends, this campeign will demonstrate whether the ple are Lo have a government of y the ple and for the peo, or itis to be & government of and for the cates. The rest of the speech was devoted toan explanation of the 53-caut dollar, and to statements about the 1mpossibility of the Mexican dollar in America. The cavalcade of beplumed men who es- corted Mr. Bryan to the stand feil in line again and went back to the station with him. At the station Governor MeCorkie and the other West Virginians who ac- companied him through the State said %V -by 10 Mr. Bryan. Mr, Bryan, Urey oods, National committee for ntucky, Representative McMillin of Tennessee left Huntington on the candidate’s train for Cincinnati at 1:10. oo el S CONFIDENT ¥ ELECTION. Mr. Bryan, However, May Sing a Dif- ferent Tune After November 3. NEW YOBK, K. Y., Oct. 2—The Jour- nal this morning publishes the following signed statement from Candidate Bryan, predicting his election a montn before election: CINCINNATI, OEr0, Oct. 2.~I of election and I base my m:‘n?.::;d:::: the t that the free c sentiment is growing every day. The people are studying the money question, and the study of it is con- :::\:..' unr o;:eopl: that v.lhen can b&:o per- perity so lang as id standard {l maintsined. Th‘.plfl nnf:;d makes a dearer doliar, a dearer dollar means faliing prices and !uhu ‘prices means hard The people who profit by hard times are When the meetin{;dwn- over Mr. | relatively so few in number that they would amount 10 nothing but for the fact that they are aided by consigerable number of the peo- pie who not having siudied the money question themselves have received instruction from a few financiers. The number of Repubticans who haye de- clared for free silver outnumber the Demo- crats who have deserted the ticket; and while the number of silver Republieans is increas- ing all the time, the number of bolting Demo- crats is ail the time decreasing While I have no doubt as to my election, I believe that every advocate of free coinage should work from now to election day to make the majority in the Electorial Coliege so l.rg that no party will ever dare to propose su mission to a foreign financial policy. . W. J, BREYAN. e ot EXPECT 10 CARRY GEURGIA. But the Democrats .dve Unusually Modest in Their Claims. CHICAGO, Iri., Oct. 2—The Dem(_)- cratic managers are quite modest in their claims as to the result of the Goergia State election, which occurs next week. They announce that their returns indicate that the State will be carried by the Democrats by a safe majority, the mean- ing of which is thus stated: “It will be remembered that in the resent State camphign in Georgia the epublicans and Populists have a fusion ticket in the field, consequently the Demo- crats will have to overcome the united strength of both parties. The best posted Democratic leaders in the State say that a Democratic majority of 15,000 will be a great victory for Democracy and may be accepted as a_criterion for a Democratic majority for Bryan in November of not less than 60,000 to75,000.” 5 s SN AIDED BY BUSINESS MEN. Mark Hanna Speals of the. Good Work Done for McKinley. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2.—Mark A. Hanna, General Clayton, General Horace Porter, Joseph H. Manléy and Colonel Swords attended to-day’s meeting of the Commercial Travelers’ League at its rooms on Broadway. Mr. Hanna was loudly cheered when he said that there was no more effectual work being dome in this campaign than what was being done by the commercial trayelers. Continuing, he said: “McKinley has said that politics is busi- ness and business is politics. If ever this was true it is true in this campaign. Itis our business to protect the honor and in- tegrity of our currency.” He urged upon his hearers to continue their work, and assured them that they would be surprised at the result. Mr. Hanna was loualy cheered at the conclu- sion of his speech. Carlisle Declines Debate. WASHINGTON, D, C., Oct. 2.—P. H. Johnson of Louisville, chairman of the Kentucky Btate Executive Democratic Committee, recently wrote to Secretary Carlisle requesting in the name of the Democracy of Kentucky that he divide time with Senator Blackburn in any can- vass he might make in that State in favor of Buckner and, Palmer. Mr. Johnson said be preferred the request at the in- stance of Senator Blackburn. Mr. Car- lisle to-day replied as follows: WASHINGTON, D. C., Oetober 2, 1896. P. H. Johnson Esq., Louisville, Ky.—MY DEAR 81r: Your favor of Sevtember 29, ksking a di- vision of time with Hon. J. C. 8. Blackburn at all the appoinfments I make to speak in Ken- tucky is this moment received and the request is respectfully declined. Very truly yours, J. G. CARLISLE. P e e Wowuld Not Benefit Bryan. ATLANTA, Ga.,, Oct. 2—Thomas E. ‘Wazson will neither affirm nor deny the report that be contemplates retiring from the Populist ticket. To a representative of the United Associated Presses he said to-day that he had no comment to make as to the published reports further than to state that his retirement would not benefit Bryan, because the middle-of-the- road Populists wouid vote for McKinley before they would for Sewall. Watson says tnat he has been unfairly treated in fusions. If he contemplates any move he will not anwounce it untii after -the Georgia State elections next week. e e Could Not Compromise. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 2 —The Seventh District Free-silver Democratics| Congressional Convention adjourned sine die at Frankfort this morning witbout makiug a nomination. A resolution was adopted for a primary on October 17, as the candidates, Bronston, Settle aud Car- roll, would not agree on any com promise. The Abducted Girl Keturns. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—Lillian Zenobia Daly, the colored girl who was abducted from here thirteen years ago and who was located in Bsn Francisco a short time ago, as published in Tre OaLy, reached here at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Mrs. Moore, her’grandmother, was not able to send for the girl, and she nardly knew how she could get her home, put Patrick Crowley, Chief of Police of San Francisco, had the autborities send her as far as Chicago and he paid her way from that city to her home. There was great rejoieing in the home of the grandmother when the girl reached there. et et it On the Asiatic Station. ‘WABHINGTON, D, C., Oct. 2. —The present strength of the Asiatic fleet is to be maintained by the Navy Department. Orders sent to the Yorktown to return home have been revoked, and she is di- rected to remain attached to the station. Admiral McNair, commanding the fleet, has represented the necessity of continu- ing on the station a vessel of her draught, which in case of missionary trouble coul ascend shallow rivers and afford protecticn. e L SR Money in Circulation, WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 2.—The treasury circulation statement issued to- day places the aggregate of all kinds of money in circulation in the United States at $1,852,302,280. or an inerease during September of $43,132,655. The per capita circulation is siated at $2205, The state- ment increased tie gold coin issued or in ‘“:genersl stock” from $570,557,083 on Sep- tember 1 to $600,544,277 on October 1. > grafiis &by Justice Fiold’s Return. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—Justice Field of the Supreme Court has returned to Washington after & snmmer spent in California, The Justice has been in fee- ble health for some months, but expects to be able to sit on the ben h during most, if not ali, the coming term. et ety Pensions for California. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—Pen- sions have been granted as follows: Cali- fornia: Reissue and increase — George Stevens, Veterans’ Home, Napa. Oregon: Original widow (special, Bep- tember 24) — Catharine Wooley, Eagle Point. 3 o ] Must Huve Certificates. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—Bolicitor Reeve of the Treasury Department to-day decided that Chiness minors having par- ents living in this country cannot l‘::rd unless the Chinese Government certifies to the fact. 5 vl The Flagman Killed. OTTUMWA, Iowa, Oct. 2.—BSuperin. tendent C. M. Levy’s private car was turned over, and a number of passengers on the C. B. and Q. train No 2. shaken up early this morning at Krum station, east of Ottumwa. The passenger train was and the rear end crashed intoa Mwh?tuh stal on the sidin Harry Moore, a flagman, who had been the service of the company for many years, was i —_———— EDITOR BARRY, in the Star, says that candi- dates must speak out. 8. WHITE WRITES 0F BISMARCK'S SCHEME Willing to Unload Ger- many’s Silver Upon the United States. IS NOT A BIMETALLIST Purely Selfish Motives Actuated the Prince in the Recent Utterances. POINTED HISTORY IS GIVEN. Facts Show That the Ex-Chancellor Caused the Demonetization of the Whit: Metal. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2.—The Hon. Andrew D. White, writing from Ithaca, has addressed anopen letter to Goveraor Culberson of Texas, on the recent Bis- marck campaign document, in the course of which he suys in part: “You have doubtless already learned that both you and Mr. Bryan have been de- ceived regarding the letter of Prince Bis- marck to you, and that the most impor- tant part of it, as first published, is a for- gery, the dishonest translation foisted upon your Ixcellency and Mr. Bryan con- taining a long paragraph favoring the im- mediate and independent action of the United States in favor of bimetallism which does not exis in the original. Ot course, I acquit you both of inten- tional deceit, believing you both too high- minded to profit knowingly by this forged interpolation. But what are the Ameri- can people to think of a cause which re- sorts to such a glaring eriminal expedient, and which has not hesitated to exhibit you and your candidate in the light of dupes before 60,000,000 of your fellow-citi- zens? “But even conceding that the letter,with or without forged interpolation, proves that Prince Bismarck favors the unlim- ited coinage of silver in the United Siates, I respectfully submit that your Excel- lency’s confiding application to thg Prince for his opinion on this subject and the use of his reply made by yourseif and Mr. Bryan {s possibly the mostfarcical event in American history. “My reasons for this opinion are as fol- lows: As MiniSter ofthe United States to the German empire in 1879, 1830 and 1881, Icarefully observed the demonetization of silver in Germany which reached its consummation during those y . Pos- sibly Mr. Bryan and your Excellency will be amazed tolearn that the controlling and directing agent in that demonetiza- tion was none other than your kind cor- respondent, Prince Bismarck, himself, at that time the all-powerful Chancellor of the German em pire. ““Somewhat over half of the silver thus reduced to buliion was sold by the Ger- man Government; but the prices ran so low that the sales were stopped and the German treasury was left with an enor- mous quantity o{ this depreciated money in its coffers, amounting, if I remember rightly, to something over $100,000,000. A little of it—say $2,000,! ermany man- aged to work off upon poor Egypt under the Khedive Tewfik, and as Bismarck 1s really a patriotic, far-sighted statesman he would naturally be glad to find a similar dupe on this side of the Atlantic and to unload the remainder upon the United States at say twice its market value. : “As a simple matter of fact, of which I was directly and officially cogni- zant, Prince Bismarck utterly declined to take part in any general scheme of bimetallism without the cooreration of Great Britain, though the United States and France jointly and officially united in urging it upon his Government, _“Prince Bismarck is, first of all, as many of his victims besides your Excel- lency and Mr. Bryan have sad occasion to know, a great German patriot, devoted above all things to German interests as he understands them. Hence it was he who demonetized silver and brought Germany on a gold basis; and for the same patriotic reasons which are now leading the great Russian Minister of Finance, Mr. de Witte, to do the same thing. Hence it was, t0o, that Prince Bismarck did his best to exclude from Germany our Ameri- can agricultural products, and hence, doubtless, it is that he shows his German patriotism by obligingly suggesting to you, and through you to the Ame: n Deople, a policy which would profit Ger- many to the amount of about fifty mil- lions of dollars, to say nothing of ihe comfortable profits to the German bullion brokers. *If you think that the ex-Chancellor writes youinan affectionate spirit toward Democracy, or toward the United States in general, permit me to suggest that you ask your respected Texas fellow-citizen, Mr. Lasker, for his opinion on this sub- ject. He will, perhaps, give information of which your Excellency seems to be strangely ignorant, respecting the_treat- ment of the resolutions of the_ United States Congress regarding.Mr. Lasker’s eminent brother—resolutions which ema- nated from a Texan member of that body, and which were spurned and returned to the United Btates contemptuously by the great German statesman. ‘‘How & Governor of Texas could, in a crisis like this, ask the advice of a foreign statesman who had thus grossly insulted his State and country utterly passes my eomgn ion; and” how a candidate for the Presidency of the United Btates could quote with approval such a letter from a man who has thus treated his country is equally astonishing. For Prince Bis- marck as the statesman and patriot I have profouna respect, but he has always held Democratic and Republican govern- ment in contempt.” Archbishop Mavtinells Arrives. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2—The Cunard steamship Campania, baving on board Archbishop Martinelli, the successor of Cardinal Satolli as papal delegate to this country, arrived in quarantine to-night, where she dropped anchor. A number of distinguished prelates will go down the hi in the morning to t the Arch. bishop and bring him up to the city. R — . shortage of @ County Treasurer. TROY, N. Y., Oct. 2.—County Treasurer George Morrison resigned to-day his po- sition of County Treasurer in response to the v of th ler Cot Board of 5 fi. Dha:fssdta: outs, mittee of y o board and the expertace tant report deficienc; 2::?” A ;l‘uu is a ¥ in i i < ke Must Pay the British Tax. MONTREAL, Quesec, Oct. 2. — Four Chinamen who arrived on the Beaver line steamer Lake Superior will not be allowed to land by th:mflnflfiu unless they ‘pay ey ciatm they are’ Britah sabjects svd that they came from Liverpool, but they have no papers to prove this. They will be sent back to England unless their tax is paid. A PR T0 DEFEND THE DARDANELLES. Zhe Porte Orders Out a Flotilla of Tor- pedo-Boats. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Oct. 1L.— An irade has been issued by the Porte ordering the formation of a flotilla of ten torpedo-boats to defend the Dardanelles. This movement is in conformity with the advice of the Russian General Tschi- katcheff, commander of the district of Odessa, who some time in July last in- spected the defenses of the Dardanelles. Letters received here from Kharput give terrible details of the massacre which recently occurred”at Eguin, in the Khar- put district. The letters allege that 2000 persons were killed. The scenes, accord- ing to the letters, were similar to those of the former massacres in Anatolia. g Gold in British Guiana. COLON, Corousia, Oct. Advices re- ceived here from British Guiana are to the effect that the yield of gold in that coun- try is steadily increasing and mining property is rising in value. Shares in the Barima mine of the par value of $5 are now selling at $15, and a further advance in value is expected. The greater portion of the gold g:oducing territory is within the domain claimed by Venezuela. TRMISFER OF AVTLLER, Movements of the Three Regi- ments Changed Will Begin on the 12th Inst. Reports to the Secretary of War Show That Desertions Are Decreasing. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—Move- ment of the Firss Artillery, stationed in and around New York harbor, will be begun, by order of the War Department, on the 12th inst. and be completed in three days. At the same time the Fifth Artil- lery, now stationed at San Francisco, will move on the East and take up quarters vacated by the First. The Third, now at Southern posts, will move on to San Fran- cisco. The department’s orders direct Lieuten- ant-Colonet Marcus P. Miller, headquar| ters, steff and band to proceed from Fort Hamilton, Battery E tfrom Fort Wads- worth and Battery M from Fort Slocum to St. Francis Barracks, St. Augustine, Fla., woich will be the headquarters of the regiment. . The post until three years ago was an infantry station, but was later changed toan artillery post and the infan- trymen moved to McPherson, Atlanta. Major Haskin and Batteries D from Fort Wadsworth and D from Fort Hamil- ton are to be transferred to Jackson Bar- racks, La. Major John H. Calef and Battery B at Fort Blocum and Battery A at Fort Ham- ilton are to be stationed at Key West, while Battery H at Fort Slocum and Bat- tery L at Fort Wadsworth go to Fort Bar- rancas, Fla. Battery I at Fort Hamilton goes to Fortress Monre, The Third Artil- lery is trausferred slmost bodily to the Presidio at S8an Francisco. A wonderful advance in the condition of the enlisted force of the army is shown in a report to the Secretary of War. Deser- tions, which years ago seriously threat- ened to deplete the service far below the force required to conduct the most ordi- nary field evolutions,are now things of the past, and each year indicates that the sol- dier is better satisfied with bis surround- 23, Little trouble has been experienced dur- ing the past twelve months in maintain- ing the full strength of the army, and while there were desertions they were few when compared to the large number of men who some years ago annually be- came weary of the monotonous life and left the ranks without authority. PORTLAND GIRL'S CHARGE Intimates That Her Parents Are Responsible for Her Lover’s Disappearance. Jennie Melcher’s Story of the Possible Fate of Young William Auldinger. PORTLAND, Om., Oct. 2—The Jennie Melcher conspiracy case, insignificant as it originally was, daily develops new and startling ciroumstances. With the addi- tion to-day of May Mahon's confession, the case becomes extraordinary and in- volves a history of probable crime that de- mands investigation. The girl's story in- volves the mysterious disappearance of William Auldinger, a young man who worked on his stepfather’s farm, and who had been her warm friend since she was 13 years old. Miss McMahon says that, when she was 13 years of age, H. L. Melcher one day at~ tacked her. Auldinger came to herrescue, which engendered her stepfather’s bitter- est batred for him. From this circum- stance sprang up the warmest and purest affection betwedn the boy and girl, which was opposed by May’s mother and Melcher, They made arrangements to elope on the 22d of July, 1894, but the'plan was frustrated by her unnatural moth ‘T he last time I saw Auldinger,” said the girl, *‘wason the 18th of July of that ear. Some neighbors told me that he ild been shot. bat makes me think that Melcher did away with the was because he said he would ‘fix him’ on the day I intended to elope. I afterward wrote to Willie’s mother, but she had never seen him since nor heard from him.? Later she found some things on the farm belonging to Auldinfar which she knew he was in the habit of carrying about in his guekafia. This circumstance strengthened her belief that harm had be- fallen him. She was so thoroughly im- pressed with that theory that she dug up the soil in various parts of the farm ex- gecm:p to find her young lover’s body, ut in vain, : It is hinted that the Melchers had more potent reasons for getting Auldinger out of the way than merely because he essayed to elope with l(:!. It 'was about that time tbat Mrs. Melcher’s _house, near Car- son City, was burned. Upon it was an insurance policy for $2000. Toll Thomp- son, the agent for the insurance compan’ insuring it, after making careful investi- gation, came to the conclusion that it was acase of arson and refused to pay the logs. Itisbelieved by some that Auldinger knew something about the ori of tg:t fire. Agent Thompson se: the legal services of Gordon E. Hayes of Oregon Olt; in the Melcher fire case, and H: much Dpegotiating, offered loliclar l;ver:hl nn%;e :ig.llnn for her policy rather than subject company to & lawsuit. The offer was refused. In iy ber, Sy :(n. Jcnnla:lgchn caused the arrest ompson and Hayes on charges of intimidation and nmrmp{od extortion. The men had a preliminary hearing before Justice Geisler and were dmlu:gnd,'::t. despite their judicial ex- onera re were not a few who con- tinued to believe in Mrs. Melcher's story of persecution. ROBBED BY HIGHWAVMEN John Carr, a Lumber-Dealer, Held Up 2nd Relieved of $500 Fought Desperately Until Subduei by Having a Pistol Pressed Against Him. WEST HAVERSTRAW, N. Y., Oct 2.—John Carr, ‘a lumber-dealer of Lo_ng 1sland City, had a desperate fight with two highwaymen in this city at 8:30 o’clock last evening, and as a result of his encounter he. lost” §5000. Carr had been making collections at Bridgeport, nn‘d had quite a sum when he came to this place. He bad collected $2640 on a check and started for the station at about 8:30 o’clock to catch the 9 o’clock train for New York. He says he was walking rapidly along the street when, just as he came to a dead wall, two robbers, one a negro and one a white man, stepped out of the shadow and one of themsaid: “Give up or we’ll kill you.” The lumber-dealer is plucky and he de- termined to fight for his money. He grappled with the robbers and was mak- ing it interesting for them, when the negro stepped back, and drawing a revolver pressed it against his head. Then Carr surrendered. The white man took his wallet while the negro held the pistol to his chest. After they had secured their booty the white man said: “If you utter a word until we are out of sight we will re- tarn and kill you.” Then the robbers fled in the darkness. ‘When last seen thbey were going north, and it is thought took a West Shore train at a way station. Carr made his way to the station, where he told his story. The police were at once notified, but the lum- ber-dealer was so badly frightened that he could not give a good deseription of his assailants. The place was so dark at which he was held up, he said, that he could scarcely see, but he is sure that ene of his assailants was white and the other a negro. The Chief of Police at one wired to all the near-by towns asking them to keep a lookout for the men. Carr believes that the robbers must have been watching him until he was making his collections here, and it is thought that he incautiously ais- played his money while doing so. T e, BERZAK WINS THE RUTLAXND. Zorillard’s Fast Colt Captures a Stake at Newmariet. LONDON, Exa., Oct, 2.—At Newmarket to-day the Bratby welter handicap, with 200 sovereignsadded, Bratby stakes course, six furlongs, was won by R. Snead’'s Am- berite. Kyoto was second, Molesy third. P. Lorillard’e Anizette Il also ran. The all-ages selling plate of 103 sover- eigns, five furlongs, was won by Jack the Dandy. Moashag was second and Dargas third. P. Lorillard’s Pigeon Wing also ran. The Rous Memorial stakes, with 400 sovereigns added, for two-year-olds, five furlongs, was won by Leopold Roths- child’s bay filly Golette. Eager was sec- ond and Arcencal third. The Rutland stakes, with 200 sover- eigns added, for two-year-olds, six fur- longs, was won by P. Lorillard’'s chestnut colt Berzak. Sensation, out of Belphoba Stewart, was second and Normanton third. The betting was 6 to 4 against Berzak. Great Nerve and bodily strength is given by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which purifies, vital- izes and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. Hood's Sarsaparifia Is the best—in fact the One True Rlend Purifler Hood's Pills 3575 with Hood’ 0B SALE BEGINS. «JOBS” from all parts of the world. The result of two weeks’ steady labor by five of our best buyers. 165 «JOBS” displayed in our big front show=window—three times as many throughout the store. Merchants call «JOB3’’ the sweetmeats of trade. It means the class of goods that Im-= porters, Manufacturers or Jobbers sell at a positive and acknowledged loss. They teil you so frankly and your eyes record the truth. It means to you buying merchandise at 50c or less on the $1 of their marketable value. They come from the auction room, the already and intending bankrupt. They are given up by the distressed needy and tottering mer= chaat, who pays dearly for an oppor= tunity fto prolong mercantile life. Few mérchants have coin. We al= ways have. We buy and sell for coin. We have goods or money, and always ready to buy any job offered. But our friends along the line have it in their looks or in the fixtures. It’s dull—very dull—that’s what makes «JOBS”—that’s why we have them. But we want to whoop it up and make room for more. Come and see this sale to-day. You’ll save many a half dollar on a dollar’s worth if you do. 4 NEW WESTERN HOTEL, . EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & CO. Euro Hooms 50 to $1 50 per day, 34 10 $8 per week, 88 Lo 830 per montn: fres buihs; bot and cold Water every room: Lre graied id evely Ioom: elevaior suns alLigns /220 MARKET ST.S.F- st NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS. ATTORNEY-AT. Law and Notary Public, 6 et pom bRindeuee‘fln site Palace Hotel: Telephone 570. Feil sureet. Telephone “ Pine ” 269 the sale of other Picce and ‘High Grade of “Battle Ax” has injured prices and smaller pieces. Don’t allow the dealer to impose on you by saying they are “just as good” as “Battle Ax,” for he is anxious. to work off his unsalable stock. 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