IN FOR A STRUGGLE
Strike of Miners" May Last a
Long Timp
NEW FACTOR IN CONTEST
Small Operators Unable to make Tonus
ivitk Railroads and in Danger of
ISeins Swallowed by the Large Con
cerns Dental Given to a Report tbat
the Strike Had Been Called Off-Plans
for Relitfef Strikers
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3 Althouj
;Ti there
Las been no material change in the
strike situation since yesterday, there is
a growing conviction that the strike "will
be a long-drawn-out one. This is mainly
due to the fact that.it has become gen
erally recognized that instead of clari
fying, the developments of the last forty
eight hour have complicated the situa
tion. It is no longer now a mere de
mand on the part of the mine 'workers
for an increase in wages, a reduction in
the price of powder and the settlement
of a list of minor grievances, but an en
tirely new factor has entered into the
contest. This is the individual opera
tors and "coal-carrying companies' and
their varying interests.
While no information is obtainable
from, the operators here s to what they
itre doing in their efforts to induce the
coal-carrying companies to grant them
lower tonnage rates, it .is known that
they are in consultation .with the- rail
road officials upon this very question.
The operators say that they cannot advance-
wages or -increase their operating
expenses in any manner until the carry
ing companies agree to equalize mat
ters by a compensating freight rate. It
, i certain that unless these , concessions
are made the individual operators -will
close down their collieries indefinitely.
On the other hand, it is thought in
mining .circles that the carrying com
panies will not. make any concession to
the operators with the deliberate inten
tion of thus crowding them out of the
. business.: It" has only been a- question
of - time anyhow when the individual
operators would be gobbled up by the
big companies, and the time seems to be
A ery near at hand.
To still further complicate matters and
make protracted strike likely, is the
attitude of ..-President , Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers. ' It is believed
his object now is to secure official
t- 3 guition for himself -and the Mine
rkers' Union ,IIis recent utterances
x Sirring to the advance in wages of
tt Ttd directly by the' companies to their
men, , "They do not seem to have con
sidered me in this matter at all, but they
will soon wish they had," has a very
significant aspect in the light of more
recent events. When Mitchell was asked
this evening about the rumor current
in New York that he had called the
strike off, he made the guarded reply
that, he had not been' in communication
with any railroad presidents in the mat
ter, leaving the interviewer to infer
that he had not called the strike off
nor had any intention of doing so. '
The Lehigh Valley Coal Company has
trained no additional workers by the post
ing of its notices offering .an advance
in wages and a reduction in the price
Df powder, and the miners seem to be
entirely ignoring it.
- No additional collieries were closed
iown today by the strikei's and no vio
lence of any kind, with the exception
Df an attempt made to frighten Michael
Zulick, of East Broad street, is reported
my where in the region.
Two marches took place today, one at
Miners vine and the other at Crystal j
.- Ridge. At Minersville preparations, had
. been made for a descenf on the Latti
mer colliery, but tne officials at the lat
ter place had heard of the program and
were prepared. The miners Tame o
Lattimer at an early hour, but did not
get on the property of the company and
made no attempt to stop men from
going to work; so they were not mo
lested.
only a
The Crystal Ridge march was
small affair, only about 25 men
participating. Their : object was to in
duce the men working at Cranberry to
remain at home. The Cranberry ,. col
liery is still in operation, however.
One of the officers at strike headquar
ters says that if any relief measures are
decided upon no cash wfll be distributed
among the strikers. ' Inste-ad, tha Mine
Workers' Union will establish supply
stations in towns where "the families of
strikers in need of assistance can secure
provisions and household necessities.
Thee supnly depots will be in charge of
The supply depots will be in charge of
-will also furnish relief for non-union men
who are on strike, if what was given
out semi-offieially today is correct.
President Mitchell and his colleagues, it
is learned, have no rear that the mine
workers will not be able to provide all
the relief that may be necessary. They
expect aid. from all classes of organized
labor throughout the country? and espe
cially from the bituminous miners, who,
it is said, are readv to send provisions
bv the car load into the anthracite field.
General Gobin has been informed that
a big meeting. of mine workers is sched
uled for tomorrow nirht at'Lansford. in
- the Panther Creek Valley. It is . under
stood that a large number of 'strikers
' from, the vicinity of Ilazletou will at
tend the meeting.
At present there are no indications of
trouble, but General Gobin said today
that if troops are needed they will be
in readiness. Renorts from the. Pan
ther Creek Valley today are to -the
ef
fect that the Lehigh Coal' and rvaviga
tion collieries were still working with
full forces, despite the gi;eat pressure
brought to bear on' the. men there by
strikers from other districts.
Wl fell ell flakes a Statement
Hazleton, Pa'., October 3. President
Mitchell this evening issued the following
statement:
To the Miners and Mine Workers of
the Anthracite Region:
We have just been informed that a
report has been circulated at Ashland
-to the effect that in a conference in
'ew York this morning between the coal
presidents and 'myself an agreement was
1 1 . 1. . M 1 .1 A I. . A. . . f t .....
reacneni wnicu wm tmi iue MriKe.
T desire to notify all mine workers!
that the report, is incorrect and that. I
have not been in conference with, the
presidents and have made no agreement
with them. I -wish to reiterate what I
said several days ago, that there will be
no settlement of the strike until a con
vention of the. anthracite miners is held.
You are f urther. requested to pay no at
tention to any statements of this kind
and to continue the strike until such con
cessions, are made by - the operators as
win justiry ira in calling a general con
vention, when you will be regularly
notified of the date -and place at which
the convention will In held.
JOHN MITCHELL', "
President United Mine Workers.
ITIore Unions Organized
, Pittsville,
Pa:, Oct. 3.
A half dozen
nig miners unions
were' organized in
this district last night, and the miners
are firmer than ever in their determina
tion to continue the strike. Business men
expect a long tie-up, and orders given
for merchandise have been cancelled.
The State troops will remain at Shen
andoah. Practically all of the Heading's
thirty-eight collieries in the Schuylkill
district are producing no coal. Their
Xorth Franklin colliery in Northumber
land county is getting out fifty t cars a
day, Nearly all washeries are closed
down and no coal trains are moving to
day. Reading Company Posts a Notice
Shamokin, Pa., Oct. 3. Excitement
was caused jn this district this morning
bv the following notice being posted by
officials:
Office of the
Philadelphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co.,
Fotts. Pa.. Oct. 3.
This company makes the following an
nouncement to its mine employes:
It will adjust its rate of wages so as
to pay to its mine employes on and after
October 1. 1900. a 10 per cent, increase
in the wages heretofore received, and
will take up with its mine employes any
grievances which they may have.
II. C. LUTHER,
General Superintendent.
Thousands of miners assembled to
read the news. They were gratified that
the Heading had at least agreed to
arbitrate. When asked if they would
return to work at once, everybody saici
they would wait until President Mitchell
had given
his opinion.
Rumor that the Strike Was Called Off
New York, Oct. 3. A report that
President Mitchell, of , the United Mine
Workers, had called off the strike of the
anthracite miners was circulated in the
stock exchange today. The report could
be traced to no definite source, but it
caused . a general advance , in the prices
of stocks.
Few Collieries iuperatlon
Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 3.-ieneral Super
intendent Luther of the mining property,
reported to President Harris, of the
Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron
Co-imp any today that only four of the
company's 3!) collieries are working to
day. This is one less than was recit
ed in operation yesterday, the property
to shut dotwii being the Good Spring col
liery in the buyer-Schuylkill region. Su
perintendent Luther , also reports that
only one of the two breakers is in op
eration ' at the Brookside colliery, near
Pine Grove. The only Heading Company
collieries at work today are North
Franklin, Lincoln, Glendower and a
part of the Brookside.
Following the example of the owners
of the Mid-valley colliery in shutting
down their works until the strike is
over, t'he Shamokin Coal Company's
Natalie colliery, between. Shamokin and
-Mount Carmel. closed down this niorn-
im.f ' IWcm-o the strike 1,200 men and
boys 'were given employment there, but
during the past two. week's the big op
eration was worked with about 300 men.
Tiynamite Under a House
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3.
nother at
tempt was made here early tins morning
tr blnw un the dwelling occupied by a
rrmi-ivnion man with dynamite. At 3:15
o clock a
put under
Zulick, at
awakened
birsre stick ot dynamite was
ft he- house occupied by Mike
Laurel Hill. Zulick, on being
by the explosion, rushed out
of the house and fired oft his revolver,
but the nernetrators of the outrage were
not caught.
Mother
Wilkesbarre,
Mary's Prediction
Pa., Oct. 3 The follow
ing was given out by "Motner .uary"
Jones this afternoon:
"We wiHwin. It is in the air. It is
' in the offer of the presidents. J3ut. we
i want-more ' than ten per cent in wages
and a reduction m tne price oi powuer io
.$1.r0. and when the operators make an
nfT.r that thev will accept they must
agree - to keep it at least a year,
slidincr scale must be done away
The
with;
it nnlv slides more into the pockets of
the ooerators." s .
"Will this strike last if the operators
remain stubborn?
"Just as sure as the sky is above us
it. will. I know it because, I have talked
with the women of' the coal region
What thev sav goes further and means
more than the men. -They are the real
'strikers.' The burden is heavier on their
shoulders than on the men. They suffer
more. Some of them are suffering now.
1 know of several cases. I have talked
with, the women of the miners, " their
wives and daughters. They are enthusi
astic for the strike, and they won't, let
the men give in until they win."
Executive Board Holds a meeting
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3. There was an
executive session lasting several hours
of the national executive board of . the
United (Mine Workers tonight, and it
was supposed from the secrecy main
tained as to its object that there would
be some important developments. At its
conclusion, however, -Mr.- Mitchell said
that there had only been a discussion of
the general situation and a compari
son of notes From all reports received
it was shown that out ' of 142,000 mine
workers in the anthracite di-strict, there
t were onlv 5X00 men at work, and it was
i ex.pected that ia a few days these would
also joiu iue suleIs aim t'vi'xj uumei;v
in the entire anthracite field would be
closed down.
Asked whether, as had ..been l-eported,
he' had been in consultation with the
operators in New Y'ork over the long
distance 'phone today, Mr. Mitchell said
Ilthat he had not been and had not at
! . i .it i i
any time nau any taiK witn an opera
tor. - All that he knows was that the
carrying companies and the individual
operators were having a scrap by them
selves and that the United Mine Work
ers would now simply lay back and look
on. Mr. 'Mitchell also said that nothing
had been done looking toward the call
ing of a conterence, and he could not
tv wnen anynnnar would .be done m
j that direction.
UNDER REAL VALUES
The Rule of Assessments in
Wilson and Halifax,
EVIDENCE VERY STRONG
Certain Cotton Mills Listed at Two
thirds Value and a Ilig Lumber Plant
at Less Than Half Its AVorth-The
General Rule Shown by Witnesses.
A Primitive Baptist Preacher Cites
JSis Own Farm as Evidence.
Weldon, N. C., Oct. 3 Special. The
third day of the railroad taxation case
started up briskly this morning at 0:30
o'clock, with Mr. T. W. Tenner on the
stand as the first witness. Mr. Fenner
saia ne was ueputy register or ueeus j
of Halifax county. He was, questioned
as to assessment of the Roanoke Navi-i
gation and (Water-power Company and
the assessment of the works at ltoauoke i
Rapids, including mills 2sTos. 1 and 2, the!
canals and town lots. From what Mr. j
Fenner read from the records ; it was
wlimvni -fliof titTllj iiil vrrL-2 ai'o tint-
assesseu ror taxation at more man two
thirds of their actual -cash value.
The witnesses examined this morning
were nnviuly from Wilson, iney are
among the best known vand most promi
nent men of Wilson county. ' ' r
Mr. Fenner said the North Carolina
Lumber Company's property at Tillery
was assessed at $8,000. It was shown
that the ash value of the property is
more than double that amount. r
A certain property in the county, Mie
said, was assessed fat $22,500.
This
that
property
would sell for double
amount. -
- Judge Connor, on cross-examination,
wanted to know how the assessors could
et at 'the value of a stock of goods, for
instance, when such property was listed
for taxation Judge Connor wanted to
know if there was any fixed rule for
valuation.
Mr. Fenner said there was a fixed rule
for valuing in Halifax county; that it
was a' matter with the assessors. As a
rule, Mr. Fenner said, land was valued
at three-lourths. lie knew of one piece i
of property valued at $3,000 worth j
io,uw. Luoixier ueiu was wuere a neiK""
w' ft n k . ' t - 1, .- : i
bor sold a half-interest in a farm at
$1,700.- and the whole farm was only
valued at that. lie knew of no agree
ment to undervalue.
J. F. Farmer of Wilson county was
examined. He had been a commissioner
and assessor. The practice is that the
assessors have "tried to assess property
at. about two-thirds or three-fourths the
cash value. It was a verbal understand
ing to assess at three-fourths. "My own-
property is assessed at not more ' than
two-thirds. I, am a minister of. the
Primitive Baptist Church. We consider
it a reproach to le called Hard Shells."
On cross-examination, Judge- Connor
wanted to know if there was any agree
ment to undervalue. lie knew of none.
In lending .money he would not want to
lend for more than half the value of
laud. He had found that to be. a safe
business rule.
B. F. Land of Wilson was one of the
asesessors, It was a rule or principle
in Wilson county to value at about three
quarters. On cross-examination by
Judge Connor as to any fixed rule, he
said there was no fixed rule- to under
value, bpt they exercised their best judg
ment in valuing. His own farm was
valued at $2,500. . It was worth ,$4,000.
One farm he knew valued at $0,000 he
thought would not bring over $8,000. -
It. J. ' Taylor of Wilson was assessor
in 1S00. There was talk about fixing
the value of real estate at two-thirds
to three-quarters actual value.
W. E. Deans of Wilson was the next
witness. He was tax collector for Wil
son. From what he had heard and
knew, real estate is valued at two-thirds
to three-quarters.
J. M. Batenian, sheriff of Washington,
and M. M. Bateman, clerk of the Supe
rior Court of the same county, testified
that there was no fixed rule for valuing,
but that values in Washington county
would range from two-thirds to three
quarters. ' .
W. M. Brown and W. II. Grimes of
Pitt, W. I. Herring. Frank Ilhem, J. A.
Pridgen and W. C. Fields, all of Lenoir,
testified along the same. line. The valua
tion in their townships was about two
thirds, and some sections as low as
liftyTfive per cent of the actual value.
The court adjourned to meet at Eden
ton' October 20; Wilmington, November
12; Haleigh, November 2G.
DEFIANCE TO BLACKBURN
Wilkesboro Chronicle Challenges Him
to Come on with Ills Libel Suit
Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct? S.-'Special.
Today's Wilkesboro Chronicle defies
the Republican- ciiudidate for Congress
in this district to bring suit against it
for libel, for charges made last week re
garding Blackburn's -official acts while
United States Commissioner in Ashe
county. The editor of the Chronicle
says:
"We have mailed him a copy of the
paper, but E. Spencer , has not yet pro
ceeded. Our authority is Hon. R. B.
Glenn, district attorney at the time, with
whom affidavits charging the offense
were filed, and E. 'Spencer resigned be
fore Judge Dick to prevent being tried.
Mr. Blackburn has our permission to
proceed at his pleasure." - ,
An Incredible Humor
" Washington, Oct. 3. -iXo stock is takeii
here in the sensational Canton story of
a plot to kill the president.
Chicago, Ott. 3 The police officials
in charge of the Central station, today
refused to discuss the) rumor from Can
ton of a plot to assassinate President
McKinley, referring all inquiries to
Chief Kipley, who could hot be found.
Harvard lias a Belapse
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 3. The
Hai4-
vard 'varsity eleven had a relapse today.
Its sharp work in practice yesterday
had created great expectations. They
remained unrealized, for in the game this
afternoon in twelve-minute halves -the
'varsity could only score twice against
Williams, the score being. 12 to U.
BRYAN SWEEPING ON
Yestertfay He Sped Through
. the State Wisconsin.
THIEVES, BIG AND LITTLE
Unjust Taxation Is Larceny Perpetrat
ed by Law-The Farmer and the Tax
on ISindlnc Twine-The Hanna Idea
of the Only Question Before the Conn
try as an Issue-JefFarsonlan Expan-
' slon aj jrici&iniey Imperialism .
v'f
Potage, Wis., Oct. 3.-William J.
Bryan and party spent hiilf a day here,
arriving during the night from La
Crosse.yj Mr. Bryan spoke here at 10:30
o'clock and left at 120 p. m. for
Columbus, Wis.; He took breakfast with
A. F. Warden, chairman of the State
Central Committee, and lunched with
Mayor Jones, of this city. Mr. Bryan's
Wisconsin escort included the Demo
cratic eandidnte for governor, L. G.
Bohnnich; E. C. Waii, former national
coiflniitteeinau Xor the State; T. E.
Ityan, present committeeman;- Mayor
Kose and Melville A. Hoyt, of Milwau
kee, and Be v. 'Father Miller, -of Wau
kesha. "
iJSlr. Bohmrich, who preceded Mr.
Bryan, spoke, on the equalization of
taxes and' against an increase1 in the
army. - '
Mr. Bryan also took up the question
of taxation. He saK.:
"Unjust taxation simply ..transfers
money from one man's pocket to an
other's and is larceny perpetrated bv
law; and do you know, my friends, as
1 have, studied government and , the
policies of government, I have made up
my mind that the stealing done by those
in the penitentiary is not so great as
the stealing tuat is done by unjust law?
You may thiuk that is a strong state
ment, but just remember that the num
ber of men In the penitentiary is small
compared with the population."
Then Mr, Uryau branched out in a
general discussion of national taxes, tak
ing up the question of tire tariff. He
spoke of the tax on binding twine. While
the increase amounted, he said, to only
half a cent an acre, the aggregate benefit
to the manufacturers was not less than
$700,000. He said that-while' the bind
ing twine men -were on hand to look
after the tariff in this case, there -were
no farmers - k Washington to - protect
.;i;onah to do- at home,"
some one )Pfv: ji ..'te.i, to 'which Air.
Bryan res :led: "xts, they were busy
inaKing enott
enottA . to pay . the tax."-
Mr, Bryaiv said the time had come to
take official steps to prevent stealing.
The sime kind of striped, clothes should
be put 'upon the big thieves as upon the
little ones; and if this were done he be
lieved the trusts and pi-irate monopolies
would soon be destroyed. - Defining the
different kinds of trusts, Mr. Bryan said
that investigation would develop that "a
good trust" was a trust which gives
liberally to the Republican campaign
fund, while a bad trust is stingy.
Speaking of putting business men in
office, .he . said that the most of those
who made this plea - wanted to exclude
the most important business men. They
did not want the producers of wealth,
but the traders in the products of those
who create wealth. -
"Mr. Hanna has told us." he said,
"that there are no trusts. He now says
there is no such question as that of im
perialism: That settles it. of course.
Indeed, I am beginning to think there is
no question except as to whether the
Republican ticket shall be elected."
? Mr. Bryan referred to the Republican
plea that Jefferson had favored expan
sion. That, '..Mr. BrVan saidi was, true.
Jefferson had favored expansion, but not
imperialism. The territory that he had
acquired had been converted into , ten
States and its people had become, citi
zens. He said: "The Republican party
is not giving - us loads to build into
States, it is giving ns only people to
subjugate. The Pnilippines are more
densely- populated than the United
States, and instead of offering us a
place for surplus population the result
is apt' to be tne bringing of Oriental la
bor into competition with our own la
bor." Document that Draws People
Portage, Wis., Oct. 3 This county, in
which Portage is located, is almost ex
clusively peopled by German-Americans.
In a burst of enthusiasm, near the end
of his speech, Mr. Bryan said:
"Republicans, show me a document
ever penned by a modern Republican
which will compare with the Declaration
of Independence. Show me a speech
made by a Republican today that has
the influence of the Declaration of In
dependence. The Declaration of Inde
pendence has been read all over the
werld. 'In South Dakota I met Governor
Lee, a .Nonvegian by birth, who from
away off in Norway had read the Decla
ration of Independence and it had drawn
him here and he is now the governor of
a great - State. In Minneapolis I met
Governor Ijind, jwho read the Declara
tion of Independence An Sweden and it
drew hinx to the United States, and he
is now the governor of a great State.
Away off in Germany, Bohmrich read
it and it drew him here, and it is my
earnest hope that he may become the
governor of this State. Republicans,
have you any documents that draw peo
ple?" -Mr. Bryan declared that the Republi
cans celebrate the birthday of Alexander
i Hamilton, who did not believe the Con
tstitution would live. He said Hamilton
believed in England's plan of government,
j "Let the kings of Europe laugh at us if
jwe , give up the Pnilippines," he said.
I "It does not matter what kings think
of US. --.)..'
Again he said: "The Republicans want
a big army to hold the Filipinos whilQ
they . are being exploited by the develop-;
ment companies." ,
God Planted Love of Liberty
Waukesha, Wis.,. Oct. 3. Mr! - Bryan
spoke here at the Casino and at the two
opera house. The audiences were nec
essarily small for the buildings would
not hold big crowds. Many were disap
pointed at. not getting in. There was a
torchlight parade and some fireworks.
Mr. Bryan said that when his opponents
charged bim with being the "cause vof
the continuation of the Philippine war
they paid him too high a compliment. On
this subject he continued:
"The Filipinos knew; the Declaration
of Independence before they knew there
was a man in this country bearing my
name. Instead of me being the cause, it
was a higher power than a Democratic
candidate that .placed' it in their hearts
the love of liberty. I tell yon it was
Abraham Lincoln who said it was God
himself-' that placed in every human
heart the love of liberty, and the Repub
lican party says that we are going- to
give the Filipinos a right to participate
in their government. We give them the
right! ,lt is not a man-given thing; it
is a' God-given thing. Gad himself
joined together in every human being
love of liberty ;,and what God has joined
together let not the Republican party
tear asunder."
Mr. Bryan will arrive in Chicago early
tomorrow. loiter in the day he will go
to the convention - of the Democratic
cln1)S at Indianapolis. -.-.-'
He made six speeches today, agaiiist
fifteen yesterday.
IQOBniS PARK BACES
Winners in Yesterday's . Events and
Those that Will Bun Today.
New York, Oct. 3. Resnlts at Morris
Park: ' " ' '
First rac, 2 miles. 8 hurdles Klon
dyke, G to 5; Ben Exler, 3 to 1; Burling
ton, 8 to 1. Time. 3:44.
Second, race, mile, eclipse Lady
Uncas, 3 to 1; His Royal Highness, .)
to 2; Gold Lace, 15 to 1. Time. 58.
Third race,. anile, Eclipse 'Temple
ton,! torBasutoroto 2; Sweet Tooth,
9 to 2. Time, 59.
Fourth race. Withers mile Servilla,
3 to 1; Gold Heels, 3 to 1; Driscoll, ti to
1. Time, 1:21.
Fifth race, 1 mile Templar, 7 to 5;
The Black Scot, 2 to 1; Fatalist, 7 to 2.
Time, 1:43.
Sixth race, 1 mile -Godfrey, 7 to 1;
Dolando, 2 to 3; Brisk, 9 to 2. Time,
1:41. '
Entries for Today -
First race, hanlicap eclipse Lady Un-
cas t i , XAetter iva.rij. i u n-masKeu ju t ,
Meehanus Hikledth 112, Vulcain ' 110,
Toluca 100, Firm Arm 127, Redpath
100, Smoke 95.
Second race, 2 year ' old, mile,
Eclipse course Ashes 115, .Lookingglass
105, Inshot 110. Reina 105, Katheri-ne
108, Gracious 108, Ondurdi's 110, Sala
mis 110, Laurania 112, Animosity 110,
The Hoodoo 105, Mauga 115, Cherries
110.
Third race,. Belje Meade, 3 year old,
mile. WithersBrigadier 112. Water
cure 112, Greenock 115, Lady Eliite 107,
Madriue 115.
Fourth race. Bronx high-weight handi
cap, mile. Withers Belle of Lex 119,
Kinnikinic 114, Vulcain 123, Hildreth
Meehamns 112, Gold Heels- 104, Handi
euff Osceola 100. Manine 95.'
Fifth race, all ages- - Withers mile
Trigger 7, Smoke 103, ' Cyrano KK,
Queen - Carnival S7, -Ann -Thompson. 87,
Seminole 90, Belle ot Troy 1Q9, S.
Shntjmiaii 112, Compensation 111.
. Sixth j-aee, sll, .. 1-1G,. over the hill
First whip - 113, .Car!buncle 105, - Mill
stream 111, Hammock 105,.l5uffoon 108,
Oliver Mc 108. .
ROOSEVELT ON THE ISSUES,
The Question of Imperialism Stated as
He Understands It '
Broken Bow, Neb., Oct. 3. Governor
Theodore Boosevelt and party reached
here at 8 o'clock this morning. Senator
elect Dolliver of Iowa and Charles II.
Dietrich, Republican candidate 1 for gov
ernor of Nebraska, joined the vice-presidential
candidate, and all three addressed
a large crowd in the public square.
Crovernor Boosevelt said in the course
of his remarks:
"I want toTippeal to you on the ground
of your material well-being to continue
the conditions under which we have
achieved such prosperity during the past
four years. I want no better campaign
document than to quote the prophecies
of Mr. Bryan four years ago and com
pare them with how the events have
come out since. Four years ago you were
told again and - again that unless you
had free silver everything would go
wrong. Then go back a little further.
Eight years ago itAvas free trade and
lower prices for your products. (At pres
ent, if I -understand them aright and it
is hard to keep track of their issues
the paramount issue is that the brown
man in the Philippines has a right to
shoot at any one he wishes, and the
black man at home, though born a free
citizen and an American, has not the
right to vote.", - , .
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The score: It. II
E.
Boston 00300100 04 5 ;i
Brooklyn . . . .1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-4 7 1'.
Batteries: Lewis and Sullivan; Yeager
-and Farrell. Umpire, . Hurst.
Second game: It. II. E.
Boston tv03 0000 14 8 2
Brooklyn 100 20 0 25 8 2
Batteries: Dineeu and Connor; Kenne
dy and MicGuire. Umpire, Hurst.
Game called on account of darkness.
The score: ' II.
Philadelphia .2 000000035
New York ...0010102001
Batteries: Hawley and Grady;
and Douglas. Umpire, Snyder.
II. E.
12 1
10 2
Orth
The score: V R. H. E.
Cincinnati 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 x 1214 2
St. Louts ...033000000-U 11 5
Batteries: Powell and Criger;- Newton
and Kahoe.--Umpire, Emslie.
Standing of the Clubs
Won. Lost. Pet.
7! 52 .003
A 74 57 .5(55
.71 01 .338
. 05 m A'M
(13 , 70 , .473
. 5! 72 .450
. 50 72 .450
..50 70 .424
Brooklyn . . . .
Pittsburg . .. . .
Philadelphia . . .
Boston . . . .
Chicago . . .
St. Louis -
Cincinnati . v
New York - - -
Youtsey Trial Put Off ,
Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 3. The Yout
sev trial was postponed again today un
til' Friday on motion of the defendant's
attorneys, who said summons for certain
of their witnesses lrad not been served.
The case must go to trial Friday or be
postponed until February. It looks very
much as though the defense will ask for
a continuance till February. The indict
ments' against "Tallow Dick" Coinb,
John W. Davis and Holland Whitaker
were continued, today until February.
WE OWN PORTO RICO
The Island Not a Part of the
United States.
IT JUST BELONGS JO US
An Officer of the Treasury Department
Decides tbat ths Constitution Does
Not Follow the Flaz-Ile Defines the
st or the Insular Courts Under
the Act of Congress ProTidlns for the
GoTernment of the Island.
Washington, . Oct. 3.-!omptroller
Tracewell, of the Treasury Department,
has "just issued an important opinion on
the character of the United States courts,
in Porto Ilieo. He holds incidentally,
that the Constitution of the United
States did not extend to Porto through
the operation of the treaty with Spain,
and he declares that the United States
vhave become the owners of the island.
''although neither the island nor the peo
ple, by the act of cession, became an
integral part of the United -States. The
decision relates directlv to the eonrt
of the United States in Porto Rico. In
his "opinion Mr. Tracewell says in part: .
'.The insular government for Porto
Rico has made up a budget purporting
to provide funds for all the necessary
operating expenses oi the United Spates
District Court for Porto Rico. Thtf
insular authorities are also of the opin
ion that the act of Congress temporarily
to provide revenues and a civil govern
ment for Porto Rico imposes: upon" such
government the.dutv of providing sup
port for the operating expenses of said
court, and. carries - with it the corres
ponding right to require its officers to
report to and account for all' their re
ceipts and expenditures to such island
government. : . . -
"The determination of the questions
involved requires the consideration of the
status of-the District Court of Porto
Rico. Is it a local court of Porto Rico,
or a United States court located in
Porto Rieo?-
"Porto Rico was acauired as the re
sult of the, settlement of our late war
witlr the kingdom , of Spain and it was.
acquired by the United States by virtue
of the provisions of the treaty of peaco
between this government and the king
dom of Spain. It is quite evident fioui
a reading of the entire treaty that there
was no intent on-the part of the. treaty
making powers to extend by that in
strument either the Constitution of th
uiuieo otaies oi us sLutuits ui. uvcjc
this ceded territory.
'It (the treaty) : became J: he supreme.,
law of'suA acquired territory. '.With.,
fhe conclusion of the treaty Congress
had authority to enact for the govern-
ment of this acquired territory all such
laws as it deemed suitable and neces
sary to the capacities and wants of its
people. The United States, by the' act
of cession, became the owner of the is
land, but such island nor its people did
not by the niere act of cession become
an integral part of the United States.
"The act Providing for a civil govern
ment for Porto Rico extends the statute
laws of the United States not locally
inapplicable, except as in the act other
wise provided, over the island of Porto
Rico. The statute laws -of the United
(States relative to the district courts of
thp United States are not, so far as I
jam advised, inapplicable to a United
States Court in Porto uico, unless
made inapplicable by said Porto Rican
"The" act establishes this court as a
part of the Federal system of district
courts, and would seem to make it ap
propriate, indeed, necessary to refer to
the general law of the United States
governing such courts and their officers,
in order to ascertain the rules and limi
tations of their procedure. The act in
question differentiates this, court from
oiuer uiiiLtru K7ta.Lc '"
either in the States or Territories in that
the salaries of' United Istates officers, in- '
eluding that of deputy martehafs, shall
be paid out of the Povto Itican treas
ury: also tbat the expenses of all these
officers, whatever they ma mean, shall
aiso oe paia uuiui wo . ''
treasury. , .
"The questionlleft for determination,
is, are the ordinary operating' expenses
of this court included in the expenses
of the officers of judge, marshal or clerk.
or their assistants or deputies; ine
judge is one of the officers of this court;
as likewise are the clerk and marshals;
and the law provides that the expense
of their offices shall be borne by the
treasury of Porto Rico. The court itself
is not an office. It is not the judge, the
clerk, or the marshal. It is the aggre
gate of all these officers and their help
and assistants. It is an organized b,dy
composed of all those offices an.4 their
officers. ' . , " ,
"It is reasonabb certain that under
the terms of the Porto Rican act but"
one class of deputy United States mar
shals is provided to be appointed by
this court, namely, a class of. deputies
to be paid a salary out of the treasury
of Porto Rico. . v ... . .
"I am of the opinion and decide that
all operating expenses of this court
should be paid by the United States;
that the fines, costs and fees charged
and collected by the marshal should b
paid into the treasury of the United
States; that the marshal should report
to the accounting officers of the United
States as required by law, and account
to the accounting ocers of the United
States for all his receipts and expendi
tures relative to the operating expense s
of this court; that the deputy marshals
shall be paid their compensation - from
the treasury of Porto Rico-, and that th
Department of Justice U- required. ,to
furnish Marshal Wilson with all ueces
sarv blanks for his office."
WM-
Sbot in the Back While Iiannin:
Lexington, Ky., Oct.. 3. IL C. O. Ben
jamin, editor of the Lexington Standard
and attorney for "Tallow" Dick Combs,
who is accused of being accessory to the
killing of "William Goebel, was shot in
'the back by Mike. Moynahan, white,
while fleeing after a; registration - quar
rel here lai tiii - ' s