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This Paper not o be taken from the Library.**** VOLUE MLXXX._) 139. PRICE FIVE CENTS BROAD POLICY OF PROTECTION Major McKinley’s Telling Speech to Southern Voters. Partial Free Trade Has Injured Every Industry in the Nation. DOCTRINE OF TRUE PATRIOTISM Visitors to Canton To'd How the Coun- try Will Prosper With Sound Currency and Settled Tariff. CANTON, O=n1o, Oct. 16.—The first dele- gation to call on Major McKinley this morning was a party of business men, farmers and miners from Pennsylvani They represented Bradford, Easton, Car- bon, Northampton, Luzerne, Lehigh and Wyoming. Cangressman J. H. Cording ot Tonawanda acted as spokesman. In responding Major McKinley spoke at some length upon the advantages to iners of a settled tariff policy backed up a sound and stable currency. These con- ditions, together with the return of confi- dence to the business world, he said, would restore the prosperity to the coun- try that had been destroyed by the enact- ment of the Wilson tariff bill. Continu- ing, he said: The way to restore confidence is to have a settled tariff policy that will enable the man- acturers of this country to know just what ir competition will be abroad and then are for it. Then, more than that, we to have a currency in this country that nangeable in value and equal to the ney in the world. We want everybody n and out of this country to know that we are not & nation of repudiators [applause], and that we do not mean either to cheat ourselves by & short dollar or anybody else. [Great ap- plaus )u“flls hereafter, as now, a8 ever since , shall continue to be worth 100 cents h in gold, and not only at home but wherever trade goes. What you want is the dollar you have now, and the only trouble that you are not getting enough of them is becaise you have not work enough. Now. whatever will put our peopie to work is the true, patriotic and American policy, and the one by which your votes on the third day of November you can determine upon, ior no- body determines anything for the American people but the Americsn people themselves. West Virginia sent a fine delezation of 100 voters to Canton. They came from the otl-producing town of Sisterville and the counties of Weiset and Tyler. The Elkins Invincibles, 8 farching ‘claib,"400 strong, wearing old gold .hats and coazs, were with the delegation and formed an important part of it. R. L. Moore and P. A. Shanor made short, spiri‘ed addresses to Major McKinley. In replying to their remarks, Major McKinley made one of the most exhaustive speeches to Southern volers that he has delivered this campaign. It was received with marked demonstra- tions of approval. He said: The policy of protection to American farms, industry, enterprise and labor, is & broad Na- tional policy. It has not & tinge of sectional- ism in it; itis sound in truth and wholesome in practice. It isnot narrow and provineial, but wide in its blessings and its bemefits, always promoting industrial growth, serving National ends, rewarding individusl efforts and ad- vancing the just aspirations and hopes of the American people. It is the doetrine of true patri the welfare of our country and cou aen first; our homes and our families first-—an ardent, sincere and genuine American- ism that loves our flag better than sny other and would rather subserve our own interests than the interests of any other people or of eny other nation. It is mot the plea of one State against another, or one group or section of States against another; but it is for the benefit of ali—a policy that injures no Ameri- ean interest, but promotes them sil. “Itis o perfect when universal,” and it is only under this principie that the Republi- cen party advocates its restoration. The way some of your orators used to talk to you was as if the tariff was a good thing for the Ohio farmer and laborer, buta posiiive detriment to the West Virginia farmer and laborer; as if it could bemefit the miner of Pennsylvania, but injure the miner of ‘West Virginia; as if the wheat and grain grower in Kansas or the beet-producer of Nebraska would grow rich by its operations and the cotton and sugar plant- ers of Texas und Louisiana become fmpover- ished under it. Time and again you have hesrd them declare that while protection might be & good thing for New England, it was a_cugse to the West and the South. You know better now, after having had three years and a half experience under partial free trade. [Applause.] In vain did Repubiican speakers and papers remonstrate against this madness, but of no avail; and so the people gave it & trial. With what result? Is it not true that partial free trade has injured us, one and all? Is it not true thet partial free trade has injured every interest and every industry in West Virginia? Have mot the people and the Government grown steadily poorer under its destructive operations? Have not both producer and con- sumer been injured? The Southern,in com- mon with all the other States, steadily ad- vanced under the protective system. If there was & difference between them and the North- ern States, it was in their favor steadily every year from 1870 to 1890, simply because their resonrces were greater and their development more general and rapid. Saturday promises to be the liveliest day of this campaign in Canton. Thirty delegations are scheduled to arrive here to-morrow and the visitors will begin tocome asearly as5 o’clock in the morning. The indications are that more than 25,000 people will come to Canton to-morrow and that Major McKinley will have to make no fewer than twenty-five speeches. 90 A bl ARE GAINING FUIES DAILY. the Republican Leaders Will Not Take Any Chances. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 16.—A delegation of Indiana Republicans from Crawfords- ville, Logansport, Veedersburg, Deiphi, Terre Haute, Brazil and Rockville, came to Republican National headquarters to- day to see Committeeman Durbin with a view to getting ex-President Harrison to visit that section of Indiana during his stumping tour of Indiana. Mr. Durbin could do nothing for them because he haa received General Harrisén’s ultimatumn that his tour must be confined to four days, and the route decided is considered But I\ Sl IN A POPOCRATIC LODGING - EHOUSE by the National Committee to be the one where the most good can be done for the ticket. The delegation brought the news that a thirty days’ private poll shows a net gain of 21,000 in fifty-four counties over the vote of 1892. The gains in the remaining thirty-eight counties are esti- mated at 15,000, making a total of 36,000 to offset the 7000 Demooratic majority of four years ago. The last poll by the State Committee showed larger gains than this. Hon. Rovert T. Lincoln will speak mn Duluth October 21, Minneapolis October 23 and St. Paul October 24. Hon. John W. Keifer of Ohio, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, has been as- signed to Iilinois for three meetings the last week of the campaign. Half a huo- dred other speakers of lesser note were as- signed to-day for the wind-up rsllies throughout the West. Genera! William Osborne, secretary of the Eastern headquarters, was a visitor.at headquarters for the first time to-day. He said the campaign work in the Eastern States was in such shape that he could afford to leave it for a short time and ex- amine the operations of the Western head- duarters. He was confident the East would vote solid for McKinley. Committeeman Payne said: “We are working for and will not be satisfied until we secure 300 electoral votes for McKin- ley.” The last two weeks of the National cam- paign will be devoted by the National Committee and its army of workers to car- rying out Mr. Payne’s predictions. The efforts of the party will be directed now toward getting the full vote to the polls and having them cast and counted. Spe- cial meetings will be held in every district all over the country, the object being to infuse general entbusiasm and a working partment of the mcrn}y bureau will be practically closed to-morrow night. Bl e FACTIONS ARE HARMONIZED., of Lowisiana Unite, Meet With Obstacles. NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 16.—After everybody had given up theidea that they would ever harmonize the regulars and sugar-planter Republicans finally settied their differences to-day and -chartered a train, upon which a delegation went to tue State capital to inform the Secretary of State, 1n order that the proper changes might be made in printing the ballots. The time to make changes expired at 5 o'clock this afternoon. On arriving at Baton Rouge the reconciled Republican factions were confronted by an unlooked- for obstacle to their wishes. The Secre- tary of State refused to permit the with- drawal of any of the tickets on the ground that the time for such action had expired. The delegation, therefors, could do noth- ing. This will leave the two full tickets in the fieid and lead to inextricable con- iusion, Captain Donnelly, chairman of the sugar- planters’ campaign committee, Republicans but 1 says: “‘The action of the Secretary of State will help rather than retard the polling of a big joint Republican vote, for the people will now see that the Foster State government wants to steal votes.” The courts will be resorted to in the morning, so both factions say. —_— FOSTERED BY PROTECTION. Beet-Sugar Manufacturers of Nebraska Grateful to McKinloy. GRAND ISLAND, NEsg., Oct. 16.—The McKinley and Hobart Club sent by ex- press to-day a sack of 100 pounds of beet sugar, manufactured by the Oxnard Beet Suzar Company of this city, to Major McKinley. A letter accompanied the ship- ment, in which various facts to beet sugar are given, as also the flame of the farmer who raised the beets from which the sngar was made. Confidence is ex- pressed that the victory of McKinley’s cause means an extension of the sugar in- dustry of the United States, and the united -upport of Hall County Republicans and wishes for his success are tendered. Th sack containing the sugar .is inscribed: ‘‘The McKinley protective tariff fostered spirit to the last day. The shipping de-|, this industry and Nebraska’s output in 1896, 8,000,000 pounds.”” R L T FOR McKINLEY AND HOBART, Their Election Advocated by the Union Veteran Legion. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16.—At this morniig’s session of the Urion Veteran Legion resolutions were passed advoeating the election of McKinley and Hobari. While the utmost reticence about dis- cussing the matter is exhibited by the delegates ‘to. the encampment it is said that there was little debate on the subject and that the resolutions were adopted practically without opposition. Itis un- derstood, also, that the pension policy of the present administration is condemned. SERLATTOR S0 ) BIG RALLY OF iBE C MPAIGN, Union Officers Caused Unbounded En- thusiasm at Columbus. COLUMBUS, Onro, Oct. 16.—The most enthusiastic Republican meeting of the campaign was held here to-night. The distinguished party of Union officers of the late war, consisting of Generals Howara, Sickels, “Alger, Stewart, Mars- den, Corporal Tanner and Major Burst, were the speakers. A feature of the meeting was the magnificent parade which pre- ceded. the speech-making. While the clubs were forming the horse ridden by Colonel Geor:e D. Freeman, chief marshal of the parade, fell, throwing the rider under him. Colonel Freeman’s skull was fractured, his right leg broken and he is thonght to be fatally injured. DEDICATED ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN. Memorial Monument Made of Mary/and Stone to the Memory of War Corre- spondents and Artists. GAPLAND, Mp., Oct. 16.—The army corresyondents’ and artists’ memorial was dedicated on South Mountain this after- noon with military, civil and social cere- monies. Governor Lowndes, General Boynton, George Alfred Townsenda and others made speeches. Mrs. Thomas Noyes sang. The War Department sent a bugler and drummer. Papers on “War Correspondence,” by §. Cadwallader, Junius Henri Browne, Henry Mosler and others, were read and poems recited. The monument is a battlemented feudal gateway of Maryland mountain stone, with one large horseshoe arch of Pennsyl- vania brownstone on the ground and three arches above of blue limestone from the battlefield of Cedar Creek, Va. In the rear are the names of 106 war correspond- ents, eleven Southern correspondents and tbirty sketch artists. The monument is 50 feet high and 40 wide, and through its open arches affords extensive views of the battlefield country toward Washington and of Ant'etam and Harpers Ferry. Let- ter: were read from Henry M. Stanley and the ¥raternity of War Writers in ail parts of the world. —_— Mutiny of County Conviots. " MEMPHIS, Texx., Oct. 16. — A serious mutiny of county convicts occurred to- day at the county workhouse near Soddy, Hamilton County, and twenty-eight ‘men were present. Ten of the twenty-eight convicts who have the longest terms un- dertook to overpower the guards, but were met with a volley from shot uns, when they turned and ran. Four of them were wounded and five escaped. The four men hurt are in a precarious condition, —— An Atlanta Bank Assigns. ATLANTA, GA.,, Oct. 16.—The Mer- chants’ Bank, twenty-two years old, as- signed to-day. The account due de- positors is $275,000, but the bank claims it will pay depositors in full. Other banks are not affected. Heavy withdrawals are the cause. —_—— Gold Coming From Europe. NEW YORK, N. Y. Oct 16.—The steamship Columbia, which arrived from Southampton to-day, brought $1.652,700 in gold. Consignments of $1,200,000 on the Normannia and $850,000 on the Etruria are expected. made a break for liberty, Only two guards BRAVE FIREMEN DIE N FLAMES Buried Beneath Tons of Debris of a Falling Floor. sixteen Carried Down in a Blaz- ing Building and Three Killed Instantly. MONTREAL'S GREAT DISASTER During a Corflagration in a Large Stone Struciure Explosions In- crease the Horrors. MONTREAL, Queeec, Oct. 16.—The ‘| most disastroas fire in this city for a long time occurred this afternoon, havingits beginning in the bmilling at 31 St. Peter street, occupied by Gilmore & Co., im- porters of chemicals. As a result three firemen are dead and a dozen more or less seriously injured. The dead are: Harry King of Station 1, Carpenter of Station 7 and La Porte of Station 16, The injured are: Capiain Guthrie and Fireman Charpentier of Station 1, Cap- tain Morin of No. 3, Firemen Benoit and Reynolds of No. 3, Gordon of No. §, Miraunlt and Carest of No. 11, Brancheau and Bennett o No. 15. k * It is not yet possible to verify the report that sixteen men were in the loft that’ went down, and possibly another day will be reached before the missing are defi- nitely accounted for. The fire isattributed to the combustible nature of the stock haudled in the building, and once under way the blaze spread with amazing ra- pidity. Before the first apparatus bad reached the scene and the hose could be laid the" flames from the fourth story of the buila- ing were reaching far out into the center of the street. The building is a four-story stone struc- ture and was completely enveloped 1n fire before the department began effective work. The chemicals on the top floor .burned with the fury of a furnace, and even after several streams had been brought into play continued to blaze with unabated fierceness. Clouds of dense black smoke followed the flames as the streams began to take effect, and the men on the extension ladder were for .a large part of the time enveloped in huge clouds of smoke. The flames spread to Goldstein’s cigar iactory and the smoke was seen coming out of the windows of Kearney Bros.’ tea warehouse and the -building occupied by Jobnston’s Fluid Beef Extract Company. The arrival of the water-tower was greeted with an outburst of cheers by the enor- mous crowd of on-lookers and no time was lost in getting it o work., The fire then burst from a window im- mediately under a ladder upon whick haif a dozen firemen were standing, thrusting the hose nozzles here and tliere. They did not flinch, however, and another ' great chéer went up as they dropped ‘a step on the ladder, placing themselves almost in the flames with the hose still in hand. Meanwhile another detachment was busily engaged inside with axes breaking out windows'to let ‘out smoke. No sooner did the flames appear to be under control 9 in one place than they wou'd break out with redoubled fury in anotber. The fi e was got under control at 4 o’clock, but was not subdued. At 2:30 the floor of the upper loft in the Gilmour building gave away without warning and fell with a great crash. Six- teen men in all are said to kave been in the place at the time and as the smoke cleared for a moment shrieks could be heatd. At first the firemen were unable to get inside, but finally the rescuers made head- way and the first victim reached was Gordon of No. 5 station. He was wedged down and apparently dead, but when taken to the open air he revived somewhat and was qoickly placed in an ambulance and taken to a hospital. Next came Fire- man Benoit of No. 3 station, who was not resusticated before being taken away in the patrol-wagon. Charpentier was the third rescued and he was suffering in- ternally. Uaptain Gutbrie of No. 1 station was also found in an unconscious conditien. He was taken to a hospital. A fireman named Mirault of engine 11 was rescued, but his face was so badly crushed that at first his identity could not be established. | Edmund La Porte was taken to the General Hospital unconscious. David Bennett of No. 15 and Saul Carest of No. 11 were re- |- moved to Notre Dame Hospital badly hurt. Captain Morin was rescuea badly hurt. George Reynolds of No. 1 was also taken to Notre Dame Hospital. The bodies of Firemen King and Car- penter were recovered shortly after 10 o’clock to-night. Tie men were buried beneath many tons of debris and it took several hours to get at them. Both men had evidently been kiiled instantly. The most seriously hurt was Fireman David Bennet of No. 15, badly injured in- ternally. At the General Hospital to- night be was reported resting easily. Al the other men, who were only slightly hurt, were released from the hospital and sent to their homes. All of the killed were married men with families. La Porte, who was regarded as one of the best men in the brigade, repre- sented Montreal at the international tour- nament in London last summer. For the first twenty minutes of the fire explosion after explosion oceurred, caused by the chemicals in the Gilmour building. The loss will reach $150,000. The build- ings were all insured. e BN BURNED BY INCENDIARIES. Enemies of Hummer Cause the Destruo- tion of His Furniture Factory. HOLLAND, Migxr., Oct. 16.—The West Michigan Furniture Company’s factory, owned by George P. Hummer, Democrat- Union Silver candidate for Congress in the Fifth District, was burned to the ground to-night and is a total loss. The fire is & clear case of incendiarism, and it is supposed that it was started by one of Mr. Hummer's political enemies. The loss, which is total, will amount to about $125,000, with $100,000 insurance. The fac- tory was one of the largest in Western Michigan and employed 400 men. Mr. Hummer, the owgrer of the factory, is touring the State with Mr. Bryan. Sarg R PLOTTED TO WRECK A TRAIN. One of the Men Interested in Cashing a Life Insurance Policy Confessed in the Nick of Time. YORK; NEBR, Oct. 16.—Intense excite- ment prevailed here last night and to-day over the statement made by Frank Mess- play that he and W. L. Lee, a well-known business man, had plotted to wreck last night's Burlington passenger train some- where'east of town. The train reachss at11:40 in the night and Messplay made the statement an hour beiore the time for the arrival of the train, A crew was 1mmediately dispatched to inspect the track, but found no obstructions. The Bupposition is that they wers secretly re- moved. Messplay and Lee were arrested and lodged in jail for the night. This morning Messplay made the sensatigonal | statement that Lee held an accident in- surance policy on A. Bissell, a passenger on the train, and bad deliberately planned to ditch the train with the bope that Mr. Bisseil would be killed in the wreck. Lee denies the story. He has been bound over for trial. All are prominent and the affair has cansed a great sensation. JUSTICE IN MARYLAND. Rapid Trial, Conviction and Sentence oy the Murderer of a Defenseless Woman. BALTIMORE, Mbp., Oct. 16.—One of the quickest murder trials on record took place yesterday at Upper Mariboro, in Prince George County. James Smith was arraigned, demanded jury trial, was granted it, and was promptly convicted and sentenced to death before the court adjourned. The prisoner greatily facilitated matters by pleading guilty. He was charged with murdering Miss Margzaret Drowns at Seal Pleasant, a small place near Bennings station. When arraigned and ordered to plead Smith said in a firm and steady voice, “‘Guilty of murder, but not of the assault as charged.” His counsel asked for a jury trial, and it was quickly under way. Four witnesses for the State were examined. The prisoner ¥as put on the stand and in answer to a question said: “On the evening of July 28 Miss Drowns and me had a quarrel. I knocked ber down, choked her, went downstairs, got a knife, returned, took the knife and cut her throat. That’s all there was to it."” The jury remained out about fifteea minutes and returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. . The Judge then pronounced the death sentence. 10 BID ADIEU TO SATOLLI Distinguished Catholic Prelates Gather at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel. Their Meeting May Also Have Some Bearing on Selecting Bishop Keane’s Successor. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 16.—Arch- bishop Ireland of St. Paul and Bishop Mc- Goldrick of Duluth arrived at the Fifth- avenue Hotel . this morning, swelling the number of distinguished Catholic prelates who have come to bid adieu to Cardinal Satolli, who sails for Rome to-morrow moruing. Though the visit was timed on account of the Cardinal’s departure, the assemblage of church dignitaries is also on account of the meetiug of the directors of the Wash- ington University. It has been thought in certain quarters that there would be a “caucus’’ regarding Bishop Keane’s suc- cessor at the university, but so far as can be learned no such caucus has been held, though the matter has been discussed in an informal way. This alternoon to a re- porter of the United Associated Presses Bishop McGoldrick said: “1t is folly to predict what will be the outcome of the meeting of the Archbishops of the Unitea States and of the directors of the Catholic University, which is to be held in Washington. All talk of a pro- gramme is merely conjecture and guess work. As to Bishop Keane’s successor it is idle to make predictidns.” Archbishop Ireland = laughingly said: “Oh, don’t put my name in the papers at all. I cannot be induced at present to talk on any topic for publication, not even on tbe weather. Really, I' must beg to be ex- cused.” This evening all the distinguished pre- lates attended the final reception in Car- dinal Satolli’s honor in Brooklyn. PASSES THROUGH - GREAT PERILS Fearful Fxperience of the Battleship Indiana in Hampton Roads. Big Guns Break Loose and Charge Furiously Over the Deck During a Gale. HAWSERS SNAP LIKE THREAD. Awful Batt'e With the Cannon While the Waves Swept Over the Vessel. NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 16.—The battle-ship Indiana, which is with the North Atlantic squadron off Tompkins- ville, will go to the navy-yard in Brookiyn ay scon as orders come irom Washington. New gearings will be put on the turrets in “place of that which was broken on the recent trip from Hampton Roads. The Indiana encountered a fierce gale between here and Hampton Roads last March and the gearing was found to be not strong enough for an emergency. The department was notified and new gearing was provided. This has been lying in the navy-yard for several months because the Indiana has been so busy with arilling that she has not had time to stop and have it fitted. A reporter saw Captain Evans, com- mander of the Indiana, aboard his ship. Captain Evans explained in detail the trouble the Indiana has just had., Hesaid: “Soon after we leit Hampton Roads, Monday, all four of the 8-inch turrets broke loose at once from their gearing. The sea was very rough and the great roll of the ship made the clamps inadequate to stand the strain. That was about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. We went to work with five-inch hawsers to tie the guns up. About.2 o’clock the next morning the forward guns snapped their hawsers and got loose again. = The storm was then very severe and tue ship was rolling at an angle of 36 deg. The decks were flooded with water and this, with the pitching of the ship, made working on deck very danger- ous. 1t was black as ink and we could not see how to get about in order to head ti sea. ‘We could only guess. } “To make matters worse the forward 13-inch gun turret got loose and the enor- mous guns began thrashing about in full command of the deck. The 13-inch gun knocked great dents in the scapper pipe, broke stanchions and threatened to tear away the'entire superstructure. “It was very dangerous to work in that storm. I was afraid of losing two or three dozen men and if I had not the best crew in the world Idon’t know how we would have come out. We fastened a five-inch hawser on the 13-inch gun and it snapped like a cotfon string. Then we sec! a five-inch wire cable. The sea took it and 100 fathoms went overboard. “Then I was afraid the cable would toul the propeller, so we had to stop every- thing and recover it. The ship was then procéeding at about five knots. We got it after @ while and finally caught the big guns with an eight-inch hawser and tied them securely to the superstructure. It wus an awful job, thoueh, and’ we were in danger of being washed overboard every minute. All during the work the deck was completely flooded. “It was 6 o’clock in the morning when we got through. The whole crew had been at work all night. The rest of the fleet had gone ahead, but it put about and re- gained our position.” It willtake about three weeks, Captain Evans said, to have the new gearing put in. Ensign Galbraith of the Indiana, who bad his left leg crushed by an armor door Monday night, bad his leg amputated below the knee in the Presbyterisn Hos- pital yesterdav afternoon. Will Reopen Next Month. CHI1CAGO, Irr, Oct, 16.—The Chicago Stock Exchange will reopen November 5. This decision was reached at a meeting of the committee in charge of the matter held this morning. The exchange has been closed since August 4, on account of the failure of Moore Bros. and the resulting complications in which the Diamond Match and New York Biscuit houses were involved. e lg Godfrey M. Lawrence Died at Sea. +NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 16.—Godfrey M. Lawrence, a saloon passenger on board the steamer Allianca from Colon, died from consumption on October 7. He was 28 vears of age and a telegraph oper- tor by profession. He was on his way om San Francisco to Boston. The body was buried at sea on the morning of the 8th, — Stockholders Want a Heceiver. - CHICAGO, Iin., Oct. 16.—An applica- tion has been made for the appointment of a receiver for the West North Avenue Building and Homestead Association. The application is made by two stock- holders who charge gross mismanagement and virtual baniruplcy. The ‘nominal assets of the association are $92,000. _—e NEW TO-DAY.