The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1896, Page 2

5 FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1896. : y s The Home of the Late Count von Ballestrem in Point Lobos Park. sgain and bave been warm friends ever since, living together all the time for the last two years. “I don’t know the time the shooting oc- curred, but it was about dark. Lsaid I was going bunting. He said I must not. Igot my gunand started. Now I was in the front room, which he used for a studio, while he was in the rear room or kitchen. There is s step between the two apartments. Wben he said I shoald not go he came forward, and scizing the gun by the barrel tried to take it away from me. We were having a friendly little tussle over it when he slipped on the step, letting go of the gun quickly. That threw me off my balance and the rest Idon’t Enow. The trigger got caught on some- thing and as he was catching his balance after slipping off the step the gun was dis- charged. He staggered and I caught bim in my arms as be fell. Ilaid him on the floor and went at once for aid.” * Abiger said hedid not know the gun was loaded. The hammer was not cocked. He had the gun first and Ballestrem tried to get it from him. He said that they had pever had a cross word and had always been the very best of friends. He was not drunk, neither was the Count. Both were | in their shirt sleeves during the scuffle. | The gun was discharged just as Bailestrem | slipped, and he was probably nine feet | away when the charge struck him. | In the statement made by Abiger while in jail yesterday Abiger declared that the scafile began in the inner apartment. When a CaLL correspoudent made an ex- amination of the hut yesterday a slip of | paper bearing the words, “B. died at 11:3) | ®. M,” was found pinned upon the wall | just above a large pool of blood on the The sentence, although written in was unmistakably inscribed by | was accustomed to writing Ger- man characters. He used a blue pencil. Abiger stated to-day when the paper was shown to him that he knew nothing what- | ever about it, that he was not the writer and he bad no 1dea who was. e Portu- guese fishermen who were tifp first to | enter the house after the affair found the boc'y huddled in a heap beside the door. Justice Michaelis, who was summoned | from Monterey, found whea he arrived | late at night that the body lay in a heap in the corner, about three feet away. 7The Portuguese declare they did not touch it. John Freitas, the Carmelito saloon- keeper, who was the second man to whom Abiger went for aid, said that it was be- tween 8 and 9 o’clock that he heard the shot that killed Count Bailestrem fired. About five minutes before Abiger came to his house. Abiger seemed much excited, but not as though he had been drinking at 2ll. He knew Abiger sometimes drank wine, but had never seen him intoxicated as long as the artists had been there. | “I went to Ballestrem’s house soon | after Abiger came over to my saloon,’’ said F as. I found the Count's body on the kitchen floor near the table. I asked Abicer how itall happened, but he was so excited that he would tell me hardly anything. 1 was scared, so I did not go inside the house, but I could see just how the body lay on the floor. I then went home, and it was a long while before Judge Michaelis arrived. We went over together again.” To a question by one of the jurors as to when he last saw Ballestrem alive, Freitas said he was passing the house about 4 o’clock .that sfternoon when he saw the Count painting inside. His wife had told him that the Count was at the saloon about 6 o’clock in the afternoon. On the night of the shooting he had very little conversation with Abiger. AIl Abiger would sav was that he shot his partner. John Veriera stated to the jury that he heard the shot between 7 and 8 o'clock. About three minutes later Abiger knocked at his door and told him that he had shot nis partner. Veriera told his friend Manuel | to go and report the affair. He then went | over to the Count’s house with Abiger. | *‘I was scared,” he said, *'but went over anyway. Abiger had the shotgun then with him, but gave it to. me; then { was | not so scared. When I reached the house 1placed the gun on, the outside against | the wall and went in. Isaw 1 could not | heiptbe dead man, so went back home. lalways knew the men to be on the best of terms and never heard a word between them.” Justice Michaalis of this place, when called to the stand, said, in substance:*“Ire- ceived word about 10 o'c'ock by telephone from the Hatton ranch in Carmel Valley, but it was about 11:45 before Constable Hernandez and I reached the hut. Abiger was walking outside and holding a lantern, but when we approached the place he went into the house. I called to him twice, but received no answer. Getting out of the buggy, I went to a window and could see him in a rear room. He had no gun with him then, and had nothing in his band, so 1 went around to the side door and entered. ‘What, in heaven’s name, have you done? I a ked. All he re- plied was: ‘There he is, and he 1s dead. We haa a friendly tuzzle with the gun and it was loaded and went. off’”’ “Judve Michaelis,’’ said Coroner Gor- don, “Will you please state to the jury just where youn Zound the deceased ?"’ “I found Count Ballestrem all huddled up in one corner of the room, with a coat over his head. I asked Abiger where the gun was, but he said he did not know. I looked around the rooms for it, butdid not succeed in finding it. Then I went outside and found it lyine on the ground near the building, and at the fiont of the house. I brought it inside, and upon ex- amining it found there were no cartridges in the gun. I also noticed finger marks ou both the barrel and the stock of the gun. There was clay on the hands of the dead Count, {00, showing that he must have had bold of the gun. Ifound on the fioor the remnants of the clay wmold which the Count was making that after- noon. ’ *I made a thorough search of the house to find any evidence of wilful murder, but could not. I found a lot of letters and papers belonging to the. Count. Most of the letters were from his sister, and there was one from his mother, all, of course, written in German. On the table in the kitchen I round twenty-three empty car- 1 | body knew him in a general w tridges and three loaded ones. The demi- john of claret was also on the table, but it was about half empty. *1 first knew the Count about three years ago, when he was on his first visit to Monterey, and have known him very intimately ever since he has been at Point Lobos. I have slept there often and never heard an angry word pass between the two men. He did not have any money, but I knew him to be expecting a remit- ance of about 2000 marks from his sister this week. I know Abiger was very ex- cited when I entered the house, but I can- rotfsay that he was intoxicated.”” The jury was out aboat ten minutes and brought in a verdict that Count von Ballestrem came to his death from “a gunshot wound inflicted by Charles. Abiger, accidentally, and we do hereby exonerate Charles Abiger.” —_—— WAS ONCE A BOOTBLACK. Count von Ballestrem’s Strange Career in San Francisco. Count Wolfgang von Ballestrem was quite well-known 1n the Mission district, where, at the corner of Sixteentn street, he prospered as a popular bootblack and house whitewasher. Eight monthsago Von Ballestrem joined the Mission Turn Verein, just prior to his |* departure for the south. With him he took a demit card entitling him to join another Turn Verein wherever he might choose to locate. The question of Von Ballestrem’s death | was the topic of conversation at the hall of the Mission Turn Verein last night. No one knew the man intimately, but every- He was known asa free and big-hearted feilow who received periodical remittances from his family in Europe, which money he promptly proceeded to squander in drink. < He did a little scenic painting for the Tivoli, and when his unreliable and fret- ful spirit caused him to lose his position there, he wandered over to San Pablo. There he became acguainted with a Spanish woman of some means, married her, and after squandering her money he left her with their three little children. At one time during his early career in | this country Count von Ballestrem served as a private soldier in the United States army, having enlisted at the Presidio. A German paper publishes a statement | to the effect that the Count was once a lieutenant in the German army. Certain swindling operations caused him to leave his home about fifteen years ago and come to this country. SECRECY IS STAMED OUT Delegates to the Typographical Convention Sworn to Sup: press the Wahnetas. It Is Now Bslieved That Nothing Further Will Be H2ard of the Objectionable Order. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Oct. 12.— The forty-third session of the Typograph- 1cal Union convened in biennial session in this city this morning. There is an attendance of 200 delegates, representing every section of the country. President Prescott presided, and selected minor offi- cials from among Colorado Springs print- ers. Committees were appointed on va- rious lines of business. Delegate Eugene F. O'Rourke of New York arose at the opening and declared that he had positive proof that there is in existence in the union a secret body known us the Wahnetas, and which is the old Brotherhood revived. This Brotherhood was started many years ago, and had as its object the controlling of work in the various cities, discriminating against those not members. [t was thought to have been stamped out many years ago. Delegate O’Rourke presented a resolu- tion requiring that every officer and dele- gate in the body be required to take an ironclad oath that from that time forth he would not belong to any body which sought to control the legislation of the union and that he would use all his power to break up any such league. Every delegate took the oath and then the ex-delegates present took it. Many of those who took it are known to have been active workers in the secret order. It is believed by the delegates that it is now fally stamped out. A resolution calling for = committee to report on & shorter hour system was introduced. A balf day ‘was speat in business and the afternovn was taken u&in adrive to the Garden of the Gods, Manitou Bprings and other scenic points. AT e MUST LOCK VESTIBULE DOORS. Judge Culdwell Renders a Decision of Interest to All Railroads. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 12.—Judge Cald- well in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals to-day handed down a decision which is of vital importance to all rail- roads. It was in the case of M. E. Bron- son against the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Mr. Bronson is & citizen of 8t. Paul, Minn. He took a trip over the Northern Pacific. The train was ves- tibuled and while passing from the rear coach, which he occupied, to the front coach, the train gave alurch. 'Mr. Bron- son fel: against one of the outside vesti- buled doors. The door had not been fastened and he fell out. The train was assing over a trestle twenty feet high. mson in falling fractured h{a limb, %n me:lh for 3!0.0!:0 ln.lllmlns. llhxgln‘ nelhl:ct on the part of the com n not ing the s:orl secured. ety - The jury found for the defendant. Judge CaldweM “reversed the decision. He said the comipany was not compelled to main- tain vestibules, but when they have them {t 1‘(' edfhclr duty to keep them securely oc! BAYARD JOINS THE PROCESSION Loses No Time Denouncing the Obnoxious Chicago Platform. Reasons Why Bryan and His Party Should Not Go Into RPower. SILVER NOT THE TRUE ISSUE. S3 the Embassador Would Have All Good Democrats Vote for General Paim r. WILMINGTON, DEL., Oct. 12.—S8amnel Berncroft, editor of Every Evening, has received a letter from United States Em- bassador Bayard, dated London, Septem- ber 30. Mr. Bayard repudiates the Chicazo platform and nominees and supports Palmer and Buckner. The letter in part says: 3 1t seems scarcely possinle that any one could be in doubt in relation to my personal opinion upon the very serious issues now placed before our countrymen by the ma- chinery of the several political organizations. When a citizen professing himself to be a Democrat is called upon by many or by few | to yield his convictions and assent to the doc- trine that Congress has the power and right- fully exercises it by its legislative flat to create values, and regardless of their intrinsic or commercial vaiue to invest one or other of the earth's metals with ‘an arbitrary power as money and over- ride and alter at legislative will or caprice the ratio of exchangeability of such metal, re- gardless of the impairment of obligations, his answer shoull be that such a claim of power is not consistent with a government of limited powers, as defined by our constitution, but contains the quintessence of iyranmy, dis- ‘honesty and absolutism, and s destructive of that morality which is essentiat to the pesce and stabllity of civilized society. It is, in plain words, a proposition to de- stroy the insutution of property and break down every legal defense for 1ts maintenance. Thisone question, and it is answered sufficiently, justifies the prompt and absolute refusal of a constitutional Democrat to support in any degree the nominees of the Chicago convention, Messrs. Bryan and Se- wall, and the prepostgrous claims of legislation contained in their platform under which the credit of the Nation and the peace and order of soclety would inevitably perish. On the other hand, we have the Republican organization, whose measures and whose lead- ers have steadily combated such & ticket and such propositions as were presented at Chi- cago. While “‘compelled to Tecoil from the policy of cumpulwr_v(rurchm and coinage of silver as an unlimited legal fender, vet it is insistently proposed to employ and inten- sify the proiound powers of pub- lic taxation to prohibit commerce with - other countries, and thereoy prevent money from coming into the public treasury, to levy taxes which shall prevent the payment and collection of other taxes necessary for the support of the Government, ‘whose powers are exerted directly and per- sonally upon each individual citizen and over _evéry part of the land or water within its National bourndaries. Every constitutional Democrat can truly reply to such propositions that they are fraught with such gross inequality between man and man as isinconsistent with public safety because it employs the most far- reaching and sovereign power known to the Government to impoverish the working and poorer members of society (Who form the great majority) and aggrandize those financially strohger. Every Democrat taithful to the principles of his party can properly refuse to aid the selection of candidales avowing prin- ciples and Fnliclll that have so plainly led to our present dangers aud which are manifestly fatal to the welfare of our country. But, hap- pily, there remains a citadel and an asylum for the consclence of man honestty convinced that any the path of duty leas view the great pur ordained the comstitution of the United Btates—the formation of a more perfect Union, the establishment of justice, the insurance of domestic tranquility, promotion of the wel- fare and the security of liberty to ourselves end our posterity. Happily candidates are presented upon a clear and unambiguous platform that assures safety to the financial honor of our country— to the honest business transactions of all’its citizens without fl""" ation of age, sex or color. The personaMeputation of the candidates of the National Democracy, Palmer and Buck- ner, is unsullied and guarantees their fidelity to their pledges, and their election would go far to re-establish the moral health of our country. Ihopeand trust that in every State of the Union an electoral and Congressional ticket will bé put before the people that every citizen may record his vote sccording to his conscientious belief and In support of those rinciples esséntial to the maintenance of the jovernment of our best and dearest hopes. — im to keep steadily in es for which our fathers MAY BE KEPI OFF THE BALLOT, Buling of New York’s Supreme Cowrt Relating to Gold Democrats. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct, 12.—Shpreme Court Justice Clement in Brooklyn this morning Jecided that the name “National Democratic party” was substantially same under the election law as “Demo- cratic party.” Justice Clement directed all parties interested to enter a formal or- der and go before the appellate division as soon as possible to try to have his de- cision reviewed by that di n. Justice Clement’s decision practically nullifies the decision of Secretary of State Palmer on Saturday, in which he allows the Siate candidates of the so-called Na- tional Democratic party to bave a !pneel on the official ballot. ’| silver Democratic standard bearer. BRYAN TALKS AT MINNEAPOLIS Great Crowds Turn Out to Hear the Orator of the Platte. Four Speeches Made, One 'of Which Is Exclusively for th: Women. NO TIME TO DWELL ON TARIFF Coiges Ex-Semator Washburn’s De- mind and Continues to Plead for Cheap Money. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixy., Oct. 12.—Per- fect Indian summer weather, neither too cool nor too warm, aided the Minneapolts supporters of W. J. Bryan to-night to outdo in their efforts their brethren of 3t. Paul in giving a rousing welcome to Lsh: Paul had been unfortunate ina murky, chilly day, and there could not have been a greater contrast than that between the atmospheric conditions of the two evenings. And the Minneapo- lis silver people rose to the oceasion. L_lke their political friends of their sister city, they had arranged for no less than four speeches by Mr. Bryan, and fortune was with them again in this, for the Chicago nominee felt strong of voice and body after his two days of restand was able to speak with his ola-time vigor. Minnesota women do not have the right of suffrage except in school elections, but a special meeting for the benefit of as many of them as could crowd into the Lyceum Theater was addressed by Mr. Bryan. That was the unique feature of the Minneapolis demonstration. No men were to be sdmitted--not one of them, ex- cept the young Nebraska canaidate—but a few of tue sterner sex managed to obtain entrance to hear what Mr. Bryan would say to a honse full of ladies. The prin- cipal address of the nominee, however, was delivered at the Bxposition buildingy and the others in the open air. The hot fight being waged for free coinage in this Slate served to intensify the interest in Bryan’s coming, and the ardent eilver men of Minneapolis did their utmost to make themselves felt and heard from the time he entered the city until he went to bea on the speciai car in which he will travel to Duluth to-morrow to give aid to Congressman C. A, Towne, silver man and protéction Repubiican, who is making a fight for re-election with the indorse- ment of the Democrats and Populists. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan reached the West Hotel in Minneapolis, accompanied by Cungressman Towne, John W. Tomlinson of Alabama and others prominent in the silver cause, at 4 o’clock. They made the trip from St. Paul, where the day was spent, in a special trolley car. A big crowd gathered in front of the West Hotel and Mr. Bryan was cheered to the echo. He d, Mrs. Bryan went almost imme- diately to the home of State Senator 8. B. Howard, editor of the Penny Press, and had dinner there with a small company. ‘Then they returned to the West Hotel to prepare for the efforts of the evening. Crowds began to gather about the Expo- sition building a couple of hours before the hour set for Mr. Bryan’s appearance there—7:30 o’clock—and every seat in the body of the Auditorium was soon filled. No overcrowding was allowed, and soon after the 8300 seats in the hall were filled the doors were closed, not quickly enough, bowever, to keep out about 100 of those who were willing to stand. Two hun- dred old soldiers of the Veterans’ Bryan Club of Mianneapolis formed thé escort of the candidate, from the West Hotel to the Auditorium. When they ar- rived at the entrance to the building with their charge an exciting scene was taking place. Thoss who had been unable to obtain admittance had become a strug- gling, excited mob. The crowd could move neither out norin. It was only by the combined efforts of the police and those with them that Mr. Bryan was forced through the crowded masses of humanity and epabled to enter the build- ing. The entrance of the old soldiers was the cue to those within that Bryan was near, and the veterans were cheering with vigor. Then came the candidate, fresh and smiling, accompanied by Congréssman Towne, ex-Congressman Williams of 1liinois, State Senator Howard and others. Floor and gallery rose, and flags, band- kerchiefs and hats were waved to the ac- companiment of the ldest cheering, which lasted five minutes. When the enthusiasm had ceased ex-Mayor P. B, Winston called the meeting to order and introduced E. C. Marchard, who presented to the candidate an inkstand, sixteen parts silver and one gold, on behalf of the labor- ing men of Minneapolis. When Mr. Bryan rose to reply another demonstration occurred, and throughout his speech there were frequent outbursts ot applause. It was supposed that he would have something to say about Arch- bishop Ireland’s letter against the Chicago ticket and platform, but be made no refer- ence to it. He did, however, talk about another distinguished Minnesotan, Hon. W. D. Washburn, on the basis of a letter received from the ex-Senator. Groans and cheers were frequent during his reply to the wealthy miller. The emotional, ex- cited throng outside the Exposition building had become tired of pushing, shoving and elbowing, and head drifted off in segments to the ndj'mm. bridge square to join the great crowd already gathered there. It was to these that Mr. Bryan de- livered his second address from a balcony of the Exposition building. His audience was estimated at 15,000. The ladies’ meeting at the Lyceum came next. Nine o'clock was the hour set for Mr. Bryan’sappearance, but he was more than an bour late, Mrs. Bryan was there. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. A. Bchaefer, whose husband’s father was the law partner for twenty-one years of Bryan’s father at Salem, Ill. When she presented the candidate the ladies shrieked and waved an enthusiastic wel- come. The Jast adaress was at Yale place, where another big crowd had gathered. The speech of the evening was delivered at the Auditorium. There was little new in it except the answer to Senator Wash- burn. After returning thanks for the kina reception extended him, Mr. Bryan saia he advocated bimetallism because he believed it was a good thing for the labor- ing man of the country, and continued as follows: I have received a letter dated October 12 and signed by W. D. Washburn, who is, I un- de: , an ex-Benator from this Btate. [Hisses and groans.] 1n this letter he asks me Certain questions about my vote and action in tarift the &onn of Representatives on the bill, for which I refer him to the Con- onal Record. But when he asks me to discussion of the tariff peopl far more jimportant than the tariff uestion. ~There is a question which can be settled now;_ the tariff question can be settled any time. If he wants me to discuss tariff, I tell him to join with me in a ibitory duty on foreign financial cies nd then I will discuss the rest of the schedule. [Great cheering.] Or, it he is not willing to discriminate against that foreign product by a | prohibitory duty, I will ask him to wait until he has settled the money question by inter- national agreement and theu submit the tariff question to international agreement. Lavoring men, I want to ask you why It is that every goldbug says that you are selfish and that you are influenced by selfish consid erations, while every goldbng pretends to be a hi:anthropist who simply loves honest money ause it will help other people? [Laughter and cheers.] I want to know why it is that these goldbugs are so sorry that everybody else wili be influenced by personal interests and so positive that personsal interestscannot affect them. [Applause.] Why is it? I will tell you why: If a man believes a thing is good for himself and also good for others, he will admit that it is good for himself. If he thinks a thing good ior himself, but bad for others he will never admit that it is good for himself. [Cheers.] Tuatis the rule I lay down and you can examine it and apply it to every.day life. You will find that men never deny that a thing is good for them if they also believe it is good for others. It is only when they believe that they prosper by others’ ad- versities that you near them standing up and denying that they have any pecuniary bene- fit. “[Applause.] Mr. Bryan then spoke of the reasouns which laboring men, farmers and business men gave for wanting bimetallism, com- paring their reasons with those of the ad- vocates of the gold standard. The rest of Mr. Bryan’s speech was a reiteration of his former arguments on the money question. seai AT PALMER AND BUCKNER, They Make TVigorous Denunciations of the Chicago Platform. DETROIT, Micr., Oct. 12. — Generals Paimer and Buckner delivered addresses before an audience of 2500 persons at the Auditorium here this afternoon. Both speakers were warmly welcomed, General Buckner being received with great enthu- siasm. Each candidate spoke for about an hour and was frequertly interrupted by applause. General Palmer was the first speaker. He said in opening that he had been used to attacking Presidential can- didates, but he was now compelled to bs decorous and decent. He said that he and his partner represented in some degrce a restored union, and that the prin- ciples they represented were those for restored nationality and patriotism. He said’ that whatever the result of the impending election, from this time forth National ambition will be open to men of the North, the South, the East and the West, and that hereaiter the young men will have a chance in National poli- tics, His party was the representative of pure Democratic opinions. The conven- tion at Chicago which called itself Demo- cratic had no other claim than that it claimed to be Democratic. It had been controlled by influences entirely strange to the Democratic party, he- szid, and he charged that there had been a distinct understanding among the leaders of the Chicago convention that the Populist and Free Silver parties would nominate Mr. Bryan. = The mention ‘of Mr. Bryan’s name brought forth applause and cheers from the free silver contingent 1n the audience. General Palmer then discussed the money question. He declared that the whole theory upon which free coinage rests is an experiment. He himself did not kuow whether the free coinage of sil- ver would raise the commercial value of the bullion in a dollar to 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 cents—neither did Mr. Bryan and his followers; and he assertea that free coin- age would be a ruthless experiment upon the business of the country. He did know, however, that the eilver doilar could not be made worth the present gold dollar. He declared that there was no want of money in this country, and at the present time money was the cheapest he had ever known it to be. Business men were not buying it, however, as they cannot invest it profitably, and lenders cannot afford to take a risk under existing political conditions. In closing he said the Chicago conven- tion bad no right to declare thet to be Democratic which is not Democratic, and said he would prefer a sensible monarchy to the rule of the framers of the Chicago platform. ‘When Genefal Buckner was introduced many in the audience rose to their feet and cheered. He discussed the principles of the different parties, and declared that the principles of Jefferson are the principles the National Democracy is ad- vocating, and these principles cannot be changed without the fall of this Govern- ment. He defended theright of the Gov- ernment to enforce its laws, and said it was because the Government did not en- force the laws relating to the Southern States that the latter seceded. He charged the Republican party with issuing the fiat paper money which, he claimed, is _the causé of all the present trouble. He declared that the delegates to the Chicago convention had been in- structed to adopt a Democratic platform, but they had trampled down the princi- pies of Democracy and left nota plank, and in lieu of such they had adopted a set of Populistic principles which the Democratic party have been combating for 100 years, e attacked the Federal interference and Government injunction planks and applauded the courts for en- joining Debs and his followers, and Presi- dent Cleveland for sending troovs into Chicago. He then went into a discussion of the money question, followed closely on the hine of argument used by General Palmer. Not more than 1500 persons were pres- ent at the close of the meeting. IR ALTGELD WILL SPEAK, Ready to Deliver an Address at Madi- son-Square Garden, CHICAGO, Irn, Oct. 12.—Governor Altgeld will deliver a political speech in New York City next Saturday night. This will be the last speech he will make dur- ing the campaign outside of lilinois. This speech will be given at the earnest wish of prominent Eastern Uemocratic leaders. The Governor will speak at Madison- square Garden. German-Americans, labor- ing men and Tammany Hall members will be specially invited to hear him. Chairman Campau of the Democratic campaign committee left Chicago to-night for Igr.luth, where ne will join Mr. Bryan, and he will remain with the nominee during the tour through Wisconsin and Michigan. E Mr. Walsh of the Democratic National Committee declared to-day, in refutation of the Republican claim that Iowa will give McKinley a majority, that he had in bis possession a complete poll of the State, finished during the last week, showing that Bryan will carry Iowa by not less 37,000 majority. The poll is said to show a Republican defection toward Bryan in every county, running from 50 to 1200 to a county. The poll shows 42,000 Republicans for Bryan, the Republican poll conceding 20,000 silver Republicans. Chairman Campau has received a letter from General Willlam Birney, the Aboli- tionist and Reoublican, wbose father was twice the candidate of the Abolition party for President. He deciares he cannot stand on the financial plank of the Repub- lican platform and denounces the gold standard as the commercial curse of the country. . TICTORX IS5 NOW ASSURED. Leaders Say That McKinley and Hobart Cannot Be Beaten. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct.12.—The fol- lowing statement was given out at Na- tional Republican beadquarters to-day after a conference of the entire National executive committee: Z “The election of McKinley and Hobart is an accomplished and assured fact. They will receive 270 electoral votes. Bryan will receive 110, and there are six States having sixty-seven electoral votes which are doub:ful, but the probabilities all point to the fuct that these sixty. seven votes will go into the Repub- lican column and be added to the 270 now assured for McKinley and Hobart. This is the status to-day. We have the election, and will hold. it. Our effort in the West is to this end only. The opposi- tion has abandoned the East,” NOT SATISFIED WITH HUNTINGTON English Stockholders of the Central Pacific Heard From. Displeased With the Arrange- ments Made for the Payment of Dividerds. ARE OUT WITH A CIRCULAR. Facts Come to Light Which Imperil the Interests of British Se- curity Holdzrs. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 12.—The Times to-morrow morning will say: Some of the English stockholders of the Central Pacific Raitroad have joined ina public manifestation of dissatisfaction with the exisiing condition of affairs. They are displeased with C. P. Hunting- ton’s management and particularly dis- pleased with the arrangement that he made with representatives of the British interest two vears ago for the payment of dividenas. This dividend agreement was put in the form of a contract, and 1t pro- vides that a dividend of one-balf of 1 per cent on tbe Central Pacific stock shall be paid in January and July until a satisfac- tory adjustment of the company’s debt to the United States Government is reached. After such adjuatment the dividend rate is to be increaszed to 2 per cent per annum for a guaranteed period of two years. A circular, signed by W. Morehead of London and F. G. Longton of Liverpool, has reached this city, in which the dissat- isfied stockholders say: *“‘This dividend is only half of that which was found suffi- cient to quell the English agitation 1n 1883. So matters rest for the present, bus facts have recently come to light in connection with the inner history of the company during the past two years, which, in our judgment, seriously affect and im- peril the interests of the English share- holders. A meeting‘will shortly be con- vened in London, when a statement of facts will be presented to the holders who, like ourselves, gre dissatisfied with the resent directors and committee of stock- oiders.” ARRAIGNED BX COCKRAN. Arguments of Bryan and Allgeld Are Torn to Shreds. CHICAGO, ILL., Oct. 12.—Between 6000 and 7000 people to-night heard Bourke Cockran at the Coliseum, when he replied to the speech recently delivered by Gov- ernor Altgeld in which the Illinois execu- tive answered the arguments advanced by Carl Schurz and Mr. Cockran. The speaker was in excellent voice and* was heartily cheered when he stepped on the platform. After the audience had sung “America’’ the New York orator said: I am at the outset confronted with the diffi- culty which always besets me when I study & Populistic production. Iam always at a loss to know just what the Populist means and of | the injuries from which he is supposed to be suffering. The difference between a Populist and a Democrat is this, agd I might add be- tween\, a Populist and a sensible man: A sensible man first makes sure of his facts and then proceeds to talk on them. The Populist begins to talk, continues to talk, and never takes any pains to ascertain the facis about which he'is talking. : If there can be any reason for this Popu- listic propaganas whatever which is now sweeping across the country, championed by Bryan and Aligeld, it must be that somebody l!utg'bs benefited at the expense of somebody e While at Wheeling last Thursday, the same day that Mr. Bryan was there, he said be left behind him a question which would test the valie of his theories. 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