Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1900 — Page 1

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Tiii:oi)oiti: iiöosevelt iti:;i a CAMPAIGN TOI II OF NEW YORK. Slakr III First Sprech nt West N nek and Cloaca the Day in the City of Kinsatun. CROKERITES INTERRUPT HIM but the governor replies with promptness ami spirit. Teil n Man Who Ilnrrnhed for Dryii that He Should Yell for Altgeld and Aguinaldo. SHAMES ONE I0UD BRYANITE UNTIL HE 5M1AKS AWAY WHERE i IK cannot iic guyed. Organized Attempt at Kingston to Ulironrrrt the Speaker and Break I'p the Meeting. THREE SPEECHES AT NIGHT II ALLS NOT LAnCH ENOUGH TO HOLD THE WOLLD-BE LISTENERS. Rowdyism nnd Brynnlsm Fornhh the Governor -with 3Ient for nn Address nt Outdoor Meeting. KINGSTON, N. T., Oct. 22. Governor Roosevelt finished the first day of his Hying campaign through the State at Kingston to-night after traveling eighty-nine miles and making eight speeches, the longest being at Newburg and Kingston. At the former place, the home of the Republican candidate for Governor, he talked to a vast assemblage, having to speak in two places. Spectators Interrupted the speaker with Questions, in every instance receiving a reply. At West Nyack a man close to the car cried and reiterated "Hurrah for Bryan," and Mr. Roosevelt replied: "Why don't you hurrah for Altgeld and Aguinaldo?" The cheering ce;sed. Another called: "What about the ice trust?" and he answered: "This election will be decided by tho patriots and men of sense In tho country, who outnumber the junket shoutsr3 of your tyre. The'vn tiust will be attended to in a proper legal way." A man in the crowd at Newburg said In a low tone of voice: "Why did you call Democrats cowards and dishonest?" Governor Roosevelt heard hlra and flung back quickly this reply: "It's a lie! I never said such a thing". It Is Democrats, good Democrats, who swell our majority." Towards the end of his remarks at Newburg the Governor was interrupted a number of times by some shouts of "What Is the matter with Bryan?" "Down with trusts!" Governor Roosevelt remarked: "That gentleman has all the symptoms of a.Bryanlte." which sally was greeted with laughter and applause. Then walking over to one side of the platform and speaking directly towards the point from which the shouts arose, the Governor said: "You look like one of those men who work exclusively with their mouths. What do you mean to down the cotton bale trust of Mr. Jones or the ice trust of Mr. Croker?" Here tho speaker was Interrupted with cries of "What's the matter with Bryan?" "Ile'a all right." "That is an argument of wind," said the Governor. "You arc afraid to hear the truth. You interrupt this meeting because you are a hoodlum and nothing else. You represent the disorderly class that is naturally against us. You represent those people who object to prosperity because they refuse to work and don't get any of It. Now go back to your fcllow-hobos and learn after this More yelling, and the man evidently turned to depart that you stand against the flag; you haven't got a particle of patriotism in you. I am glad you are going away. I think you have learned enough hereafter not to monkey with the buzz-saw. Now, gentlemen. In the temporal y absence of the local police, I have driven off that disturber of the meeting." (Applause. THE WEEK'S ITINERARY. With the intention of traveling 2,Uti miles, almost all of it within the confines of New York State, and outside of the "Greater Ciiy" boundaries, and with the purjose of delivering ninety-three speeches, ranging from seven minutes to two hours in duration. Gov. Roosevelt left Weehawken by special train on the West Shore Baliroad 'this morning at 11 o'clock. To-morrow he climbs to the apex of the Catskllls, descending on the other side of the range into tho Susquehanna valley. From there he runs up and touches at points along tho Mohawk, then away out to Waterlown on the north and back to Auburn In central New York. Striking Syracuse on Thursday night, he come down the Mohawk anil Hudson valley, reaching New York city on Friday night, prepared to talk to many meetings.. Saturday following he will rush along the Erie road, reaching Binghamton that night and remaining over Sunday. Th- following week will find him at every place of importance in western New York und tack In New York city on Saturday, Nov. C Monday. Nov. 5. day before election will find him making a tour of Long IIanJ and finishing his Hying canvass of the State. The ma.s meeting i-i honor of Governor Ronevelt in Madison Square Garden. Friday, promise. to be picturesque. There will bo a hcries of parades from almost every quarter of the city, converging on Madison square. They will be divided into eighteen groups. With one roup will b f0 Columbia Coll? students marching In a body: in another district there has been organized a club of one hundred flist voters, known as Red Top.. They will wear red hats. Charles S. Falrchlld.. secretary of the treasury under President Cle eland, will be one of the speakers. Governor Roosevelt arrived at New York at 10:S3 o'clock a. m.f accompanied by Wil

liam J. Youngs, Walter Emerson, of Maine. Job E. Hedges. James R. Sheffield, Arthur Von Brieson, J. S. Whipple nnd ex-Senator John Lnughlin. The Governor was escorted to the train, which consisted of a dining car, a parlor car; the private ear of the Governor, and an ordinary day coach. -As Governor Roosevelt stepped on the platform of his car there were cries of speech," "speech." The Governor said: "My throat is not in good condition for me to say much, but I will say we are golns to knock thm out on the 5th." The train pulled out amid great cheering. WHAT BRYANISM MEANS. "Hurrah for Bryan," shouted a man in the crowd that greeted the train at West Nyack, its first stop. "Why don't you hurrah for Altgeld or Aguinaldo," retorted Governor Roosevelt, and the man subsided, while the crowd cheered. Governor Roosevelt divided the ten minutes stop with James H. Whipple, of New York. The Governor's voice was good, and he made himself plainly heard. He said in part: "I am now back again in my own State, and I come to appeal to you, whose representative at Albany in the executive chamber I have been for two years, to stand by the cause of civic honcsty. of civic decency, of national prosperity and national honor. You have been asked by our opponents at different times what were the paramount Issues in this campaign. I can tell you. The paramount issue for the whole Nation is, once for all time, to stamp under foot Bryanlsm. And with It, in this State, goes the only less issue of stamping under foot Crokerism. "Bryanlsm means somewhat different things in different places, but, fundamentally, it means an appeal to the lowest passions, to those qualites that in the last analysis are more dangerous to the welfare of the people, whether it is Tettlgrewlsm In South Dakota; Altgeldlsm, smelling of anarchy and bomb-throwing, in Illinois; Goebellsm, which means fraud of the ballot in Kentucky, or Crokerism, with all that it calls up of the reign of Tammany Hall in New York, of blackmailed vice and people fattening on the Iniquities of the great city; and I ask you to save the Nation from all the material woe and the shame and disgrace, to save the State from being dragged down to the level to which Tammany Hall has dragged the city of New York. I ask you to compare the Nation ' as it now stands with" what Mr. Bryan prophesied four years ago, and to compare the government of New York State with the government of New York city and then make up your minds If you are willing to desert the State and turn It over to the rule of Tammany Hall." APPEAL TO ALL GOOD CITIZENS. At Conger's Governor Roosevelt said: "It seems to me that in this campaign we (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.) FOREIGNERS BARRED

NO AMERICAN OR ENGLISH CYCLISTS WANTED IN FRANCE. McFarlnnd and Others Expelled from the Pare Des Prlnees by Order of the Manager. OUTCOME OF SUNDAY'S RIOT BLOW AT INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. Action of 31. Desgrange Criticised by a Nevrspaper, Which Says There Was No Cause for Expulsion. PARIS, Oct. 23. Sunday's stormy incidents at the Pare des Princes, when MacFarland, the American cyclist, was obliged to abandon the race with Jacquelln, owing to the menacing attitude of the crowd, have been followed by an extraordinary action on the part of M. Desgrange, manager of tho racing track. The whole cojony of American and English cyclists has been forbidden to enter the grounds, except to withdraw machines and other pergonal property. Yesterday afternoon Cooper and MacFarlnd went to the Pare des Princes to accomplish their dally training, but found that the gatekeeper had received strict orders not to allow them to enter. While they were arguing the point with him, an Englishman named Chase arrived, only to find that he, as well as all other English racing men, were Included with the Americans among the expelled. . M. Desgrange, In the course of an interview, declared that he had no personal resentment toward MacFarland, his American compatriots or friends; but he desired to point out that Sunday's incidents had C03t him dear, as he had been compelled to return the gate money, to bear the ot of advertising and to pay the wages of the staff, a total of several thousand francs. "I desired to make an example or a series of examples for the sake of a principle." he said, "as I consider that all racing men ought, up to a certain point, to defend the interests of organizers of races. Consequently, even if MacFarland's first reason for abstaining from the race was justifiable, namely, the sodden state of the ground, his duty on seeing the turn things were taking, was to Jump on his machine in order to satisfy the public and to prevent a riot. This he did not do. So much the worse for me, but so much also the worse for him and for all those who encouraged him." Writing with reference to the action of M. Desgrange, which has aroused the indignation of all racing men, Le Vclo says: "His action Is absolutely unjustifiable. Nothing could be an adequate motive for such""an expulsion. What makes the case so serious Is the fact that it applies to foreign racing men who give an element of international interest, without which the sport cannot exist. Is this the way to encourage them or their compatriots to return? What if similar treatment were inflicted upon Jacquelln abroad?" Le Velo adds that M. Desgrange has decided tu close tho Tare des Princes until 1WI. New pniGh Cabinet. MADRID. Oct. 22. General Azcarraga has huccceded in forming a Cabinet, with tho following distribution of portfolios: President of the council, General Azcarlaga; minister of foreign affairs, Marquis Aguilar Campo; war. General Linares; finance. Scnor Aller de SalaJ.tr; Interior, Senor 1-parte; Justice, Marquis Vadlllo; public Instruction, Senor Garcia AHx; agriculture and public works. Senor Sanchez Toca. The under secretary of the interior, the prefect of Madrid and the mayor ot' Madrid, as well as several prefects of departments, have resigned.

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ANTHRACITE COAL MINERS STRIKE 3IAY EE DECLARED OFF. AH Operator Asked to Guarantee Ten Per Cent. Increase Vntll April 1 and Abnllsh Midine Scale. STATEMENT FROM MITCHELL WHO PAYR PROSPECTS FOR RESUMPTION OF WORK ARE BRIGHT. Misuiidcrstnitriliic; on' the Powder Question Cleared Away by Explanation of the Operators. TROUBLE NEAR WILKESBARRE MEN MODI1ED BY WOMEN AND nOYS AND NOT PERMITTED TO WORK. Exchange of Shots at the Stanton YVnshery and Two Men Injured Discontent Among: Strikers. HAZLETON, Ta., Oct. 22. President Mitchell, in an Interview to-night, practically admitted that, the anthracite coal miners strike would end as soon as all the operators posted a notice guaranteeing the payment of a 10 per cent, advance in wages until April 1. President Mitchell said: "The prospect of an early settlement of tho coal strike Is becoming brighter. Some of the operators who have not yet posted notices have signified their willingness to fall in line either with the Reading Company or with the proposition made by the Lehigh Valley in the Harleton region. If all of them notify their employes by posting notices or otherwise that an actual advance of 10 per cent, will be paid each mine employe and guarantee Its continuance until April 1, together with the abolition of the sliding scale, I believe the terms would be accepted byvthe mine workers. The reduction in powder from $2.75 to $1.50 hns confused the minds of the miners, but some of the operators have so fully explained how contract miners could receive the full advance of 10 per cent., as well as all other employes, that I believe that this obstacle can be overcome." Although, as President Mitchell says, the outlook for an early settlement of the strike is bright, It is difficult to make a prediction as to when the end will come. Some of the coal companies are showing a disposition not to issue a second notice guaranteeing tho payment of the 10 per cent, increase in wages until April. Among these are the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and the Delaware & Hudson, the officials of which companies are reported to have declined a supplemental notice. The labor leaders, however, hope that the companies will in some way make known that they will guarantee the payment of the advance until April 1. President Mitchell appeared quite cheerful to-night when he made the announcement as above, and his manner Indicated that the time is near at hand when all the anthracite miners now on strike shall return to the mines. As soon as all the notices guaranteeing the payment of the advance until April 1 are posted President Mitchell will call a meeting of the national executive board, at which it is believed the strike will be declared off. The largest labor demonstration ever held in this city took place to-day, when 7,000 miners paraded the streets. In a carriage at their head rode President Mitchell, who reeelved an enthusiastic ovation all along the march. The thousands of miners, accompanied by their families, came to the city from every mining region to view the parade. Besides tho miners from this vicinity, there were 150 men In lino who had tramped eighteen miles over the mountains from the Panther Creek valley. They, with the McAdoo miners, who are famed throughout the coal fields for their perseverance In marching and closing collieries, were the heroes of the parade. Three busloads of the marching women of McAdoo and 100 small breaker boys, dressed In their working clothes, and with lighted mine lamps in their caps, were at the head of the line, Immediately behind the carriages containing the United Mine Workers' officials. Many mottoes expressing the sentiments of tho strikers were carried in the procession. President Mitchell reviewed the parade at the end of the route, after which a mass meeting was held, at which President Mitchell was the principal speaker. He said the strike was In such a peculiar position that It was hard to outline Just what the result would be. He believed the time was not far distant, however, when every mine would be in operation, and that the men now had practically won the strike. Among other speakers were W. D. Mahon, of Detroit, international president of the Amalgamated Association of Street-railway Employes of America; Benjamin D. James of Hazleton, Fred Dllcher of Ohio, W. D. Fairley of Alabama, George Purcell of Indiana, members of the national executive board of the United Mine Workers; John Fahey, president of district No. 0; R. N. Courtright, of Scranton; Edward Sappitt, of Pittsburg, national organizer; "Mother" Mary Jones, of Chicago; Angelo Perrln, an Italian, and Anthony Slasschcr, a Slavonian. DISCONTENTMENT IS GROWING. There Will Re Trouble If the Strike Continues Riots In Wllkesharre. WILKESBARRE. Fa., Oct. 22.-DIscon-tent among the striking miners of the Wyoming valley is growing and unless the strike is settled soon they will be hard to control. A majority of tho men are willing and anxious to go to work and if President Mitchell should call the strike off to-morrow, even with the powder question unsettled, he would receive more credit from his followers than to allow the contest to drag on with the chance of losing in the end. Tho strikers say they are well organized now and they can afford to wait a while before demanding other concession?. But, in the opinion of many, a prolongation of the strike will mean only a repetition of history. They f the companies will starve the men out tho same as they have In other strikes uud

then when they do return to work It probably will be at the old wages and without a union back of them. The discontent of the strikers was shown at the works of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, in the eastern part of the city this morning. A gang of men were going to work to screen coal on the bank of the Empire mine when they were set on by a mob cf men, women and boys. John J. O'Hara, foreman of the gang, was knocked down with a stone and his nose fractured. Several other workmen were slightly injured. During the melee several hots were fired. One bullet grazed the ear of Coal and Iron rollceman McCall. The mob destroyed all tho tools of tho workmen. The disturbance took place within the city limits and a detachment of police was sent to the scene. When the policemen arrived they found a large crowd of women and boys but very few men. The local officers of tho United Mine Workers say none of their men engaged in the fight. Tho police found an effigy of O'Hara hanging to a telegraph pole. There was a placard on It which read: "Here are the remains of O'Hara." It is said Foreman O'Hara made himself objectionable to the wives of. some of the strikers by boasting that he would work despite all opposition. This angered the women, and on several occasions they pelted him with stones. One woman told him Saturday night that If, he attempted to go to work this morning he would be killed. A number of Folanders who have been working at tho West End Coal Company's colliery, near here, all through the strike, were returning from Glen Lion last night, when they were held up by some strikers and their sympathizers. The foreigners retreated to a place of safety under a shower of stones. One man was badly cut on the head. Mayor Nichols, of this city, says trouble will follow if the strike continues. He Is seriously considering a proposition to arm the police force with guns, so that they (cdntTnüed on fTfth PAGE.) VIEWED WITH FAVOR

ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT IS SATISFACTOIll' TO 31'KINLEY. United States Government Will Soon Reply, Accepting: the Principles Set Forth in the Invitation. COUNT DE QUADT GRATIFIED THINKS THERE WILL ME ANOTHER CONCERT OF THE POWERS. Correspondence Between the United States nnd France In Regard to China 3Inde Public. WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. It was authoritatively stated to-night that the United States governmit, views with distinct favor the principles enunciated In the Anglo-German agreement relating to China, and that a formal response to that effect will be made at an early day to the general Invitation extended to this government to accept the principles of the rgreemcnt. The German charge d'affaires, Count De Quadt, had a conference with Secretary Hay this afternoon, presenting officially the text of the Anglo-German agreement, including the invitation to the United States to accept the principles therein recorded. Mr. Hay expressed his satisfaction at what had been done, saying he felt It to be in complete harmony with the policy this government had pursued, both as to the maintenance of unobstructed commerce in China and tho territorial entity of the empire, and adding that a formal reply would be given in a day or two. Count De Quadt was gratified at these assurances, and left with the belief that there was such a harmonious understanding on the general principles involved that the concurrence of the powers was near at hand. Before receiving the official invitation from Germany, Mr. Hay had been fully advised of the agreement and had gone over it with great care with the President yesterday and to-day. This was the more necessary, owing to the President's departure for Canton to-night. The result of these deliberations is summed up in the statement that the government views the Anglo-German agreement with favor. It Is also probable that some attention has been given to the draft of the American reply. It is likely to be In the form of a note of approval,, rather than any formal adherence to the alliance, but this is said to be merely a matter of detail. About the only serious question which has arisen as to the American reply was on Clause 3 of the Anglo-German agreement. This states that in case of another power making use of the complications In China in order to obtain territorial advantages, Germany and Great Britain reserve the right to reach a preliminary understanding on the eventual step to be taken for the protection of their interests. This is open to the construction of being a threat against othtr powers and there was no desire on the part of officials here to give American adherence to anything In the nature of a threat. It is probable that the American reply will not go beyond accepting the principle that German and Great Britain have a right to agree between themselves as to their eventual course. But there is not likely to be anything which will commit this government to accept this eventual agreement. In short, the third clause Is interpreted to apply only to Germany and Great Britain, there being no invitation extended to other powers to join them in a preliminary understanding regarding the eventual step to be taken. 1 Tho State Department to-day made public the correspondence which has taken place between itself and the French government since the original French note respecting China, which laid down the terms miggeted by France as a basis of negotiation for a settlement. This last correspondence consists of two notes exchanged between Secretary Hay and M. Thiebaut last week, putting In formal shape certain verbal statements of importance respecting the negotiation. An interesting nnd important feature of the United States note is that the powers bind themselves again to preserve Chinese territorial integrity and to maintain the "open door," exactly the objects aimed at In the BritlshCtrmati agreement or alliance which was made last week. While this note by Secretary Hay bears date of Oct. 19, and tho British-German agreement is assigned the c.ate of Oct. 16, the action of this government was taken in ignorance of the agreement and It is entirely possible that !t may have been the means of bringing about a disclosure of its purposes. Our suggestion indicates a favorable response by the United States government to the invitation to Join with Great Britain and Germany in the objects cpecined.

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SENATOR M. A. It ANNA SAYS IT ISt LET AY ELL ENOUGH ALONE." All Other Questions Injected Into the Campaign, He Asserts, Are Intended to Lead People Astray. JAMES K. JONES AT IT AGAIN DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN STILL CHASING ELY'S I YE RAINBOWS. Now Looking Pacific ward and Trying to Make Himself Believe There la Hope in California. SAYS ILLINOIS IS DOUBTFUL AND THAT DRYAN WILL CARRY NEW YORK AND POSSIBLY OHIO. Democrat Predicts that If 3IcKInIey Is Elected the Filipino Insurrection Will at Once End. CHICAGO, Oct. 22. A crowd of 3,000 colored voter listened to an address tonight by Senator Hanna at the First Regiment Armory. The senator was very hoarse, as a result of his week's campaigning in the West, but nevertheless he succeeded in making himself heard. He spoke briefly and his remarks were at all. times greeted with applause. "There never was a time," said Senator Hanna, "when those whose citizenship came with the birthday of the Republican party had greater cause to rejoice. The colored troops are always In line and ready for action. As long as the Republican party 13 true to the principles which attracted to it the colored population of the United States, the colored vote will never be divided. "All the collateral issues Injected into this campaign by the Bryanites have been for the sole purpose of bewildering and leading public opinion astray as to what was the real issue. When it comes down to what we are most interested in It amounts to just one issue, and one short sentence tells it: 'Let well enough alone.' No man who loves his country, no man who is proud of his citizenship, no man who cares for his own material interests, can have more than one choice upon that question. To-day we are in the midst of the greatest era of prosperity that this country ever knew; but it is nothing more than the natural condition of a nation having, as we have, the greatest natural resources of any, the greatest people of any, full of Industry, ingenuity and progress. It Is for the people to decide whether these conditions shall continue." AN OLD DEMOCRATIC TRICK. Jones Continuing to Claim the Election of Bryan on Paper. Special to the. Indianapoll Journal. CHICAGO, Oct. 22. Rainbow Chaser Jones has again elected Bryan on paper. Jones is a persevering man. If he keeps on making estimates and predictions he will run the risk of being charged with believing his own forecasts; and that is saying a good deal, for nobody else, not even the men under him at Democratic headquarters, take any stock in his predictions. Adlal E. Stevenson saw Jones yesterday and thought he would enthuse his party by saying Bryan and "me too" had a "cinch." Stevenson didn't believe what he said, but he likes to keep up the time-honored custom of Democrats to claim everything In sight until the ballots are counted. Jones said to-day: "I do not believe there is any doubt but that Mr. Bryan will carry New York. I believe our chances for carrying Ohio are better than the Republican. I regard Illinois as an exceedingly doubtful State. Telegrams from the chairman of the state Democratic committee of California say we are going to carry California. Advices from that State a while ago were somewhat doubtful as to the results. Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, says there is no doubt about the State. One of the causes of this change in sentiment in California is the decision of Judge Estes on the Chinese exclusion act. In w hich he held that a Chinese at any port in the United States could go to any other port, and, therefore, a Chinese in Hawaii could visit any city in any other part of the United States, thus practically throwing the door open to the free entry of Chinese in this country. I have -no doubt of the election of Mr. Bryan." California Democratic! Mr. Bryan has as much chance of carrying the Golden State as he has of bagging Pennsylvania. The people there are almost a unit for expansion. They want the Philippines retained and do not fear the bogey of Imperialism. "No," said a Republican to-day, "Mr. Bryan gave up hopes long ago of carrying a single Pacific coast State. His platform's paramount Issue killed any chance he might have had. Mr. Jones forgot to say that Judge Estes had not declared the exclusion act unconstitutional. As long as it stands the Chinese will not enter this country in sufficient numbers to affect the labor market. It will be noticed that Jones omits Indiana from the Bryan column this time. When he is better advised, if he is a sensible man, he will drop Illinois and New York, and that means the dropping of Bryan. Jones, however, will probably continue to make predictions up to the close of Nov! 6. It Is a Democratic fad, this claiming of everything in sight, and fools no one except a few bettors of the class that are always posing to be plucked." DEPENDS ON THE ELECTION. If McKinley Wins the Filipino Insurrection Will Collapse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-Among the callers at the White House to-day was R. Ewell Scott, formerly of Virginia, but for seven years a resident of the Philippines. Mr. Scott is a great-nephew of General Ewell, of Confederate fame, and when at home was a Democrat. He left Manila in July, and since coming here has kept in correspondence with a number of Filipinos who were at one time officers in Aguinaldo's army. He Induced three men to leave Agulnlado by telling them what they might expect. "The opinion prevails throughout the Philippines," said Mr. Scott, "that the insurrection is kept going In the hope that Bryan will be elected. I earnestly believe, and my Information from the islands Is also to that effect, that a month after the defeat of Bryan the insurrection will go to pieces la euch, a way. that there will be not even.

any bandits left to give trouble to the troops. I was living in the Philippines when the war between the Spanish and tho Filipinos started. I certainly have been there long enough to have learned the character of the people. With this knowledge and from what Filipino friends write me I know that the insurrection will go to pieces with tho election of McKinley. After that conditions will be so satisfactory in the Islands that a child will be able to go anywhere without fear of molestation." Demands of Farmers. ST. TAUL, Minn., Oct. 22. A conference will bo held to-morrow of tho heads of several national farmers organizations, for the purpose of considering the political situation and it is said an address will be issued shortly designating those candidates who are favorably regarded by tho farmers' organizations. A series of "demands," It Is said, has been submitted to candidates of all parties for congressional and executive offices, and also to President McKinley and W. J. Bryan. Among the chief demands mado are for the merchant marine. It is claimed that the societies reported have a membership of 3,500,00; are absolutely nonpartisan In politics, but will support only candidates who pledge themselves to further the interests of the farmers as set forth in their "demands." Those who are now hero are Colonel II. A. Wilcox, of Nashville, Tenn.. president of the National Farmers League of America; Thomas Russell, of New York, president of the National Live Stock Growers Arsociation of America; Judge M. r. Motan, of Graceville, Minn., president of the National Grain Growers Association, and president general of the International Congress of Agricultural Associations of the World.

One of Bryan's Spectres Disposed Of. DETROIT, Mich.. Oct. 22. General R. A. Alger, former secretary of war In President McKinley's Cabinet, said to-night, in answer to a question as to whether there was any truth in the statement of Mr. Bryan that the purpose of the administration in Increasing the standing army was to quarter the soldiers in forts near large cities, that there was no truth in it. He said: "Such a thing as concentrating troops in or near the cities of this country was never suggested while I was In the Cabinet. I was one of tho administration when the Increase In the number of men in the army was decided upon. The soldiers were needed for foreign service and not for domestic militarism. It was expressly understood that as soon as the troops were no longer needed for foreign service the army should be reduced." UK III? JlDT TC RDHt 1IOBSON SAYS ADMIRAL SAMPSON IS FRETTING HIS LIFE AWAY. Hero of the Merrlniac Tells of n Visit to His Former Naval Commander, Who Is 111 at Boston. POUND THE ADMIRAL VERY LOW WAS BROODING OVER ALLEGED UNKINDNESS OF THE PUBLIC. Which. Had Attempted to Rob Him of Honors nnd Bestow Them on Schley Hobson's Speech. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 22. During his present visit to his home in Alabama, and wherever he has appeared before the public. Lieutenant Hobson has been quoted as saying that Admiral Sampson Is dying of a broken heart, owing to the SampsonSchley controversy which followed the naval engagement at Santiago. He Is quoted as follows: "TVhen last Saturday, Oct. 13, I saw in the papers that Admiral Sampson was 111, I took the next train to Boston and spent Sunday with him. His health is declining. His physicians are baffled at his malady. Ills organs are right, but his health does not improve. We touched on one or two subjects. For a little while he could not speak. Soon he had to be carried to his room, and I did not see him again. Mrs. Sampson told me that this great man was brooding, was breaking his heart at the thought that his fellow-countrymen were so unkind. "I said to Mrs. Sampson: "When I visit my Southland, if the opportunity offers itself, I wish to tell them something of this majestic character. She replied: 'You dare not Your Southland was quick and vigorous to resent what was thought to be an attempt to take away the laurels of one of Its great men. I came by Washington and saw the secretary of the navy and the President. To them I also stated my intention, and they both gave their consent, warning me, however, of what I might expect." Mr. Hobson, In his speech at a public reception here to-day, said Admiral Sampson had not received simple Justice at the hands of the American people. He said: "It has been sought to place him in a despicable light before- the world. To make him an Incompetent, narrow-minded man and jealous of the fame of his contemporaries, particularly of one illustrious naval chief. As his Junior officer serving under him, I express the deliberate opinion that Admiral Sampson Is the colossal figure of the Spanish-American war the genius of the naval victory of Santiago. He is unmatched to-day as the directing mind of a war squadron on the seas." UNDERTAKERS INDICTED. Funeral Directors Asorlatlnn Alleged to Be nn Illegal Trust. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 22.-An Indictment charging conspiracy was returned today by the grand Jury against the members of the local Funeral Directors Association. The indictment Is the first In this county under tho anti-trust law. It alleges that sixteen undertakers who are named have combined for tho purpose of regulating and fixing prices. Typhoid In a College. ' HAMILTON. O.. Oct. 22.-Forty of the one hundred students of Miami University, at Oxford, are ill of typhoid fever. The trustees to-day converted one of the dormitories Into a hospital, and have provided trained nurses to attend the sick. The epidemic is believed to have been caused by a contaminated well .."

SHERMAN DEAD

OXE OF THE COUNTRY'S GREATEST ' STATESMEN PASSES AWAY. Dies of flrain Exhaustion at His Washington Home After a Iodk Period of Unconsciousness PROCLAMATION BY MCKINLEY PRESIDENT EXTOLS THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE DECEASED, And Orders the Half Masting of Fls nt Home and Abroad In Memory of the Eminent Ohloau. FUNERAL TO BE ON THURSDAY BODY WILL BE TAKEN TO MANSFIELD FOR INTERMENT. Cabinet to Attend Exercises In Wash iucton and the President to Par tlclpate in Lnst Rites TRIBUTES FROM PUBLIC MEN ALL UNITE IN SAYING SHERMAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL, Ills Great Influence While In the SenateSketch ot Ills CareerFortunate Investments. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21-The President this afternoon Issued the following proclamation: "DEATH OF THE HONORABLE JOHN SHERMAN. "By the President of the United States of America, "A PROCLAMATION. "To the People of the United States: "In the fullness of years and honors, John Sherman lately has passed away. Few of our citizens has risen to greater or more deserved honors of the Nation's councils than be. The story of his public hfe is, as it were, the history of the country for half a century. In the Congress cf the United States he ranked among the foremost in the House, and later in the Senate. He was twice a member of the executive Cabinet, first as secretary of th treasury, and afterwards as secretary of state. Whether In debate during the dark hours of our civil war, or as the director of the country's finances during the period of rehabilitation, as a trusted councilor in framing the Nation's laws for over forty j cars, or as the exponent of its foreign policy, his course was ever marked by devotion to the best Interests of his beloved land, and by able and conscientious effort to uphold its dignity and honor. His countrymen will long revere his memory and see in his type of patriotism the uprightness and the zeal that go to molding and strengthening a nation. "In fitting expression of the sense of the bereavement that afflicts the Republic, I direct that on the day of the funeral the executive offices of the United States display the national flag at half-mast, and that the representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall pay. in, like manner, a public tribute to the illustrious dead for a period of ten days. "Done at the city of Washington this 22I day of October, in the year of our Lorl cne thousand nine hundred, and of th independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and twenty-fifth. "WILLIAM M'KINLEY. "By the President: "JOHN HAY. Secretary of State," SHERMAN'S LAST HOURS. The Eminent Ohloan Was Unconscious When the Death Summons Came. WASHINGTON, Oct 22.-John Sherman, former representative In the House, for a long term a member of the Senate, and twice holding Cabinet positions, died at his residence In this city at 6:45 o'clock this morning In the seventy-eighth year of his ag. His death had been expected for soma days, and loving friends gave him their unremitting care and attention to the end. The immediate cause of death was described as brain exhaustion Incident to extreme weakness, due to old age and to several attacks of sickness, from which he had suffered for the past year and a half. Since Saturday afternoon Mr. Sherman has been most of the time unconscious, rallying partially at intervals, when flight nourishment was given him. Yesterday afternoon evidences of the approaching end were manifest, and he ftllei to regain consciousness after 3 o'clock, passing away peacefully Just after dawn broke. About 1 o'clock this morning he rallied somewhat from the stupor and turned himself over In bed, but after that he gradually sank until the end came. During the day and evening a number of inquiries were made at the house concerning the condition of the sick man President McKinley being among those who sent to ask about him. Bevcral days ago, realizing the critical condition of Mr. Sherman, the members of the household and relatives here sent telegrams to a largq iiumber of the family connections throughout the country notifying them of his extreme illnes. and pome were able to reach here before he died. Most of those who arrived were at his bedside when the end came, including Mr. and, Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wiborg. of Cincinnati; Mrs. William K. Otlf, of New York city; P. Tecumseh Shert man, a son of the late General Sherman. Charles A. Sherman, of Chicago, and Mls Lizzie Sherman. Others who were at tin bedside were Mrs. James McCallum, tl.a adopted daughter, who had been his constant attendant, nnd her husband. General and Mrs. Miles, the latter a niece of Secretary Sherman, were at the houe the greater portion of the day and evening, but left for their home shortly after midnight. They were summoned when it was apparent the end was near, and reached the hous a few minutes after the venerable staesman had passed away. Secretary Sherman's death occurred . the handvome home en K street, which tie had erected fight years ago. It In a large double structure with white ston front and with the hall running through ',e middle. The house faces on Franklin square, the prettiest reservation and park in the capital city. Some weeks ago thi secretary deeded this valuable property to Mrs. McCallum. The secretory was a Urge holucr of real citate lu this city, hdv-