Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 295, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1900 — Page 1

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ALL EYES IN EUROPE AHE TURNED TOWARD IT. French Paper Profess to See In the Aoglo(jeriuan Agrernirnt a Snob for the Great Hear VIEWS AT OTHER CAPITALS SUBSTANTIAL GEH 31 AN PRESS EXPRESSES ITS SATISFACTION. Fevr Anuiopliobes Object, hat the Austrian Paper Seem to Be Please with the Situation. ENGLISH PRESS IS JUBILANT XIEGAIIDS IT AS A TRIUMPH FOR SALISBURY'S DIPLOMACY. Belgian Criticism Chlnee Troops Beaten by Boxer Unrest in Southern China Envoys Moving;. PARIS. Oct. a.-The Anglo-German agreement to maintain the territory and Integrity of China and to keep her ports open to the commerce of the world continues to monopolize public attention In France, the omission of the name of Russia, according to the version of the agreement supplied by the Ilavas agency, being the chief subject of comment. The Temps pays: "We can see nothing In the sense of the agreement which does not merit approbation, but the elimination of Russia's name Is calculated to hurt her feelings by showing distrust, even supposing the intentions of the two powers to be the purest. It is to be regretted that the wording of the agreement gives an appearance of hostility to an ally. The work of peace U not furthered by throwing a bomb. "There are two Important points In the agreement. The first Is that the second article destroys somewhat the value of th protocol's disinterestedness by reserving to the contracting parties the right to make eventual arrangements according to the behavior of a third party. The second point Is that if this specific acccrd indicates a lasting understanding between Germany and Great Britain It will be thanks to the sad Transvaal war, the realization of a favorite plan of Lord Iiosebery and Mr. Chamberlain, and at the same time the starting point of a new era in International relations." - The Journal des Debats, after expressing a doubt that the agreement is directed against Russia, asks whether, on the contrary, Germany and Great Britain having accepted the situation as it affects the es tablishment of Russia north of the Great Wall, have not excluded from that region other powers who are prohibited from ex tending themselves at the expense of China. Vlf this be the case," it says, "it Is the in tegrity of China proper which the two contracting powers guarantee. Before giv ing a definite opinion regarding the attl tude, wo must know the attitude of Rus- . sla, for the Importance of the agreement depends entirely upon whether it is or Is not hostile to Russia." After the foregoing and similar comments had appeared in the French press. It be came known that all the papers had been put on a false scent by an error in trans rnlttlng the text of the agreement, the omission of the name of Russia from the names of powers to whom the agreement Is to be comunicated. All the comments were written on the theory that the Havas agency text was correct. Criticism of England. BRUSSELS, Oct. 21. The Independence Beige, which considers the Anglo-German agreement directed against Russia, "whose 4 4 A-t sa tr 4Ha 110. I Vinn. nAlm m ' tays: "Great Britain is too weak and ex hausted to undertake Isolated action, and, w.'rhlng to prevent other powers from Obtaining more than herself, she Insists ou the maintenance cf the status quo.' German Papers Are Pleased. BERLIN, Oct. 21. With the exception of a few notoriously antl-Brltlsh journals, the entire German press approves the Anglo German agreement, Its effect on Russia excites keen curiosity, It being no secret that the relations between Germany and Russia have lately become cooler. An Austrian Opinion. VIENNA. Oct. 21. The Fremdenblatt and the Neue Freie Press approve the. agree ment between England and Germany, and express themselves as confident that all the powers will adhere to It, because any Xower declining to do so would excite dls trust. TRIU3IPII OF DIPLOMACY. Almost Unanimous VIevr of the Impor tant British Journals. LONDON. Oct. 22. All the morning papers dilate on the high importance of the Anglo-German agreement. The Dally Telegraph, which describes It as "The mcst remarkable success scored by British diplomacy since the Berlin treaty," rays: "The significant circumstances of Its publication clearly suggest that it was initiated by Lord Salisbury at the moment when an ill-considered call was made for his retirement from the foreign office." Although without euch effusive praise of Lord Salisbury's diplomacy, most of the papers warmly approve the agreement, and recognize In It a warning to other powers, especially Russia. The Daily Graphic remarks: "The agreement is the direct outcome of Germany's isolation in China. She had found herself committed to a punitive policy without the support of the other powers. It Is another Journey to Canossa for the German Jingoes." The Dally Mall observes: "The agreement almost amounts to an offensive and defensive alliance. It will put ah end to the last hope of European Intervention in South Africa." The Standard, which is unstinted in its praise of Lord Salisbury and Count Von luelow, has this to say: "The agreement should be Indorsed with alacrity by the United States government, which has constitu,ted itself an advocate of the 'open door and la almost nervously anxious to

avoid any prolonged entaug'cme'.t in the

far East." The Times, somewhat less eulogistic. . . 1 1 1 . Says: "It seems xo ue a. sensiu;e auu lusinessllke agreement so far a3 It goes, tut it hardly Justifies the far-reaching inferences some persons appear disposed to draw from it. The first and second clauses bind us to nothing which we have not repeatedly professed. The third is purely contingent and relates altogether to an eventuality that has not arisen, and. we trust. Is extremely unlikely to arise. Russia has expressly declared that her occupa tion of Manchuria is only temporary, while nobody can suppose that Germany intends to abandon her traditional policy toward Russia In favor of an Anglo-German alliance." , The Dally Chronicle, the Morning Tost and the Dally News adopt similar tone. The first journal says: "The third clause may mean nothing or something very serious, as no sane man expects Russia to withdraw from Manchuria." The Morning Post says: "Russia probably will not be frightened by the third clause of the agreement. Doubtless she has al ready made her bargain with Germany, the latter being in the habit of making agreements with both sides at once." The' Dally News, after asking whether there is any secret understanding behind the agreement, says that Lord Salisbury has again changed his policy and has abandoned the British sphere of Influence along the Yang-Tse Klang. RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON. OClclal Text of the Agreement, Which I Along American Lines. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The State Department has received a copy of the AngloGerman agreement regarding China, published In the "Associated Press dispatches from London yesterday afternoon. It was sent to the department yesterday afternoon by Count De Quadt, the German charge d'affaires, who earlier in the day had received It by telegraph from Count Von Buelow, the German chancellor, at Berlin. The official version Is Identical in terms with that, already published, and it was communicated to our government with only a formal letter of transmission. Count De Quadt Is very much gratified over the agreement between the powers and believes It augurs well for the prompt beginning of peace negotiations in China. . Nothing has yet come to our government from the American embassy at Berlin touching the agreement between Germany and England. The feeling on the (CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.) RETURNED. TO CHICAGO SENATORS IIANNA AND FRYE HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TOUR. Hannn Says South Dakota Is Safe and He Thinks Nebraska I AU Roosevelt's Day of Rest. CHICAGO, Oct 21. Senators Ilanna and Frye arrived hero this afternoon from Omaha, where last night the concluding meetings were held of their week's touring of Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Senator Frye probably will leave to-morrow for New York, while Senator Hanna will devote most of the coming week to speechmaklng In Chicago, with Joliet, 111., also on his itinerary. Senator Hanna was almost worn out from his week's traveling, and was suffering considerably from rheumatism. "I have taken South Dakota out of the doubtful column," said Senator Hanna. "There Is no doubt In my mind that Its electoral vote will be cast for McKinley. Of course, surface indications are all one can go by on a trip of that kind, but the Immense crowds I talked to and the warm greetings I received leave no other opinion possible. Personally, I thoroughly believe Nebraska also will go for McKinley." RESTED AT HOME. Governor Roosevelt Spent a Very Quiet Day at Oyster Bay. NEW YORK, Oct. 2L Governor Roosevelt spent to-day at his home at Oyster Bay quietly resting from his labors after his trip through the West. He received no visitors at all except Private Secretary William J. Youngs, who had a conference with his chief In the afternoon. The Governor did not go to church, and Mr. Youngs explained the refusal to see any one on the ground that every moment that could be taken from the campaign must now be taken advantage of In order to save the candidate's strength. Mr. Youngs said he was surprised at the fine condition of the Governor. He was suffering from his throat somewhat, but not to such a great extent as was feared. The strain on the vocal chords had strengthened them after making them sore and the Governor's voice was now In far better condition than after less work during the last state campaign. Governor Roosevelt will leave Oyster Bay to-morrow morning. He will go direct to New York and then will commence his last tour of the campaign. Texas Electors Recognized. CHICAGO, Oct. 21. Cecil A. Lyon, of Sherman, Tex., chairman of the Repub lican stato executive committee of Texas, who has been in Chicago since Saturday, nas received from Cnairman Hanna, of the Republican national committee, au thority to name Taul Fricke, of Brenham, and W!!br Crawford, of Cameron, as electors at large on the Republican ticket In Texas. Both of these candidates were named by the Waco convention, controlled by the Hawley faction, and the authority now given is to avoid any question of the legality of the nominations. TORNADO IN TEXAS. Six Lives Known to lie Lost Other Person Are Missing. ATLANTA. Tex., Oct. 21. A tornado struck about half a mile west of Lodi and fifteen miles west of here this morning at 7 o'clock. The path of the tornado was two hundred yards wide and the wind swept everything before it. One house, in the center of its path, occupied by colored people, was destroyed, six people being killed outright and three others are miss ing, who are supposed to be dead. Tfte storm traveled from the southwest to the northwest, crossing the Texas & Pacific Railroad at Campbellsvllle Spur, a lumber-loading station, two miles north of Lodi. Tho lumber was curried away In all directions. It Is feared further loss of life has resulted out in the country. A hard rain ieu ntre all morning, commencing about 7 o clock, with a light hall at 7:15. The result will' be considerable damage to the cotton crop remaining uugathered In this kctlou.

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IT DESCEXDS ON MR. STEVENSON AND HE PROPHESIES. Indiana n Certainty for Ilryan, and Ohio nnd New York in the Doubtful List vrith Illinois. COLONEL BRYAN WAS LOST MISSED HIS TRAIN CONNECTIONS AND COULD NOT BE FOUND. Whi Known to Be Headed West in an Effort to Find the East, hut Finally Reached Pittsburg. JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING HE WILL CATCH THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE AT HUNTINGTON. Kept III ned After the Round-Up, and Would Not Respond to the Call from the Ohio Crowds. CHICAGO. Oct. 21. Adlal E. Stevenson, who returned to Chicago yesterday from his campaigning trip through the Eastern States, in an interview to-day spoke enthusiastically of the Democratic activity In the States through which he passed. Mr. Stevenson made the flatfooted declaration that the Democrats would carry Indiana, and added: "Ohio should be put down as very likely to give its electoral votes for Bryan. To my mind the two great doubtful States which lean more strongly to the Democratic than to the Republican Eide in thl3 fight are New York and Ohio." Mr. Stevenson then made tho following estimate of the situation as it stands today: For McKinley: California, 9; Connecticut, 6; Iowa, 13; Maine, 6; Massachusetts, 13: Michigan, 14; Minnesota, 9; New Hampshire, 4; North Dakota, 3; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 32; Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 4; Wisconsin, 12; .Wyoming, 3. Total, 13S. For Bryan: Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 8; Colorado, 4; Florida, 4; Georgia, 13; Idaho, 3; Indiana, 15; Kentucky, 13; Louisiana, ; Maryland, 8; Mississippi, 0; Missouri, 17; Montana, 3; Nebraska, 8; Nevada, 3; North Carolina, U; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 15; Utah, 3; Virginia, 12. Total, 189. Doubtful: Illinois, 24; Kansas, 10; New Jersey, 10; New York, 28; Ohio, 23; South Dakota, 4; Washington, 4; West Virginia, 6; Delawai e, 3. Total, 120. Mr. Stevenson left to-night for a three days' tour of Michigan. COL. BRYAN AVAS LOST. Missed Ills Railroad Connections and Thereby Caused Dismay. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Oct. 21. The private car Rambler, In which W. J. Bryan is making his tour of the country, arived here about 8 o'clock to-night, but Mr. Bryan himself was not a passenger on the car. It brought only tho newspaper correspondents who usually accompany Mr. Bryan. They had been separated from him at Buffalo and had not been able to connect with him aftar leaving that city. Mr. Bryan's failure to reach here at ths time expected was due to a series of unscheduled occurrences. In order to make connections it was necessary for the Ram bier to leave Buffalo at 11 o'clock last night. Mr. Bryan's meetings in that city kept him so late that it was impossible for him to leave at that hour, and he dliected that the car should proceed without him, intending to follow on a later train In the belief that he could overtake the car at Pittsburg during the forenoon to-day. When the car with its load of correspendents reached Pittsburg they discovered that Mr. Bryan had not arrived and that he could not reach that city in time to allow the car to be attached to the regular train or. the Ohio River Railroad, which was the only train of the day that would reach Huntington in time to allow Mr. Bryan to make a speech there to-morrow morning. They therefore proceeded on their way to Huntington, and at Wheeling It was learned that Mr. Bryan had concluded to attempt to come to Huntington by way of Columbus, O., with the expectation of reaching this city early to-morrow morning. At Wheeling the newspaper correspondents were met by a committee of distinguished West Virginia Democrats, headed by Colonel John T. McGraw, national committeeman from that State, and J. II. Holt, Democratic candidate for Governor. This committee occupied a parlor car of Its own, and the members will accompany Mr. Bryan throughout h's West Virginia tour. At many places the peoplo were Incredulous about the absence of Mr. Bryan, and some insisted upon going through his car and making a. search for him. There was a general expression of disappointment over his nonappearance. Oil City, Pa., probably experienced as great disappointment over Mr. Bryan's failure to come on the train announced as any other place. The train reached that city at 4 o'clock this morning, and despite the early hour there were several hundred people gathered at the railroad station to welcome him there. The newspaper correspondents were aroused from their slumbers by loud calls for Bryan, and by vigorous knocking on the car windows. Those of the correspondents who raised their sashes and spoke to the crowd were at first not very pleasantly received. The people had gathered there with the Idea of getting Mr. Bryan out in order that they might present him with an immense bouquet which they had brought to the train. Evidently some of them believed that the statement that he was not aboard was a mere subterfuge to relieve him from going out to meet them. When one of the correspondents said. "We will see that he gets the flowers," a big man in the crowd responded In one of Mr. Bryan's pet Interrogations, "Who's we?" Return of the Prodigal. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Oct. 21.-Wllllam J. Bryan arrived in this city unannounced this morning over the Pittsburg & Lake Erie road, and left for Huntington, W. Va., at 10:25 via the Panhandle route. Through the failure to connect at this polut with hi

special car, which had been sent from Buffalo ahead of him, Mr. Bryan was compelled to take a Panhandle train for Columbus, where he will take a Norfolk &

Western train for Huntington, arriving about 1 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr. Bryan's short stay here was not marked by any special ceremony, owing to the fact that his coming was not known. His presence soon became known, however, and he was called upon at the Monongahela House by a number of the local Dem ocratic leaders for a social chat. The trip from the hotel to the station was made by street car, and upon arrival quite a crowd had gathered and insisted on a handshake all round. Leaving Pittsburg. Mr. Bryan Immedi ately sought his berth in the drawing room of the sleeper, where he rested during the afternoon. At the various towns through which the train passed crowds had gathered at tho depots, but the candidate kept his bed. ETHICS OP EMPIRE. Its Vulgarity Induces the Esthetic Opposition to Issne n Plea. CHICAGO, Oct. 21. The American Antlimperiallst League Issued an address tonight to "all Independent-voters In the United States," askii.g them to support William J. Bryan for President. Among the names attached to the document are those of George S. Boutwell, Boston; D. H. Chamberlain, Massachusetts, former Governor of South Carolina; Joseph 8. Fowler, Washington, ex-United States sen, ator; Edwin L. Godkin, New York; William Lloyd Garrison, Boston; Judson Harmon, Cincinnati, ex-attorney general; Bishop F. D. Huntington, Syracuse. N. Y.; Thomas Wentworth Hlgglnson. Boston; ex-Representative Henry U. Johnson, of Indiana; Charles Eliot Norton, Harvard University; Franklin Pierce, New York; Arthur Latham Perry, Williams College; Edward M. Shepard, New York; Moorfield Storr, Boston; Edwin F. Uhl, Grand Rapids, Mich.; John J. Valentine, president Wells-Fargo (CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.) FOUR FIREMEN DEAD TWO 11ADLY INJURED AT A BLAZE IN 3T. PALL. BIG Packing House nnd Machinery Warehouse Fire Accompanied by an Explosion of Gasoline. MEN BURIED IN THE WRECK FOUR WERE INSTANTLY KILLED BY FALLING TIMBERS. Loss Is About 9150,000, Distributed Among Several Companies Dodles ' All Recovered Without Delay. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 21. As a result of a fire which broke out in the slaughtering pen of A. V.- Jlinman & Co.'s packing house at the Minnesota transfer shortly after midnight last night, four firemen are dead and a number of others are injured and property to the amount of about $130.000 burned. The Dead. WILLIAM M. IRVINE, second assistant fire chief. LIEUTENANT FRANK M EDEY, engine company No. 13. BURT IRISH, engine company No. 13. LOUIS WAGNER, engine company No. 13. The Injured. WILLIAM FIELD, engine company No. 1, internal injuries. ANDREW JOHNSON, engine company No. 13, taken from the ruins badly crushed The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. From the packing house the flames spread to the warehouse of the Northwestern Lime Company, thence to the McCormlck Harvester Company's large brlcK warehouse, filled with farm machinery. It was here that the fatalities occurred. Tho firemen of engine company No. 13 had entered the McCormlck warehouse to better fight the flames. There was a tank containing 200 gallons of gasoline in the rear of the building, and its explosion shattered the walls which burled the men Andrew Johnson was taken from the ruins alive, but very badly Injured. The bodies of the other victims have all been recovered. The McCormlck Harvester Company was the heaviest loser. Its loss footing up $3S0,000. Of this $80,000 was on buildings and 5300,000 on stock and notes. They carry no insurance. The loss of D. M. Robblns, owner of the packing house where the fire originated, Is placed at $C3,C00. The loss to the Great Northern Railroad on cars destroyed foots up $8,000; Northwestern Lime Company. $15,000; A. V. Hinman & Co., lessees of the packing plant, $1,000 on stock and machinery; the Merriam Park Ice Company, $1.000 on buildings and stock, and other minor losses which will bring the total to nearly $159,000. Losses other than the McCormlck Company are well protected by Insurance. PADUCAH BUSINESS FIRE. Kentucky Town Suffers a Loss of Ttto Hundred Thomnnd Dollars. PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. 21.-The most disastrous fire that has visited Paducah for years broke out In Morton's Opera House this morning at 1:20 o'clock. The fire had gained considerable headway before It was discovered, and the building was doomed before the fire department, only half a block away, could reach the scene. The largest dry-goods store In the city, owned by L. B. Ogilvie & Co., occupying the ground floors of the building, was destroyed, as well as many offices, a barber shop and David Von Cullen's bookstore. The losses are estimated at $200,000. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Philadelphia Abbntolr Ilnrned. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21. The abbatolr of the West Philadelphia stockyards was lartlally destroyed by a fire of unknown origin to-day, causing a !oss of about $5Q,0v0, fully covered by Insurance. Corr Wrecked a Train. ALTOONA, Pa., Oct. 21.-Thls afternoon a locomotive and several cars were thrown from the track near Howard, Center coun ty, on the Bald Eagle Railroad, by run ning over a cow. The engineer, John Foster, and his fireman, Daniel Snyder, both fiom Tyrone, were killed. William Weiser, a brakeman, was seriously Injured.

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JU1M 011UUUill GRAND OLD MAN OF OHIO IS DYING AT WASHINGTON. Sloivlr Sinking Into the Volley and His Dissolution the Matter of Only a Very Short Time. DECIDED CHANGE FOR WORSE IT CA3IE ON SUDDENLY DURING THE MORNING, SUNDAY. He Had Spent a Very Bad Nlht, and Did Not Show Any Recuperative Fovrcrs When Day Dawned. HIS LIFE BEFORE THE PUBLIC HALF A CENTURY IN THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICAN POLITICS. Identified with the Republican Party from Its Foundation Some of Hl.t Personal Characteristics. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2:15 a. m.-Ex-Secretary Sherman's condition Is about the same. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. The condition of ex-Secretary Sherman showed a decided change for the worse, to-day, and It is not believed he will survive the night. Last night was a very bad one for him, and he failed to recover any of his strength during the early hours of the morning, which was characteristic of the early period of the critical stage of his sickness. His naturally extremely enfeebled condition refuses to yield to the treatment given him, and he Is gradually sinking. However, he shows extraordinary vitality for a man of hl3 age, and because of this it is possible he may live through the night. Early in the evening his physician thought this hardly likely. Dr. W. W. Johnston came to the house early in the evening and is In constant attendance to relieve the needs of the dying man. A number of the relatives gathered at the house on K street opposite Franklin square, during the evening, some of the more Intimate of whom remained at the bedside of the distinguished patient. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. At 12:30 a. m. exSecretary Sherman was still alive, but was slowly sinking. Mr. Sherman's illness has been of the slowly cumulative order. He has been declining since his retirement from the Cabinet in 1S98, though at times showing remarkable powers of recuperation. He has failed rapidly, however, since the death of his wife. He was born in Lancaster, O., May 10, 1S23, and was educated there, at Howe's Academy. He was admitted to the bar May 11, 1844. He married Aug. 30, 1S4S, Cecilia, daughter of Judge Stewart, of Mansfield. He was a delegate to the national Whig conventions in 1S4S-52, and president of the first Republican convention in Ohio, in 1S55. He was a member of Congress 1855-61, and of the Senate 1S61-77, and 1S81-97. Was secretary of the treasury during the administration of Hayes, and secretary of state 1S97-98. His legislative leadership and ability were especially marked In finances, and he was the author of the specie resumption plan of the Sherman act of 1879, as well as other important measures. He was the author of "Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet," and a number of papers and reports on various phases of legislation. Some of Ills Attributes. George Alfred Townsend wrote of him: "Sherman was always a particular man about being out of debt, although his scope for making money was always hampered by his public employment. He was a director In the Fort Wayne Railroad merely because it passed by his town of Mansfield, and he and Samuel J. Tilden met each other after Sherman had helped to put Hayes over Tilden's head into the presidency. This directorate was about the only financial position of Sherman except to rule the treasury. "I did not make his acquaintance In any intimate way till about Hayes's term, but after that called several times a year at the plain house on which he built the present not extraordinary white stone mansion. I continued to call, generally on Sunday mornings, sometimes at evening, until toward the last I observed that Mr. Sherman could not properly be quoted through a manifest weakening of his memory. To quote him literally would have been to refute him through the public test, and to set his figures and facts right would have been correct instead of quoting him. I never noticed the slightest want of honor or character or kindness in this man. "He was both considerate of others and self-respectful. He had a quick, hot temper when trodden upon, but he never persecuted anybody. Take him all in all I think he was tho best type of the Ohio public man I have seen. "The idea that he was a cold man was always urged, but he did hot show any cold quantity in the affection he had for his adopted daughter, who was not of tho slightest blood kin to him. "I can almost remember that date when Mrs. Sherman, who had no children and much desired them, brought home two infants to rahe, for the had much lonely t!me, though her husband was more domestic than most fathers. The wife bestowed on that child which survived thi other child dyingher full maternal interest, and John Sherman, who might have had a more mellow quality with a family, felt that his daughter was above mean motives and answered a daughter's plao. so while he had the Judgment and the will ho turned over his Washington mansion to Mrs. McCallum. Her husband haa been an efficient official under the govemmcn, working hard and breaking down his health. He is the son of a still-living old gentleman from North Carolina, who resigned the clerkship he valued at secession and not for many ywu-s gut Ja

again. Mrs. McCallum's sister-in-law Is the wife of the son of the patent attorney who procured Abraham Lincoln's patent for lightening a steamboat. "Now and then I saw some man in Sherman's set whom I thought did not belong there, yet even these looked up to him. He lived at the edge of Mansfield In a house of no great consequence, which he afterward put into better form, but he told me some years ago that if he should sell his house out there he supposed It would bring next to nothing. "He was rather proud of his sagacity in buying Washington City real estate when nobody else would have it. In none of his real estate buying was there any fine practice. The senator was paying about his whole salary of $3.000 a year to the proprietors of Williard's Hotel, where ha had an office room and a bedroom. They finally demanded more than his public salary for his Washington rooms and board. 'I determined then, said Sherman, 'that I would never spend more than my public income to be a senator, and I went to see If I could not rent or buy, and that was the beginning of a knowledge of sites and probabilities1 in this government city ' "Franklin square Is on the edge of rather than in the fashionable quarter. Stanton lived there when secretary of war. The British high Joint commission met there in the house of Franklin Philip, an English bookseller. Sunset Cox and James A. Garfield bought houses there, and I think that Garfield's house had something to do with his becoming President, through his student life there and the added dignity that his own habitation gave him.

"Sherman suffered his greatest dlsap-. pointment when Garfield was nominated, over his own candidacy as the Ohio leader. In thi3 also he followed Secretary Chase, who was knocked out by the Ohio Wade element In the convention of 1SC0. It hardly seemed possible for anybody to be at the top In Ohio without being pulled down. Sherman told me in the New York custom house during Grfleld's campaign that If he had been nominated he would have been elected. "President Hayes was the least accidental President among the Ohio set. He had been repeatedly Governor of Ohio, and running against formidable men, and had the Green mountain grit for war. His uncle w?as a man of monetary resorts and ultimate fair fortune. Hayes did nothing so promptly and confidently as to make Sherman secretary of the treasury. To go out of the Senate was not to Sherman's liking, . except as a pursuer of the presidency. "Hayes was half-hearted as to Sherman's (CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.) PRISONERS IN REVOLT INSANE CRIMINALS IN NEW YORK ASYLUM BREAK OUT. Assault and Beat Six or Eight Keepers and About Twenty EscapeAll but Seven Retaken. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct. 21.-Thero was a revolt at the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, this evening, when sir or eight keepers were assaulted and overpowered by about twenty Insane patients. Some of the patients escaped, and several are still at large. One or two of the keepers are badly bruited. . ' After the patients had been given their supper, they were taken back to their apartments with their keepers. Among tue number were fifteen or twenty who slept in one of the large corridors where there were six or eight keepers. There were no suspicious movements on the part of the patients until suddenly and without warning each keeper was attacked simultaneously by two or three patients, and heavy blows fell on the heads of the surprised attendants. The keys held by the keepers were soon taken from them, and a rush made for the door. As the patients pased through the dining room, each one of them picked up from the tabie a heavy plate or cup or bowl. From the dining room they went through the adjoining rooms, the doors of which were unlocked, and then Into the long hall leading to the rear exit. Through the yard they ran like deer, and crowded around the big gates In the wall, while one of their number was turning the key in the lock. When the gate was thrown open they rushed out into the yar, fairly tumbling over each other in their anxiety to bo free again. In the meantime the keepers had recovered from the surprise given them by their assailants, and javo the alarm. Chase was given across the hospital farm, and all but seven of the patients were recaptured. The keepers then took the recaptured patients back to the Institution, and had them securely locked up in other parts of the building. By this time the keepers had formed several searching parties, and they all started out to scour the woods in the vicinity of tho hospital. The keepers who were assaulted wero given medical attention, and Joined In the search for the fugitives. The revolt. It is thought, was caused directly by the cramped quarters at the hospital. BRAVE SHIPPING CLERK. Lost Ills Life In Trying to Protect a Woman from n Thus CHICAGO. Oct. 21. Thomas J. G riffln, a clerk employed by N. K. Falrbank & Company, was shot to-day and Instantly killed while trying to protect Miss Fay Gilbert from the attack of a strange man, in front of No. 2220 State street. When the stranger saw that Griffin was about to interfere with his designs on Miss Gilbert, he drew his revolver. Unmindful of tho threatening muzzle of the weapon, the shipping clerk grappled with the assailant. In a moment he fell to the sidewalk with a bullet through KIs heart. The murderer escaped. SAFE IN DETROIT. Daroneaa Von Ketteler, Widoir of the Murdered German Minister. DETROIT. Mich., Oct. 21.-Barone Von Ketteler, widow of the murdered German ambassador to China, arrived In Detroit this afternoon and was immediately driven to the residence of her father, Henry E. Icdyard, president of the Michigan Central Railroad. No one was permitted to seo her. When seen at his residence, to-night, Mr. Ledyard said that the baroness was suffering from nervous prostration but stood the Journey from Peking to Detroit well aj couUi havt been expected.

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PLACING THE BLAME FOR PROLONGATION OF THE STRIKE. Mitchell Says It la the Operators, Whom He Accuses of Not Treating the Miners Considerately. GUARANTEES AS TO PAY1IENTS MINERS WANT A PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUESTION. . i f Only One District, He- Says. Accepted the Scranton Convention's Conditions Without Demur. NO RESUMPTION TOR TODAY MINERS NOT AT ALL ANXIOUS TO RETURN TO WORK, . Engineers aud Fire Rossen Will II Only Men to Answer the Whistles, and at One Polut Only. 1IAZLET0N Pa.. Oct. 21.-When President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, was asked to-night by a representative of the Associated Press what he had to say in relation to the settlement of the miners' strike, he said: "As there appears to be some disposition on the part of the public to place the responsibility for the prolongation of lbs strike on the shoulders of the mine worktrs, speaking for them I want to say that when the Scranton convention accepted the 10 per cent, advance in wages providing the operators abolished the sliding scale and guaranteed the payment of the advance until April 1, the miners had met the operators more than half way. They had shown conciliatory spirit, and I know of no good reason why the proposition, should net have been accepted by tba operators. "As a consequence, the responsibility for tho continuation of the strike rests solely upon the failure of the operators to treat the proposition of their employe considerately. The public should understand that unsatisfactory as is the proposition of tho operators, who make the reduction in tho price of powder a part of the advance of 10 per cent., that even this proposition has not been offered by a very larga number cf the coal producing companies In the anthracite region, and until all th companies guarantee the payment of tho 10 per cent advance above tho rate of woge paid in September, until April i. according to the decision of the Soranton convention, the miners are powerless to act. I want to repeat again that thera can be no partial, sectional settlement of this strike. "The large companies In the Lehigh region, that have refused to move at 11 s:nce the Scranton convention was held, are Coxe Brothers & Co., the largest coal producers in the LehUh region; G. li. Markle & Co., the Lehigh & Wllkesbarra Company, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation; Company, and a large number of smaller companies. There is also a considerable number of coal companies in the Lackawanna and Wyoming regions that have net guaranteed the payment of the 10 per cent, advance until April 1. The only district that has accepted the terms of the Scranton convention in full is No. 9, better known as the Schuylkill district. "Companies which produce about G5 per cent, of a total production of the anthracite coal fields have guaranteed the payment of tho 10 per cent, advance and have abolished the sliding scale." When Mr. Mitchell was asked what he would do if all the companies were to post notices, he said: "When all the companle have posted notices then I will have something to say." When it was suggested to him that ther might be a break in the ranks of th strikers If the contest was to continue much longer, he said that not one man will go back to the mines until all are officially notifled to return to work. AGENTS TAKING A HAND. They Are Forcing the Hands of tu Operators The Miners Views. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Oct. 21.-Th general belief here is that the coming vl will sec tho wind up of the strike. Ttia strikers do not admit this openly, but It Is the feeling that the lockout cannot b continued much longer. Both fides ar expected to make concession. The operators say they have iione to make, but under certain pressure-, thy are expected to make them neverthic. The politicians have had their say in lUt negotiations looking towards a ietilrment. end now the sales agents for the Mg cvi companies and the retail dealers in thj big cities ars taking a hand. They ir writing and telegraphing every day to tlts coal companies that unless something !s con very soon to bring the strike to an end and an effort made to get tonw hard coal on the market at salable figure?, th anthracite trade will be oVmoraMzl for ytars to come and aom of It will le lost for ever. One sales agent writes: "One of my largest customers tells nie that consumers are getting to like bituminous coal, and that they think they will keep on ui ing it." It is such reminders as these that make the operators Just as anxious to settle ths strike as the miners. Rut the strikers must make the biggest concession. there Is every reason to believe that they will do It before the week Is out. Many of the miners out on strike argue this way: "Lft us accept the lat ).t offer if the companies and settle the powder question later on. If we return to work w are sure to get an Increase over the wages raid In the past, no matter bow the operators try to figure It out, and we can afford; to bide our time for the rettletnent of the powder Issue." Of course there Is tome opposition to taking this position. There are tome strikers who favor holding out until their demand U granted, but this class Is not ia the majority. They are men who own their own homes and have their lardtxs well filled for the winter. They can afford to hold out against the companies, but tfc bulk of the strikers cannot. President Mitchell is now thoroughly acquainted with tho toEwUon of affairs to