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RALEIGH, N. C SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1900-TWELVE PAGES
No 113
Post.
Gfl WEST, YOUNG MAN
Kv.anc-Hsu Acts Upon Advice
of Horace Greeley.
They have sold their vessels and willi
devote, themselves to the Yang-Tse
traffic.
LI Hods Chans Leant for Pekln
London, Oct. O. The Chinese legation
reiorts that it has received word to the
effect that Li- 1 Inner Chans left Tien
Ta.ii! for Pekin October -!.
BOERS FIGHT AGAIN
cV!LL ABANDON PEKIN c-
P- I watched hoj
Regarded Willi li difference
London, Oct. G. The progress of the
es aim negotiations is
A Strong Party Defeated by
j... General Kelly-Kenny.
FOUGHT FOR THREnriOURS
ore with complete indiffer-
ence. It i known tnat 1av.ii :aiisDur;.- $
... . - - V ! . '. A rKM ...... - I - W W . w A A n Mr W 1 W . 1 cnilHia
. .m.npnt ta It. IIIlaDll.DCa I r w: , i : ' : K V..t,.1 luarsu.niiyiiHca... "
' iiiiii r. ha ih. rv t t i 1 1 al jir iuiinMi v.uim
mrd it Ixlieves that the execution of
any joint program in Cnina will be ex
ceedingly dt'.fieult and disagreeable, how
ever Mtnple the proposal may appear.
Assuinlus that the United States act
.alone, finding the cr.nsent of the powers
uuwicidly and inharmonious, it is ex
pected that Salisbury will be found
helping to smooth the Kaiser's way.
nt me lnl Capital Cltr ofSlngan.
:J of tUr VulUd States Tow ard
i r:- ' :riosl The F.mp.ror
Vftc-r. rl lne Sole SPoaltOTT of
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Had Five Officers Wonnded-lethn-co
Reports (Tw Hecent, Ensase
mentala Which Seven Bo ere Were
Killed and Twenij-fonr Were Made
Prisoners Boers Surrendering Dally
TERMS ARE TOO VAGUE
Chances for Juggling in Of
fer of Mine Operatives.
STRIKERS STANDING FJRM
They Are Welti ns for a Plain and Def
inite Proposition and Are Likely to
-Get It-Unions Eleet Delegates to a
Convention Which Will Be Held
.Soon-Lattlmer Colliery Raided and
Closed by a Clerer Bit of Strategy.
MOKIIIS PA1IK HACKS
o, t. ...The State Pe
v -.td a bulletin contain
i i wived br the Japanese
,ir.Tni'(iif. in whh'h
. ;.r.i...r. wn ronorttslJ New York. Oct. O.-Results at Morris
... . Park:
ih.it lae i-.nipe.or ana .... t Mer'. uTtnh 7 tr R. Ood-
Ulnntrt In Saturday's Events and
Horses Entered for Tlonday
T'
; :ri.
1- trt rnrp nil
do not intend to re-! f nnv s tu 1; Joe I'rey 7 to 2. Time,
will set up the royal .
Second race 1 mile Oneck Queen G
i t'ac imperial ctuci i'Time. 1 :ln..,
Third rare Eclipse course Bellario
!nrp aecomnanicl 11-r to 1. Wanr Cobr 0 to '2, Beau (Jallant
. . p . ; f . to 1. Time, 1:10! .j.
..i.;.rr Io.Aa?tr. t i.u-j Folir,ji rrt(.-i.', mHc steepel chase
I t: -rc it is not unr in-; The C;mI S to 1. Plato 4 to .. Peri n 7
London, Oct. C Kelly-Kenny has had
a battle with the Doers in strong force
at Bullfontein, in which the burghers
are reported to have sustained heavy
losses. The engagement lasted three
hours, and five British officers were
wounded, while one is missing. General
lloberts reports that the Boers are sur
rendering daily. His latest dispatch
to the War Office, sent under yesterdaj's
date, follows:
"Methuen arrived -at Rustenburg yes
terday. He had two engagements with
Commandant Lemmer's force September
His casualties were one severely
Seven Boers
made pris-
' H-r inrmaneini. io . unit-. ..i-. and two slightly wounded.
,,:f.-.n was th Mt f . f 'tTT-- "Vr o " i7itft kil1 ad twenty-four
. ... China, and is do-, 'fr : tnJr IIl?,.rJX J to It,,,louaue oners.
!. w. nrdor the acting;'' V V lll,,e: '.. . n o I 'Clements is sending twen
to m.., j a .uitnld - ""J"" T oners from'Magaiiesberg.
i-r. i! lulic in the city '"ror:'' lo N A"e 'xmaQU lu " her of Boer prisoners is
t . . i i i in t x.-itr. i i i . . i
it ji'Tirnry un'rn.i.
ri-i.d th hardships ve
-d :. an 1 refrain frora.
r'.;t rat Ions.
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l.i: I.I.I'M- 111 I ill" i. IIUl ii ... ... ..,
-III .1
i:ntrlrs for Monday
First race Handicap 2-year-old. V
Withers mileMoor 1K. Ir. Barlow lfxi.
Bean Orniomlt' 1W. llardby 1UI, Yelp
illo
Second race TIip oirmpian 2-yoar-old
, int WKi V: t. "!'. Withers mile A.lvocater 112.
' ",11, " Tu?iHv & Mria Bolton HRl. Yelp 112. Nonpar!.-!
: . onn hensiVe tV I1-- Oriental HK. SW.1.
: " :rhT, r$eru 1V Carnt,,ian
::'V?;T,rJ tSt?he' " Third rnce-Balyhoo Bey handicap
. , ... ot.i.H. as to the Withers milt- Moor 110. Dr.
AHu-ri.-ati n-B. l.n-. l,a',t ; JnV.. Hon C nnonde 1K, The
: . r .MrM.-K.ukv re ch.-s . " . Cherished H.
li .... Hu-day at . ,-ab. mt '"J ;(TT; .... UooU ir, Colchester
lull ai wnicu uu
uiil lf -onidered. Otti
- :hat no nun lusjon has
1IM)
Fourth race o-y ear-old and up. With-
. ... .. t rs niii t iiMiiiiv a Hum" ,
i .my r i:e r rencu r :. nr n,,..
ri-rtaia of
buncle 02. Hammock 107. Handcuff H.
t m 1 .
-iv t.. uo ,:e.,re o n.s ' , j - ; - , comiHn.:ltion L:,d.v
..: will, of eourt Ih- ac- ' r. m .t ...i ir.. 11
- 11
--,-v of State has reeved Kano !r,. Star Chime iscigraae
, . of instrintions so t, Vw Wine Hr,, Olea 01. Brisk 102,
. ,.,k.. .mpuries reff.jnll g, p1,,, uaitator IKI Naboclish 100,
: ". "runUWn " ll . iK I. Imbshe!l W, The Amazon
r,. a.X,M.M.Ml by the l.er- , F Wh loS IIar(,lv jr,,
,r;:neNrVMr! rentus 112onfalon 114, Insthusive
f-.-m abroad
States hart
1)
indicating
mad' new
j.v-rs for a MttlMin-nt
onosnon are evi-uuit.v
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! r and limited information
of this government.
. I Srit-s have not made
.il in regard to the pun
Pr; : . Tu.m: th return f
. :rt t- Prkm and the
f Lmpre?" powaser.
!i.;t the
Tl'O IHCIIAIID CASWELL
Boat for Use In Itlver and Harbor
IinproTCtnent
Wilminrton. N. C Oct. C Special.
Oorge W. Fredericks, of the govern
emiiKUt river and harlnir force, left yes
tenlav afternoon for Klizabvth City to
met-t the new tug. Bichard Caswell,
ti-hi.-h thi? Columbia Iron Works has
cov rnment bnilt fr the use of the United States
:i rin-ii to th. nre-s tn n-'-n.r forns here, and wji'.ch left
- r.i Kirpean governments ! .Baltiimne a day or so ago bound for
v ;hat the punishment of , Wilmington. The Itiehard Caswell is
' . n rurn of the Kmpcror to a tine tteel tug, S feet long and 20 feet
t ratifriac. As f r the (:U. she is driven by a fore-and-aft
; :!. Fiotisl States have de-; r,iuiMiud engine with cylinders 14 and
Kamrcss Dowager e' inches in diameter and with a piston
: rr. dMliiy ane from a mi- roke of 22 inches. . She will be used
iii- attuu.ie or me gov-. f,tr ....M-ral towing nnrnoses in tue rier
and harlnir iuipnvement.
Th? revenue cutter Algonquin arrived
at Southport last night from (Jalvcston.
whither du was onlcred a ' few weeks
ago to aid in the relief of the ?torm snf
On her wav o Oalveston she
. Wn r;n4o on the Chin-sej stoI,t.,i at Mobile to take on supplies
r j.-..;..,,.,! to thf Hiwers. j "f(,r tnc strioketi city. Memlers of her
rrew coiitirm all the press dispatches
regarding the pitiable condition of Gal
vtrstoa and its people.
ty-four pris-
The total num.-
now 1U.0O0.
daily.
"Kelly-Kenny reports that he had an
engagement lasting three hours at Bull
fontein, yesterday, with a strong force
of Boers. His casualties were live olli
eers wounded and one officer missing.
The Boers lost heavily."
--rird fo t!i- status of the
; U. T!i- Foiled States
' - Knperor only as the n
rr -n i 'him and have done
ignoring the impress
N aa-l r repi-st for her
Peter-burg that
.n.E.vt v.r, i to rapture mo
llnrik in Fonns:i Strait
' 'i-r.-. is regard' d
.i'-t nii'l io furnish an e
- inrc if the Chlm se
711 LL ?1EN AG.ilNST BIIYAN
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v reci ivi d the f.d- xiis 51111 News of Charlotte Pabllshee
. .Hit ;o:n t Ml-lll uas.i;i:c: lnllrmnt icdltorlsl
I
V."-ili-tr-!er left Yokohama
i i fair health. No
' "f illues." j
.n.- -. : circulated to the (
w m ov r iue iicrmau
- ;.if!v ill.
TLf FrmrU lr C'rttlrled
Charlotte, Oct. . Social. A promi
nent party here exprt-ss the ojiinioa
that then is a very .subtle influence at
work among 4he cotton mill vote of this
place tending to -carry the vote from
Brvan over to McKinley.
The cause, he thinks, is traeeabJe to
the mill management themselves. w
Iu This same eminection tnc .urn .ews
Xi- n-w Chinese pr. l-nWl rejia waie out iu . og
r.v . in Minister Del-: d tonal in whnrh Urjan atui his phU-....-rx
are r-eei e,I i frai arc thoroughly riddled.
I -.V-.r..vSl V nd the re-t The writer says that Bryan a poln-y
, I . .A',..!xv5!l T.rove detrimental to industrial in-
i . n n, i Timriuiirp tut u iitri asa
-u.M-..r. c-it;,-is th- what r;as.:i a lawring in... ca, u c
r-nig thai i:ot,-.,g: fr v.rin.g fr Bryan. lhe cdXorul
:..:. . . It sivs that ! further says:
. ti e entdial w. re! "It is admitted by the most earnest
t r. ':ri. The prdiibi- vip;.rters of Bryan .that his election
of tireanns it would rosidt in a lame.
i-. ..teudmg tat! The editorial in the Mill News which
::!.n .1 timers coadjctrculates largely among the mill em
a .1 th firm' ply,J of tnc -Caroiinas, will likely be
. r; i ,n.!r-:t in its results in many localities.
t to mTI t t l
it would 1.' im
o'h a prohibition
like Cauia.
"11. Prospect Wins UuksofVork Stakes
London. Oct. 0. The Duke of York
.1 C
Dutch Synod Condemns Warfare .
Cape Town, Oct. M. The Synod of the
Dutch Ileformed Church has adopted
a resolutnon condemning the conduct of
the British in the war as not being in
accord with the rules of civilized war
fare. The chairman of the synod, Rev.
Mr. Stej-tler, was particularly violent
in denunciation of the British, accusing
them in his speech of barbarously burn
ing houses occupied by women and chil
dren solely. Outside of the synod his
speech is angrily condemned.
A Boer Prisoner's Protest
London, Oct. C A dispatch from
Bloemfontein says that one of the Boer
prisoners in the Oreen Point-(Cape Col
ony) encampment has written to the
post, protesting against a continuance
of the struggle. If the endus not reached
soon, he declares, the prisoners at Cape
Town and elsewhere will issue a public
protest.
Another Dispatch From Roberts
London, Oct. 6. A dispatcn received
from Lord ltoterts, dated Friday, Octo
ber .", says:
"The number of prisoners captured or
surrendered is daily increasing and must
now aggregate nearlv 10,000 men.
"Commandant Muiler has surrendered
to Clery and Commandant Dirksen and
others are on their way to Pretoria5 to
surrender.
"A detachment of the London ' Irish
endeavored to surprise a party of Boers
near Bullfontein October 4, but had to
Tetire after three hours lighting with six
men wounded. The Boers suffered
heavily."
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R.II.E.
New York . . . 0 2 0 0 011 x I 4 2
Boston .... 0000(10011 7 1
Batteries: Mercer and Grady; Nichols
and Sullivan. Umpire. Snyder.
Chicago-Cincinnati Rain.
R. II. E.
Pittsburg . . . 0 10020000 a 0 7
St. Louis . . . 00 12010004 8. 1
Batteries: Leever and Zimruerj Powell
and Criger. Umpire, Swartwood.
R. H. E.
Phila. .... 0001003020 13 3
Brooklyn . . . 02013 0 00 28 18 0
Batteries: Frazier and McFarland;
McUiunity and Farrell. Umpire, Hurst.
Standing of the C'lnbs
Brooklyn .
Pittsburg .,.
Philadelphia
Boston . . .
Chicago . . ,
St. Louis . .
Cincinnati .
New York . .
Won. Lost. Pet.
. 81 52 .001)
. 74 58 .roi
. 72 02 .o:J7
. 03 00 .485
. or: 70 .47;;
. 02 72 .4rj
. T!) 74 .443
. 58 77 .420
POSTAL FINANCES
Deficit a millon and a Half Less Than
the Previous Year
Washington. Oct 6. Henry - Castle,
auditor Cor the Post office Deparmenr,
received today from the bookkeeping
division the trial balance showing ie
icvipts and expenditures of the postal
service for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1000. This statement, taken in con
ception with that of the money order
statement, which was completed a week
ago, shows the entire financial results
of the postal service for the tiseal year.
The tiuam-ial statement of the postal
service proper for the year 1000, is as
follows
i-:.a;.er collides, has ' were thirteen starters.
iVr nV filr-l A. BailcJ 's Mount Prospect, ridden
"VXY American jockey. J. heiffffe, was
; i... . 'WM . " iV't.LT UV-r- C. S. Newton's Ameer, ridden by
' s ujic is luto-
'""ur.ln tbe Trencu Proposals
i
Expenditures. $107,240,298.13: reve
nue u, h war ma- stakes, a handicap of 2,000 sovereigns, jiue, $102,343,379.20; excess of expendi-
was run at Kempton Park today. There niveH over revenues, ?4,804,718.84.. The
excess of expenditures over receipts or
not defiicit of the postal service is about
$1,300,000 less than the deficit for the
preceding fiscal year.
. j : , A
mills totlXesume Operations
Joliet. 111., Oct. 6. Notices have been
posted that the Converter and Billet mills
of the Illinois Steel Conipanv and the
Joliet plant of the Pressed 'Steel Car
Company will start up again next Mon
day. As a result the I.Km.i wdrkingmen
who were laid off when the mill shnt
down are preparing to go back to work.
Police After an Absconding irilnlstsr
Madrid, Oct. C The cabinet has de
cided to send the police after Salvador
Ll?'..tne absconding Spanish minister
to Chile.
'- It i announced tbst
truant has indicated irs
Frcai h proposal. I:
I willingness to cen-
Yer in a joint
government.
Jon u nitrr Trade
'A dispatch from
; ii the British ehip-itvi-
abandoned the
l!ig to restrictive
;ufavotab!c treatment.
Ma her, was second, and Lord Beresford's
Caiman, ridden by L. Reiffe, was third.
The betting was i) to 2 on Monnt
Trospect, 8 to 1 on Ameer, and 8 to 1
on Caiman.
nesnltof Parliamentary Elections
Indon. Oct. 6. Pariiamentary re
turns up to this afternoon h.w the
election of 2i4 Conservatives , ol Liberal
rnionists. SJ Liberals, 00 Nationalists
and one Independent labor representa
tive civing the government a majority
of 17L Right Hon. Herbert H. A-quith.
"eerttarv of state for the home jlepart
mem. has becu rc-ilectcd by a doubled
majority. - -
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 6. As -was gen
erally expected, the concessions offered
to the striking miners by the individual
coal operators, A. Pardee & Co., have
been without the slightest effect in in
ducing those of their men who are on
strike to' return to work.
The concessions are identical with
those offered by the Lehigh Valley and
the other "big coal companies and are
entirely too vague and unsatisfactory
from the tmiuers' point of view." While a
net increase of 10 per cent, is offered,
it is not stated for what length of time
or whether on a permanent or a sliding
scale. The same complaint of vague
ness is made against the promised reduc
tion in the price of powder. No fixed
price is promised, and the offer that pow
der will be sold to miners for $l.o a
keg and that the difference between
this ra'tie and the old rate of $2.73 shall
?be taken into-ajount in figuring the
net advance of.lu per cent., the miners
say, admits of too many different inter
pretations and juggling to be at all sat
isfactory. What they want and proh
ably will get is a plain, straightforward
proposition on the part of the opera
tors and companies which cannot be mis
interpreted, and which ' in every way
definitely fixes terms and dates.
President Mitchell this morning reiter
ated, in so many words, that an oner
emanating from only .a -single firm com
not be considered and no action would
.or coidd be taken by him or his col
leagues until all the operators and com
panies had offered terms of settlement.
Still, although no definite declaration to
this effect has been made a settlement
of the strike is likely to be made very
shortly. A number of local unions have
already chosen delegates to the conven
tion which is to be.held soon,. and this
is a most significant step, despite the
fact that union officials say that it was
entirely premature. Otherwise there was
no notable change in the strike, situa
tion here this morning. -
Only one demonstration of violence
took ihrce-nd that occurred at an early
hour this morning at the Lattiniec col
liery of A. Pardee & Co. . This colliery
has been working almost full handed.
The subjugation of the men working at
this plant was determined on several
times and raids were made up, but were
prevented by the leaders. This morning
however, the place was carried by a
large display of force and strategy com
bined, which -was not without its amus
ing features.
The colliery office is situated at the
extremity of a long and narrow lanev
flanked by the houses occupied by the
miners of the company.
Down this street and directeJy toward
the store and office, the men marched
at an early hour this morning, ' with a
band of strikers headed by ''Mother'
Jones. Arriving in fromt of the store,
"Mother" Jones began addressing the
crowd, and this attracted the deputies
and police officers who left the colliery
and stripping, several hundred feet back
of the office, almost unguarded.
While this was going on a crowd of
strikers, numbering perhaps 1,000, had
quietly .proceeded to a position back of
the workings. Suddenly, while the at
tention of the police and deputies was
attracted by the occuiTence at the of
fice, the second crowd swooped down
upon the workings and prevailed upon
the men to go out. They scattered like
a Itock of sneep and did not return to
work, so the plant had to close down
for the day at least. Whether it .will
try to resume Monday or not is not
known.
I
Notice ol Increase Posted
Wilkesbarre, Oct. 6. -At most of the
rolleries of the individual operators in
this region notices were posted this
morning offering the employes a 10 per
cent, net increase. The Pennsylvania
and the Susquehanna companies have
not yet made this offer, but it is be
lieved they will do so in a day or two,
and theii the order will be general
throughout the region. The general im
pression here among business men and
miners is that President Mitchell will
mrw order the convention which he has
stated would be called when he could
place before the delegates an oner of the !
operators for a settlement. , '
The strikers still insist that the opera
tors must recognize the union. The op
erators, however, have said decisively,
that they will never do this. A speedy
settlement is confidently expected in this
district.
The Strike Spreading:'
Reading, Oct. 6 The strike in the
West End mines of Schuylkill county is
spreading into Dauphin county. The
liig Lick colliery was closed today.
A large labor mass-meeting was held in
Williamstown opera house and addressed
by Labor Organizer Hartline. All is
?uiet. Labor leaders say everything in
,ykens district wUl be closed tight by
Monday.
Another Strike Threatened
Washington, Oct. 6. A special to The
Star from Hazleton, Pa., says:
"Information - has reached Hazleton
that a strike is expected in the Clearfield
bitnminpus coal region, adjoining the
present strike field. The number ' of
nlen expected to strike in the bituminous?
region, is about thirty thousand. The
advices iurtber state, that if tne strike
Sixty MIleaWHnont Wires
T.nndon. Oct. 6. Marconi today snc
is ordered the fever will spread to Mary-lcessfully, transmitted a -message -by the
I i nv - i :i,i. T :-i.wo cretom- from -Koiilosme. I ranee.
land. West Virginia and Ohio coal fields
It is said that the miners in the Clear
field district are very rastless because
their coal is being shipped into the mar
ket supplied by the anthracite miners.
The information is that they may strike
to help their brethren of the hard-coal
fields if the strike is prolonged, and they
are very likely to strike if the anthra
cite miners win,, encouraged y the sac
cess m of the latter. The situation is
considered one of r- exceeding gravity,
threatening widespread disturbances.
"The strike in the anthracite region is
complete. .The last of the working col
lieries in this region shut down t this
morning, when 1,500 strikers marched,
to Lattinier, the scene of the killing of
twenty-one miners three;years ago, and
induced the men to come out.
"Another step in the direction of set
tling the strike has been taken by the
individual operators in offering to join
with the big coal companies in proposing
an increase of ten per cent in wages.
It has not been decided Avhether the
miners will consider the proposition.
"There is a prospect that troops may
be asked for in this vicinity. There
have been no disturbances yet, but the
coal operators think that some men
would go to work at Lat timer if given
military protection. The general situa
tion is acute and causes great uneasi
ness." ;
A Slap at the Authorities.
Philadelphia, Oct. 6. Calvin Pardee,
of C. Pardee & Co., issued the following
statement from the main office of the
firm in this city:
"A mob of upwards of twro thousand
many of its number armed with clubs,
in the presence of Sheriff Harvey and
a large force of deputies, drove off our
men at the Lattimer mines today from
their work, and we have deemed it best
to suspend work there until further no
tice, and. have posted the following at
our mines: .
"Notice! The governor of Penusylnti
nia and the general commanding the na
tional guard of this State, stationed at
Shenandoah, having failed to send troops
to aid Sheriff Harvey in preventing the
marching of mobs and assaults on and
intimidating men pursuing their usual
daily work in the mines of Luzerne
county, and the sheriff also having failed
to do this'. with his numerous deputies,
and it being-impossible for us to prevent
further injury and possible loss of life
to our employes in their homes or going
to and from their work, we " deem it
best to suspend work at our mines this
day and until further notice."
Offer to Adjust Differences
Scranton, Ba.. Oct. 6. The Delaware
and . Hudson Coal Company, through
General Superintendent Rose, at noon
today gave notice that it will give the
same wage advance to its mine employes
as the other , companies, reduce powder,
to $1.50 a keg and adjust all Other griev
ances .which, the employes may have.
The Pennsylvania Coal. Company is yet
holding, off. 1
Last Reading Colliery Closes '
Trevonton. Pa., 6ct. rG. At, - a mass
meeting of 500 miners at Trevonton last
night it was decided to go on strike ana
remain out until-the labor trouble is set
tled. , As a result North Franklin col
liery, the last of the thirty-nine Phila
delphia, and Reading collieries in this
district, -is idle today. No attempt 'will 1
oe made to resume . -
BRYAN IN HOOSfERDOM
His Triumphal - Procession
Pursues Its Onward Course'
TRAVELING AND TALKING
AtGreencastleEfe Ieave Ills Srsak
fast to Make a Speech, to College Stu
dents lie Warns Them Against
Trusts and Imperialism-.. Proverb
of Solomon Brought Doirn to Date
" - i
for Benefit of People with Dull Wits
Indianapolis, lud., Oct. C The first
stop of the Bryan train today wa3 at ;
Plain-field, Hendricks county, I where .Mr
Bryan, discussed .trusts 'and told the pee-.
pie that they had the remedy for them
in their own hands.' Referring to the! '
Philippine Islands, he said that if it was
not right for one man to steal a pocktU '
book it was not right (or many men to ,
steal twelve Hundred Islands. i
vrreeucasTie, -t-ne seat or uet-'au iJni- r
versity, vas reached -while Mr. Bryaa
was at breakfast. Ho left the table'
good-naturedly and went to speak to the I '
people who had congregated in large
numbers' He addressed . himself espe
cially to the university students, saying
that he was pleased to talk to yduag '
men, as he thought present conditions ;
were such as should appeal especially- J
to them. ...He warned them against trusts
as calculated by their combinations and
manipulations to materially' reduce the -opportunities
of the rising generation, If
not to destroy .the chances of many of
them. Any system calculated to curtail
opportunities for individual endeavor
and doom the bulk of the aspiring young '
men of the country to perpetual clerk
ships was, Mr. Bryan said, to be unre
servedly condemned. He also spoke of
the increase of the standing army and
the tendency to imperialism as subjects
in which the youth of the land are espe-
dally interested. Referring to. the pos
sibilties in case of permanent extension,
of our government to the Philippines,
Mr. Uryan said:
"If the carpet baggers steal in Cuba,
ohly4200. miles away, what may be ex
pected of them in the Philippines, 7,000
miles distant?" Then he declared: "You
cannot raise-people up by sitting down
otn them," and pleaded that the.. Fili
pinos should be given a fair chance in
the race of life. He declared tnat thir
Republicans have no plan for the Phil
ippines, "Republicans, your president
has no plan," h said; "yoair cabinet has
no plan; your congress has no plan; your
orators have no plan; your editors havu
no plan; you have ho plan. Search your
heads, search your hearts; you know
you have no plan that jxu wouJd even,
dare tell your neighbor. On the contr;i
ry," he said, "the Democruts have a w'eil
defined plan. They would have, the
Filipinos treated as the president has
promised to treat the Cubans; In other ,
words, would give thorn their", liberty." (
Then he would have the United States
stand by them like an older brother. As
the train moved off a big chorus, occupy- 1
ing a large and patriotically decorated
float, sang a song predicting triumph
for Mr. Bryan and destruction for all
fois foes. At 'Brazil" Mr.' Bryan spoke I
for half an hour to'xia large audience
composed largely of coal miners. Lts
speech wa devoted to labor gtiestious.
At Brazil Mr. Bay an said; I
,'When we ask. the Republicans today
to defend imperialism they tell us thero
is really no sucli thing, when we ask
them to defend militarism .they tell us .
there is 'really no such tiling. When we '
ask them what they ar going to do on'f
the trust question', Mr. Hauna replic3
that he does not believe there are auy
tru-s ts. The trust q uesticn w as before
the, people some, in (JS0o hut not much.'"
It was before us in principle, but '. w
have had a great many (applicants for
principle since, and the -peopie know
more about it now than they did tten. '
Some o the people then thought the
trust did not. amount :o anything, and
when I see a man wh has learned by
experience what he ought to havo learn
ed by reason, I am reminded f one of.
Solomon's proverbs, 'fee's wfce man fore-' -seeth
the evil and 5uderh irinr.jf, but
,the foolish pass on raid ura punished
told you in 1890 that ii the cmsts-f r i - -nished
the money to carry on thft cam ' -pain
for the Republican party the
trusts' would make it back If the Repub
lican party got into power. Some of ; wii
Republicans laughed at it." There are
s6me; Republicans with nch horc T
memories, some of them ht&e o U tx- .
ercise, their minds, and I am going to
condense that proverb of Solomon ao !t .
Will be so libort that no Republican f - ,
forget it: The wise man trcts Yt idea:
his head: the foolish man gets it in t5
neck.' No, you can't help jcttirj: t
idea, bnt yon have yocr choieo .'
wliere you will take it. Yci: l:iA.vitl
todav about the principle which '. uad
lies 'the trnsts, ec&v.c cradle iu 2S.
von ran across the tracts occtionai
iiow you meet them every day. Whan.
f under a DemocraUc , cdrviaiF:Tatl07i, a
mill' closed do wu. everjr :iep;i!Jcan
paper would point to the closing covj ,
of the mill a the effect of a iev: tMTiitr 1
but now a trust will buy a mill ar.d
close it down and th Rpnblicari wlu.
know bis party is reyponaiblo for-tn
trust cannot say & word abont it."
The crowd et Terre Hante wa a large
one, numbering at least ten tbousan
people, with three bands and several
drum corps. Mr. Bryan walked froiv
the train between a file of police through
the baggage room to jhe , tand, and
-w'hen he appeared & aaout of applause
went up that seemed to efcako tho bL
station buildiag. Mr. Brywn - aopearct' .
surprised and delighted , with tihe izft
and cordiality .of the crowd. He ha '
not spoken more earnestly and forcibly
in Indiana than he did hera today.
Terre Haute is the home ctf many 1--boring
men, miners aDd railroad men.
The iron mills are not running nd Mr. :
Bryan's speech ws directed principally
to the men who work and those who
want work but cannot get.it. The iru:
and the sorrow they have brought r
Terr Haute laborers wa a theme upon
-which Mr, Bryan bore forcibly. Tii-
is ihe home of Eugene Debs, the social ,
. , -
" jContiiwjed oa Sixtli Fago.)
THE PROPOSED JNOKFASE
Thirty-six Ihonsand men and Boys
. Concerned in the Offer
Wilkesbarre, Pa..- Oct. H. Half the
strikers in the upper coal', field, which
comprises Luzerne and Lackawanna
counties, taking in the entire forty miles
from Forest Uity. to Shickshainny, have
now been offered an' increase of 10 per
cent, in their wages. The field employs
75,000 men and bovs, more than half the
total number in the entire anthracite
coal field. Of these 30,000 have been
offered the increase. Today twenty-two
individual operators announced the ad
vance, following tne lead of the four big
coal carrying companies.
The companies which have not yet
granted the advance have not jefused to
do so and some of them are ready to
make the offer as soon as they see any
chance of the strikers accepting it.
The strikes are waiting for the offer
to become general, and while they realize
that if the 36,000 to whom the 10 per
cent, advance has bbeen granted wTould
return to work it would force the other
companies to grant a similar ' advance.
They would rather that all the com
panies made, the offer. There is not the
least doubt that if the feusquehanna,
Delaware & Hudson and -Pennsylvania
companies offered the extra 10 per cent,
the strikers would at once insist upon
President Mitchell calling a convention
and settling the strike, at least as far
as the upoer coal field, is concerned.
The coa'l carrying companies which
.stil hold out employ 10,000 men and
the individual companies which have
not yet made the offer about 10,000. As
these companies will be compelled by
the action of- the other companies to
make the ' increase- their action in with
holding their, offers- is not understood
and is causing a great deal of annoy
ance, among .business-men, who say the
companies are greatly injuring business
in this region by .thb'tv delay,
The general council of the strikers had
a lengthy session here, toda y and would
hot say what -it was . about, although
they did, not deny that the offered ad
vance was (Under consideration. It is
understood that they discussed the ad
visability of asking Mitchell to call, a
convention- Some favored it at once,
but others favored waiting a few days
to see if some , of the companies Which
have not jet made an offer would do so.
Claesada and the Constitution :
Havana, Oct. 6.--Senor Quesada,who
represented Cuba at the Paris Exposi
tion and who recently went to Washing
ton, arrived! here today. La Discussion
asserted . that Senoc. Quesada has a
readv-made f constitution in' his pocket,
which he bad brougKt from Washington.
In an intervie wv published in El Cu
banp," Benor Quesada denies this story.
He says that the constitutional conven
tion will have a free hand to draw up
any kind of laws it may desire. He
adds, however, that the delegates should
remember that the great orators will be
the greatest enemies of Cuba in the
convention. The time, they will consume
in speeches will result in the postpone
ment of deSnife action favorable to the
island. . ' -' . i
wireless system from-.Boulogne, i ranee.
to-Do vercourtia' distance of sixty miles.
The customary mode, of receiving ,and
transmitting the message on poles was
abandoned at today's test, the dispatch
being received ou a cylinder only
feet in height. ,