The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1896, Page 1

VOLUE MLXXX._NO. 135. MAJOR MckINLEY STANDS FOR ML So Men of Every Trade} Are Yet Journeying to Canton. And Showing Their Determina- tion to Preserve the Nation’s Honor. PENNSYLVANIANS AS VISITORS Twao D.legations of Wage-Earners Join the Popular Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Prosperity. CANTON, Onio, Oct. 12.—Major Mec- Kinley to-day expressed himself as being | in the very best of health and spirits and in every way well prepared for another week of hard work incident upon the re- ception of many visiting delegations, of which thirty are expected during the week, and they will come from a dozen different States. There are two delega- | tions scheduled for ‘to-day. Both were from Pennsylvania, and represented the | miners of the Monongahela Valley and the workingmen of Roscoe, Pa. Dauring the morning Major McKinley was ad- vised that these delezations had been | consolidated and would not arrive in | Canton until the afternoon. Major McKinley is in receipt of many congrat upon his address to the ex-Confederate veterans on Friday last. | The following telegram was received - this The members of the Union | ic League in all parts of the astically approve your ad- ederate v nsof the Shen- y. L. EDWIN DUDLEY, National Secretary U. V. P. L. The Pennsylvania visitors, to the num- d on a special train at1 ame from the following Fourth Pool,’”” Monongahela ey: Charleroi, Belle Vernon, Fayette ¥, Roscoe, Coal Center, California and Brownsville. Many ladies accompanied the excursionists. The rain, which had been falling more or less heavily at inter- vals during the morning, came down very i t as the Pennsylvanians arrived. .| A BAD T SNWARI. All outdoor demonstrations were there- | > fore abandoned, and the visitors were | be destroyed by the infliction of ‘free- escorted to the Tabernacle. A colored | trade principles of the Democratic party. The laboring classes have hopes in you and believe that your election will that prosperity to them."” The ex-Congrepsman then presented Major McKinley with a gold-mounted cane made from the wood of a door of the house in which James G. Blaine was born. The cane was the zift of the Republican Club of Fayette City. Another cane, made of glass, the gift of the glass- workers of Belle Vernon, was also pre- sented to the candidate. In responding to the address of Mr. Lawrence, Major McKinley said: It gives me sincere pleasure to meetatmy home citizens of Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvanis, and make acknowledgment of their friendly visit. It has been a source of peculiar pleasure to me tomeet my old friend and colleague in the National House of Representatives, your ven- erable spokesman, Mr. Lawrence. I always found him voting for right things and for the At : 1 eaiq | SUPremacy of the Republican principles and 70“" il's‘nc‘ are :vlnur best Iriends,” said | lhgir embodiment inipo Fublic ‘;lw. ;:Neuern Mr. Lawrence. ‘‘They have seen the | penpgyivania is filled with many proud and splendid prosperity which you strug- | historic memories. gled so long and hard to build up only to | of that splendid parliamentarian and gifted club had just begun to sing some cam- | peign selections when Major McKinley entered the hall. Instantly every man in he audience was on his feet and cheering at the top of his voice. | Major McKinley had never been greeted | with a more emphatic welcome than that | of the miners ana others of the Mononga- | hela Valley. George V. Lawrence, who | esented the district whence came this enthusiastic delegation for sev- eral years in Congress, acted as spokes- man. Mr. Lawrence is over 80 years oid, and is a personal friend of Major McKin- y. In his remarks he said the delega- epresented the miners, mectanics, and men of all classes in the | s of Washington, “'es!morelamd" n yette. When the speaker referred to Major Mc- {inley as the next President of the United es there was a great outburst of ap- “The laboring men in particular RT.REV. JOHN J. KEANE, Who Resigned the Rectorship of the Catholic University of America at the Request of Pope Leo, It registers the birthplace | statesmap and great Secretary of State, James G- Blaine, [Greatcheering.] y It is very eratifying to me h hands of ihe Fayetie Club this beautiful cane, ‘made from the wood of Mr. Blaine’s home in which he was born, in Brownsville, and I as- sure you that it shall always be preserved and keptin my family es a precious souvenir. [Cheers.] You are fortunate, t00, in having at one time among your citizens of Fayette County that illustrious financler, Albert Gal- latin, who became the first Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson in 1801, and who filled that great office for twelve years, and is known in the history of our couuntry as one of the greatest Secretaries we ever had, ranking with Hamilton. [Great applause.] He was a member ot your - Legislature from Fayette County, a member of the | National House of Representatives from Western Pennsylvania, for & brief period in the Senate of the United States and then elect- ed to fill the office of Secretary of the Treasury. It is sald that the first resolution he introduced as Congressman in the National House was a resolution inquiring about the | condition of the treasury—a resolution that is not needed now. [Grest laughter and ap- | plause.] He was distinguished for having al- | ways insisted that the revenues of the Gov- | ernment should be equal at all times to the | public expenditures; and one of the greatest monuments he left is that during his admin- istration as Secretary of the Treasury he re- duced the National debt from $86,000,000 in 1802 to about $45,000,000 in 1812. It was his proud boast, when he made his report to Congress, that this wonderful reduction of the National debt had gone on without resort- ing to internal taxation, either direct or indi- rect. But this vast sum of money was pro- vided for by duties upon imports. [Cheering.] After speaking at some length on the tariff Major McKinley continued : There is just as much mouey in this country to-day as there was from 1870 to 1890 and more. But what is the trouble? [Cries of “No work, no work.”] Yes, no work. It is work that puts money into circulation. Money does not want to be idle any more then labor wants to be idle. The man who has money wants that money to be earning something and the only reason he does not put it out now is because he is afraid he will never get it back, or get it back in a depreciated currency. And when he does not put it out and it does not circulate then there is no work. [Applause.] When you have idle men and idle money dis- tress and suffering prevail, Now I do not know what yon think about it, but I think you cannot have money too good. [Applause] Wnen a miner has per- formed & week’s work—I do not know how long it has been since he has performed a full week’s work—when the miner in the mines and the glassblower in the glass works and the workingman in any occupation has performed his week's work and has his week’s pay, that week’s pay represents the value of his labor for six days, does it not? Well, don't he want the money he receives to be the best in the world? Dees he not want that money to have as much purchasing power as any money any- where? Answer when you bhave received dol- lars worth 100 cents in purchasing power you want to know that they will not lose, but keep “that 100 cents’ worth of purchasing power. [Tremendous cheering.] That is the kind of money we have now,and that is the kind of money we propose to continue to have. I believe, my fellow-citizens, that with this returning confidence—and confidence is half the capital of the world—money will come out from its hiding place, be invested in enter- prises all over the country and put all idle men to work [applause], and so believing, I stand for that policy which will most surely restore confidence. Now, having said that much, I desire to thank the giassworkers for their gift, which I highly value—for anything that comes from the hands of labor is always cherished by me. [Tremendous applause.] There is nothing, in all this contest, that has given me so much satisfaction and encourage- ment as to feel that I have the workingmen standing for the cause I represent. Ithank you all for this call and wish you a pleasant visit here in Canton and a safe return to your homes. [Great applause.] » Hanged at Harlanch, PINEVILLE, Ky., Oct. 12 — Buffard Overton, the young man convicted .of murdering & peddier and his wife, was 1 THE RECTORSHP Directors to Submit Three Names to the Propa- ganda at Rome. Father Yorke Is Mentioned as a Probable Successor to Bishop Keane. LEO ACTED INDEPENDENTLY. But Before Making a Ch.;mga at the Catholic. University He Heard From Satolli. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 12.—The meeting of the board of directors of the Catholic University of America to select three names from which tie Propaganda at Rome will choose a rector to succeed Bishop Keane as head of the university will not bé held until Wednesday of next week, but rumor is already busy with various names., From Europe comes the announcement that Bishop Spalding of Peoria, IlL, is to succeed Bishop Keane, while from San Francisco, where Bishop Keane arrived last night, is telegraphed the suggestion of the Rev. Peter C. Yorke. It is said that the directors may leave the whole matter to the action of the Arch- bishops who will meet here at the same time. In either case, however, the an- secure the best interests of the univer- w | sity.” A prominent Washington Catholic said to THe CALL correspondent to-day: “I don’t think either Bishop Keane’s position in the school question orany race rivalry was responsible for the Pope’s action. It was solely due to Cardinal Satolli’s influence.” “Do you think it was any part of the Cardinal’s supposed effort to have him- self succeed Pope Leo?” “Oh, no; not at all. But he made up his mind some time ago that Bishop Keane was not a fit man for the place. What he based his opinions on I do not know. I am sure it was not a matier of personal feeling. But I was told nearly a year ago that the Cardinal had said to my informant that Bishop Keane should not remain at the head of the school. The Cardinal’s close personal relations with the Pope would make his opinion suf- ficient to decide the matter. It is proba- ble, however, that the matter has been discussed at Rome several times in the past year, and there has been considerable correspondence between Cardinal Satolli and the Pope in regard to it. “The purpose undeubt-dly was to effect the change quietly and for Bishop Keane to make a change of duty entirely to his liking. I know personally that he isin poor health, and he said publicly several months ago that he desired .to retire and have a rest. The suggestion that Mgr. Schroeder had any part in bringing about the change is without foundation. The Pope would no more listen to him on that subject than he, would listen to me.” BREAKERS MOUNTAIN HIGAH. They Sweep Over Seaside Resorts Caus- ing Great Euin. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 12.—The West ‘Indian hurricane which arrived here yes= terday is to-day blowing off the coast, breakers mountain high upon, the coast. Its center this morning was about 700 miles off the coast at this point. This city and adjacent coast lines on the outskirts have not feit the full force of the hurri- cane. Little damage has been done in this vicinity, Reports.from the Long Island coast re- making the water boil and driving the ! "WE EXONERATE CHARLES ABIGER" Coroner’s Jury Decides Von Ballestrem’s Death Was Accidental. Tts Belief Not Shaken by the Con- flicting Statements of the Artist. STRANGE CAREER OF THE COUNT Once Prospered in San Francisco as a Bootblack and House White- washer. MONTEREY, Car.,, Oct. 12.—The kill ing of Count Woligang von Ballestrem by Charles Abiger brings forcibly to mind an article in THE CALL only a week ago re- garding the superstitious belief of the old Indian families in the neighborhood of Point Lobos Park that any one who ventures near the point during the “hoo« doo” period will meet with some mis« chance. This is the *‘hoedoo’ season ac- cording to the prophets of the tribe, and already two men have been killed at Point Lobos—one accidentally shot while hunte ing and the other killed by his boon com- panion. The mystery surrounding the death of Count von Ballestrem was not entirely cleared by the Coroner’s inquest to-day. ‘While the jury exonerated Charles Abiger of design in killing his friend the testie 4 AW X o W7 U”l,;; % In deposing Bishop Keane the Pope ap- pears 10 bave acted independently. Itis probable that none of the directors, not even Cardinal Gibbovs, knew of his pur- pose before the arrival of his letter in this country. The tone of his communi- cation is proof that it was not his purpose to humiliate the late rector, and the un- fortunate publicity which brought about that result is believed to have been the work of some enemy of Bishop Keane, who risked injury to the church to gratify his personal feelings. The usvar procedure for deciding such questions as the election of the rector of a Catholic university is well established. The Pope appoints a commitiee of his ad- visors, cardinals and others. It is known as a congregation. To this committee the matter is referred. They take up the con- sideration of it, hold lengthy meetings if necessary and decide points of difference by vote. The wholP proceeding is put on record by the secretary of the committee. A vbrief of the discussions, together with the results, is made. Upon an appointed day this is submitted to the Pope by the secretary. After the consideration, as he considers proper, the Pope briefly ap- proves or rejects the conclusion of the committee. This was practically the course taken at the establishment of the constitution ot the university and the elec- tion of Bishop Keane as rector. The con- gregation was then made up wholly of cardinals. The action of the directors at that time was to name Bishop Keane as the man whom they wished to have placed at the head and to send. him with a letter to the Pope expiessing their views. That Pope Leéo intends to give full eon- sideration to the wishes of the directors and that they will discuss the rectorship fully is shown by the following authorized statement from Cardinal Gibbons: “Far from there being any disagree- ment or antagonism or want of harmony among the members of the board of direc- tors of the university, there is a full and perfect unanamity of sentiment and pur- pose in all that regards the direction and government, the development and progress of the institution. In their next meeting there will be only one object and aim, Ballestrem’s Death. nouncement of the name of a rector prior to this meeting would be premasure. and that will be to select a worthy suc- cessor to Bishop Keane, who will labor to ‘hanged this afternoon at Harlanch, J REV. PETER C. YORKE of San Francisco, WhoMay Succeed Bishop Keane as Rector of the Catholic University . at Washington, ceived this afternoon say the storm has increasel in fury and that mueh damage is being done. At 2:30 this morning a monster wave struck Seidl’s concert hall at Brighton and tore away' two-thirds of the structure. There is little hope that the remainder can be saved. The Brighton racetrack stables are flooded and the horses have been removed. Rough estimates place the financial loss along the Coney Island beach at $200,000. A large number of temporary structures along the water front were destroyed. The boulevard was flooded as far as Neptune avenue. The Ocean Hotel, west of the Brighton Beach Hotel, was surrounded by water and the portico inundated. The founda- tion was injured, and for a time it seemed that the building would be destroyed. Wilbourg’s Hotel, Van Wert’s fish res- taurant. & pavilion in front of Palmer’s bathing-house, Johnson’s photograph gal- lery, the front of Louis Stauch’s bathing pavilion, Welsh’s bathing-bouse, Tilyou’s bicycle track and Coffey’s Brighton plaza were all damaged or totally' destroyed. Rankin’s ice slide, which was damaged by the storm of a month ago, suffered again and is now a complete wreck. ‘The botel at Hog Isiand was surrounded by the sea at one time this morning. Hog island is covered with water and thgocean is running to the main shore at Far’ Reck- away. Hotels are three feet under water end a number of families have been obliged to vacate. CHARLES ABIGER, Whom a Coroner’s Jury Exonerated Ferflm A | Suspicion of Foul Play in Connection With Count von mony given by Abiger and others is zo conflicting — especially the statements made by Abiger yesterday in jail and that given by him to-day belore the Coroner— that the case may not end with this jury’s verdict. On the stand Abiger said in sube stance: “f have known Count Ballestrem about four or five years. We met accidentally in San Francisco. He went back to the | old country during that time, but when he returned to the United States we met NEW TO-DAY. '