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Vol. XII.
R0XB0R0, NORTH .CAROLINA, WEDNESI)Ai Evening, Aug-'ISV 1896: ;
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No. 52.
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BRYAN SPEAKS
TO THOUSANDS,
' riy, vveu, tais is unio,': unanimity was astounding.- The sen-
wnenacitizen remarked: "You bet, timent down 8outh ia universally for
and Ohio, is for, you- the white metal. -Bryan and Se wall
Mr.ryan told the crowd that he will get a very iarge vote from that
umppy,.iu una so many more sil- section of the countrv.'j . ,
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AN0TMER DAY OF SPEAKING EVERY TOWN
WELCOMED THE NEBRASKAN. 5
The Democratic uanaiaaie nesumes His Trip
East AHer a Rest Over Sun
day in Chicago.
Monrokvillk, Tnd., August 10.--Hon.
Wra. Jennings Bryan, of Ne
braska, to day made a grand stride
out of the West, whence he sprang
towards the heart of the enemy's
country, as he has seen fit to denom
inate New York. -'': , ; -
As the train on the Western Penn
sylvania Central, upou which he
traveled, pulled out of Chicago jit a
little before midnight. Demonstra
ver men at Lima than he found there
a year ago on his visit. The train
pulled out after a stop of seventeen
minutes. '.-.
OHIO S ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING.'
Crestline, Ohio, Aug 10. G ver
3,000 people wera surging around the
depot when the Bryan train pulled in
in the midst of the salutes from anvils
and uusic. A committee had board:
ed the train at Bucorus, aud when
Mr. Bryan arrived, he was escorted
through the noisy crowd to a decorr
ated platform near the depot, where,
amid; the wildest cheering, he' said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: I
Dr. Talmage is , too little or : too
much ofa politician to come out flat-
iooteajor, free silver, but .his utter
ances are perhaps sufficiently;' signifi
cant to show the tendencies of his
rjersobal feeling.
4lMy associations and training and
my political, affiliations, of the past
place me on the side of a gihgle stand;
ard,V he cautiously said, and then, as
a twinkle came into his eye, he added:
'But insteadtof disaster' and ruin fol
lowing in the wake bf the si ver move
ment, the opposite Mil be the result.1
"I am not advocating that side of
..Highest of aU m Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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JV the political question," said th. di.
uOU plomatic divine, "but I do not, with
a good many of my Christian friends,
that in the success of that movement.
Tl fr nor u a-i t- i-t n mi n
a' " i -vTiii f i r a good many of ray Christian friends,
audience as this in Nebraska, but I L, . Z'', u- -
tions were made ; at :.South . Chicago", believe the country will greatlylmf-J
4 I I 1 ir f . I 1 I W u w 1 1 1 I 1 I V 1 I T 1 d ."t r Ca U I I
which has the honor to contain the
residence of .my opponent. (Loud
cheers and laughter.) I must con
clude from the enthusiasm which has
been manifested ever since we crossed
the State line into Ohio, that Ohio
has had so many Presidents that you
can spare one' now. (Cheers and
laughter.) It is generous of you, and
I will promise you that if I am living
wnen iNeorasKa nas naa as
Presidents as Ohie has had, I .will
and other suburban stations, lanre
crowds surrounding the train at the
stations, and attesting their presence
by the use of fire works ' and brass
band?. The train had barely passed
the city limits, however, before Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan retired to.their room
in the handsome compartment car.
At Valparaiso at 1.40 A. jtf., a crowd
aggregating 1 000 was in waitinsr.
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about all carried torches. There vas
music and numerous banners. Cheer
after cheer failed' to kindle
DEATHS FROM HEAT;
VICTIMS FALLING AT EVERY STEP OF THE
TORRID LIFE TAKER- ;i .
assem
"This is a strong nation,'? he added.
"5fVe are engaged in a great political
campaign, and it will . ill benefit me
to be a strong partizan on either side.
There are honest, (Jhristian,patriotic
i men on both sides, and the life of the
country and welfare of its interests
will be a great incentive to lead, men
in the right direction. I have great
faith in the people; of this - country.
marjy and it is a fact that the people of a
vast southern and western are vehe-
blage of wakefulness in the Bryan come back to yur State and return m(mtly in favor of silver ' . - ' '
state room, and the faithful party of the compliment by helping you elect . i)R..Qu,KSAi.wTsi' views."'
noisy wakefuls failed to greet their an Ohio man, provided he is in fayor -
candidate of a financial policy by the American . lne Kev..JJr. Frank-WvOunsaulug
Early dawn found the train at Col- PeoPle' for the American people, pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational
umbia City, hut 129 miles out of Chi- (Loud cheers,) : K AotChicd president of
cago. It was 4:45 A. m., but there ''Unless I mistake the character of the Armour Institute of Technology,
were about fifty people at the depot, the people among whom we live, you m that city,'has recency arrived in
and much to their gratification, Mr. wil1 never be abl to S them to sup- Brooklyn, after yisitmg and studying
Bryan came out before the train port a candidate the Presidency the States or Kentucky, Kansas.
t ... . rranitur flin Arn.i'.nn w .1 f - I Tinifi D Tift "MSHQ olr a" f V'' ' '
1 We had come out in such a hurry that lu lur7 - .? ' y w
V0aftxaa neglected to put on his collar
He is. at the St.-George Hotel. . He
Vegetation Badly ; Parched; Everywhere--Wok
Generally Suspended Through- '
out The West, While a Water
Famine is Feared. K
Chicago, Aug. N O.Dispatches " re
ceived from various points through
out the country show that nopoint
is exempt from the' torrid, weather, -
At Elgin, 111 . , yesterday ' a son of
Mr. Loretta Mott died of prostration.
General McCheenev dted'. from sun-
stroke. Mrs.; J,. - J: ' Hart man f, was
stricken down and wilL die. Others
whose condition is serious - are : Miss
May Smith, a bookkeeper; MrsPur-,
ley Castle, Mrs. Monroe Underbill, A.?
Mi Smithe and a child of Mrs. Timme,
y For three, days the mercury soared
above 100 'at Evansville, Ind., and
two deaths have.been reported: -
V TWELVE 'DEATHS IN NEWJORK
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New York, Aug. 9. The suffering
of New Yorkers to,day was intense.
Profiting i by the general cessation
from labor and business cares .which
Sunday brings and .by: the warning
issued from the experts of the weath
er bureau,thousands of people flock
ed to the shore resdrtsl . Although
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m.tv.Mi-,-s.-ii..j t xrr.. I oi neonie stand rft5L.t nrtiaiasaeepivmnrefw,w ..-Taruw
ouuon me platform, and when Mr, T 'i.L . . .1 -Ifirrnlv HpIW - h m " in temperature was more than.dis - Silver Men in
Krvan na m nnt ho wo a vraotoH trr-- r iuccio , laueuict . - XI I . " ' -
Bryan came out. he was greeted cor-rBeives- IVneers, ana . laughter.)
dialJy. To a request to speak, he re- the gold standard is a good thing;tI
plied somewhat hoarsely that they ask ?oxl wh did not the Republican
must not expect a 'speech from. him. Party at St. Louis declare the, gold
None of the newspaper men were up staiard should be maintained per-
iSed that he would not speak in their tttlng, why was it so cowardly the force of his mentai and. oratorical
i. . , sitnuv tofli'Amriiv power will . make many convertes.
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utt .. . - m -. .i h pn wnn atp in rn.vnr or rrpp ki i
quite a large audience to talk to in ouuum c , .v
New York, and I want to save some of unin wreign potentates aua powers
my voice for that meeting. Then the come to the relief of a suffering peo-
crowd filed past him in usual good PIe-" (Cheers.)
order, and all who cared to secured a
. I manently, and if the gold standard is
day,'' that if we were to have an
election to-morro w . Bryan would
stand an excellent chance to wint
He must not be laughed at c in the
East. He will visit you here, and by
Put these two questions to your
opponents; fire these two questions,
and you drive them from the battle
field. First, If the gold standard is
good, why. not keep it?, and if bad,
ver must not be set down as Wild
eyed and bewhiskered. 1 There are
many among them of great brains
and intelligence.", x '
by, ept over this section yesterday, i
For six hours the temperature was .
Stationary at 104i degaeeg at the gov
ernment signal stationV while on "thee
streets; the' thermometers registered
112. . 1 v - - .
The late corn is being burned up ,
and-unless there is rain soon the sit-
nation in Southern Kansas and Okja.; s
homa will become alarming.-:k For six
days the ; ,; temeratiire - has averaged
100. ' ; . x ' y
PETERSBURG HAS 102 J X THE SHADE.
Petersburg, V., Aug.' 9 The 1
weather here to day has been intense--,
ly hot, the - thermometer - registering
103 in the vhade. No prostrations
from t he excessive heat ' h&ire been.
reported. ?
v i HE AT; NOT SERIOUSLY FELT -'.A -
Savannah, Ga.Aug'. 9. Mercury '
reached 94 degrees here to day. While '
the temperature is high the heat was
not seriously felt and no prostrations. ;
were reported. ' ; - : v v : .
BRISK WINDS IW CHARLESTOIT. '
Charleston, S. C. Aug. . 9, A fair
day and slight increase in temeratiire, v;
the highest point reached being ' 95 ' ;
degrees, while the lowest .was 79 de--grees.
Southwest winds with a mean v
velocity of eight ahd'one half miles -an
hour. ; No v sunstrokes or prostra
tions, the heat being- tempered by. &
pleasant breeze.' , V .
HOTEST EVER KNOWN IN . MICHIGAN.
' Grand Rapids, Mich.,. Augr:9. .
Thfe last; four, days have., beenfe
4syerrxiown jn western'
badly.needed.
TALLAGE SAYS THAT SILVER WILL WIN.
Celebrated Preacher Sees
: Prosperity in Its Victory.
grasp of his hand. .
At Washington, Ohio, there was a
meirientary stop, and about 100 peo
ple extended the glad hand to Ne
braska. At Dunkirk, about 500 peo
ple extended an uproasouslg welcome
and clamorous farwell. '
At Monroeville, the last town in
Indiana, there was an enthusiastic
crowd of 650. - , ( '
The train pulled into Van Wert, the The
county seat of Van Wert county, at
6:55 a. m. There were 2,000 people as
sembled around the depot whose
cheers vetoed the music of the brass
band. As the train pulled out, three
rousing shouts were given for Mr.
Bryan. ' - ,
Mayor Baxter, of Delphos,' who had
boarded the train at Van Wert, intro
duced Mr. Bryan to 1,500 cheering
"cu ana women at jjeipnos at t .xo a.
111 saying they must not ask him to
speak as he was saving his voice; for
Sew York. . -. ' - -;
While the people were surging past
to shake his hand a large section of
the depot platform gave away and
sank a distance of four or five feet
carrying down 150 people, but fortu
nately, none vof thein were , hurt;
pon learning that no one had been
.jured, Mr. Bryanv felicitously sug
gested: "Ladiis and gentlemen, -if you get
n our platform it Will not fall" with
yOU.'1 l " - -
The train arrived at Lima on; time
aQd found 5,000 people waiting at the
nation to greet the arrival of the par
ty. Th pro -rrroo r. r anaalrttiiv : Vint. . Vl A
hanv,.!-'- x,.. "j-iu ."TinriP-mv entire -trio," he said,
continued during the stop of the viVUd not find more than one or -two
Party. AfW'T,i Tir Ttrn'.rft men.who were not silverites. ine
; - Hon. Hoke Smith's Resignation.
Washington, Aug. 9. The Post
this morning reviews the report that
Hoke Smith has resigned from the
why should we keep it for a single cabinet, in an article from which the
moment?1 (L.oud' cheering.) 1 thank following is an extract:
you for your attentions "Secretarv Hoke Smith's resiema-
tion as a member of the cabinet and
the head of the interior .department
is said tb.be in the hands of thePres-
Renewed ident. ' . - t .
The authority for this statemeeuti
is a close personal friend of Secretary
If the silver people Win, I believe gmith. As the story goes Secretary,
there will be such a revival in busi- gmitii forwarded his resignation to'
ness, such a booming; in industries the President at Gray Gables on the
which are now inactive, and such a Bame day . that he authorized the
general shaking up of commercial publication in his paper, The Atlanta
interests tnat , the country will be Journal, of the editorials declaring
sure to prosper.", v . 1 that that paper would supportBryan
These words were spoken by the an -j gewall, although deprecating the
Rev. DrT. PeWitt Talmage,at East- platform on which thev were nomi
hampton, L. L, after a long tour of nated. ' ' .
the Southern States. .- . . In his letter to the President it is
The reverend gentleman. 1 is a keen d that Secretary Smith announced
observer; and can see which way the the position that he was going to as
wind blows as quickly, with as much RnmH8: pointed out that he. had ur-
certainty as the shrewdest of politi- in2 the campaign in Georgia' given a
cians. He does not only preach to soiemn pledge that he would abide by
tine people, but he mingles with them the action of the Chic&go'corivnetion
feeling the popular pulse and search- ana then went on to say that he ' felt
iriff the hearts of his counfrymen, '; Viftt;vi &nnld not. in iusticev to the
Dr Talmage arrived at Easthauip- president, longer remain in his cabi
Control.;
countea by an increase in tne numia- Boise. Idaho. Amr. 9.Tbe Repub-
lty.- About 4 p. m. ;tne pmciai tner- lican state Committee had a stirring.
mometer of the weather, bureau geg8ion yesterday. The silver Repub
touched 90 . degrees as the highest iicans on the committee carried every-
point-for the day. The official figures thing before them and the McKinley-
are necessarily flower than those ites bolted. ;I.,Patriet chairman of
shown by the thermometers on the the committee,' and a majority of the
pavenlent, where the highest point committee held a session last night to
touched was 9o. A large number oi oriHider vacancies and apian of cam-
perHons were overcome by heat dur- paign. Returns from primaries show
ing the day and up tQ 6 o'clock this tDe silver men in'control of every-
evening twelve fatal cases had been thing, and they have absolute control .
reported to the coroner's office.', ; of the coming State convention.' ' -
TWENTY-ONM HKAI 1JJATHS
Philadelphia, A ugust 9.r-W ith
heat, the mortality hasincreased until complete; re mrus ;
ton on Friday last from Chatauqua,
where he had attended an education
al convention. Not k only in the big
cities did the Doctor mingle with the
residents, Vut in remote and, sparsely
populated districts and in. minor
townships and villages. r
ALMOST ALL FOR SILVER. .
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The Post then speculates asv to
what the President is going to do
oVinnf if; an d concludes that . if the
Troairlflnt 'continues in .his present
attitude of non . action Smith will
serve out his time in the cabinet, hut
if. v- fn ken wither of several suggested
: unfavorable to Bryan and
the Chicago platform, the Secretary
will insist upon eniorcing ms resigu-
An oriri will return to Georgia ana
take an active yart in the campaign
Taylor Will Carry Tennessee.
Nashville," Tenn.v Aug. 19. As the.
to-day twenty-one deaths were - re-
arrive the vote of the Democratic
ported by the police: - . lca,lumaie 1U1 VA1 -,
The thermometer to-day reached & Vlw . t .
. - - , k, j 1 - Tpmnftratic leaders now claim that
maximum oi yt. a aegrees, tne nignest .rr, . u
point toached by the mercury this te:0?5,Tfyr-,lSTi .
i , . , Stately not less than 55,000 and pos-
summer. - , , ,!
TJMides the deaths, there were half 8lD1yuuu V .' ' i ,
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a hundred heat cases taken to, the . . - , Base Ball." . .
hospital. ' v ' , -:''rTil, llrttir;Ti la fVi nrrfnh Rtanil- '
ih 2 of the V clubs., of the national , , :
Baltimore, Md., August, 9. The league up to this mornings ' .
thermometric record was about the . ; , cvrtT, tflf P
.same to-day as it has been for tne aitim0re-'. ..: . 6a 27 i -,697'
rast few days ' The manmuo was not Cincinnati . .......... 65 1
reached until 4:3U o'clock , this alter- uieveiana , . . . ot
noon, when 97.2 was recorded. XSS"'"'""'
The mercury was above the 90Jpoint BOSton.. . 49 4A , Y .544
at 8 oclock in tlie morning, and did Brooklyn..: .V- 41 . 49 : ,456
,4 .
33
40
40
.691
.633
.583
.560
40
38 .
35 A
28-
50
-53
53
63
66
;444
.410
.398
.308..
.250
not descend below , that . mark ' until Philadelphia.
afterS. o'clock to-night. v ; Srl";
Tniftftfirf deaths and." twice as many t a i t
: . , ' . . - 1 O b. JJ mo .............. kj
prostrations were reported up to Louisville, . . . v ..... 22
miuuiguL. r ' Had too Manv Candidates '
MANT.DEATHS IN ST; LOUIS. . VlNSTON, N. C., ' Aug. lOStokeS :
St. . JiOUis, Mo.,-Aug. 9. To-rdayjs county, - Republicans held a . lively
heat record is a repetition of that v of convention at .;. Danbury Saturday.
yesterdays tempered by the light Neatly every other; delegate was a -
breeze. The r thermometer rangea eauuiuaie .xur umw, uanwtuii, .
M to 100 'at 5 J ePt up until sundown witnout maK- .
mg a single nomination. : Anotner
convention is called for the 31st in-
stant.
from 81 degrees at 8 a,
p. M., and the death roll is not dim in
ished. ' r ;; .
,A11 day the city ambubances have
iiaAn rtarrvlner. natients to .the dis-
pensary and corpse t tne niorgue.
; HOT WINDS SWEEP OVER KANSAS
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' The Gold Reserve. Y
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Washinqton, Uug; 8,-r-The Treas
ury gold reserve at the close of busi
ness to-day stood at $108,359,478. The
Wichita; Kan, Aug. 9. Hot winds 1 day's withdrawals were $140,000.
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