The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1896. FLOWER MAKES A FLOWERY SPEECH Says the Election of Me- Kinley Is a Victory for the Pecple. Interests of the Country D:- manded the Triuvmph of Souand Meney. Noted Men in Both D2mocratic ani Republican Rents Jomn in a Lov: Feasts NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 24 —It was a notable gathering that assembled at the clubbouse of the Democratic Club to- night to honor ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower for the good work he did person- aliy in the cause of honest money and Na- tional prosperity. Among the representa- tives of diverse political elements present were: Chairmar Edward Lauterbach of the Republican County Committee, John De Witt Warner, former Governor Waller of Connecticut, General Curtis, the Con- gressman-elect from St. Louis County, W. E. Curtis and others. Robert B. Ronsevelt presided at the guests’ table, and on his right ex-Governor Fiower smiled and looked complacent. At erther side sat Perry Belmont, William D. Bynum of Indiana, Senator John Fox, Governor Waller, Surrogate Arnoid and Iseaor Strauss. It was after 10 o’clock when the ciggrs were lighted. Mr. Roosevelt, as toast- master, spoke in a bhumorous vein. Re- ferring to the guest of the evening he sad that he honrored the man who, having ideas of right or wrong, let people know what his ideas were. Mr. Roosevelt praised Senator Hill for the manful fight he made in Chicago, but he added, depre- catingly, *‘Hill, like the chickens, went home to roost,” after the convention was over. He then eulogized Mr. Flower at length, hinted that the country would hear of bim in 1900 and then propcsed the lutter’s health. Three cheers greeted the former Governor as he rose to speak. Governor Flower bowed a moment, and then taking up the thread of Mr. Roose- velt's toast said, “I would rather be ten- tered such a banquet as this than be Pres- ident.” A howl ot delight greeted this. Governor Flower continued: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: The hearti- ness of your welcome leaves me in 1o doubt as 10 how your yotes were caston election day. 1 know I am among friends and political xym- pathizers. )i cireumstances made some of us more conspicuons in the battie for National hozor it was not because of any more eager interest or more unselfish purpose. Tnere was 110 monopoly of patriotism in that con- testand atl the heroes were not commissioned officers. We are able to celebrate a victory be- cause our cause appealed 1o the patriotic ine terest of every good citizen. The deep, steady and strong popular senti- ment needed but slight momentum to make itinvincible. It was the quiet personalinflu. ence of man with man which put hereiical ideas to flight and sustained the high stand- ard of American honor. The victors ire not the successful candidates, Dot the Republican party or its poiiticiau, not the Democratie disbel s in the Chicago patform; but the victorsare you and your neighbors and every man whose heart glowed with love for America and who sought to_pro- tect her iair name from shame and_shield her Deople from poverty ana di follow financial and industrial disaster. isaid at the Indianapolis convention that the real issue of the campaigu was one of vatriotism, and with that conviction I had no doubt of the result. Bui the emphatic re- sponse of the people even more then justified my confidence and made me prouder than ever before of my feilow-citizens. The character o this victory gives it par- ticular seriousness. Glad as we are of it, proud as we feel over it, our joy and our pride are not those which altacn to the usual political victory. The test and opportunity of patriotism did not die with the count ot the ress which wouid votes on November 3. The respons:Lility has into fewer hauds, but tie necessity for sh and earnest patriotism is as keen w as before the election. have bee From those who placed In power to carry out the of the peopie’s will may be justly expected no slight recognition of the soiem ity of their trust. We, whose love for coun- compelled us on this occasion to sever ty associations, can with propriety take no sl part, even were the invilation ex- tended, in framing policies of Government or in enacting legislative measures. Our purpose was {0 save the country from what we believed to be certain injury, and, without wishing or assuming to contend for the honors of the battie, we may certainly indulge the reflection that but for this action on the part of the Democrats who couid not support the Chicago plaif,rm or candidates, the Republicau party wouid not have achieved 8 victory. Tae triumph was clearly the peo- ple’s triumph, and whise partisans have been intrusied with the responsibility of victory, the people will not expect those responsibili- ties 10 be assumed 1n a partisan spirit, or dis- charged with partisan purposes. Control of exceutive and legisiative branches of the Goy- ernment by such au overwhelming majority of the popular vote does not meat popular permission tu use the powers of thé Govern- ment for partisan ends. The exhibition of suen & spirit would be & sacrilege on tue earn- estintent of the American voter and trenchery 10 the patriotic piedges made by the Republi- can caididate and his essociates during the campaign. 1t 1%, therefore, 10 the new President and his Fuumul associates in Congress that we must 0ok to give meaning 4nd effect 10 the glorions . vietory which has been won. 1am glad for one to acknowledge frankiy that no two men seemed inclined to appreciate so keenly the non-partisan nature of their victory as do the en most directiy interested, Msjor McKin- ley and Mr. Hanne. Iam proud to bear puh- M¢ testimony to the finesense of conditions and results which has been displayea by thess two men, not ouly during the campaign but since the election. Their behavior and utter- ances have been in thorough harmony with the spirit of the contest in which they were engaged. Since the elcction there has been none of the usual partisan boasting and nove of the usual party suggesiions for perpetuating power. It will be a matter of great congratu- * lation if the note of victory can be maintained at that higk piteh. In the legislation which 18 to be enacted the results of triumph will not ve lost if the endeavor is honest and per- sistent to serve the people and not scciion, class or party. It cannot De denjed that a large part of the support that Bryan goi was due not 1o any particular conviction of, the people on the eurrency question or to any other ol the radi- cal planks of the Chicago platform, but to a conviction which bas soie 1cundation for ex- istence and which, growing constantiy during a generation, has uaturaily foand ireer ex- pression during hard times, that the burdens ot government have not been equaliy distri- buted. It will be the duty of the Republican PArty DOt Lo aggravate that conviction by any unwise or partisan legislation and to eradicate wherever possible any just cause for griev- ance. Independence or disregard of popular feeling in this respect will encourage luw.essness and dissatistaciion amoung the people. The return of confidence and good times, signs of which are now visible all over the country, will give ‘* employment to labor, and as distress is nlleviated or removed wili take the people away from alleged Government evils. But if the cause remain it is only a question of time when the certain eff:ct wili become visible once mere and the dissatisfaction and discon- tent waich iollow will be harder to reason with and remove than it was this time. Prudence and justice, therefore, demand a special care, lest fresh causes of complaint are furnished by short-sigh:ed, selfisn and. par- tisan measures, The two measures which will most promi- nently engage the attention of Cougress and the new Preésident will be those relating to the tariff aud to_the currency, and in these matters | for one should like to see a marked deK-nure from the old methods of legislation. Ithas been the custom for many years to in trust the framing of a tariff billto the Com- miilee on Ways and Means in the House of Representatives, 10 which are appointed men not particularly fitted by business experience, but men who Lave served many terms in U House, or who are prominentin the political councils of the party in power. And custom has thrown the tarifft into politics, and has made the framing of tariff schedules largely & game of give and take. The results have been ad, not only for the business interests of the couniry, but for the morais of the country. I would like to see a Speaker broad enough, brave enough and ramouc enough 10 CAst aside this traditional precedent, and, bearing in mind the lessons of the last election, select from the business men of bm{lj parties in the House the members best qualifie in points of character and experience o frame « revenue bill wnich would give satisfaction substantially to all the people of the coum;y. and which would give revenue enough (;r the support of the Goverament cconomp cally administered. Approaching so difficu & task in such a spirit would disarm criticism at the outset within popular approval, FRmove political prejudice, quiet business apprehen- sion and pisce upon the statute books a measure generally npproved, and in a | proba; bilitly designed to give the country a pro:onge vericd of prosperity without the unsettling effects of continual meddling with the tanfl I would also like to see n Speaker brave enough and broad enough, with the support of his political associates, to adopt the same patriotic course toward the solution of the mouey question. That, while it may be a more asMicult problem, yet spproached in such a spirit it could be settled on a basis which would give renewed confi ience in the soundness of our mouey and drive uway for- ever the most depressing, insidious commer- cial influence, the fear of an unsound dollar. 1f the Republican_party proves itself unable or incompetent to afford the retief which the people demand, the Democratic party, recon- structed, reimbued with high purpose and appealing to public confidence, will be called upon 1o take up the work and carry it to suc- cessiul termination. ‘ To those of us who believe in Democratic principles as enunciated by the founders of our party and sustained in_substantial in- tegrity through a century of National history, it is & particularly sad reflection that the party convention ai Chicago, by surrendering 10 Populism, incorporating new doctrines among Democratic princip.es and by its un- reasonable action, alienated hundreds of thousands of earnest Democrats from the sup- port of their party candidates. 1t would have been & much greater viclory to celebrate to- night if the Democratic party, united and sirong, had been the leaders in the contest for the preservation of law, order, respect for v and for the integrity of our money. 1 our party divided and defeated, ¢ wisdom, coarity snd opportunity can weld together the broken parts and re- unite now discordant factions into one carnest, highminded and patriotic band, in- terit on serving the country's good and imbued with & spirit of conservatism. Whatever may be the functional troubies, or whatever the heresies which temporarily have been put forward as Demoeratic doc- trine, genmine Democratic principles will not die, and no varty can be so loyal 1o them th rough years of successes and defeats as the party which has dejended them, Americans constantly since the foundation of the Govern- ment. The cause of the people, even il once be- trayed by the un-Democratic influences which gained control of the party organization, 1s safer, in the long rum,in the nands of the Democratic party than elsewhere. Iustine- | ively the sympathy of the varty is with the masses and its principles are in the line with what all true philosophers have deemed the soundest policies of Government. The coun- try’s best welfare will demand in the future, asin the past, the maintenance of those wvri: ciples and the party organization will be re- quired to give them life and vitality. Honest and ec)nomical government, no un- Necessary governmentai powers, equal and just taxa.ion, no special privileges, the largest measure of 1ibera.ity consistent with law and order will continue 1o be fundamental Demo- cratic doctrines, needing coustant support and yindication. Let us not be discouraged, therefore, over the outlook of tne party. 1ffor atime it seemed to desert the people’s in- terests the desertion was unreasoning ana temporary. It will not be repeated. No such blunder will happen again. When the bitter- ness which that eiection contest has provoked has dled away, and people have forgotten po- litical hostilities in the returning .industrisl and commercial prosperity, Democrats will come together and, forgetting the past, look- ing only to the future, will coalesce once more on fundemental Democratic doctrines, in- spir:d and equipped for loug years more of valiant patriotic service for the wellare of their country. The ex-Governor was frequently ap- plauded before he ceased talking. Mr. Roosevelt then introduced Perry Belmont, who spoke briefly. Letters of regret were read from Secre- tary Carlisle of the treasury; Secretary Herbert of the navy, Attorney-General Harmon, Postmaster-General Wilson, Secretary Francis of the Ibterior, Secre- tary Morton of the Department uf Agri- culture, Carl Schurz, Churles A. Dana, Seth Low, BSecretary of War Lamont, Comptrotler Fitch and A. P. Hepburn. Vice-President-clect Garret A. Hobart also sent a letter of regret, in which he saia: “It will deprive me of the great pleasure of testitying Lo the high esteem in which 1 hold tue Governor, and my appreciation in common with his many friends of the valuable services he rendered in the last campaign.” It was nearly morning before the speech- making was over. The Jater speakers in- cluded William D. Bynum, Wiiliam Shee- hen, John De Witt Warner, General Curus and Edward Lauterbach. i i NOT AFTER CABINET PLACES, Neither Hanna Nor Proctor Will Accept a Portfolio. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 24.—A Herald ‘Washington special says: .Senator Proctor is the autherity for the positive statement that Mark Hanna will not be a member of the McKinley Cabinet. The Vermont Senator is not only close to the President- elect, but he is alsoa warm personal friend and admirer of Mark Hanna. It was while talking over the political situation vesterday ‘tbat Senator Proctor gave this interesting information concerning the political prospects of Hanna. According to Senator Proctor the Presi- dent-elect and many of his most devoted followers would be delighted if Hanna would consent to take a piace in the Cabi- net. Hanna, however, has no aspirations in that direction, and therefore it is use- less to use his name in the speculation over Cabinet portfolios. While denying the Hanna report Sen- ator Proctor also took occasion to wipe his own name from the Cabinet slate. He has enjoved all the glory that goes with a Cabinet position, and he would not relin- quish his seat in the Senate for a score of Cabinet portfolios. In this connection it is also stated that there is no desposition on the part of the President-elect to uattempt to influence the Republicans in the Senate to pass the Dingley tariff bill during the coming short session of Congress. It is generally ad- mitted that there has been no material change in the political complexion of the Senate since the Dingley bill was last con- sidered by that body, and therefore it is not probable that such a measurs would e as strong with the Kepublican party now as it was last winter. Under the circumstances the Senator says that he does not see that any prac- tical result can be obtained in the direc- tion of increasing the revenues at the coming short session, and there will have to be a full, free consideration of the sub- ject when the Republican party is re- sponsible for all tie vranches of Govern- ment. SN Are Against Senator Peffer. TOPEKA, Kans, Nov. 24.—Congress- mau-elect Ridgley of the Third District, Jerry Simpson of the Seventh and W. D. Vincent of the Sixth, all Populists, have written Senator Peffer, telling him that he haa better withdraw from the Sena- torial contest. They informed him, it is said, that they will be against bim. Jyohn W. Breidenthal gave oul a letter, in which he informs Senator Peff:r that ne would enter the contest to succeed him in the Senate. R Crisp to Mwccerd His Father, MACON, Ga., Nov. 24 —Charles R. Crisp was nominated without opposition to fill the unexpired Congressional term of his father, Hon. Charles F. Crisp, recently deceased. He is not quite 26 years of age. ' ol To Succeed Senator Pugh. MONTGOMERY, Ara., Nov. 24.—Pe:- tud, a Democrat, was to-day chosen to succeed S:nator Pugh. . CUBAN PATRIOTS ARE REJOICING Think Weyler's Return Means Abandonment of the Campaign. But the Captain-General Says the Insurgents Cannot Hold Qut Much Longer. While the Spanish Leader Rests in His Palace the Rebels Are B:sieging Puerto Principe. HAVANA, Cuss, Nov. 24.—The report circulated by the New York World to the effect that the men captured on the American filibustering schooner Com- petitor had been retried by court martial, despite a8 protest filed by Consul-General Lee prior to his departure from Havana, is absolutely without a word of truth. Only the preliminary examination of the prisoners on their second trial, as orderea by the Supreme Military and Naval Tribunal in Madrid, has as yet occurred, as was reported at the time by the United Associated Presses. It is not known when the trials will take place. Every effort has been made to learn the true reasons for the return last night of Captain-General Weyler from the prov- ince of Pinar del ..io. All that is known is that he came here on the gunboat from Mariel accompanied by only one adju- tant. The rest of his staff came by rail from Artemisa. General Weyler has made no official declaration concerning the condition of affairs in the province of Pinar del Rio. In an interview had with him just before he left Pinar del Rio he said he was satis- tied with his campaign. He had crossed to the south and had expected to meet Maceo to give him combat. He had, however, met only small bands of rebels, who disappeared when the Spanish troops came near to them. | When questioned concerning the where- abouts of Maceo General Weyler said: “I do not know where he is. Itis certain that I did not meet him in the hills or dells of Pinar del Rio. Despite their re- puted bravado the rebels always fled on the approach of troops.'” General Weyler added that the supplies of cattle that bad been obtained by the in- surgentsare disappearing, the troops cap- turing and destroying all that they saw. The military combinations planned by him had resulted as he had expected. All these combinations were not finished, but there would be much less to do at the end of the vear. The press comments on the return of the captain-general are very good, asis patural under the strict censorship exer- cised here. It is rumored that he will soon return to the field. One report has it that | the chief reason for his return to Havana | was pressing Government business which | demanded his personal attention. How- | ever, nothing really definite is known, and events in the near future are anxiously awaited. Some dissatisfaction is quietly expressed even by loyalists that Generai ‘Weyler, atter his long preparations to in- flict a crushing blow on Maceo, should now come back to the capital without even catehing sight of the main body of the rebels. The rebel sympathizer- are jubilant, believing that General Weyler's return signalizes the abandonment of his leadershin of the campaign. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 24.—Tha sym- pathizers with the Cuban cause in this city were very jubilant over the news that | Captain-General Weyler had returned to | Havana. Several reasons are given for | the general's action in withdrawing from the field, one of them being that Marqui Anumada, who took charge of affairs in | Havana during the absence of General Weyler, did not properly conduct the | war. The Cubans all agree that Weyler's | campaign in Pinar del Rio has been a failure. Senor Estrada Palma, president of the Junta, in an interview with a reporter to- day, said: *1 think Generai Weyler has disgraced himself by leaving the field, for, although he had over three times the number of men at his command that Maceo has in Pinar del Rio, he has not accomplished his avowed purpose tocrush the r-volutionists. “The information bas come to me,” he continued, ‘‘that the insurgent forces under General Calixto Garcia have be- seiged Puerto Principe, the fourth largest city in the island, which they now bracti- cally control, has, I believe, had some- thing to do with bisreturn, for heis neeaed in Havana to direct the entire movements of the Spanish army.” STRIKE OF THE DOCK LABORERS. Spread of the Dissatisfaction and There Is Trouble in Loading V:ssels at Several Ports. HAMBURG, GErMANY, Nov. 24.—The strike of the dock laborers and others em- vloyed in the shipping trade continues and- some of the ship owners and con- signees are finaing it difficult to get their vessels loaded or discharged. The Ham- burg-Amerlcan line has advised intending shippers by their steamers to send their goods by way of Bremen, Antwerp or Rotterdam. The companies in those places which belong to the Atlantic Steamship Associa- tion have undertaken to carry out all the contracts entered upon by the Hamburg- American Company. Similar measures will be taken in the matter of passenger traffic. Itis stated that the pooling ar- Tangemenis guaraniee the Hamburg- American Company against pecuniary loss trom a strike. There is no sign as yet of the differences between the shipping men and their em- pleyes beine adjusted. The employers are firm in their refusal to grant the de- mands of the men and the latter are equally as firm in their attempt to compel tne employers to accede to their terms. The movement threatens to spread to Bremen. The supoort that the strikers are receiving complicates the situation. Ship-owners and other employers of the harbor labor have decided to re-employ any of the men who express a willingness to return to work before Thursday at the old rate of pay without the increase granted lately as a compromise. They will not re-employ any of the men who refuse to accept their terms. The strikers now number about 6000. Work on the docksand in the harbor is almost at a standstill. A larve number of men who arrived from Friesiand and other places to fill the places of the strikers returned immediately upon learning of the position of affsirs. Joseph H. Wilson, En!idenl of the London Seaman’s Union, as telegraphed that the members of that union will not discharge any vessels from Hamburg. BREMEN, GERMANY, Nov. 24.—The dock laborers t.ere have demanded an increase in their wages and threaten to strike if their demand is not granted. The ware- house company has announced that it will renly in three days. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 24.—The officers of the British Shipping Federation say if any sttempt is made to prevent the coal- ing at - British ports of steamers from Hamburg, measures will be taken to re- place any of the men who refuse to work. ANTWERP, Brreivy, Nov. 25.—The executive committee of the Dock Labor- ers’ Union here are having difficulty in keeping the union men at work. ROTTERDAM, Hoiraxp, Nov. 24.—It bas been decidea by the Dock Laborers’ Union here to do nc work on vessels to or from Hamburg. LADY TINA SCOTT'S TRIAL. Earl Russell Takes the Witness-Stand and Denies All the Charges Made Against Him. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 24.—The trial of Lady Tina Scott and the other aefendants, Cockerton, Kast and Aylott, charged with having criminally libeled Earl Russell, was resumed in the Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning. Earl Russell was called to the witness- stand and narrated the circumstances of his purchasing and maintaining his yacht. He had on board a mate named W. R. Parker and a cabin boy named W. H. Parker, who left his employ to go into the royal navy. He was aware that W. H. Parker had been subpenaed as a witness in this case. It was not true that he had ever kissed W. H. Parker. He engaged Kast as cabin boy in June, 1887. Among the guests on board the vacht at the time were Ion Thynne, Cecil Fans aud Lane Fox. Earl Ruassell then proceeded to describe the arrangements on board the yacht for the accommodation of his guests and himself. Earl Russell denied Kast’s allegations of immorality on_board the vacht while the vessel was at Norfolk roads. He then | produced his diary, and by it proved that | it would bave been impossible for the acts charged to bave occurred on the dates al- leged. Lord Russeil stated that Kasy had never sicpt in his cabin. He had dis- charged Kast because of his fitthiness in the use or towels. Earl Russe!!l said that Kast had called upon him once after leaving the yacht and asked for work. Witness declined to re- employ Kast, but gave him afew shillings to heip him along. Avylott succeeded Kast | as cabin-boy on boara the yacht upon the recommendation of Cockerton. A lad named Lenton, who he heard might ap- Pear in the witness-box, was en.aged as deckboy, but he was discharged because he got drunk. The Sarl narrated the quarrels with his wile over money matters which had led to indecent allegations she had brought against bim. Earl Russell emphatically denied that he had been guilty of misconduet with Aylott. He bad discharged Cockerton for drunkenness and for overstaying his leave from the yacht. Aylott, be said, had acted as a valet up 10 1889. Coming tothe period of the marriage to Lady Scott’s daughter, the Earl said Lady Scott bad appeared to be on friendlv terms with Mr. Roberts (one of Lord Russell’s Oxford {friends) while visiting his house, though afterward she had made charges against both Roberts and himself. The trial was adjourned for the day. Lady Scott was permitted to renew her bail for her ap- pearance to-morrow and allowed to go free until then. A Ll ooy BOLD ROBBERY ON A CABLE-CAR. Desperadoes in Chicago Relieve Fassen- gers of Valuables and Make Their Escape. CHICAGO, I, Nov. 24.—One of the most daring crimes known in tke annals of this city was committed to-day and the bold desperadoes who perpetrated it have so far been able to elude the vigilance of the police. The audacity of the offense has taken the city by storm, and unless the police catch the criminals it is very likely the citizens will demand a thorough sbaking up of the whoie force. The scene of the crime was in'the heart of the retail section of the city. A State- street cable-car was proceeding along the street at 6:30 tbis morning, when several men who were standing on a corner mo- tioned to the conductor to stop. He did 80, and the two men boarded the car. As it moved away three other men who were standing on the opposite side of the street jumped on the front part of the car. “Fare, please,”” said the conductor to the first two men, who were standing on the rear platform. “Get out,” said one of them ana making a signal to the three men in front, he quickly entered the car. His companion planted himself in the doorway and pre- vented the conductor from entering. From the other end of the car two men entered, and the third b.ocked the en- trance. The car was crowded at the time, and when the three men thiew themselves on L. C. Barber, a passenger, there was great confusion, and several shouted, “Throw him off."”” At first it looked like a fight. The pas- sengers, however, were soon undeceived. Barber made a stout resistance, but two men held him while a third went through his pockets. He secured a watch and a small sum of money. Another passenger was treated to the same experience as Barber. By this time every one in the csr was up and making a noise. Several opened the windows and shouted, **Help! help!” while a few cried, “Robbers!"” The car was moving all the time, as the conductor was badly rattled. Finally he pulled himself together and gave the sig- nal for a quick stop. Assoon as the car | stopped the robbers leaped from it and | disappeared down a side street. Two po- licem n and a few passengers followed them, but to no purps:e. The Chief of Police has notified every policeman in Chicago, and a persistent search is being made for the daring thieves. =l HAZeD ELEVEN FRESYHMEN, Seren Sopliomores Have Been Suspended at Princeton. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 24—Seven sophomores of Princeton University have been suspended for the part they played in the hazing of eleven freshmen. A short time ago twenty-five sophomores took the eleven freshmen into the coun- | try, far enough away from the university | to escape detection. They tied the fresb- men securely, after laying them on the ground face downward. Then the sophomores proceeded to have fun with the victims. It is reported that they ran, jumped and fell upon the help- less freshmen until they were exhausted. | Then they untied the victims and told | them that if they reported their exper- iences to the college they would be pun- ished again. One of the victims was W. Irving Clark, Jr., a son of W. Irving Clark of this city. He returned to his home in a badly used up condition, but decided not to tell his father anything about the matter. It was impassible, however, to conceal the facts and he finally told his father. His parents were at first not inclined to allow him to return to college, but the boy insisted. Mr. Clark, however, reported the outrage to the facuity and seven of the worst offenders were suspended, while young Clark w”fl?‘"n assurance that he would be protected from injury by any of the students who were punished or by their friends. Depositors to Be Paid in Full. GALLATIN, Mo., Nov. 24.—The Daviess County Savings Association, the oldest banking institution in this county, closed its doors this morning. The liabilities amount to §109,000, assets about $160,000. Devositors will' be paid in fall. T. B. Yates and Milton Ewing are assignees. The bank was founded by Colonel J. B. McFerron and is notea as being one of the first to be raided and rohbed by the James brothers. This was in December, 1869, when they Kkilled the cashier, Captain Jonn Sheets. o CHINA WILL AID RUSSIA'S ROADS Celestials Now Show Their Gratitude to the Czar. All Obstructions to the Great Trans-Siberian Railroad Are Removed. | Death of Captain W. G. Pearns of the Steamship Gaelic at Hongkong cn the 4ta Inst TOK10, Jaran, Nov. 7.—It is confi- ! dently atleged that immediately before | the departure of the Russian representa- | tive, Count Cassini, from Peking on Sep- tember 30, be succeeded in concluding with the Chinese Government a conven- tion of great importance. The document sets out by declaring that the concessions made in it are by way of evincing China’s gratitude for the aid accorded by Russia at the close of the war between the former power and Japan. It gives Russia the right to carry her Trans-Siberian Railway to Kirin from two points—namely, west- | ward from some station in Siberia and | eastward from Vladivostok. It provides | thatthe Chinese system cf railways is to be brought into connection with the Rus- sian, to which end, should Cbina fina it inconvenient to construct her contem- plated lines from Kirin to Shanhaikuan and Port Arthur, she moy delegate the task to Russia. It commissions Russia to provide for the | security of any lines buil: by herin Chi- nese territory, by stationing troops along their route. It provides that lines form- ing part of the Russian system but run- ning through Chinese territory shall be purchasable by China after a period of thirty years, and that lines forming part of the Chinese system, but built by Rus- sia at China’s request, shall be purchasa- ble by China after a period of ten years. It concedes to Russians the privilege of working mines in Manchuria. It states that Ruassian officers shall be employed to drill China’s Manchurian levies. It leases to Russia the port of Kiauchou, and prom- ises that, on emergency, she shall have the use of Port Arthur and Talien, and it engages that every facility shall be given to Russian trade and travel. The bubonic plague has made its ap- pearance in a virulent form at Taipeh in kormosa. Forty-eight cases were re- ported between October 28 and November | 1and it has been deemed necessary to put the medical inspection rezulations into force against ships coming from the isl- and. Among the forty-eight sufferers thirty-six were Japanese. As yet the plague has not spread beyond Taipeh and | vigorous measures are being taken to con- | fine it to thet city. The new Governor-General received at Kobe, while en route for Formosa, a tele- gram from the Minister'of the Coloniza- tion Department, advising him of the ex- istence of the plague in the town where his headquarters are situated and recom- mended that he should defer his de- parture. The Governor-General declined to act on the recommendation, put tried to induce his wife and mether 1o remain behind ‘in Japan. They, however, in- sisted on accompanying him. Cholera continues to attack citizens of Tokio with a degree of vigor unintelligible in view of the cold weather and the ab- sence of any apparent center of contagion. There have been over a hundred cases in the space of three weeks. The foreign community of Yokohama has been thrown into a state of consider- able excitement by two shocking events that occurred in quick succession. The first was the suicide of J. T. Boag, a genial Scotchman and prominent member of so- ciety. Mr. Boag was a bill-broker. He possessed a magnificent physique and had always been conspicuous in athletic sports. But the evil custom of the East, dram- drinking, took hola of him several years ago, and though be visited America for the purpose of undergoing the gold cure the relief thus obtained did not prove per- manent. Despairing of recovery from a vice that revolted his self-respect and had destroyed his chance of winning the hand ofa lady he loved he shot himself through the head. Carew, secretary of the Yokohama Club, died from the effects of arsenic. The in- quest in the case of the latter gentleman has just been concluded. Suspicion at- tached to Mrs. Carew, but evidence was produced by ber legal advisers to show that her husband had been in the habit of taking arsenic as a tonic, and that, either accidentally or intentionally, he over- dosed himself. Little stress, however, is laid on the accidental theory. The point sought to be established is that a lady with whom Mr. Carew had been on terms of intimacy shortly before his marriage had suddenly come to Yokohama, and that her reappearance in his life induced bim to commit suicide, Captain W..G. Pearne of the Occidental and Oriental steamer Gaelic died in Hongkong on November 4. He is said to have beer greatly upset by the accident that happened to his ship near Shimono- seki some time previously, and his health probabiy suffered serious impairment in ii UF A4 MINISTER, Shot Down by Thugs Who Did Not Know His Calling. DECATUR, IrL,Nov. 24—Rev. James Milier, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church of Bloomington, was found mur- dered this morning. He had been shot in the center of the forehead. His pockets were rifled and a revolver was lying by his side. The Rev. Mr. Miller had been in Spring- field yesterday. He left for Decatur last evening. It is supposed that Le walked up the street to go to the residence of Dr. Catto. On the wav he was shot and robbed by some unknown person. Three men were seen loitering in the neighborhood about that hour. The crime has caused a great deal of indigna- tion throurhout Central Illinois, where the Rev. Mr. Miller was well known. The only object for the cold-blooded murder was robbery, and it must have been committed by somebody who did not know the calling of Mr. Miller. The pastor was in poor circumstances, had no jewelry and carried but very little money | with him. Mr. Miller was 60 years of age. He leaves a wife and three children. He was grand chaplamn of the Knights Templar of Illinois for twenty years. e 5 e DUPLICITY AND 4 TEAGEDY. Two Bodies Tell the Tale of Swicide and Murder. INDIANOPOLIS, Ixp, Nov.24.—Atan early hour this morning the bodies of a man and woman were found lying on the ground' in front of a vacant house in Downey street. Each body lay in a pool of congealed blood, and a revolver, lying close beside the man, showed how the tragedy had occurred. From letters found on the man it was ascertalned that his rame was Herman Meyvers. The woman was Nora A. Rich- ardson. The letters told the old story of | man’s duplicity and woman’s trustfulness and frailty, and indicated how the tragical enda had come to pass. There could be no doubt from the letters that Meyers had betrayed the girl under promise of marriaze and that she was soon 1o become a mother. He had evi- dently refused to keep his promise. The letters showed how she had begged him to save her reputation, and how he had refused to marry her. It is supposed that she followed him and begged him to keep his promise, until finally in a fit of anger he shot her, and then fearing the consequences took his own life, e PEACE 1s TABLISHED. Commissioner White Talks About the Venezuelan Case. NxW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 24.—The Hon. Andrew D. White, one of the Venezuelan Commissioners who is now in this city, in an interview with a representative of the United Associatea Presses to-day said that in the light of recent diplomatic corre- spondence between this country and Great Britain he considered peace as per- manently established between these two nations. Itis now practicable and honor- able for the administration to actasa guarantee, through the establishment of a board of arbitration, for a peacetul settle- ment of all differences, no matter how perplexing the questions that may here- after urise between the United States and England. Touching u{mn the work of the com- mission Mr. White said that they had their evidence on the boundary dispute in shape, and while no opinion had been ex- pressed by the comMissioners or actnal decision as to the merits of the case reacheq, still things were in such shape that the commission could now report on the whole matter at any time the Presi- dent desired them to do so. —_———— Cola Weather in Maine, PORTLAND, Mk, Nov. 24.—The weather in the northern part of Maine was exceed- ingly cold yesterday. Dispatches received here show the following temperatures: Presque Isle, 18 below zero, with six incnes of snow; Fort Fairfield, 15 below, with six inches oi snow:; Poulton, six be- Two days later—October 22—W. R. H, low: Caribou, 15 below ; Kino, seven above, with two inches of snow. NEW TO-DAY. e e e 2 P CC U i ’ u&li;”.‘mz m ik P Success is always his. 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