Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 October 1897 — Page 3

|ASIIINGTO£MES

WILL OFFER AUTONOMY

S!R0

CUBA SIMILAR TO THAT J, XJOL'EI) BY CANADA.

tnmster Loftin's Case Still a Topic of

rtnlerc«t-Soutlicm

Ofllces May Be Sus­

pended- -Tom Moore's Hat rod of the United States.

The press dispatches from Madrid arid confirmatory advices from official sources give great .satisfaction to the administration. It is clear from this correspondence that a very much better feeling exists at the the seat of the Spanish government towards this country and Cuba than was I possible while the irreconcilable servatives were In

power. Sagiit-U li"» made it clear that the Liberal policy will not be in approval

of

a continuation of wholesale human toitchery as a means of pacifying Cuba,

tnd

of brlnsing erring Cubans back into

fu]l

family fellowship. The administration looks ith complacency on the latest developments and sees in the not distant future a reward l'or the patience and forbearance which has distinguished its treatment of the \cry delicate and dangerous Cuban pic.blem. The fear of a rupture with Spain has been the only cloud on the horizon of the business world and the only possible obstacle in the path of returning prosperity. With its disappearance those who have large enterprises In hand will be free to go ahead, in the opinion of the experts of finance, a rush of jenerai activities.

Although there Is continued reticence at the State Department concerning Spanish Cuban affairs. It is understood that the government has been informed that Spain will offer autonomy to Cuba similar to that enjoyed by Canada, and in administration circles the prevalent opinion seems to be that if a full measure of real autonomy is offered It should be accepted by the Cubans. The Incoming of the Sajasta Cabinet Is welcomed by the administration, which several weeks ago was apprehensive of a possible early disturbance of our friendly relations with Spain.

The statement attributed to the new premier that he would favor the largest measure of autonomy has directed attention to the past efforts toward autonomy. Those offered by the Conservative Cabinet. and made known to the United States through the Sapnish Minister, Dupuy de Lome, contemplated a council of administration, elected In part by the Cubans. which was to have an advisory power in shaping the affairs of the island. This plan has taken the form of a lengthy decree, which has been already gazetted, although it has never been put into effectin Cuba, owing to the disturbed conditions. The objection found to this plan was that while it was In name autonomy, it did not give real home rule, as the Cuban council was not to be a legislative body, with final powers of making law*, but merely an advisory council. In contrast with this, it Is said that the Liberal plan of autonomy, as desired by the autonomist party of Cuba, contemplates a colonial parliament or legislature, with final powers of lawmaking, save the usual power of veto preserved in all forms of constitutional government. This would boon the lines of the home rule operating In Australia and Canada, and the latter countries were cited as examples of complete autonomy by the Spanish statesman, Castolar, when autonomy was first suggested for the Island. Such a measure of autonomy, it is said, would command much support In Cuba among the autonomist party. In this connection It is understood that the newly chosen President of the insurgents, Mendez Capote, Is a man of conservative tendencies, and during a visit to Washington some months ago Is said to have expressed views favorable to a close of hostilities on soir.e fair basis of compromise.

Republicans and Democrats In Washington arc exercised over the report that the administration has "gone back on" the cdored brother In the South and yield .: to the prejudice of the white man again: the appointment of negroes to local offices. In proof of this the rumored lesignatlon of Loftin, the negro postmaster of Georgia, Is pointed out. The story ir that Loftin has resigned to try for a position in one of the departments In Washington, and this move on his part i? accepted blindly by many as meaning tho abandonment by the administration of further recognition of negro Republicans of Hie South. The incident, however, has no such wide significance. If Loftin has resigned it is simply an Individual instance of a panic-stricken colored man who prefers going after safe employment in Washington to taking further risks of assassjnatlon at home. The stand he is said to have ti'ken in the matter affectB him as an Individual, but by no means establishes the general proposition that colored Republicans of the South are going to be deprived of the support and protection which the Federal Government throws about all its citizens, regardless of race, sex or condition.

An Associated Press dispatch says: Postmaster Loftin, of Hogansville. Ga., did not put in an appearance hero to-uay. far as the Washington authorities are advised. J^oftin has no intention of resignIn?. unless an inducement in the form of "Either good position in the government *orvlce is offered him. A suggestion that he be given another plnce was made by I-oftln's wife, who Is also assistant postmaster, in a letter to the Postofflce Department. In this letter she referred to the imminent danger of a renewal of vio--ence and expressed fear for both her husband and herself. She had begged her 'mi-band to resign, but ue lind declined, "aylng he preferred to remain and flgh .t °ut. Despite his attitude, she urged that "me other provision be made for him.

for

his own safety. Loftin has not communicated with the department for some time, and

no

official proposition for a

transfer i.ns been made to him. Sir. Ly­

ons, of Augusta, Ga„ Is a candidate for the postofflce tfhere, and a friend of Loftin was here to-day and said he was confident that the latter would decline to lot the trouble .force him to vacate his present office.

Postmaster General Gary has in mind the adoption of the plan that was put into effect by General Grant during the last days of his second term to punish the whites of the South w..en they rebelled against Fcueral appointments. In the days of "carpet-bag" rule It was the practice of people in tho South to manifest their disapproval of offensive appointments of postmasters in a very pointed manner, hostile demonstrations with shotguns often figuring in the performance. When things got so hot that appointees could not stand it any longer it was the practice of the department to suspend the office and not to re-establish it until the leading citizens of the community would furnish a satisfactory pledge to protect any appointees who might be named to the fullest extent. A few experiences of that kind brought the hotheads to terms and violence against postmasters became rare. A few repetitions of the Loftin incident may revive the practice which was found so efficacious along about 1875 and 1876. It is related by Judge James N. Tyner, of Indiana, who is now Solicitor General of toe Postofflce Department, but who was Postmaster General in 1876. that when ho cut off a Mississippi postofflce under circumstances such as described, Senator Lamar threatened him with impeachment. "Go ahead," said Tyner, "and if I am impeached It will make me President of tne United States." Lamar did not carry out his threat.

The grand jury of the district has returned three indictments against Francis J. Kieekhofer, late disbursing officer of the State Department, charging him with embezzling over $35,000 of government funds in July and October, 1895, and with appropriating to his own use $15,000 worth of government bonds. Kieekhofer was arrested in May, 1896, and Indicted, ". is embezzlements being stated at $37,466 in the Indictment. After an investigation of his accounts he was discharged fiv-n office, and it was announced that there was an apparent shortage of more than $100,000 in his accounts. Ills trial was to have taken place last spring, but was postponed owing to prior cases on the docket. Kieekhofer denies that he has been guilty of criminal conduct and asserts that the alleged shortage is due to careless bookkeeping.

The recently discovered omission of Thomas Moore's name from the roll of poets Inscribed on the walls of the new Congressional Library has aroused the Ancient Order of Hibernian in this city, and they are formulating an appeal to the 500,000 other members of the order In this country to bring pressure on Congress to have the omission rectified. These complaints have developed the fact that Moore wrote a number of bitter poems against America while in this country, and, unlike Dickens and some other literary critics, did not confine his strictures to America at large, but wrote a number of pointed, unpleasant and almost unprintable things about Jefferson, who was at that time President of the United States. These "poems relating to America" have been collected in a single volume, and it was upon this showing of deliberate insult to the then President of the United States that, the library officials say. the name of Moore was omitted from the honor roli of poets.

Secretary Long Tuesday gave the necessary orders for the sailing from Boston of the Yantic and her delivery to the State of Michigan for the use of the naval mllltla. The old ship will sail under her own steam some time between the 12th and 15th Inst. She will be under the command of Commander W. I. Moore, United States navy, who will have with him a crew of forty sailors. Lieutenants Newberry and Lothrop, representing the State of Michigan, will sail with the Yantic and on her arrival at Montreal will formally receive the ship from the hands of Commodore Moore in behalf of the State. All of the alterations In the ship's trim necessary to sccure her safe passage through the St. Lawrence canals will be made at Montreal at the expense of the

Michigan authorities. Of the sailors aboard ten will be placed aboard the United States steamer Michigan at Erie, six will be retained aboard the Yantic permanently as ship keepers, and the remainder of the crew will be shipped back to Boston from Montreal by rail. ....

Commissary General Sullivan has made his annual report to the Secretary of War. The expenditures during the year amounted to $2,1«5.209, of which $1,972,702 were for the subsistence of the army and the balance to settle claims and other purposes. There was expended for the relief of floor sufferers on the Mississippi and the Red river of the North $71,170. General Sullivan reports favorably upon the emergency ration, a test of which was made during the year, but he says the practical efficiency of the ration must be made where men are situated In a more critical environment than a practice march. On the test march the men were given full rations for two days, and then for ten days subsisted on the half allowance emergency ration. They marched an average of twenty-one miles per day and retained their muscular power and activity during the time.

FAM.ILV. SLAUGHTERED.

German Farniflr Kills Ilia Wife and Six Children and Shoots Ulinself.

Carroll. Ia.. special: The slaughter of a mother and her six children occurred at the home of John Boecker. a farmer living eight miles northwest of here, last night. Afterward the fiendish or demented" husband and father, at whose hands they died, completed his bloody work by sending a bullet into his own head, inflicting a fatal wound. The family were prosperous Germans, and as far as is known lived happily. No motive for the tragedy has been disclosed. Boecker's victims are his wife and Caroline, aged fourteen Christine, aged nine Henry, aged eight Lizzie, aged six: John, aged three, and an infant. All are dead hut Henry, and the latter cannot recover from his wounds.

15,000 LIVES LOST.

SIXTY

VILIiAGES

DESTROYED

15V FLOODS IN CHINA,

And a Large Number of Their 1 nliabitant llrouued—Appeals to tlic (iods Not Heeded.

AAT. E. Curtis, the special correspondent of the Chicago Record, in a recent letter from Paris, gives many Interesting details

RAILWAY FOR ALASKA.

Overhead Trolley Line to He Constructed Early Next .Spring.

New York special: Captain John Irving, of the Victoria and Sitka Steamship Company, commander of the Islander, Is at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Said C-ptain Irving in an interview to-day: "There will be a railroad over the passes and down the Yukon to the foot of the Whltu Horse Rapids before midsummer next. This enterprise is partly responsible for my visit to New York. It will be an overhead trolley, chiefly for freight, and will simplify the trip to Dawson City to such

A dispatch to the Chicago Record from Tacoma, Wash., says: The steamer Victoria brings nows of the most disastrous lioods that have visited China for many years. Sixty villages near Tung-Cliou, containing over eighty thousand Inhabitants, have been destroyed by Hoods and tho people drowned or forced to flee. I an extent that we shall carry goods down There is no moans of finding out how many thousands have been drowned, but the number is estimated by Chinese authorities at fifteen thousand to twenty thousand. The flooded district is within twelve miles of Peking, the capital of China. As a rule Chinese officials make very little stir when a calamity like this happens, hut tho proximity of the disaster has resulted in Its being brought to the attention of the Emperor, who has ordered that all possible relief be given. Survivors from tho villages nearest Pelting have been allowed such shelter as they can find in the city walls, but thousands are without protection against the rain, which continues to fall.

The distress of these people is most pitiable. Public spirited and wealthy men of Peking and Tung-Chou are actively assisting the authorities In providing them with food. The floods have greatly damaged a large number of estates belonging to Peking nobles. The unusual rains began July 23 and continued until August 15.

The crops in the flooded district were destroyed. The prefects, local magistrates and people of the flooded district prayed for the cessation of the rain seven days before they were finally driven out of their homes.

Early in September high officials of Peking and Tien-Tsin suddenly forbade the slaughter of catttle, their object being to appease the wrath of the gods and stop the rain. Proclamations to this effect were posted. The result was to cut off the entire meat supply, which led foreign consuls to protest against the prohibition and to report tho situation to the foreign ministers at Peking. It is claimed that the action of the officials constitutes a violation of treaty rights.

CONSUL-GENERAL UOAVDY.

The Ructhvllle St»t»«ra»n Reported to be Quite AO Ps,rit.

the Yukon Instead of up the river from St. Michael's. On my first trip to that port, early in June, I shall carry lumber for barges which will be taken to the upper Yukon. After the railroad is built our boats will rarely descend below Fort A'ukon. The barges will be floated or pushed down stream from the end of tho carrying trolley and towed back. AVe shall be able to make several of these short trips per month. There will be no fear of provisions running short then." "Will the building of that freight trolley be an expensive undertaking? was asked. "On the contrary, it will be very inexpensive," replied Captain Irving. "However, it will not carry passengers. The system employed so successfully for transporting ore and coal will be used. The packages will not exceed 100 or 200 pounds, and will be carried on an overhead wire, propelled by a series of endless cables. Elevations and steep grades are not factors in this method of transportation. The trees along the route will serve to support the carriers. A large storehouse can be erected at the terminus, and the goods shipped through all ordinary winter weather. This will do away with the hardships of he trip. Any man can walk over tho Cliilcat pass if he is unincumbered. Twenty miles of climbing from Dyea takes him over that obstacle. Then the lakes and river do the rest. We will undertake to deliver his supplies ahead of his arrival."

a STAMPEDE FROM MOBILE.

Ten Thousand People Driven FromiTheir Humes by Yellow Fever Scare

Mobile. Ala., special: There are now between 600 and 700 cases of fever In Mobile, but only forty of them show symptoms which might lead to the belief that the patients have yellow fever. Mobile is a city afflicted with fever and malaria, as a result of poor drainage and unsanitary conditions. Two years ago there were over 3,000 cases of fever in the city,

concerning Consul General Gowdy. He with its 40,000 people. Yet no one felt says that although the ex-chairman of the Republican State committee of Indiana cannot yet be considered an ideal Chesterfield, he Is rapidly taking on the polish of Parisian society and has made a very pleasing impression. He wears a collar every day, and his cravat is no "string tie," but Is a genuine fojr-in-hand

fixed up in the latest fashion. He trimmed

his claybank whiskers according to the Aran Dyke pattern before he sailed from New York, and since h» arrived in Paris he has shaved them off altogether and he looks like Julius Caesar now. He has a

The people of Paris, however, have seen very little of Mr. Gowdy, and he has seeen very little of them, because he has been ill with muscular rheumatism almost continually since his arrival and has suffered intensely. Sometimes he has not been able to get to the consulate for a week at a time, but now that he is well again he is the first man on the ground every morning and the last to leave at night, handicapped by inexeperienc, it is difficult for h?m to perform the duties of his office personally. He has no knowledge of foreign commercial af- about 14 per cent. fairs nor of the French language, and was never in a consulate in his life until he entered the office he now occupies but I with great diligence he is trying to master the intricacies of the situation and is applying his practical,sense in a masterful way.

Mr. Gowdy has taken apartments at 123 Rue de la Pompe, in pile of the plea^antest and most aristocratic portions of the

They have a !w iidsome oari iae and pp.ir c* oobiailfd horse? and the consul general is j-:|jecl!r'? by •he next steamer a pair of three-minute trotters for his own use. v."'uh he expects will throw dust in the eyes of every roadster on the Bois de Boulogne. Tl.e team cost him 1900 in Rushvllle. and will represent fully pi,200 or $1,500 before it reaches Paris. With a light, side-bar buggy and these Fteppers you may hereafter expect the United States consul-general to pas3 everything on the road.

Mr. Gowdy'd visiting card is expressed Jn French, and reads as follows JOHN K. GO\ArDY, Oonsul-General des Etats Unis d'Amerique a Paris.

ON THIilR WED DINC. TRIP.

dir. antl Mri. E'mcr E. Black Killed In a Railroad Wreck. Denver. Colo., special: There seems to bo no doubt that Elmer E. Black, a Pennsylvania railroad engineer, and his wife, who were on their wedding trip -to California^ were the victimsof the railroad wreck at New Castle, Colo., September 9. A special dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa.. ays that Superintendent Pitcairn, of the Pennsylvania road, has indentilled tltc burned portion of a Pennsylvania railroad pass, found at the wreck, on which the name of Black could be faintly deciphered. as the one issued to Elmer E Black. The remains of Mr. and Mrs Black were in all probability among tin ashes of snven unidentified victims whosr bodies were almost entirely destroyed bv fire. -.t -i,rs

any alarm nor saw anything in the fever to lead to the belief that it was the dread "yellow jack." People here have become accustomed to the fever, which usually lasts forty-eight hours, and never more than sixty hours. Not less than 10,000 people have left Mobile for liortnern points, and the city's commercial lnter-

1 ests are at a

standstill. The old resident,

with a knowledge of former yellow fever epidemics, remembers how the disease started with only two or three cases, In two days reached 100, and from that time on the deaths reached 20 per cent, of the

new suit of English clothes, wears a p'.ug I number afflicted. These recollections are hat and carries an umbrella for a walk- |.what drive the Southerner from his home. ing stick just like the members of the French Ministry. He greets everybody who enters the consulate with a dignity that is becoming and appropriate, and his unassuming cordiality pleases every one.

Now Mobile is deserted to all Intents and purposes. AA'holesale houses have suspended operations and paid off employes until the scare shall have passed. Dry goods and all other kinds of retail dealers have closed their doors. Restaurants, hotels and down-town resorts have pulled down their blinds. Only a few grocery establishments open in the mornings, and then for but a few hours. Royal street, which is usually crowdcd between the hours of 7 and 8 in the evening, is now as silent as a driveway in a cemetery. The people have heard long since that the possibilities of Infection are muih greater during the night than in daytime, and henco they keep closely confined to their houses. The death rate so far has been

THEY "PLAYED CIRCUS."

Two Boys Hadly Hurt While Eating Fire Hud Swullowiug a gwojed.

Rochester, N. Y., special: From imitating circus performers, whom tney saw a few days ago, Edgar Ivetchum, aged

city. It is or.ly a few minutes' walk from twelve, lies at the point of c|eath, and the Arc de Triomphe, and very near the Reynolds Smith, aged eleven y?ars, is terUnited States embassy and the Spit-tor l'iMy burned about the face. Young Smith palace, which Genera' Porter has leased tiied to imitate "Don Juan," the fire-eat-for his residencs. Mrs Gowdy ar.d Miss or. He stuffed cction saturated with benGowdy h-i'-e made a peasant iir.ivess'on zine in his mouth and ignited It. Before in the Aroericn colony -.md bia fair to he could spit it out he was terribly be popular.

burned, and it is thought he will lose the sight of both his eyefi. Although Ketchurn was somewhat alarmed at the fate of his companion, he did not hesitate in his part of "Diamond Dick," the sword swallower. He took from his pocket a silver paper cutter a foot long and shoved it down his throat. A stream of blood spurted from his mouth and he fell fainting to the barn floor. Examination showed that he severed a large vein enar the jugular. No hope is given for his recovery.

A BICYCLE DUEL.

Both Wheels DeraolUhed In th* Collision and Rldurs Rendered I'ncouscioiiR.

St. Louis special: Two prominent East St. Louis young men, who were In love with the same young woman, met Monday night and agreed to fight a duel on bicycles. They were to start J00 yards apart and ride together, and the man and wheel which appeared in the best condition after tho meeting was to have full play for the hand of the young lady, iho other to draw off the track. They m^t with their friends in St. Louis aver.ie at the extreme end, and carried out he contract as agreed. They came torether with a crash, and both wheels were totally demolished and both riders endered unconscious. They were taken lome in buggies and medical assistance •ailed. It will be several days at least ,-foro cither of them will be able to leave .is bed. The referee refused to render decision. ...

A SPANISH CRISIS.

THE MINISTRY

RliSICJX

BECAUSE

OF IXSlIHMOi'M'ABLli

FAC­

TIONAL DIFFERENCES.

A Liberal Cabinet to be Organized—G*n AVeylei- Mi.'I Probably lie K®-.-iH«d.

Madrid cable: Again there is a political crisis that will stir the country from one end to the other. The Spanish Ministry, worn out in the attempt to survive factional differences and carry on the war in Cuba, has resigned. At the meeting of the Cablr.et wMch was held AYednesday, Premier Ascarraga «iid to his colleagues. "This is the .".rst occasion since the death of Scr.or Canovas, which left the Conservative party without a head, that a meeting of the Cabinet, with a'.! of the members present, lias been held. "Therefore, and in view of Ihe present political situation in the kingdom, I think tho council should ask the crown if the Cabinet which has been deprived of its chief still enj»ys the crown's confidence. Consequently we tender our resignations to the Queen."

The Duke of Tetuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that he concurred in the sentiments expressed by Genera! Azcarraga, though, he said, no senov..-s incident had occurred since the death of Senor Canovas. Subsequently the resignation of the Cabinet was tendered to the Queen Regent and accepted by her. She lias asked General Azcarraga to continue in office until a solution of the crisis is found. Her Majesty has summoned the leaders of the varinons parties and the presidents of the chambers to consult as to the situation. Senor Sagasta has been telegraped for, and It is believed that the Liberal leader will be asked to form a Cabinet. It is said that Senor Sagasta is in favor of superseding Captain General AVeyler and of granting autonomy to Cuba immediately. Senor Gamazo will probably be Minister of Foreign Affairs In the new Cabinet.

PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR.

Streets or the City of Warsaw Undermine Tor the Purpose of Blowing Him Up.

Warsiw, Poland, cable: Though an official denial will be forthcoming, it has leaked out from official circles, in such a manner as leaves no room for do^bt, that there was a deliberate and determined plot against Emperor Nicholas at the time of his recent visit to this city. Its RUCCS3 was only frustrated by accident. Several weeks before the arrival of the imperial party a number of persons supposed to belong to the German Socialist party undermined Norvy sviat, the principal street in Warsaw, between the governor's palace and the royal castle. As the tunnel, which had been undertaken from the cellar of a beerhouse, approached completion the conspirators became apprehensive of a collapse of the roadway and calling in several Polish masons to build supports. The masons, whose suspicions were aroused, notified the police, and 130 arrests followed. Among those in custody are four disguised German officers, either on leave or belonging to the landwehr. and who had been active the actual work of tunneling. A number of merchants and manufacturers from the town of Lodzy, Poland, are also implicated.

WANTONAND UNNECES^ART

i'-'TOTO

Such Is the A^erdlct of the Coroner's Jury On the Luttlmer Mvimcre.

Hazleton, Pa., spe?ial: The coroner's jury, which investigated the death of the striking miners at Lattimer, met in Deputy Coroner Cowan's office this evening and after an hour's deliberation rendered the following verdict:

That, from th? circumstances of the case and the evidence offered, the said C'ement Platock and others came to their dta.lis by gunshot wounds on Sept. 10. 1S9'.', at the hands of Sheriff James Martin and his deputies, and this we, the jury, do all agree, and we, Phil J. Boyle. Thomas T. Thomas, Barton Frees and Pe'er McKlernar. of this Jury do further say that tte said Clemen: Piatock, with others, waff marching peaceably and unarmed on tne p\iblir- hignway that they were Intercepted by said Sheriff Martin and his deputies and mercilessly shot to death, and we do further find that the killing was unnecessary and *„ould have been avoided without serious injury to either perseR or property, and we find finally tha. the killing was wanton and unjustifiable, but in this wo, George Mau» and F. J. McXeal. of this lurv, do notccncur, and we, the jury, do further say that there was such strong suspicion of unlawful violence at th» hands of person or persons unknown to tills jury as to make this inquest necessary."

Henry George For Mayor.

The United Democracy of Greater New York nominated Henry George for Mayor.

THE MARKETS.

INDIANAPOLIS.

WHEAT, No. 2 red $ .92 CORN, No. 2 yellow .2% OATS. No. 2 white .23 HAY, No. 1 timothy 6.50 7.00 CATTLE—Shippers 3.50 4.60

Stockers 3.00 4.23 Heifers 2.75 & 4.25 Cows 1.25 8.50 Bulls ... 3.20 3.40 HOGS 4.15 4.40 POULTRY—Hens .08

Springs .08 Cocks .' .03V4 Young Turkeys .10 'jams :... .06 Tijins ir .08 Old Hen Turkeys .n Ducks .06 Gees* 9 .M BUTTER, Choi re Country.. .10 EGGS .13 FEATHERS—Geese, per lb/- .30 ruck .11 WOOi/-Unwashed Medium .15

Tubwaslied .23 BEESW AX 25 9 HONEY Hi .14 HIDES 07% it .0S%

CHICAGO.

WHEAT .94^4 L'ORi- .27% OATS .23 PORK, per barrel $.20 S.15 LARD, per 100 lbs ,.... *.526

TOPEKA'S BLOW OUT.

The KUIM Capital City Indnlgas In Hlffh Old Tluia.

Topeka, Kan., special: The twentyfifth, or silver, anniversary of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway

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observed to-day. Tills celebration resolved itself Into a general flold day for all the employes of the system, and a large share of them were in Topeka at the cxercises. They came from four different Statss. More than 5,000 employes were in line In the parade In the forenoon, nearly every branch of the system being represented. The parade was a historical representation of the changes brought about during Nie system's growth. There were floats of living pictures representing the Santa Fe trail, road construction, real Indian braves, squaws and papooses in their modes of travel, a stage coach that did service 011 the trail In 1870, and a hundred floats showing the details of engine and car building. There was also a full size locopiotive and tender drawn by eight pair* pf horses. There were floats from towns all along the lines of tho Santa Fe in Kansas. Tho day's exerciaes were continued at the fair grounds in the afternoon, when an immense crowd gathered in th* pavillion. Addresses were made by Prescient Ripley, of the Santa Fe, and by [Udace F. AValker, chairman of the boarA pf directors. It was the third day of Topeka's fail festival, and it is estimates that 60,000 strangers wore in town. Tha parade was reviewed by Governor Leedj and Santa Fo officials.

Miss Edna Whitney, of Chllllcothe, Mo., nn employe in a cigar manufactory at that place, who Is here as queen of the festival, was escorted to the place of review by Governor Leedy. The Governor is making a special effort to make th« Missouri girl's stay in Kansas pleasant and to show his admiration for women who support themselves. Miss Whitney was rejected In Kansas City when soma of her friends made an effort to send her to the fall carnival there as a maid of honor In the retinue of their carnival queen.

DEBS'3 LATEST SCHEME.

Social Democracy's Leader May Baild I Railway In Tennessee.

Railroad building haa been selected by Eugene V. Debs as the first great industrial project to be undertaken by the Social Democracy of America. He haa sought for the privilege of constructing a railroad In Tennessee, and If his preliminary plans meet with favor the work will be launched next month. The City Council of Nashville will receive a formal proposition from the Social Democracy to build a seventy-flve-mile road from Nashville*' to Lebanon, which will be turned over to the city of Nashville for a nominal consideration. Labor for the building and operation of the road will be furnished by the Social Democracy, and it is intended that the road be maintained under the methods set forth by the advocates of. public ownership of railroads. The building of the line, with another small line at Monterey to connect with the Cincinnati Southern road, owned by the city of Cincinnati, will give a direct road to Cincinnati. It is proposed to employ Idle labor in constructing the rood, and the Social Democracy will have for ita selection capable and experienced railroad men, who were members when it wa11 the old American Railway Union. The establishment of a colony on the line of th* new railroad will be a second undertaking.

UNHEALTHY I

Negroes Return From That Country la Destitute Condition.

Liverpool cable: Otley Waite and flva chiiuien and G. AV. Farmer and wife, all colored, who belong to a party of 31ft emigrants who left Savannah for Liberia by the steamer Labrador In March, ISM, have just arrlveU here from Liberia. The Farmers are destitute and the Waltes have only money enough to enable them to reach the United States. All the adult members of the party described the condition of those whom they have left in Liberia as being most pitiable. They say the land promised them by the Liberian agents in the United States turned out to bo absolutely no good. They assert that more than half of the Labrador's party are dead and that the rest of them are trying to reach the United States. The Waltes and Farmers say. In conclusion, that the Liberian government did nothing fur them, and that the climate of the Republic of Liberia Is most unhealthy.

PREACHER KELLOQ IS DEFIANT.

He Keeps at Work With a Shotgun t# Protcct Himself.

St. Louis special The Rev. R. J. Kellogg, pastor of a little Congregational church in Denverside, not far from Bast St. Louis, on the Illinois side of the river, is building a parsonage under the protection of a double-barreled shotgun. Mr. Kellogg was formerly pastor of the Sum-mit-avenue M. E. church, of Bast St. Louis. He put $600 of his money Into the Denverside building and was ordered to turn it over and go elsewhere. The Congrexattonnllsts bought the church and ha became Its permanent pastor.

He wanted a parsonage. The congregation was too poor to build him one. He said he would build it himself with what heli he could g9t from the congrcgatioa and others. Last Monday, a week ago, A. C. Palmer, an officer of the Carpenters' Union, demanded that non-union men be discharged and union men taken in their places. "I have no objection to employing union men," said Mr. Kellogg", "but I will not discharge my neighbors to make places for others."

Friday night while at work alone on the parsonage, Mr. Kellogg was assaulted by (i gang of seven men, who compelled him fo discontinue work for the time being, fie secured a shotgun and hereafter he tvill take It to the building and keep It ^nndy for Instant use, should another I ttack be made

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him. These facts be-

inmo public to-day when Mr. Kellogg ivent to East St. Louis and applied for warrants.