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

BRIANS AL . charge of the trip. At the first stopping place Bryan was re- ", ticket in his own State were active. - o’clock. Gold badges weredisplayed there - in large numbers, but Bryan was not in- - entire audience. . braska who thought this State was t00 far west . battle-field upon which they dared to fight, “have a President from the West. -ing the word *‘Bryan” “ to present before the people from the Misscuri 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1896. SPEECHES MADE Rapid Tour of Nebraska With Colonel Irish on His Trail. Grows Fierce and Passionate When Confronted by the Golden Colors. 10TS OF CHEERS FOR NM'KINLEY “But the Boy Orator Is Tolerated and Given a Fair Chance to Have His Say. LINCOLN, NEBR., Nov. 2.—William J. Bryan began the closing day of his memo- rable campaign tour early this m.orning. He has said frequently in his speeches that he would be found preaching the doctrines contained in the Chicago plat- form up te the very eve of election, and to-day saw tne fulfillment of that prom- ise. A special train, to which was attached the private car Idler, the one in which Mr. Bryan has traveled for a month, leit the Burlington station here at 6:45 this morning for the final journey of the Dem- ocratic candidate before election day. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, with a number of the National nominee’s Nebraska suprorters, occupied the Idler, while others of lesser note were on board another coach. Chair- man James T. Dahlman and James Oshea .of the State Central Committee were in :AURORA, Nkesr., Nov. 2.—Several hun- dred people were waiting in the crisp morning air at Burlington station at Lin- coln to-day to'see the candidate off. They cheered when Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, with their little daughter Grace, who is to make the trip with them, appeared and they sent up & big shout as the train moved off. minded that the opponents of the Chicago This was at Seward, which was reached at 7:35 terrupted in his fifteen-minute speech. The Republicans also organized a coun- | terdisplay at York. Yellow ribbons were | noticeable among the crowd of 2000, but did not number more than a sixth of the The cheering was very hearty when Bryan ascended the plat- form erected for speaking purposes. It was intermingled with some shouts for McKinley. Bryan said some of the people in. Nebraska seemed to be much afraid that it wou!d become popular Ao e could not understand, be said, how a farmer could be in favor of the gold stand- ard, and he weni on to tell his reasons for making the statement, substantially as he did in previous speeches. HASTINGS, NEBR., Nov. 2—A keen east wind blew fiercely throuzh the ranks of those wio gathered to hear Mr, Bryan at Hastings. 1t was there that the Demo- cratic candidate crossed the path of John P. Irish, his old opponent in joint debate, who is camping on the trail of the Demo- cratic candidate through Nebraska. Colonel Irish reached Hastings on his special train just before Mr. Bryan left this place, and the Republican meeting began when the silver meeting was over. People had gathered from far and near to hear the nominee. Ten thousand of them, mainly farmers, made up the assemblage that greeted with wild cheers his appear- ance on a temporary stand. The audience was plainly in sympathy with his views and showed 1ts Intensity of partisan feel- ing in shrill shouts. Gold badges were few and far between. White ribbons bear- in two-inch letters werz pinned on the hats and breasts of men, women and children, It was truly &n enthusiastic throng and it heard one of the.principal speeches of the day. Mr., Bryan spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: Ihave been absent from the State some two months, and I have been reading in Republican papers that there were certain Republicans in Ne- to ‘furnish a President. [Laughter.]) I have heard it stated that some Republicans out here thought a man did not know anything about the money question unless he lived in Néw York where he was surrounded by a Lon- don fog all the time. [Cheers.] I heard that there were some Repubiican farmers out bere | who thought ?rices ‘were not low enough, and they were going to try 1o continue the gold standard so that oats would §o down to 5 cents & bushel. !ggneers.] Well, I am giad to find that these Republicens did not tell the truth in their dispatches. [Laughter and applause.] I am very much gratified to find so many peo- ple testifying to their faith in bimetallism by coming out to-day and doing what they have been aoing all over this country—using their voices until their voices are hoarse. [Ap- pisuse.] Since I left Nebraska I have been as far East a5 the Kennebec River, and I want to tell you that, no’ matter what the papers may say, there is a silver sentiment in Massachusetts and Maine that is as intense as it is in Ne- braske. [Cheers.] When I have found & man who has lived upon money and whose money was increasing in value under a gold standard 1 have generlll{ found an advocate of the gold standard, whether he was in Nebraska or Mas- sachusetts; but when I found a man who worked for his living I generally found a man who sympathized with you in your struggles, [Cheers.] My friends, we staried out to fight this cam- paign on & great issue, and our opponents pre- tended that they were perteclfy williog to weet us in the fight. But they had not gone very far until they tried to get away from the money question aud geton to the tariff ques- tion, but when they tried to talk tariff they found that the people wanted to put & prohibi- tory taniff on foreign financial policies before th-y discussed the rest of the scheduie. [Laughter.] When they wanted to talk tariff they found that the farmers thovght that if the money question could be settled by international agreement they might setile the tariff ques- tion in rhe same way. [Cheers.] They found they could not bring the tariff question into this campaign until after they had settled whether or not this country has a right to attend to its own businessand have s financial le{ suited to its owa people. [Cheors.] e Repubiicans have in their platform in- dorsed the financial poliey of the present adminisiration, and that means more bonds #nd less money, while our policy means more money and less bonds. After our opponents had found themselves driven from every then in the closing days of the cam- peign they have attempied to resort to iraud and to forgery, and you have found in this community letters purporting to have been written by the chairman of the Popu.ist committee of this State, asking you to save the State ticket and sacrifice the Na- tional ticket. I am authorized to denounce the letter as & fraud and a Io;sery by Mr. Ed- miston, whose name is signi to it. [Great -gplmu.] But the fact that they resorted to these things shows the desperation of their cause. If they had a cause which appealed to the people of this country it wounld not be necessary for them 10 resort to fraud out here and tointimidation and force, wherever they can resort to that anywhere. [Applause.] Mr. Bryan then reverted to State issues and spoke in advecacy of Governor Bilas A. Holcomb’s candidacy for re-election, Continuing he said: We are not seeking votes under false pre- tenses. So faraslam concerned I huve tried River to the Atlantic coast the issue of this campaign. 1 have tried to defend bimetallism as could and show to the people that it is to the interest 0f 99 out of every 100 1o restore the money of the constitution. [Cheers.] And now on this lastday of the campaizn, when I come back among the people of my own Stat Iwantto be fran with them. I want tosay to them, if there is a man in Nebraska who thinks this Nation is not big enough to attend 10 {1s own business, I do not waut his vote gcheers]. because 1 stand for an American nancial policy for the American people, and if Ican help it'we wil! not consult any nation on earth as to what our financial policy shall be. [Cheers.] If there is anybody in this State who believes that the honor of the Na- tion is safer in the hands of syndicates than it 18 1n the hands of the peovle themselves Idon’t want that person’s vote because I cannot carry out his ideas. [Cheers.] If there is any- body in the State who believes with that emi- nent divine that the trouble {n this country is over-education among the farmers’ sons I do not want his vote because that is not my ides, my f{riends, of the trouhle. [Apvlause.] In- stead of wriinx to stop education for fear ople will find out their condition Ibelieve n giving them more education and remeaying the condition itself. [Applause and cheers.] Now, my iriends, I want to say when they talk about wearing the yeliow ribbon, I hnve wondered why our farmers out here, if they want to show that they are for gold, do not wear & bunch of yellow straw. Ii{llustrates the condition of this gold standerd. (Laughter and cheers.] The gold standard has been a great threshing machine, and it has done its work well. It has separated the wheat from the straw and it has given the wheat to ihe Wall street syndicates and left the straw for the farmer. [Great laughter and cheering.] Stops of five ana six minutes only were made by the candidate’s truin at towns and villages between Hastings and Lin- coln, with the exception of Crete, where ten minutes were spent. Harvara, Saxon- ville, S8utton and Grafton turned out good- sized crowds. About 1000 people with a | sprinkling of the orange among them were at each of the two last-named places and hearty shouts were given for Mr. Bryan. As the train drew out of Sutton a number of small boys ran afier it shout- ing for McKiniey at the top of their voices. Mr. Bryan started to speak from the rear platiorm of the Idler at Fairmont, where a crowd of aboui 2000 awaited h.m, but one of the local reception committee persuaded him to make his address from the more preferable temporary stand apout which most of the throng had gathered. *It'sthe worst Repubiican hole in the couniry; you must go,” said tne committeeman, and Mr. Bryan went. A brief speech that was almost fierce in its delivery was made by the candidate at Exeter. The line of demarkation between his supporters and his opponents there was well defined. To his leit were the people wearing white badges inscribed “Bryan,” 1o his right a strong display of orange color. Mr. Bryan talked & minute or two to those whose ribbons showed their intere-t in bis cause, and then turned quickly to the people whose breasts bore evidence of sympathy in another direction. To these he said that in voting for a gold standard they forgot the feeling of pride that must come to every American in reading the pages of history devoted to the Revolu- tionary War. Emphasizing his words with vigorous gestures, be told them in a voice almost fierce in passionate feeling that unless they wanted their chiltiren to feel the blush of shame for the action of their fathers they should not vote for a policy that allowed American finances to be dominated by foreign influences. Mr. Bryan’s remarks worked his follow- ers up to a high state of enthusiasm, and they yelled with might and main. The sixteen young men on white horses and their companion on a dun animal became so filled with the spirit of the speech that they deserted the seventeen young ladies Who comrosed the female exemplification of t esilver rallying cry and dashed aiter the train, shouting like mad for the Dem- ocratic candidate. Young men in coats of old gold and young women in golden-hued capes were scattered through the crowd of 1200 people at Friend. The 16 to 1 girls were also there and assisted in the cheering that punctuated Mr. Bryan’s remarks. Three thousand composed the crowd at Dorches- ter, which also provided seventeen of its buds for the ratio tableau. Crete was fa- miliar eround for the candidate. He had held a joint debate on the money question at the Cnautauqua there with Colonel irish just before the Chicazo convention, and on that occasion and in other visits had become acquainted with the people. Avout fifty boys, wearing broad ribbons of yellow, ran down the treck to meet the train, giving shrill pronunciation to Me- Kinley’s name. More of them gathered around the train when it halted. A num- ver of men and womean wore the Repub- lican color, but they were in the minority with those who ‘displayed the white. With Mr. Bryan pl ’sf center rush in the flying wedge formed®by those who ac- companied him a way was made through the crowd to the baseball grounds, where the greater number of his supporters were gathered. His ten-minute speech was re- ceived with every murk of favor. At5 o'clock the candidate's special pulied out for Lincoln, fifteen minutes late. —_———— WELCOMED AT LINCOLN. Bryan Makes a ¥arewsll Appeal to His Followers. LINCOLN, Nepr.,Nov. 2.—His home city of Lincoln gave its final hearty ratifization of Willidm J. Bryan's candidacy during the brief haif hour he spent there this evening on his passage through this place to OUmaha from his Nebraska campaign trip. Just before 6 o’clock, when the sun was disappearing beyond the prairie hori- zon line, his special train reached the Burlington station. The Traveling Men's Siiver Ciub, the Bryan Home Guards, the Mary Bryan Club, composed of women, men on horseback and several other or- ganizations composed the procession that escorted the candidate and Mrs, Bryan to the Lincoln hotel. _As the procession passed along the short distance. between the station and the botel an artillery salute was fired from the Postoffice square Ninth sireet, run- ning between the Lincoln and the square, was packed with people, an¢ when Mr. and Mrs. Bryan stepped on the hotel bal- cony a great cheer went up. There was nothing to mar the demounstration given Lincoln’s most noted citizen. It was hearty and sincere, and the candidate showed his appreciation in his speech. Mr. Bryan needed no introduction. In the course of his remarks he reiterated the statement made just after his nomination that if elected he would not be a candi- date for a second term. It was his prin- cipal closing speech of the campaign and was delivered in a clear, strong voice that reached every person in the audience. The speech follows: Ladles and gentlemen: This is the last op- portunity that I shall have to address the people of Lincoln before they sit in judgment upon the issues preseuted in this campaign which will decide the financial policy of this Nation for the next four years. Three Na- tional parties placed in my hands the standard upon which was written *‘free and unlimited coini of silver at 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of auy otber nation.” For three months I have done what I could to present this question to the American people and have traveled from Nebraska to the Atlantic, and everywhere I have preached the same doctrine and advocated the same princi- ples. [Cheers] Everywhere I have found those who believe withi us, and ihe zeal of the bimetallists who live alo g the Eastern eoasi is n8 great as the zeal of the bimetallists of Ne- brasks. [Applause and cheering.] They cailed itaseciiunal quesiion which we began, but they have found out that it is not a sectionsl uestion. It is & great controversy between the money jo: aud the common people of all this country, [Applause.] The Ripubhcnn party siarted out to make the tariff question at issue in this campaign, but 1 you will g0 among any group of persons where politics is discussed you will find what a failure they have made in getting the tariff question in the campaign. The Republican party attempted a fraud upon the American people in its financial plank. Under the hope of international bimetailism it started out to fasten the gold standard upon the American ople. It hus been aided in this work by s ew former Democrats who have been advocat- ing the gold standara, but in order to keep up the {raud they bave rretended to favor Palmer and Buckner when they have worked for the Republican ticket. [Applause and cheers.] You can see how the campaign has been con- ducted. The Republicans ha: not dared to advocate the gold standard as a good thing because their platform pledges the {epnblieln party to get ria of it as soon as other i.ations wili help us. But as they are not able to openly advocaie the Eold gtandard they help the bolting Democrats, who can preach what the Republicans do not dare to preach, and they auswer the same purpose. [Gr.at ap- planse and cheers. which we have had to fight. They have told us thit the_ great interesis of society were againstus. Yes, certain great interests have been. The trusts have beén against us, but the trusts are uo more against me than I am against the trusts. [Long and continued ap- nuse and cheers.] The syndicates which Elve been selling bonds forthe Government are against me, but, my friends, they have reason to be, becanse if 1 am elected they will no longer bleed the American people. [Con- tinued applause.] They say that the corpora- tions are against us. Yes, many of them are, and they have reason to be, because we believe .that the corporation 1s a creature of law and that the Government which creaied it is still greater than the corporation and should com« pel it to obey the law. [Great applause and continued cheering.] We have felt the influence of some of these corporations. We know what it is to have them say to men who are with us that if lhex vote our ticket they must be discharged an lose their bread and butter. [Continued ap- plause.] My friends, they know that if we succeed in this campaign there will be legisia- tion which will punish the man who attempts to deprive another of the right of c.tizenship. [Appiause.] They tell us that the National uanks are against us. Yes, some of them are, because, my triends, we believe that the green- back as we have it to-cay is better than to re- tire the greenbacks a..d ‘issne bunds and give the banks the benefit of the interest. My riends, we have found men advocating honest money who were so afraid of paving their debts in dollars that are not honest that in order to avoid all possibility of mistake they refused to pay their debts at all. We stand in this campaign for a reversal of the financial po ley which has cursed this coun- iry for twenty years. We are in favor of re- storing the gold and silver coinage of the con- stitution. ve are in favor of having an Awer- ican financial policy for the American people. We do not_expect_the support of those who doubt the ability of the American people to ettend to their own business. [App ause arnd cheers.] We don’texpect the support of those who have more faitn in ioreign financiers than they have in our own peop.e. We don’t expect the support of_those who would ratuer trust the destinies of 70,000.000 of Americans to & few foreign financiers than tru-t the des- tinies of our people in their own hands. [Great cheering.] But, my friends, while we have against us many of these influences which are considerei great and potent, we have on our side those who believe in the old- fashioned idea of government—that it should give equal rights to all and special privileges o no oue. [Cheers.] My friends, to-morrow is the day upon which you' register your will; to-mor:ow is the day when by your ballot you describe the govern- ment under which you desire to live. If you desire a_government of syndicates, by syndi- cates and for syndicates, you have & right to it, and you can cast your influence with thuse who are against us. [Cheers.] If you still believe in the government that Jefferson advocated, the government that Lin- coln desired—a government of the people, by the people and for the people—you must join with those who belicve in & government by the people. [Applause.] 80 iar as I am per- sonally concer.ed this election willsimply de- termine whether I shall remain a private citizen or occupy the most exalted position within the power of man to confer upon a fel- low-man. It will determine whether I shall remain with you to uphold as best I can the hand of tae one who is elected until his policy can be reversed at the polls, or whether 1 shall depart from you to be gonme four years and then return to live with you the rest of my duys. [Great applause and cheering.] 1 have stated that if eiected Ishall not be ‘ab- sent from you more than four years. When I stated it I meant it, and I want you 1o believe in my sincerity when Isay so. I belisve that the office is attended with duties so great, with responsibilities so heavy, that the man ‘who occupies it cught to have no personal am- bition beyond proving himself worthy of the confidence of those who elected him. [Cheer- ing. I ]aleeted I shall deyote four years of my life to the service of my country, feeling that when that has been done all has "been done in the way of honor that can be done,and then I shall rejoice in to be private citizen in this Nation, where to be a citizen is greater then to be a king. [Applause.] My friends, I remember that when & little less than two years ago I returned (o this city after completing four years in Congress, you met -+ ¢ and extended 1o me a welcome which touched my haartand I want to sayto you that nothing you can do in the future can withdraw from me whai you have done in the E“L You may turn against me if you like, ut, my friends, you can never undo what you have already done, nor can you take from me the feeling oi gratitude which I entertain toward those whose kindness and confidence first gave me an opportanity to become iuter- ested In_public questions—the kindness and the confidence ot those who enabled ‘me to be- gin the great fight in which I am now en- zaged. [Appiause] My friends, I want you to beiieve me when I say that I have enjoyed the opportunity of de- fending bimetallism because I believe it is a righteous cause, and I want you to believe that 1 would rather stay among you as & private citizen and be permitted still to raise my voice #geainst what 1 conceive to be a crime against the human race than to enjoy all the honors in Christendom, if 1 had to join in the con- spiracy. [Greatappiause and cheering.] Andnow let me ask of you that are inter- ested in the resuit of this campaign to lose no effort to have the vote recorded to- morrow exactly as the people desire to vote. lam seeking no involuntary support. Ihave said and I repeat thai I do not want a vote unless there is behind the vote the beart of the person who casts the vote. [Great ap- plause. ] The work which lies before a President who oes Into office with the desire to reforma nancial policy and to drive the trusts and llnd\l:llel from this land will be hardjenough if he is supported by the peop:e; his work would be impossible if he were not supported by them. [Cheers.] Iwantyou,f you arein earnest, to give us a Senate and a Congress, as well ss an electoral vote. [Cries of “We will!”] Ir you are in earnest, 1 want your earnesiness to be manifested in a clean sweep, and then, my friends, if by the suffrageof my countrymen I am made their cnief executive I will promise you that no vower in this country or in- any foreign land will prevent the restoration of the money of the constitu- tivn among our peopie. [Tremendous ap- plause.] eyt FROM LINCOLN TUO OMAHA, Flenty of Talk by the Candidate of Three Parties. OMAHA, Nese., Nov. 2.—Three stops were made by Mr. Bryan’s special on the run from Lincoln to Omaba, They were at Greenwood, Ashland and Gretna, and t each the candidate was enthustically greeted. His remarks at Gretna were rather interesting, This is what he said: Ladies and Gentlemen: When I began my first canvass for Congress in 1890 I came to Gretna, the strongest Democratic precinct in the only certain county of the district, and ere I remember that you raised ver raised in my houor and put upon it s banner bearing the inscription “W. J. Bryan, M. C.” 8ix years have passed since then, and I now comeé among you on the last day, and in the evening of t st day, when in- e Pres dency. 1 remember with grateful apprect: tion the nandsome vote that I received in this precinct six years ago, and 1 am going to watch the returns to-morrow night »nd see if Gretna does as well this year. [Cheers.] ——e il A4 CLASH W FEARED. S0 Republican Paraders Did Not Mingle With Bryanites. OMAHA, Nepe, Nov. 2—William J. Bryan’s personal campaign came to an end in Omaha to-night. Never before in the history of the city has party feeling run so high on the eve of a National elec- tion and ominous ramors that pointed to a personal conflict between supporters of the great National tickets caused an un- easy feeling throughout the community. Fortunately no clash oceurred. An agree- went had been reached between the Re- publican and Democratic local managers by which the McKinley demonstration would not come in contact with the crowds that gatheyed to hear Bryan. This was carried out and the imposing Repub- lican parade did not appearon Farnam street, the principal thoroughfare, until Mr. Bryan had left it and begun his round of speech-making. Shortly after 8 o'clock Mr. Bryan reached Omaha after a hard day’s work. He had visited four of the six Congres- sional districts in Nebraska and made eighteen speeches, including one in his home town. An altost frenzied crowd of enthusiasts greeted him nere and followed his carria e for a mile through the streets to Boyd’'s Theater, where he spoke first. Unlike the Republicans, no urganized parade had been arranged by the D-mo- cratic managers, and the band, the Jack- sonian Club, the Veterans’ Bryan Club, composed of old soldfers, and a number of other supporters fell into line and in. discriminately composed The Republican demonst: more pretentious. Scores of organizations, nearly ell bearing torches, formed a pro- cession that took an hour in ?using a given point. Every brass band in Omaha &nd vicinity had been secured for the pa- | 1 want you 10 understand the campaign | rade. Despite the agreemeont between the - opposing political pariies the Democrati mlnl!efs“clnmed‘:o be fearful of troubl in view of statements thatthe Regubhcan orzanizations intended to gather about the places where Mr. Bryan was scheduled to 8] and attempt to bhowl him down. t was tne given reason for notan- nouncing the time Mr. Bryan would keep each engagement. Continuous cheering from the mob fol- lownflz the carriage in which the candidate and Mrs. Bryan were seated and from the thousands along the sidewalks marked Mr. Bryan's progress from the station up Farnam street to Boyd's Theater. Enthusi- asm was rampant. Not an inch of space was availablein the thealer when hearrived and he received an ovation there and from a tremendous throng outside. His sveech wason the lines of that delivered at Hastings to-day. Another demonstra- tion occurred inside and outside Washing- ton Hall and then the candidate pro- eeeded in his carriage to Germania Hall, where he talked to an audience of natives of the Fatherland about what Prince Bis- marck _had to say about bimetallism. Metz Hall, in the Bohemian district; Moran’s Hall, where tbhe meeting was under the direction of the Swedish Bi- metallic League, and Creighton Hall fol- lowed in turn. ~Kach was crowded to the doors and Mr. Bryan was received with the customary wild excess of partisan emotion. Governor Holcomb spoke at Moran’s in support of the Democratic ticket just before Mr. Bryan appeared. Creighton Theater, in the same building with the hall of t at name, was the scene of the last speech delivered by Candidate Bryan in his remargable campaign. These were Mr. Bryan’s concluding words, his last message to the free-coinage forces: Doyou wonder that we have been able to conduct this campaign ? My iriends, we have been able to conduct it by the unselfish devo- tion oi that muliitude of men—Democra Populists, Republicans—who see what the gol standard means and, seeing it, have been wililng to fight it in order to save their chii- dren aud their children’s childrea from this curse of zold. They tell us that we must bow down and worship the golden calf. I ur, my friends, that the American peopie will' not bow down. They will vote to restore the gold and silver coinage of the constitution and leaa iy the restoration of bimetallism throughout the world. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will spend the night at the Paxton Hotel and at 8:30 o’clock in the morning will leave over the Burlington for Lincoln, where the candidate will cast his vote and await the returns. RICH CU4Lr DISCOVERY, Fast Swms Offered by a Syndicate for Land in Western Ontario. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 2—A Sun special from Toronto, Ont., says: Four months ago there was a discovery of coal in a fertile district of Algoma, Western Ontario. It did not take long for the re- port to spread, and in a very short time the Lehigh Vulley people had dispatched experts to the scene of the discovery with instructions to test the coal thoroughly, and if 1t was, in their opinion, of the quality represented to at once buy up the surrounding country and secure an option on the district. But when the Lehigh Valley people had made up their minds to buy it they found Canadian capitalists had got in before them and got a claim on the property. The Lehigh Valley combine has rot given up hope of securing the coal mines. A proposition is now before the syndicate, in which the combine offers to pay more than $1,000,000 if the present holders of the options wiil sell out to them :he whole district, which the syndicate has now secured. The advisability of accepting the offer is being considered. The syndicate would preier to start a Canadian company ‘with $1,000.000 capital stock. Wiiliam Wilson, a representative of the Oanadian syndicate, has gone to New York to neet capitalists there who may offer more for the prox{rty than the Le- high Valley. The coai1sof good quality, and its d.scovery in Algoma is considerea ovion more valpable than thatof the gold mines. ! A PENITENTIARY BATTLE Two Desperate Convicts Over- power a Keeper and Secure His Revolver. Another Keeper Then Disarmed and the Prisoners Nearly Succe:=ded in Bscaping. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 2.—William Odell and Fred Williams, serving a five years’ term in the Erie County Peniten- tiary for burglary, made a bold attempt to escape late Saturday afternoon. Williams is 28 and Odell 27 years old. They have been in prison just two years. Botn worked in the overall factory. When Keeper John Hannan walked up the aisle of the overall department about 4 o’clock with a stack of garments in his arms Odell approached bim with a garment in his band. The keeper stopped, expecting that Odell had some criticism to make of the workmanship,on the garment. Odeli grabbed fiim, pinning his arms to his side. Hannan yelled and Keeper Clark Crosby ran to his assistance. Before he reached him Williams bounded over a table and snatched Hannan's revolver from his pocket. He tarned it on Crosby and oraered him to put up his hands. They went up. Then Williams took Crosby’s revolver nndu‘raning it over to Odell, the latter re- lea his hoid on Hannan and put the revolver to his face. The two keepers, with their hands above their heads, were commanded to march toward the door ot the shop, Just then Keeper Burdick strolled in from the Rack;n: department. Odell took his gun off Hannan long enough to order Burdick to throw up his hands. Walking Hannan and Crosby before them Odell and Williams passed out of the shop door into the prison yard. Before them, 150 gnrd~ away, was the prison gate, which ad just been opened to let a wagon of supplies pass out. The convicts had timed their uprising so as to reach the gate be- fore it had closed. s As soon as the convicts passed out of the shop, leaving Buruick uncovered, he ran to the prison office and cave the alarm, which aroused all the keepers and guards, Including those posted on the prison wall. The convicis heard the alarm, abandoned Hannan and Crosby and ran for the gate. The big doors were just coming to as they started full spe toward the Storekeeper Gus Durstein, who has charge of the gate, saw the m approaching, beard the shouts of t armed guards, and, drawing the gates together quickly, snappad a padlock on them and sprinted for ihe prison office, for he was unarmed. “Stopl” cried Odell. *“Stop, or I will fire!” " And without slowing up at all he let fire. The bullet knocked a chip from the stone wall into Durston's face. Wil- ilams fired again, but the shot went wild. The breathless man came to a dead stop -8gainst the wall. Looklns through the wicket they saw Keeper James Warner, ¥ho had heard the alarm and passed out of the office door jnto the street to head them off in case they caught Darston and compelled him to open the gates for them. Odell fired a random shot, which sent Warner chasing up the street. He came back re-enforced by five guards armed with r fl-s, while the guards on tne wall had taken their places prepared 1o fire. Williams and Odell saw that they were trapped and they threw their revolvers over the fence and surrendered. They were shackled and led to dungeon. ——miy See to it that a Renublican Assembly 18 elected, for a United States Senator 18 to be elected. Do not vote for a Dem- ocrat, s IMET DISASTER AND INSULTS Irish’s Pursuit of Bryan Not the Success An- ticipated. Wreck of the Special at the First Stopping Piace Caused a Death THEN EGGS WERE THROWN. wever, at Other Towns He Was Respected and Given Quite an Ovation. LINCOLN, Nesr., Nov. 2.—The tour of the John P. Irish party, which followed Candidate Bryan to-day, was marred by one distressing and fatsl accident and a series of unpleasant incidents, The spe- cial train bearing the California gold- standard advocate was partially wrecked at Malcolm, the first stopping place after leaving Lincoln, and Joain M. Tipling, a well-known traveling man of this city, was killed. The special had been given the right of 'way, but by some misunderstanding an accommodation freight was allowed to remain on the main track as the special thundered in. Mr. Tipling was in the caboose of the freight and in attempting to jump was caught between the caboose and freight car abead and fatally crushed. The body was brought to Lincoln, Mr. Irish and his party were badly shaken up, but not seriously injured. At Sutton, where the crowd which welcomed Mr. Bryan yet remained, Mr. Irish was greeted with a shower of eggs and other missiles, one of which broke a car window and injured a lady. At Grafton hoots and jeers greeted him, and at Harvard the same reception was accorded—not, however, without cheers from Republi- cans. In other towns he was given a respectful hearing, at times amounting to an ovation. See to it that a Republican Assembly is elected, for a United States Senator is to be elected. Do not vote for a Dem- ocrat. « AMERICAN INTERESTS AND AMERICAN HOKOR," Continved from First Page. neighbors and fellow-townsmen at this the closing hour of one of the most memo- rable political campaigns in American history. - The hour for discussion has passed by; the argument is closed. The Vl.l interests of the American people are now in the hands of the people themselves for proper settlemant and determination, .and there is no safer jury in the world to sit ypon American interests and American honor than the American people them- selves. [Cries of “That’s right!” and applause,] “But you must remember, my fellow- townsmen, that the battle is not won until the ballots are in. [A voice, "It will be,” and applause.] The great jury of the American people can be confidently trusted to establish by its verdict that the credit of the country is to continue unim- peached, its currency unquestioned, 1ts honor unstainea and the giory of the Re- public undimmed. [Cheers.] I thank you a thousand times for the courtesies and kindnesses you have shown me in the past three months and bid you all good-night.”’ Among those who called on Major Me- Kinley to-day were, T. V. Powderly of Scranton, Pa.; Charles R. Ohlfs of Buffalo and A. W. Wright of Niagara. These gentlemen have been making speeches for the Republican ticket 1n the West and are on their way to their respeciive homes to vote. Colonel A. L. Conger of Akron, ex-chairman of the Ohio State Central Repuutican Committee, was also a visitor at the McKinley residence to-day. RIOT AT WILLIAMSPORT. Rival Po- Police Powerless to Disper titical Gatherings, ‘WILLIAMSPORT, PA., Nov. 2.— The riotous days of the *‘sawdust war’ in this city many years ago were revived between midnight and 1:30 o’clock yesterday morn- ing. At midnight Court street was packed full of Republicans and Democrats who had participated in the biz potitical de- monstrations, and revelry was rampant. Shortly before this Chief of Police Wise had backed his horse into & crowd on Pine street and was greeted with oaths and catcalls. The Chief then rode into Court street and a great crowd gathered about him. Fight policem n were with him, and arrested men until the police cells were full, in & vain attempt to break up the crowd. As the Courthouse clock struck 12 the Chief rose in his saddle and addressed the crowd, commanding them to dis- perse; but he was greeted with a storm of jeers and curses, Instead of charging the crowd, he retreated, and was followed by the moi’, who continued their impreca- tions. Mayor Mansell was informed, and decided to send s hose cartto the scene and deluge the mob with water, but re- consid: re nd had a fire engine sent out as a ruse. [t worked, and the crowd fol- lowed, but quickiy returned. Then Police Captain Worral and a squad charged th'u crowd, and by dint of ‘‘club persuasion’” dispersed them, but only after numerous arrests. —_——— THRILLING TRAIN WRECK. Oit Tank Ignited and Fifteen Cars and Their Contents Consumed. HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 2—A freight wreok orcurred yesterday morning near hereon the International and Great North- ern, in which there were no fatalities, but a loss of fully $40,000 was entailed by the company. The train was loaded with merchandise and cotton: meal. While going up Grand Lake hill, thirty miles north of this place, the train broke in two, wrecking fifteen cars, one of which wasa tank of oil. The hquid was ignited and before the flames could be extinguished the cars of merchandise and meal had been consumed. A wrecking outfit was sent fromn here to clear tne track, which was accomplished last night. s S Killed His Erring Wife and Himrelf. WHEELING, W. VA, Nov. 2.—News has been received here from Georgetown, Ohio, to-day of a terrible trazedy there. Scott Linton shot and fatally wounded Dot Gray, a resident of a house of ill fame, said to be his wife, ana William Metzger, with whom he caught ber. Lin‘on then turned the pistol to his own heid and fired a bullet into_his brain. He died a few minutds after. His friends assert that Linton was crazed by finding his wife in such & house and believinz that Metzger had ivfluenced her to go there he attémpted to kill them both. SHOCKING DEPRAVIIY, Ihree Young Persons and the Mother of Une dre Chronic Drunkards. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 2—A 14-year- old girl, found intoxicated on the streets, and a 1G-year-old boy, whose father com- pleined that he was an habitual drunk- ard, were among the prisoners arraigned in Jefferson Market poiice court. The giri was Lena Brownell, who with her mother, Mary, and her cousin, James Huye-,h) ears old, was found staggering drunk at '{nin -second sireet and Eighth avenue at 1 o'tlock yesterday morhing. The girl was turned over to the Gerry Society. The boy was John Siron. His father, of 430 West Seventeent, street, was the complainant against him. He said that for the past year the boy had come home drunk every night, and when remonstrated with smashed the crockery and broke the furniture. He had forgiven him, but bad concluded that it was time to take ern measures to reform him. Magis- trate Mott committed him to the House of Refuge. LUBHS 1SN FREND Young Powers Traced to Union City, Penn, and Again Lost Sieht Of Had a Little Boy With Hm and Was Trymmg to G:t Permission to Preach. CHICAGO, In., Nov. 2.—Albert D. Powers, formerly manager of the Cuban Relief Bureau in this city, whose mys- terious disappearance some weeks ago led to the belief of foul play, is alive. He was located by the police at Union City, Tenn,, and a telegram from that place yesterday said that Powers came 1o that city yesterday morning from Martin, Tenn., where he had been for several days painting signs. He had a little boy from Martin with him and was going around trying to get permission to preach in the Courthouse when he was met on the street by E. C. Hawes, a relative. Hawes asked him what he was doing there. He said he was lost and had notseen his wile for six years. Then Hawes invited bim to his house to take supper. He said he was in no condi- tion to meet his family, but would go and dress and come buck. Mr. Hawes went to the telegraph office to let Powers’ father know he had found hisson. He left an officer to watch the young man while he was gone, but the officer let him go. Powers went to the | little boy and said he was discovered by a relative and must leave at once, which he did, going south. He has been for some time about Fulton acting s'rangely. His mind is reported to be impaired. Wauile at Fulton he made a coffin and said he was going to bury a man there for three aays and resurrect him. Young Powers—he is 28 years old—has been prominent in Owensboro since he attained his majority. He had proved himself a good business man and had worked his way to a position paying $2500 a rear. Ardent in religion, he had been enthusiastic in support of the young men’s Cuban and similar organizations. A few months ago he interested himself in the cause of Cuba, and his enthusiasm led him to come to Chicago and undertake the establishment of a great bureau for collecting clothing, money and supplies for the insurgents. The otfice was opened without the knowledge of the association in New York, and it was not until Powers notified them that he had five carloads of supplies and $5000 for the ccmamiitee that they began an investigation. An officer of the association, Don Quesada, was set here to invesiigate Powers’ office, and when he expressed some doubt the latter turned over $5000 of his own money as a guaranty ‘ol good faith. He disappeared a few days ater. ——- Under Arrest at Humboldt. UNION CITY, Texx., Nov. 2.—Albert D. Powers, manager of the Cuban Bareau of Chicago, is now under arrest at Hum- boldt, Tenn., a town forty miles south of thisgity He was arrested last night by Officer Blakemore of that rlnce. who was informed as_to his identity by a young man named Hatch, who left this city with bim. He came Here from Martin, Tenn., a town fourteen miles east, where Le had been engaged in_sign painting for & week or more. There is uo doubt as to Powers’ identity, as Hatch knows him well. INGS, QUEENS and mighty potentates use Sarsaparilla. If they use Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla they are not covered with boils, pimples and facial blemishes. Joy’sdoes the work quietly and harmlessly. Use NEW TO-DAY. CUT THIS OUT. WARNING! TO SUPPORTERS OF BRYAN AND SUVER Avoid the mistake of Voting for the Electors headed: “National Democratic Party Electors.” The pame of one Clay W. Taylor appears in this group. These Electors represent BOLTING DE OCRATS, whoare for the SINGLE GOLD STAND- ARD and AGAINST SILVER, and a vote for this movement is iu effect a vote for MCKINLEY. Vote for either of these groups, BUT NOT FOR BOrH: Democrat Electors: 1. J. W. Martin 2. Jo Hamilton People’s Party Electors: . 18 J. V. Webster 20. Daniel McKay 8. 8 1. Allard J. W. Martin 4. C. W. Thresher 1. Aliard 5 Willlam Craig Hamilton 8. D.T. Fowler Fowle 7. M. R Merxitt. illiam Craig 8. J. V. Webster R. Merrity 9. Daniel McKey These Klectors are the SAME individuals and are the ONLY BRYAN Electors. Vote for these Electors but ONCE, under ONE party heading ONLY. Owing to & change in the law, you are required to stamp opposite EACH of the NINE Electors voued for. CONGRESSIONAL UNION 1st District. 2d iatrict. MINEES. e CASTLE NoO| No. 87—4th District.. JAMES §. F., No. 68—5th istrict. 7 6.h District. 7ih District. CALIFORNIA SILVER CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, Baldwin Hatel. WARNING —To— WHEELMEN! 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