T'ctacnr Writes a Letter.
Tho scntoneo of life Imprisonment
hanging over Cnlcb Powers, who was
convlctod of complicity In tho murder
of William Goobol, does not fteom to
weigh heavily upon tho prisoner's
spirits. Ho has hopo of a releaso
from confinement or a mitigation of
his Bcntonce through a new trial or
an appeal to tho higher courts on a
writ of error.
Powers still maintains that ho Is
Innocent of tho chnrgo agaltiBt him, and
has mado public the following state
ment: "To tho Public: I am nsked my
opinion concerning my trlul nnd the
verdict of tho Jury.
Could I hnvo but
ono opinion? Can
any fair-minded
man or woman of
this stale havo but
ono? That ono of
tho greatest Judi
cial farces known
to history hns been
enacted hero In my
trial, under tho
forms of law, no
well Informed mnn
Calob Powors.
can doubt. Innoccnco Is no shield
with $100,000 nnd tho methods of
Cnmpbelllsm against you. Th recti
tude of one's past lifts counts for
naught. They" say Taylor Is guilty
becnuso ho was at his oincc, nnd that
I am guilty because I was away from
mlno. I havo novcr had, nnd I now
have no npology to mnko for being
truo to tho trust Imposed upon mo by
a majority of tho votors of this state.
History will draw Its dark lines
around thoao who havo outrngod mo
nnd dlegrnccd tho Judiciary nnd black
ened tho hlBtory of tho state."
tOatdcrscc's Wife,
CountesB Von Waldersee, tho wlfo
of tho famous Ucrmnn Held marshal
whom tho cmporor will probably sond
to China as commander In chief of the
forces thoro), Is an Amorlcnn princess
not by marrlngo but In her own right.
Sho Is ono of tho most successful
womon of America who havo marrlod
abroad. Her first husband was Prlnco
Fredorlck of Schloswlg-flolatoln. To
marry her on torms of equality tho
prlnco Dncrlllced his title nnd royal
rights. Thon thcemporor of Austria
mado him Prlnco of Nocr and his wife
Princess of Noor. Tho princess wns
Miss Hcndo of New York, daughtor of
a wholesale grocer. Hor husband was
COUNTESS VON WALDERSEE.
very old at tho time of tho marrlago,
nud dlod during tho honoymoon, leav
ing his lmmonso fortuno to tho widow,
who at tho end of two years' mourn
ing, marrlod tho Couut Von Waldor
neo, thon a young offlcor. Countess
Waldorsoo is one of tho moat brilliant
courtlors In Europe
The Ancient Fifth.
Tho Fifth United State Infantry Is
Just about to sail from Ban Francisco
for service In China. The Fifth Is
ono of the oldest and bast, regiments
In tho rogular service, and It has ono
of the boat rocords for actlvo service
la tho entlro array. The Fifth was or
ganlzod on July 10, 1798, and after sev
ural consolidations with other com
mauds again became tho Fifth In 18G9,
ana lias so re
mained over Blnco,
Colonel Richard
Comba, tho com
mander of tho reg
imont, has been In
tho Bervlco longer
than any othor of
fleer now engaged
In active duty. Ho
entered tbo nrmy
In 18C5 and has
Capt. Hacknoy,
standing that he
been In It over
Blnco, Notwlth
lo mora than 03
years old nnd that ho will bo retired
uoxt year, ho lo us anxious us any of
tho young raon of tho roglment to got
to tho sceno of the conllict In tho ori
ent. Copt. Hackney will hnvo chargo
of tho Fifth after it lands In Chlnn.
He baa boon In tho sorvlco tor 85
years.
j Bi E
VVVl
lOiriel
Library 4.000 years Old,
Professor Herman V. Hilprccbt of
tho University of Pennsylvania has
Just added another to his many dis
coveries In tho nrchaeology of Baby
lon. Ho has dug up n library of 17,000
tablets which belonged to tho groat
teniplo of Nippur. Not ono of these
tablets is of a date later than 2280
H. C. Professor Hllprccht says that
ilvo years will bo consumed In un
earthing tho remaining treasures of
tho temple. For ton years the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has been ex
cavating tho ruins of ancient Babylon,
nnd Its collection of those nntlqultloa
Is the finest of Its kind In tho world.
Nippur was ono of tho oldest Beats of
religion nnd civilization In Babylonia.
PROF. HILPRECIIT.
Its great temple, upon whoso library
Dr. Hllprccht has Just conio, was co
oval with tho beginning of Chaldean
history. This temple was sacrod to
Del, tho god of which tho Del, nioro
gencrnlly known, was a later modifi
cation. Tho dato of tho founding of
this old tcmplo Is now conceded to bo
7000 D. C, or earlier by 3,000 years
than tho time fixed ns tho beginning
of tho world, according to tho biblical
translators of Genesis. Rut long before
tho building of this tcmplo civilization
ruled In Unbylon. According to Pro
fessor Sayeo, "for tho beginning of
Rnbylonlan writing wo will havo to
search nmong tho relics of centuries
that Ho far bohlnd thu foundation of
tho Temple of Nippur."
Chinese Miners in XOar.
Mr. Nabcshlnm of tho Japanese le
gation, who la a closo observer of Chi
nese tactics In tho war between China
nnd Japan, says that tho reported los3
of 1,200 at tho bnttlo of Plotsang Is
probnbly an ovorcstlmato, or elso
shows Hint tho Chlncso hnvo adopted
tho methods they employed during tho
war with Japan of using underground
mines. Tho Japancso found theso Chl
noso mlnos ono of tho dnngorous meth
ods of destruction, ns thoy were so un
usunl nnd so adroitly conccalod. At
ono time tho oxploslon of such a mlno
In a froo country supposed to bo free
from tho enemy caused widespread de
struction. As winter advanced, how
over, tho snow on tho ground permit
ted tho Japanese scouts to trace tho
footprints of Chlneso parties sent out
to lay mines, nnd thoy wero carefully
avoided. At presont thore Is no such
mentis of detecting tho mines. They
nro characteristic of Chlneso lovo of
gunpowdor and flroworks, although
much more deadly than any othor mil
itary contrivance used In that country.
young and "Bra-Oe.
Major Waller, tno commander of the
American marlnos In tho fighting be-
foro Tientsin, Chi
na, whoso report
was mado public
by tho war de
partment Aug. 17,
recommends Lieut.
A, Eugene Harding
of tho mnrluo corps
for promotion for
conspicuous g a 1
lantry In action.
Lieut. Harding
was born and
raised in Qulncy,
A. E. Harding.
Ho was a captain In tho Illinois na
tlonal guard, but resigned about a year
botore tho Spanish war broke out
When war was declared the troops
were-ca.Ucd -for. Harding enlisted as a
private In the 5th Illinois, Col. Oulver
made him a captain, and he was given
tho command of tho Taylorvlllo com
pany of thut regiment. Ho sorved
through the Spnnlsh war and In 1890
was appointed by tho president a lieu
tenant In tho tunrlno corps
The Hard WorK. Care.
Dr. Pyc-Smlth, In nu address boforo
tho British Medical association, pre
scribed hard work as a romody for
mnuy Ills. Ho declared that regular
nnd steady work Is tho host euro for
a thousand norvouB aliments, and thnt
this Is truo la shown by tho fact that
tho hard working people nro not those
who nro affected by thoso Ills. Ho de
clared that nervous prostration, worry,
nud bruin konslon nro too ofton syn
ouymu tor tho effect of gnmblrug and
drink. There can bo no question that
hard work is healthy, for it Is those
who work hardest that live longest,
nnd tho lazy dlo young. Ono advan
tage of Dr. Pyo-Smlth's proscription
Is that It Is easily followed and that
tho remedy Is cheap.
1
prMAJSTAGIJ1G
(Chlcngo Letter.)
Tho respective nntlonul headqunr
tors of the two great political parties
in Chlcngo nro pretty IniHy places these
days. Roth wero opened on Aug. 1,
which Is a month earlier than usual In
presidential campaigns. It Is said
I hat much more money will be spent
than In 1S!G. Thla Is especially uno
of the Democrats. Their treasury Is
fatter by far tnun It was In 1890. With
each succeeding election It hns be
come easier and easier for, the mali
ngers on both slues to use money
bounteously. This does not moan that
thoro Is to bo a wholesale debauchery
of votia. All kinds of politicians
agree thnt tho two national commit
tees had at least $5,000,000 to spend
In the fight four years ago, and tho
same authorities are unanimous In de
claring ..tt the two committees will
have fully as much this year. For
overy dollar that tho natlonnl com
mittees spend It In n conservative es
timate that tho state committees of
tho two parties will spend four, nnd
this will make up tho total of $25,000,
000 that the election will cost.
To show whoro so much money
goes, n study of tho cost of campaign
speeches alono Is very Instructive.
Each nntlonal commltteo spends at
least $500,000 for speeches, nnd tho
state committees spend 10 times as
Scott
much moro. This Is one Item of $1,-
000,000. Tho Republican national cora-
mlttoo this yoar will send out 2,500
spoakors from tho Now York head
quartors and 3,000 speakers from tho
hoadquartors In Chicago. Tho Demo
crats will send out" an equal numbor.
Theso spenkcrs cost on an nvorago
$110 a wcok, that sum Including sala
ries to tho spellbinders and an extra
allowanco of $8 a day. Somo of tho
campaign spcakors receive salaries ns
high as $250 a week, while others aro
content with $26 a wcok and their ex
penses. Tho nverago cost of tho
speakers to tho commltteo Is $110 a
week, nnd thoy aro on tho stump olght
Serbia's Queen.
This is Queon Drnga, formerly plahi
Mmc. Draga Maschln, though not
plain of fnco, Sho Is also n woman of
beautiful figure. Young King Ferdi
nand married hor n short tlmo ago
against tho wishes of his royal par
ents. Now tho wives of diplomats at
his court at Bolgrado glvo hor tho cut
direct, nnd behind her back say tin
pretty things about hor.
Our Commerce with Spain.
Spain has learned thnt It is better
to trade with Uncle Sam than to fight
him, Although It Is less than two
ogra elnca we concluded a treaty of
weeks. While the national commlt
teo of each patty thus will have 5,500
speakers out, the various stato com
mittees will hnvo 10 times ns many
more on the stump. The salaries of
speakers engaged by the state com
mittees may be less than thoso paid
by 'tho natlonnl managors, but tho
state committees havo to pay the
rental of all the buildings in which
campaign meetings are held. This
Item ndds tremendously to the total.
Ono of tho most expensive Items In
tho campaign next to the speakers Is
that of 'printing nnd stationery. For
this each national committee spends
at least $500,000. Tho number nnd
size of documents sent out havo In
creased with each campaign, until this
year it Is expected that the McKlnley
nnd the Bryan managers each will
send out no less than 100,000,000 docu
ments. Beforo tho Qarfleld-Hancoclc
catnpulgn was half over the Republic
ans nnd Democrats had sent out more
than 12,000,000 documents, nnd this
style of campaigning has become moro
popular with each presidential con
test. Tho bulk of this matter Is sent
by express to the chairmen of tho
various state committees for distribu
tion. A great cal of It goes free, be
ing frnnked from Washington. Speech
es delivered In congress by Republi
cans nnd Democrats constitute a large
Glbbs. Hanna.
A CONFERENCE OF LEADERS AT
part of tho campaign matter, and Re
publicans and Democrats alike take
advantage of this opportunity to got
to tho voters speeches, favorable to
their Bldo. of tho contest. Each na
tlonnl commltteo sonds out 5,000,000
buttons nnd 5,000,000 lithographs, all
of which aro distributed through tho
state chairmen of tho two parties.
Senator Hanna and Senator Jones,
tho respective cnalrmen of -tho two
groat political partlos, aro organizing
mnchlnery for tho campaign of 1900 as
comploto and substantial as though
thoy expected never to do nnythlng
elso but oloct presidents. If thoy wore
organizing hundred-year presidential
peaco with tho Spaniards thoy como
to our shores to buy nnd sell to an
extent almost unoqualed In our previ
ous Intercourse. Spain has sold to tho
Unltod States nearly $6,000,000 worth
of goods and has bought from us prod
ucts valued nt $13,100,000.
Hci). Proton Again.
Tho Rov. C. O. Brown, recently pas
tor of the Green Streot Congregational
Church, whoso church trial and trou
bles in San Frnn
clsco with Miss
Davidson In an al
leged attempt at
blackmail, attract
ed so much atten
tion a tew yeara
ago, la In Toledo,
O., accompanied by
Mrs. Brown No. 2.
Tho present Mrs.
Brown was Mrs.
Mallory, tho pos
sessor of largo real
catato Interests In Chlcngo.
The former Mrs. Brown was granted
a decree of divorce about two months
ago. According to tho Rov. Mr. Brown,
tho petltlton filed by his formor wlfo
wns first known ns "Mary Brown vs.
Charles Brown," nnd tho grievance In
cluded In the potltlon was cruelty. But
ho alleges thnt at tho last moment,
Just beforo tho closo of court, In somo
manner tho petition was amonded to
rend "Mary Brown vs. Charles O
Brown," while the ploadlnga wero altered.
Rov. Brown.
CAMVJLlGJSfJ
clubs they could not bo more thorough
and systematic. The natlonnl chalr
man maps out the work and dlvldc3
great responsibilities among his im
mediate assistants. They In turn dl
vldo their work so that a dozen or 20
or 100 men will look after tho dotalls.
These men In turn assign Important
tasks to hundreds of party workers
tinder them. After tho campaign Is
well under way tho minor workers re
port to their superiors as a lieutenant
In tho nrmy roports to his captain.
Tho captain In turn reports to his ma
jor, tho major to his colonel, nnd tho
colonel to his general, Senator Hnnna
or Senator Jones, as tho caso may
bo. When n situation arises down tho
lino thnt threatens trottblo Sonator
Hnnna or Senator Jones hears of it
nnd devises some plan for diverting
tho danger. Ho then directs his sub
ordinates to Beo that tho plan is triod
and requires full explanations for
failure. Whllo tho national chairmen
nro very busy devising plans for suc
cess, thoy also find tlmo to raise tho
bulk of tho cnmpalgn funds. Thoy
dolcgato to others tho task of select
ing and sending out campaign litera
ture, engaging and assigning speakers,
recolvlng callers and answering corre
spondence nnd. studying reports on
conditions In the various states.
Speakers aro told tho subjects on
Bliss.
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.
which thoy may talk, and thoy are di
rected as to how they shall handle
tholr subjects. It It Is found that a
certain line of argument Is received
with disfavor in a certain state the
speakers in that stato aro warned to
shift their arguments in accordance
with new Instructions.
No feature of the campaign Is
watched by tho anatlonal chairmen
moro closely than tho preliminary and
final canvass of the voters. Both par
ties will soon have undor way a can
vass of every voting precinct. This
will Bhow In a general way how many
of tho voters favor Bryan nnd how
many favor McKlnley. It will also
This chango, ho asserts, waa without
the knowledge of himself or his attor
neys, nnd ho says that It also slipped
through tho hands of tho court reporter
without his discovering tho change
that had been mado.
Crotuth of the "Button Industry.
Tho shell or button Industry on tho
upper Mississippi river Is growing to
enormous proportions. The crow of
tho Gon.Barnard.a Mississippi freight
er, have had occasion to observe thla.
They report that on a recont down
trip between La Croase, WU., and
Clarkeavlllo, Mo thoy conntcd 1,627
men and women In tho main channel
ot tho river engaged In getting out
sholls from tho stream. About a year
ago they counted only 716. Of course
there nro a great many In the sloughs
behind the Islands, etc., that were not
counted. They estimate that no less
than 5,000 pcoplo cam a living gather
ing shells. Just below Dubuque 120
wero counted In ono patch. Button
factories havo been established in ev
ery town along the river nnd In Mus
cntlno thoro nro twenty-two. Flvo or
'six steamboats of 100 tons capacity do
nothing else but tow shells.
Fow men of his ngo wero so agile
and athletic ns secretary Hay. Ho Is
past CO, but still Indulges in all sorts
of exercises, Including a fast walk ov
ery afternoon. Every morning at 7
o'clock ho undergoes massage treat
ment at tho hands of a skilled Swed
ish operator.
show who of tho voters aro doubtful,
who aro Inclined to favor Dryan and
who loan toward McKlnley. Tho talc
ing of this canvass costs n tremen
dous sum of money, but tho party
managers must hnvo it in order to
gnugo tho outlook. Thoy soon discov
er where their own lines nro weakest
and where thoso of their adversaries
aro strongest. Whllo steps aro being
taken to Insure success nt ono point
nnd to avert disaster at nnother, a sec
ond and final canvass Is begun. This
usually Is completed two weeks boforo
the election. By that tlmo n largo
proportion of tho doubtful voters havo
taken sides and can be Classified, Tho
result Is a canvass which shows with
fair clearness Uio probnblo result of
tho election. Onco again tho mana
gors of tho parties search for tho Im
portant weak spots, deciding tho
points nt which to do tho hardest
work in tho closing days of tho cam
paign. Somo novel cnmpalgn methods will
be resorted to 'by tho two parties this
year. Tho Republicans already havo
adopted tho plan of sending out a
largo number of phonographs, which
will be used In small places. Elo
quent party speakers, like representa
tive Dolliver of Iowa nnd Representa
tive Dalzell of Pennsylvania havo boen
making speeches Into theso machines.
Manley.
The Democrats, on tho other hand,
will make free use of stereoptlcons.
James K, McGulro, chairman of the
Democratic stato commltteo of Now
York, already has arranged to glvo
Democratic stereoptlcon exhibitions
all over the state. Ho will send out
theso shows on a schedule In overy
respect similar to that mado by a tho
atrlcal manager who puts a show "on
tho road." The Republicans also will
ubo flags and maps In novel ways.
They will send out thousands of maps
ot the world, showing the American
flag floating over Hawaii, Philippines
and Porto Rico.
Cen. Von Lcssel.
Commander ot the German Land
Forces In China.
William Wood Galllmore, who died
tho othor day In Trenton, N. J., was
ono of tho best known modelers and
designers of pottery In tho United
States. Ho was born In England,
whore his father nud grandfather wero
potters beforo him, tho family being
famous In tho work In England in con
nection with the Worcester works, of
which tho Galllmorcs woro the first
owners. Behind hlra he has left two
daughtors, who already havo note
worthy skill In the work.
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